Chapter 45
Tang Xingqiang didn't care about the awkward atmosphere at all. He looked around for a while and then chatted with Xu Shengli as if nothing had happened.
"Xu Shengli, you are such a boaster. You are the biggest liar. You are the biggest liar."
Although Xu Shengli was a little afraid of the current atmosphere, he couldn't help but say out loud when being criticized: "I didn't!"
"No? When you came to my house, you complained about this and that, saying that my food wasn't as good as yours, that you had more snacks than me, and that your house was more fun than mine. Look at what's going on now, don't you feel guilty for saying that?"
Zhang Cuixiang had put away all the things before, and now she hasn't put anything out.
Because I was angry about what the Tang family had just done, I was so angry that I didn't plan to cook a meal to entertain them.
Even though Xu Shengli was having a great time in the village, he didn't want to come back.
But he never admits defeat. Every time he eats something delicious or plays some interesting game, he will say that he has more of these things at home and there are more fun things at home.
Tang Xingqiang, who has always been competitive, could not understand this and kept saying:
"I don't believe it. If you have the guts, show it to me. Otherwise, you are just bragging and talking big."
Xu Shengli vowed that he would show off to Tang Xingqiang when he got back, so that he would know how many good things he had and how good he was at having fun.
Because of the wrong atmosphere in the room just now, Xu Shengli completely forgot about this matter, but now he remembered it immediately after being reminded.
The child's desire to win is very strong. After being provoked like this, he no longer cared about other things and started to yell:
"Grandma, where are our candies? And all the delicious food? Why are they all gone?"
Xu Shengli searched everywhere in the house. He knew where his grandmother hid things very well, so he went straight to the target and took out a can of sandwich cookies in a short while.
He proudly held up the biscuits in his hand and said, "I have sandwich biscuits at home. Do you have any?"
"That's nothing. My uncle sent it before."
Xu Shengli was not convinced and started searching again. Xu Qianjin was also taken by his brother to search Zhang Cuixiang's room.
Zhang Cuixiang rushed forward to stop them, but the two children didn't listen to her at all. They had been spoiled since they were young and were the little bullies in the family.
If she could handle it, she would not have used the previous trick to push Tang Guizhi down the stairs and ask her to come back quickly.
Tang Xingqiang laughed happily: "Xu Shengli, your family is really good at hiding things. I thought only country ladies like my grandmother would do such things, but it turns out that cadres like you also have this bad habit! You had the nerve to look down on us country people before, look, you are not much better."
Xu Shengli's face turned red and he felt extremely embarrassed.
"Grandma, why are you putting away all the things?"
Tang Xingqiang said bluntly: "Because she knew we were coming over, she wanted to see if my house was better. As soon as you came, my grandma took out the best things in the house."
"Granny! How could you do this!"
"Shut up!"
Xu Taian couldn't help but yell. His face looked ugly and he was furious, but he couldn't vent it.
Although the town was not far from the brigade, he had always looked down upon the Tang family, so they did not interact much.
Xu Taian didn't recognize all of his wife's nephews. He thought they were just a bunch of country kids and just gave them a few cents during the Chinese New Year.
I didn't expect it to be so troublesome, especially these two who spoke.
After being yelled at like that, Xu Shengli dared not say a word. He was still quite afraid of his own father.
Xu Qianjin shrank behind his brother, occasionally poking his head out to observe the adults' expressions.
The room became quiet again. Xu Guangjin and Xu Taian, father and son, were smoking leisurely, not caring how noisy it was in the room.
Such a big commotion just now, the neighbors must have been paying attention to the situation at their home. They dare not make a big fuss, so they just keep silent and see who can survive longer.
The Xu family dared to do this because they saw that Tang Jianjun, the only adult, was not capable of handling the situation.
Tang Guizhi returned to her husband's home and became even more silent, not daring to say a word.
The adults in the Xu family remained silent and simply ignored the Tang family.
Tang Jianjun also felt that the atmosphere was very awkward. He wanted to speak up several times, but when he saw the behavior of his brother-in-law's family, he couldn't open his mouth.
Tang Xingqiang clapped his hands and said, "Xu Shengli, your family is so boring, why don't you come to my house?"
