The words stopped abruptly, Su Jianshan's face suddenly turned dark red, even his fingers curled up nervously, and the air around him stagnated.
After arriving at the station, the brother and sister followed the crowded crowd to the door. Su Jianshan carefully protected his sister while trying to explain in vain. Su Niannian felt uncomfortable. She took the opportunity to grab his arm and said softly, "Brother, in fact, the last time we had the art troupe, it was thanks to Chen Niannian's help.
I know it’s hard for you, you don’t have to avoid her on purpose. You can’t even not go to the supply and marketing cooperative because of her. I still want to eat the braised pork made by Liu Tao…”
Su Jianshan held his breath and said, "You're not angry?!"
Su Niannian hummed softly, her eyes almost curved into crescents, obviously happy. Su Jianshan's expression changed as fast as turning a page, and he immediately said with energy, "Then let's go buy some meat!"
The brother and sister chatted and laughed as they walked towards the supply and marketing cooperative, one after the other.
As New Year's Day approached, the supply and marketing cooperative had a lot of new snacks and gift boxes, which almost dazzled their eyes. The sales clerks inside were busy, but Su Niannian didn't see Chen Niannian. Logically speaking, they shouldn't take a break on the eve of such a holiday.
Su Jianshan was also looking for that person in the crowd, looking anxiously. Su Niannian frowned and asked the salesperson who was helping to pack the dim sum, "Comrade, may I ask, is Chen Niannian not at work today?!"
The salesperson who was wrapping snacks with oil paper paused, looked around subconsciously, and even lowered his voice deliberately.
"What kind of work is she doing?! She's a bad guy who's a profiteer and wants to work here! She's ruining the atmosphere of our supply and marketing cooperative! Ugh!"
Su Niannian was slightly startled: "Speculation?!"
"Of course not! She looked like an honest girl, but she actually did those things behind the scenes. She sold all the things that our supply and marketing cooperative had discarded on the black market. She even had the guts to go to the provincial capital to buy goods, using the relationship with our supply and marketing cooperative, and then sold the goods on the black market. At least for this amount, who else should we arrest? She buys new clothes every day, a capitalist way--!"
The saleswoman gestured a number, her face showing disdain. After a while, she glanced at Su Niannian suspiciously: "Why do you look familiar to me..."
Su Niannian took the snacks away and said with a smile, "I have an ordinary face."
She handed the money and asked someone else about the situation. Without exception, everyone looked down on Chen Niannian's arrest. It was obvious that this person did not maintain good relationships with her colleagues on a daily basis, so much so that everyone wanted to add two more charges against her.
Finally, a young girl who had just started working told Su Niannian that Chen Niannian had been sent to a quarry ten kilometers away from the county town, and it was impossible to visit him without a letter of introduction.
That was a miserable place where capitalists and speculators were imprisoned.
Su Jianshan was extremely anxious. Even though he had said before that he would never care about this bad sister again, when she was in trouble, he was still very anxious. "What should I do? What should I do?"
"Brother, this matter is not something you and I can control. Chen Niannian made a mistake and should be punished. All we can do is to make her life better in that place. I will take care of this matter. Just consider it as repaying her for helping me last time. You can't do anything stupid in secret!"
"good!"
After getting his sister's assurance, Su Jianshan instantly smiled with relief. He dragged his luggage and sent Su Niannian to the art troupe. Liu Tao, who had received the news a long time ago, was waiting at the gate. When she saw them, she ran over like a happy butterfly: "Niannian! Ahhhh! I miss you so much! Look at my new hairstyle!"
Su Jianshan, who was standing next to Su Niannian, was as if facing a formidable enemy and asked nervously, "Taozi! Why do you want to die? Is it because your hair was cut short?!"
"..."
Liu Tao stuck out her tongue and turned to look through Su Niannian's luggage: "Did you bring me any delicious food when you went to South Island this time? I carefully supervised the people in Team 2 to rehearse the Harvest Dance very well. According to the leader, we will be the finale of the New Year's Day show!"
Before Su Niannian on the opposite side had time to respond, a buckwheat pillow was handed to Liu Tao under her eyelids. She was stunned and her expression changed instantly.
Su Jianshan thought the other party didn't like it, so he pointed at the round thing on the pillow and said, "Look, this is a peach, do you like it?"
He leaned closer, his smile brighter than the morning sun. Regarding the pillow, Liu Tao once thought Su Jianshan was joking, but she didn't expect that he actually made her a buckwheat pillow, and embroidered it with such a pattern. Liu Tao's face instantly turned red: "Not... Not bad."
She grabbed the pillow, picked up her luggage, turned around and went into the art troupe.
Su Niannian said with a smile: "Hey! Wait, aren't you going to see the gift I brought you?! Peach..."
"Let's go back and watch!" Liu Tao staggered, as if she remembered something. She turned her head and said to Su Jianshan, "Don't run around. I'll make you a bowl of braised pork when I cook it."
In response to her, Su Jianshan gave her a silly smile.
…
Su Niannian thought that she and Liu Tao had a telepathic connection. When they saw the piece of meat, their first reaction was to braise it. But who knew that the people who greeted her were Gao Shanyue and Jiang Xiaofei who were waiting in the choreography team. The latter ran up to her and asked excitedly, "How is it? Is Gu Zhiye really okay?!"
Su Niannian nodded.
Gao Shanyue directly pushed Jiang Xiaofei away with her buttocks, and her eyes were full of contempt: "Wipe your saliva, it's disgusting!"
"Gao Shanyue! If you say one more word, you'll have to give my hostage back to me right now!" Jiang Xiaofei rolled up her sleeves in anger.
Gao Shanyue, who had always been at odds with her, rarely responded. She smiled and came close to Su Niannian, looking at her carefully. After a while, she stroked her chin with her thumb and sighed, "Nan Dao is not bad. It actually made you gain two taels of weight! I am so relieved! Taozi, bring out the big pig's trotters, braised pork, and stewed fish that we prepared to welcome Comrade Su Niannian and celebrate her safe return!"
Liu Tao, who was desperately putting food into her lunch box, raised her eyes in panic, "I'll be right there once I've prepared big brother's portion!"
Gao Shanyue tilted her head and teased deliberately, "You little peach! Your elbow is bent outward, isn't it?! I will remember you."
"That's Comrade Su Jianshan, our dear elder brother!"
Chen Luo chewed a cucumber and chimed in: "Why don't we call someone over to eat?"
In response, everyone rolled their eyes at her. Seeing these familiar people again, Su Niannian felt extremely relieved, but she had not forgotten the important things. Seeing this, she pulled Gao Shanyue aside and asked in a low voice: "Shanyue, I remember you said that your cousin has acquaintances in the quarry, right? I want to ask you for a favor."
Gao Shanyue bent down, carefully stroked her belly, and said without raising her head: "You say."
"Do you remember Chen Niannian from the supply and marketing cooperative? She was imprisoned in the quarry for speculation and her life or death is unknown. My brother is really worried..."
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