Few can change Jiang Ci's decision. Zhou Mingli tried to bring up the danger of the matter again and again, but Jiang Ci always managed to evade the issue.
Zhou Mingli was truly at a loss.
After lunch, Jiang Ci went to the brigade leader's house to promise to deliver meals to the elderly.
Zhou Mingli and the two children also went along. Zhou Mingli needed to know about such a big event, and since Zhou Miao and Zhou Yang didn't sleep, he had to bring them along.
The captain was both surprised and felt it made sense.
Their family owed the production team ration coupons and needed to find someone to build a fence, all of which required his help. Jiang Ci owed him a favor, and no matter how you looked at it, Jiang Ci would agree.
The captain was a little embarrassed, feeling that he was in the wrong.
"It'll only take about the time it takes to deliver three meals. I remember someone said your family bought a bicycle. Come with me in a bit, and I'll show you the way."
Jiang Ci agreed, "Then does that mean I won't have to go to work anymore?"
The team leader, thinking Jiang Ci was going to slack off again, said with a dark face, "You can't be lazy either. You don't have to work, but doesn't your husband have to? He's recovered from his injury and will join the work team. You'll have to do all the cooking and housework!"
"You better not do nothing, or I might take over this job for you."
After listening for a while, Zhou Mingli said, "Captain, don't worry about that. There are no lazy people in my family."
The captain's lips twitched, and he looked at Zhou Mingli with a meaningful gaze.
In the entire Shanding Production Brigade, you, Zhou Lao Er, are the laziest! You still have the nerve to say that there are no lazy people in your family!
See if I believe you!
Jiang Ci said, "Then I'll go back and ride my bicycle first."
The captain nodded with a serious face, "Meet at the east end."
The Zhou family's bicycle wasn't a standard 28-inch model, making it difficult to take two children there. The brigade leader swapped bicycles with the family of four. Zhou Mingli rode the 28-inch model, Zhou Yang sat on the front crossbar, and Jiang Ci placed Zhou Miao between her and Zhou Mingli.
As they set off from the village entrance, people working in the wheat fields saw Zhou Mingli and his family of four leaving with the village head, and they began to discuss the matter.
"What did the brigade leader take Zhou Lao Er's family to do? They didn't even supervise our work anymore."
"Who knows? I don't think it'll be anything good."
"I don't care about that. What I'm thinking about is, how come the second brother's family bought a bicycle just like that this week? Even if it's not a Forever brand, a bicycle must cost at least a hundred or two hundred yuan, right? They just bought it without thinking."
"You don't know this, do you? Zhou Lao Er used to be rarely home, always hanging around in town. Maybe he had some connections to get bicycle tickets. Look at the life Jiang Zhiqing and her two children lived after she married Zhou Lao Er. They had nothing to eat, not even an egg when she was pregnant. After giving birth, they had to go back to work in the fields and became so thin they were unrecognizable!"
"Where did her work points go? Where did her money go? Isn't it all controlled by Zhou Lao Er? Zhou Lao Er definitely has money in his pocket!"
After hearing this analysis, the people in the fields were no longer surprised. It turned out that Zhou Lao Er's tall and strong physique, and the money to buy a bicycle, were all due to sucking Jiang Ci's blood!
Xia Lei, who was also in the field, straightened up and looked at the brigade leader and the Zhou family of four who were walking further and further away, his eyes deep and unfathomable.
While others might not know where the brigade leader had taken Jiang Ci and the others, Xia Lei knew perfectly well.
The captain had made Jiang Ci agree to deliver meals to the old man.
He brought this up unintentionally.
Jiang Ci stole Yin Yin's letter of introduction and refused to admit it, almost preventing Yin Yin from returning to the city. The next day, she even made her two children beat Xi Xi.
Xia Lei remembered all of these things. He didn't have a good way to retaliate, after all, seeing Jiang Ci being beaten black and blue by Zhou Lao Er every day while his family was living a prosperous life was already a kind of revenge, enough to make him feel satisfied.
But what can you do when the old widower who delivered meals to the elderly there died?
The vacancy presents a perfect opportunity to send Jiang porcelain to the Northwest.
People like Jiang Ci need to receive re-education through the development of Northwest China, so they can understand the vastness and importance of the world.
Xia Lei's lips curled up slightly, and he continued to cut wheat.
Soon, his letter of introduction will be issued, and then he and Yin Yin will be able to return to the city with the child.
He had a vague premonition that once they returned to the city, a wider world awaited him. As for Jiang Ci and Zhou Lao Er's family...
Ha, who cares?
...
Shanding Brigade is the closest brigade to this place, but even so, it still takes about twenty minutes to get there by bicycle.
On the way, the captain told Jiang Ci that the three meals delivered were all prepared at the team's station, in special lunchboxes, and that the people there would check them every day.
Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli had no idea how people in that era dealt with those with "bad class backgrounds," but after arriving at their destination, they both fell silent.
They said nothing, as if they hadn't seen anything, and like the captain, went to see the guards on this side first.
Another person was brought over today, and there are three more people watching over them now. They are talking about the scene yesterday when they took down the principal of the textile factory middle school in town. Their words are arrogant, their eyes are smug, and they are extremely cocky.
The captain spoke with a hint of respect, and with a smile, introduced Jiangci to them.
“She’s one of the educated youth in our brigade. She injured her head, so I asked her to deliver meals to the people inside. What do you think?”
The three people sitting inside glanced at Jiang Ci.
He was skinny with hardly any flesh on his bones, and not good-looking either. He had a meek and obedient appearance, which made him seem like an honest and obedient person.
"Take her to familiarize herself with the place, so she doesn't go to the wrong one."
"Yeah, okay."
As he spoke, the captain pulled Jiang Ci to a room in the corner.
As Jiang Ci passed by another room, she turned her head and glanced at it.
The small window was half-open, and standing inside was the middle-aged man with glasses whom she had met in the bookstore yesterday morning.
He was still wearing his round-framed glasses, but had changed into a worn-out set of clothes. He stood tall and looked out through the half-open window.
Shen Conghe.
The principal of the middle school affiliated with the textile factory.
Jiang Ci recognized it at a glance.
Shen Conghe seemed to notice that someone was looking at him, and his gaze fell on Jiang Ci, looking somewhat stunned.
Jiang Ci quickly looked away, unsure if the other person recognized her.
After all, there weren't many people in the bookstore yesterday morning, and even fewer women went to bookstores, so it was no wonder that Shen Conghe remembered her.
Jiang Ci followed the team leader and casually asked, "Am I only responsible for that old man's three meals a day? I think I just heard them say that they brought another person over."
"Don't say what you shouldn't say, and don't ask what you shouldn't ask," the captain warned her. After a long silence, he added, "Just give it to that one person."
A thoughtful look crossed Jiang Ci's eyes.
Regardless of how much Shen Conghe ate, he had to ensure that the old man had three meals a day. Even when several people were sent to the Northwest, they still had to find someone to deliver food to the old man.
That old man must be someone special.
Or rather...
Is someone in higher positions protecting him?
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