Chapter 288 The Ark's stipend is gone, all gone.

Fang Zhou had just returned to the unit after leading his regiment on an exercise some time ago when he heard someone say that his younger brother had called him recently, but when he found out he wasn't there, he said he had written him a letter. Coincidentally, the letter had just arrived a few days ago and was now on his desk.

Fang Zhou, 23, was recently promoted to deputy regimental commander, making him the youngest regimental-level officer in the entire Liaoning Military Region. At such a young and ambitious age, he has already achieved such success, which has attracted a lot of attention. Unfortunately, not only is he strong in his own abilities, but he also has a powerful background. He is the treasure of the division commander and regimental commander, so no one dares to provoke him.

However, this most outstanding talent of the Liaoning Provincial Military Region was sitting in his office at this moment, holding a letter in his hand, looking melancholy.

It wasn't entirely melancholy; the expression on his face was quite complex. There was worry, but if you looked closely, there was also joy, mixed with a bit of pride and guilt.

After reading the letter written by his troublesome younger brother, Fangzhou remained silent for a long time before finally letting out a soft sigh.

What to do? His own precious younger brother caused this trouble, so as the older brother, he had no choice but to cede territory and pay reparations to clean up the mess for him.

After all, he was raised by his own hands, fed with every drop of rice and water. He couldn't let his buddy, who was practically inseparable from him, beat him to death.

No, that's not right. In the end, it might be his unlucky older brother who gets beaten up. After all, Bai Yukai, that bastard, can't bring himself to really beat up the younger brother he raised, but he can't vent his anger, so he might end up coming after his unlucky brother to beat him up.

In other matters, Fangzhou could still put up a fight with a clear conscience, and in the end, the two big brothers would at most suffer mutual losses.

But things are different now. He never expected that Fang Meng, that little rascal, wouldn't even be able to endure two years before making his move.

My sister is only sixteen years old; she's still a child!

It's a shame that he kept saying to Bai Yukai that his brother was just a scoundrel, but not a beast.

Now look what happened, his face is all swollen, really swollen up!

Fang Zhou slammed the letter on the table in anger, then pulled open a drawer with a ferocious expression and took out a bulging envelope.

He had been leading a team in exercises outside all month, and when he got back his allowance for last month, he went to pick it up on the way. He put it in his drawer as soon as he entered the office.

His rank was accumulated little by little through military merits, without needing any favors from his elders. At most, because of his background, no one dared to steal his military merits.

But it is precisely because of this, coupled with his daring and hard-working nature, and his shrewdness in both mind and interpersonal skills, that he naturally rose through the ranks faster.

The current allowance is 127 yuan per month, which is considered the highest salary for a deputy regimental-level officer.

Fang Zhou took out 127 yuan from the envelope, and with an air of "out of sight, out of mind," casually tossed the originally bulging envelope aside.

Looking at the money in his hand, he gritted his teeth and took out thirteen more ten-yuan bills from the drawer. This was the bonus he received after his last mission.

Fangzhou's hands were trembling as he counted the two hundred and fifty-seven yuan.

Soon, very soon, this money will no longer belong to me!

Thinking of this, Fang Zhou put the money into a cloth bag next to him, picked up his car keys, and walked out of the office.

"Hey, Xiao Zhou, didn't you just get back? Why are you going out again instead of taking a proper rest?" Commander Li had just reached the office door when he saw Fang Zhou coming out and looked at the person in front of him with curiosity.

"Commander!"

Fang Zhou pursed his lips. When he saw his guild leader, he suddenly felt a little aggrieved. However, when he thought about how his guild leader only had two yuan of pocket money a month, he suddenly felt less aggrieved.

"What's wrong? Did you suffer some injustice outside?" Li Tuan frowned, looking at the soldier in front of him with concern.

This was his best soldier, who had followed him into battle when he was fifteen or sixteen. He was someone he had personally trained. If anyone dared to bully him, this older brother would dare to draw his gun.

"Who dares to bully me? I'm fine. I need to go to the post office. My brother and sister are dating, and I'm worried they won't be able to take care of themselves. I'm going to send them some money and some things to Yu Kai." Fang Zhou sighed, gave a brief report, and turned to walk towards the stairs.

Li Tuan stood there, completely bewildered, slowly turning to look at Fang Zhou's retreating figure. Suddenly, it dawned on him, and he stretched out his hand in shock, exclaiming, "Wait a minute, what younger brother and sister? How can your younger brother and sister get along...?"

As Li Tuan finished speaking, he suddenly realized that his words might damage the reputation of his own soldiers, so he quickly swallowed his words. Unfortunately, Fang Zhou's two long legs were too fast to come back and answer his questions.

Although the Liaoning Provincial Military Region is located in the suburbs, there is a post office in the nearby commune, and it only takes Fangzhou about twenty minutes to drive there.

Standing by the counter, Fang Zhou thought carefully for a while and mailed 150 yuan to those two troublesome kids. His younger brother was young and spent money recklessly. He didn't want his sister to be short of money for snacks and dresses. He couldn't let his little sister suffer.

Besides, the two children are currently in a relationship, so we can't let the little girl suffer any injustice.

As for Bai Yukai...

Fangzhou looked at the remaining 107 yuan, hesitated for a while, took out 7 yuan, hesitated again, and put 5 yuan back, leaving himself only 2 yuan for pocket money.

Just hang in there, it'll be time to get the allowance next month soon. At worst... at worst, I'll just eat at the regimental commander's place. His regimental commander probably can't spend all of his two yuan a month, and besides, the division commander gets five yuan a month.

That should be enough for him!

The remaining 105 yuan was mailed to Bai Yukai, along with Fang Zhou's deep sense of guilt, and sent towards Hainan Island.