It was Maggie Cheung again. When Qin Huai opened the letter, he felt as if he was in another world. It had only been more than ten days since he was scolded by Yu Zhennan. Maggie Cheung and his father seemed like people from another world.
Just like his big villa and luxury car, it became out of reach.
Familiar font, familiar tone: "Qin Huai, thank you for visiting my dad. My dad also wrote to me to praise you and your intelligence..."
Qin Huai smiled bitterly and said, "What's the use of being smart? I'm just a farmer."
Then she continued reading sadly, "My dad also told me that this was the last time he would write to me. He and my mom were participating in labor reform and they were both doing well. He asked me not to write to them anymore and that it would be best to cut off all ties with them."
"Contacting them too much will affect my future, but Qin Huai, they are my parents. They worked so hard to raise me. How can I treat them like this?"
She has been in school all the time, and from her letters we can tell that she is still innocent. Many young people with problematic family backgrounds cut off ties with their original families and parents from the very beginning.
I felt her sadness and wanted to write her a letter right away.
But he didn't. He just held the letter in his arms, stuffed it into the pillow silently, and sat on the bed for a while.
He is not stupid and can see Maggie Cheung's feelings for him between the lines. Because of this, he cannot respond now. Maybe he can be with her without any psychological pressure when no one can point fingers at him.
Qin Xiaoyun asked him, "Brother, who's the letter from?"
"A friend."
"Oh." She didn't ask any more questions, but asked Qin Huai mysteriously, "Brother, what do you think of Erni?"
"Er Ni is fine, dark."
"Brother, when you say a girl is dark, does that mean she's good?"
"yes."
There is no time for romance, the survival situation remains grim.
After the New Year, the weather was still very cold, and the entire commune launched a winter fertilizer accumulation campaign. People in that era were a little paranoid about doing things. There was a small review every three days and a big review every seven days. The backward production team leaders were not only criticized, but Qin Laoshuan said that they would also physically punish these village cadres.
Or cruel methods like shaving the head in the Yin-Yang style and riding a homemade airplane are both physical punishment and mental insult.
The people in Qinjiazhuang were in better physical condition and did not lag behind, so they were neither criticized nor praised.
Every time Qin Laoshuan came back from such a meeting, he would redouble his efforts to push everyone to work harder. Qin Huai would always lag behind when it came to work. Although he ate and drank well, when it came to work and endurance, he was far behind the old farmers.
He broke three shovels on the first day of work. On the second day, he had mastered the strength, but he threw away the shovels and said he was tired after working for less than a pack of cigarettes. He sat on the side and gasped for breath. He looked really tired.
Qin Laoshuan was furious and said, "You are worse than women. Women can earn seven work points a day. If you can earn three, that's fine. But if everyone is like you, I don't think you will get anything when the food is distributed during the New Year."
Accountant: "Don't worry, they are lucky enough to have rich relatives. Even if they don't work, they can still eat better than us and have a car to drive."
The woman at the east end of the village said, "Teacher Qin, when you were teaching us how to read, you said the character '女' (female) has two legs crossed. The character '男' (male) has the character 田 (field) on top and the character 力 (strength) on the bottom. Women usually sit cross-legged at home while men work hard in the fields. Why don't you work in the fields now that you have them? Are women not good-looking?"
Everyone laughed.
Qin Huai was no match for these women and blushed as he said, "I didn't mean what you said."
The woman said, "That's exactly what you meant."
In order to catch up with the progress, Qin Laoshuan transformed himself into Zhou Paopi, the cock crowing in the middle of the night. He worked for a long time until dawn.
At this moment, the village breeder came over with a sad face and said, "Captain, something bad has happened. Captain, something bad has happened."
Qin Laoshuan said, "It's your mother who's not well. I'm fine, so why is she not well?"
The breeder said anxiously, "No, two of the lambs we just exchanged for from the village were stolen."
Qin Laoshuan stood up and said, "What did you say?"
Qin Laoshuan had exchanged this sheep for grain a few days ago. It was still the eight pigs that caused the trouble. The commune said it would not care about the pigs and sheep, and would just make up the weight of the eight pigs when the time came.
Only then did they exchange grain for eight sheep. According to Qin Laoshuan's idea, if they raised both the pigs and the sheep for a year, they could pay off the commune's debt in one go, so that they wouldn't have to find other excuses to cause trouble.
"When did you find out?"
"I just saw it when I was about to take the sheep out after feeding the cows."
"Let's go and take a look."
Qin Huai immediately returned the shovel to the warehouse keeper and followed Qin Laoshuan.
Qin Laoshuan looked at him and said nothing.
When we arrived at the sheep pen, there were indeed only six sheep left.
Qin Laoshuan said, "Captain of the militia, go find him for me immediately."
Qin Huai said, "Everyone, don't move. Let me take a look." Qin Laoshuan asked suspiciously, "What are you doing?"
"Uncle, look, there's frost today. It falls in the latter half of the night, right?"
"Isn't this nonsense? What do you want to say?"
"People walking on frost will leave footprints. The sheep thief is probably not from our village. Everyone, pay attention to the footprints and see which direction they are going. Maybe you can find them."
"That makes sense. Everyone, please stay put and wait here. Qin Huai, come with me."
He took Qin Huai and the militia captain and followed the messy footprints to find the road out of the village. Sure enough, there was a clear line of footprints out of the village. This was neither the direction of the city nor the direction of the commune. It must be the thief.
Qin Laoshuan said, "Call a few more people, and let's go look for the culprit together. It must have been someone nearby who stole it."
Seven or eight strong men followed the footprints all the way to the nearby village. The footprints were clear and they found the family's home.
The militia captain kicked over the door of this house with a fierce kick. Why wasn't he afraid of making a mistake? Because it was a neighboring village and there were only a few petty thieves there. Since they found this place, he wouldn't be at a loss even if it wasn't him.
After entering, we knew we had come to the right place, because there was a lamb tied up in the house with its throat cut and bleeding.
Qin Laoshuan kicked the man holding the knife and said, "Tie him up for me."
As soon as he finished speaking, a woman with a headscarf on her head crawled out of the house. In northern Anhui, a woman like this would be in confinement after giving birth, and her mouth was full of blood.
She knelt down and kowtowed as she came out, saying, "It's all my fault. I'm useless. I had no milk when I gave birth, so the child's father decided to steal. You can't take him away. If you arrest him, you'll kill our entire family. If there's any guilt, it's mine. Please take me away."
Qin Huai walked into the room and saw a small baby on the kang. Next to it was a bowl with blood stains in it. The woman must have been drinking hot sheep's blood.
Qin Huai was in a difficult situation. That year, only one baby was born in Qinjiazhuang, and there were only a few babies in the entire county.
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