Chapter 202

Thirty-Six Strategies

In the evening, the laborer returned with the children after running around all day.

This time, Chen Lina simply gave Erdan twenty yuan and let him go buy the pork with his hands.

Raw mutton is 1.2 yuan per pound, and pork with hand is 2.5 yuan per pound. Even the female workers in the wool textile factory only get 10 pounds of pork with hand a month. When Chen Lina gave the money, the worker was watching. He couldn't understand, "You want to help your son raise a younger brother, Chen Lina? The stomachs of boys aged 15 or 16 are bottomless pits. Are you sure that with our salary, we can help him raise five or six younger brothers?"

Chen Lina was watching from the windowsill. "I just want to see how many children he can attract."

Seeing the laborers coming over to watch, she explained, "The oldest of these children is no more than fifteen. The older families have their own circles, and they can't get in. If they want to go out to work, only the quarries, sand-carrying teams, and road construction teams need people.

But children of this age, with their physical strength and bones, cannot carry sand like the older children. But with nowhere to go and no school to go to, what else can they do except stealing? "

Nie Gong sighed and said, "Unlimited childbearing has its drawbacks. It seems that the family planning policy you mentioned makes sense." For a family like theirs, with such a high income, it is difficult to raise several children, let alone farmers who depend on the weather for their livelihood.

The couple watched from the window, and after a while, Erdan came back.

Chen Lina chuckled, and the worker counted and found that there were at least fifteen children this time, all arm in arm, sending their eldest child back to the guesthouse.

Erdan didn't know why his mother was so generous. She gave him money and asked him to treat the gangsters to hand-pulled meat.

However, because someone called him "big brother", his vanity was unprecedentedly satisfied, and he even sang a song when he came back, "Mom, I told them that you treated them to the meat, and they asked me to thank you."

Chen Lina walked to the balcony and saw a group of half-grown little boys waving at the window.

Probably no one had ever invited them to eat meat, and this person was their eldest brother's mother.

The smiling faces of all the children were like sunflowers. When Chen Lina stood here, they looked this way. When she walked that way, they all looked that way.

In a blink of an eye, the security team came over, and all of them dispersed in an instant.

There is nothing better than on-the-spot education. Chen Lina knocked on the door and called the other two next door over.

Then, everyone sat together and listened to Erdan's adventures and new things this time.

Erdan was already very familiar with the hooligans. He knew which ones hung out at the long-distance bus station, which ones hung out outside the guesthouse, and which ones specialized in stealing at the entrance of the hospital. In short, he knew them all.

After he finished counting, he felt proud as he looked at Sandan and his sister, who had confused and innocent faces, and Deng Chun, who was very unwilling that he could not become the eldest brother.

"We should go back tomorrow. Do you want to stay here and live with them? I see you like them very much." Chen Lina asked.

Erdan was horrified when he heard this. "How could that be possible? They don't have proper jobs, they just like to sneak around. When they stole someone's wallet, they were caught and beaten. If they wanted to be treated as a minor, they would be taken to the security team. The security team would cover their heads and beat them to death. You wouldn't even know who beat you."

"At worst, there are knives. Don't they play with knives?" Chen Lina asked.

No matter how he behaves in front of others, Erdan is very frank in front of Chen Lina. "If they play with knives, they will lose their lives. They don't dare to play easily. They just steal small things to earn some living expenses."

"So, they must have a hard life," Chen Lina then said.

Erdan nodded and said, "It made me cry."

He was like a rich man, treating the kids to meat, so he didn't think he was pitiful.

All I have to do is sing him "Little White Cabbage, its leaves are turning yellow".

Chen Lina then asked Deng Chun, "Do you still think it's fun to be in society?"

Deng Chun thought for a moment and said, "The people here are too tough and generally poor. It's easy to steal things in Shanghai."

"You broke your leg after falling off the platform in order to steal the bacon. Let me ask you, did you steal it because you were short of bacon? Do you feel comfortable lying in bed for half a year with a broken leg?" Chen Lina asked back.

Deng Chun said, "What I lacked was not bacon, but money. It was normal for me to steal bacon in exchange for money. I liked smoking at that time."

Recently, Sandan has been keeping a close eye on him. The little guy doesn't dare to smoke anymore. He wiped his nose and said, "Oh, I really want to smoke."

"We will go back tomorrow. If you want to stay here to make a living, then stay. If you don't want to stay, then go back and study hard." Chen Lina said.

Erdan and Deng Chun looked at each other, bewildered. Nie Weijiang spoke up, "Deng Chun, aren't you looking for some hooligans to take refuge with? Hurry up. If you get beaten to death by the security team, we'll come and bury you."

My sister and Erdan looked at Deng Chun in disbelief.

That's right. When Deng Chun saw so many gangsters, he did briefly feel that he could do great things in this place. But after listening to Erdan's words, he thought about it and gave up.

"Why would I want to play with those gangsters? Sister, I will study hard, and when I make money in the future, I will buy you a floral dress like Snow White." He said hurriedly.

