Uncle Li tied them all up with ropes, then went to find the brigade leader that very night. The brigade leader then called over two more militiamen.
After daybreak, Aunt Hu and Hu Dazhi rushed over upon hearing the news.
They saw Hu Sanqiang and Du Yinan tied up, surrounded by villagers who were watching the spectacle.
Aunt Hu threw herself at Hu Sanqiang, "Son, why are you tied up? What happened?"
The captain told them about Hu Sanqiang and Du Yinan's plan to set fire to the distillery in the middle of the night, and asked the couple, "You two really didn't know about this?"
Aunt Hu immediately remembered what she had said yesterday about wanting to go to the distillery, and she didn't expect that her son would actually come to the distillery.
As a result, the distillery was doing well, but his son was arrested.
Uncle Li said, "If it weren't for the animal traps outside the distillery, it would probably be a pile of ashes by now, and I, this old man, would have been burned to death inside."
This not only concerns the villagers' property losses, but also their lives.
Therefore, this matter is very serious.
The captain said to Hu Dazhi and Aunt Hu, "The mistakes made by Hu Sanqiang and Du Yinan were very serious. Although they were stopped in time and no substantial losses or harms were caused, their danger still exists. They almost caused the loss of collective property and Uncle Jiu's death. Therefore, I do not intend to tolerate or cover them up this time. I must report this to the police and let the police decide on the punishment for you."
"What?" Aunt Hu was terrified when she heard this: "Captain, our Sanqiang knows he was wrong." She pointed at Du Yinan: "It must be, it must be her idea. She instigated our Sanqiang to come to the distillery. She said she was jealous of Luo Zhiqing and didn't want Luo Zhiqing to have an easy time."
In order to clear Hu Sanqiang's name, Aunt Hu pushed the blame onto Du Yinan.
"It was your son's idea; he dragged me here," Du Yinan would never admit.
Aunt Hu then looked at the brigade leader: "Brigade leader, you must not report this to the police. Sanqiang cannot go to jail. If you report it, you will not only prevent them from living, but also prevent our family from living."
“It’s not that I’m not giving you a way to survive, it’s that you have a way to survive but you’re unwilling to take it. Don’t you think that losing the distillery would harm other people’s interests, isn’t that a loss? Burning Uncle Jiu to death, wasn’t that a human life? Not only will I not agree, but the people in our village will not agree either.”
After daybreak, Hu Sanqiang and Du Yinan were naturally taken away by the police.
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Several months have passed in the blink of an eye, and the cold lunar December has arrived. In about ten days, it will be the New Year.
Luo Jingyan received a letter from Xue Yanchen, saying that he would return from the army on the eve of the Lunar New Year to celebrate the New Year with the Luo family.
It started snowing heavily again outside. Luo Jingyan, wearing a thick cotton coat, a cotton hat, a cotton scarf, and cotton gloves, went to the cowshed.
Since their family's relationship was exposed, she has become much bolder going to the cowshed than before, since no one in the village would say anything if they saw her.
However, we still need to be careful when delivering things to the cowshed.
When she returned from the cowshed, before she even reached her doorstep, she saw two more rows of footprints in front of the door than when she had left.
The two rows of footprints were enormous; she had never seen such large footprints in the entire village. The two rows of footprints led directly to her home.
She lives outside the village, and now that it's the dead of winter, most of the villagers stay indoors and don't come near her.
Today is the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month. Could it be that he has returned?
She smiled faintly and walked forward without making a sound. When she reached the corner of the house, she glanced at the two rows of footprints again and noticed that they had actually turned a corner.
She didn't turn around and continued walking forward.
Suddenly, a tall figure flashed by, quickly arrived beside her, lifted her into the air, and spun her around several times.
Luo Jingyan punched him lightly on the chest with her little fist and scolded, "You didn't even come out openly, sneaking around like this, you scared me to death. Put me down, let's go home quickly."
Xue Yanchen put her down, picked up his luggage, and went home with her.
After not seeing each other for many days, the young couple couldn't help but be affectionate when they met. Xue Yanchen kissed and touched her enough, and then held the sweet and soft little woman in his arms.
He was hot, his mouth was dry, and his voice was hoarse from the intimacy they had just shared: "In another month, we can be together forever."
She seemed to have sensed his passion just now: "So, you just need to endure it for another month."
"Don't you want to?"
"In no mood."
"Um?"
"Fake?"
"Saying one thing and meaning another will be punished."
"What punishment?"
"You can only do it, not say it."
Finally, Xue Yanchen went outside to get firewood and added it to the stove, making the room warm and cozy.
By evening, he still hadn't seen Luo Changtian, so he asked Luo Jingyan, "Hasn't Xiaotian started his holiday yet?"
"They said it was a holiday today, and they haven't come back yet."
"It's getting late, I'll go outside and meet him."
"Okay. I'll go cook."
After Luo Jingyan finished cooking, Xue Yanchen and Luo Changtian returned. Xue Yanchen helped Luo Changtian carry his things for boarding school, and both of them had snow on their feet and trouser legs.
Luo Jingyan used a feather duster to sweep the snow off them. "You should warm up by the fire first. Dinner will be served soon."
By the time Luo Jingyan brought the food into the room, the two of them had mostly regained feeling in their hands and feet, and their bodies had warmed up considerably.
Dinner consisted of pork stew with sauerkraut, beef stew with potatoes, corn porridge, and hot steamed buns.
Since the two men had large appetites, Luo Jingyan specially heated up a few extra steamed buns.
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