Chapter 73
When Zhang Chunmiao's daughter-in-law Xu Meihua came to collect the pork, the scorer announced the weight of pork they had received, but Zhang Chunmiao was not included.
Zhang Chunmiao's tears were streaming down her face. She really wanted to go back to the past and slap herself a few times. She would never dare to gossip about Jiang Mi again.
Everyone took the pork home and prepared to have a big meal and have a good Mid-Autumn Festival.
Yang Jiahe took Jiang Mi back to the educated youth site. Jiang Mi took a bottle of white wine, a mooncake and two pieces of bacon and followed Yang Jiahe to the Yang family. Chen Xi asked her if she would celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival at the Yang family in the evening.
Jiang Mi said, "I'll go deliver a mooncake and then be back."
Jiang Miao hadn't come back yet. He was still outside playing with balloons with Xiaobai and the roast suckling pig. Jiang Mi handed the white wine to Yang Jiahe: This is the ginseng wine I made. It's very good for your health. It's precious and good for your health.
Yang Jiahe looked at the medicinal wine carefully for a while. He recognized this wine. It was the leftover wine he had taken to the educated youth site. It was almost the same as before. If you look closely, you can still see some small residues in the wine.
"You crush the ginseng and put it in." Jiang Mi nodded with a smile: "Don't praise me first, you can praise me after I finish drinking it."
Yang Jiahe:!!!
It's really well done, but crushing the ginseng is too hard. Don't work so hard next time. Jiang Mi: "It's not hard at all to make you drink such good ginseng wine." Yang Jiahe rubbed Jiang Mi's hair, "I'm so honored."
Seeing that he didn't ask too many questions and didn't accuse her of wasting ginseng, Jiang Mi was quite happy and talked about the benefits of ginseng wine. Yang Jiahe: "Then this is not ginseng wine, it's a fairy medicine." Jiang Mi: "The fairy brought you the fairy medicine."
Yang Jiahe smiled: Thank you, fairy.
When they arrived at Yang's house, Cui Huifang was also carrying a wooden barrel. It was full of pork with some pig intestines on top. She smiled when she saw Jiang Mi, "Come in quickly."
When they got to the yard, Cui Huifang placed a bucket of pork by the well and asked Yang Jiaren to pour water. Jiang Mi handed the net bag to Cui Huifang.
Cui Huifang didn't answer: Next time you come, please bring more things with you. You can take these back in the evening.
Jiang Mi smiled and stuffed it into her hand: "Auntie, I still have some left."
Cui Huifang then answered the call and asked Jiang Mi to call Jiang Miao to come for dinner later.
Jiang Mi said: "Miaomiao and I are having dinner at the educated youth camp today. Today is Mid-Autumn Festival and everyone wants to have some fun." Cui Huifang said a few more words and didn't try to persuade her any further.
Yang Jiahe wanted to go into the house to help Jiang Mi get clothes, and Jiang Mi followed behind him. Yang Jiahe took her hand and led her into the house.
Cui Huifang looked at the closed door. This... is still closed.
Yang Jiahe's room was quite large, about ten square meters. Opposite the bed was a large kang, next to the kang was a row of cabinets, and on the kang was a kang table with several wood carvings and books on it.
Jiang Mi looked carefully and found a large wooden barrel, which was obviously used for bathing! She was so envious that she walked around and picked up the wood carving on the kang table to look at it.
It's all her!
She looked at Yang Jiahe and said softly: "You look at me every day when you sleep." Yang Jiahe coughed as a response.
Jiang Mi whispered, "I just heard footsteps. Someone must be eavesdropping. Let's talk quietly so he can't hear anything! He must be very anxious."
Yang Jiahe chuckled and whispered along with her.
Outside, Cui Huifang looked at Yang Jia and the closed door, still feeling uneasy. She quickly washed a plate of red dates and a plate of dried pork. She first put her ear to the door to listen, but before she heard anything, she crouched closer.
