"Who are you? Why are you hiding here?" The police officers searched around and only spoke after confirming that there were only a few of you.
Wei Changgen's two brothers looked at their mother but dared not speak; they did not know what to say.
"You won't talk, huh? Then we'll treat you as a spy." Several police officers looked around.
They had clearly lived there for several years, with plenty of food and poultry, and they also found the hunting rifle the team members had mentioned.
I also saw a lot of prey being pickled there. What a leisurely and carefree life!
Putting everything else aside, each brigade had a fixed quota for grain seeds and poultry, so someone must have helped them hide them.
“We are not spies,” Wei Changgen’s elder brother quickly retorted upon hearing this.
"If you're not spies, then tell me who you are!" The police officers knew these people wouldn't admit their mistakes until they were faced with the truth; they'd seen plenty of that kind of person.
“We…we…” Wei Changgen’s second brother glanced at their mother, then at the menacing people approaching, and knew that there was no way to escape this time.
"Captain, I feel like I've seen these people before." The old Party Secretary stood next to the captain, and these people's faces really did look too familiar.
“I also feel like I’ve seen this somewhere before.” Several people next to the brigade leader gathered around.
"Captain, do you...doesn't that older woman look like Hongya, the one who married the captain of Leishan?"
One of the team members, who had been silent all along, stared intently at the group of people standing there. Suddenly, he remembered something and rushed over.
"What nonsense are you talking about? That person has been dead for many years!" The captain was stunned for a moment, retorted verbally, and looked over.
Upon hearing this, the team members from the brigade fell silent, staring at the group of people over there, seemingly lost in thought.
“Officer, we are not bad people. We have our reasons for living here. We have not affected anyone or done anything wrong.”
Wei Changgen's mother saw several police officers search the house thoroughly, finding and taking out the hunting rifles and leather items that they had hidden in the house.
She didn't dare tell the truth, and could only keep saying that she was a good person. The men over there were so scared that they didn't know what to say.
"Just the fact that you're hoarding hunting rifles proves you're not good people. Take them all away. Also, send a few men from your brigade to help transport all the grain and other supplies out of here."
Several police officers took the found hunting rifle with them; the other items will be dealt with after their origin is determined.
They all assumed these people were mountain dwellers hiding in the mountains, and that they could simply lock them up for a period of education before sending them back to the brigade.
There's nothing to worry about in this place. If someone were a spy, they would have someone to contact.
They searched everywhere but found nothing. However, they believed that someone must have helped them to be living so well, and they needed to find out the truth about it.
"Police officers, wait a minute." The captain watched as they were about to take the person away, but after one last look at the woman who had been avoiding their gaze, he still spoke up to stop them.
Even if it seemed outrageous, when the captain stood in front of those people, he couldn't help but have doubts.
The people in his memory should have become blurred long ago, but that incident was too tumultuous, and the conflict between their brigade and Leishan brigade over that matter continues to this day.
When they finally saw the person, not only the captain but also several team members felt that they hadn't mistaken him for someone else.
"Are you Hongya?" Although it was a question, the captain already knew the answer in his heart from the look in the man's eyes.
He stared wide-eyed, his mind in turmoil. He was quite young back then, and he witnessed firsthand how she was thrown into the river by the village chiefs of two villages.
He clearly saw her being placed in a cage made of bamboo strips. Could someone have tampered with the cage?
"You...you've mistaken me for someone else." Wei Changgen's mother was momentarily stunned when she heard the name Hongya; she had almost forgotten her own name.
After living like a ghost for so many years, she thought this was how her life would end. But when she saw these people come in, she knew it was all over.
She glanced at the captain; she recognized him, but couldn't recall his name, and instinctively refused to admit it.
But she spoke too directly, and even her tone carried a hint of guilt, making it obvious to anyone that she was lying.
"You're Hongya, Wei Hongya. Weren't you dead?" Several people standing behind the captain came over.
They were all very uneasy, because people who had been dead for decades had come back to life and were still living in the cemetery.
If it weren't for so many people around, even if they did encounter it, they would think they had seen a ghost.
"I...I'm not, I really am not." Wei Hongya was so frightened that she squatted down on the ground. When her husband saw her like this, he quickly pulled her into his arms.
"Why did you come looking for us? We didn't do anything. We were just in the mountains and didn't bother anyone. Why can't you leave us alone?"
Qi Zhenxing, Wei Changgen's biological father, looked at this group of people with hatred in his eyes. He and Hongya were truly in love.
But his family insisted that he marry the daughter of the village chief from the next village, because they disliked that Hongya's family had many brothers and a heavy burden.
In the end, both sets of parents tried to separate the couple, but unexpectedly, their fate was still intertwined.
Hongya eventually married into a family in their brigade, also surnamed Qi. Although they each started their own families, they still had feelings for each other.
In the end, they couldn't resist their overwhelming love and got together regardless of everything.
But the wicked woman he married soon discovered something was wrong and exposed their affair.
He was the village chief's son, and no one dared to throw him into a pig cage. His life was saved, but he watched helplessly as Hongya drowned.
With Hongya gone, he was in a daze and lost all hope. To make matters worse, the Qi family kept causing trouble, and his wife eventually ran away because she couldn't stand the gossip.
He had even considered ending it all, but unexpectedly, Hongya didn't die. The bamboo on the cage split open, and Hongya escaped.
She hid in the mountains, too afraid to go back. He was overjoyed to know that Hongya was still alive, and he never wanted to see the villagers pointing and gossiping about her again.
There were also his parents' curses and swears. They hid in the mountains together, and later, they accidentally discovered this place and settled down in the mountains.
The days that followed were wonderful; they lived like a divine couple, without a care in the world, as the prey in the mountains was more than enough for their survival.
They had one child, and then a second, a third, a fourth, and a fifth.
However, only three survived, and they were in a dilemma looking at their three surviving sons.
Their identities were shady, but the children were innocent. In the end, Hongya came up with a good solution.
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