Chapter 105 Photography
It wasn’t that there was something wrong with the letter. The envelope was well sealed and he couldn’t see the content inside. The key was that after seeing the “Sender’s Address and Name” in the last column, Chen Ling felt a little confused. Stunned.
It was actually written by my sister-in-law Wang Zhenzhen.
My father-in-law has always had a daughter. When he and Wang Susu got married, his sister-in-law was only eight years old, and now she is only ten years old. This little girl is just in the second or third grade of elementary school, and she probably has no words. I admit, my name is written crookedly, and I don’t know what to write in the letter.
But feeling that the envelope was quite thick, Chen Ling frowned subconsciously, not suspecting that he was there, so he held the letter and walked home. Liu Nier and her children spent Sunday and ran around outside. After a long time, I got tired of playing and followed him to the house jumping behind him.
At this time, Wang Susu was washing clothes in the yard while the sun was better in the afternoon. She asked casually when she saw him leaving and coming back, but then she heard Chen Ling say that there was a letter from her mother's family, written by her sister, and she also said it all at once. Stunned.
"Really do you believe it?"
"Can you really write letters?"
Wang Susu was stunned for a moment, then hurried to Chen Ling didn't bother to wash his hands in front of him, he just rubbed it on his body hurriedly, then took the envelope from Chen Ling's hand and opened it.
As a result, I opened it too quickly, and a pile of scattered coins fell out: one cent, two cents, fifty cents, one yuan, two yuan...
Wang Susu carefully picked up the money, held it in her hand, and opened the letter gently.
What caught my eye were the crooked and naive lines, but full of caring words. Before I could read a few sentences in full, Wang Susu's eyes became blurred with tears. When she saw the little children were still in the yard, He turned around and ran quickly into the house.
Chen Ling followed behind without saying a word. When he entered the house, he saw Wang Susu hiding behind the door, holding a letter and crying while reading it. Especially when he saw the last sentence "Sister, I miss you", Wang Susu Unable to bear it anymore, she threw herself into Chen Ling's arms and cried loudly.
"Aling, I want to go home."
"Go back, I'll go back tomorrow."
Chen Ling nodded vigorously and held Wang Susu tightly in his arms.
He also saw the content of the letter. It was written by Wang Zhenzhen with a pencil. Many of the words he couldn't write were replaced by pinyin, but he wrote them stroke by stroke extremely carefully. He didn't know who Wang Zhenzhen was. The little girl wrote back and forth several times before finishing this letter.
And the money was not even fifty yuan. It was the money the little girl caught and sold for scorpions. She had saved it for more than a year. She was afraid that Wang Susu would be wronged here and bullied by her bad brother-in-law and she had no money. Flowers were secretly sent over.
It is difficult to send money in this era. If the amount is too large, we will not send it. Unless you go to the post office in a larger place and issue a remittance slip, it is similar to sending a telegram. After the post office that sends the money writes the remittance slip, it collects the money. The post office where the person is located prints out the slip and sends it to the payee, who then uses the slip to collect the money.
But it doesn’t matter if the amount is small, plus one or two yuan for postage, it will be put in an envelope and delivered.
"I miss my parents, my eldest brother and my second brother, I miss my grandma so much..."
Wang Susu was still sobbing and mumbling, and she didn't feel anything wrong when her eldest brother came. Like this, but after reading the letter from my sister today, my guard was broken by those childish words, and the longing I had accumulated for two years was vented by this letter.
Chen Ling hugged her silently and waited until she calmed down before softly talking about accompanying her home.
"I'm fine, Aring. Let's wait until next month to pay our father's grave before returning."
Wang Susu wiped the tears on her face and sobbed slightly.
After crying she also calmed down.
She knows that there are some things that cannot be left to her own whim. Even if her parents and her eldest and second brothers don't care, the eldest and second brothers are married, and the two sisters-in-law are not easy to get along with. Although the married daughter is a spoiled child, It's okay to go out, but you must also consider your parents. They spend much more time with their daughter-in-law than her daughter, who is married outside. She cannot make it difficult for her parents in front of her daughter-in-law and cause trouble to the second elder.
Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite. Chen Ling could only sigh twice about this. This was something that he, as a son-in-law, could not interfere with. However, taking into account Wang Susu's longing for him, he suddenly felt An idea pops up.
"Susu, since I really sent you a letter, you should also reply home."
"I won't go to the mountain in the afternoon, so I will go find Du Juan. Come and take some photos of us, then put them in a letter and send them to our parents so that they can see what our family looks like now, what do you think?”
Wang Susu's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she felt less uncomfortable. She said yes again and again, and asked Chen Ling not to forget to buy envelopes, letter paper and ink, and then happily went out to wash the clothes.
Just when I walked out of the house, Liu Nier and the others were gone, and Chen Ling didn't bother to care about them. These monkeys were going crazy all day long. Anyway, after Xiaomori's lesson, they didn't dare to go now. I just played around by the water. There weren’t many dangerous places around the village. I could go anywhere else I wanted to.
Then he went to the elementary school and called Du Juan over. Du Juan knew Chen Ling’s family first in Chen Wangzhuang. Last time, he and Wang Susu spent the night at Wang Jusheng’s house, and they were quite familiar with each other. Yes, I heard that the young couple wanted to take pictures, so I picked up the camera and went home with Chen Ling without saying a word.
Since Du Juan often wanders around in and outside the village, Wang Susu really didn't expect Chen Ling to bring people over so quickly, "Sister Juan, wait a moment, I will clean up the yard first."
