Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Fei Ping, I want to divorce you! ...

"Old Fei, you, you... you actually believe in feudal superstition!"

"Aunt Fei, Aunt! Sister-in-law?"

"You have no conscience!" The neighbors helped the freezing cold Fei's mother up from the ground. "Fei Xinli, what are you doing?"

"Old Fei, are you crazy? You've almost killed my mother and my wife. What's your intention?"

It's all over! Blood rushed to his head, Fei Xinli rolled his eyes, and collapsed dejectedly.

Director Zhou suppressed the crowd's anger and said, "Comrades, help the person in first." Fei Xinli's wife had started to have a fever, and it was not a good idea for her to lie paralyzed in the cold yard. The two women would also be questioned by the police station and records would be kept.

Then, Director Zhou left ten strong young men and her husband to guard the scene, and she took people to carry Fei Xinli to the broken door of Fei's house and took him directly to the police station: What Fei Xinli did was extremely evil!

"Director Zhou, I don't think the God of Wealth Building looks newly built." The person next to him hurriedly pulled him and said, "What God of Wealth Building? What nonsense are you talking about."

"That's right. The habit of having corn stalks leaning against the west wall of his house has been going on for more than just one or two years. It has been like this since I got married!" said a daughter-in-law in her thirties who lived across from the Fei family. She had always wondered why the Fei family had corn stalks leaning against the west wall when there was already a firewood pile outside the courtyard wall. It turned out that there was something hidden behind it.

The neighbor to the west of the Fei family was so angry that his face turned red. The two families shared the wall in the middle. Fei Xinli swept and wiped the wall every year before the Spring Festival. He felt bad about it, so he gave him a dollar before the New Year!

"That's nothing!" Someone quick-witted said, "Don't forget what Fei Xinli does! He's been in charge of the commune clinic for over a decade. Who in our family hasn't seen him for medical treatment? I just want to ask you if you're scared now!"

"Oh my God! What disease are these two knives treating for us?"

"Damn it, my son's paralysis must have been caused by his treatment!" A man rushed forward and wanted to wake Fei Xinli up to get an explanation. This disease made his family so poor that they had to tear down the house, but after spending so much money, the child's legs were still deformed. For a family like them who made a living by digging in the soil, their lives were over.

Who hasn't been sick? Who hasn't had a relative die of illness? Suddenly, everyone thought back, and every incident was blamed on Fei Xinli: "Did you see that? His mother and wife looked so miserable! Fei Xinli wasn't using human lives to worship the gods... No, that's feudal superstition, isn't it?" In the past, they had a bad custom here of marrying daughters to mountain gods—a practice started by a group of ginseng pickers who had gone astray, believing that this would ensure a good harvest.

A cool breeze happened to blow at this moment, and even Director Zhou quietly gathered his clothes before comforting them, saying, "Please trust the organization. We will uncover the truth and get to the bottom of this!"

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The next morning, Fei Ping returned from the county with a glorious face riding a brand new Fei Ge bicycle, with Chang Qing, wearing a red hairpin, sitting on the back seat.

Chang Qing lowered her head shyly, touching her bag from time to time. Inside was a marriage certificate that looked like a certificate: she and Fei Ping had obtained their marriage certificate!

Not only did Fei Ping help her get the certificate, he also helped her get an internship in the County Textile Factory No. 2's medical office. It was just an internship, but after that, as long as she used her connections enough and survived the internship, she could be hired as a full-time employee!

The commune's dirt road was uneven, and Chang Qing frowned slightly from being bumped along. He thought: This move is the right one! What's there in the countryside? Even if I could go to the commune clinic, how could it compare to the county town?

She had considered reporting the case to gain merit, but the Huang Xian the Fei family worshipped was truly evil, and she was too afraid of its revenge. Reporting it wasn't going to work, and using it to threaten the Fei family wasn't going to work either. Chang Qing then thought about it the other way around: what if she became a member of the Fei family? Would that immortal be able to protect her instead?

So, in the next few days, Chang Qing continued to put all her energy into Fei Ping - she decided to go all out and sacrificed her face to chase him to the single dormitory where Fei Ping lived.

Fei Ping had been bruised and bloodied by Lin Xinghuo and Buxiantun, and his father kept complaining about him being useless, already annoyed with Lin Xinghuo. A gossipy colleague from the same hometown had even spread the story back to the factory, leaving Fei Ping mortified, feeling his colleagues gossiping about him wherever he went. Just when he felt hopeless, Chang Qing came to the factory looking for him.

Fei Ping held his breath and spent all the industrial tickets his aunt gave him after he started working and all the industrial tickets he had saved himself to get Chang Qing an internship in the medical room of the second factory.

He just wanted to show everyone how wonderful and glorious it would be to marry him!

