"Sister Lu, a lot of things happened in the village during the time you were away. One of them is very interesting. I will tell you about it slowly when we get home."
Ma Yingjie hasn't seen Sister Lu and Sister Shen for a long time, so he is eager to share now. If he hadn't talked about it on the street, he wouldn't have been able to hold it in.
When Lu Wensheng saw him like this, he knew that this kid couldn't hold back his words, so he teased:
"You must have gone to the scene to watch the fun again?"
Ma Yingjie smiled foolishly: "Hey, this is just the right time!"
Actually, something happened in Li Laizi's family because of the incident of selling review materials. He and Li Laizi are getting along well in private now. When he learned that he was admitted to a university in Beijing, Li Laizi even treated him to a roast chicken!
So when something happened to him, Lu Hao knew about it first. The melons he ate were the hottest and most complete in the whole village!
When they arrived at the brigade headquarters, Li Xiangyang and Li Fugui had just finished discussing slaughtering the New Year pig. Just as they were about to go home for dinner, they saw Lu Wensheng and Shen Lingling coming back.
"You're back? How did you handle things in the city? You didn't even tell your family. Your captain and I have been waiting for your call recently."
Li Xiangyang was very happy to see them coming back, and quickly stood up to get them food:
"When I went to Qingshan Brigade two days ago, Lao Liu asked me to bring you some dried persimmons. Try them quickly. The dried persimmons in their brigade are the best."
Li Fugui watched as the old village chief took out a large oil-paper bag from the small drawer where the seal was kept and placed it on the table, then called a few children over to eat persimmon cakes.
The corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably a few times, and he said, why was the drawer where the official seal was kept suddenly locked these days? He thought he had done something out of the ordinary, and the old man was on guard against him!
Now I understand, people are indeed on guard against him, but the difference is that they are on guard against him being greedy and stealing food...
It’s just... quite embarrassing. Am I really that greedy?
Lu Wensheng and the others did not hesitate to find a place to sit down and told everyone what had happened in the past few days while eating persimmon cakes.
Of course, what she described was not the truth of the matter, but a modified version of it, which became:
"We were both unhappy that Director Ma wasn't getting punished, so we thought of hanging around in the city to see if we could find some evidence against him.
As a result, we saw Director Ma and his brother-in-law often going to the young widow's house in the back, but before we could take any action, Director Ma and his brother-in-law were arrested.
The director of the Revolutionary Committee even personally led people to search out some things from the cellar of Director Ma's house. Coincidentally, Lingling and I were squatting nearby at the time, and we couldn't help but go over to take a look at the excitement.
What was even more coincidental was that while they were watching the excitement, the young widow's house somehow caught fire, and Director Ma's brother-in-law was burned out with his naked bottom. There were so many people around that he was caught red-handed, so he had no way to defend himself, and was also taken home. . . . "
"And just yesterday, Director Ma's brother-in-law and that young widow were shaved in the hair and paraded through the streets, and we even threw rotten eggs at them!
There was also news that Director Ma might be an enemy spy and wanted to eat peanuts. We asked someone to secretly inquire about it and found out that what was seized from Director Ma's house was a bayonet radio and a set of Japanese clothes.
Some people said that there was a traitor in his family, so he probably kept it secretly at that time."
She had thought this out carefully, and there was nothing wrong with what she said, but it left people stunned:
This is such a coincidence!
Li Xiangyang in particular was listening with great interest, but when he heard about what was searched out of Director Ma's house, his expression changed instantly.
He came from that era, and his face was as cold and hard as if he wanted to eat someone.
That feeling... If Director Ma was in front of him, he would definitely chop him to pieces without saying a word!
The old man hated evil very much. In addition, he had a bad impression of Director Ma to begin with. Now that he heard that Director Ma had done such a thing again, he was even more furious. He slammed the table and scolded:
"You beast! How dare you hide that thing? He really wants his life to be too long.
There was a traitor in his family? I really don't know how such a person got into the Education Bureau. Could it be that the people above are blind?
Luckily he didn't fall into my hands, if he had, I would have chopped him to pieces with my sword."
Lu Wensheng quickly swallowed the persimmon cake in his mouth and comforted her:
"Uncle, calm down first. The higher-ups must have been deceived by him. Besides, their family moved here later, so it's normal that they don't know the details.
He won't live for many days anyway, so don't let this get you sick during the New Year."
Fearing that the old man might get angry and do something bad, Lu Wensheng quickly pointed at the things piled at the door and continued:
"Uncle, these things are bought as New Year gifts for you and the families in the village. We will leave after the New Year.
I have benefited from your care over the years, so I wanted to thank you all before I leave.
That's right... I'll have to trouble you and the captain to help divide it."
Shen Lingling, Lu Hao and Meng Qingtang also nodded.
In fact, Li Xiangyang had already seen the large and small bags they brought with them. He originally thought that these children had prepared New Year's goods for themselves, but he didn't expect that they were actually New Year's gifts for them!
For a moment, I felt quite comfortable, and the unhappiness in my heart caused by Director Ma also disappeared for the most part:
"Why are you being so polite? Isn't it my duty to take care of you kids? Don't do this. This is not allowed in our village.
When you leave later, take the things back and keep them for yourself. If you really want to thank me, come back more often when you have time.
I will also keep those houses for you. If you are wronged outside, you can come back anytime.
We've been together for so long, and you guys are leaving all of a sudden. I'm not used to it!"
Li Xiangyang felt more and more upset the more he spoke. These kids were all good kids, and each of them was affectionate and loyal. He really didn't want to let them go so suddenly.
But we can’t stop them, they are going for their future…
Alas! All good things in life must come to an end...
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