Lu Cheng nodded dignifiedly and agreed reluctantly.
The team leader happily ordered someone to tell his family to prepare delicious food to entertain the guests, and he personally accompanied the two of them around the village.
The entire village of Lanjiang Brigade is not big, with about sixty households and a total population of more than five hundred.
Most of the houses are low-rise yellow mud houses, and the cold wind blows, mixing with sand from time to time.
Walking from the east end of the village to the west end, Qin An Ning deliberately slowed down his pace and asked questions, and it only took him half an hour.
About thirty or forty meters away from the westernmost end, there is an even more dilapidated house. It can't even be called a house. It's just a rickety shed that is in danger of collapsing at any time.
Qin Anning pointed with pretended curiosity, "What is that for?"
The captain immediately showed a look of disgust on his face, "That's where the bad guys live, comrades, please don't go there."
From his tone, it was clear that the captain despised the people who were sent down for reform, let alone treated them well.
Qin Anning suppressed his anger and continued to inquire, "What kind of work do the people there usually do? Is it the same as the villagers?"
The team leader himself didn't like the labor camp inmates, and he was even more afraid that Qin An Ning would think that they had problems with their ideological awareness and would not cooperate with the village, so he tried his best to get rid of the people in the cowshed.
“How can they be like the villagers?
Those who were sent to labor camps were sent there to undergo labor reform, and they had to do all the dirty and tiring work.
The team usually has very strict requirements for them and will conduct regular criticism and struggle sessions, so you two comrades can rest assured."
"I'd like to see whether the demoted personnel in your team have been thoroughly reformed.
After all, if your village is chosen as a planting base, they will be included in it. Stop causing trouble and let's go over and take a look."
After Qin An Ning finished speaking, he didn't give the captain a chance to refuse and just walked away.
The captain had no choice but to catch up from behind.
As soon as you walk into the shed, you can hear coughing inside.
Qin An Ning clenched his hands into fists under his sleeves, trying his best to control his facial expression and not reveal any flaws.
The captain caught up from behind in a few steps, rushed to the front, and kicked the already shaky wooden door with his foot, "The leader is here to inspect, everyone hurry out to greet him."
There was a rustling sound in the room, followed by several footsteps. Five skinny men stood in a row with their heads lowered, waiting for their leader to lecture them.
Their skillful movements made Qin An Ning feel so distressed that she was about to cry uncontrollably.
At this time, Lu Cheng came over and chatted with the captain about this and that, diverting the captain's attention and taking him away a little.
There were three outsiders, and Qin An Ning didn't dare to recognize them rashly. She tried to keep her voice as cold as possible and said, "Lift your heads."
The five people raised their heads tremblingly when they heard this. When grandma and grandpa saw Qin An Ning, they widened their eyes in disbelief, their lips trembling and they dared not speak.
Qin An Ning had tears in her eyes and scolded him in a cold tone, saying something like "reform yourself and start a new life."
Before I could hold it any longer, I ended this hasty meeting.
After having dinner at the captain's house, Qin An Ning used the excuse of being tired to go to bed early.
Qin Anning lived in the same room with the captain's daughter, while Lu Cheng lived next door with an unmarried young man.
Qin An Ning didn't dare to get up quietly until after midnight when everyone in the village was asleep.
Because she was worried that someone in the captain's family would get up at night and find out, she also gave them some sleeping pills.
Lu Cheng did the same. He knocked that family unconscious and waited for Qin An Ning.
The two took out the packages that had been prepared in the space and quietly went to the cowshed.
Before I even got there, I saw two figures circling around the cowshed.
Qin An Ning had good eyesight and recognized at a glance that they were her grandparents. Without caring about anything else, she ran over and hugged the two old people, and began to cry in suppressed tears.
"Silly child, why are you crying?" Grandma said this, but she couldn't help crying.
"Grandma and Grandpa, I miss you so much!"
Grandpa also had tears in his eyes, but he was more rational and said, "Let the child come into the house and talk first."
Although it’s not very warm in the house, it’s better than being blown by the cold wind outside.
Since grandpa said so, the other three people in the room can be trusted, so Qin Anning and Lu Cheng followed him into the house obediently.
Under the dim kerosene lamp, grandma took Qin Anning's hand and gently stroked it, speaking to her in the same soft voice, "Ningning, how could your parents let you run to such a far place alone?"
Qin An Ning lowered her eyes and saw that her grandma's hands were covered with frostbite, which made her feel even more upset.
She took out a box of frostbite cream from her pocket and applied it to her grandmother herself. "Grandma, this is the frostbite cream I developed. It's very effective. Use two boxes and you will never get frostbite again."
Grandma's eyes were full of love. "My Ningning is amazing. At such a young age, she can make ointments by herself."
Grandma was led astray, but Grandpa was not so easily fooled, "Ningning, did something happen to your parents?"
Their time together was limited, and grandpa didn't dare to waste a minute, so he directly asked the questions that concerned him most.
Grandma and grandpa's current physical condition cannot withstand the blow of losing both parents, so Qin An Ning brought out Cheng Shuqing's rhetoric.
"My father was transferred to a remote area, and my mother followed him. The conditions there are not good, so they asked me to go to the countryside temporarily to avoid the limelight, and then transfer me back to the city when things are more stable.
Grandpa, I found my second uncle's family. They live in the next county to where I went to work."
"Really? How are Xiaoyi and the others?" Grandma couldn't wait to ask when she heard the news about her uncle.
“It’s not good, nor is it bad, it’s just dirty and tiring work.
But I live nearby, and I can often send some food and clothes, so life is not bad."
Qin An Ning couldn't just pick out the nice things to say about this. Her grandparents were sent down there themselves, and they knew best what kind of treatment the sent-down people received.
Grandpa nodded. There was nothing to be afraid of doing some work. As long as there was life, there would be no shortage of firewood. He didn't believe that their Cheng family would fall like this.
"Grandma and Grandpa, I brought you some food and clothes, as well as some medicine. You must keep taking these to keep you healthy."
Qin Anning took the package that Lu Cheng had been carrying, opened it and took out the things one by one.
Grandpa's wise eyes fell on Lu Cheng, examining him like an eagle. Who else could come with Ningning?
It’s not easy for that brat to steal the Cheng family’s treasure.
I just left this guy alone to see how he would react.
Qin An Ning touched his nose guiltily and introduced him to the two elderly people, "Grandma and Grandpa, this is my boyfriend Lu Cheng. I brought him here specially to show you. Are you satisfied?"
Lu Cheng called out respectfully, "Hello, grandma and grandpa, I'm Lu Cheng."
Grandpa retracted his gaze and snorted proudly, "What if I say I'm not satisfied?"
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