Xu Shengli was a grown-up boy and knew what this meant, so he didn't dare to agree at all.
But Xu Qianjin was too young to know, especially now that the situation at home made him feel instinctively scared, and he nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, let's go to grandma's house."
Zhang Cuixiang was the most sensitive and immediately became alert: "What nonsense are you talking about? Why would a child from our Xu family run to your Tang family?"
"Why not? At most they can take my last name, and we can be together."
Zhang Cuixiang almost jumped up and glared at Tang Guizhi.
"What do you want to do? Don't you want to live like this anymore?"
Tang Guizhi was shocked: "Mom, I, I didn't, I didn't have such an idea. Tang Xingqiang, what nonsense are you talking about!"
Tang Xingqiang shrugged: "It's boring to stay here, let's go somewhere else."
Seeing that Zhang Cuixiang was about to explode, Tang Qingqing went to open the door. As soon as the door was opened, she saw someone standing at the door, listening to what was going on inside.
The door suddenly opened, startling the aunt. She reacted quickly and said with a wry smile:
"Are you all chatting? Are you ready to eat? If you don't have enough food, you can borrow some from my house."
Tang Xingqiang greeted her with a smile: "Hello, auntie. My uncle is not convenient here. Do you know any place in town where I can eat without a ticket?"
"Who said it's inconvenient? Don't you dare talk nonsense, kid? You're at home, so why would you go out to eat?"
Zhang Cuixiang's face turned red, and the anger that was rising was immediately extinguished.
Their family has already been embarrassed today, and they dare not add another insult.
My aunt also agreed, "That's true. How can we eat outside when relatives come to our house?"
Zhang Cuixiang responded with a few words and tried to close the door, but was stopped by Tang Qingqing.
"What are you doing? Aren't you afraid of freezing if you open the door?"
Tang Qingqing: "The room is so small, and my uncle and his family smoke, so it's better to get some fresh air."
Xu Taian and Xu Guangjin paused and put out their cigarettes at the same time.
Tang Guizhi was worried, fearing that Tang Qingqing and Tang Xingqiang would anger the Xu family and make her life difficult.
But she didn't dare say anything and just stood there.
Zhang Cuixiang looked at her and said impatiently, "Why don't you come over and cook? You don't care about your own relatives coming, but you still rely on us."
Tang Guizhi's eyes lit up, and she quickly followed, rolled up her sleeves and started to get busy.
The smell of smoke in the room had almost dissipated and the door was closed again.
The Xu family now knows that the Tang family is a bunch of scoundrels. If they are not sent away quickly, they might cause trouble.
Xu Guangjin took the initiative to ask: "Is everything okay at home? I heard that your brigade's granary was burned down?"
Tang Jianjun immediately took advantage of the situation and said, "Yes, that wicked man has been sent to labor reform and sentenced to more than ten years. This is all thanks to Qingqing, otherwise the damn arsonist would never have been caught."
Normally, the Tang family doesn't like to mention Tang Qingqing's achievements, because Tang Qingqing is already very disobedient and they don't want her to become even more proud.
But Tang Jianjun knew very well when to show off, otherwise how could he be so arrogant in the brigade by relying on his adopted brother?
Xu Guangjin was only bringing up the topic, and even hinted in a schadenfreude that your lives will be difficult in the future.
I didn't expect that this would lead to such a thing.
Xu Taian sneered: "Why do you like to take all the credit for yourself?"
As soon as these words fell, Tang Qiaoqiao and Tang Xingsheng, who had been shrinking and not daring to speak, became unhappy and spoke in unison:
"My sister is so amazing!"
Tang Xingwang couldn't help but say, "I lost my sheep before, and it was my sister who found it."
Tang Xingqiang also boasted very proudly: "My sister is now on the record at the Public Security Bureau. Do you know who solved the wife-murder case? It was none other than my sister! And do you know who solved the case of the commune's supply and marketing cooperative being robbed? That's right, it was still my sister."
The Xu family father and son were very surprised and their eyes were on Tang Qingqing.
They couldn't believe that Tang Qingqing had such ability.
But these cases were known all over the town, so we knew that the solution of these cases was related to a little girl.
They never imagined that this little girl was Tang Qingqing.
