Gu Yunze and his superiors suspected that spies had already infiltrated their ranks, and that they were likely posing as educated youth.
It has to be said that the status of being an educated youth was very useful. After all, everyone in each brigade knew each other, and the sudden arrival of a stranger would definitely arouse people's vigilance.
It's different if they are educated youth. They are all outsiders, no one knows them, so it's easy to disguise their identities.
Gu Yunze used this to his advantage, which is how he managed to infiltrate the Lotus Brigade.
Therefore, they guessed that the enemy forces could only get close to them by using the same identity as educated youth.
According to the intercepted telegrams, they did not find Gu Yunze, but similarly, Gu Yunze was also unsure who the spies were at the educated youth settlement.
The enemy is now in the dark while we are in the dark, so the educated youth settlement remains calm and peaceful.
Qiao Feng's mission this time is to cover for the undercover comrades and help them complete the mission when necessary.
Therefore, after the two met and explained the situation, they went their separate ways.
Qiao Feng took a few steps, then turned back: "I have something else to ask you. What's going on between you and my sister?"
Gu Yunze suddenly felt a belated sense of nervousness when facing his brother-in-law.
"Brother Qiao, Xiaoyu is my girlfriend now, but don't overthink it. I haven't taken advantage of her in any way."
I simply like her. When I was in Haicheng, I was thinking about going back and marrying her after the mission was over.
But unexpectedly, she also came to the Lotus Brigade.
Qiao Feng already knew from Lin Yu that the two of them had known each other in Haicheng, so he didn't doubt Gu Yunze's words.
"But you're on a mission right now, aren't you afraid of implicating her?"
Qiao Feng is a cautious person. If it were him, he would definitely pretend not to know her and distance himself from Lin Yu.
Instead of secretly dating her.
Gu Yunze shook his head. "There's no way to control liking someone. Rather than avoiding her and causing yourself pain, it's better to protect her. Things are still under control, and I believe I can protect her."
Gu Yunze has always been bold and confident, and he cannot understand the idea that "leaving someone is to protect her".
In his view, to protect her, he needed to get close to her and for the two of them to trust each other.
Loving someone gives them more courage and strength, and makes them more cautious in their actions.
Qiao Feng nodded: "I hope you can do it. If Xiaoyu gets hurt because of you, I will take her away."
Qiao Feng was confident that he could protect his sister and prevent her from getting hurt.
The two confident men reached an agreement at this moment.
Back at the Lin family home, everyone was talking in the main room.
Zhou Hehua had just given birth and needed to rest during her postpartum period. Her baby was still young, so she couldn't be disturbed too often.
Therefore, only Grandma Lin and Aunt Ding Dahua are left in the room to take care of the mother and daughter.
Lin Yu and Xiao Bao sat together, eating sunflower seeds and listening to her father, Lin Laosan, brag.
Qiao Feng was pulled down to sit with Lin Yu, and listened to the Lin family members gossip about the brigade.
Even Da Niu was there.
Don't let her social anxiety and reluctance to go out fool you; her eyes light up when she's listening to stories or gossip.
Therefore, Lin Yu always felt that Da Niu must be a person with a rich inner world, but just not good at expressing herself.
This time, it was Wang Zhaodi who was talking about Yang Honghua's daughter-in-law, the educated youth who married her son Li Dawei.
"Dawei's family had a daughter, but Yang Honghua wouldn't let her eat her fill and made her work in the fields. Just a few days ago, she fainted in the field while harvesting grain."
Lin Yu frowned: "Then what should we do?"
Wang Zhaodi cracked sunflower seeds: "I sent it to the barefoot doctor. He said she was too weak and needed to replenish her body."
Needless to say, how could Yang Honghua possibly provide her daughter-in-law with any health supplements?
So when the female educated youth woke up, she went straight back to the Li family.
"I doubt she can raise her little girl. She's so weak herself, she can't produce enough milk for the baby, and Yang Honghua refuses to cook anything for the baby. Sigh."
Although Wang Zhaodi herself also favored sons over daughters, she was still a mother at heart, and she breastfed her two daughters every meal when they were little.
I can't bear to let my child starve to death like that.
And her mother-in-law, Grandma Lin, also provided her with nourishing meals several times a day during her postpartum period.
She felt that she was living quite comfortably back then.
Thinking about Yang Honghua, that educated youth's daughter-in-law, I feel lucky to have met the Lin family.
It has to be said that Lin Jianguo's daily brainwashing has gradually changed Wang Zhaodi.
All she sees and thinks about now is the kindness the Lin family has shown her; she no longer thinks about her cannibalistic maternal family.
Lin Yu felt distressed as she listened to Yang Honghua's daughter-in-law's story. Yang Honghua was originally an educated youth from the city who came here to support the construction, but now she was living in dire straits.
"Why isn't anyone helping her? Where is her uncle?"
My uncle is the brigade leader, how could he let them treat the female educated youth like this?
Lin Aiguo walked in just then and knew they were talking about Xie Zhiqing.
She said, "I went to a meeting today and reported this matter to the higher-level women's federation, and asked them to send someone down."
Xie, the educated youth, will also be moving back to the educated youth settlement with her child today. As for how to handle the matter with the Li family, that will depend on the Women's Federation.
After Lin Aiguo returned from the meeting, besides dealing with the tractor driver, he needed to go to the brigade headquarters to find someone to go to the Li family and bring Xie Zhiqing out.
The Li family were part of the brigade, so even if Lin Aiguo wanted to help Xie Zhiqing, he couldn't directly grant her a divorce. Otherwise, the brigade members would think he was heartless and didn't favor any of them.
He could only verbally advise Yang Honghua to treat her daughter-in-law well.
This matter concerns the life of a child, and Lin Aiguo certainly cannot allow them to kill a child.
So he reported the matter directly to the county women's federation, asking the higher authorities to take charge.
Lin Aiguo also told his family about Yang Honghua's reaction at the time.
Several brigade cadres went to Li's house, informed Yang Honghua, and then directly carried Xie Zhiqing and the child away on a stretcher.
Yang Honghua cried and wailed, even demanding that her daughter-in-law do the laundry and cook, and that the brigade compensate her with a daughter-in-law.
He said that the educated youth he married was useless.
Their arrogant attitude made it seem as if the girls in the village were at their disposal, and they could change them whenever they wanted.
Lin Aiguo, having reached his limit, told her to wait for their superiors to investigate them.
Yang Honghua was so frightened after hearing this that she fainted. The scene was in complete chaos, but Lin Aiguo and the others ignored it and left.
"How is Xie, the educated youth, doing now?" Lin Yu asked worriedly.
Lin Aiguo sighed, "The master is alright. He just needs to rest more and replenish his nutrition."
The baby isn't getting enough milk and doesn't look like it'll grow much bigger. I came back to ask your sister-in-law if she could help feed the baby.
"Dad, bring the baby here, I'll feed him."
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