The door was originally ajar, and when I leaned over, it opened.
Cui Huifang almost fell to the ground. After she stood up, she calmly brought in two plates of food: Mimi, I'll bring you some red dates and dried meat.
Jiang Mi laughed. It turned out that it was my aunt who was eavesdropping. Thank you, aunt. Yang Jiahe: I hope you didn’t fall. Be careful.
Cui Huifang placed two plates of food on the table and left again, this time leaving the door open. She was worried about the young woman's lack of self-control. She needed to have a good talk with Yang Jiahe tonight. They could date before marriage, but there had to be a limit. She couldn't let a young woman have a child out of wedlock.
The two of them sat on the kang and ate red dates and dried meat for a while. Then Yang Jiahe sent Jiang Mi back and said he would pick her up to watch the moon after dinner.
The educated youth's camp was bustling with activity, and the meal was almost ready.
Potatoes and chicken were stir-fried in the wok, along with delicate flatbreads circling the wok, and a pork bone, vegetable, and mushroom soup. Four large ribs were cracked open and stewed, the marrow oozing into the broth, which was covered in a layer of oil and smelled delicious.
There are also cold green onions and cold spinach.
The big mooncake sent from Ji Yingying's family was cut into ten small pieces and placed on a plate. The snacks left over from yesterday were also placed on the table. It was another sumptuous dinner.
Xiaobai and Roasted Suckling Pig also got two
They were given a fine flour pancake and a few pieces of chicken as a reward for catching the chicken.
In addition, the large bones for stewing soup were also rewarded to Xiaobai. The meat on the bones had been stewed and fell into the soup. Xiaobai's teeth had become quite sharp, and he could make crunching sounds when he chewed the bones. His tail was wagging happily, and he looked very happy.
The roast suckling pig also started gnawing on the bones, but after a while, it became unhappy because there was no meat and it would ruin its teeth.
After dinner, Chen Xi took out a watermelon that she had reserved earlier, cut it in half, and placed it on the table. Everyone ate the watermelon and admired the full moon. Although they couldn't be with their family during this Mid-Autumn Festival, they were still extremely happy.
At the Yang family, Yang Jiahe brought ginseng wine brewed with ginger honey to the dinner table. When Cui Huifang learned that this was ginseng medicinal wine, she felt very sad. This was simply a waste of ginseng.
Jiahe, tell Mimi next time that you can’t make medicinal wine like this. This is good for you and should be kept. It can prolong your life. Yang Jiahe: “Drink it or not? I’ll keep it for myself.” He took the bottle and was about to put it back into the house.
Cui Huifang quickly stopped her, saying, "This is honey's ginseng. She can use it however she wants. Drink it. I want to try this crushed ginseng wine, too." Yang Jiahe poured a glass for each of them.
This wine is mixed with a small drop of spiritual water. After drinking a glass of wine, the effect comes out. Cui Huifang: "Why do I feel relaxed after drinking it? It's an illusion."
The others also felt particularly relaxed and praised the medicinal wine.
Yang Jiahe didn't feel that obvious. He was usually fed a lot of space water, and the spiritual water also touched him. Yang Jianying hesitated for a moment and said: "Why do I feel that my ankle doesn't hurt so much?" Cui Huifang: Really?
Yang Jianying twisted his ankle and confirmed, "It's indeed true."
Cui Huifang quickly collected the remaining wine and said, "We are all fine. It would be a waste to drink such good wine. Leave it for your father and your eldest brother."
Yang Jianying had a near-death experience on the battlefield. He suffered many gunshot wounds, the most serious of which was his ankle. There are still shrapnel remaining in the bone joints. It hurts a little normally, but when it rains, the pain is so severe that he can't even walk.
As for Yang Jiazhong, he had also fought in the hail of bullets and was covered in wounds. Yang Jiahe looked at the medicinal wine and thought for a moment, this was no ordinary medicinal wine, it was truly an elixir.
