Chapter 123

Great Leader

Leng Qi didn't expect that the food at Lao Nie's house was so surprisingly good.

Wuxi rice tastes so good.

The pork ribs stewed in Suoyang are so delicious that it seems that the fourth father of the Nie family eats them as a dish.

Especially the naughty worker. Leng Qi frowned and looked at him, thinking, doesn't he know that this thing is extremely nutritious, so he eats it as a dish?

But think about it, he has a wife, unlike him who is single, so of course he can eat whatever he wants.

There was also a large plate of fried eggs, golden and tender, and two plates of green vegetables, fried until crispy, with only two cloves of garlic smashed in them, and they tasted so delicious.

"Lao Nie, I remember that on May 23, 1951, the day Tibet was liberated, we ate this rice in our compound. At that time, everyone said that they had never eaten such delicious rice. Your family's food looks really good."

Nie Gong felt a little uncomfortable, but he was the kind of person who would not say it out loud even if he felt uncomfortable.

"We usually use ordinary rice from our border area. This is specially provided by the mining area for foreign journalists. It tastes good. I think we still have half a bag. Xiao Chen, give some to Leng Qi later. He is transferred here by himself, so he will probably have to cook."

"No, no, how can you eat someone's meal and still ask for rice from them?" Leng Qi smiled and patted the worker's shoulder, then said, "From now on, I will protect you. Let's do this together as brothers."

"When I first came, there were only 800 permanent residents in the farm, including the educated youth. Now, there are 1,500 households. The cultivated land area is even more impressive, increasing three times. All of this is inseparable from the strong support of Minister Gao and the officers and soldiers of the armed forces. Minister Leng, you must continue to support our farm in the future."

Chen Lina said.

Erdan has a mysterious fondness for Leng Qi, no, it should be all the people Chen Lina dislikes. He said affirmatively, "I think Uncle Leng should not only protect and build our farm, but also live on our farm. What do you think, Mom?"

Chen Lina said, "We don't have a nest on our farm, and we don't have beds or kangs at home, so we don't have any place to entertain guests. So, forget about being a guest. After your Uncle Leng finishes his meal, he should go back to his armed forces department. They have a mission now, and it's a very serious mission."

However, after finishing his meal, Leng Qi did not leave. Seeing Chen Lina making him a cup of tea, he sat still as if his butt was glued to him.

It's extremely urgent, Chen Lina thought, Yu Gongan is missing, Minister Leng, you stole Gao Dayong's job and then you come here to drink tea?

"Why, you and Xiaofang still haven't reconciled yet?" Nie Gong held the tea. Since the classmate didn't want to leave, he had to chat with him for a while.

Leng Qi stared at the tip of his big leather shoes, took a sip of tea and said, "When she heard that my father was going to be beaten into a military leader, she decisively asked for a divorce. Later, when my father was fine, she refused to divorce. What good things in the world can be taken by Ma Xiaofang?"

Ma Xiaofang?

Chen Lina's ears stretched a little too far, of course, mainly because she was a little curious about the life of Leng Qi in the previous life, so she asked the worker, "Is this Ma Xiaofang from your courtyard?"

Before the worker could say anything, Leng Qi smiled and said, "Yes, we grew up together."

"Didn't Ma Dafang starve to death in 1958? It sounds like Ma Xiaofang is doing well," said Chen Lina.

The so-called Ma Dafang was the one who buried Nie Gong in the snow when he first arrived in Hongyan.

So what about Ma Xiaofang? She was the one who secretly stuffed the pear into the worker's pocket.

Leng Qi smiled and said, "There were two golden flowers in the Red Rock Revolutionary Team. One was Gong Hongxing, who was defeated in your mining area. I saw from the internal reference that she was sentenced to death and was immediately executed. The other was my ex-wife Ma Xiaofang, who went to Africa for paid dating in 1966. She wore a big red flower and was personally sent to the plane by the leader. The revolution is over, and now we are talking about the line and policy. She is the team leader of our Red Rock Redressing Unjust, False and Wrongly Cases Team, and she is still a big leader."

