Chapter 127

Self-disclosure

"Is Ma Xiaofang still married to Leng Qi? Have they been transferred to the border together?" Chen Lina asked after she finished laughing.

Nie Gong shook his head. "If you say Gong Hongxing is just a low-rank fighter, Ma Xiaofang is much higher. In 1966, our country had an aid project to Africa. Ma Xiaofang had some connections, so she signed up to learn the Tazanian language and then went to Africa. After returning, she has been working at the customs ever since."

Chen Lina became more and more curious about Leng Qi. "So, Ma Xiaofang and him have always been a couple living apart?"

"In 1966, the two agreed to divorce, but because it was a military marriage, Leng Qi was afraid that divorce would affect his career, and Ma Xiaofang didn't want to look bad in her file because of divorce, so although the two agreed to divorce, they didn't go through the formalities."

Well, Chen Lina finally understood why Leng Qi waved the divorce certificate and said, "We divorced a long time ago, and the child was aborted. You just want to get married, so I will marry you now."

It turns out that he and Ma Xiaofang are a typical couple who get divorced but do not leave their home.

"As a man, you have to control your belt. Lao Nie, you do this better than anyone else, and that's very good." Chen Lina said sincerely.

When she was just reborn, Chen Lina wanted love at all costs.

Now, slowly, she understands a little more than she did in her previous life. Compared with love, a man with a family, children, elderly parents and young children to take care of, a sense of responsibility, self-discipline, a sense of responsibility, and a sense of responsibility to the country and family are actually more important than love.

After two lifetimes, her husband finally trained her into a decent person.

After returning from hunting in the evening, the laborer smelled the aroma of braised beef. As soon as he entered the door, he frowned and said, "Didn't you want to cook some fish today? I had to eat half a dry naan outside. I'm already full, why are you cooking beef again?"

When Chen Lina roasts beef, she only chooses the brisket, which is of course much more expensive than ordinary beef, but it is fat, lean and tender, just like pork belly. It is cut into large cubes and roasted in half a pot. When the children eat noodles, each of them has a bowl of noodles with the hot big cubes of beef added in. It is so delicious that Erdan can eat two bowls.

He was shaving beef noodles when he said, "My mom lied to Uncle Leng. He is so tall and strong. You can tell he eats more than Uncle Edward. Dad, mom said that having Erdan as the only foodie in the house is enough. We can't have another foodie."

"Only a baby worth a hundred thousand dollars can eat the braised beef noodles made by his mother." Sandan added with a smile.

"Dandan, can you please stop saying that you are worth a hundred thousand? Be careful or someone will kidnap you." Erdan pointed at his forehead and said.

"Everyone who sees such a cute baby will love him." said Sandan.

Erdan wiped his face and yelled, "Mom, I can't stand this kid who always pretends to be small. What do you call him?"

"You learned this from your mom. You've become a narcissist. After dinner, Erdan, sit down quickly. Mom has to help you with your homework."

From geography to history, from chemistry to physics, and then to English, a third grade primary school student who had just learned to read had to accept so much new knowledge all of a sudden. Apart from intensive tutoring every day, Chen Lina could not find a better way.

Although Erdan is a bit stupid, he has amazing endurance. Also, because he spent three years in primary school, he has developed the ability to listen carefully. He is not like Nie Weimin, who always has divergent thinking.

Chen Lina gave him some knowledge points in the evening.

This year, the farm's grain output, just the winter wheat in the first quarter, is estimated to exceed last year's total grain output, even though it has not yet been stored in warehouses, not to mention the spring wheat that is already breaking through the ground.

As for various kinds of vegetables, thanks to the new planting technology, they were not only supplied to the entire mining area, but also the surplus on the farm, Wang Hongbing listened to Chen Lina's words and transported a train car to Uru, and sold it all to the large supply and marketing cooperative in Uru, making a lot of money.

With this money, Wang Hongbing was able to pay off the 30,000 yuan loan he had taken out from a credit union.

Half a month after Edward arrived in Beijing, the remittance slip was sent to him.

Originally, Chen Lina only asked for 6,000 yuan, but unexpectedly, Edward sent back a full 6,180 yuan. He also attached a letter saying that the remaining 800 yuan was a deposit because he knew that Chen Lina had gold.

