Chapter 117: Chapter 117 Start Fighting
Leaving the Xia Family, Xia Chuyi went straight to the post office to retrieve the letter sent by Huo Shiqian.
Clutching the thin envelope, she flicked her wrist a couple of times.
The letter was still very light.
Clearly, Huo Shiqian had sent it before their meeting.
She tore open the letter to find, as expected, the sparse and telegraph-like few words.
“Today is cold; training with the troops; all is well.”
It was really tough for Uncle Liberation Army, he had self-taught himself from two sentences to three—good job!
She folded the letter and stashed it in a dedicated spot in her space—coat, watch, letters; now, this corner was reserved for his belongings.
Without going back, she pulled out some money and handed it over directly to the uncle at the post office.
The uncle, familiar with the drill, gave her in return a piece of paper, a pen, an envelope, and a stamp.
Xia Chuyi took them, spread open the paper, and swiftly penned her response.
“Ran today, encountered a rabid dog, fought it off, feeling great,”
She looked at the letter with satisfaction.
Look at her, so kind, even adding an extra sentence.
She sealed the letter, stuck on the stamp.
“Uncle, thank you,” she said with a smile to the post office uncle.
“What’s there to thank me for?” The uncle, taking the envelope and noticing its thinness, chuckled and shook his head. “Chuyi lass, you young people nowadays are really something.”
“Every day, the incoming letters I see are just this tiny bit; and you reply the same tiny bit as well.”
“Why not save it up every few days and write a long one instead? It’d also save money!”
“Hey, I really don’t understand your young people.”
The uncle wore a look of exasperation, as if the generational gap was too wide to bridge.
Xia Chuyi didn’t respond to the uncle’s question.
Honestly, she wasn’t sure how to respond; this “concise and to the point” spy-like correspondence was actually started by Huo Shiqian.
Thinking of this term, Xia Chuyi couldn’t help but curl her lips in a sneaky smile.
Would Uncle Liberation Army burst into laughter if he heard this?
Well, good, she now had content for a reply tomorrow.
To be honest, initially, she didn’t quite see the point of writing letters daily.
However, these past few days, she found that jotting down daily events and sharing them with someone far away could actually be quite fun.
Now, she was beginning to look forward to what Huo Shiqian’s letters would be like after their meeting.
Would the word count in his letters increase?
After all, she had told Huo Shiqian, he writes more, she replies more.
Xia Chuyi leisurely strolled back to her uncle’s home.
Upon arriving home, she went to change her clothes first. Then, coming out, she heard her cousin Zhao Xiaogui shouting in the hall.
“Hey, dad, mom, you gotta hear this, it’s so interesting…” Upon seeing Xia Chuyi, Zhao Xiaogui’s eyes lit up, and he quickly rushed over, grabbing her arm and pulling her along.
“Sister, come quickly, listen to this! The Xia family really made a scene today!” Zhao Xiaogui said excitedly, clearly enjoying himself. “Sister, sit down, I’ll tell all three of you together.”
“What’s it about?” Xia Chuyi asked calmly as she sat down and sipped her water.
“Cough, cough!” Zhao Xiaogui pretended to cough mysteriously, his eyes gleaming mischievously. “Hehe, sister, you might not know this, but Xia Chengzu and Xia Mei, the siblings, they started fighting!”
Xia Chuyi blinked, “Oh.”
Zhao Xiaogui: “Sister, aren’t you excited?”
Excited about what? She was the one who had started it.