A bus from Linyun City stopped at the Zhongmo Town bus station.
A man got off the bus, looked at the small and crowded station, pinched his nose, and walked out.
Upon seeing a station employee, he strolled over and said, "Brother, can you tell me where I am?"
"Where is it?"
Where is the Shanding Brigade?
Upon hearing this, the station staff member said, "Oh dear, that's quite far. If you walk, it would probably take three hours."
"It's okay, just tell me."
The staff member then gave the man directions.
The man nodded, memorized the location, went to the station where there was a phone, paid the money, and dialed the number.
"Mr. Guo, I have arrived in Zhongmo Town."
Guo Zhen, who was handling official business, nodded and said, "Send me a telegram as soon as you have any news."
“Okay, do you need me to… just take them out?” the man asked.
Guo Zhen stopped what he was doing.
Old Liu contacted the town party secretary of Zhongmo Town, requesting that the secretary suppress the letter of introduction for Jiang Ci's return to his hometown, but there has been no response.
Some time ago, Guo Zhen received a report that Sun Jiancheng had been imprisoned. After reading it, Guo Zhen realized that Sun Jiancheng was the son-in-law of the town party secretary.
Sun Jiancheng was already in jail, Lao Liu's recommendation was useless, and the town party secretary Zhao Wen refused to help, which explains the situation.
Guo Zhen always went to extremes in his actions. Since Zhao Wen refused to help, he decided to take matters into his own hands.
The man who has arrived in Zhongmo Town is here specifically for Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli.
He tapped his fingers on the table; the office was warm and not cold at all. "There's no need to kill her. Since Jiang Ci has already married into a rural family, let's send her to the Northwest and let her do some construction work."
"Easy."
The man readily agreed.
After hanging up the phone, the man went straight to Shanding Brigade. He didn't want to waste time. The environment in Zhongmo Town was not good, and the people were dirty. The man planned to finish quickly and didn't want to waste time here.
In November, there's not much work to do in the countryside, and everyone is preparing for the winter.
Several days ago, the mountains were covered in snow, and from a distance, the mountains were all white.
Aunt Qian and her family were harvesting cabbages from their private plot when they heard voices.
"Sir, is this the Shanding Brigade?"
"Yes, yes, young man, who are you looking for?"
The one speaking was her old man, the old man Qian Laohan who was obsessed with Wang Zhaodi and wanted to die for her.
The man said with a grin, "I'm asking you about someone, Jiang Ci, a sent-down youth. I'm her relative. Do you know where she lives?"
Looking for Jiangci?
Old Man Qian looked the man up and down. "Are you related to Jiang, the educated youth?"
The man paused, noticing something was amiss, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Old Man Qian curled his lip, "Then your relative must not be familiar with Jiang Zhiqing!"
The man sensed something was wrong, but then he heard Old Man Qian say, "Jiang's family left a long time ago! They went to Beijing!"
"You said you were a relative of Jiang Zhiqing, yet you didn't know she was gone."
Upon hearing this, the man was completely stunned.
The Jiangci family lives in Beijing?!
The man, still somewhat incredulous, pressed, "How is this possible? Where does she live?"
Old Man Qian pointed him in the right direction, "Over there, the last house at the end is the Zhou family's. They moved away more than a month ago, so what's there to doubt?"
The man gritted his teeth and followed the direction Old Man Qian pointed to the Zhou family.
Aunt Qian gave Old Man Qian a cold look. "You can't even do a good job, but you can chat so well with strangers! Do you even know if they're good people or bad people?"
Old Man Qian felt weak and speechless upon hearing Aunt Qian's words.
"You good-for-nothing!" Aunt Qian cursed. "Get back to work!"
Feeling guilty and in the wrong in front of Aunt Qian, Old Man Qian silently continued working.
Aunt Qian clapped her hands and went to find the brigade leader.
The man ran quickly and finally arrived at the Zhou family's house.
He saw the tall, obviously newly built courtyard wall and the tightly locked gate, gritted his teeth, and cursed under his breath.
Sister-in-law Yu was carrying a basket of radishes and cabbages home when she looked up and saw a man standing at the Zhou family's door. She squinted and saw the man walk to the courtyard wall and quickly climb over it.
Sister-in-law Yu's eyes widened suddenly, and her mouth opened slightly.
"Osmanthus! Osmanthus!"
The captain's voice came from behind me.
Sister-in-law Yu turned her head, saw the captain, and quickly ran over, "Captain! I just saw a thief! He climbed over the wall and entered the Zhou family's house!"
Aunt Qian, who was following behind the captain, exclaimed upon hearing this, "That's not a thief, that's Jiang Ci's relative!"
“No relative can climb over the wall and go into the Zhou family’s house when they see the door is locked!” Sister-in-law Yu said righteously.
Ever since Brother Yu was recommended by Zhou Mingli to work as a driver at the quarry, Sister-in-law Yu's family has been doing much better. Especially now that her husband is working as a driver, he gets paid eighteen yuan a month!
Brother Yu also told her that once he was familiar with driving, he would be able to drive long distances. Although it would take a long time, he could earn more each month!
Sister-in-law Yu was overjoyed and excited. She remembered the kindness of the Zhou family very well. Now that her house had been robbed, Sister-in-law Yu naturally had to be vigilant!
That makes sense. What good relative would climb over someone else's wall?
"Guihua, do you have a key to your second brother's house? Open the door, we'll go take a look!"
"have!"
Sister-in-law Yu immediately said, "Wait for me a moment, I'll go get the keys right away!"
Back home, Sister-in-law Yu took off her basket, quickly grabbed the key Jiang Ci had left her, and opened the door with the brigade leader and Aunt Qian.
No one lives inside. The things are still as they were when Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli's family left. Even though they left, their things are still neatly arranged and covered in a layer of dust.
Seeing that the windows were open, the three people rushed over and opened the door.
The captain roared, "Hey! You comrade! How dare you enter someone else's home without their permission!"
The man looked at the empty room, his anger rising uncontrollably. Hearing the roar, he turned his head coldly.
The captain was startled by his sinister appearance and took several steps back.
Sister-in-law Yu and Aunt Qian were also shocked by that gaze and stepped back, a little scared.
The man, his face cold, approached the captain and asked, "When did Jiang Ci's family leave?"
The brigade leader became increasingly suspicious and pointed at the man, saying, "You're not related to Jiang Zhiqing at all! Otherwise, how could you not know when she left?"
"ah!"
The captain screamed suddenly as the man grabbed his hand and pulled hard, turning the captain's face pale instantly.
Seeing that things were getting out of hand, Sister-in-law Yu quickly grabbed the stick that Jiang Ci had casually picked up earlier and pointed it at the man, shouting, "What are you doing! Let go of our captain!"
Aunt Qian also ran out to find something and came back, pointing at the man, "Let me tell you! If you dare to hurt anyone in our Shanding Brigade, we will definitely not let you off!"
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