Zhao Qingzhuo felt Fang Yuan trembling. He turned his head and looked around the boat, but there were no other clothes on him.
He couldn't possibly take off his comrade's clothes and give them to his wife, could he?
Finally, he could only reach out and pull Fang Quan into his arms, then turned to the people in the sea and shouted, "Did you get him? If not, go back and change your gear, and come back later."
They all wanted to kill his wife, so what was the point of saving her? He only intended to retrieve the body.
"We got it! We got it! It's over here!"
Zhang Xiuzhen was indeed lucky; her body floated up and was quickly discovered by one of the soldiers.
"Once you've caught it, get on the boat and go back quickly."
Zhao Qingzhuo didn't care whether the woman was alive or dead. After pulling the group onto the boat, he immediately ordered the boat to sail back to shore.
As soon as the boat docked, several women who had been gathering seafood quickly surrounded Zhao Qingzhuo and hurriedly said:
"Battalion Commander Zhao, what were you retrieving from the sea just now? Your wife was pulled into the sea by someone! You need to go back and retrieve her quickly, we don't even know if she can swim!"
"Exactly, it's terrifying! Look at all this dragging on the ground. That Zhang family woman is ruthless!" another woman who was gathering seafood replied.
Because the location where Fang Yuan went into the sea was much farther from where Zhao Qingzhuo pulled her out, no one knew that they had pulled Fang Yuan out.
She was currently wrapped in Zhao Qingzhuo's clothes.
Oh my god, I feel so uncomfortable being all wet.
"That's right, the one pulling your wife is Zhang Tiezhu's sister. Hurry up and go rescue her, or she'll be gone!"
Wang Chunxiang called out anxiously to Zhao Qingzhuo, wondering if he might be dead, but what if he was still breathing?
They were just women who had accompanied the army; they weren't born and raised by this seaside.
Beachcombing is fine, but rescuing people from the sea is out of the question.
"Thank you for your concern, ladies. I'm fine now!"
Fang Yuan, pale-faced, raised his head from beside Zhao Qingzhuo, looked at the group, and smiled.
"Oh, so they were fishing you out? You guys swam really far." Seeing the wet surroundings, Wang Chunxiang breathed a sigh of relief.
This girl has been coming to the beach every day lately, and she can cook too. It's quite pleasant to have her around.
"What about Zhang Xiuzhen? Is she still alive?" another daughter-in-law asked.
"They've been pulled up too, they're in the back," Fang Yuan replied, unsure whether they were dead or alive.
But whether she's dead or alive, her future is already set.
After all, it's only 1958. Even if she didn't get shot, someone as daring to kill would have to work in the Great Northern Wilderness.
Even if they survived until the reform and opening up, they would basically be ruined.
"Reporting to the battalion commander, the woman is already dead!"
The soldiers who pulled her ashore didn't touch her, and the people who went to carry her off the boat found that she was already dead.
"This family is really something else. Being born a bandit makes all the difference. The brother and sister are both ruthless. It would be better if they were dead."
Wang Chunxiang also breathed a sigh of relief; this family was too cruel.
"My darling! What's wrong? Don't scare your mother~..."
An old woman was running towards us from a distance, leading a child.
It was howling from a great distance.
Two soldiers were jogging behind him.
This is Zhou Guihua, Zhang Xiuzhen's mother.
After the old woman learned that her daughter was there, the speed at which the dog chased her didn't seem like someone in their sixties at all.
This prevented the two soldiers behind him from catching up.
When Zhou Guihua arrived at Zhang Xiuzhen's side, she found that her daughter was no longer breathing and burst into tears.
"My darling~ How could you leave your mother like this? Don't leave your mother..."
"Stop yelling, old woman. Your daughter tried to harm someone but failed and drowned herself. Hurry up and take her back home."
Wang Chunxiang said without any politeness.
This family is full of troublemakers; it would be better if they all died.
"You soldiers killed my son and daughter! How could you be so heartless? You deserve to die a horrible death!"
Upon hearing Wang Chunxiang's words, Zhou Guihua suddenly felt she had a place to vent her anger and began cursing at the group of people around her.
She's gone on this mission, her son and daughter are dead, and her husband is about to be shot. She's risking everything.
"Pah! You wicked old woman deserve to die a horrible death! Your family of bandits has harmed countless people; you should have been shot long ago. This is your family's retribution."
Wang Chunxiang retorted with a string of insults without any hesitation.
That heartless, rotten old beggar woman dared to curse her husband, how could she tolerate it?
“That’s right, your son and woman are both heartless. Your whole family should have been shot long ago. What’s the point of sending them back? Just shoot them all.” Another military dependent shouted.
It's terrifying to think that such a bad element has infiltrated the military, caused someone else's death, and climbed to a higher position.
Those who can accompany the military here are all officers of a certain rank. What if others follow suit and harm others?
What's their situation?
Zhao Qingzhuo asked the two soldiers who had rushed over.
"Reporting to Battalion Commander Zhao, the Youth League Committee ordered us to escort this family back. Her daughter suddenly ran away when we weren't paying attention, and we only just came here with this old woman."
One of the soldiers saluted in response.
I should have just tied up her whole family; they'd be on trial anyway.
I heard that the bandit father has been arrested and the family is just waiting to be reunited.
I initially thought this woman was trying to escape, but it turns out she was actually going to harm someone.
No wonder they came from a bandit background; the whole family is ruthless.
"Get her out of here immediately. Burn this woman's body and then take her back," Zhao Qingzhuo coldly ordered.
Corpses are prone to harboring germs, and this woman doesn't deserve the effort of having her body transported back.
It's better to burn it.
"No, you can't burn her! You can't burn my daughter!"
Zhou Guihua held onto Zhang Xiuzhen's body, refusing to let go.
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