Wei Xiaochun sneered: “I have been married to you for two years, but I haven’t been able to get pregnant. My mother said that in some places there is a custom of bringing a child, that is, adopting a child. It is said that this can attract the attention of Guanyin, the Goddess of Childbirth, and you will be able to get pregnant soon.”
“This is what I think, why don’t we adopt the children of my Second Brother’s family? We are their uncles and aunts, and we will never treat the two children badly. If we can really get pregnant with our own children, of course, it will be better.”
The fact that they had not had children after two years of marriage had always been the biggest worry for Wei Xiaochun and Kuang Aidang. Therefore, when Wei Xiaochun mentioned the custom of ‘bringing a child’, Kuang Aidang was somewhat tempted.
Especially at this moment, his mind was full of the brotherhood with his Eldest Brother and Second Brother when he was a child.
Wei Xiaochun took the initiative to offer to raise his Second Brother’s children in the future, which touched Kuang Aidang a little and made him feel that he had not married the wrong wife.
“But we are not as capable as the Eldest Brother’s family. If we really want to raise Zhuangwa and Baowa, we must get the Second Brother’s pension. That is the money that the Second Brother exchanged for his life, so we must leave it to the two children.”
“I am worried that if the Second Sister-in-law really follows Zhang Youdong to the army alone, she will embezzle the Second Brother’s pension for selfish reasons. If she remarries at that time, we will not be able to get the money back.”
“There is also the Second Brother’s house, the allowance that the Second Brother sent home over the years, and the things that our parents gave to the Second Sister-in-law privately when the family was divided. These are all our Kuang family. She, a member of the Ye family, cannot take a single needle or thread.”
Wei Xiaochun didn’t really care about the two children of the Second Brother-in-law’s family at all. She was purely for the money and the house.
Once she got the money, what to do with the children would naturally be her business. Anyway, she still had some means to fool Kuang Aidang, a fool.
“Let’s wait a bit. What if the Second Sister-in-law doesn’t plan to remarry?”
Kuang Aidang was both moved and hesitant, but he knew that now was not the time to ask these questions.
“So, I just said, do our parents really plan to let the Second Sister-in-law go to the army alone? I think you should go with her.”
Wei Xiaochun put himself in Ye Wu’s shoes and felt that Ye Wu would definitely embezzle some private money.
“Even if the Second Sister-in-law doesn’t go alone, it should be our parents or Eldest Brother and Eldest Sister-in-law who go with her. And Youdong is with her. The Second Sister-in-law is not so stupid as to tell a lie that could be exposed at any time.”
Kuang Aidang didn’t have this idea.
“Hmph!”
Wei Xiaochun got angry when she saw how disappointing he was, but when she thought that now was the easiest time to curry favor with the old man and the old woman, she didn’t bother to get angry.
She endured the heartache, took a few eggs, and hurried to Elder Brother’s home.
***
“Hey, isn’t this Youdong’s wife?”
Wei Xiaochun met Jin Qiaoqiao halfway and greeted her warmly.
This girl from the Jin family was also lucky. Kuang Aijun had let her slip before. Wei Xiaochun knew that it was Jin Qiaoqiao that the Kuang family had chosen for Kuang Aijun at the beginning.
In recent years, everyone said that Ye Wu would marry better than her.
As a result, Kuang Aijun died, but Zhang Youdong was alive and well. It was said that he made a contribution on the battlefield and would be able to be promoted after returning this time.
If Kuang Aijun had not sacrificed his life, he should have been promoted this time, and his allowance would have been even higher.
Thinking of this, Wei Xiaochun felt a little regretful.
“When will your husband come back? You said, my Second Brother-in-law is pitiful. He died at such a young age, and he has two children and a wife. By the way, Qiaoqiao, has your Youdong told you how much the pension is in the army? For a situation like my Second Brother-in-law who has two young children at home, can he get more allowance?”
Wei Xiaochun and Jin Qiaoqiao were not familiar with each other because she always felt that this beautiful young wife didn’t like her. Obviously, Wei Xiaochun had never met Jin Qiaoqiao before marrying to Zhangjiagou, but she just had this feeling.
In the past, Wei Xiaochun didn’t care about trying to please someone who didn’t like her, but now she wanted to know about Kuang Aijun’s pension, so she could only try to please Jin Qiaoqiao.
“Youdong has never mentioned this to me.”
When she saw Wei Xiaochun, Jin Qiaoqiao’s expression became much colder. The woman in front of her contributed greatly to her being so miserable in her previous life.
Her situation was different from Ye Wu’s.
In her previous life, she did not get pregnant with Kuang Aijun’s child. Therefore, after the news of Kuang Aijun’s sacrifice came, it was an established fact in everyone’s mind that she would remarry, including Jin Qiaoqiao herself, who had no intention of remaining faithful to Kuang Aijun.
At that time, the army offered two compensation plans.
The first was a one-time pension of 500 yuan.
The second compensation plan was to give a monthly subsidy of 6 yuan to the military dependents until Kuang Aijun’s parents died.
Of course, if Kuang Aijun’s widow did not remarry, then the 6 yuan subsidy could be received until she died.
From a long-term perspective, the six-yuan subsidy was more cost-effective.
At that time, the salary of a formal factory worker was only about 20 yuan. Only after being promoted to senior worker could one get a higher salary.
In the countryside, the six-yuan subsidy plus the work points of the team was enough to ensure the martyrs’ families had enough food and clothing.
But Jin Qiaoqiao did not have the idea of keeping her chastity for Kuang Aijun. For the two of them, it was naturally more cost-effective to get the pension all at once.
But then, there was a problem with how to distribute the 500 yuan.
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