Chapter 129
The battery factory theft involved not only the deputy director's brother-in-law, who served as a "gun," but also the director, the "instigator" behind the theft. The director, who had made a mistake earlier in the year, had lost tens of thousands of yuan, a fact known only to the director, the deputy director, and two directors. The director, fearing the deputy director might try to oust him, took preemptive action to remove the deputy director.
Humph, your brother-in-law is so bold, you usually act like a tyrant in the factory, right?!
The factory director wanted to create this kind of public opinion offensive.
Xing Fei wasn't sure if the factory director would be punished because he hadn't been caught red-handed, and he hadn't come forward directly. The two people gossiping and provoking the deputy factory director's brother-in-law were his brother-in-law's cronies, but the deputy factory director's brother-in-law was also friends with them, and the factory director's eldest brother-in-law was the head of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee...
The theft at the battery factory had no impact on Bi Chunliu. She washed her hands and prepared to cook with Xing Fei. She casually asked what was going on at the battery factory, and then saw Xing Fei with an indescribable expression.
Bi Chunliu:? ?
"If you can't tell me, I won't ask."
"That's not it." Xing Fei put his arm around his wife's shoulders and walked outside, asking her to wait until he was not home before going back into the kitchen to help. He cut out the first half of the story and said, "As for the battery factory incident, the general idea is that the deputy director's unlucky brother-in-law, because his brother-in-law controlled his wife and stopped her from giving him money, then the brother-in-law, instigated by outsiders, came up with the foolish idea of selling the factory's assets. This time, they caught the brother-in-law and the people who sold things with him red-handed. I guess the news will be out soon..."
He had great faith in the aunties' and grandmothers' ability to gather information, but he didn't know where they got it from. Just like the last time he went back to the compound, Aunt Zhang asked him if her adoptive mother's hometown was in such-and-such a village, saying that she had a younger sister who married in that village.
Xing Fei: ...
If Aunt Zhang hadn't mentioned this, she would have forgotten it long ago. Her adoptive mother's family is gone, and she's been dead for over a decade. How did she know this?! It's our loss that the intelligence department didn't recruit them!
Bi Chunliu: "Okay."
I didn't expect that just because my sister didn't give him money, that person would do such a thing...
"By the way, wife, why aren't Xia He and Qiu Guo home?" Xing Fei asked. His two sisters-in-law were on summer vacation. Before he got off work, he thought someone must be home, so he didn't go back to the bureau to get the key. When he got home, he found the door tightly closed. He finally jumped over the wall to get in...
Bi Chunliu: "Oh, they said this morning they wanted to go to the compound to play, and Qiuguo wanted to go visit Liuliu at Brother Hou's house." She glanced at the clock and said, "It's this late, they should be back soon..."
Before he finished speaking, Qiu Guo's giggling voice could be heard outside, calling for his third sister to hurry up. Bi Chunliu raised his chin towards Xing Fei and said with a smile, "Aren't you back now? Children really don't like to be talked about."
"Sister!! We are back!" Bi Qiuguo shouted.
Xing Fei went to open the door, and Bi Qiuguo said in surprise: "Brother-in-law, you're off work too?!"
"Right. Hoo! Are you two going fishing?"
When Bi Chunliu walked out of the main hall, she saw Bi Qiuguo holding a fish that weighed about three pounds. Her pupils suddenly shrank, "Fishing?! Are you guys going down to the river?!"
"Sister, we didn't go into the water, and we didn't fish this out. We originally caught a turtle this big with a hook," Bi Xiahe said, circling her hands and making two palm-sized circles. "Then there was a man next to us who wanted to trade two fish for soup. Liu Jiang said a turtle was too big to share, and since we each had one fish, we traded."
"Okay, none of you can swim, so you're not allowed to go into the river, okay? Your body's hot, and the cold water will easily give you leg cramps. If you really get a cramp and start flopping around in the river, you won't be able to stop them."
Bi Chunliu was so frightened by the water that she would tug at her three younger siblings' ears and nag them every day. Every summer, there were brave children who wanted to conquer the sea, but in reality, they couldn't even protect their own sixteen taels.
Bi Xiahe nodded, "I know, don't worry, big sister."
"Um."
Xing Fei went to clean up the fish while Bi Qiuguo and Bi Xiahe moved the tables and chairs into the yard. After she sat down, she secretly glanced at her brother-in-law, then squatted down next to Bi Chunliu and said, "Sister, Xiaomei and her boyfriend must have broken up."
"Huh? How did you know?"
Bi Qiuguo leaned over to Bi Chunliu's ear and whispered, "We saw it. There was a man holding onto Xiaomeijie's hand and wouldn't let go. I didn't need to see to tell me he was desperately trying to woo her. Then Xiaomeijie was so cool she shook his hand off. I don't know what she said, but she just walked away. The man didn't chase her anymore. I even sneaked over to see her. Her eyes were red, probably from crying."
"..." Bi Chunliu patted Bi Qiuguo. This girl was getting bolder and bolder! She dared to look at everything, not afraid of being seen laughing at her and knocked down with a punch.
"Okay, I get it. Your brother-in-law won't be busy these days, so let him take care of it. Don't worry about it. Go wash your face quickly, your hair is damp."
