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Yang Qiujin guessed correctly. He knew half of the more than 100 soldiers who joined the army with Chen Shengqing in Qingshui County. In addition, several of them were his comrades and subordinates who had already retired and were now working in various government agencies in Qingshui County.
Chen Shengqing only needed to say hello to them and write a letter of denunciation about the Ke family's bribery and corruption. His former comrades would naturally find a way to report it to the Revolutionary Committee and let those angry little Red Soldiers investigate it for them.
The entire Ke family worked in the meat processing factory. Ke's father rose from an ordinary worker to deputy factory director. His wife Jiang Damei could not read a single word, but she was able to become the workshop director and eat a lot of fat. It would be a lie to say that she had no cat-oil.
After receiving the report, a group of Little Red Soldiers rushed to investigate the Ke family when Chen Shengqing appeared at the door of the state-run canteen.
"Is the matter done?" Yang Qiujin asked.
"If nothing unexpected happens, the result will be out tomorrow at the latest." Chen Sheng sat down on the stool, picked up the chopsticks, and started eating the food that Yang Qiujin had left for him.
"Brother-in-law, thank you." Yang Qiuyue held up a cup of tea with tears in her eyes. "You and my elder sister saved me from the dire situation. I cannot thank you enough. I will offer you a cup of tea instead of wine."
"Don't thank me yet." Chen Shengqing didn't take the tea. "Your husband's family is in the meat processing factory. Your father-in-law can be the second in command of the meat processing factory. He must have a lot of connections. I think it will be difficult for you to divorce Ke Jian. I can only find people to cause trouble for the Ke family step by step and give them a warning. It is still difficult to really defeat them. If you break up with the Ke family, they may cause trouble for you. Your eldest sister and I are leaving Qingshui County tomorrow. The rest of the things will depend on you to solve."
"How about we postpone our departure for two days?" Yang Qiujin thought of her sister's evil mother-in-law's face and felt a little worried.
"Sister, my brother-in-law's family leave is limited, how can it be postponed?" Yang Qiuyue put down the teacup and said firmly: "Sister, don't worry about going to the border with my brother-in-law. Although I don't know how to quarrel, my fighting skills are no less than yours. If Ke Jian dares to cause trouble to me or touch me, I will die with him even if I have to."
"What are you talking about? Don't say those unlucky words." Yang Qiujin frowned. "The Ke family is really unwilling to leave. If you really can't stay here, just come to me. If I have something to eat, you will have something to eat."
At this time, the two sisters never thought about relying on their unreliable parents at home.
The tears that Yang Qiuyue had just suppressed welled up in her eyes again. She reached out and held Yang Qiujin's hand tightly, her voice choking with sobs: "Sister, I've got it."
She took out a big reunion note from her pocket, stuffed it into Chen Tianyou's hand, and reached out to caress his pretty face lovingly, "Our Tianyou is the best child in the world. Tianyou can protect your aunt and your mother. Listen to your mother, right?"
Chen Tianyou was suddenly praised, and proudly puffed out his chest, nodding without hesitation, "Auntie, I will."
"What a good kid." Yang Qiuyue praised.
"What are you doing? It's not easy for you, why give him money?" Yang Qiujin took ten yuan from Chen Tianyou and wanted to return it to Yang Qiuyue.
"This is mine!" The ten yuan was gone, Chen Tianyou pouted aggrievedly and reached out to grab it.
"What did I teach you?" Yang Qiujin said sternly, "Your aunt has a hard life. I have told you many times not to take her money. Besides, you are a child with a bad memory. You always lose things. If I give you this money, you will lose it in a moment."
"I won't lose it." Chen Tianyou retorted unconvincedly, "I'm not a child anymore."
"You little brat, how old are you? If you are not a child, then who is?" Yang Qiujin was angry and amused.
Yang Qiuyue held out her hand to stop Yang Qiujin, "Okay, sister, that's what I gave to Tianyou, don't worry about it. I'm alone now, if I'm well fed, the whole family won't be hungry, so I have to have this little money."
Yang Qiujin was helpless, "Okay, as long as you are happy."