He thought about how the water Jiang Mi always gave him to drink was particularly delicious. Maybe it wasn't just because he thought the water was from Jiang Mi, but she had another secret.
Jiang Shuyin already has the system, so it doesn't seem so strange for Jiang Mi to have a space like Lingquan.
He suddenly thought of Huang Yongjin's
The captain's family buried things. Maybe it was not because of Jiang Mi's blessing, but because those contraband were moved by Jiang Mi.
Cui Huifang sighed: It turns out that the effect of crushed ginseng and soaked in wine is so strong! Jiahe, thank you Mimi very much. Mimi is really our family
We must thank her very much, she is a lucky star, this ginseng is so precious.
Yang Jiahe: Mom, what's the point of just saying thank you? You should do something practical and give Mimi a piece of our ginseng.
Cui Huifang was reluctant to let her go, but Yang Jiahe's words made sense. How could she be so stingy with such a generous future daughter-in-law? She gritted her teeth and said: Give it to me!
After eating, Yang Jiahe tidied himself up before going to the educated youth site to pick up Jiang Mi.
Jiang Mi had just finished her meal. She went back to her room and tidied up a bit, mainly rinsing her mouth, washing her face, and combing her hair again. She also had to put the rabbit hairpin in place.
After she had tidied herself, she said goodbye to Jiang Miao and went out on a date.
The moon on Mid-Autumn Festival was very round and bright, illuminating the entire night. Yang Jiahe and Jiang Mi found a relatively remote place to admire the moon. At first they just admired the moon, but later, the moon was so shy that it hid away.
Jiang Mi covered her face, not daring to recall the sound she had just made. It definitely wasn't made by her.
When Jiang Mi was sent back, he also gave her the ginseng and told her that the medicinal wine had relieved her father's leg pain. Jiang Mi said that it was good that it was useful, and later used the ginseng to make medicinal wine for Yang Jiahe.
That night, Jiang Mi entered the space again. Before the little water droplet came out of the well, she threw the ginseng into the well.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the double harvest season began. The entire village joined in, including the brigade officials and teachers on holiday. The pig farm also assigned tasks, forcing Su Wenchen and the other two to join in the work after finishing their work there. They would also have to join in the wheat harvesting for five or six hours each morning and afternoon.
Jiang Mi stayed in the pig farm to look after the pigs.
Harvesting wheat is really tiring. The work is a lot and heavy. First, you have to cut the wheat with a sickle. The weather is hot and I am sweating profusely while bending over to harvest the wheat one handful at a time. I stay bent over for the whole morning and my clothes are soaked with sweat as if I had just come out of the water. Fortunately, I had eaten well before, so I can endure such high-intensity work.
The children were picking up wheat ears in the back, which could be exchanged for work points. The nimble children could earn a few work points every day.
The food in the educated youth camp was very good. There was meat at every meal, and people could eat as much as they wanted of two-grain flatbread. Jiang Mi would also use the space water to cook porridge from time to time to make everyone feel more comfortable.
In this way, everyone lost weight.
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The newly arrived educated youth had it even harder. They had never harvested wheat and didn't know how to use a sickle. The older educated youth kept reminding them that even if they worked slowly, they must not hurt their legs.
The sickle scratched my legs and arms, it was no joke.
Ding Ankang and others were extremely envious of He Zhaodi and the others. Although they also worked, they did very little! A total of five or six hours a day, but they worked from morning to night, more than ten hours.
Ding Ankang also wants to go to the pig farm.
After the wheat is harvested, it needs to be threshed. The wheat is spread out on the threshing floor, threshed, and rolled with stone acid.
There are two cows and a tractor in Yangjiagou, which are all needed at this time. They pull the stone acid and roll continuously until all the wheat is threshed. Then they winnow the wheat in the wind vent, and use the wind to blow out the straw and husks in the wheat. After the wheat is winnowed clean, it needs to be spread out in a thin layer and exposed to the sun for a few days.
