Nearing 10 o'clock, negotiations were still going on in the conference room. The three team leaders did not want to give up. They each talked about the situation in the village and asked the leaders to be flexible and to coordinate the several teams.
After Liu Chuchang sent the traitor back to the imperial capital, he was asked by his family to return to Northeast Province immediately. If the situation was not good, he was not allowed to return to the imperial capital.
He pushed the door open and woke up the drowsy Su Jin. Lu Shiyi nodded at him.
"Now that you're back, it's time for me to step down." Zeng Chan didn't like dealing with several team leaders. They all had their own ulterior motives and everyone hoped to get more for the village.
"You guys continue to negotiate here, I'll take Xiaojin back first." Lu Shiyi didn't want to say more to them.
"Your sister-in-law is not in good health, so don't stay outside too long." Liu Yunshan reminded Lu Shiyi.
The other two captains were unable to stop them and could only watch them leave the meeting room.
The two left the office building and Su Jin breathed a sigh of relief. The two team leaders seemed to not understand the rejection and acted stupid in the meeting room.
"Ayi, the three captains aren't going back today?" Su Jin was curious why they stayed so late. "The way back to the village is quite long."
"Commander Wu has them staying at the guesthouse. Several team leaders want that batch of grain." Lu Shiyi informed Su Jin, "500 jins are all fine grains. Each family can get about 20 jins. If we send the fine grains there, we can exchange them for nearly 100 jins of coarse grains."
The villagers exchanged their fine grains for coarse grains, which they could get in exchange for about 120 kilograms of unhulled rice. The villagers felt that they had hope for the future again.
"Mrs. Wu is quick. She delivered the food today." Su Jin likes to make deals with people like this. "After the deal, there won't be any trouble."
Uncle Wu is a man who knows how to handle things. He checks the quality at the source, so that families can buy with confidence.
After returning home, Lu Shiyi took a special look at the Lin family. The three children had turned off the lights and gone to bed.
"Lao Lin and sister-in-law probably won't be able to sleep tonight." Lu Shiyi whispered to Su Jin, "Eat early and go to bed. You need enough sleep now."
Su Jin and Lu Shiyi sat in the dining room and took out a grilled fish from the space to eat. The spicy grilled fish made her appetite much better.
After washing up, Lu Shiyi held her in his arms and patted her back.
At 5 o'clock in the morning, Lu Shiyi quietly got up to go to training. As he opened the door of the house in his training uniform, he heard a noise coming from a distance.
Wu Yinghua invited Uncle Wu to his home yesterday, while the other two captains stayed in the guesthouse. They wanted to have breakfast and then talk with the leaders of the army.
As long as they don't have a gate to their yard, anything is possible.
"You are making noise in the yard. Do you want to go to the patrol team for tea?" Liu Chuchang stared at the two men angrily. They were standing near the family building. Wu Jun had just come to get his meal when he was blocked by the two men.
Captain One squatted on the ground smoking his pipe, and Captain Four immediately retorted.
"We are reporting the problem to the leadership. Why don't we stay here? Instead, we are just yelling in the village." The fourth team leader retorted to Liu Chuchang, "Do you look down on my voice?"
"It's only 6 o'clock now. You're making noise here, and the families nearby can't get enough rest," Liu Chuchang warned the two. "Besides, the team members are about to start training. What are your intentions by staying here?"
After saying that, Uncle Wu pulled the sleeves of the two men and warned them not to make trouble in front of the patrol team. If they were to report it to the Pigeon Committee, their families would suffer.
"I told you yesterday that we can't control the family members. We spend the same money, so we can exchange with whoever has better things." Wu Jun waved his sleeves and left, and Lu Shiyi came over from behind.
"Send them back. We've already kept them for a whole night. It would be bad if they delayed the spring plowing time." Lu Shiyi talked about the spring plowing.
The patrol team members didn't waste any time and carried the two of them straight to the door.
Uncle Wu glanced at Lu Shiyi and left with the patrol team. The team members ran past him and greeted him one after another.
Just after 9 o'clock in the morning, a rapid knock on the door woke Su Jin from her sleep. She washed her face with ice water, quickly changed her clothes and opened the door.
Su Jin opened the door sleepily and saw Wu Yinghong and Wang Dahua standing at the door with anxious looks on their faces.
"Sisters-in-law, what's the urgent matter?" Su Jin noticed the two's anxiety and went straight to the point.
"Xiao Jin, the children of both our families are missing!" Wu Yinghua covered her face and sobbed.
What?!
Su Jin widened her eyes and asked, "Are Auntie and Sister-in-law Yunfeng at home?"
A child was lost in the military compound. No one would believe it if I told anyone about it. With three layers of protection inside and outside, who would steal the child under our noses?
"Are you playing hide-and-seek in the yard?" Su Jin remembered that the children were playing in the yard during their spring plowing holiday.
"Auntie and Sister-in-law Yunfeng are both helping to look for us. Not only is there no one at the hide-and-seek area, but we've also checked all the places the kids like to play." Their eyes were red. "The team members are training in the mountains, and Captain Wu said he'll help look for us when they come back."
"Sister-in-law, I haven't started making pastries today, and the children are not here." Su Jin liked eating pastries these days, so she made some extra and distributed them to the children in the yard.
Many children like to come here to play during the day. After the military wives personally taught the children, the children no longer had those greedy little behaviors.
"You wait at home. If the four children come, leave them there until we get here." Wu Yinghua instructed Su Jin, "You are in poor health, so don't go out to look for the children."
"Sisters-in-law, please go quickly. Have you called the police?" Su Jin asked, patting his forehead.
"I called the police right away, but they couldn't provide any useful clues, so they could only wait." Wang Dahua was helpless, "Let's find the child first."
The two hurriedly left Su Jin's house. She stood at the door in a daze. Under the orders of Wu Jun, Lu Shiyi and Lin Zitao, sentries were posted around the yard, fearing that the child would be lost.
Su Jin went back to the house and ate the breakfast that Lu Shiyi had brought, then turned around and went to the Lin family with her bag on her back.
Lin Lei was reading in the yard with his two younger brothers. When Su Jin walked into the yard, Lin Lei immediately rushed over to support her.
"Aunt, why did you come out when you were not waiting at home?" Lin Lei was a big boy. When he heard that four children were missing, he restrained his two younger brothers so that Yunfeng could look for them without any worries.
"Xiao Lei, where else do the four of them go when you are playing?" Su Jin considered that the children are often together and should know where each other often goes.
Lin Lei looked at Lin Yan first. The four of them were about the same age as Lin Yan.
"Mom and I both told each other that we were supposed to play basketball this morning, but I came back early because the four of them weren't here," Lin Yan complained. "Weren't there three captains here? Did they kidnap them?"
Su Jin and Lin Lei exchanged a glance: "Xiao Lei, keep an eye on your two younger brothers and don't run around in the yard."
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