Chapter 46

"My neighbor's sister is five years older than me. She's famously beautiful in our area, and has been since she was a child. Hey, Hongxia, don't disbelieve me, that sister has been so beautiful since she was a child, with big eyes, long eyelashes, and a beautiful nose and mouth! Even during the Anti-Japanese War, her family didn't dare let her go out! They were afraid that someone would snatch her away if they weren't paying attention.

When she was seventeen, I guess that was the year. Oh, it was 1942. Someone from our neighborhood introduced her to a guy, a university professor. Although he wasn't good-looking, he had a great temperament and looked like someone with a lot of knowledge. Her sister disagreed, disliking his appearance. Later, someone introduced her to a soldier, but she complained that soldiers were unstable and beat their wives. Then someone introduced her to a wealthy man, but she complained that he was overweight and twice her age.

In short, she didn't like any of them. Then it was 1948, and she was 23 years old. Not only her family was worried, but she herself was also worried. If she didn't get married, she would become an old maid.

One day, the elder sister was delivering food to her brother. By chance, she met a postman, an apprentice errand boy. His family was incredibly poor, and he had four or five younger brothers and sisters. She insisted on marrying him, claiming he treated her well and promised her a good life. Her father had tied her up at home, but she refused to eat and insisted on marrying him. Her parents had no choice but to grant her request, even though they said they would pretend she didn't exist after she married him.

That sister is also a fool. She couldn't live a good life, but she had to marry into a family like that. You don't know how she looks now. I saw her once last winter when I went to buy coal. Forget her pretty face. Her fingers are as thick as carrots, her face is red and purple with chilblains, and she looks like an old woman. She has given birth to four or five children, and she looks sixty years old. Tell me, what's the point of marrying a man like that?!

Zhao Mei sighed as she spoke.

Of course, the teacher wasn't doing well now, and the rich one was broke, but she heard that the soldier was even a division commander, which was quite a high position... A postman, unless his words could turn into gold, then no matter how good he said it, it wouldn't work! And he promised her a good life?

Bah! Men's lies are the least valuable!

Bi Chunliu wondered if what Zhao Mei was sharing had strayed a bit from the original topic. She seemed to be saying, "Don't be fooled by men's lies..."

Not sure, let’s see.

Wang Hongxia: "...your sister Mei's point is that you should listen to your family's opinions when your family introduces you to someone, and not always resist other people's kindness. At least relatives and friends should compare the situation of both families beforehand. If you know someone yourself, it's easy to cause problems if you don't know their background. Isn't this sister like that?"

Wang Xiaojun, the only single person in the union, said: "Oh..."

Seeing Wang Xiaojun's listless demeanor, Bi Chunliu didn't want to continue discussing this topic, so she asked Zhao Mei, "Sister Mei, what's the situation now with the two sons who took their mother to the police station, and the mother who reported them? Is there any follow-up?"

Zhao Mei clapped her hands. "Oh! I almost forgot to mention this! That woman wasn't arrested, but the police have figured out why she targeted this family! Do you know why she treated them like that?"

"Why?"

"This girl's father was originally a cook. I heard that his ancestors were imperial chefs, and the family has a recipe left by their ancestors. He and the fathers of the two men were sworn brothers. Later, this girl's father passed away. This brother took advantage of her mother's illness, stole the recipe, and ran away with his wife and children. This girl's mother passed away a while ago, and this girl came to us just to get revenge on that bastard! She said she wanted to destroy this family of robbers and thieves."

Wang Hongxia: "Then how did you find out?"

Zhao Mei glanced at the others helplessly and said, "The police didn't have to work hard. The girl sent a lot of letters directly to the police station, the garment factory, and the neighborhood office of that family. There must have been 20 or 30 of them. The police collected all the letters together and found that they were not from the same address. They were sent from places far and near. Isn't that amazing? How did this girl do it?"

Wang Hongxia: "They must know another way."

Bi Chunliu nodded in agreement. She felt ashamed of herself for being reborn. She hadn't even known about this important news! In the future, this girl's situation would be easy to deal with. She could just drop it off at a mailbox. But now, you have to go to the post office to send a letter, and you even need a letter of introduction. How did they do that? While this wasn't a very good way to get revenge, this girl was truly capable!

"Xiao Bi!"

Ren Qianjin pushed the door open and came in, excitedly calling out to Bi Chunliu, "You girl, you're really talented! Well done!"

"Chairman Ren, what's up, Xiao Bi? Why are you so happy?"

Bi Chunliu nodded with a confused look on her face. What did she do?

Ren Qianjin's face was filled with joy. "Hurry up and get ready! The police are here with their men. They're at the factory office right now. They want to present you with a banner, saying your report was meritorious. Didn't they have an incident earlier where a doctor was involved in child trafficking? Do you remember? Li Musheng from the security department said you were the one who alerted him, and the child's parents are presenting it to both you and Li Musheng!"

Bi Chunliu suddenly realized that this was the case...

"Chairman Ren, I just gave you a heads-up, and you sent me a banner? The man was arrested by the police, and the report was made by Li Musheng. I'm..."

She was a little hesitant to accept this sudden honor...

