Chapter 112 Geng Changqing's suspicion
After a whole day of searching and interrogation, there was not much progress in the spy case, but a lot of lawbreakers were found.
Along the mountain, there were 5 production teams, and three couples were caught, including Zhao Jiuxiang and her husband.
It might be because it was the beginning of the cat winter, and everyone had nothing to do, so there were more people doing things. They
also caught two young men who went to the black market in the middle of the night to sell wild boars.
These two young men were unlucky. They had thought that they could go to the mountains to see if they could get pheasants, rabbits, etc. since it had just snowed. As a result, they happened to run into the wild boar that was injured by the stray bullets of the minions that day. The wild boar had been enduring for so many days after being shot, and it was already at the end of its strength.
It was quickly dealt with by the two young men. Seeing such a big wild boar, the two men were reluctant to hand it over to the public, so they kept it and carried it to the black market to sell it at night. As a result, they ran into someone on their way back. They gave some hush money and the matter was over.
Unexpectedly, they happened to encounter the arrest of spies, and they were confessed like this. It was really a matter of fate.
Another one was a warehouse manager of the production team, who was a supervisor and stole the food of the production team.
After reading these confessions, Lu Changzheng asked someone to copy a rough copy and send it to Geng Changqing. These people will be handed over to the local authorities to deal with them.
After reading the confessions, Geng Changqing asked his secretary Fu Ming to go to the police station. Let the police station find a place to lock these people up first, and deal with them after the spy issue is resolved.
Geng Changqing has been thinking these days about what exactly is there in their Hongqi Commune that is worthy of the spies' attention.
Qingxi County is just an ordinary small county town. It is not on the border, and there is no secret research base. There are no pillar industries, and no minerals.
Hongqi Commune is even poorer. When he first arrived, many brigades could not even get enough food.
But in such a poor place, the spies built a lair.
If it was left over from the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it would be easy to explain. However, various traces indicate that this lair was newly built in recent years.
So, what is here?
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Although the search force had withdrawn, the entrances and exits of the brigade were still guarded, and all members were required to stay in the brigade and could not go out without special circumstances.
Those who needed to go to work had to get a certificate signed by the brigade cadres before they could be released.
Lu Xiaolan simply did not go back to her husband's house. She stayed at home for one night and went to work from the brigade early the next morning.
In the evening, Li Yue'e sent Lu Xiaolan to accompany Su Mo.
Lu Xiaolan lay on the warm kang, covered with a soft quilt, and sighed: "New kangs and new quilts are still better, so comfortable."
Her husband's house has been built for many years. Although the kang dust is swept every year, it is not as warm as a new one.
"Third sister-in-law, is this quilt made by our commune? It's so soft."
Su Mo's eyes flickered uncomfortably, and she replied, "Well, the master must have performed exceptionally well, this bed is made especially well, the spare bed in the west room is not that good." The quilt she is covering herself with now is the one she brought from the last days.
"So that's how it is. I was wondering, when I got married, the quilt was also made by the commune, but it wasn't as soft as this one."
"I'm lucky, I compared the two and decided to use this one because I thought it was the best."
"How is your family now?" Su Mo changed the subject.
Lu Xiaolan sighed, "What can we do? They've been arrested. They won't be released easily unless they find out who the culprit is. I don't know what Aunt Jiuxiang is doing. Why is she wandering around in the middle of the night?"
Lu Xiaolan also felt that Zhao Jiuxiang couldn't be a spy. She didn't look like a spy. She would believe her if she was stealing something.
"What about my second sister-in-law? Is she not making trouble at home?" She felt that with Lu Guihua's personality, it was very likely that she was making trouble at home and asking Lu Qingan to rescue her.
"No, he's probably scared to death. His face is extremely pale and he looks so pitiful."
"If this Aunt Jiuxiang is really a spy, then their children are doomed. Guodong and Guoliang will probably be implicated as well."
Her second brother did have a way out. If he was more ruthless, he could just divorce and break off the relationship so as not to be affected.
"Third sister-in-law, why do you think the spies built a den in our commune? To be honest, our lives have only improved in the past few years. In the past few years, many people were still hungry." "
I remember when second sister-in-law just got married, Aunt Jiuxiang often came to our house to borrow food, but mother didn't let her. She said that their family of three had no food to eat, and there were so many people in our family, and there was even less food. Aunt Jiuxiang came several times and didn't borrow any, so she never came again."
"At that time, our family hadn't built a house yet, and we were very poor. We had a total of four adobe houses. My eldest brother and his sister-in-law had one, my second brother and his sister-in-law had one, and my parents, grandfather and I squeezed into one." Lu Xiaolan talked about the past with Su Mo.
"It's a good thing that my third brother joined the army, otherwise he would have no place to live. Before the house was built, he would stay with brother Guoping when he came back to visit his family."
Su Mo suddenly felt sorry for Lu Changzheng. He worked hard as a soldier and sent a lot of money home, but when he returned home, he didn't even have a place to live. No wonder he only came back once every few years.
But she felt it was a bit strange, so she asked: "Didn't your family used to be a country gentleman? How come there are only four adobe houses?"
"The brigade headquarters is the house our family used to have. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, my grandfather handed it over to the state along with the land. Later, when it was collectivized, warehouses were built and it became the current brigade headquarters."
"My brothers have an impression of it, but I don't remember it very well. As far as I can remember, I seem to have lived in this adobe house."
Su Mo understood. Like Su Zhongli, Lu Boying is smart and sees the world clearly. There is a big difference between actively handing over and being divided by fighting.
"What was your third brother like when he was a child?" After listening to Lu Xiaolan's talk about the past, Su Mo suddenly wanted to know about Lu Changzheng's past.
"My third brother has been handsome and smart since he was a child. He is the best-looking and smartest among us brothers and sisters." Speaking of this, Lu Xiaolan became interested and began to praise Lu Changzheng.
"He studied and always ranked first in every exam. He was admitted to university, but he didn't go and chose to join the army. My father was very angry at that time. It was only because of my grandfather's support that my father agreed."
Su Mo didn't expect Lu Changzheng to be admitted to university, but fortunately he chose to join the army at that time, otherwise he might be doing construction in the northwest now.
"My third brother is smart not only in his studies. Every year during the autumn harvest, he can always take us to find large areas of hazel mushrooms, walnuts and chestnuts. Every time during the autumn harvest, my family has a rich harvest. Sometimes, we can find some pheasant eggs and catch wild rabbits."
"Mom told me today that you and my third brother are both blessed people." Lu Xiaolan said with a smile.