But she couldn't sell the gold to anyone else. When he came back next time and brought extra money, she had to take it all away.

After the reform and opening up, the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the RMB has been rising almost all the time.

By the time Chen Lina died, the ratio had reached 1 to 8.

Whether it is the US dollar or gold, it will appreciate in value in the future. Chen Lina is taking it easy. Whether to sell Edward or not is another matter. She returned the same way and returned the remaining 800 yuan to Edward.

No matter whether he is still in Beijing or not, she will not take any extra money.

One day, Chen Lina came back from the farm. It was the weekend, and she was tutoring Erdan when she heard someone knocking on the door.

"Director Chen, are you there?" A man asked in a high voice.

"Oh, this is Uncle He. He is definitely getting married. He Junqiang has been unhappy lately. He tells everyone that he is probably going to have a stepmother."

Erdan was gossiping like a grudge-monger. "Mom, I haven't had candy in a long time. Other people's stepmothers give candy to their children. Do you want to buy some for us too?"

"You are still teething. Even your biological mother wouldn't give you candy, let alone me, your stepmother."

Erdan thought for a moment and said, "You are not a stepmother, you are my biological mother."

"The one you burn incense to every year during the Chinese New Year is your real mother, Dan'er, we Chinese people say we should not forget our roots. People should not forget their roots. All right, open the door quickly."

He Min and He Lanshan's smiles were as bright as the chrysanthemums in the moonlight.

He Min was carrying a bag of rice on her shoulders. "This is Northeast rice. Try it. It tastes better than Wuxi rice."

"It's all right. What kind of rice is this? Sister He, what's going on between you two?" Chen Lina asked.

He Lanshan was still carrying a bag of things. "My mother fried the oil sticks. Let me tell you, if you mix it with pickled cabbage and make dumplings or dumplings, it will really make you die."

"No, I won't receive the reward without merit, Sister He, what are you doing?"

When the leader suddenly came to give her a gift, Chen Lina was indeed a little scared.

He Lanshan didn't know how to describe the dramatic changes that had taken place in the past month. First, District Chief Gao's promotion had been full of twists and turns, but he finally moved to the autonomous region.

It is said that at this critical moment when Gao Feng was promoted to the autonomous region, a large amount of information about Gao Feng's collusion with bandits was piled up from the upper level to the autonomous region office. Of course, Leng Qi's arrival was basically to investigate Gao Feng.

If the worker had not finally determined based on the two cigarettes that the person providing the umbrella for the underworld was Captain Wu, District Chief Gao would not only fail to get promoted this time, but would also probably suffer a severe setback.

"What's going on with Captain Wu? She's from Beijing, she's pretty and has good qualities. To be honest, I've always admired her. I can't believe that she was the one giving the green light to Section Chief Feng," said Chen Lina.

He Lanshan whispered, "Captain Wu's brother, a painter with a unique talent, was beaten to death during the criticism and struggle in 1966. Captain Wu himself was not far away and watched it with his own eyes. She was not only collaborating with the bandits, but in layman's terms, she was against the policy, against the country and against the party. Do you understand?"

Needless to say, if you really watch your loved ones being beaten to death, you will indeed deny the entire society.

Because of two fake Chinese cigarettes, He Min was caught by Leng Qi and severely tortured in the Armed Forces. Of course, he was timid and almost scared to death in the Armed Forces.

After he came back, someone reported him for secretly reselling the public property of the plastic factory, and there were many people who testified against him.

Now, when people searched his house, they found a bunch of washbasins and plastic sandals, and the mining district directly fired him from his job.

"When you said Sun Ai's man was not good, I didn't take it seriously. But it was that Sun Ai's man who reported He Min. Now, He Min's public service is over. Isn't that infuriating?"

Chen Lina thought to herself that in her previous life, He Min was also reported to the police and was fired from her public office. He was a corrupt official, so it was not unfair.

"Besides Sun Ainan, who else is there?" Chen Lina asked.

He Lanshan said, "There is a retired chef from a state-owned hotel named Deng Daqing, who is over 50 years old. He is now the director of our mining area grain station and a tailor in the mining area.

