Based on her observations over the past month, Chu Mingxu was simply living the life of an ordinary educated youth sent to the countryside.
He works diligently every day and rarely takes leave from the Xinshan brigade.
Even when taking care of his grandparents, he would do it secretly.
If it weren't for the fact that on the third day after she hunted the wild boar, she happened to see him getting up early and leaving the house, around three or four in the morning.
Out of curiosity, she followed him to take a look and discovered that he was delivering pheasants to the cowshed.
She had almost forgotten that in the novel she read, his grandparents were also from Xinshan Brigade.
Moreover, she knew that Chu Mingxu clearly had doubts about her skills and also suspected her identity.
But he followed her to investigate, except when she went to teach Cao Jin a lesson.
It seems that once she was sure she wasn't interested in his affairs and wouldn't target his grandparents, she lowered her guard.
"Xiao Teng, I can't see through Chu Mingxu yet."
Although, in that novel featuring Lin Siqi as the protagonist, she was able to obtain some information that others did not know.
For example, she knew that Chu Mingxu's family was very powerful before they were sent to the countryside.
Not only is the family a large and prosperous family that has been around since the Republican era.
The Chu family also donated money and enlisted in the army during the War of Resistance against Japan.
Several members of his family sacrificed their lives during the War of Resistance against Japan. Only after his grandfather's lineage was left did the war finally end in victory.
Therefore, his grandparents were both high-ranking military officials, equivalent to founding fathers of the nation.
My father was also a high-ranking officer in the Lingbei Army Corps, holding the rank of colonel.
But his second uncle did indeed pursue a career in education, having previously served as a professor at a university in Beijing.
However, it was precisely because his second uncle had studied abroad that he was labeled a traitor and colluder during the early stages of the Red Letter Revolution.
Although no concrete evidence of treason was found in their home, the entire family was dismissed from their posts because of this incident.
According to regulations, their entire family was to be sent to a farm for reform through labor.
However, thanks to the intervention of others who were close to the Chu family, they were scattered and sent to the countryside.
Chu Mingxu was able to stay in the army only because his superiors strongly protected him and because he was indeed a talented person.
However, his talent later frightened those who had been stirring up trouble in the Chu family at the time.
They feared that one day in the future, Chu Mingxu would rise to a high position because of his military achievements and would then come after them.
Therefore, those people joined forces to deal with Chu's in-laws, his maternal grandmother and his second aunt's family.
In addition, his grandmother in the countryside was on the verge of collapse, so he retired from the army and went to the countryside.
Not only can it make those people stop, but it can also help take care of his grandparents.
Although the novel doesn't focus much on the Chu family, only mentioning his grandparents, it does mention that the cowshed will be destroyed next winter due to the pressure from the university.
They died in March or April of the following year due to delayed medical treatment and the exhaustion they had suffered from during their initial assignment to the countryside.
Even Chu Mingxu, a character in the novel who didn't stand out in the educated youth settlement, only had a bigger role next year.
But because when his grandparents were seriously ill, he was able to get a consultation from a well-known doctor in Beijing.
Furthermore, after his grandparents passed away, he was able to leave Xinshan Brigade directly.
But even Zhang Jiayang, after seeing him leave, kept saying he wanted to go back.
They were only taken back by their families two months later.
This shows that he is by no means as simple as he seems.
However, Shen Mu Ning did not doubt his identity or stance.
But at least for now, she has no intention of asking him for help.
Although it's a bit difficult for her to investigate alone now, it's still better than entrusting her back to someone she doesn't know.
"Xiao Teng, although it's a bit more difficult for me to do it alone now, it's safer."
"No one would have imagined that I, a sent-down youth, would be investigating these kinds of things."
"For now, I'll investigate on my own."
The Bloodthirsty Vine was helpless; it could sense that its master was hesitant and ultimately didn't want to seek outside help.
If you ask her, how long would it take her to investigate all by herself? She might as well ask someone for help.
However, since the owner doesn't want to, let's just pretend it wasn't mentioned.
Just as dawn was breaking, Shen Mu Ning informed Lin Si Qi that she was taking the day off from work.
Then they set off from the educated youth settlement to ask the brigade leader for leave.
This time, her excuse was that she already had so many work points that she wanted to take leave even though it wasn't the busy farming season.
She had remarked while reading the novel that the system in the Johor Brigade was quite good.
As long as everyone works and earns enough for their basic food needs, they can take a long leave.
After the team leader and accountant verify the work points, they will approve the leave, but only during non-spring plowing and autumn harvest seasons.
Spring planting and autumn harvest are both major events, and time is of the essence in both.
They only worry about the labor shortage; how could they possibly approve leave during these two seasons?
However, for someone like Shen Mu Ning, who only takes leave during the busy farming season, it is still easy to get approval.
Gu Chengde didn't even bother to have the accountant Cao Hua confirm before approving the leave.
After all, Shen Mu Ning had just earned over a thousand work points a few days ago, and combined with what she had earned this month, it was more than enough for her basic food rations.
After requesting leave, he also asked the brigade leader to write a letter of introduction for him to go to the county town.
Although she always disguised herself when she went to the county town, the possibility of her being caught and having her introduction letter checked was very small.
But it's always better to be prepared, so bringing a letter of introduction will give me peace of mind.
On the other side, the educated youth got up, washed up, and ate breakfast.
When everyone was washing up, they noticed that Shen Mu Ning's room door was tightly closed.
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