Chapter 30: Thumbs up for your man
Nowadays, black markets are everywhere, whether in the county town or in various communes, and everyone turns a blind eye to it. Who has nothing better to do than to catch speculators? At most, people who resell supplies such as food will be taken to relevant departments for education. How could there be people like them?
Yang Linke felt embarrassed and yelled at Technician Wang, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
The technician was also unhappy, his face changed, and he said, "I am just here to help you, who are you trying to show off to? In the future, don't ask our medicinal materials purchasing station to do such fictitious jobs. It's embarrassing."
The technicians and the people from the health center are planning to leave.
Huo Qingqing, "Wait? Are you just leaving like this? Aren't you going to give us an explanation?"
The technician and the hospital staff said, "I'm sorry, but they are the ones who will give you the explanation."
The technicians acted like they were smart. It was too obvious that Yang Linke was dragging these scapegoats here to settle personal grudges. As for what personal grudges they had, he was not interested. Huo Qingqing and Han Baojuan carried a large amount of valuable herbs in their backpacks.
Wu Chunsheng and Yang Linke are both clerks at the same level, and neither is the leader of the other. Under the current circumstances, which leader would go to the farmers' homes to investigate such matters? Since someone reported it, we just arranged two clerks to investigate and give the public an explanation! That’s why we sent Yang Linke to investigate! Wow, this guy really took it seriously?
Wu Chunsheng looked at the Han brothers and Huo Qingqing, and said nicely, "I'm sorry, the leader asked us to come down to investigate this matter, so we have to do our best to investigate it, even if it's just a show, we have to do it well. The herbal medicine purchasing station and the health center have also contributed manpower, we can't be too perfunctory, right?
That’s the end of the matter, ah! ”
Wu Chunsheng didn't give Yang Linke a chance to speak. He patted Han Jianwu on the shoulder and whispered in his ear, "You kid, be smart next time and don't give others a handle."
After he finished speaking, Wu Chunsheng patted Han Er on the shoulder again and said, "Secretary Han, next time you come to the commune to do business, I will treat you to a drink. Okay! Let's go."
Yang Linke sneered, looked at Han Jianwu, and pointed at him, "You're lucky today, but don't fall into my hands next time. I'll be back to Hanjiagou anytime."
Han Jianwu sneered and said, "I'm waiting for you."
It's not time to get off work yet, but some people are already peeking in and gossiping.
Han Lao Er took a deep breath, looked at Huo Qingqing and her husband, and said, "Let's stop selling medicinal herbs! It was a close call today. If that bastard Yang Linke had found something, we would be finished. He has been wanting to cause trouble for us for a long time, but he has no chance."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Han Jianwu, puzzled, "Do you have any grudge against Yang Linke?"
Han Jianwu, "No, I don't even bother to pay attention to him, so how can there be any festival?"
Han Laoer felt that the matter was not that simple. The most that existed between him and Yang Linke was that Yang Linke was jealous of him. But now that he had climbed up to the commune, he had nothing to be afraid of, right? Today's incident is obviously aimed at the fourth brother!
Huo Qingqing had some idea that this matter was related to Zhang Guohua. Zhang Guohua now worked in the commune's forest farm and had many opportunities to come into contact with commune cadres. It was seen that time in the county town that he had a good relationship with Yang Linke.
Huo Qingqing said, "Just listen to Second Brother and stop selling herbs for now. Let's go home!"
Baojuan was drinking the red bean porridge that she had scooped out for the two children. She asked Huo Qingqing, "Aunt Four, do we still need to pick out these herbs?"
Huo Qingqing waved her hand, "Don't pick it, just chop it all up and feed it to the pigs!"
Baojuan muttered, "What a pity."
After returning home, Huo Qingqing asked Han Jianwu, "Did they beat you?"
Han Jianwu, "Who dares to hit me?"
Huo Qingqing smiled and raised her hand to pat the dust off him, saying, "Why do you look so dusty?"
Han Jianwu, "I'm worried about what you and the kids will do if something really happens?"
Huo Qingqing patted Han Jianwu's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, nothing will go wrong with me here."
