Chapter 141: Chapter 141: Received the Package
Along with the letter, there arrived a remittance receipt, bearing an amount of one hundred.
Xia Chuyi shook her head.
He actually sent money?
Setting aside the remittance receipt, her attention was more drawn to the letter.
Holding it cursorily, she eyed it with curiosity.
It still used the same military-exclusive kraft paper envelope, stamped with a vivid red postmark and familiar handwriting.
What was different, however, was that this letter was unusually thick.
The letter hadn’t yet been opened, but the paper inside seemed about to burst out of the envelope.
Her bright eyes sparkled with curiosity.
Was Uncle Liberation Army really able to write such a thick letter?
A tinge of itchiness stirred in her heart.
Using the excuse of needing to rest, she returned to her room, closed the door, and with a flick of intention, entered her personal space.
She was ready to read the letter slowly.
Carefully tearing open the seal, she shook out a stack of thick letter paper.
Then, the corner of her eye twitched, and she fell silent.
The letter paper inside the envelope was just that — clean, unwritten-on letter paper.
Floating out with the stack of thick paper was a thin letter.
“Chuyi, it’s inconvenient to write on the way back, hence the brief message, please understand. Enclosed are letter paper and a postage stamp for your reply.
Inside the envelope was a single postage stamp, yet a stack of letter paper.
So, did Uncle Liberation Army mean for her to use these papers to write a single letter back?
Wasn’t that a bit too hopeful?
Ha, she felt like swearing.
Xia Chuyi pulled out a single sheet from the stack and replied, “Before New Year, consumed daily with cooking hot pot soup, too busy to write back, please understand.”
After writing the letter, she dried the ink of her fountain pen, sealed it, and affixed the postage stamp.
Well, Xia Chuyi was always one to honor her promises!
With the reply handled, her gaze inadvertently fell on the hundred-yuan remittance receipt.
In an era where a level-one worker earned less than thirty yuan, the sum Huo Shiqian sent was indeed substantial.
She remembered the ladies’ watch from before.
Suddenly, she felt that her reply letter seemed too thin.
Truly, short favors make long friends.
Resigned, Xia Chuyi sat down, took out a knitting needle and yarn, and began to knit a garment.
In her last life, she had unearthed her culinary talents and mastered many crafts under her Master and his wife, yet she had never learnt to knit sweaters.
Her only memories of knitting were from a distant childhood, a merit learned routinely… after all, knitting was a common skill among contemporary women.
Xia Chuyi fumbled with the memories for a while, and awkwardly managed to knit a lumpy, uneven patch.
That wasn’t the point though; the point was that at a glance, this thing had no connection to a sweater.
After some thought, she simply took the patch, sewed it together to make a half glove that exposed the fingers.
Then, she used yarn to stitch the character “Qian” and an added a five-pointed red star on the glove — her first time embroidering on yarn proved somewhat challenging, mainly because the knitting was uneven.
However, her embroidery skills were strong, and after examining it, she felt confident that the glove was presentable.
She took a deep breath.
Good, one task completed.
Once out of the space, she went directly to the post office, packed the gloves with the letter, and sent them afar.
The package with the letter reached the military unit just after the New Year.
“Captain, look, a New Year’s gift from little sister-in-law!” Xiao Wang shouted excitedly upon seeing Xia Chuyi’s letter and package arriving together.
Little sister-in-law!
Instantly, rumors of the captain having a young wife who sent him things spread throughout the camp.
Huo Shiqian was usually as stern as the King of Hell, but receiving letters always seemed to give him a moment of spring-like relief.
As usual, Huo Shiqian received the letter, in quite a good mood.
Seeing there was also a package, a faint smile graced his lips.
“Captain’s opening the letter, opening the gift!” Xiao Wang, along with a group of soldiers, peeked from outside secretly.
Huo Shiqian had noticed them, but today, upon receiving a gift from Xia Chuyi, he didn’t mind being watched.
First the letter, with just a few brief words.
Then the gift, an object that looked like a glove or perhaps a pouch?
Huo Shiqian fell into a curious silence.