At this time, there is basically less work to do. Some people are left to turn the wheat from time to time to prevent birds from stealing it, while the others go through the fields again to pick up the wheat ears that the children did not pick up cleanly.
Never waste a single bit.
The weather was good this year, with no rain for the past two weeks. The wheat was plentiful, and now, as we were drying it, the sun was blazing, drying it out completely. But before the wheat was even stored in the warehouse, I was constantly on guard, wary of the possibility of a rainstorm, which would cause the wheat to mold. After the grain had dried, I packed it into snakeskin bags and weighed it, and then it was time to pay the grain tax.
This is basically a job for young and middle-aged people. Tractors and ox carts are needed, but this is not enough. The rest of the grain is transported to the grain station on carts. People have to queue up at the grain station early in the morning. The line is long and far, and it takes a whole day.
The team leader and the accountant led the team. When it was their turn, the staff of the grain station was very friendly when they heard that they were from Yangjiagou. They exchanged greetings with the team leader, checked the quality of the grain first, and directly gave them second-class grain.
The captain's mouth was crooked with laughter. Second-class grain was very rare. There were probably only about ten brigades in a county that had second-class grain, the rest had third-class grain, and a few brigades had fourth-class grain.
The grade of grain is different, and the amount of weight to be paid is also different.
Then it was time to weigh the wheat. The tied wheat bags were piled onto the scales, with twenty bags on the first column. The grain station reported 1,600 kilograms, which was a solid eighty kilograms per bag.
This means that the grain station is not short of weight!
A bag weighed 80 kilograms in the brigade would be considered good if it could be given 70 kilograms at the grain station. If they were even more generous, they would directly give 50 or 60 kilograms.
There is no place to seek justice.
So we prepare more food.
After all the grain was delivered, there were still a few cartloads of grain left to be delivered. Compared with previous years, this directly saved one-third of the grain! The savings belonged to the brigade, that is, to the members.
The people from the Yangjiagou Brigade returned happily. When a brigade behind them saw that they still had so much food left, their eyes turned green with envy. Their brigade's food was rated as third-class food, so they also benefited from it. They had less food shortages and were much better off than before.
The members of the Yangjiagou Brigade brought back another one-third of the grain. They had endless energy along the way and their mouths were wide open, unable to close their smiles.
How come this day is so good?
The captain said, "Go back and distribute the food!"
When we got back to the brigade, it was almost five o'clock. There were quite a few people at the village entrance, mostly women, waiting for the brigade leader to lead people back. Although we knew that we had a relationship with the county party committee secretary this year, and the grain delivery should be much better than in previous years, we didn't know how much better it would be.
After everyone was ready to divide the food, they first ground flour to make some big white steamed buns.
From a distance, they saw the team leader leading his men back, and Cui Huifang and others went out to greet them.
An old lady in a flowery gown said, "Why do I see that they have brought back quite a bit of grain? Could it be that they are dissatisfied with our grain not being dried well enough?" Thinking of this, the smile on her face disappeared.
That’s not right. Our grain has been dried up in the sun and it’s impossible to get it back.
Cui Huifang was excited: "Is it because our grain has been rated as second-class grain that we don't have to pay so much?"
When they got to the team leader and the accountant, everyone gathered around. Cui Huiying asked, "How did you bring back so much grain? About a third of it, right?" The team leader grinned, "We're second-grade grain, and the scales at the grain station are solid. This is all saved." The accountant also smiled, "We've been given more grain this year."
Everyone laughed until tears came out, and they reached out to touch the grain bags: This, it's all ours. This year is too smooth.
An old lady said, "This is Tuomi's blessing! There's plenty of food and meat! This year has been truly prosperous. With so much food, we won't have to worry about food until next year."
Isn't this all thanks to Jiang Mi's blessing!
