Not to mention Jiang Ci, even Cheng Huasheng and the others were somewhat confused about what had happened.
Jiang Ci looked up and thought about whether she had done anything bad when she was in the Shanding Brigade.
Jiang Ci: "..."
Um.
No.
Jiangci was very confident.
She snapped out of her daze and looked at Zhou Gou. "Brother Er Gou, stop beating around the bush and just say what you want to say."
Zhou Gou coughed, touched his nose, and said, "This morning I received a telegram from Zhao Wen, the Party Secretary of Zhongmo Town."
"The telegram specifically mentions that it concerns you. Because I do not know your address, I cannot send you a telegram directly. I can only tell you about this matter first and ask you to help me pass it on."
A telegram from Zhao Wen…
Jiang Ci frowned again. Could it be that Yao Zu from his family had caused some trouble again?
Just as I was wondering, I heard Zhou Gou continue with a serious face, "A colleague of Zhao Wen called him a while ago and said that as long as he keeps you in Shanding Brigade forever, he will help recommend Sun Jiancheng to come to Beijing."
That colleague was from Beijing. He was entrusted by someone else and asked Zhao Wen to do this. Zhao Wen even said in the telegram, "Be careful, don't get caught red-handed."
Zhou Gou hesitated, looking at Jiang Ci, "Sister-in-law, did you... offend someone in Beijing?"
Jiang Ci almost laughed out of anger. "Since I came to Beijing, I've been well-behaved. Who could I possibly have offended?"
This is the truth.
Aside from Bai Hua's family, which was full of mad dogs, Jiang Ci thought she had handled things quite well and hadn't had any conflicts with her neighbors. So why would such a powerful person use their connections to suppress someone as insignificant as her?
Jiang Ci hadn't figured out who it was when Zhou Mingli patted her back and calmly said, "There is indeed someone."
"Who is it?" Li Ailian immediately asked.
Zhou Mingli glanced at Jiang Ci and, seeing that she had calmed down, said, "When we were in Shanding Brigade, we uncovered a case of buying and selling cultural relics. This involved a person—Xia Lei, who is currently in jail. However, his wife, Liu Yinyin, arrived in Beijing before we came here."
“We have a deep-seated grudge against Xia Lei and Liu Yinyin. In Beijing, they are probably the only family with whom we have a long-standing grudge.”
They've only been in Beijing for less than a month, where are they going to make enemies?
Aside from old grudges, Zhou Mingli couldn't think of anyone else whose feud with their family was so serious that someone would go to the town party secretary to file a complaint against them.
“The Xia family?” Cheng Wenyun frowned, thought for a while, and then remembered something. “I do remember a Xia family. A section chief in the Cultural Relics Protection Bureau, I think he was Xia Lei’s father. Xia Lei’s grandfather was in the Ministry of Transportation.”
Although no specific positions were mentioned, Cheng Huasheng and Cheng Yehan already understood which family the Xia family belonged to.
"Xia Lei probably won't die, but he'll definitely be in jail for several years. At this point, settling scores later would be a bit... like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut?"
Jiang Ci silently looked at Cheng Huasheng.
Li Ailian elbowed her husband.
As soon as Cheng Huasheng finished speaking, he realized he had used the wrong word and coughed, "No, what I meant was that it was a waste of talent."
Cheng Wenyun couldn't help but laugh.
Zhou Gou scratched his head. He was a roughneck and didn't understand any of this. He just said anxiously, "Hey, now's not the time to talk about this nonsense! You guys need to figure out who did what they did to your sister-in-law!"
"Isn't that simple?" Cheng Wenyun said easily. "The Xia family wouldn't do such a thing. The only person who has a grudge against Comrade Jiang is Xia Lei's lover, the one you're talking about, Liu Yinyin."
"Why don't we check who she's been in contact with lately and what she's been doing? Then we'll naturally know what's going on."
Do you have a photo of Liu Yinyin?
Cheng Wenyun looked at Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli.
The two shook their heads immediately.
LOL, why did they keep Liu Yinyin's photo?
"This is troublesome." Cheng Wenyun pondered for a moment. "If we go and inquire directly, won't we alert the enemy?"
Jiang Ci raised her hand without hesitation, "I can draw it."
Zhou Mingli raised his hand in agreement, "Okay."
Cheng Huasheng and Cheng Wenyun exchanged a glance.
Does Jiang Ci really not know that her paintings are abstract?!
Cheng Yehan made the decision, "If Xiao Ci is capable, let her do the painting. Wen Yun, you can ask around for help."
Since the old man has said that, what else can they do?
Li Ailian stood up and went to get paper and pen.
Cheng Huasheng and his nephew Cheng Wenyun suppressed their unease.
Perhaps it's because her abstract style is better at drawing objects, while she excels at drawing the human body?
Clinging to this sliver of uncertain hope, the two watched as Jiang Ci began to write.
Jiang porcelain will start with large-scale figures, and then begin to refine them.
Eyes are eyes, nose is nose, mouth is mouth.
Zhou Mingli watched from the sidelines, firmly defending Jiang porcelain, saying, "It's very similar!"
Jiang Ci nodded arrogantly.
Exactly the same as Liu Yinyin!
Cheng Wenyun: Like what? Like a person?
Jiang Ci's paintings do indeed depict eyes as eyes, noses as noses, and mouths as mouths.
But the key point is...
When these elements are combined, it's not a face that a person could grow at all!
The right eyelid droops, giving a thoughtful look... (This is totally the eye of that Thinker sculpture!)
And that left eye, that hair... how come it looks so much like the Mona Lisa?
And that pearl in her ear... a girl wearing a pearl earring?
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