Tang Xingqiang: "If you don't believe me, you can go to the police station and ask. Xu Shengli, the candy you ate yesterday was a reward my sister received from the Public Security Bureau. The director of the Public Security Bureau praised my sister for being amazing. My sister was able to study because of the Public Security Bureau."
Tang Jianjun nodded: "The Public Security Bureau said Qingqing is a talented person and must be trained well. Otherwise, what's the point of a little girl studying? She will get married in the future anyway."
The Xu family father and son had already believed their words at this time, but they never imagined that the Tang family, whom they looked down upon, could actually produce such a talent, even a genius.
Tang Qing is young, but he is so powerful.
You have to know that even experienced police officers may not be able to solve these cases, so it will definitely not be difficult for such talents to enter the public security system in the future.
Although it has nothing to do with their hydrological station, if one of the Tang family members could eat public food, things would definitely be different.
Especially since Tang Qingqing is still so young, who knows what opportunities she will have in the future.
I didn’t think so before, but now I think Tang Qingqing is a pretty good-looking girl.
She is talented and good-looking, so she will definitely marry a rich woman in the future. It is hard to say what her future development will be like.
徐家父子心裏轉了一圈，表情也沒有之前那麽難看了，态度有所緩和。
唐建軍又是個會找臺階的，氣氛一緩和他就沒有之前那麽拘謹，就開始各種找話題，有一搭沒一搭地聊着。
至于之前的事，大家都很默契的沒有再提。
唐興強也沒有再鬧騰，拉着徐家兄弟一塊邊吃邊玩。
徐家這次也是下了血本了，包了一大鍋酸菜豬肉餃子招待，用的是白面擀皮，豬肉也用了不少。
雖然這一頓飯吃得不尴不尬的，可這事也算是翻篇了。
臨走前，唐興強不忘對徐勝利說：
“對你媽好點，我過一陣會過來視察工作，我已經跟站長伯伯約好了。”
徐家人的臉色都不大好看，沒想到唐興強這小鬼頭竟然還提這一茬。