The team leader said, "If we can be recognized as an advanced team this year, we can pay even less grain next year."
Everyone had smiles on their faces. Farmers dig for food in the soil. After working hard for a year, they hope to get more food so that they won't go hungry next year.
An aunt
"Oh, no matter when we split up, I'm always looking forward to eating big white steamed buns." "Yeah, it's better to do it today than today. Let's split up today, and we can eat steamed buns and noodles next year."
Everyone is clamoring to distribute food today.
The team leader thought for a while and said: "Let's distribute the food today. Everyone should come to the entrance of the team office to collect the food." Everyone went home happily to get cloth bags to collect the food.
The people from the educated youth point also arrived. Thinking that He Zhaodi reacted quickly, she took the front position, which was considered the position for the educated youth point. They didn't have to wait too long before it was their turn.
After Jiang Mi's food was collected, the team leader said, "Don't leave yet. Collect Miaomiao's food as well."
It was agreed at the beginning that Miaomiao would not accept public grain.
Jiang Mi was about to speak when the team leader laughed: "Since he is a child of our team, he must be given public grain." The others also smiled and said yes, Miaomiao should be given public grain.
Because of Jiang Mi, the Yangjiagou Brigade had benefited so much that they naturally couldn't follow the original agreement anymore, and Jiang Miao was also involved. Zhang Chunmiao was unhappy. She was about to speak when Xu Meihua quickly stopped her, "Mom, please don't say anything." Zhang Chunmiao immediately shut up, her heart aching at the thought of the lack of pork. If she were to be given less food, she couldn't even think about it! Now, in the brigade, anyone who said anything bad about Jiang Mi would be scolded.
Jiang Mi received food for herself and Jiang Miao, and was very happy. She was not short of food, but the team's behavior made her feel particularly warm. Jiang Miao was also very happy and felt a greater sense of belonging.
Yang Jiahe helped carry the food back to the educated youth site.
An aunt came up to Cui Huifang and asked: When are you planning to get married?
Cui Huifang smiled and said, "Let's get engaged on September 18th, and then get married and get the marriage certificate next year when our two children turn 18." The aunt said, "It's better to get engaged first." She's such a good girl.
Tonight, everyone had a particularly rich meal. Any fine noodles at home were eaten first. This year's food distribution was more than in previous years.
It's time to celebrate.
The next day, Yang Jiahe took Jiang Mi to the county to play, also wanting to ask about Xiao Kaiyang, as it was only a few days since Xiao Kaiyang was shot.
Half a month had passed, and Fang Ming's investigation progress was very slow. He first went to find Xiao Ya'an. Xiao Ya'an was being tortured badly in the coal yard. She was completely different from the arrogant Xiao Ya'an in the past. She begged Fang Ming to send her to the farm, saying that the coal yard was not a place for people to stay.
Fang Ming asked her about Xiao Kaiyang's illegitimate child. Xiao Ya'an was clueless. She had lived a domineering life in the past and didn't know anything about Xiao Kaiyang. She said she was willing to cooperate with him.
As long as the police let her go out and asked her to identify Tanzhuang, she would identify it without saying a word.
We can only give up on Xiao Ya'an. As for sending her to the farm, that is naturally impossible.
There is no concrete evidence when investigating Xin Man and Xin Zhi. The two sisters have a very strong sisterly bond and never talk about it.
Tanzhuang is also slippery.
After Xiao Kaiyang died, it became even more difficult to investigate.
Tan Zhuang is really scary. For so many years, he has been able to hide the truth from outsiders. How cunning he must be.
Fang Ming took Yang Jia and Jiang Mi to dinner at a state-owned restaurant. County Party Secretary Li Xian also came. The four of them had a meal. Fang Ming's transfer order had come down, and he would go to the Municipal Public Security Bureau in a few days.
Everyone congratulated Fang Ming.
Halfway through the meal, a female police officer, Zhu Hong, came hurriedly and said, "Director Fang, something happened at the Tan family."