Although he was temporarily shaken, it would be more fun for Deng Chun to go out into society than to stay at Nie's house. His sister is so cute.

farm.

It was around five o'clock in the afternoon when Nie Weimin and Leng Qi arrived, but everything was still in time.

"Mom, is the pig food ready?" Liu Xiaohong asked after she came back from the fields and took off her clothes that were stained with cotton wool.

Chen Lili was shouting in the room, "I'm feeding Erniu, hurry up and cut the vegetables."

Liu Xiaohong picked up the chopping board in the yard, grabbed a handful of old beets from the ones she had carried back, and started chopping them with a loud bang.

The big girl didn't have time to play either. She had to help Liu Xiaohong sort the beet leaves. After giving her a handful, she started chopping them on the chopping board.

In a blink of an eye, Liu Xiaohong had prepared the pig food, so the two of them picked up the big bucket and went to feed the pigs.

The pig shed of Liu Xiaohong's family is exactly the ground kennel where they used to live, and now the whole place is given to the pigs.

Because there are so many pigs, at least seven or eight, I have to carry two large buckets just for pig feed.

Chen Lili was originally very coquettish and did nothing at home. Later, she broke off her friendship with Chen Lina.

In order to show that he is no worse than his sister, and because Wang Hongbing looks old, he was recently transferred to a hydropower plant to be the deputy director.

But there was no big leader above him anymore, so he had to be responsible for everything alone. Although his salary increased and he had a formal position, the work pressure was high and his hair turned half gray.

The two elderly people in the family are getting old, so Chen Lili has to take care of the housework.

"Mom, look at your chapped face. The skin peels when the wind blows. Why don't you apply the oil my aunt gave you?" Carrying the pig food bucket and facing the setting sun, Liu Xiaohong turned around to look at Chen Lili's face and suddenly felt very sad.

She gave birth to two children in succession and has been in a bad mood in recent years. Wrinkles on her face keep appearing. Compared with Chen Lina, she looks more than ten years younger.

Chen Lili snorted coldly, "She pretends to be a leader outside and glares at me when she sees me. You and Wei Min are both in the second year of high school, and she is still resentful about what happened during the high school entrance exam. Can a bottle of facial oil dispel that?"

"Mom, we can't think like that. Although my aunt said she wouldn't talk to you, you were the one who stopped talking to her first. Besides, my dad is now the deputy director of the factory. If you say my aunt didn't take care of you, you are being unscrupulous."

The two sisters have been in a cold war for nearly two years. Chen Lina really ignores her elder sister, but Liu Xiaohong doesn't want Chen Lili to continue to be obsessed with her own pain.

Buddhism talks about karma miasma. What is miasma? Others cannot see it, and the one who suffers is actually herself.

When they arrived in front of the den, they sat on the wall together and watched the pigs in the den eat.

There was a large sow who was about to give birth, and her belly was dragging on the ground.

The corn on the farm is all fed with corn, commonly known as corn pigs. The meat of this kind of pig not only has no fishy smell, but also has a faint sweetness when chewed.

When the two sisters had a good relationship, when Chen Lili killed a pig, she would give at least half of the meat to Chen Lina, because she had many children in her family and they also liked to eat.

Think about that time, when the boys from Nie Gong's family were always running around in the farm and in front of their house, it was so wonderful.

But ever since she had a fight with Chen Lina, those relatives have basically disappeared.

Relatives are not like friends. When interacting with each other, you cannot be too open-hearted and must maintain a kind of courtesy and reciprocity. After all, she and Chen Lina are sisters. They can quarrel if they want. After the quarrel, although Chen Lina ignores her on the surface, she will give her everything she has in private, with Liu Xiaohong as a favor.

Chen Lina has her own set of foreign skin care products and facial oils, and she has to have a complete set. I'll give her a set.

Alas, Chen Lili sat on the low wall, kicking the pig in the nest, and recalled how she had sent her sister away from Qisi Township for twenty yuan.

Although I later learned that she was doing well, I felt really sad at the time when I had to carry one child on my back and hug one child after another.

"Mom, I'll watch the pigs eat. You go back quickly and I'll bring the bucket back in a while." Liu Xiaohong said.

Chen Lili seems to have ovarian problems again in the past two years. All of her pregnancies were hydatidiform moles. Now, because Liu Xiaohong is a good student, filial and obedient, she has high hopes for her.

I said, "Let's guard it together. You are a grown-up girl now. Wang Xiaobing and his gang are staring at you with ill intentions every day. You are my college student. I can't let those bad guys succeed."

"Lili, Lili, there's a letter from your little Hong." Sun Duoyu shouted from a distance.

Chen Lili said directly, "No, it must have been written by those bastards in the mining area who want to get along with my Xiaohong. Tell them to get lost. My Xiaohong wants to go to college."

"It's from Director He of He Lanshan. It seems like he wants to talk to her about something." Sun Duoyu could recognize a few words now, so he opened all the letters to show that he could read.

When Chen Lili heard that it was Director He from the mining area, she quickly took out money from her pocket and said, "Xiaohong, hurry up and take a ride. Is there anything Director He needs your help with? Your father just started working at the hydropower plant. We dare not offend the leaders above. Go quickly."