唐青青則看向唐桂芝：“小姑，有啥事就回家，不方便回來就去找派出所的張慶雄張所長，他還欠我一個人情呢。”
姐弟倆雙雙施壓，徐家人的臉色都難看得不行，卻又一句話都說不出來。
唐桂芝紅了眼眶，誰能想到她竟然靠娘家還是孩子的侄子侄女撐腰，對比之下她可真是太沒用了。
要不說無巧不成書，這邊剛提起張慶雄，沒想到說曹操曹操到。
“唐青青同志，你還在可真是太好了！”
張慶雄是騎着自行車來的，看到唐青青很是高興。
唐青青看他着急樣子，就知道肯定出事了。
“所長，出啥事了？”
“桐山大隊的糧倉也被燒了，想找你去看看。”
唐興強好奇問道：“所長伯伯，你咋找到這裏來了？”
張所長看了徐家父子一眼，清了清嗓子：“你們鬧出這麽大動靜，我能不知道嘛。”
徐廣進差點暈過去，閑人咋這麽多啊，怎麽什麽話都往外傳！
唐青青一聽到有案子，二話不說就應下了：“所長，那我們趕緊走吧。”
事情緊急，張所長也沒廢話，跟唐建軍打了個招呼，就讓唐青青坐上自己的後座，帶着她離開了。
看着唐青青遠離的身影，現在徐家人徹底相信唐青青這丫頭是有點本事的。
徐勝利更是一臉崇拜：“大表姐真是太厲害了！”
對于孩子來說，小小年紀就被委以重任，是一種非常大的肯定。
唐興強心底不滿唐青青竟然沒有帶着他，可在徐勝利面前卻并沒有變現出來，得意道：
“我姐當然厲害了，不僅她厲害，我以後也不會差的。”
徐家人現在也相信了這一點，單看唐興強今天鬧的事，就知道這小子以後不一般。
只是不知道是走正路還是走邪路罷了，可現在唐青青都跟公安局搭上線了，估摸唐興強也走不了邪路。
他們對待唐家人的态度又更好了一些，甚至于唐家人離開的時候，還很客套地說了一句有空來家裏玩的話。
唐青青跟着張所長直接前往銅山大隊，一直到第三天才回到家裏。
和平常不一樣，唐建軍難得主動開口詢問唐青青，有沒有把案子給破了。
說話的語氣也跟平時不同，變得緩和不少。
唐青青見他态度不錯，回道：“已經把縱火犯給抓到了。”
唐興強兩只手撐着大腦袋：“姐，你怎麽抓到的啊？給我們說說呗！”
“跟咱們大隊那次一樣，追蹤可疑腳印呗。”
“你說得詳細點啊！你這樣讓我怎麽去外頭顯擺！”
唐青青覺得沒啥好說的，不就是仔細勘察現場，将救火人的腳印排除，再一個個琢磨哪些腳印比較可疑再一步步分析呗。
跟他們大隊那次縱火案差不多，縱火的人也是其他大隊的人，只不過他并不是出于報複的目的，就是典型的心壞。
唐興強哪裏肯這麽輕易放過她，“肯定有意思不一樣的地方吧！就沒有點特別的地方。”
“這倒是有。”
“你快說說呗！”
不僅是唐興強，其他人也很是好奇。
唐建軍也開口道：“青青，跟大家夥說一說當時的情況。”
“我當時看到一個可疑的腳印，而且那腳印是在大隊裏轉悠的，所以一開始以為是本大隊的人縱火。然後張所長就讓全村符合的男人都出來，讓我查看到底是誰。”
這一招之前唐青青就用過，因此大家并不陌生。
不過誰也沒說這都一樣，沒啥特別的。
“可我看了半天，愣是沒找到符合的人，心裏也納悶是不是搞錯了。”
唐巧巧聽得擔憂不已：“姐，那會不會有人覺得你不行啊？”
“有啊。”唐青青點頭道，當時現場有不少埋怨聲。
村民們看唐青青年紀這麽小，然後折騰了半天啥都查不出來，不是沒有怨言的。
不過大家的火氣都是沖着大隊長和張所長去的，覺得大隊長和張所長老糊塗了，竟然找個丫頭片子查這案子，這也忒不靠譜了。
唐青青自從開始查案，就沒有哪一次是不受到質疑的，她現在都已經習慣了。
因此這些聲音并沒有影響到唐青青，只是找不到縱火人，這讓她對自己的推測産生了懷疑。
“我還以為自己推測錯誤，又停留了一天在那勘察現場，可還是跟之前的結論一樣，結果你們猜怎麽着？”
“怎麽着？”
這下連趙大花和吳老太都豎起了耳朵，想知道是個咋回事。
“張所長當時都說，要是查不出來就算了，先讓我回家。現在天氣這麽冷，怕我一直蹲在外頭會凍着。”
“然後呢。”
“我當時特別不服氣，可實在是找不到線索，以為這一次我是沒法查出來了，正猶豫要不要走，嘿！沒想到這時候竟然有了轉機。”
唐興強猛拍大隊：“你倒是快說啊！急死我了！”
“我這幾天一直在那勘察現場，每天都有很多人沒事圍過來看熱鬧。我那時候正看得是兩眼發暈，就站起身吃了一顆糖。就這時候，我在人群中看到了一個人！”
“縱火犯！”
