"Wife, these are confidential. I can't read them!" Lu Shiyi didn't want to cause trouble for Su Jin. "Grandpa mentioned to me privately that only if you make a greater contribution will the higher-ups allow the Lu family to leave the imperial capital."
Lu Bairen warned Lu Shiyi everywhere that most of the glory of the Lu family was earned by Su Jin.
While the two were talking, the phone in the living room rang. Su Jin wiped her hands on her apron and picked up the phone.
"Xiao Jin, has Ayi returned from the office?" Second Uncle's voice came from the phone.
"Second uncle, wait a minute!" Su Jin called Lu Shiyi hurriedly.
After handing the phone to Lu Shiyi, she dragged Hanhan's walker to the kitchen.
Hanhan came into the kitchen and sat in the walker in the corner. Su Jin took a teething stick and put it in Hanhan's hand.
"Mom...eat, eat!" Hanhan likes to share food with Su Jin the most.
Su Jin watched Hanhan grow up slowly. Although he was always taken care of by a nanny from the space, Su Jin was always by his side.
The mother and son were sharing a teething stick when Lu Shiyi hung up the phone and came out of the living room.
Su Jin prepared dinner for the three of them and he took it to the living room to eat.
Hanhan followed Su Jin to the dining room. Since she got a walker, Su Jin rarely held Hanhan in her arms.
"Wife, someone is not happy with the food subsidies Second and Third Uncles receive every month, and they've reported it to the police." Lu Shiyi fed his son and checked in with Su Jin. "The higher-ups are investigating, and it was only after Achang told them about you that the case was suppressed."
"How will we provide food in the future?" Su Jin was worried that Lu Bairen would get worried about his two sons after hearing the news. "We have extra food, but my two uncles are starving."
With Lu Bairen around, Lu Shiyi must fulfill his filial duty. The brotherhood today is very different from that in modern times.
"Second uncle and third uncle have discussed that we must not send them any more food. They can just buy it themselves with food coupons." Lu Shiyi told Su Jin about the phone call while feeding them.
"Why is the situation over there so serious?" Su Jin noticed that Lu Shiyi was becoming more cautious. "The interrogation will be over soon. Some villagers from the second and third brigades will be cleared out. People from the two brigades will probably go and intercede for them."
During the winter break, if the weather is not cold, the team members like to visit each other. Only when the twelfth lunar month comes will the family members calm down.
"Wife, I've agreed with the political commissar to go back before the twelfth lunar month. There are still two months left. Grandpa also told us to finish our business in the family compound before we go back."
With the opportunity for the family of three to have dinner, the Fourth Brigade became lively again. People from the Second Brigade and the Third Brigade came to visit their relatives in the Fourth Brigade every day. No one had much food, so visiting once or twice was acceptable, but if they came every day, the villagers of the Fourth Team would not receive them.
There are crying and farces in the brigade every day. Some people take advantage of their seniority and those who are related by marriage are the most annoying, especially the families of daughters who marry out. Their parents always want their married daughters to live a good life.
Upon learning that these people wanted to ask Lu Shiyi for mercy, the team members took their relatives to Lu Boyuan's house.
"Ayi is on a mission, and Xiaojin went to the family housing compound in the county town. Why don't you go to the family housing compound to make some trouble?" Lu Boyuan pointed the way.
The people from the second and third brigades shut up. They were afraid of getting into trouble at the armed forces department, so they came to visit relatives in the fourth brigades. What if Su Jin could stay on the homestead?
"The three educated youths aren't leaving the yard right now, so you can't run into them by chance," Lu Boyuan's wife came out, not wanting these people to get close to their house. "They can't contact Ayi and his wife either. You can either go into the mountains and go to the farm, or go to the family compound in the county town. At worst, go to the Pigeon Committee and ask for them yourself. Why are you bothering our people?"
After listening to his wife, Lu Boyuan realized that the women in the village had reached the critical point of tolerance.
The people from the second and third brigades were silent, and they didn't dare to say another word.
"We are afraid of seeing the officials. If we say something wrong in front of the Pigeon Committee, we will definitely be killed. How can you be so cruel? We were from the same clan many years ago." The second captain's wife came out from the crowd. She knew that her husband had made a mistake and would not be forgiven by Lu Shiyi and his wife. He would definitely suffer.
"The second team leader has been sent to the Northwest Farm, and those who followed the second team leader to help him commit atrocities have also been assigned to work on farms in the border areas." The village women of the second team sobbed. These families were the main force that came to their door.
The third captain's wife also came, and the village women followed the captain's wife and sat on the ground crying.
"We really can't make ends meet anymore," the third team leader's wife sobbed. "All the strong laborers in the village have been arrested. We should have stored more grain and seeds during the winter."
Lu Shiyuan's wife didn't say anything, not knowing how to respond.
The village women of the Fourth Brigade were glad that they were right to refuse at that time, otherwise, their head of the family would have been implicated.
Several scoundrels in the village were arrested and involved. Su Jin came down to live there. The members of the Divine Sword team were all strangers, which would definitely cause panic among everyone, so Su Jin asked them not to follow.
Su Jin followed the three educated youths into the village. Those people watched them secretly and told them all about their actions.
"The country has its laws, and the family has its rules. You come here to make trouble, but you can't make your head of the family come back. Go back." Master Lu San is considered the oldest person in the clan. Even the elders have to call him uncle.
"Third Grandpa, we don't know if Uncle has returned someday. We'll go to him for help," said the second captain's brother. Lu Bairen was the last person they would consider for help. "Uncle is in the capital. A few years ago, he helped several villages get food. But in the past two years, since Ayi came, Uncle hasn't helped the village anymore."
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