"Comrades, go to the Division Chief to get your allowance. The allowance will be paid out today."
After Li Erniu received the allowance, he returned to the dormitory happily and told everyone the good news.
"Have you paid the allowance today? How much did you pay?"
When he heard that he had received the money, Li Xiang immediately ran to Li Erniu and asked.
"Six hundred yuan, go get it quickly."
As he spoke, Li Erniu took out six brand-new hundred-dollar bills from his pocket and showed them off in front of Li Xiang.
Although six hundred yuan is not much, it can support a rural family for a month. After confirming that he could receive the money, Li Xiang rushed out and ran straight to the company headquarters finance room.
"Li Xiang, wait for me."
Seeing Li Xiang running out, Gao Jie also chased after him.
The two came to the window of the finance room. In the finance room, the chief secretary lowered his head and counted the forms. When he found someone coming, he asked for his name.
"May I have your name?"
"Li Xiang."
"Gao Jie."
Li Xiang and Gao Jie reported their names together, so much so that the chief secretary could not hear them clearly.
"Why are you two so anxious? You both give me your names together. Which one of you will I pay first? Come one by one. Don't worry, I won't miss a penny from you." The Chief of Staff said angrily.
The Chief of Staff knew that these recruits were young and it was their first time receiving allowances, so they would inevitably be extremely excited. Therefore, the Chief of Staff did not blame them.
Li Xiang and Gao Jie saw that what they said was a little anxious, so they looked at each other, then they both gave in to each other, stopped talking, and looked straight at the chief secretary working on the account book.
After waiting for a long time, the chief of staff saw that the two people were silent again, so he raised his head and asked the two of them: "Hey! What's going on with you two? I asked you two to come one by one and you stopped talking? What's going on?" Who comes first?"
"Oh, let me go first. My name is Li Xiang."
Li Xiang originally thought that Gao Jie would announce his name first, but he didn't expect Gao Jie to be waiting for him, so he announced his name without waiting for Gao Jie.
"Li Xiang, right? Wait a moment."
The chief secretary flipped through the form in his hand and began to look for Li Xiang's name on the form. After some searching, the Secretary of State found Li Xiang's name on the last page and put a check mark on Li Xiang's name with the pen in his hand.
"Come on, sign on the back corresponding to your name."
The chief clerk pushed the form in front of Li Xiang, and at the same time handed the pen in his hand to Li Xiang. He opened the drawer and began to count the six hundred yuan to Li Xiang. After Li Xiang signed his name, he excitedly took the six hundred yuan, and then couldn't help but kiss the six hundred yuan. Although the six hundred yuan is not much, for Li Xiang from a rural family, it can support their family's living expenses for a month.
Later, Li Xiang didn't notice that Gao Jie beside him was still collecting money, and quickly ran back to the dormitory alone.
"Hey! Li Xiang, wait for me!"
No matter how Gao Jie shouted, Li Xiang couldn't hear him. At this time, Li Xiang had been thinking about how to deliver the 600 yuan to his parents. For Li Xiang, this money is the first money he received after leaving school. From then on, with this 600 yuan every month, his parents can be less tired.
Back in the dormitory, Li Xiang carefully collected the money and waited to send it home when he was free. At this time, all the recruits in the class had received their first month's allowance, and every recruit had a smile on their face. Now that you have money in your hands, you can go to a small store to buy chicken drumsticks for a meal to replenish your energy.
"Li Xiang, why are you in such a hurry? You didn't wait for me." Gao Jie complained to Li Xiang after returning to the dormitory.
"Ah? Did you just call me? I didn't hear you call me!" Li Xiang looked at Gao Jie in confusion, "Maybe I was too happy, I really didn't hear you shouting just now." Li Xiang continued to explain.
After hearing Li Xiang's explanation, Gao Jie looked at Li Xiang in confusion. He didn't expect that Li Xiang would be so excited after receiving the six hundred yuan that he would forget his friends.
"Hey! What's so exciting about this? It's just six hundred yuan. It's not even enough for a meal in a hotel. Li Xiang, Li Erniu, Liu Gang, I have a suggestion. Let's put this money together and go to a small shop. How about buying some delicious food and then having a Patty?" Gao Jie suggested to everyone.
Before joining the army, Gao Jie could just wave his hand and treat a friend to a meal, which would easily cost over a thousand yuan. In Gao Jie's eyes, this six hundred yuan was simply not worth mentioning.
"I agree."
"I agree."
Liu Gang and Li Erniu agreed, but Li Xiang looked embarrassed.
"I..., I don't agree."
Li Xiang said hesitantly.
"Li Xiang, isn't it just six hundred yuan? Why are you so stingy?"
Gao Jie didn't know how important this six hundred yuan was to Li Xiang's family.
"I……."
Li Xiang originally wanted to explain the situation to everyone and send the money home. However, he has a strong heart and does not want everyone to know that his family conditions are difficult, so Li Xiang chose to remain silent.
"Li Xiang, if you don't want to, forget it. Let's wait until Sunday for the three of us to have dinner together." Seeing how embarrassed Li Xiang was, Gao Jie didn't force Li Xiang.
Next, because of Li Xiang's stinginess, Gao Jie didn't talk to Li Xiang for a day. At the same time, Li Erniu and Liu Gang also thought that Li Xiang was too stingy and did not want to be with him anymore.
…
Li Xiang suddenly received a letter that day. When he went to bed at night, Li Xiang read the letter from his little sister under the dim moonlight.
"Brother:
I'm my little sister Li Mei. Are you still used to being in the army? everything fine? My parents and I miss you very much.
Yesterday, my mother's rheumatism broke out again and she was in so much pain that she couldn't get out of bed. Fortunately, the village chief came to help and sent her to the hospital, which relieved her pain. I stayed with my mother in the hospital for one night and received several bottles of medicine. Now, my mother is much better, but she cannot be discharged from the hospital yet.
In the morning, the nurse from the hospital came again to ask us for hospitalization fees, but there was no money in my mother's pocket. Yesterday's medical expenses were paid for by the village chief in advance. I don't know what to do? Brother, if only you were at home, I wouldn't have to worry so much... "
Seeing this, Li Xiang couldn't help but shed tears. His mother's rheumatism must have been caused by working in the fields. If he had been at home, his mother would not have to suffer.
That night, maybe Li Xiang was too tired from training, or maybe he missed him too much, so he fell asleep unknowingly, and then the letter in his hand fell to the ground.
When they got up the next morning, the squad leader gathered the team to prepare for running training. Li Xiang and everyone else did not pay attention to the letter that fell on the ground last night, and ran out to gather directly.
"Gao Jie, where is your hat?"
After the recruits gathered, the squad leader suddenly noticed that Gao Jie was not wearing his hat and immediately reminded Gao Jie.
"Forgot, I'll go back and get it now."
Gao Jie quickly ran back to the dormitory to get his hat. After returning to the dormitory, Gao Jie was about to take out his hat when he suddenly found a letter on the ground. Since he had no time to see who it belonged to, he had to put the letter in his pocket first. After taking a break during training, he asked who the letter belonged to and put the letter in his pocket. Return it to others.