在場人齊聲喊道。
“沒錯，那個人當時也混在一群人中間在那看熱鬧，手裏還拿着瓜子在那嗑。”
吳老太驚呆了：“這也太嚣張了！”
“可不是嗎，我一看，連忙讓張所長把人給摁住。後來一查才知道，這個人有親戚是桐山大隊的，着火那天他就在桐山大隊，只是第二天就走了。所以那天排查的時候，我也就沒抓到人。”
趙大花不解：“那他咋又回來了呢？你們這邊還查着呢，公安都還在呢，他就不怕被抓住啊？”
其他人也很是不解，竟然還圍在一邊看熱鬧，這是嫌棄自己沒有被逮住，自己送上門啊。
“他就說他想回來看看。”唐青青聳聳肩。
一群人覺得匪夷所思，這簡直比故事裏的還要扯淡。
吳老太活了大半輩子，還沒聽過這樣的稀奇事：“這不是活該被抓嗎。”
“我聽張所長說，很多犯罪分子犯罪以後都有想要回來看現場的習慣，他以前也抓過這樣的罪犯。”
唐興強也覺得備受震驚：“真是好奇他們是咋想的。”
唐青青也很想知道，她得知那人專門回來看熱鬧的時候，簡直不知道說什麽才好。
她不把這個人逮到，簡直對不起自己。
唐興旺：“要是他沒被抓住，估摸瞧熱鬧會比普通人更開心。”
衆人的目光刷刷刷望向他。
唐興強拍了拍他大哥的肩膀：“大哥，論喜歡看人笑話的，咱們家誰也比不過你。”
唐興旺直接一巴掌拍了過去，唐興強早有防備，迅速跳起跑了老遠。
唐建軍清了清嗓子，對着唐青青鄭重其事地誇贊道：
“幹得好，不愧是我們唐家的兒女。以後繼續發揚，讓大家夥瞧瞧我們唐家人的厲害。”
唐興強與有榮焉：“有我姐出馬，就是賊祖宗也甭想躲過！”
吳老太和趙大花也表示了自己的肯定，吳老太甚至大手一揮：“今天晚上吃炒雞蛋。”
這是個啥情況？
唐青青身邊都是誇贊聲，讓她有些不适應了。
她又不是第一次破案，這個案子也不大，損失遠不如榕山大隊嚴重，被燒的糧食只有幾千斤，是他們大隊的十分之一。
當時她破案後，唐建軍他們都是一副她是走了狗屎運的态度，并不覺得她有多厲害，現在是怎麽了？
唐青青的目光投向唐興強，他肯定知道怎麽一回事。
唐興強私底下跟唐青青說道：“你那天倍兒給咱們家長臉，你走了沒看到徐家人那嘴臉立馬就變了，還讓我們帶了禮物回來。”
唐青青頓時想明白了，這是讓家裏人有面子，所以給了她好臉色啊。
唐興強想起什麽：“對了，每個孩子還補發了紅包，你的也有，現在媽拿着呢。”
這一次紅包非常大方，每個人都有一毛錢呢！
“這是瞧得上咱們家啦？”
“張所長親自來接你，多有牌面啊。”
之前他們是自己說，肯定沒有別人的肯定來得更加直觀。
“這家人可真夠勢利的。”
“要不然小姑怎麽能嫁過去呢。”唐興強不以為然。
雖然徐泰安一開始确實是看中了唐桂芝的好顏色，可真能娶進家門，跟唐建國衣錦還鄉有莫大關系。
大家都想着，有這樣的一門親，以後還愁唐家起不來？
再者，徐泰安長得不好看，個子還很低。
他倒是想要找鎮上吃公家飯的女孩，可人家瞧不上他啊。
于是，退而求其次，才找了唐桂芝。
一開始兩人感情也挺好，鎮上的瞧不上鄉下的，大家都已經習慣，所以大家也沒有太在意，只是沒想到竟然還會動手，下手這麽狠。
現在知道他們家出了能耐人，知道他們家以後不一樣了，立馬又換了嘴臉。
唐興強目光灼灼：“我以後一定要做個有本事的人，再也不讓人瞧不起了！”
他們鬧一通，雖然也讓徐家人心生忌憚，可并不會因此獲得尊重，興許心裏還嘲諷一句，鄉下人都是無賴的咒罵。
可看到唐青青是個有前途的，立馬就有了好臉色，唐興強看在眼裏，心裏有很多感觸。
“想要出息就要好好上學。”
“上學能有出息？”
“那當然，別看現在鬥臭老九，可要是能上工農兵大學的，是不是以後就不一樣了？你沒見知青搶名額搶成啥了。雖然這個看出身，可也得書讀得好，機會才更大。”
唐興強被說服了，“姐，你放心，我會好好學的。我才不是唐興旺，都花了錢了，也不好好學點東西回來，那豈不是虧大了！”
唐青青失笑，将之前說好的罐頭遞給了他。
唐興強瞳孔放大，因為這罐頭不是半罐，而是一整罐！
“姐……這都是給我的？”
“你這次表現得很好，剩下一半是額外獎勵你的。”
唐興強放聲歡呼，“姐，你真是太好了！以後你說啥我都聽你的，指哪打哪！”
“拉倒吧，你這人沒好處才不會理我。”
“我才沒有那麽勢利眼呢！”
唐青青不信他，唐興強急着表明決心，竟然把手裏罐頭塞回唐青青懷裏。
“姐，我這罐頭都可以不要的！”
