Chapter 80: It was her grandmother who made her experience hardship outside, and she knew...
Chen Mian smiled and said, "That's easy. We have many examples around us that we can use for legal education and publicity. Each one is very typical."
"For example?" Ji Yu asked.
“For example, Zhijia was beaten by her husband, Ayili’s cotton was stolen, and I was cheated out of money when I was looking for a job,” Chen Mian casually gave a few examples, and was a little embarrassed when talking about her own experiences. “You are the police officer, you should know more than me.”
After Chen Mian finished speaking, she tilted her head and looked at Ji Yu with bright and clear eyes.
Inspired by Chen Mian's words, Ji Yu cupped her delicate face in his hands and kissed her, saying, "You are truly my lucky star!"
Chen Mian said proudly, "Of course, I'm just that amazing. Anyone who's with me will have incredibly good luck."
Having solved the problems of inspiration and creative direction, Ji Yu began to worry about his writing skills. At most, he had only written reports; he had no experience in this area.
Chen Mian pondered for a moment, "How about this, we'll choose a theme first, then you write the story in the form of dialogue, and I'll polish it for you at the end."
"You can share your stories with your colleagues; everyone must have some unique experiences to share."
"Good idea." Ji Yu fell into deep thought. He had a vague idea in his mind: to film some behaviors that ordinary people would not usually pay attention to, but which violate the law.
After listening to his idea, Chen Mian also thought it was a great idea. Popularizing legal knowledge means popularizing the law in people's daily lives.
For example, when a husband beats his wife or parents beat their children, many people think it is a family dispute, and there are even sayings like "spare the rod and spoil the child" or "no beating, no success." But in reality, it can easily constitute the crime of intentional injury or abuse.
Some people, in their quest for a son, may give away their daughters, which could constitute the crimes of abandonment or child trafficking.
For example, something very close to people's daily lives: if you pass by your neighbor's vegetable garden, feel thirsty, and casually pick a cucumber to eat, this behavior is considered theft.
Chen Mian looked at Ji Yu with admiration, her eyes sparkling, "How are you so amazing, Ji Yu? You know so much about the law."
"Mianmian, don't look at me like that, or I really won't be able to hold back." Ji Yu reached out and covered Chen Mianmian's eyes, and after a while, she continued, "I learned all of this from the veteran police officers in the station after I was transferred to civilian work, and also from taking me to the court to help him with odd jobs when my dad was busy."
Old Zhang usually enjoys studying these things. After passing the exam last year, he resigned to become a lawyer. His second career is thriving, and he's already planning to open his own law firm.
"When I have time in the future, I'd like to try taking the exam," Ji Yu said. However, he had no intention of becoming a lawyer; he just felt that taking the exam would force him to study.
Of course, if there's an opportunity in the future, I might be able to transfer to work at the procuratorate.
Based on Ji Yu's rank before his demobilization, he could have been given priority for positions in units such as the procuratorate, courts, and public security bureaus. These days, these units prefer upright military personnel who have been demobilized and directly appointed as judges or police officers, while there are not many people with formal training in these fields.
However, Ji Yu wasn't interested in these things at the time. If his father hadn't been holding him back, he would have wanted to go to a retirement home for retired cadres.
Fortunately, he went to the police station and encountered the ray of sunshine that helped him break through the darkness.
The two got off the bus and continued chatting casually by the roadside. Even when they were silent for a long time, they didn't feel awkward.
For Ji Yu, no matter how late she gets off work each day, as long as she can see Chen Mian, all her physical fatigue will disappear.
Yu Xiaoyue laughed at him, saying he had "forgotten his mother after getting a wife," and that if he continued like this, he might as well just move into the Chen family's house.
Ji Yu said matter-of-factly, "I was going to live at Mianmian's house after I got married."
As it grew darker, Chen Mianmian yawned softly. Ji Yu patted her head and said, "It's getting late. Let me take you home."
"good."
On the drive back, Chen Mianmian suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to call her grandmother. Her family was planning to spend the Spring Festival in Xinjiang this year and wouldn't be going back to make a fuss. She hadn't told her grandmother about this yet.
When Ji Yu heard Chen Mian's quiet frustration, he had already changed his route and was driving home.
By the time Chen Mian discovered it, the person and the vehicle had already been transported to the wolfberry farm.
Chen Mian: ...
Ji Yu: Why aren't you praising me yet?
Fortunately, Xiaoyue and Jifeng had already gone back to their room to rest, so Chen Mian avoided the awkwardness of greeting them. She tiptoed into the living room, made a phone call to the village chief's house, and asked them to pass on a message to her grandmother, agreeing to call back at 10 a.m. two days later.
Chen Mian and her mother would arrive at Yu Xiaoyue's house in advance to wait for her. She hadn't seen her grandmother for a long time and thought it would be nice to exchange a few words on the phone.
Before leaving, Chen Mian asked, "How much does it cost to install a telephone in your home?" If it wasn't too expensive, she wanted to install one in her own home as well.
This is more convenient; otherwise, it would be troublesome to always go to Ji Yu's house to use her phone (Yu Xiaoyue insisted on not charging for the call), or to go to the city to find a place to make a call.
Ji Yu: "I really don't know. It seems like my dad installed it. I'll ask around for you another day."
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After deciding to spend the Spring Festival in Xinjiang with her family, Lin Huijun was sad for a few days at first, feeling sorry for her parents for not being able to fulfill her filial duties in their presence.
After being scolded by her mother on the phone, she finally stopped saying discouraging things.
Despite her advanced age, Grandma Lin still had a strong voice. She sat down in the mahogany chair and said in a loud voice, "Lin Huijun, after all these years, how come you don't resemble me at all? Even Mianmian dared to go out and make her way in the world, what are you afraid of?"
