Chapter 102 Remittance
After leaving the alley, Luo Yang did not go home directly, but went to the nearby post office.
When he arrived at the post office, Luo Yang took out the money in his pocket and counted it, then counted out the fifty and put it back in his pocket. But just as he put his hand down, Luo Yang thought about it, took out the money again, took out another thirty from the fifty, and finally left twenty and put it back.
Lying on the table by the window, Luo Yang filled out several remittance forms. The name and address on the remittance forms had long been memorized in his mind, and he would never forget them in his life.
After writing the remittance form stroke by stroke , Luo Yang took the money to the counter and waited. Soon it was his turn.
"What do you want to do?" a girl behind the counter asked professionally.
"Remittance, three slips, here's the money." Luo Yang said, and stuffed the remittance slip and the prepared money in his hand into the small window.
"You again?" The girl looked up as if she found the voice familiar, and when she saw it was Luo Yang, she asked subconsciously.
Luo Yang nodded without saying anything and just stood there quietly.
"Seventy for each place, a total of... two hundred and one." The girl took the remittance slip and the money and first glanced at the three slips. She counted as she looked, and then counted the money Luo Yang handed over: "Two hundred and one, the amount is correct, the postage is..."
As she spoke, the girl calculated the postage and reported a number. Luo Yang handed over two more notes. The girl inside took them and counted out four one-cent coins. She said as she counted, "You come to remit money every month, and each time you remit several hundred yuan. You are really rich. What do you do? Who are you sending this money to? Your relatives from other places? Friends?"
"Is this related to your work? Is this what you should ask?" Luo Yang asked back coldly.
"Why are you like this? I just..." The girl was stunned by Luo Yang's words, and her face looked very aggrieved.
Before she could finish, Luo Yang tapped his fingers on the counter a few times and said bluntly, "Comrade, please do your job well!"
"You...!" Luo Yang's rude words immediately made the girl inside very angry. She glared at Luo Yang, picked up the stamp beside her and slammed it hard on the three bills. After smashing them, she tore off the second copy and threw it out of the window along with four coins, and then shouted loudly to the back: "Next!"
After receiving the duplicate remittance form and the coins, Luo Yang turned around and left. Seeing this, another girl behind the counter couldn't help but stand up for her colleague: "Xiaojuan, why is this guy like this? You shouldn't have done it for him just now. What's wrong with asking? What's wrong with asking? If the money is aboveboard, why can't people ask? I think there is something wrong with this guy, maybe he is a spy! Otherwise, I will call the police and ask them to send someone to investigate thoroughly?"
As she spoke, the girl stood up and was about to walk towards the phone. The girl named Xiaojuan quickly grabbed her and whispered a few words to her.
"You said that this person was received by Director Liu before? Have you seen him?" The girl's eyes widened in disbelief.
Xiao Juan nodded heavily: "There must be no problem with this person's identity, otherwise Director Liu would not have come out to receive him. It's also my fault. Everything was fine the previous few times, but I don't know why I asked too many questions today. Don't tell Director Liu about this, otherwise Director Liu will definitely criticize me."
"Okay, okay, I got it. I won't tell you, I promise." The girl comforted Xiao Juan , but at the same time she said indignantly, "Even if he knows Director Liu, he can't do this. You just asked one more question and he deliberately gave you a cold face. What kind of man is he..."
Luo Yang naturally didn't know what happened to the two girls after he left. After coming out of the post office, Luo Yang felt much more at ease. He rode his bike straight back home. His home was on the other side of the compound, not too far from the Planning Commission's staff housing complex where Lin Yan lived now, but the houses here were different from those in the staff housing complex and the conditions were much better.
Luo Yang's home is at No. 11 in the compound. It's still a bit of distance from the main gate to ride a bike. When he arrived, he parked his bike and walked straight in. As soon as he pushed the door open, he smelled the aroma of meat.
"Mom! I'm back!"