Fang Ming: What's going on with the Tan family?
Zhu Hong lowered her voice and said, "The Tan family was poisoned. Except for Tan Zhuang and his eldest son who was working away from home, everyone else was poisoned, including his sister-in-law and her son who were visiting relatives. Tan Zhuang's wife, Xin Man, crawled out of the house to seek help and is now in the hospital.
Fang Ming's expression changed immediately. "Let's go."
Go straight to the hospital.
Tan Zhuang's family lived in the staff quarters of the Public Security Bureau, on the fourth floor. The first person to discover Xin Man was her neighbor, who was passing by their house and happened to see Xin Man crawling out of the house with blood coming out of her mouth.
The neighbor entered the house and saw a group of people lying down. He quickly called for help to send the whole family to the hospital and called the police. Xin Man was being treated, but the others were already dead.
Tan Zhuang's hair turned white overnight, and he knelt in front of the doctor and begged him to save the children.
The doctor felt very sorry for Tan Zhuang. This was too pitiful. He helped him up and said, "Please accept my condolences." As long as there was a way, the doctor would not give up on the patient.
Xin Man was rescued, but she was unconscious on a ventilator. Tan Zhuang raised his hand to wipe away his tears and ran towards the Tan family.
Fang Ming and others also ran over. The Tan family had been blocked by the police, and there were many people gathered outside. Tan Zhuang, Fang Ming and others went in.
Two police officers and a forensic doctor investigated the room and found that the food was the problem: snake venom had been added to the chicken soup. Snake venom was also found in a slaughtered hen in the kitchen.
This poison is deadly.
Now we have to check for snake venom.
Tanzhuang Teeth
He was about to bite the hen to pieces. "It must be the hen brought by Xin Zhi. It must be that old hag from the Qian family! It must be." Veins bulged on his forehead and he rushed out.
Qian family
Xin Zhi's in-laws. Everything seemed clear.
The Public Security Bureau also rushed to the Dongqian Brigade and followed Tanzhuang straight to Xin Zhi's in-laws' home. Their door was tightly closed, and no one was inside.
The captain of the Dongqian Brigade was also panicked when he saw so many police officers coming over. He hurried over to ask what was going on. Tan Zhuang yelled with red eyes: "Where is that old hag hiding?" The captain was very confused. Who is that? How can you say that?
Tan Zhuang was about to attack the captain, but was stopped by Fang Ming, who said, "Where is Xin Zhi's mother-in-law?"
The captain didn't know either, and didn't want to cooperate with the crazy Tan Zhuang. Fang Ming roughly explained the situation and asked the captain to cooperate. He also said that Xin Zhi's mother-in-law might be in danger now and she might do something stupid.
An old lady quickly said, "I saw Rushui's mother carrying a basket and heading towards the back mountain. She must have gone to see Rushui."
The team leader quickly led Fang Ming and the others to Qian Rushui's grave. Before they even got there, they saw a swaying figure hanging on the jujube tree next to the grave from a distance.
Hanged!
Fang Ming rushed forward, quickly cut the rope, and carried the person down.
Qian Rushui's mother coughed violently, almost coughing out her lungs. She looked at the public security comrades and said in despair: "Why didn't you come a little later? If I had waited a little longer, I would have died and I could have gone down to accompany Rushui.
There was a cemetery next to the jujube tree. One of the graves was the cleanest, with no grass on it. In front of it were several offerings: a roast chicken, a large piece of meat, four steamed buns, a bowl of large red dates, and a bottle of wine.
A lot of gold ingots and paper money were also burned.
Tan Zhuang rushed forward and tore at Qian Rushui's mother, "You killed my son, I'll kill you!"
Old Lady Qian spat a mouthful of phlegm at him, then laughed heartily. "Your son is dead, and Xin Zhi's son is dead too, hahaha. Rushui, I've avenged you. You can rest in peace in the underworld."
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