"Haha, it's okay. Don't be in a hurry, Su Su. You can take pictures whenever you want. I have nothing to do with my free time."
Du Juan squinted her eyes and smiled. She had a very fond impression of the young couple Chen Ling and Wang Susu. They lived happily every day and had leisure in their busy schedule. She gradually began to envy such a life. .
Although Du Juan said so, Wang Susu still packed up the clothes, laundry tubs, washboards, etc. in the yard. Chen Ling also helped clean up the debris and put them in the backyard together. .
"Come here, Aling, hurry up and change into new clothes." In order to show a good side to her parents and family, Wang Susu had no choice but to ask Du Juan to wait, and then dragged Chen Ling into the house. After changing clothes and combing her hair, she only made Chen Ling look two or three years younger. Then she nodded with satisfaction. She also started to wash her face and comb her hair, and put on new clothes that she was usually reluctant to wear.
After finishing their work, the two people, who had tidied up as if taking wedding photos, sat side by side on two stools in the courtyard, showed bright smiles, and took a photo Take a group photo.
Then he called Heiwa Xiaojin over, and the two of them squatted one on each side, and then took another photo, followed by the grape trellis, the lotus pond, the chicken coop, the duck pen, and almost every place in the yard. There are also photos of Chen Ling and Wang Susu alone.
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"The rich family took pictures, the rich family took pictures."
I don’t know which good-hearted woman passed by the courtyard gate and saw this scene, and started outside The shouting started, and soon everyone who was idle at home nearby came running over.
“You are young and unfaithful, what do you think you look like? Rich and noble, the couple behaves as if they are married.”
"Isn't that right? Dogs have horns and it's all foreign things."
"You guys don't know anything about foreign things. I heard the little kids shouting in the village before, it's someone else's Susu's family has sent a letter. Fugui must be afraid that his uncle will come and beat him again, so he quickly took two pictures to show to his family. "
As soon as he said this, there was a burst of excitement. laughter.
After hearing this, Chen Ling did not refute, so he went to the backyard and brought the little white cow over. He and Wang Susu rode on it and took two pictures respectively. Then the chickens, ducks, quails, and rabbits also called. Around me, no one was left behind.
"This guy is prosperous and wealthy. Your father-in-law and mother-in-law must have felt at ease after seeing this. They won't let your uncle beat you again."
"But if we really want to talk about the six animals, we still need pigs and sheep."
"Hahahahaha, how about we lead the pig for you and bring two more sheep?"
A group of people The crowd cheered, but they were all kicked out by Chen Ling.
"Let's go, let's go after seeing the excitement. Are all the fields busy?"
These people were not annoyed after hearing this, but laughed even more happily. He said: "Look at Fugui's baby, he's blushing. Grandma, I didn't even see him blush when he got his wife. He's almost giving birth to a baby and he's still embarrassed."
After laughing and making trouble, someone actually gave Chen Ling a big goose and brought two sheep over.
When Chen Ling couldn't laugh or cry, he saw that Wang Susu was in high spirits, so he didn't say much. He put the goose and the sheep in the yard and took two pictures together, but these two guys took pictures together. If you keep hiding away, you won’t be as friendly as a home-raised thing, and the photos you take will probably look stiff.
But none of this matters. As long as Wang Susu is happy, there will be no problem.
After the photo was taken and everyone dispersed, Du Juan took out the film and handed it to Chen Ling. When the time comes, he can go to any photo studio in the county to develop it, but if he wants to get the photo immediately, No, you still have to wait a few days.
Chen Ling put away the film, and Wang Susu had already poured tea for Du Juan, and they talked together. Since they came to help take pictures, they naturally had to entertain them. But it was enough to be accompanied by Wang Susu, so he got up and left the house, bought some letter paper and a bottle of ink and returned.
I have a fountain pen at home, but I rarely use it, but the quality is quite good. After keeping it for many years, and after cleaning the waste ink, it still works well. Writing two letters is not a problem at all.
I tried the pen, put these things in the drawer, waiting for Wang Susu to use when writing letters, and then put back the sundries that had been moved to the backyard. While he was busy, he saw Liu Ni A bunch of little kids poked their heads outside the courtyard gate, muttering something in a low voice.
When he saw him looking over, he smiled and pushed Xizi forward.
“You monkeys are so sneaky, what do you want to do?”
Xizi is an introverted little girl with a very thin skin. She shivered when Chen Ling stared at her. He whispered: "Uncle Fugui, I'm here to find Aunt Susu."
As soon as the little girl finished speaking, Wang Susu heard the noise and walked out of the main room. She looked at the little dolls in the courtyard and looked a little strange, and asked curiously: "What's the matter?"
"Aunt Susu, don't cry anymore. I'll give you this to buy delicious food."
Xizi took out a can bottle from behind, filled with colorful woolen tickets, and carefully handed it to Wang Susu before.
Wang Susu was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that the little ones must have heard her crying in the room just now, but she didn't expect that the little ones would have such thoughts, which made her eyes unbearable. Feeling a little feverish, he knelt down and touched Xizi's little head: "Xizi is so good, but my aunt is an adult now and doesn't need these things. Xizi should keep them to buy delicious food for herself."
"Auntie, don't you think it's enough? We still have more."
Xizi pursed her lips slightly and said softly.
Then I saw Liu Nier and several little dolls walking over silently one by one, holding jars or wine boxes, and handed them to Wang Susu one by one.
(End of this chapter)