Luo Yang knew without guessing that his mother was busy in the kitchen. As for his father, he was definitely not at home. Compared to his mother who had just retired, his father was very busy at work. Sometimes he was not seen for several days. Other times, he would just get home and leave in a hurry before he had time to eat a few bites of his meal. He would not come back until midnight or even early in the morning.
"You're back, Yangzi. Dinner will be served soon. Your dad called and said he would be back for dinner today." His mother's voice came from the kitchen. Luo Yang responded and went back to his room.
After entering the room and closing the door, Luo Yang walked to the drawer by the window, took out the key to unlock the drawer, pulled open the drawer and took out a box from it.
This is an ordinary tin box. The pattern on it has become a little blurred over time, but it can still be seen that this tin box was originally used to hold compressed biscuits.
Opening the box, Luo Yang took out the copies of three remittance slips from his pocket and put them in. When he put them in, he could see that there were a lot of identical remittance slips in the box, one after another, a thick stack, with remittance amounts of varying amounts. There were fewer with the dates before, such as five yuan and ten yuan respectively, while there were more with the dates after. Especially in the past six months, the amount of almost every remittance slip was more than fifty yuan.
After looking at the thick remittance slip, Luo Yang's eyes lingered on a few things on the other side of the box. However, he did not stay there for too long, and quickly closed the box, put it back into the drawer and locked it.
An hour later, Luo Yang's father came back.
"Dad!" Luo Yang, who was reading a book in the living room, put down the book and stood up.
Luo Yanhua is a military man. Although he is over 50 years old with gray hair, he still maintains the habits of a soldier. He walks with a vigorous pace and his every move is full of the tough style of a soldier.
Seeing his son, Luo Yanhua nodded slightly, and his lips, which were usually pursed, became softer.
Luo Yang was his only son and the offspring he had placed high hopes on since the day he was born. However, the situation changed at that time and Luo Yanhua and his wife were unable to protect themselves, so they had no choice but to hastily arrange for Luo Yang and his sister Luo Lin.
According to Luo Yang's plan, he originally wanted to send both children to the army. At that time, joining the army was the best way out, and the army was not affected by the local area, which was also the best protection for them.
Unfortunately, due to time constraints, Luo Yanhua could only arrange one person, so he chose Luo Lin to go. It was not because he had any opinion about his son, but because he felt that at a time like this, as a man, even if he was not yet an adult, he still had the responsibility and style that a man should have.
In this way, Luo Lin joined the army, and Luo Yang, who lost the opportunity to join the army, could only go north to the Great Northern Wilderness to become an educated youth.
Luo Yang stayed in the Great Northern Wilderness for several years, and Luo Yanhua knew very well how difficult the conditions there were.
This difficult period finally passed. As Luo Yanhua and his wife's problems were resolved, they resumed work and made further progress in their positions. Luo Yang also returned from the Great Northern Wilderness.
Luo Yanhua, who was always serious, felt deeply guilty about his son. In his opinion, Luo Yang's best time was delayed because of him. So after Luo Yang returned to Yanjing, Luo Yanhua, who never made any arrangements for his children, took the unprecedented step of calling his subordinates and found a job for Luo Yang in a large state-owned enterprise.
This can be regarded as a father's compensation to his children. Luo Yanhua hopes to make up for his lack of love for Luo Yang in this way. But he never expected that Luo Yang rejected his arrangement and told Luo Yanhua that he wanted to go to college and take the path he wanted to take with his own efforts.
Luo Yang's mother was opposed to this choice, but Luo Yanhua was extremely pleased.
Looking at his blood-related son, Luo Yanhua had a good talk with Luo Yang for the first time. After the conversation, Luo Yanhua agreed with Luo Yang's choice, and also told him that since he chose to go this way, as a father, he would never interfere in anything about Luo Yang again.
Luo Yang worked very hard and was finally admitted to Imperial University. Although his college entrance examination results were not outstanding, he was admitted. When he heard the good news, Luo Yanhua drank three glasses of wine at home for the first time, expressing his pride for his son.
