"Excuse me, sister-in-law, where are your two children? Should we bring them over first?"

"The leader asked."

The woman wiped away her tears. "The two children are with my sister at my parents' house. They're safe for now."

If it weren't for the old remittance slips, which led them to Meng Cheng's former colleague and, after much searching, they would have been bullied like this without anyone helping them.

No one laughed at that moment, because no one knew if their own family would be the next one to be bullied.

Meng Cheng suddenly looked several years older, grasping the leader's hand with tears streaming down his face, his hands trembling.

"Thank you, sir. Thank you so much."

The leader said solemnly, "Comrade Meng, you're too kind. This is what we should do. It's you who are working hard day and night to research things."

A hint of guilt flashed in the eyes of the young soldier who had yelled at the woman earlier. He stepped forward, bowed, and said, "I'm sorry, sister-in-law. I was wrong before. Please forgive me."

Fear flashed in the woman's eyes, and she hid behind Meng Cheng. "It's okay, you don't need to apologize to me."

After the others left, Lin Chuchu and her two companions returned to the cafeteria for their meal.

They were all somewhat distracted.

None of them felt good. "Let's call home later."

Ask if anything is wrong at home, and if they need money, send it home.

In the evening, after leaving the lab, I went to the communications room and started making phone calls.

After a while, Mu's mother's voice came from the other end.

"Mom, how's everything at home lately? How are Grandma and Dad doing? Is the child being obedient?"

Mother Mu's cheerful voice came through, "Everything's fine. How about you?"

After talking for a while, Lin Chuchu couldn't help but ask, "Mom, was our hometown affected by the disaster?"

Mother Mu paused for a moment, then said, "You heard about it over there? The floods were huge this year. It rained heavily for several days in a row a few days ago, and the water in the streets was up to our calves."

Mu's mother's tone was full of relief.

It started raining when I got off work that day, and the rain got heavier and heavier, and it didn't stop the next day.

It was only after she and her father put sandbags in the shop and moved the goods from the first floor to the second floor that the clothes and shoes were not flooded.

Her family reacted quickly, while other shops were not so lucky and suffered considerable losses.

The surrounding land was flooded, so this year's harvest will definitely be reduced. Food prices have gone up, and even the rationed grain supplies have decreased.

Hearing the chattering voices on the other end of the line, Lin Chuchu knew that nothing was wrong at home, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mom, buy more food for the family. Don't be stingy with food. Buy more. We have enough money. Don't be like them and not eat. You'll get sick if you don't eat."

Mother Mu nodded. "Don't worry, I know. I had your dad buy rice and flour yesterday, and also bought a lot of meat to put in the refrigerator. We have everything we need at home. Don't worry, the two children are very healthy and rarely get sick."

"But you, take good care of yourself over there, don't get sick..."

After talking for quite a while, the other end quickly told me to hang up.

These days, you have to pay for phone calls from both sides; you're practically begging for it.

Before Lin Chuchu could react, the phone in her hand was hung up.

The staff member next to him said with a smile.

"Comrade Lin, you and your mother-in-law have such a good relationship."

Lin Chuchu said with a smile, "I'm lucky, my mother-in-law isn't the kind of person who makes people suffer."

As Lin Chuchu spoke, she took out some money, handed it to the staff member, and made way for the person behind her to make a phone call.

After the commotion at noon, many people are worried about the situation at home.

Listening to what Mu's mother was saying, Lin Chuchu realized that many areas had been affected by the disaster, and she could hear about the disaster situation on the news every day.

As Lin Chuchu walked back, she saw Researcher Tian and Researcher Hou, greeted them, and then left.

This matter was taken very seriously. I heard that in Meng Cheng's hometown, within a few days, the offices of the village chief and the village party secretary were surrounded by soldiers and police.

The occupied house was cleared out and returned to the names of Meng Cheng and his wife.

The village chief and village party secretary were dismissed and even faced imprisonment; the wages they had forcibly seized from Meng Cheng were also returned.

This incident was reported locally to serve as a lesson to those who did wrong.

In villages and counties, village and township cadres were organized to study, and the atmosphere improved significantly in a short time.

The researchers' meals remained the same, the same food.

As Lin Chuchu followed the others into the canteen, she inadvertently glanced at the soldiers' meals.

But everyone was eating vegetarian dishes, with no meat at all.

Lin Chuchu tugged at Researcher Hou's sleeve, and when he looked over in confusion, she immediately nodded toward the soldiers' lunchboxes.

Researcher Hou frowned, stepped forward, and whispered a few words to his mentor.

The master frowned, then looked in that direction.

Soon, everyone's expressions turned grim.

Researcher Tian was puzzled and was about to ask something when Researcher Hou pulled him aside.

The first researcher stepped forward and got a meal, which consisted entirely of vegetarian dishes.

The person serving the food smiled and said, "Researcher Chen, aren't you getting any meat today?"

Researcher Chen shook his head and said with a smile, "No, I'm eating vegetarian today."

Then came the second one, which was also all vegetarian dishes. One or two were fine, but until the last researcher, everyone was served vegetarian dishes.

Seeing everyone's serious expressions, Researcher Tian, ​​who was puzzled, decided not to make an exception.

The chef thought the meat wasn't cooked well today, but it all tasted the same.

He came out and looked around for a while. Without saying anything, he directly told his superior about the matter.

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