"Besides, it's not like I'm letting you go out alone. Your husband and kids are with you. If you come back looking pathetic, I'll be the first to look down on you!"
Lin's mother's voice was so penetrating that Yu Xiaoyue and Chen Mian, who were eating sunflower seeds nearby, couldn't pretend not to hear it. Lin Huijun's cheeks turned red from her mother's words, and she retorted:
“I didn’t say I wouldn’t do it, Mom,” she said. She was already in her forties, and her mother still scolded her like this. She still had a child, and she was losing face. “I’m just worried that Mianmian might take too big a step and suffer losses.”
Lin's mother: "So what if we suffer losses? Everyone has ups and downs in business. As long as the family works together, we won't starve, even if we're not very successful."
“That’s right, Mom, don’t worry, I will definitely not let you and Dad go hungry,” Chen Mianmian replied playfully.
Yu Xiaoyue chimed in, "That's right, if all else fails, our whole family will be there to support us. Auntie, you can just relax and enjoy your retirement back home!"
Lin's mother: "What is this?"
"Mianmian's boyfriend's mother."
"Oh my, our Mianmian has a boyfriend now?" Grandma Lin said excitedly. "How does he look? Is he as handsome as our Mu Baijun? What does he do for a living? How old is he?"
Lin Huijun explained one by one: he was a policeman, a former soldier, handsome, a tall man of 185 cm, and from Northeast China.
Lin's mother: "Not bad, not bad. Send me a photo back another day so I can take a look."
Hearing her mother and grandmother praising Ji Yu's good looks, Chen Mianmian, not at all embarrassed, came over with a grin and asked, "Grandma, what has Qiaofang been up to lately? How's her studies?"
Hearing the name of her other granddaughter, Lin's mother sighed, and the smile on her lips faded. "This child is stubborn. She didn't do well on her final exams and was ridiculed by her mother for no reason. So she went to work in the county and hasn't come back to school since."
Chen Mian didn't need to think to know what her aunt would say; it would be the same old, tired cliché. If only she had praised her cousin more often, her cousin wouldn't have run away in a huff.
"So, Qiaofang is like this now, and my aunt doesn't care?" Chen Mian asked worriedly.
"Her?" Lin's mother scoffed. "She's just hoping my granddaughter will go out to work as soon as possible. She's uneducated herself, yet she doesn't urge her child to go to school more."
"I can't control those two anymore," Lin's mother said helplessly. "Even if you don't call home, I'm planning to come looking for you in a few days."
She was also worried about her granddaughter's safety being out alone. Unlike Chen Mian, Lin Qiaofang was not quick-witted. She seemed shy, but she was just like her, sometimes stubborn to the extreme.
Lin's mother went to the county to look for her granddaughter a couple of days ago, and it took a lot of effort to persuade her to agree to go to Xinjiang to find Chen Mian.
“I can only entrust this child to you. If any acquaintances from the village come to Xinjiang in a few days, I will ask them to take Qiaofang with them,” Lin’s mother said. “You don’t need to take special care of her, just give her some food.”
"Let her experience some hardship outside, and she'll know to come back to school."
"Okay, don't worry, we'll take good care of Qiaofang," Chen Mianmian obediently agreed.
While Chen Mianmian was talking to her grandmother, Yu Xiaoyue and Lin Huijun couldn't stay still. They sat on the sofa and started winding yarn together. Lin Huijun used her arm to stretch the yarn out, and Yu Xiaoyue rolled it into a ball.
"Mom, I'm back! Please open the door for me." Ji Yu called out from outside the door, her voice slightly panting.
"What's wrong?" Yu Xiaoyue heard her son's voice, put down the yarn she was knitting, and quickly went outside.
Ji Yu was seen unloading a refrigerator from the back of the pickup truck.
"I'll help you carry it." Yu Xiaoyue saw her son preparing to carry the refrigerator in by himself and quickly reached out to help.
Ji Yu: "No need, the rope is tied quite firmly and it's not heavy. Just help me open the door."
"Okay, be careful."
Yu Xiaoyue opened the kitchen door, looked around, and quickly made room for herself.
Hearing the commotion, Chen Mian hung up the phone and came out to see what was going on.
The refrigerator is already in place and plugged in. It's a Toshiba refrigerator; one of them probably costs around two thousand yuan.
It has two layers, with the upper layer being the freezer and the lower layer being the refrigerator, and both layers are divided into sections.
Chen Mian touched the smooth exterior of the refrigerator with envy, then opened the refrigerator door to take a look at its internal structure. "Wow, this is great! It's a wonderful product!"
Ji Yu: "So, do you like it?"
"Of course I like it! When I have money in the future, I'll buy myself a big refrigerator and a big color TV!" Chen Mian said with a smile.
"Then I'll help you install it when I come to your house later," Ji Yu said casually as she bent down to check the refrigerator for any defects.
Chen Mianmian: "? How can this be? Your family just bought a refrigerator, are you kidding me?"
Ji Yu chuckled: "I wasn't talking about that. There's another one outside; that's for you guys."
Chen Mian still refused. These days, home appliances are very expensive, and ordinary people simply can't afford them. Her family has just started their farm, and they need money everywhere. How could they dare to buy these things?
Ji Yu was also scolded by Yu Xiaoyue. She said that since there was a cellar at home, why did they need a refrigerator? It was a waste of money.
Ji Yu: "I'm innocent! This is really not expensive. It was brought back from the south by Batur. He left two for me."
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Author's Note: I thought I could take a break since there were no rankings, so I booked tickets to go out and have some fun. Turns out I was banished to the frontier, but I bravely shouldered my laptop and headed out. [Clown]
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