Zhao Mei straightened Bi Chunliu's clothes and whispered, "Are you stupid? The police and the child's parents have acknowledged your contribution, why are you still pushing it away?" This girl is so stupid and honest!

Bi Chunliu only realized why Ren Qianjin had a mysterious and profound smile on his face after he finished speaking when he entered the factory office. It turned out that the two policemen who came were Xing Fei and Hao Ren...

Hao Ren glanced at Xing Fei and then at Bi Chunliu with a skeptical look, and said, "I guess this must be Comrade Bi Chunliu. Now that everyone is here, I'll begin!"

Hao Ren cleared his throat, looked at the textile factory leader standing nearby, then at Bi Chunliu and Li Musheng. "Let me introduce myself to you two. I'm Hao Ren from the Municipal Public Security Bureau. This is my colleague Xing Fei, and these two are parent representatives. We're here on behalf of the Public Security Bureau and the parents of those innocent children to express our commendation and gratitude to Comrade Bi Chunliu and Comrade Li Musheng."

The director of the textile factory went to a meeting today. The person who is now receiving Hao Ren and Xing Fei in the factory office is the deputy director of the textile factory, Xiong Wenhua.

Xiong Wenhua patted Li Musheng's shoulder encouragingly and said, "You're really great, Li Musheng, right? Keep up the good work! Comrade Xiao Bi, do your best too. The textile factory is proud of you!"

Li Musheng was extremely excited. He had just come here. Thinking of the captain's praise and the jealous faces of others in the office, Li Musheng's face turned red. He just wanted to help someone in the hospital, but he didn't expect to be of such great use and even get an honor.

With a snap, he stood at attention, saluted several people, and shouted, "Yes!"

Bi Chunliu also told the leaders that he would continue to work hard. Today I am proud of the textile factory, and tomorrow the textile factory will be proud of me!

Things like this were just greetings between leaders. A few people watched as the leaders communicated with the police comrades and parent representatives, and then they were finally leaving.

At this time, Hao Ren said sympathetically, "Director Xiong, these two comrades have done a good deed, and their families must be happy too. Why not give them a day off so they can celebrate with their families?"

No one knew what Xiong Wenhua was thinking, but he agreed without a second thought. "Comrade Hao is right! How about this? It's already afternoon, so today's afternoon doesn't count. Give them both a day off, and you two can come back to work the day after tomorrow. When you come back to work, the factory will also reward you!"

Paid leave? Reward? Bi Chunliu and Li Musheng both looked at Xiong Wenhua with bright eyes. At this moment, Director Xiong's figure was extremely tall in their hearts!

Bi Chunliu returned to the union office, talked with a few other people, and then packed up his things to go to the supply and marketing cooperative and the non-staple food store. I need to buy some delicious food!

When she came out of the textile factory, she saw Xing Fei waiting for her outside, with his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Xing Fei!" Bi Chunliu rarely showed a smile that could not be concealed.

Xing Fei looked at Bi Chunliu with amusement, raised an eyebrow and asked her, "So happy?"

Bi Chunliu: “Yeah!”

She initially felt like she hadn't done anything, but now she's received the honor, been praised by her boss, and has a reward coming soon. She's finally come to terms with it! She did remind herself, didn't she? (Chest puffed out with pride)

Besides, in the environment of recent years, having such an honor can give me some confidence!

Xing Fei finally noticed Bi Chunliu's emotions beyond her calm demeanor. He had thought she was always so mature! She shouldn't be like this. It seemed his mission was going to be very difficult and challenging...

"Shall we go? Bi Yingxiong? I'll take you shopping?" Xing Fei patted the back seat of the car.

"How did you know I was going shopping? You actually guessed right!" Bi Chunliu jumped on his bicycle, raised his hand, and pointed forward. "Let's go!"

"Okay!"

Bi Chunliu didn't buy anything to eat. In the afternoon, the only food left at the supply and marketing cooperative was cakes, candies, and other things. There was no meat scraps left.

After spending two yuan to buy candy and even extravagantly buying a dollar worth of milk candy, Bi Chunliu finally held her wallet in her hand and took Xing Fei out of the supply and marketing cooperative with a distressed look on her face.

Xing Fei pursed his lips. He felt like he was really sick. After all, the way Chun Liu gasped for air out of worry about money was so adorable...

It seems that Xiaomei is like this when she feels bad about money, but she just looks weird with a grin on her face.

(Han Kemei (strong version): I'm fine, really :)!)

Bi Chunliu grabbed a handful of each candy and stuffed them into Xing Fei's pocket. "Where did you say your courtyard is? Have you cleaned it up? I want to go see it."

Xing Fei scratched his head. Why did he feel that Chun Liu was a little too excited?

"Okay, shall I take you there now?"

"Um!"

Xing Fei got on the bike, and Bi Chunliu reached out and grabbed the back of Xing Fei's police uniform jacket.

Xing Fei:? !!

For the first time, I felt that my home was close to the supply and marketing cooperative. I tried to slow down the car again and again, but it still took less than ten minutes to arrive. Xing Fei glanced at the wheels of the car. Why did they make them so big?