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He Tiantian then realized the situation clearly; Secretary Qi was also there.
It was quiet inside, unlike the shouts and cries of the Red Guards.
Those people didn't make things difficult for He Tiantian. He Tiantian asked Secretary Qi in a low voice, "Secretary Qi, what happened?"
Secretary Qi didn't know what was going on, but these people came directly to his house and asked him to take them to find Old Man Bai, Zuo Li, and Xiang Rong.
After more than a year of getting to know them, Secretary Qi had come to regard them as members of Qijia Village. Especially Zuo Li and Xiang Rong, these two were quick-witted and skilled, and had made many contributions.
"I don't know either, but they were very polite, so it shouldn't be anything bad," Secretary Qi said softly. "Don't say anything, let's wait! We'll ask them after they come out of the house."
While Secretary Qi was speaking, that person kept staring at He Tiantian and Secretary Qi.
After a while, the wooden door finally opened, and Old Man Qi, Old Man Bai, Zuo Li, Xiang Rong, and a man in his forties wearing a military uniform came out of the house together.
Old Man Qi said, "It's getting dark, and it's going to rain tonight. If you're not in a hurry, you can rest in Qi Family Village for the night before going back."
"Thank you, General Qi. We've been intruding." The middle-aged man said softly, bowing slightly, very modestly.
One of them was a lieutenant general, and the other was a major general.
Although one is unemployed at home and the other was sent down here without an official position, they still have military ranks!
He was just a lieutenant colonel; even if you gave him a hundred lives, he wouldn't dare to be arrogant in front of two old generals!
Besides, that Zuo Li is his equal, a lieutenant colonel.
That Xiang Rong, the colonel, is even taller than him!
Secretary Qi stepped forward without any nervousness. "My second uncle is a lieutenant general. Who am I afraid of!"
"Don't worry, Second Uncle, I'll make the arrangements right away," Secretary Qi said. "There are five people in total. Our family can accommodate three, and I'll arrange for the other two to stay at Big Foot's house."
"You guys can eat here today. Sweetie, don't leave, cook for us," Old Man Qi instructed, and quickly made the arrangements.
"Hey!" He Tiantian said crisply, "Secretary Qi, when you go back to the village, please tell my grandma and mom that I'm helping out here."
"Okay!" Secretary Qi said with a smile. He went home and asked his wife to come and help wash vegetables and cook.
Professor Wang was about to take a basket to pick vegetables when He Tiantian took the basket and followed him.
"Professor Wang, what are these people doing here?" He Tiantian asked, feeling both curious and excited. Perhaps it was to reinstate Old Man Bai, Zuo Li, and Xiang Rong.
Upon arriving at the vegetable garden, Professor Wang smiled and said softly, "I guess they want to ask Lao Bai to come out of retirement; there's probably going to be a war somewhere."
"Oh!" Just as she guessed. "Then, Grandpa Bai, will they go back?"
"Of course I'll go back," Professor Wang said with a wry smile. "For a general, it is an honor to fight on the battlefield and die on the battlefield. Being able to return to command millions of troops is naturally better than staying in the countryside and doing nothing."
"Yes, Grandpa Bai still wants to achieve great things, but Grandpa Qi is truly indifferent to fame and fortune!" He Tiantian said with emotion. Old Man Qi, who held such a high-ranking official position, really gave it up when he said he didn't want to.
Professor Wang sighed, "Wasn't she waiting too?"
"We're starting to exonerate some people now, but we don't know when schools will reopen?" Professor Wang said with a wry smile. "It's terrible for a country to have no education. Stagnation is regression."
“Yes!” He Tiantian laughed, “But those leaders are all extremely intelligent people. What we can think of, they can think of too. Once the political struggle reaches a certain point, they will take action on this matter!”
“Sweetie, you’re so smart. You’re so young, yet you can think of these things,” Professor Wang said. “In our country, the smartest people all become officials. So you’re right, if we can think of these things, they can too. This cultural disconnect will cost us even more in the future.”
He Tiantian smiled and said, "Professor Wang, please don't praise me. I was just saying."
Actually, they were all her insights from her past life, along with some comments she saw on television.
He Tiantian and Professor Wang picked two large eggplants, green peppers, chayote, a big bunch of leafy greens, and chives. The peanuts were ripe, so He Tiantian picked a basket of fresh peanuts. She'll wash them, add some salt, and make salted peanuts, perfect as a snack with drinks.
I also have dried wood ear mushrooms and mushrooms at home, so I soaked them in hot water until they were ready to use.
Sun Shih-hao and Qian Shih-kun also came over to pick vegetables.
Old Qi, along with Old Bai, Zuo Li, and others, talked with the middle-aged man about the situation outside.
"Old Bai, Zuo Li, and Xiang Rong have been exonerated. I wonder when we can be exonerated?" Sun Shihao said softly. He missed home; his wife was at home, and he wondered how she was doing.
Since last month, Sun Shih-hao has also been able to communicate with his family due to his good behavior.
He wrote back, but did not receive a reply from his wife, which made him a little worried.
So recently, she asked Professor Wang to write a letter asking her son and daughter-in-law to check on his wife to see if anything had happened.
Upon hearing this, Qian Shikun smiled bitterly and said, "Sigh, you've been exonerated and have relatives, so you can go back. But I can't. During the Liberation War, my wives and concubines took our belongings and disappeared. After that, I went to jail and didn't have a few years of peace. Now that I'm in Qijia Village, I feel pretty good."
"Putting aside the fact that we're far from home and can't go back, Qijia Village is actually not bad. At least we didn't starve. Look at Hujia Village, two people who were sent down there died this year," Sun Sihao said thankfully. He was glad he came to Qijia Village; life wouldn't have been easy in other places either.
“Yes, if possible, I would like to settle down here,” Qian Shikun said. “As for Nanshi, well, it’s no fun going back alone.”
The two chatted as they picked vegetables.
The livestock team also had salted fish. He Tiantian made a braised salted fish dish. Secretary Qi had someone catch a big fish, and He Tiantian made a big bowl of fish head tofu soup. After that, she made twice-cooked pork, stir-fried greens, braised eggplant, salted peanuts, and so on.
It was piled high, covering the entire table.
While the man was drinking, she and Professor Wang didn't eat at the table. Instead, they left some food for themselves and planned to eat together inside with Professor Wang later.
He Tiantian was very tired and hungry, so she ate quite a lot.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, He Tiantian and Professor Wang washed up their things before heading back.
It was already very late when Secretary Qi, along with several soldiers, escorted He Tiantian home.
After He Tiantian returned home, He Jingyu asked, "Tiantian, what were those people doing?"
"They're here to exonerate Grandpa Bai, Uncle Zuo, and Uncle Xiang. They'll take Grandpa Bai and the others away from Qijia Village first thing tomorrow morning," He Tiantian explained. "Professor Wang guessed that there might be fighting in some places, and they need trustworthy and capable people to lead the troops."
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I recommend "Slow Moments of Time" by Winter Willow: Qiao Zhao married a top-tier nobleman in the capital, but before she could even consummate her marriage, her husband was ordered to go to war. When they met again, she was shot dead by her husband on the city wall with an arrow. She opened her eyes to find herself as a kidnapped girl riding a donkey, racking her brains to figure out how to return to the capital. (To be continued.)
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