一邊說着一邊吞口水，眼睛忍不住地往唐青青懷裏看。
唐青青失笑，将罐頭塞給他。唐興強雙手背到身後，頭扭過一邊。
“我信你以後會向着我了。”
“真的？”
“真的。”
唐興強這才把罐頭接了過來，甜甜膩膩地說：“姐，你可真好。”
唐青青被他肉麻得不行，把他趕去玩了。
唐青青這一次去桐鄉大隊抓縱火犯，回來的時候被桐鄉大隊塞了一袋子米面和臘肉作為報酬。
她這一次就割了一點肉給師父，其他都拿回了家裏。
現在她在唐家，就連很少有人找她的茬了，就連喜歡給她派活的趙大花也不過是絮叨幾句，唐青青不幹也不會像以前一樣要打要罵的。
早上唐青青從家裏拿馍馍就往外跑，也不會被揍了，家裏人甚至還叮囑她好好學本事。
反倒三兄弟時不時被罵一頓，咋就這麽笨，本事都到家門口也撿不到自己身上。
唐興強直接嗆回去：“那你們學學看啊，你們連我的腳小了，鞋子套不上都看不出來，老說合适合适的。”
公安局那邊的表彰很快又下來了，大隊專門召開了表彰大會，表揚唐青青、翟弘毅和王黑子三人協助公安破案的舉動。
大隊長在會上說得慷慨激昂，把三人誇贊得天上有地下無的，聽得唐青青都有些不好意思了。
翟弘毅依然一副置身事外的樣子，王黑子卻激動得不行，小胸脯擡得高高的。
之前他雖然已經拿回了獎品回家，家裏人已經知道了他的能耐，鄰居親戚早就誇了他一輪了，現在又被正式開會表彰，讓他覺得那叫個風光。
唐興強看着笑得能看到嗓子眼的王黑子，撇了撇嘴，“哼，得意啥啊，要不是我姐，壓根沒你啥事。”
唐青青一下臺，唐興強就纏着她：
“姐，你下次也帶上我呗。王黑子他能幹啥啊，白長個頭不長腦子，我可比他聰明多了。”
唐青青點了點他的腦袋：“等你長得跟他一樣大，識的字比他多再說吧。”
翟弘毅獲得表彰，知青點那邊都很意外。
因為翟弘毅之前壓根沒有提過，知青點的消息又沒有村民們靈通，只是隐約知道有這麽一樁殺人案，完全沒有想到翟弘毅竟然也摻和進去，并且協助公安破案。
“翟弘毅，之前怎麽沒有聽你說過啊？這麽大的事也不跟大家分享，也太不把我們當革命同志了吧。”知青馬建德道。
其他人也很是好奇，想知道他們是怎麽把案子給破了的。
榕山大隊的知青們，尤其是這一批新知青，除了翟弘毅，跟社員們的關系都很一般，平常沒有什麽交集。
平常幹活的時候也是自己紮堆，不跟本地人一塊。
偶爾會說幾句話，卻不會想着融入本地，都在想着怎麽趕緊回城。
因此很多知青對本地社員都認不全，就知道大隊幹部是誰而已。
這也導致他們對大隊裏的八卦和一些消息，都不是太靈通，除非老知青們聽了回來跟他們提起才會知曉。
可這一批知青對大隊裏發生什麽事并不感興趣，除非是跟自己相關的，比如工農兵大學的名額，回城名額等等。
那些家長裏短，聽了也沒啥意思，反倒一副小市民做派。
于是老知青們也就不怎麽回來說事，雖然都是知青，可還是分成了不同的小團體。
翟弘毅表情淡淡，“沒什麽好說的。”
馬建德一看到他這個表情，心裏就覺得不痛快：
“翟弘毅，你一直表現得什麽都不在乎，原來都是悄悄在表現啊。”
這話一落，現場的人都提起了心，目光落在翟弘毅身上。
幾個月前就說大隊有工農兵的名額，可後來又沒有了動靜。
現在各種消息滿天飛，誰也不知道是怎麽一回事。
不過可以肯定的是，能獲得名額的，肯定得是那表現得好的。
他們大隊還好，因為大隊長比較公正，大家不敢觸黴頭，其他大隊的人還偷偷給大隊長塞東西。
這些年知青下鄉，不知道養肥了多少人。
有些人拿着雞毛當令箭，沒少在中間收好處。
榕山大隊倒是沒有這種情況，可越是沒有反而讓他們越是煩心，不知道勁兒該往哪裏使。
汪瑩嗤笑道：“馬建德，你這話說得可真是好笑，怎麽就許你表現，別人就不能表現啊？要說偷偷摸摸表現，你說自己是第二，沒人敢說自己是第一。”
“汪瑩！你這話是什麽意思！”馬建德怒道。
汪瑩翻了個白眼：“你說我是什麽意思，就是什麽意思，若要人不知，除非己莫為。”
馬建德憤怒得要沖過來，被其他知青連忙攔住。
溫雪蘭細聲細語地勸道：“大家都別吵了，我們來這裏就是為了鍛煉的。大家極力想要表現自己，是值得誇贊的事，不是嗎？”
小組長李志毅附和道：“對對對，大家都是來鍛煉的，讓農民兄弟感受我們知識青年的熱情和能力，互相學習和幫助。現在翟弘毅為我們知青争光，大家應該鼓掌慶賀，更該向他學習。”
