Chapter 99 Xu Jiayuan is going to run away?

Lizhan's words made Xia Juanjuan feel embarrassed: "Why are you sleeping on the floor? Weren't you injured some time ago? The floor is cold... Besides, there are no other quilts or blankets at home for the time being... Anyway, the kang is quite big, so just squeeze in..."

Li Zhan said reflexively: "It's okay, I have a military coat, I can sleep with it on..."

He stopped talking midway. Li Zhan almost died of his own stupidity.

His wife found excuses for him to sleep on the kang, but he didn't come up with any solutions...

"...But, of course, it would be best to sleep on a kang."

I hope it's not too late to change my mind now.

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

Xia Juanjuan was a little hesitant to look at Li Zhan, and said, "I've boiled some hot water, you should wash up before going to bed."

Li Zhan couldn't help but grin and agreed, "Okay! You go to sleep first."

His wife still feels sorry for him.

Xia Juanjuan took off her outer coat and cotton-padded jacket, put on a middle coat with a slanting collar, and lay down next to the three little guys, facing inward, leaving her back to Lizhan.

The three kids had fallen asleep in a daze. Beibei, who always slept next to Xia Juanjuan, said something in his sleep in a baby voice, turned over, and leaned into Xia Juanjuan's arms affectionately.

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but smile gently, raised her hand to tuck the quilt for her, which helped distract her attention.

After a while, there was a rustling sound of undressing from behind, and then the quilt was lifted, a gust of cold wind rushed in, and Li Zhan lay down next to her.

Including the time on their wedding night, this was the third time the two of them had slept in the same bed. The situation now was much safer than last night, but Xia Juanjuan found that she was more nervous than the previous two times.

Lizhan was very decent, he kept lying flat and even slept outside to avoid touching her. As a result, the quilt on Xia Juanjuan's back was propped up into a triangle, and the cold wind blew into her.

Xia Juanjuan endured it for a while, but it was too cold to bear anymore, so she said unhappily, "Don't sleep so far out. The quilt has been pulled flat, and Feng Lao is getting in."

Li Zhan was somewhat nervous, and after a pause, he smiled and said, "Oh..."

He moved inwards and tucked in the quilt for Xia Juanjuan. He turned his head and glanced at the heads of the three little brats sticking out of the quilt, and couldn't help sighing in his heart again.

Although she was nervous, men are naturally hot-tempered. With a natural big stove next to her, the quilt was much warmer than usual, and Xia Juanjuan fell asleep quickly.

Early the next morning, Li Zhan said, "The two houses that Big Brother built are not big enough. I will go find Secretary Zhao later and ask him to talk to the commune and see if they can grant us a place to build a few houses of our own."

Xia Juanjuan didn't understand why Li Zhan suddenly brought up this, but she still said, "I've already talked to Secretary Zhao about the homestead. It's the vacant land by the river at the foot of the mountain near the village. Both the commune and the village have agreed. It's just that we estimate that we have to wait until next year's farming season to start construction..."

At the beginning of February, Secretary Zhao told her that the house and homestead had been approved.

Li Zhan was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Xia Juanjuan thought further than him and had already made all the arrangements!

"Oh! That's great. Next year, my monthly allowance should increase significantly. When we buy bricks, tiles, cement, wood, etc., we can build a few more rooms and give the three kids two separate rooms. They won't have to sleep together with us at night."

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

She seemed to suddenly understand why Li Zhan mentioned building a house...

That’s nice to think about!

She needed Lizhan's subsidy as a cover to build the house. Now that she has made it clear today, Lizhan has no objection, which is perfect.

On the morning of the 28th, Lizhan made all the loose coal into briquettes, and he also went up the mountain to cut down a few small trees, and built a small shed in the yard, laid a waterproof wooden frame, and piled the briquettes neatly on top to prevent moisture and rain. This amount was enough to burn until after the New Year.

At noon, I took three kids to catch fish on the frozen river. We knocked a hole in the thick ice, hooked some small insects on a homemade fishhook and put them in the water. The frozen water was already lacking in oxygen, so the fish were dizzy and easily hooked. In one afternoon, we caught more than ten fish.

The three boys each carried two, while Lizhan carried five or six, and went home with proud looks on their faces.

Xia Juanjuan was puzzled. The three little brats who were so afraid of Li Zhan yesterday were now chasing after Li Zhan with admiring looks on their faces today. She couldn't help but feel jealous!

It was just about time to fry the fish, so Xia Juanjuan prepared it, marinated it, then coated it with batter and fried it twice until golden brown.

In addition to fish, we also fried radish balls, tofu meatballs, spring rolls, spareribs, sweet potato chips, etc. The sweet potato chips were soaked in vegetable oil, crispy on the outside and sweet and soft on the inside, and were eaten as snacks.

There is also a kind of snack called "Ma Ye", which is actually white flour mixed with oil, salt, sesame, etc., rolled into slices with a rolling pin, cut into cubes of appropriate size, and fried in a pan.

After cooling down, it is crispy and salty. You can eat it alone or roll it into Shandong pancakes like traveling through time and space. Store it in a sealed plastic bag without leaving the skin. It can be eaten for a long time.

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar year, Lizhan went to the county town again and said vaguely that there was something going on in the army.

In fact, it was his comrades who helped investigate Xu Jiayuan and had almost completed the investigation.

"There was nothing special about Xu Jiayuan. He was born in an ordinary working-class family in Tianjin, next to Beijing. He had an older brother and an older sister. His older brother took over his father's job, and his older sister was married. Every family, unless they had only one child, had a quota for sending children to the countryside to work in the fields. Xu Jiayuan became his family's quota.

However, this guy is not a pushover! I heard that he has a promiscuous relationship with women, and he had been involved with several girls before he went to the countryside. He first went to a village not far from his home in Tianjin City to join the production team, and then somehow he came to our Mo County. There are rumors that he might have gotten a girl from the village pregnant there. His brother-in-law was quite capable and suppressed the matter and saved him."

Lizhan narrowed his eyes dangerously, and it seemed that he was still a habitual offender.

However, a man who is a dirty guy dares to touch his wife? He is courting death!

The old comrade continued, "This Xu Jiayuan suddenly came to the county hospital for emergency treatment late at night on the 26th of November. He said that he was injured accidentally because the snowy road was slippery. Do you know where he was injured? His vitals! He was treated in a hurry, and on the morning of the 27th, he asked for leave from the educated youth center to go back home for the New Year. It was the end of the year, and the person on duty at the educated youth center saw that he was seriously ill and approved it. If you had told him earlier, you might not have been allowed to leave..."

Now it is 100% certain that the person who attacked his wife was Xu Jiayuan.

"There is one more thing. One of my subordinates was corrupted by sugar-coated bullets and was bold enough to accept some bribes and then get Xu Jiayuan a quota to return to the city. But don't worry, I have already withdrawn that quota and reported it immediately..."

Li Zhan frowned, but said, "Don't rush to send out that notice."

The old comrade was stunned for a moment: "Why? You checked him out, you must have some grudges to deal with him, right? If we give him the quota to return to the city, it will be difficult for him to handle it when he returns to Tianjin City, right?"

Don't you know how to fight?

However, if the quota is suddenly withdrawn now, Xu Jiayuan will probably be able to guess that something bad is going to happen. If he simply hides away and never comes back, it doesn't matter if Xu Jiayuan becomes an illegal resident, but he will have to spend a lot more effort to avenge his wife!

With the temptation of a quota to return to the city, Xu Jiayuan is unlikely to be willing to become an illegal resident. He will definitely return to the commune in Qingshui Village to complete the procedures for leaving!