However, Guan Yumei's heartache wasn't because she felt sorry for her two children.
But her intuition told her that Su Tong... probably wouldn't be giving money to his family anymore.
The last look Su Tong gave her felt very unfamiliar.
"If I had known it would turn out like this, why did I let the fourth brother work? It would have been so much better to just sell his job!" she sighed regretfully.
As for Su Ruyi, she didn't even linger in her thoughts for a second.
As soon as Su Zhenzhu got the household registration booklet, she turned around and left the house.
Just as Officer Zheng was about to leave work, Su Zhenzhu burst in.
She frowned and reopened the drawer that had been locked.
Su Zhenzhu looked at her with a light smile: "Old Zheng, isn't your section chief retiring soon?"
Officer Zheng said impatiently, "Don't ask such nonsense!"
Su Zhenzhu wasn't annoyed: "If you make a great contribution, you might get promoted, right?"
Officer Zheng stopped writing: "What do you mean?"
Su Zhenzhu said softly, "My third brother, Su Yin, ran away to avoid being sent to the countryside."
"Really?" Officer Zheng's pupils immediately dilated.
Su Zhenzhu nodded: "If we bring him back, what will we do with him?"
Officer Zheng blurted out: "They will be sent to the countryside for three months of reform through labor at a farm. Even after passing the reform, they will not be allowed to visit their families for three years."
“This punishment is a bit too lenient!” Su Zhenzhu leaned closer to her: “My third brother might be hiding in one of these places—I think you’d better write it down…”
...
Su Yin's rise to power initially relied mainly on a few close associates. The addresses Su Zhenzhu gave to Officer Zheng were those of these associates.
She knew every single thing about Su Yin perfectly well.
Although Su Yin didn't run away in her dream, she believed that given his character, stealing a large sum of money from the family must be for speculative purposes. Since it was for making money, he would definitely be hiding among these people, in someone's house.
Her prediction was basically correct.
Su Yin had already been hiding at his younger brother Wang Bo's house for four days.
The day after the theft, he mustered up the courage to go home, only to find Su Zhenzhu holding two ten-yuan bills at his doorstep.
In that instant, the courage he had finally mustered to face Su Dazhi vanished without a trace.
Let's take this twenty yuan from the older sister first.
He didn't care at all what his older sister was going to do with the money when she went out.
At that time, he was furious—he hadn't actually stolen any money from his family, but he had been branded as a thief.
But here's the contradiction: he can only admit to stealing money, not that he stole the household registration book.
If Su Dazhi knew that what he was going to steal was a household registration booklet, and that he was stealing it to register his own siblings for rural relocation so that he could stay in the city and also take their compensation money, then the nature of the whole thing would have been completely different.
Is it more terrifying to be mistaken for a thief, or to be mistaken for a heartless and ruthless person?
Su Yin had never actually stolen any money from her family.
Even Su Tong and Su Tie stole from Su Ruyi, that jinx, but he didn't.
Because he has money.
Not counting the twenty yuan from his older sister, he still has more than eighty yuan in his pocket.
As luck would have it, he was in the most cash-strapped situation he had been in years—he still had a large stockpile of goods on the black market, and if he sold them all, he could earn at least a thousand dollars.
He knew from a young age that money isn't stolen, it's earned.
But now he has to bear the reputation of a thief.
How did things turn out like this?
How exactly was he discovered?
Why would Su Zhenzhu and Su Tong, who have always been afraid of him, join forces to deal with him?
Also, why is the family's household registration book no longer in its original place?
Su Yin's head ached from thinking about these questions, and she couldn't help but fantasize—maybe Su Dazhi's anger would subside over time?
Just thinking about how Su Dazhi would unbuckle his belt and whip him, the veins bulging on his arm, made Su Yin's hair stand on end.
From childhood to adulthood, Su Yin was the most mischievous and naughty of all the children, and also the one who got the most beatings.
This time, Su Yin couldn't imagine how badly Su Dazhi would beat him.
Poor families are most afraid of having a child who steals, because that would tear away their last shred of dignity.
Let's hide for a few more days and then send Wang Bo to scout things out.
Su Yin finally made a decision, then leaned happily against Wang Bo's bed, spread out the large half-pack of roast chicken wrapped in newspaper on Wang Bo's pillow, pried open a bottle of beer, took a few sips, and then tore off a chicken leg and began to chew it.
Wang Bo is Su Yin's younger brother.
She is 22 years old this year. She was originally an orphan, but was taken in by an elderly widow named Granny Wang and took her surname.
His appearance was a bit strange; specifically, his eyes were set too far apart, and he also had a slight cleft lip and palate.
When Wang Bo was a child, many people advised Grandma Wang to throw him back into the garbage dump, thinking he must be a fool. However, Grandma Wang overruled everyone's objections and kept him.
Not only is Wang Bo of normal intelligence, but he also grew up to be quite robust.
After becoming paralyzed, Grandma Wang received seven years of meticulous care from Wang Bo.
After Grandma Wang passed away, the neighborhood took care of him and gave him a job cleaning latrines.
Grandma Wang's courtyard also became his property.
This courtyard was carved out from an old traditional courtyard house. It was a separate house, but so small that it was difficult to even turn around. There was only one mud-brick house with a small side room—but it was enough for Su Yin to hide inside.
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