After Chen Shengqing finished his meal and Yang Qiujin settled the bill, the family headed back home.
Before leaving, Chen Shengqing said to Yang Qiuyue: "If the Ke family makes things difficult for you, remember to go to the County Company Bureau to find Director Yu. When you mention my name, he will help you deal with the Ke family."
"Got it." Yang Qiuyue waved to them reluctantly, "Sister, brother-in-law, have a safe journey."
Chen Shengqing drove his wife and children back to the Pioneer Production Team. Yang Qiujin immediately prepared food for the journey. She steamed more than 20 large steamed buns and corn dumplings, boiled ten eggs, and put some pickled vegetables and spicy dried radish into an aluminum lunch box to use for the steamed buns.
Afraid that Tianyou would get carsick as he had never been out of the house, she went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some oranges, and picked some crisp and refreshing cucumbers from her own private plot and put them in her bag so that Tianyou could smell them when the time came to relieve his greasy feeling.
While picking vegetables, she even took a detour to the cowshed at the end of the village to tell Professor Zheng and others that she was going to join the army.
"That's a good thing." Professor Zheng was happy for her. "You three together are a family."
Professor Tian nodded: "The conditions there are very harsh, but those little Red Soldiers dare not move the Corps, you are safer there than here."
Yang Qiujin said: "After I settle down there, if there is a chance for you to go to the frontier, will you go?"
Professor Zheng and Professor Tian looked at each other, and saw surprise and hesitation in each other's eyes. "How can you get us through?"
The border areas are vast and sparsely populated, and the revolutionary fighting there is not as severe as here. If they could really go to the border areas, their lives would be much better than they are now.
"I haven't made up my mind yet." Yang Qiujin told the truth, "But I will think of a way. When there is a chance, I will let you two go to the frontier. You must come."
"It will definitely come."
"You have always been sincere to us and helped us, so we naturally trust you." Both of them smiled and watched her leave.
That night, all the Chen family members went to bed early, and Chen Tianyou still slept in the corner of the big bed.
He was restless when he slept, with his stinky little feet always kicking around. Chen Shengqing wanted to wait until he fell asleep and then carry him to his crib. However, Chen Tianyou was so excited about taking a train to a faraway place that he couldn't sleep. He kept jumping on the bed, holding Yang Qiujin's hand and chattering non-stop. Finally, Yang Qiujin was too sleepy to bear it and asked him to shut up and go to sleep. Only then did he calm down. By this time, Chen Shengqing had already fallen asleep.
It was also strange. Chen Shengqing was a very vigilant person. When he was in the army or fighting in the field, no matter how sleepy he was, he would not fall asleep.
However, when he returned home, next to Yang Qiujin and her son, he could always fall asleep peacefully in seconds.
Early the next morning, Chen Shengqing woke up and saw Yang Qiujin and her son sleeping beside him. A warm feeling flowed through his heart and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously. He got out of bed quietly, washed, and packed his bags.
When Yang Qiujin woke up, he had already prepared breakfast and asked her and her son to wash up and eat.
Yang Qiujin saw the neatly packed package he had packed and praised him casually, "Not bad, you are quite thoughtful and aware, and you know how to help me with my work."
Chen Shengqing found this strange. He glanced at Chen Tianyou, who was standing by the water tank with a toothbrush and groaning, not very happy to brush his teeth. He heard him say, "Mom, I have already brushed my teeth very clean."
Yang Qiujin washed his face with a towel and gave him a thumbs up: "My son is awesome! He brushed his teeth so cleanly today without his mother's urging. He is such a good boy."
Chen Shengqing:……
It seems that she treats him like her own son.
After breakfast, Tian Chunlian from next door came over with a few large cakes in her hands. "Third sister-in-law, I made these cakes early in the morning. I added a lot of white flour to them. They are very fragrant and delicious. You can eat them on the way."
Yang Qiujin refused, "Second sister-in-law, I prepared a lot of white flour steamed buns and steamed buns myself, which will be enough for us on the road. You should give this cake to Da Wa and the others."
The cake in her hand was gray in color, without a trace of oil, and looked dry. Yang Qiujin hadn't seen anything from the second house in many years, and felt that something was wrong. She was afraid that she couldn't bite it, so she politely declined.
