After the brothers and sisters finished studying, Chen Guiyun had already boiled the boiling water, washed the feet of several children, Mingyang Mingcheng returned to his cabin, Mingnuan Minghe lay on the bed side by side, covered with a towel quilt, Chen Guiyun hummed an unknown song, coaxed the little daughter and son to sleep, gently turned off the light, and lay on the side of the bed.

Even though Ming Nuan has an adult soul, she is a three-year-old girl after all, and she falls asleep after a while.

The night was dark and quiet, and sleeping in hunger was the least physically exerting thing, and everyone went to bed early. Suddenly there was a scream in the silence, followed by several shouts and cries one after another.

The lights were lit up in the courtyard one after another, Chen Guiyun also got up and turned on the light, heard a knock on the door, and then heard Sister Zhang, the lover of Camp Chief Guo next door, say: "Guiyun, hurry up and take a look, Camp Chief Gao in the backyard is quarrelling, and they are about to start." ”

"Okay, I know, I'll put on my clothes, let's go, Sister Zhang, you go first." Chen Guiyun replied in a low voice, afraid of waking up the sleeping child.

Ming Nuan is not a real child after all, he has woken up a long time ago, a gossip heart has awakened, the fire of gossip is burning, and he has long wanted to go with him to see the excitement. Bar chirped his mouth, slowly opened his eyes, pretended to be woken up, hugged Huo's mother, and said that he was afraid.

Chen Guiyun looked at the little daughter in her arms, listened to the louder and louder quarrels outside, gritted her teeth, picked up Ming Nuan and went out of the door, and went straight to the house behind.

Everyone saw Zhang Guiyun coming with Ming Nuan in her arms, and they all got out of the way, Ming Nuan understood, after all, her mother was also the wife of the head of the regiment.

Before Chen Guiyun could ask what was going on, a woman hugged Ming Nuan over, and said, "Doctor Chen, why did you bring Xiao Nuannuan, at night, don't freeze and catch a cold, I'll help you send the child back?"

Ming Nuan's nasal cavity was filled with an indescribable smell, and he didn't know how long this person hadn't taken a bath, Ming Nuan's belly was slandered, looking at this woman's face, very thin, hanging horned eyes, thin lips, and cheekbones were very prominent, Ming Nuan knew that this was thin, but she still didn't like this woman for no reason, struggling to get her mother, Chen Guiyun quickly took Ming Nuan over, and the woman retracted her hand.

Chen Guiyun asked about the situation at this time, and the people around me talked about it one by one, and only then did they understand the situation, it turned out to be a letter from Camp Commander Gao's hometown, and Camp Commander Gao's brothers were almost unable to get by, so they asked Camp Commander Gao to send some food home.

"Where's Xiaofeng?" Chen Guiyun glanced into the room, only to see a few men talking around Camp Chief Gao, but did not see Camp Chief Gao's lover Li Xiaofeng, so he asked.

"At my house, I just persuaded it, and I'm still crying." A tall, thin woman said. Ming Nuan thought about it for a long time and didn't figure out who it was, so she continued to lie on her mother's shoulder and pretend to be well-behaved.

Chen Guiyun walked towards the woman's house with Ming Nuan in her arms, opened the curtain, and saw a woman sitting on the edge of the bed, her head down, her shoulders were constantly shaking, and there were a little girl and a little boy sitting on either side of her.

Ming Nuan looked at the two children and found that they were thinner than their own children, they were really like stickmen, with big heads on their thin necks, and they didn't cry, just grabbed their mother's clothes tightly and sobbed quietly.

Camp Chief Guo's lover Sister Zhang glanced at Chen Guiyun, Chen Guiyun went out with Ming Nuan in her arms, and then Sister Zhang also came out.

"Sister Zhang, what's going on?" Huo's mother asked first.

Sister Zhang's face was indignant: "Elder Gao Ying's hometown has sent a letter, this time not only to ask for food, but also to send ten catties to his hometown in more than a month." ”

"What!" Even Huo's mother opened her mouth in surprise, too, Huo's father is the deputy head of the regiment, and his monthly allowance is only sixty yuan, fifty-five catties of food stamps, plus Huo's mother's salary and food stamps, the Huo family can have one hundred catties of grain a month, which is already a lot.

Camp Commander Gao's treatment is only forty catties of food a month, and Camp Commander Gao's lover has no job, Camp Commander Gao used to send fifteen catties home every month, otherwise Camp Commander Gao's two children would not be like this, and Camp Commander Gao's eldest daughter was sent to the hospital because of fainting at school some time ago.

"Fifteen catties of food a month, even if Battalion Commander Gao eats in the army every day, it is not enough, what should I do with these two children?" Huo's mother reacted and asked quickly.

"What should I do?" Everyone Zhang sneered: "The elders and mothers of Gaoying have thought about it, these ten catties of grain are the rations of the eldest girl, saying that the eldest girl is a money-losing goods, and it is useless to feed the girl in these years, it is better to send the ten catties of grain home to the nephew to eat, and in the end, the nephew will also remember him as an uncle." ”

After listening to Sister Zhang's words, Chen Guiyun couldn't help but fall silent, although it has been liberated for more than ten years, the concept of preference for sons over daughters in the countryside has not changed, and there are many men who think that nephews are more important than their daughters, because daughters will marry sooner or later when they grow up, while nephews can continue their own bloodline.

"What about Battalion Commander Gao, what did he say?" After being stunned for a while, Chen Guiyun asked again.

Sister Zhang couldn't help sighing: "What else can I say, in the future, I will send five catties of food home every month, and I won't say that I won't give the eldest girl food." ”

Chen Guiyun and Sister Zhang exchanged two more sentences, and they both went into the house to comfort the poor mother, although they knew that the disaster would soon pass, and the eldest girl would not die, but Ming Nuan still couldn't help but turn her head, and couldn't bear to look at this little girl who was abandoned by her biological father.

By the time Chen Guiyun returned home with Ming Nuan, it was already midnight, and Ming Nuan had already fallen asleep on the way back.