It sounds like Leng Qi's attitude towards his ex-wife is very strange.

Chen Lina was particularly curious because she didn't know if Ma Xiaofang was the plump middle-aged woman she had seen on the street. But it sounded like Leng Qi was also full of drama.

However, Leng Qi was in high spirits today. Seeing that Xiao Chen was busy washing pots and dishes, wiping the table and cupboards, and supervising Sandan'er to do his homework, he said, "Nian Gong, what you are doing is not right. You should be the one to help the children with their homework. You, the old man, just sit there and let Xiao Chen do everything. I remember that your family tradition is not like that."

Nie Weimin had been sitting behind his father. He had finished his homework long ago and was playing with the Rubik's Cube. He whispered, "Dad, this uncle is here to destroy our family unity, too."

The worker coughed forcefully and thought to himself, is there any need for me to say that?

Leng Qi is such a bastard. When Ma Xiaofang was nice to him when they were little, he bullied her every day.

Later he married Ma Xiaofang, who was the most beautiful girl in the compound. Leng Qi was proud of himself for a while.

However, among the children in the compound, he never gave up his desire to compete with him.

Look, he ran to the border and came to Chen Lina to hurt him.

Chen Lina quickly said, "Minister Leng, what you said is not very strong. Usually, my worker is responsible for washing the pots and dishes. Even when our old rabbit needs a bath, he has to do it.

But you are here today, you are a distinguished guest, of course he has to sit down and entertain you, these trivial housework, I have nothing to do anyway, I just do it. As a woman, no matter how we teach our husbands in private, we still have to give him face in front of others, don't you think?"

Nie Gong gave a thumbs up in his heart and said it was a beautiful thing.

"Since you have arrived at the Armed Forces, the first thing you have to do is to find Yu Donghai Yu Gongan. He is the chief of the Criminal Investigation Department, but he disappeared this morning. Minister Gao was going to investigate the matter thoroughly, but when you arrived, you took over his duties on the spot. I guess this matter should be delayed." Chen Lina said.

"In fact, I have already learned about Yu Donghai's case." Leng Qi said, "You know, he is a public security officer. No matter how powerful the black forces in the border areas are, they are not to the extent of breaking into houses and robbing public security officers. We are now investigating this case as a personal grudge, so you don't have to worry about it."

Chen Lina was very sorry. "I'm sorry, Minister Leng. I think your awareness is not as high as Minister Gao's. You underestimated the enemy."

Leng Qi sat down straight and asked, "What does Director Chen think?" He can't be worse than that rough guy Gao Dayong.

"Our old Nie, although he is only an engineering student, he is also good in other aspects. For example, a few years ago, Gong Hongxing came and he followed Gong Hongxing's line and solved the Baiyang River Bridge case in one fell swoop. The Baiyang River Bridge case involved two Soviet helicopters and more than 20 paratroopers from the Soviet death squad. Minister Leng should have seen this in the internal reference."

“I have indeed seen this.”

The more proud Nie Gong was of his inferiority, the more jealous Leng Qi was.

"The public security system takes this matter seriously. That's the public security system's business. But after all, Yu Donghai's life or death is still unknown. If your armed forces can find him in advance, maybe he can give you new clues to solve the case."

Leng Qi, as his name suggests, is a bit proud and arrogant.

Of course, after joining the army, he has been doing very well in the army. This can be seen from the fact that he was able to work in logistics during the turbulent years.

He took out a Chinese cigarette and offered one to Nie Gong. "Do you want to smoke?"

The worker waved his hand and said, "I don't smoke."

Leng Qi then said, "Okay, I'll go to the Armed Forces Department right away and conduct a carpet search. We'll try to find Yu Gongan overnight. That should be enough."

After sending him away, Nie Gong turned around and looked at his wife and said, "It's over. I think he came after you."

"I'm not a movie star. Why would he chase me to come? I feel like he came here to contribute to the construction of our border."

