"In some cities, the red armbands have all been removed."
Captain: "?!"
Xia Lei: ?!
Both were equally shocked.
Zhou Gou said, "The policies will change in the next two years. Although it has nothing to do with us ordinary people, we will no longer have to be so careful with our words and actions, afraid of being arrested no matter what we do."
Zhou Gou didn't say much, but the information he revealed was enough to make the two of them feel incredible.
Xia Lei's eyes flickered.
This is both good and bad news.
He was still waiting for Jiang Ci to be taken away by the red armband, but the news that Zhou Gou brought him directly disrupted his plans.
The topic quickly changed, and Zhou Gou received the news from the brigade leader, which put his mind at ease.
His return to his hometown this time was not only to visit relatives, but also to see the old man in the cowshed.
Mr. Cheng Yehan.
He is one of the academicians in China who developed combat aircraft.
His youngest son, Cheng Huasheng, also known as Mr. Cheng, was the person he was tasked with protecting during his secret mission.
Regardless of the era, aircraft research and development technology has always been kept secret.
Foreign politicians block technology, and domestically, people want to break through these barriers and let their own fighter jets take to the skies. To prevent people from having to hide and helplessly cover their ears while listening to the roar of other countries' planes and suffering the same despair as those facing life and death, it is necessary to protect key personnel, conceal information, and secretly carry out development.
When the country found talent in this field, Cheng Huasheng asked for his help, and he agreed, on the only condition that he take care of his father, who was imprisoned in a cowshed because of some stain on his record.
Zhou Gou had no idea that the man imprisoned in the cowshed near their production team was Mr. Cheng's father.
It was later, when Zhou Gou was chatting with Cheng Huasheng, that Cheng Huasheng heard him say that his hometown was in Linyun City.
Cheng Huasheng's father lived in this city, but he only knew his father's general location. He didn't know which cowshed his father lived in. Cheng Huasheng asked him to help him find out about his father after he returned to his hometown.
Zhou Gou was of course willing to help, but he never expected that the person was right here in their area! He would go to town tomorrow to call Mr. Cheng and tell him the good news.
Zhou Gou was quite happy, and he walked home with a light step.
Unlike him, Xia Lei...
Xia Lei extracted a great deal of useful information from the dinner he had with Zhou Gou.
Although Zhou Gou didn't say it explicitly, Xia Lei could tell from the change in Zhou Gou's expression when he heard the captain mention that the old man's surname was Cheng that Zhou Gou hadn't brought up the old man for no reason.
Zhou Gou served in the army in Beijing and has now been promoted to battalion commander, so the people he comes into contact with must be extraordinary.
Perhaps some important figure in Beijing is preparing to take the old man from the cowshed back home?
As the male lead, how could he not have a background? Xia Lei isn't some rural guy; he's a legitimate Beijing resident! A sent-down youth!
Xia Lei's eyes were dark as he carefully considered which family in Beijing had the surname Cheng.
After thinking for a long time, Xia Lei finally thought of someone.
Because of publishing books in foreign languages, the entire family of a university academician in Beijing was arrested, dismissed from their posts, had their homes confiscated, and had the hair cut off by men, women, and children.
He remembered that the academician only had one youngest son who escaped the disaster because he was living in Hong Kong with his maternal grandfather's family. Later, he severed ties with the Cheng family because the field he studied was extremely rare in China and he was recruited to work at a research institute in Beijing.
Xia Lei didn't know what kind of work his younger son did.
Thinking about all this, Xia Lei had only one thought: the old man living in the cowshed was Cheng Yehan, an academician of Beijing University, who was a big shot who could get them back to Beijing.
Xia Lei's letter of introduction for returning to Beijing has not been issued yet, so even though Liu Yinyin has already obtained the letter of introduction for returning to the city, she still stays in Shanding Brigade and doesn't leave, just to wait for him.
If the old man in the cowshed was indeed Cheng Yehan, an academician of Beijing University, as he suspected, then this was his chance to obtain a letter of introduction.
Shanding Brigade was not the place for him to stay. If he wanted to give Yinyin and his son Xixi a better life, he had to leave Shanding Brigade and return to Beijing.
Xia Lei's gaze was dark.
He couldn't just wait for Jiang Ci to be taken away by Hong Xiugu; he had to find a way to send Jiang Ci to the cowshed as well.
Xia Lei's mind raced, and he already had an idea on how to send Jiang Ci to the cowshed.
This is a very simple matter.
Xia Lei has kept a well-preserved artifact that he acquired from the archaeological team hidden away.
Fearing being reported and caught red-handed, Xia Lei didn't go to the ghost market or take the artifact home after coming down the mountain that day. But this time, it came in handy.
Xia Lei, who was originally going home, changed his mind and went somewhere else.
With something tucked in his arms, Xia Lei left his house and headed towards the Zhou family's home as dawn approached and the entire brigade fell silent.
Instead of walking in front of the Zhou family's gate, he went around to the back of the house. Looking at the dark courtyard where the lights were off, a cold glint flashed in Xia Lei's eyes.
He needs to deal with Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli before he leaves, to get revenge.
He showed no pity for Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli, and only wished they would be finished as soon as possible.
After hiding the items behind his house, they left immediately.
What Xia Lei didn't notice was that Zhou Mingli and Jiang Ci, who should have been at home, were hiding behind a tree, each covering the mouth of one of their children, silently watching the dark figure sneaking around outside their yard wall doing something naughty!
Why would Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli be outside during their sleeping hours?
Because the two of them went to catch fish and shrimp!
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