有他起頭，其他人也跟着一起鼓掌，只是聽起來稀稀落落的，略顯敷衍。
翟弘毅也并不在意，抓着東西就離開了。
馬建德嗤了一聲：“李志毅，瞧瞧他的态度，熱臉貼上了冷屁股了吧？”
“話不能這麽說，翟弘毅只是性格比較內向罷了。”
“你少在這裏裝好人，他從第一天開始就跟我們不對付，壓根看不起我們。”
汪瑩：“那還不是你們亂翻他的東西。”
“汪瑩，你少在這裏裝好人，當時你吃得可是最兇的。”
“你少冤枉我，那都是雪蘭分給我的，對吧，雪蘭。”
溫雪蘭笑得溫和，點點頭道：“大家都是同志，本來就該有福同享，有難同當。”
馬建德掃了溫雪蘭一眼：“你想跟人同享，別人可不一定搭理你。”
溫雪蘭不認同道：“小毅從小就是這樣的性格，他其實是個很熱心的人，請你們不要誤會他。”
馬建德嗤了一聲，一臉嘲諷地看着溫雪蘭。
汪瑩不樂意了：“翟弘毅跟雪蘭可是青梅竹馬一塊長大的，你們沒看翟弘毅的家人每次寄東西，都會給雪蘭準備一份嗎。”
“那又怎麽樣，在外頭幹了這麽大一件事，也沒跟她提。”
“因為他就不是那種喜歡邀功的人，哪像你們一樣，幹點屁大的事，就吵吵得全天下都知道。你現在那麽生氣不就是嫉妒呗，有本事你也去立功啊，你有這個本事嗎？！”
馬建德氣得臉色漲紅，這話是戳在他心口上了。
溫雪蘭拉了拉汪瑩的胳膊：“汪瑩，別這麽說話。”
“雪蘭，你就是脾氣太好了。”
“大家都是同志，都是千裏迢迢來到這裏，應該團結一致。”
“行吧，看在你的面子上。”汪瑩沒好氣地白了馬建德一眼。
Si Chaowen pushed his glasses on his nose and said, "Zhai Hongyi has made such a great contribution this time. If there were a quota for the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, he would be chosen first, right?"
There was silence again. Not only the new batch of educated youth, but also the old educated youth on the other side lowered their heads, not knowing what they were thinking.
The captain of the Rongshan Brigade was very fair. Whenever there was a quota to return to the city or to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, he would reserve it for the person with the best performance.
He will also announce the basis, which is basically linked to daily performance and the size of the meritorious service, so those who did not get the quota have nothing to say.
Wang Ying whispered, "Xue Lan, will Zhai Hongyi go to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University? Didn't he say he wanted to settle down in the countryside?"
As soon as she said this, everyone looked at her as if she was a fool.
As long as your brain is not stuck in the door, who would give up such a good opportunity?