Nie Gong looked at his wife and just smiled without saying a word.

The two of them lay down on the kang, and Nie Gong said, "Chen Lina, you can see that Leng Qi likes you."

"no."

"You still dare to say no? Let me ask you again, can you tell that he likes you? No, I ate too much of the Suoyang you stewed in the evening. Don't move, let me do it myself." It always feels good when the gentle laborer becomes rough.

After just a few rounds, Miss Chen began to beg for mercy, "Be gentle, ouch! It hurts!"

"You don't understand. From childhood to adulthood, he has always snatched away any good things I have. Let me ask you, did he also take away the things in our old house in the last life?"

The worker was panting and asked Miss Chen to pinch him hard on the back. He let out a strange cry and then calmed down.

"He took the gold, but you later sued and got some of it back," said Xiao Chen.

"You don't know, at first, Ma Xiaofang liked me very much. Sometimes she gave me an apple, sometimes a pear. She was the only little girl in the whole compound who didn't bully me, and I liked her very much. Later, she was kidnapped by Leng Qi, so I worked hard and was admitted to university.

His IQ is not as good as mine, so he didn't pass the exam. This bastard, I saw at the class reunion that time that he had bad intentions, and sure enough, he ran to the mining area. "

"Why do you want to drive him away?"

"If I want to get rid of him, there are many ways. Besides, he eavesdropped on me in Hongyan. I can't tell whether he wants to steal the secrets of my laboratory or look for something in our old house."

After returning to the mining area and analyzing the data on the large radio unit, Nie Gong realized that the person who was eavesdropping on him was Leng Qi.

Chen Lina said, "Minister Gao has been in the mining area for a long time. The higher-ups will definitely not let him come back for fear that he will become a local tyrant. In my opinion, Yu Qi's armed forces are a leader who I don't know well, but Leng Qi is an acquaintance. It's good that you are on guard against him, but I think that every leader in this mining area, no matter what their intentions are when they come, I want them to fight for the construction of the border. I can turn He Min around, and I can do Leng Qi too."

"Did you turn He Min over?" Nie Gong seemed a little unconvinced.

"Almost, just a little more and it will be right. What do people strive for? To have food to eat, clothes to wear and money to spend. Don't worry, as long as everyone is rich, there will really be fewer evil people in this world. Just wait and see if you don't believe me."

When you have no money, you can do bad things for a piece of cloth or a piece of bread. But when everyone has money, eh, it's like Chen Lina's previous life.

Those contractors who made a lot of money would think back to when they were children and had to run to their neighbors' fields to eat corn and pick beans because they were hungry.

Thinking about all the bad things I did when I was young and frivolous, I gave all my quilts and cotton to the elderly, and even worse, I paid a lot of money.

When they have money, they are not only generous, but also willing to do some charity.

The worker struggled for a while, then turned over, lay down for a while, and climbed up again.

This young wife, the more she sleeps, the more interesting she becomes. It turns out that the laborer has a rigid routine of doing it once a month. The duration of each session will be longer, but it is not easy to break the rule.

Now it's not possible, at least one night a week, and it has to be enough. He also felt it was strange, people say that the more you sleep with your wife, the more you love her. He didn't understand it before, but now he found out that it's true.

Sleeping with your wife is more exciting than building a republic!

As for the matter with the police, there will be a result by dawn. You think Leng Qi will take action quickly.

There was a bang on the door.

"Director Chen, Yu Donghai is really injured, and he specifically wants to see you. Hurry up, go to the mining area hospital."

At this time, Engineer Nie and Miss Chen were sleeping together. When they got up to open the door, Engineer Nie was still wearing his torn sweaters. Leng Qi looked at him and said, "Bo Zhao, it's time to change your clothes. How come your engineers' salaries are so low that you can't even afford a decent sweater?"

These are just the knees and the collar. When you turn around, you will see that your butt is covered with big patches. That is so embarrassing.