They came prepared and took Han Jianwu directly home, not allowing them to inform Huo Qingqing and Han Baojuan. After searching their two homes, they also searched Han Laosan's home, waiting for Huo Qingqing to come back and catch them ready-made!
Huo Qingqing scooped water from the basin, took out soap and a towel, and pushed Han Jianwu to wash himself to get rid of the bad luck. She said, "You know we always mix weeds together, right? What are you worried about? These things are not banned in the first place. The commune's medicinal material purchasing station also collects these things, but they are more concealed. But we should not deal in medicinal materials recently. That guy named Yang will definitely not give up."
Han Jianwu said, "He is not an official cadre in the commune, just an errand boy. It is better if he does not fall into my hands."
Huo Qingqing asked, "Who do you think reported you?"
Han Jianwu snorted coldly and said, "Don't worry about it. I know what's going on. Want to bring me down? No way."
Huo Qingqing said, "Liu Chunyan...it's unlikely to be her?"
Han Jianwu shook his head. "Anonymous reporting requires a written report letter, and she can't write. She is already living in fear, and she wouldn't dare to do that."
After all this, she had no mood to cook. Baojuan, at the suggestion of her mother, asked Huo Qingqing and her husband to go to their house for dinner. The two babies had just eaten their fill at their sister's house. Huo Qingqing said she would not go and would just cook two bowls of noodles in a while. Baojuan hugged Niuniu in her arms and said, "My mother will scold me if you and Fourth Uncle don't come to my house for dinner. Let's go, Zhuangzhuang is leaving."
Zhuangzhuang, "Second sister, why don't you like to hug me?"
Baojuan said, "You are a boy, just walk by yourself!"
Zhuangzhuang, "Huh, you are just like my mother, you are partial to my sister."
Baojuan had already left with the two children, laughing and saying, "I am biased, so what? Who made Niuniu look so pitiful?"
Huo Qingqing brought half a bowl of rice to her second sister-in-law. Although her second sister-in-law cursed at them for treating them as outsiders, she still accepted it. It was true that every family had limited food and all rations were distributed per person.
Huo Qingqing said, "Second sister-in-law, the vegetables I planted in the yard are all edible. Ask Baojuan to come over every day and pick them for herself. If you don't eat them, they will go bad."
The second sister-in-law said, "Okay, there are not many wild vegetables to eat this season, and the gray vegetables are too old."
In this lean season, the new wheat has not yet harvested, and many families have finished their old rations and are waiting to be distributed new food! After work, some people would go to the alfalfa fields to steal the tips of alfalfa or black fungus, go home and chop them up, mix them with coarse grains, and steam them to eat. The Han family also ate like this when they had a big pot. There were many people and the men could eat, so the rations were not enough. Now that the family has separated, the sisters-in-law are all people who know how to live, so they will not eat too badly.
Tonight, the second sister-in-law's house had red bean porridge, which Baojuan had cooked in the pot before she went to weed. There were also steamed buns made from a mixture of white flour and corn flour, a pot of stewed vegetables and chili sauce. Everyone enjoyed the meal very much.
After dinner, the brothers and sisters-in-law sat in the yard to enjoy the cool air and talked about the arrangements for the harvest. The second sister-in-law said, "Gaijuan will graduate from junior high school this year and will not go to school. It will be a good opportunity for her to go home and have more labor."
Huo Qingqing said, "Gaijuan is such a good student, why don't you let her go to high school?"
My second sister-in-law said, "High school is just so-so. It's better to go home and help with the work and earn work points."
Huo Qingqing said, "Second sister-in-law, this is not what you said. What do you mean by studying is useless? Second girl is so good at studying. Wouldn't it be good for her to go to high school, go to college, work in the city and earn money to honor you and second brother?"
My second sister-in-law said, "Taking the college entrance examination is just talk. Whether the college entrance examination can be restored is still unclear. Besides, if you fail to get into college after entering high school, wouldn't it be a waste of money?"
Huo Qingqing glanced at Han Jianwu, and Han Jianwu said, "If Gaijuan is admitted to high school, let her go! If everyone saves a little, it will be enough for her to study. We brothers didn't catch up with the good times, so we can't stop her from studying just because she is a girl."
Huo Qingqing gave her man a thumbs up!
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