Wen Xuelan bit her lip and said nothing.
She knew very well that it would not be difficult for Zhai Hongyi to return to the city. As long as he trained in the countryside for a period of time, his family would be able to transfer him back and arrange a job for him.
In fact, Zhai Hongyi didn't have to go to the countryside. He signed up on his own and asked to be sent to the most difficult place.
However, the Youth League Office did not do so in the end. Although the Rongshan Brigade was remote and poor, it was still much better than going to Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and other places.
But what if I could go to Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University?
Will Zhai Hongyi insist on staying here?
After the official award from the Public Security Bureau came down, Tang Qingqing's name spread throughout the entire commune.
In such a short time, she solved a theft and a murder case, and she is not even fourteen years old yet, which makes her a legend.
This also led to more and more people looking for her. If any brigade was robbed or set on fire, they would not report it to the police but would go directly to the Rongshan Brigade to look for her.
Tang Qingqing did not refuse and would go wherever she could, but she would always bring Zhai Hongyi and Wang Heizi with her.
Zhai Hongyi must be brought along, as he is the bodyguard assigned to him by his master. As for Wang Heizi, he was only brought along as a sidekick at first, but later on, he was discovered to be easy to get along with and quite useful, so he was brought along as well.
They are now a famous trio, so if they want to invite Tang Qingqing, they have to let her bring these two people.
Don't think this is not important. It means two more people and two more pairs of chopsticks, and they are two half-grown boys, so they eat a lot.
When you invite guests over, you can't treat them to bad food. That would be unkind. No one would want to come again in the future, and the expenses would be huge.
But compared to the losses, this was nothing, so everyone was happy.
Some even feel that it is safer to work with three people. Many people still don't believe that a little girl can have such great ability, but if there are three people together, especially with the intimidating Zhai Hongyi in the middle, they will feel safe.
Tang Qingqing felt helpless about this and could only work harder to get everyone to change their discrimination against her, or more deeply, against women.
When people see that she is the one working diligently every time and the other two are just helping out, they will naturally know who is the capable one.
There are also some who are not making sense and say some nonsense.
Although Tang Qingqing still looks like a little girl, she is a girl after all, and with two boys around her, it is inevitable that some people like to gossip.
Zhai Hongyi directly pulled Tang Qingqing and Wang Heizi away. It was too much to beat them up directly.
Wang Heizi was in charge of scolding people. Not only would he scold them severely, he would also spread the word everywhere that the people in this group were not decent.
Anyway, they are not the police, and they don't have to take every case. Why should they come here to help and be criticized? They are not that shameless.
This kind of situation is still very rare. Most teams or people treat them very well. Even if they have a little distrust in their hearts, they will not show it and will still treat them warmly.
Every time Tang Qingqing went there, she only asked them to prepare some steamed buns or roasted sweet potatoes to fill her stomach, and she would not eat the delicious food.
She would not eat the banquet prepared specially for them until she found the things or caught the thieves.
When returning home, if there is a thank-you gift, I will not refuse it, unless the gift is too expensive, then I will give a part of it.
After school starts, Tang Qingqing will also use her weekends to track down and solve cases. If there is something particularly urgent, she will take leave to check on the situation.
She is now taking the principal's class. The old principal is very responsible and his lectures are much more interesting than those of the previous teacher. He allows Tang Qingqing to learn knowledge that she could not learn from Zhai Hongyi.
Whenever Tang Qingqing was absent, the old principal would find time after class to help her make up for it.
With the help of Zhai Hongyi, Tang Qingqing made rapid progress, much faster than other students.
At the beginning of summer, the quota for admission to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University was finally determined to go to the Rongshan Brigade, and one of the quotas was reserved specifically for educated youth.
For a while, the educated youth in Rongshan Brigade were all excited, and all hoped that the quota would fall on their heads.
Soon, the excited group of people fell into disappointment.
The team leader Wang Changfu planned to give the admission quota to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University to Zhai Hongyi because he was a diligent educated youth, willing to integrate with the locals and had ideological awareness.
The most important point is that the trio solved many cases during this period, recovered lost property for the people, and caught thieves.
Although Tang Qingqing was the leader, Zhai Hongyi also made contributions.