When he was about to reach the alley, Fei Ping thought of his father's face and suddenly felt a lot weaker. He jumped off the bicycle and said to Chang Qing, "Why don't we go directly to the health center? It's almost time to go to work anyway. Let's tell our father the good news in public!"

Chang Qing also got out of the back seat, blushing and whispering, "I'll listen to you. From now on, I'll listen to you in all our family matters."

Fei Ping's mouth stretched from ear to ear, thinking to himself that he had found the right wife. What good was just good looks? Yes, Lin Xinghuo from Buxian Village was not only beautiful but also quite capable. But no matter how capable she was, could she become a county doctor? She was just being pretentious, and she'd regret it!

"Uncle Erhe, are you going to work?"

All the public institutions gathered on the main street of the commune. Fei Ping rode his bike with his head held high and greeted people.

Chang Qing glanced at them a few times and pulled at his clothes: "Why do I feel that their eyes are a little strange?" He didn't answer.

Fei Ping waved his hand as if to command the world, and the handlebars shook a few times, scaring Chang Qing to the point of jumping off the bike. After finally stabilizing it, he had already reached the entrance of the clinic. Fei Ping sighed, and his words were filled with a hint of complaint: "Don't talk nonsense!"

Feeling his tone was awkward, Fei Ping added, "They don't know we've gotten married, so at first glance they think it's strange that I'm carrying you on my back. That's how it is in the commune; people are always surprised by the unfamiliar!"

Fei Xinli was handcuffed and just escorted out of the health center. When he looked up, he saw his son talking affectionately with a female comrade on the roadside ahead.

"Daping..." Fei Xinli's mouth moved, wondering whether he should blame his son or not. It was all because of the trouble he caused because of telling him about his wife!

At this time, Fei Xinli forgot about his own strategizing and took a fancy to Lin Xinghuo in order to fulfill his own ambition of "three generations of practicing medicine and a family of doctors".

"Dad! Chang Qing and I are getting married..." Fei Ping took Chang Qing's hand and turned around with a smile on his face. He was stunned and almost bit his tongue: "Dad?"

Police Station Chief Yan stepped forward and said sternly, "Comrade Fei Ping, please come back with us for investigation."

Investigate, what to investigate? Fei Ping was so stunned by the gleaming handcuffs on Fei Xinli's wrists that his head was completely dazed. Only when his cherished new bicycle crashed to the ground did he wake up.

Fei Ping didn't dare to step forward and asked blankly: "Uncle Yan, what's going on?"

Director Yan's usual amiable demeanor was now unusually solemn. "Fei Xinli is secretly practicing feudal superstition at home and is suspected of murder! Comrade Fei Ping, you must cooperate with the investigation!"

Fei Ping knew that his father had once killed someone in his youth, but how could it be brought up again after so many years? Furthermore, what did it mean to indulge in feudal superstition?

"Where's my mom? My grandma—" Fei Ping babbled incoherently: "My grandma is old, and she might have done some things like burning incense and praying to Buddha without thinking, but this has nothing to do with my dad, Uncle Yan!"

Director Yan's face was gloomy and he shook his head. "Your grandma and your mom have a high fever because of your dad, and they haven't woken up yet." Seeing that Fei Ping wanted to speak, Director Yan said in a deep voice, "Okay, Comrade Fei Ping, I have received your report that your grandma secretly burned incense and worshipped Buddha and engaged in feudal superstition. When she wakes up, we will investigate her as well!"

Fei Ping was dumbfounded. Fei Xinli was afraid that he would say something wrong again, so he shouted: "It's none of Fei Ping's business, Fei Ping knows nothing! Fei Ping didn't even discuss such a big thing as marrying someone outside with me as his father. This child is not close to his family, and he doesn't know anything we have done!" He struggled awkwardly, trying to make Fei Ping understand what he meant.

"Hurry back to work!" Fei Xinli was furious: Go find your aunt and ask your uncle for help!

The two policemen holding him down shouted, "Behave yourself!"

One of them glanced at the new bicycle on the ground and said, "Fei Ping has been working for less than two years, and he can already buy a bicycle! What's the matter with the money, and where did the bicycle ticket come from?" This search was really eye-opening. Not to mention those hidden things, just looking at the meat, vegetables, rice and noodles in the Fei family's kitchen, there was a big problem with this family.

"And this lady," Director Yan thought for a moment, "is she a student in the barefoot doctor training class? What's her name? Are you married to Fei Ping? Then come with us."

Chang Qing finally reacted. She suddenly shook off Fei Ping's hand and screamed, "Fei Ping! I want to divorce you!"

Fei Ping's panic and helplessness instantly turned into anger. Without thinking, he slapped Chang Qing in the face: "You can't escape even if I'm in trouble!"