"Minister Leng, it's not just the mining areas that are poor. The whole country is poor. Every day, there are long queues of people waiting for cloth outside your Hongyan Yimao Factory. Why? Because everyone in the country, except for your military area, has patches on their buttocks. If you want to laugh at their poverty, you might as well laugh at me. I'm a good wife, but without cloth, I can't sew a decent pair of pants for my husband."

The worker was brushing his teeth, and he just squatted beside the sink and started laughing.

What is Leng Qi doing? He's flattering the horse but ended up hitting its hoof.

"Dad, is Uncle Yu injured? Can I go and see him?" Nie Weimin was as sleepy as a cat. When he heard the voice, he came out directly.

He was the opposite of the worker. The worker's trousers were torn all at the back, but his were all at the front, so Chen Lina didn't have time to mend them.

Before Nie Gong could say anything, Leng Qi said directly, "Yu Donghai is seriously injured and in a dangerous position. You kids, don't go to the hospital to join in the fun."

Since Leng Qi said so, it would certainly be difficult for Chen Lina to take care of the child.

"There are steamed buns in the kitchen, Comrade Xiao Nie. Just light the beehive coal stove and heat them up with water and you can eat them. If my estimate is correct, I will be back at eleven or twelve at the latest. But if I can't come back before noon, you can bring two kilograms of our Wuxi rice and go to Uncle Chen's house to exchange for food. Do you understand?"

"Even if you don't give her rice, she will still give us food."

"It's only courtesy to return the favor. Your Aunt Wang is going to help her poor nephews, and money is tight at home, so remember to bring the rice," said Chen Lina.

Xiao Nie put on his pants. Hey, he had already touched a red flag and a jeep before, but he had never touched the steering wheel or sat in the brand new wartime command vehicle, so he didn't know what it felt like.

In wartime, command cars are driven by drivers.

Leng Qi had a very strange temper. He directly removed the passenger seat. As a result, the car had more room to stretch legs, but it was not suitable for three people to sit in it because they all had to squeeze into the back seat.

"According to Donghai's response, this is the situation." Leng Qi sat behind the driver, looking at Miss Chen's long legs, and started talking.

But it turns out that this is the case.

Yu Donghai searched Feng Yu's office and home yesterday. After getting the documents, he began a thorough investigation. Of course, he wanted to find out how many people there were in the border chaos and where they were hiding.

At this time, Feng Yu was so brave that he dressed in the uniform of an armed forces officer, drove a fake license plate car, and swaggered into the armed forces' family compound to steal the documents.

Yu Donghai had never expected Feng Yu to be so courageous. Moreover, since he couldn't find the bandits' lair, he pretended to faint and was kidnapped by Feng Yu.

Feng Yu drove and took Yu Donghai to several places. It can be said that Yu Donghai, who pretended to be dizzy, obtained a lot of very useful information.

However, when they were halfway through the journey, that is, on the Baiyang River Bridge, Yu Donghai was not tied up properly and coughed, which was discovered by Feng Yu. Feng Yu then opened the car door and prepared to push Yu Donghai off the Baiyang River Bridge.

While the two were fighting, the armed forces arrived.

"So, Yu Donghai is especially grateful to you, Chen Lina. If you hadn't forced us to look for him yesterday, our armed forces would have been one step later in finding the Baiyang River Bridge and he would have died there."

"No, then why did he ask me to go? I don't know any bandits, so what did he ask me to do?" Chen Lina asked back.

"Yu Donghai said that this criminal gang has a big leader who should be in our oil system. He doesn't dare to tell anyone yet, but he trusts you more and wants you to confirm it."

"What a great leader! How can I be sure of this?" Chen Lina was going crazy.

There are only a few top leaders in the mining area, she thought to herself, don't tell me that Secretary A or Gao Feng, or Gao Dayong, are openly or covertly supporting and condoning the bandits, and that Section Chief Feng is their subordinate.

With such doubts, Chen Lina and Nie Gong went to the mining area hospital.