The weather was hot, and her pregnancy seemed to have changed her physical condition, making her more and more afraid of heat. Bi Qiuguo was like a small fire source. When she squatted next to her, people could feel the heat coming out from the side where she was.
"Okay then." Bi Qiuguo patted his legs and stood up, making a hissing sound continuously.
"What's wrong? Are you frightened?" Bi Chunliu saw her grinning and thought she was fainting from low blood sugar.
Bi Qiuguo shook his head and rubbed his calf back and forth. "It's okay, just a cramp."
Bi Xiahe said, "Sister, Qiuguo has been having leg cramps a lot lately, and they're the worst at night. I can even hear her mumbling about leg cramps in her sleep in the middle of the night. Also, she fell off the bed a couple of days ago!"
Bi Chunliu understood that it was because the baby was growing too fast and not getting enough nutrition.
"Qiuguo must be calcium deficient. She's grown too fast this year. Look, Qiuguo was half a head shorter than you last year, but now she's the same height as you. How about this? You two go buy some big bones tomorrow and make some soup. We'll make some soup for a while. From now on, whenever we can buy big bones, we'll make some soup. You both should drink more bone soup to nourish yourself."
As Bi Chunliu spoke, he recalled how to supplement calcium if he was deficient in calcium.
Sunbathing? Qiuguo has had enough sun now. Any more and she'll turn into a black kid. Xiahe can still get some sun. Milk? Milk's hard to come by. I'll see if Xing Fei can get someone to find powdered milk. I'll also ask Fang Yuanyuan Supply and Marketing Cooperative if they have any. I can also make do with malted milk and White Rabbit candy. It seems nuts also provide calcium. Xiaomei sent me a bag of walnuts last time, and I've already eaten half. I'll ask if she has any more.
Alas... no matter how you make up for it, you will never be short of money!
“Squeak~Bang!!”
The door was quickly opened and then quickly closed.
Bi Chunliu and the other two people in the yard were frightened by Bi Weiguo, who was gasping for breath with his legs propped up after closing the door.
Bi Qiuguo patted her chest. Was her second brother trying to scare her to death?! "Second brother, were you chased by a dog?"
"Pfft! Stop talking nonsense!" Bi Weiguo said, shaking his head in dismay, "You might as well be chased by a dog!"
Bi Chunliu stood up and looked. The door was closed. She asked the three siblings to go into the house, and called Xing Fei, who was cooking in the kitchen, to go outside and see what was going on.
After reading it, Xing Fei went into the house and asked in confusion: "Wei Guo, what did you see?"
Bi Chunliu looked at Bi Weiguo nervously. The sword of Damocles hanging over Weiguo's head had not yet fallen, and she was still worried. "Did he meet a bad guy?"
Bi Weiguo nodded, and Bi Chunliu's heart tightened. Then she spoke with difficulty: "Go ahead."
"When I was at work, I told my master about the eggs that Brother Qi Chao's cousin's wife's family sent when she gave birth. At that time, our family also exchanged some with Sister Qi. I said that the eggs in their village are delicious and fragrant! Even the egg yolks are bright yellow. Then my master asked me to ask where their village is. Next time, he asked my senior brother to exchange some for my master's wife when he is off duty, because my master's wife likes to eat boiled eggs the most..."
"Second brother, can you please get to the point?" Bi Qiuguo was getting so anxious waiting that he was dying. He had just met a bad guy and instead of saying what the bad guy was like, he was talking about eggs for so long. What's the big deal about eggs?!
Bi Weiguo rolled his eyes at Bi Qiuguo and said, "I said it right away!! Then I went back to the compound to ask, but Brother Qi Chao was not at home, so I thought I would come back quickly. As a result, when I turned the corner, I saw someone sneaking towards the old factory building, so I went over to take a look." Having said that, Bi Weiguo did not dare to look at Bi Chunliu's face. The elder sister must be angry because she knew that he was running around even though he clearly felt something was wrong.
"Then I heard the young man say he was getting married, and he asked the older man when his father would be released. If his father didn't come out, his affair would be exposed! He also said that if he didn't keep it a secret, then the older man wouldn't have an easy time either!"
Bi Chunliu: "Wait a minute, I don't understand what you're saying."
"Sister, please listen to me. I was squatting there the whole time and didn't dare to move. I only understood it later. The old man must have some power. He had a crush on the young man, but the young man's father was capable. It's impossible for him to have any relationship with the old man.
Not long ago, the young man's father got into trouble and was locked up, so the young man found the old man. The old man made some requests at the time, but the young man did not agree. Later, the young man planned to marry a woman whose father was powerful, and asked his father-in-law to bail his father out. Of course, his father-in-law was not an easy person, and said that he could bail his father out, but when the two had a child, the child had to take the woman's surname.
Then the old man heard from somewhere that after the young man and the old man got married, he would let the young man do that with him for a while and then he would help restore the young man's father to his original position. Even if it was not the original position, it would not be a position that anyone could do.
The young man finally agreed, but he also made a request: he would have to wait until he had a child before they could be together. The old man agreed, but the young man was about to get married, and his father hadn't been released yet, so he got anxious. This time, he asked the old man out, saying that he was a natural eunuch, and if he wanted his wife to get pregnant, he had to have his father released. This was the strategy their family had planned from the beginning.
Bi Chunliu:?
Isn't this a bit too much information...
Xing Fei: ? ? !!!
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