Wei Anan sat in the carriage, her mood so good that she felt like taking off, and the corners of her lips never drooped.

After a bumpy ride to the Dongrong Brigade, she found out the location of the brigade headquarters and asked a carriage to take her directly there.

"Hello, comrade. May I ask who is the captain?"

Several cadres in the team headquarters are holding a meeting. Although there is still some time before spring planting, they have to start preparing in advance.

Wei Anan was wearing a half-length cotton coat, black trousers and leather shoes, and a camel-colored cashmere scarf around her neck. Her attire made her look like a city dweller.

Liang Mancang didn't dare to neglect him and stood up and replied, "I am Captain Liang Mancang, comrade, who are you?"

Wei Anan took out her work ID and showed it to Liang Mancang. "I'm from the Beijing Revolutionary Committee. I'm here to talk to Cheng Shuqing from your brigade about some things. Please take me with you."

Although she was just a financial staff member of the Revolutionary Committee, people outside didn't know about it, so this work permit was valid everywhere.

After looking at the work permit, Liang Mancang returned it respectfully.

But he scratched his head with a blank look in his eyes, "Comrade, there is no one named Cheng Shuqing in our team?"

Their team is called Gang, Qiang, and there are plenty of names like Shan and Shui.

Most of the people in the team are illiterate, so how could there be any educated people who would come up with such a special name?

Wei Anan's heart tightened. Could it be that Qin An Ning lied to her?

That’s not right. Qin An Ning didn’t know she was eavesdropping, so there was no need for her to lie.

Shuqing must be here.

"How dare you lie?" Wei An'an frowned and scolded angrily, "You came all the way here. If I hadn't checked everything, would I have come here?"

Liang Mancang was also unhappy. He stiffened his neck and loudly retorted, "Comrade Wei, if I say there is no answer, then there is no answer. Why would I lie to you?"

Liang Mancang felt that Dou E had not wronged him as much.

Where did he lie?

Is there no one named Cheng Shuqing in their village?

Wait, that's not right!

Liang Mancang turned around and whispered to the accountant for help, "Is there anyone named Cheng among those living in the cowshed? What's his name?"

He didn't know the names of the two men. They were both sent down from the countryside, so it didn't matter. He didn't remember them.

The accountant quickly took out the roster and checked it. Cheng Yi and Cheng Shuqing matched!

"Well, there is a person named Cheng Shuqing." The accountant pointed at Cheng Shuqing's name and whispered to Liang Mancang.

Liang Mancang looked at the name. He didn't recognize any of the three characters. It was no wonder that he couldn't remember it.

Looking at Wei Anan, his old face looked a little embarrassed.

"Haha, haha, Comrade Wei, there is a person named Cheng Shuqing, but he is a transferred official. Are you looking for him?"

Hearing that Cheng Shuqing was indeed here, Wei Anan breathed a sigh of relief.

Just now she thought she had found the wrong one again.

Wei Anan tried not to laugh and nodded calmly, "I'll go find him. Lead the way."

Dongrong Brigade is not a wealthy brigade. Along the way, there are only short adobe houses.

Wei Anan saw it and felt very uncomfortable.

Back then, Cheng Shuqing was a handsome man with a spotless white shirt. I don’t know how many girls he charmed.

Now he has to live in this mud house, which is really unfair to him.

But Wei Anan could not have imagined that the place where Cheng Shuqing lived now was much worse than this environment.

Next to the cattle pen was a shed for storing hay, and next to the shed was a small house, short and dilapidated, with wooden boards nailed shut and a few newspapers pasted on the windows.

The smell of cow and horse manure next to it is very pungent even in this unfrozen weather.

When she saw the person coming out of the house, she couldn't hold back her tears.

Afraid of being seen, she wiped it away quickly.

Liang Mancang shouted, and Cheng Shuqing immediately changed direction and walked over.

He lowered his head and politely greeted Liang Mancang, "Captain, what are your instructions?"

"This comrade from Beijing wants to know something about you. Please cooperate."

"yes."

Wei Anan held back the tears in her eyes and asked Liang Mancang to go back first.

She started crying only after the people had gone a little further away.

"Brother Shuqing, I'm sorry I'm late."

Cheng Shuqing looked at Wei Anan with complicated eyes and said in a cold voice, "How did you find this place?"

“I started looking for your family since the incident, but your family’s information was hidden.

I've traveled to countless places over the past three years, and it was only in Chunjiang County that I ran into your cousin and overheard your address, which is why I came here."

Wei Anan finished sobbing and looked at Cheng Shuqing distressedly, "You've lost a lot of weight."

She unconsciously took a step forward and reached out to touch Cheng Shuqing's face.

Cheng Shuqing took two steps back to keep his distance. "Comrade Wei, this is not the place for you. Go back quickly."

"No, I worked so hard to find you just to be with you.

Look, I brought a lot of things for you and your uncle and aunt, including food and clothes..."

"Comrade Wei," Cheng Shuqing said emphatically, "I am just a demoted member of the "Five Black Categories" (Black Five Categories). You shouldn't have any contact with me. Go back quickly."

After saying that, he no longer cared about Wei Anan and turned to go to the cattle pen to feed the cattle and horses.

Wei Anan followed closely behind Cheng Shuqing and said stubbornly, "I don't care who you are, whether you are from the Five Black Categories or the Five Red Categories, I only recognize you.

In the past, when you had someone you liked, I could only watch from afar, but she is married now, so there is no possibility for her to be with you.

You are single, so there is no reason to reject my pursuit."

Cheng Shuqing paused for a moment and continued walking forward. He first went to the hay shed to pick up some grass, chopped it into small pieces with a scythe, and then put it in the trough.

He did everything in an orderly manner, treating Wei Anan, who was chattering around him, as if she were air, and didn't say a word to her.

After feeding the cattle and horses, Cheng Shuqing picked up the shoulder pole and bucket to fetch water.

Wei Anan followed him like a little tail.

"Beat, beat these bad guys to death."

A few children around seven or eight years old saw Cheng Shuqing, picked up clods of dirt from the ground and threw them at him.

Some hit him on the body, some hit him on the legs, but Cheng Shuqing didn't even frown, obviously he was used to it.

"Stop it! Who told you to hit people?" Wei Anan shouted angrily. He didn't care whether they were children or not. He picked up a clod of dirt and threw it back at them.

Children are like this. If you don't dare to fight back, they will think you are easy to bully. Once you fight back, they will be afraid.

Wei Anan threw a few clods of earth at them and they scattered.

"Brother Shuqing, how could you let them bully you?" It must have hurt so much when the clods of earth hit my body.

Cheng Shuqing's tone was light with sarcasm, "What else? What can a bad guy like me do?"

Brother Shuqing, whom she holds dear to her heart, is living a life of bullying like this, and Wei Anan's heart aches.

When they returned to the cowshed, all the grass in the trough was eaten, so Cheng Shuqing added some water.

Looking at Wei An'an with red eyes, Cheng Shuqing sighed, "An'an, thank you for coming all the way to see me, but this is not the place for you.

Be obedient and go back."