He didn't say anything until his wife finished her task and was walking back when he finally asked her.
"Wife, did you find out something?" Wei Baichuan wasn't stupid; the way those people from Leishan Brigade looked at him earlier was definitely not normal.
"Baichuan, would you believe me if I said you weren't a child of the Wei family?" Suti had originally planned to talk to him about this.
She can confirm it once she tries to get more information from Huang Cuifen, but it's already pretty much a done deal.
"Really?" Wei Baichuan's eyes were full of surprise. His first reaction was that this was wonderful.
If he weren't a child of the Wei family, then whatever happened to the Wei family in the future wouldn't affect his wife, and she wouldn't be subjected to gossip because of him.
"I suspect you are the Qi family's son who went to war." Su Ti only confirmed this by combining it with her past life experiences; otherwise, she would never have thought of it.
"..."
“Wife, you can’t think like this just because I was born on the same day as that family’s child, although I also wish I wasn’t a child of the Wei family.”
Wei Baichuan thought his wife had discovered something, or that he was some relative of the Wei family, but how could he be a child of the Qi family?
"Have you forgotten the way Captain Qi and the others looked at you just now? And the questions he asked, and the surprised look on his face when I told him your birthday?"
Seeing that Wei Baichuan didn't believe him, Su Ti could only slowly analyze the situation for him.
"You forgot that the Qi family member was also born to that woman in the mountains. He and Wei Changgen are half-brothers, sharing the same mother but different fathers. Wei Changgen looks like that woman. What if this Qi family member also looks like that woman?"
"To say you resemble Wei Changgen is an understatement; you resemble the Qi family. Think carefully about whether Wei Changgen ever acted differently from the Qi family."
Su Ti's words made Wei Baichuan calm down and think. He remembered that when he was a child, Huang Cuifen always said that he could never be tamed.
He also remembered that the midwife he had heard about said that Huang Cuifen looked thin and weak, but he was born plump and strong, even stronger than his older and younger brothers.
He had to ask that aunt again whether she watched Huang Cuifen give birth, or whether she had already given birth when she arrived.
"Wife, you suspect that Wei Changgen did this?" Wei Baichuan found it unbelievable. What would he gain from doing so much?
"Yes, among all the people in the Wei family, only Wei Changgen is so good at scheming. Don't forget, he was also tricked by his mother into marrying into another family back then. He has a lot of experience."
Suti felt that Huang Cuifen didn't have the brains; after Wei Changgen went to jail, their family fell apart.
Wei Changgen's success in his previous life was partly due to his own efforts, partly due to Su Nianyou's help from the plot, and partly due to the forced stupidity of these cannon fodder characters.
Heaven gave them a special favor, forcefully promoting them. Otherwise, with the Wei family's intelligence, they would only be the ones being schemed against.
"Ask Huang Cuifen," Wei Baichuan and Su Ti thought of the same thing.
“Yes, let’s try to trick her.” Su Ti smiled as she looked at the person. If she was really sure, she was determined to find the person.
She had considered asking Captain Qi, but she felt that if things went wrong, it could backfire.
The Qi family has raised that child for so many years. Even if what they think is true, what if they don't want to acknowledge him?
Or perhaps you want both? Then there will inevitably be conflict.
Suti didn't want to gamble with people's hearts, and besides, Wei Baichuan might not even want to acknowledge them.
And if that kid from the Qi family knew they found out, he would definitely try to deal with them.
Based on the fact that he was able to take over his maternal grandfather's power and gain a foothold in Beijing in his previous life, he certainly wasn't a brainless person.
When the two returned home, the brigade leader was preparing to transport public grain to the commune.
"Su Zhiqing, why don't you come along?" The brigade leader's eyes lit up when he saw the two return.
Delivering grain to the state every year was a major hurdle, as all the production brigades had to deliver the grain, and the commune would argue about it year after year.
They either complained that the food wasn't dry enough or that the portion was insufficient; they knew perfectly well that those people just wanted to skim off the top.
After handing over the corresponding grain quota, they kept the small amount for themselves. Collecting grain for the commune was a lucrative job that everyone was vying for.
In the past, their brigade was ostracized, and every year they were the last ones to be criticized.
But this year is different. A comrade from their brigade was transferred to a county-level department. People who want to do something will have to be careful.
“Okay.” Su Ti nodded to Wei Baichuan. She was going to call her grandfather first.
I'll call and ask about the situation after I have two days off. The military and government are connected; they have influence in Beijing, so that family is definitely not some nobody.
Seeing that his wife had agreed, Wei Baichuan had no further objections. He would have gone along to transport grain in previous years as well.
Every year, the brigade would call on a few strong men to hold things up. In the past, he wasn't strong enough, but he was tall enough.
In this group, you're just counting people; standing there is enough.
The carts in the brigade all came in handy. The men who went there tied up the grain sacks and pushed them laboriously toward the commune.
Everyone's face was beaming with smiles; once they handed over the grain, the rest would be theirs.
The distribution of grain after the autumn harvest and the distribution of meat during the Spring Festival are the days they look forward to the most each year, and it is all worth it no matter how hard or tiring it is.
When they arrived at the commune, it was already packed with people. It was the first time Suti had ever seen such a scene; there were even more people than when she first arrived in the countryside.
She even saw many children, each carrying a tattered little backpack, picking up rice grains behind the carts transporting grain.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way." People kept coming over to shoo people away, but there were too many people, and as soon as one person was chased away, another would pop up in the other.
They don't snatch things from the vehicles; they just pick up what falls off the ground when the vehicle bumps along. They're very quick, and no one can do anything about it.
Even the commune couldn't stop them; once one brigade had left, the children swarmed forward even more.
The most grains of rice were scattered on the ground, mostly from when they fell off during weighing and handling.
Even though the team members were extremely careful, quite a few still fell. Those kids were experienced and had been waiting for this moment.
Suti watched with great interest from the side, and when she saw the captain and the others lining up behind her, she followed them.
"Wife, go stand over there, it's dusty here." Wei Baichuan went to greet his wife as she approached; it would be a while before they reached their brigade.
"How much longer? I want to call my grandfather." Suti knew that the captain had brought her along just to make a show of force.
"It'll probably take about an hour," Wei Baichuan estimated, adding that an hour was still pretty fast.
"I'll go make a call first, and I'll be right back," Su Ti said to the captain as he walked over.
Only after she repeatedly assured the captain that she would be back within half an hour did he release her. She then grabbed Wei Baichuan and hurriedly ran away.
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