"Don't you want to endure hardship?" Rong Qing asked.
Lu Qingyan shook her head: "No, I just don't like being told what to do."
"Could you tell me what your mission is this time?" Lu Qingyan pressed.
Rong Qing felt he had nothing he couldn't say to Lu Qingyan.
"He was assigned by higher authorities to help take care of an elder, and it is said that the higher authorities are trying to exonerate him."
Lu Qingyan immediately thought of the people in the cowshed.
They did the hardest and most tiring work, but they didn't earn many work points. The work points they earned were only enough to keep them from starving, and they rarely had enough to eat.
Fortunately, this place is far from the city, so people's hearts are not so restless. After these people were brought here, they were rarely beaten or scolded. The people who came here back then are all alive and well now.
"Have you gone to see them?" Lu Qingyan asked.
"Not yet. I'm worried that someone might be guarding the area, so I want to see how things go before deciding whether to go."
"Yes. These are still extraordinary times, so it's good to be cautious."
With Rong Qing's help, all the medicinal herbs that I usually spend an afternoon working on are now available.
"We've got enough stuff, let's go back. The show over there is about to start, we can't miss it." Lu Qingyan was referring to Liu Yi and Guo Jianmin.
"Let's go then." Rong Qing broke off a branch from the side and scraped the mud off his shoes.
Old Man Ma, who takes care of the livestock in the village, came from another village and has lived here for many years. As for why he moved here in the first place, almost no one can remember anymore.
Because of his leg problems, he was taken care of and got this easy job, and the work points he earned were enough for him to eat and stay warm.
That day, he went to the haystack as usual to prepare fodder for the cattle and sheep, but he was shocked to find two people lying there. He was so frightened that he immediately went to find Captain Guo.
"Captain, Captain, something terrible has happened!" Old Man Ma shouted, and many passersby heard him and followed him to Captain Guo's house.
"Why are you making such a fuss? Speak slowly, there's no rush," Captain Guo said leisurely.
Old Ma slapped his thigh: "Oh dear, my good brigade leader, something really serious has happened in our village. I was just going to get some hay from the haystack when I saw a man and a woman lying there, their clothes not even properly on. It really scared me. Our village can't ignore this."
Captain Guo's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets: "What? How could such a big thing happen? Ever since Liberation, the village has said it countless times: no illicit relationships between men and women. Who would do something so foolish at this time? Old Ma, did you see it clearly?"
"I was terrified at the time and didn't dare to look closely. I only saw that it was a man and a woman, but I had no idea who they were. Captain, they probably don't know they've been discovered yet. Why don't we take some men over there now and arrest them? We absolutely won't let them bring shame to our village." Old Ma said indignantly.
"Okay!" Captain Guo slammed his hand on the table, went outside and saw so many people guarding the courtyard. He immediately explained the situation that Old Man Ma had just reported to everyone.
Finally, he emphasized, "Our village has never had such a disgraceful incident in all these years. We absolutely cannot let those two people get away with this."
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