"Third sister-in-law, please don't give up on me. You know that our second branch can't compare to your third branch. It's not easy for me to make this cake." Tian Chunlian cried with a smile on her face. "You are all leaving now. If our second branch doesn't come to see you off, others will never know how to make up stories about our second branch being ignorant."
"If you want to give something, just give it. Why are you talking so much?" Li Xiu'e looked unhappy and for once she was tough enough she spoke back to Tian Chunlian.
"I'll just take it as my pleasure to send you off." Tian Chunlian snorted and said in a low voice.
"Shut up!" Chen Shenggui glared at her fiercely. Seeing Chen Shengqing standing at the door of the main hall and looking at the couple coldly, Chen Shenggui said seriously, "Don't worry, third brother, I will keep my promise to you. After you leave, I will take care of your mother and will not let anyone bully her."
Chen Shengqing's expression relaxed, he nodded and said nothing.
They were not born of the same mother, but it is true that they were brothers in harmony when they were young. Even though his second brother had ignored his mother before, with the savings certificate, his second brother would remember their previous brotherly love and take care of his mother to some extent, so that he could feel at ease letting his mother live alone in the countryside.
Not long after the second wife and her husband left, Chen Shengqing dealt with the relatives and friends who came to see them off one after another, loaded the large and small bags of luggage on the ox cart, and had the team leader drive the ox cart to take them there.
Chen Shengqing is now a high-ranking official in the eyes of the Vanguard Brigade. No matter whether he is promoted to a higher military rank or retired professionally, the position he reaches will be unattainable by country people. Everyone wants to curry favor with Chen Shengqing, establish good relationships with him, and gain some benefits in the future. The brigade commander is no exception.
"I don't want to leave home, I don't want to leave grandma!" When Chen Tianyou saw that all his favorite clothes and quilts were packed and put on the oxcart, he finally realized that he was really leaving. He suddenly screamed, grabbed Li Xiu'e's hand tightly, and burst into tears, "Grandma, please come with us, why don't you come with us, I can't bear to leave you."
"Tianyou, my great grandson, grandma's love for you is not in vain." As they were about to leave, Li Xiu'e, who had been tense and pretending to be calm, suddenly collapsed. She hugged Tianyou's little body and cried, "Grandma can't bear to leave Tianyou, but I can't bear to leave your grandpa even more. Your grandpa must be so lonely in the mountains. Grandma wants to accompany him. After a few years, when I let go of my worries, I will definitely come to see Tianyou. Tianyou must be good and listen to mom and dad, and don't make mom angry again, okay?"
"I don't want it, I don't want to listen, I just want milk!" After all, Chen Tianyou was raised by Li Xiu'e since he was a child. At his age, he already understood what separation meant. No matter how Li Xiu'e coaxed him, he would hold on to Li Xiu'e and not let go.
Time was running out and there was no room for delay. Chen Shengqing implemented the policy of force without saying a word. He pried Chen Tianyou's hands apart and carried him onto the ox cart while Chen Tianyou was crying and struggling like a pig being slaughtered. He then turned around and carried Yang Qiujin, who was about to persuade the child, onto the cart.
"Eh?" Yang Qiujin felt dizzy and fell into the man's hot arms. Before she could say anything, the man placed her steadily on the ox cart and half leaned over to press on her bulging breasts.
"What do you want to do in broad daylight?" Yang Qiujin blushed and reached out to push him away.
"Huh?" The man looked puzzled.
Only then did Yang Qiujin realize that Tianyou was on her right side, crying and trying to jump off the ox cart. Chen Shengqing just passed his arm over her body to press down Tianyou's body.
"..." Yang Qiujin blushed. Why did she think wrongly just now? She must be crazy to think that Chen Shengqing would do something to her in public!
"Drive!" The captain raised the whip with great vigilance and hit the young and strong buffalo hard. The buffalo felt the pain and ran quickly on the village road with its strong limbs.
"Drive slowly on the road and be careful." Li Xiu'e stood in front of the yard with tears in her eyes, watching the ox cart go farther and farther away.
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