Apart from Lu's father and Lu Kai, who are relatively stable outside the family, the Lu family is in complete chaos at home.
Lu's mother smashed things and berated Xu Zhenzhu every day at home. She used the most offensive language imaginable, even more offensive than many rural women.
At first, Mr. Lu tried to persuade her, but then Mrs. Lu took her anger out on him and berated him mercilessly, so he simply let it go.
I know my own wife well. If I don't let her vent her anger, none of us will have a good life in the future.
Lu Kai leaves in a hurry every day after get off work, his former high spirits gone.
As for Xu Zhenzhu, she had already taken leave to avoid work, and then she heard she had been transferred to a menial job. How could she possibly go to work? Wouldn't that just make her a laughingstock? How could she ever face anyone again?
She wanted Lu Kai to help her get back to her original job, but Lu Kai flatly refused.
What time is it now? Almost the entire county is watching their family, afraid that they might make a mistake.
At this critical juncture, why go against the grain and offer Xu Zhenzhu a different job? Isn't that just handing her a weakness?
Are you afraid that his father won't step down?
Not to mention that all of this was caused by Xu Zhenzhu. Her family is still in a mess because of her, so how could she have the face to make any demands?
Xu Zhenzhu knew she had caused trouble and lacked confidence.
After Lu Kai refused, she didn't dare to make a fuss, so she just took sick leave and refused to go to work no matter what.
The leaders of the supply and marketing cooperative had already been criticized in a system-wide notice because of this incident, and their future prospects were almost completely bleak. How could they not be furious?
Xu Zhenzhu didn't come, and I was too lazy to urge her; she just stopped paying my salary.
It's obvious they're taking advantage of the fact that the Lu family wouldn't dare ask this question.
The Lu family was indeed too ashamed and too lazy to offend anyone for this matter.
However, with only twenty-odd yuan a month, the Lu family didn't really need that much salary to support themselves, so they acquiesced.
As for Luo Hanlian and Cao Yang, who were arrested, they are currently being held at the Public Security Bureau, and no one knows how far along their interrogation is.
However, Cao Yang's mother, Luo Jinman, was also arrested and detained for interrogation. Who was behind her?
Gu Zhiyuan's work has also returned to normal.
His drawings are almost finished and he's in the final stages.
Lu Kai hasn't caused any trouble either; presumably, he's taken his father's advice and is busy drawing every day.
The two of them worked in the same office and saw each other all the time. Although they didn't know what the other was drawing, they were still clear about the general progress.
Especially Lin Feng, who occasionally asked about Gu Zhiyuan's drawing progress, and upon hearing that Gu Zhiyuan was already finishing up, Lu Kai visibly became anxious.
Everyone sees it and understands it.
In this new task, the selection competition, only Gu Zhiyuan and Lu Kai from their machinery factory are qualified to compete; the others are just there to make up the numbers.
For example, Gu Zhiyuan's drawings are almost complete, while many people don't even have a clue yet.
Better ones, like Raymond Lam, only had an idea at that point.
As for Lu Kai, according to Li Chao's secret revelation, he has already completed about half of the drawing.
The situation in the office has been reversed. Before, Gu Zhiyuan worked overtime every day, while Lu Kai left early after get off work.
Now, Gu Zhiyuan leaves work and goes home on time, while Lu Kai works overtime every day until he's the last one to leave.
At first, everyone was amazed, but later they got used to it.
News of what happened at the Yanchi Brigade gradually began to emerge. This was mainly because Xu Ningyan was involved, and Li Jianguo was also among those involved, so some less important information could be leaked to her.
The people of Yanchi Brigade were all scattered and dispersed to production brigades under the two communes of Hongxing and Hongqi.
Even the Unity Brigade took in two households.
Because of Xu Ningyan, the Tuanjie Brigade naturally didn't treat these two families well.
Since there was nowhere else to put them, the two households were simply placed in the cowshed, which was not far from Xu Ningyan's small courtyard.
However, the brigade leader and the party secretary sent word to Xu Ningyan that her small courtyard was well taken care of and that they felt it would not give the people of Yanchi Brigade any opportunity to have any bad intentions.
Whether by coincidence or design, the two families assigned to Yanchi Brigade were both surnamed Luo and were descendants of the Luo family in a branch brigade.
There were only about ten people in total, and they seemed to be honest and simple.
They seemed to have no objection to the allocation of land by the Unity Brigade, and were currently laying the foundation for a house near the cowshed.
Luo Jinman initially thought he was just a small-time middleman who had been bribed, but unexpectedly, the interrogation and investigation uncovered a big fish.
Luo Jinman was not actually Luo Jinman, but a descendant of the Luo family.
Instead, they were descendants of the Japanese soldiers who wanted to obtain the Luo family's medical skills and prescriptions back then.
The Japanese army not only failed to achieve their objective but also suffered heavy losses.
This made the Japanese army realize that forceful methods were ineffective. In addition, with the direct descendants of the Luo family all dead, the Japanese army suspected that some members of the Luo family had escaped, and that even the medical books and prescriptions had been taken away and left in the world.
So someone was used to impersonate a concubine of the Luo family. This person who was impersonated had already perished in the fire.
They found someone of similar height, then burned their facial features so that they were indistinguishable from others. Their legs were also broken, their throats were burned, and their voices were altered, thus they managed to fool everyone.
Luo Jinman is the descendant of the imposter who impersonated the Luo family member.
Her real name should be Qingmu Manzi. She has been lurking in Luo Family Village, now Yanchi Brigade, for the sake of the Luo family's medical books and prescriptions.
Her original mission was to go undercover, and since no one had given her any instructions, she had almost forgotten that she was a descendant of the Japanese army and had really started to think of herself as an ordinary civilian.
Unexpectedly, she received a letter before the New Year with a peculiar pattern on it. This pattern was the one her father had shown her before he revealed her identity to her on his deathbed, telling her to remember it even in death.
Seeing this pattern means it's time to pledge allegiance to the head of the family, and you must fulfill whatever the other party asks of you.
Aoki Mitsuko had almost forgotten her mission, and was somewhat reluctant to be reminded by this pattern.
She had hoped to get away with it, but the person who wrote the letter not only knew her background but also knew her weaknesses and threatened her with the lives of her entire family.
Aoki Mitsuko had no choice but to do as the letter writer instructed.
The flaw lies in this letter.
The investigators simply asked Luo Hanlian and Cao Yang, as a matter of routine, if they recognized the pattern and handwriting.
Unexpectedly, Luo Hanlian's expression changed on the spot, and she cried out, "Japanese soldiers!"
Only after further questioning did the investigators learn that Luo Hanlian's grandfather had discovered this pattern on a Japanese soldier's belongings when he was collecting the remains.
Luo Hanlian's grandfather always remembered this pattern. Later, he drew it out and consulted someone, only to find out that it should be the clan emblem of a family on the Japanese side.
Before his death, Luo Hanlian's grandfather told his descendants to take out this pattern and remember that anyone they encountered with this mark must be avenged!
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