"Arrest them all, take them away!" Director Yan separated the newlyweds who were wrestling with each other, his face as black as the bottom of a pot.

After taking all the people into the police station not far from the health center, Director Yan thought for a while alone in the office, then got up and went to find Director Zhou of the commune.

Director Zhou was also particularly concerned about this case. He came out in the middle of the morning meeting and asked about the progress of the investigation.

Director Yan pondered, "The Fei family's roots are very deep. Just the things we've found are extremely difficult to find. I'm afraid we'll have to ask for support from higher-level authorities."

He paused and asked in a low voice: "As Deputy Director Qu is Fei Xinli's brother-in-law, I think he should also be investigated." It is very likely that the investigation will go deeper and deeper, and even his stepfather will be implicated. Commissioner Qu is the deputy leader of the core leading group of the county revolutionary committee!

Director Zhou pinched her brows. She was a veteran revolutionary who had been transferred back to her hometown due to poor health. Her old boss thought the commune's affairs were relatively simple and straightforward, and she could have a few years to recover. But now...

She covered the teacup and picked up her shoulder bag. "Take the preliminary search report and all the information you've compiled. We're going to the Linchang Railway Station and then directly to the city!"

"Deputy Director Qu has not been in the commune recently. He has been recruited by the county spring sowing team and is following the county leaders to inspect and guide the spring sowing work in various places. So he doesn't know what happened in the commune for the time being - but it can't be concealed for long, Director Yan, do you understand what I mean?" The spring sowing team returns to the county town every two days, so Qu Xiangjin will definitely receive the news tonight at the latest.

Director Yan was startled and immediately stood up straight: "I will immediately arrange for someone to keep a close eye on Fei Xinli around the clock! From now on, Fei Xinli's family is not allowed to have any visitors or conversations."

Director Zhou shook her head. She'd seen it all before, back when she was with her old boss in the city. "Can you guarantee the guards won't make a single mistake? There's also the food and water, even the toilet paper... so many leaks, so hard to plug!" The commune police station was shabby, lacking even a proper detention room. If Qu Xiangjin had any problems, Fei Xinli could easily have been forced to commit suicide. Or perhaps he'd have ordered a few fellow villagers, who suspected Fei Xinli had killed their relatives, to rush into the station and beat him up, venting their anger. They might even have beaten the old guard to death.

"So, let's secretly bring someone along. You send a reliable person to lock him in the house, and bring a pot of water and some dry food. You take the key, and then have him sleep with his back to the window. Don't pay attention to anyone who comes, and don't eat anything anyone gives him."

Director Yan was in a dilemma. Fei Xinli was a grown man, after all. If he were to bring him along, he would need two more escorts, and he only truly trusted three of his men. Xiao Wang resembled Fei Xinli, so he could impersonate him. But he couldn't just be left alone in the locked room. Someone had to coordinate outside, or even two insiders to protect Xiao Wang. Only then would Director Yan feel at ease.

Upon seeing this, Director Zhou revealed a little more of her plan: "The forest farm is not far away. If we can knock Fei Xinli unconscious, everything will be easy once we get there. The security department of the forest farm has many more people than our commune." The key is that she has reliable comrades there. Whether she wants to secretly detain the people in the forest farm first or let her comrades escort them to the city, she can respond calmly.

"Okay!" Director Yan immediately went back to make arrangements.

At the commune police station, a row of people stood in front of a small room where people were temporarily detained. Director Yan patted each of them on the head and asked, "What are you doing here if you're not doing your job?"

Xiao Wang pointed towards the house. "In just a short while, they've had four arguments and even a fight through the window bars. Chief, is this really a free marriage? They only got married yesterday?"

Everyone coming and going in the police station was drawn in to take a second look and listen. Director Yan suddenly smiled and patted Xiao Wang: "Come on."

"What? Lock them both up together! They'll end up fighting like a gang?" If a fight really breaks out, the female comrades will be at a disadvantage. They can't just stand by and watch, they have to go in and separate them.

"Shut up!" Director Yan said to him sideways: "You won't cuff a man? This way we're evenly matched."

"That female comrade has a very good voice. A young female comrade is making such a fuss without caring about her face in order to show outsiders her determination to draw a clear line between herself and the Fei family! Then let her show it, show it to her heart's content!" It just happened to attract all the attention.

Xiao Wang rubbed his head, gave a thumbs-up and chuckled: "You are such a wicked person!"

"Get out! Be quick and smart!" Director Yan scolded with a smile.

After a while, Chang Qing looked at Fei Ping who was pushed in and stepped back in fear. After seeing the iron handcuffs on his hands, the passionate voice of the former educated youth team leader returned:

The whole yard was filled with shouts: "Fei Ping, I want to divorce you!"

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At this time, the Bushantun Production Brigade was also welcoming a surprise inspection by the county spring sowing team.

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