As the twelfth lunar month approached, every family on the farm began to prepare food for the New Year. The old couple from the Gong family were sent back to the village. Many of the elderly people stopped interfering in their children's affairs, for fear that they would be sent back.
Su Jin was frying fish in the kitchen. These small fish were caught by Lu Shiyi and several other team members when they went to the mountains to fish through the ice. Apart from river fish, there were very few other fish here.
"Xiao Jin, these little fish are good. The old man ate a whole bowl of them." Lu Bairen came in with an empty bowl.
Su Jin put the remaining small fish into the basin and sprinkled a lot of barbecue ingredients on it.
Lu Shiyi was sitting on a stool washing fish. After Su Jin fed him a small fish at first, the rest were eaten by the old men.
"Grandpa, you eat too much. The fish I wash here are not enough to feed you." Lu Shiyi complained.
The elder followed him into the kitchen with a smile on his face.
"Xiao Jin's cooking skills are really great, I love it!" The elder said happily, "I want to have New Year's Eve dinner with you this year!"
Lu Shiyi and Su Jin looked at each other. When the old man came over with the bag, the two of them thought about providing for the old men in their old age.
"Elder, we will definitely let you have the New Year's Eve dinner at home." Su Jin said happily.
Lu Shiyi handed the basin to the two old men and said, "Let's go back and eat the fish first. These small fish just have a lot of bones, so they won't take up too much space in your stomach."
The elder and Lu Bairen said cheerfully, "Xiao Jin, give us less food later!"
Su Jin smiled and nodded in agreement: "There are other delicious dishes tonight, Grandpa, Elders, you can decide for yourselves."
The two old men went out with the food, and Lu Shiyi looked up at his wife.
"Wife, I don't think the Gong family's situation is over yet. I heard from Old Lin that the second son of the Gong family went to the Pigeon Committee to file a complaint against Gong Changzheng, saying that Gong Changzheng didn't support his elderly parents." Lu Shiyi and Su Jin said, "Gong Changzheng and his wife went to the office to answer the phone. The road here is blocked, so they called directly to verify."
Su Jin's eyes flickered slightly when she heard Lu Shiyi's words: "Is the Gong family close to us?"
"Gong Laoer got into trouble and lost 1,000 yuan, and then Gong Changzheng hired someone to take him gambling." Lu Shiyi agreed with Gong Changzheng's approach, but outsiders might not agree.
"Isn't this great?!" Su Jin recalled Gong's sister-in-law crying about her experiences at the Gong family. She felt that Gong Changzheng's methods were too soft. "Did the pigeon committee contact you? You should use the two old brothers' behavior as leverage."
"I've contacted him. I've spoken more with Lao Lin and asked him about Gong Changzheng's specific situation." Lu Shiyi informed Su Jin, "The people from the pigeon committee reminded Gong Changzheng that since we've lost contact, he shouldn't help with the repayment."
Su Jin laughed unkindly: "Those two old men probably don't understand why the youngest son is so much inferior to the eldest son. I don't think the two brothers look alike."
"Gong Changzheng was raised by his grandparents, and Gong Laoer was also raised by them," Lu Shiyi said of Gong Changzheng. "The old man of the Gong family joined the army, but was discharged and returned to the village due to an injury."
The Gong family had a good reputation in the village, and Gong Changzheng inherited his grandfather's clothes and joined the military camp. However, the rest of the Gong family became a drag on the family.
"As long as Gong Changzheng protects the mother and son, the Gong family will not fall." Su Jin smiled.
Lu Shiyi nodded: "Yes, everyone persuaded him so. Gong Changzheng's child is also smart and has the material to be a soldier."
Su Jin looked through the information about the Gong family and found that the geographical location of Gongjia Village was somewhat similar to that of Shangou Village here. Almost no one went there all year round.
"Is Gong Changzheng going to be alright this time?" Su Jin was worried that Gong Changzheng would be bullied, so she softened her heart and responded to the unequal request.
Lu Shiyi's lips curled up slightly: "No, he is an insider who pushed in from the military region."
When investigating Shangou Village, the superiors began to look for similar villages, and Gongjia Village came into everyone's sight.
"I see that Gong Changzheng and his wife have a very good relationship. Could it be..." Su Jin could not see any signs that Mrs. Gong was forced into marriage.
"Gong Changzheng and his wife met because he was a soldier and the political commissar introduced them to each other, but the people in Gongjia Village are different," Lu Shiyi told Su Jin, "The old lady of the Gong family dislikes Gong's sister-in-law the most."
Lu Shiyi is younger than Gong Changzheng. In the military camp, men call their family members "sister-in-law" or "brother-in-law" based on their titles.
Su Jin handed the information to Lu Shiyi and sat down at the desk with two books that needed to be translated in her hands.
After hibernation, the farm office became much more relaxed. After clearing out a group of people, they actually found a few people with particularly deep hidden eyeliners.
"Many people want to investigate what happened in Gongjia Village. Wu Jun and I have suggested that we get this information out in advance to prevent further trouble." Lu Shiyi reached out and stroked her hair, whispering to her about the situation. "You need to talk to Sister Yunfeng and comfort the women we rescued. This job used to be done by Aunt Wu and Sister Yunfeng."
A few years ago, Lu Shiyi started to clear out the villages one by one from the remnants of the former evildoers. Some of them became human traffickers in order to get married, and abducted many girls from trains and buses.
Because communication is not well developed nowadays, and if a girl loses her reputation, the whole family will be gossiped about. Many families will not call the police when they find that their girls are missing, except for those who particularly like their daughters.
Some even say that they are married and have not been home for a long time, and the neighbors don’t care.
Su Jin was surprised and asked, "You guys can do this?"
"We are guarding the border, and this is one of our tasks," Lu Shiyi told Su Jin. Many of the remaining criminals have hidden in the deep mountains and old forests. "Besides, these places spend money to buy wives, which leads to so many people being abducted."
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