I checked and found that almost everyone listened to him. When he started the revolution, he was the uncrowned king. When you were not here, several bases lost many good leaders. It was all started by him.

Chen Lina summarized the recent intelligence she had obtained and found the crux of the problem.

Deng Daqing is a chef who retired early and now works at a food station. He still has some connections.

As for Sun Ainan, after Wang Fusheng was imprisoned, although she said she was still waiting for Wang Fusheng to come back, Wang Fusheng was sentenced to life imprisonment after all. How long could she wait?

So, in private, in order to get some pork elbows and pig fat to improve her life, she had an affair with Deng Daqing.

Didn't Deng Daqing go around cutting off the tail of capitalism? Well, if he cut some wool, he would of course use it to weave a pair of shoes for Sun Ainan. If he cut some cotton, he would of course use it to buy a quilt for Sun Ainan. If he cut some fat chickens and big ducks, that would be even better, as Sun Ainan would secretly sell them and make quite a lot of money.

"Okay, Sister He, I've said it before, not only Sun Ainan, but also those guys who used to fight will eventually be liquidated. Just wait for my good news."

He Min looked depressed and said, "Director Chen, I have been fired from my job. Does your farm still need a dung collector? I think I can do it."

"Our farm has no shortage of dung collectors, and the wages of dung collectors are not enough to support Bao Manli."

"The marriage was aborted long ago. How could Manli marry a man who doesn't hold a public office?" He Min was almost crying.

"I've told you before that you shouldn't lose the big picture while picking up sesame seeds. Who told you not to listen?"

However, she said to He Min, "You have been fired from your public office, which has had a bad impact. It has also had a significant impact on your family's military strength. To be honest, it would be difficult for someone to get back on his feet if he was fired for corruption.

However, if you can really correct your mistakes, I have a very important job for you to do. The salary is 50 yuan a month, and your travel expenses and food expenses will be reimbursed. But are you willing to do it?"

For He Min now, it is good enough to have a job, so why bother talking about salary?

"Manager Chen, I'll do your job even if you don't pay me. Tell me what kind of job it is. Does that mean you have to go out of town?"

Chen Lina kept it a secret and didn't say anything to him at that time.

However, what He Min did this time was truly related to the development of the entire mining area.

In the future, the mining area will become the largest cloth wholesale port in the north. People only know He Min but not Chen Lina. We have to start with the work he is doing now.

Let’s talk about Chen Lina.

All the children had to go to school today, so when she went out, she of course didn't take any of them with her. She just drove to the mining area by herself.

When you arrive at the mining area, park your car and stand in front of the supply and marketing cooperative or the state-owned store, you will truly feel what the wave of cutting off the tail of capitalism means.

In the future, the urban management officers will not be able to fight against small traders and peddlers with guerrilla warfare as fiercely as the current sheep shearing. After all, in order not to affect the government's credibility, the urban management officers beat people up behind their backs.

These sheep shearers are just like bandits, kicking and robbing. When they start beating people, they just kick them. It doesn't matter if you are seventy or eighty years old.

Going further, at the gate of the Public Security Bureau, Yu Donghai was waiting for her.

"Comrade Xiao Chen, I have to tell you that what you are asking me to do now is simply an insult to the integrity of an international communist like me. How could you ask me to do such a thing? I have to tell you that I did not help you take this photo. I asked He Min to help you take it. He is very grateful to you for clearing his name. Take a look at the photos and see if you are satisfied with them."

Chen Lina didn't want to hear that and just asked him, "Did you take the photo? Let me see, how's it going?"

Yu Donghai handed over a stack of black and white photos. Of course, he also pointed at Chen Lina's nose and said, "You didn't tell anyone about the things I wrote on my desk."

"No, no one knows. I'm not a fool. How can I tell others about such a thing?" said Chen Lina.

"But don't tell your laborer, or I won't be able to face him again."

Chen Lina thought to herself that Leng Qi and Nie Gong each had a wiretap, so young man, your underwear is all gone. But in order to maintain his image, he still had to say, "No, I assure the leader that no one knows about you."

She took the photo, in black and white, of a woman in her thirties and a man in his fifties, who was so fat that his belly was bulging like a pregnant woman. Even if it was made into a romantic action movie, Chen Lina was too lazy to watch it.

"Comrade Xiao Chen, I heard that you are building a woolen textile factory?" When Xiao Chen was about to leave, Yu Donghai caught up with him.

"Well, what's up? Something's up."

"My dad has been a mechanical maintenance technician at our Hongyan Yimao Factory. If you need installation and debugging of large machinery, feel free to come to me." Yu Donghai said, patting his chest.

"Okay, young man, if you're really good, we'll use you. But don't try to get close to me or create some flirtation just because you know nothing. I'll tell you the truth, Nie Gong and I are in love, and I hate young people who show their courtesy for no reason. What do you call that? Pretentious."

Miss Chen has seen many young men who are attentive to her in her two lifetimes, and she never says a word to them.

She knew where Sun Ainan lived, so she went up to the door, knocked on it, and asked directly, "Is Sun Ainan there?"

Sun Ainan was washing her hair at home. When she opened the door, she asked, "Who are you?"

Chen Lina knocked on the door and said directly, "Dry your hair and sit down. I have something to tell you."

Sun Ainan was wiping his hair. When he saw Chen Lina, he was already unhappy. He said coldly, "I have nothing to say to you. Hurry up and leave."

Chen Lina slapped him and threw all the photos on the table. "Deng Daqing is a married man, and his wife also works at the grain station. Sun Ainan, are you really going to die? Sleeping in the same bed with Deng Daqing?"

Confirming adultery through photos will be common in the future, but it is still a novelty now.

After all, who would have thought that someone would use such a precious film to take such disgusting photos.

It was mid-day, and I took several photos outside the window, up and down, to make sure both of their faces were shown.

Sun Ainan subconsciously prepared to tear up the photos, but Chen Lina said nonchalantly, "Go ahead, tear them up quickly. I have the negatives stored here. No matter how many you tear up, I can develop them tomorrow. I will post a full mining area for you, just like when you secretly posted big-character posters in the middle of the night. Sun Ainan, what do you think?"

"What on earth do you want to do?"

"What do you want to do? I just want to settle accounts with you bad elements who were like ghosts crawling out of the gutter, posting big-character posters on the streets in the middle of the night, and then fooling those young guards to fight this and that all day long, hiding behind and manipulating the current situation like thieves. What's wrong with my settlement? Are you satisfied with it?"

"You, what do you want me to do?"

"Write a big-character poster, reporting your crimes, how many big-character posters you have posted since more than a decade ago, how many people you have slandered, and how many innocent people you have harmed. Write it all down on it, sign your name, and post it in the square in the middle of the night."

"You actually asked me to post a big-character poster about myself?" If Sun Ainan had a heart attack, he would have died at this moment.

"If you put up your own big-character poster, at best your reputation will be ruined and people will spit at you when you walk by. But if I put up your little photo, more than people will spit at you. You will become a slut and be hated by everyone in the mining area. It's your choice."

Having said that, Chen Lina slammed a piece of paper on the table and turned away.

Sun Ainan sat at the table for half the night, looking at the photos. He wanted to hang himself several times. However, it was easy to watch others hang themselves, but he could not put his own neck into the loop of the rope.

The next morning, the streets were covered with big-character posters in which Sun Ai-nan exposed himself.

Of course, if she hadn’t exposed herself, many of the guards who were criticizing others all day would not have known about it.

Sometimes she would secretly post a big-character poster on someone in the middle of the night, just because she was jealous of that person because he or she was wearing nicer clothes, or had a pen in his or her pocket, or simply because a woman's hair was thinner, softer and darker than her own.

The mining area was suddenly in an uproar, and even several senior leaders were shocked.

The termites that live in the dark are occasionally exposed to the sun, and their ugly appearance is really scary.

But Sun Ainan was surprisingly calm. She cooked and ate as usual every day and went to the market to buy vegetables. After all, the money Wang Fusheng left for her was enough, and the wool Deng Daqing sheared for her was also quite abundant.

After much thought, she decided that it was better to be looked down upon while alive than to die.

As the old saying goes, it is better to live a miserable life than to die a good death.

As long as those ugly bed photos were not posted, she could continue to live.