Liu Xiaohong was puzzled. If He Lanshan wanted to look for her, why didn't he just send someone to the farm to call her? Why write a letter? A letter is much slower than going to the farm by car alone.

However, no one dared to neglect He Lanshan's matter, so she took the letter, changed her clothes, and left the farm.

As a result, just as she left the farm and was about to stand at the farm gate to catch a ride, someone suddenly pulled her braid from behind. Liu Xiaohong turned around and slapped him in the face, "Wang Xiaobing, get away from me, or I'll kick you to pieces."

Before she kicked forward, she saw clearly that it was Nie Weimin behind her, so she retracted her foot abruptly.

"Wei Min is not as good as our striker in this respect. He is so effeminate that he actually beats a girl." Leng Qi said, patting the car door. "Come on, let's go catch Su Xiangdong together."

They ran into Liu Xiaohong as soon as they arrived at the farm. If they had been a step later, Liu Xiaohong would have been in real danger. What bad luck.

Nie Weimin covered his face, feeling a little embarrassed, while Leng Qi was so rude that he started praising his own baby as soon as he got in the car.

"Liu Xiaohong, do you know that even though he is only one month old, as long as you put the Thirty-Six Stratagems in front of him, he will blink to show that he is willing to listen to it. But if I put my love in front of him, he will shake his head to show that he doesn't want to listen. My son is different from me. He has loved reading since he was a child. As for me, he forced me to do so. I had no choice but to start reading recently."

Liu Xiaohong was really frightened. "Uncle Leng gave birth to a genius?"

"It is said that Uncle Leng became like this because he was so happy to have a son in his middle age that he went crazy," Nie Weimin explained.

Leng Qi has been praising his son all the way, and he has also told Nie Weimin many times why his son's name should be Leng Feng. It is because he hopes that his son will be as sharp and chilling as a sword in the future.

Liu Xiaohong was stunned by what she heard. Seeing Nie Weimin covering his face, she asked quietly, "What's wrong with you?"

"My cheek hurts." Nie Weimin said, and he got up and went to the back to get some bananas that Chen Lina bought. He peeled them and handed them to Liu Xiaohong, then covered half of his face with them again.

It was the first time for Liu Xiaohong to eat a banana. After taking a bite, her eyes lit up. "This fruit is really delicious. But if it hurts, can I rub it for you?"

Nie Weimin saw Leng Qi still talking nonstop in front of him, drooling all over the place, not paying attention to what he was doing. He looked sideways at Liu Xiaohong and whispered, "Rubbing is useless, just kiss it and it won't hurt."

Liu Xiaohong glared at him and sat on the other side.

Nie Weimin smiled with his lips bitten, and sat a little to the other side. Actually, he didn't mean that, he just thought it was so funny to tease Liu Xiaohong to make her suddenly shy.

Before reaching the mining area, Leng Qi turned the car to the next beach.

After getting out of the car, he put his arm around Nie Weimin's shoulders and patted him affectionately, "If Leng Feng could have a head like you, I would be satisfied." Son, now is all the hope that Leng Qi is striving for.

The policemen lit a bonfire and sat cross-legged, roasting a rabbit. When they saw Liu Xiaohong coming, Yu Donghai started to talk to them.

"The situation is roughly like this. Song Jian has already arrived at the mining area, but he is not with Su Xiangdong. He was released by Su Xiangdong with only one goal, which is to abduct and harm Liu Xiaohong. His wife Song Xiaoyue has been in Base No. 5. Because they are in the same system, she is very familiar with the situation in Helan Mountain.

So Song Xiaoyue wrote a letter to Liu Xiaohong, imitating He Lanshan. When Liu Xiaohong saw the letter from the leader, she would definitely go to the mining area immediately to see if the leader wanted to see her for anything.

Yu Donghai was chewing on a big, fat rabbit leg, oil dripping onto the letter paper. "Then, look at the weather now, half numb, half dark, for a little girl, it's a dangerous time, and Song Jian will be at the long-distance bus station, waiting to catch Liu Xiaohong."

Someone tore some meat for Liu Xiaohong, and she started to eat it. "Do you want me to take a long-distance bus now? Will you wait at the station to catch Song Jian?"

Yu Donghai waved his hand and said, "We, the three-good students of Oilfield Middle School, certainly cannot take risks lightly. Take off your clothes and let our Xiao Wang change them. Our Xiao Wang will pretend to be you and get on the go-cart. As for you, just follow Nie Weimin for the time being. He and Minister Leng will protect you."

Minister Leng's orderly, Xiao Wang, is fifteen years old, short and thin. Liu Xiaohong's clothes are a bit short for him, but they fit him well.

Her most distinctive feature is her two long braids. Liu Xiaohong has kept these braids for many years. Song Jian hasn't seen her for many years, so of course he couldn't tell her apart at first sight.

But her braid is the most important thing that proves her identity.

In front of all the police officers, Liu Xiaohong cut her braid with a pair of scissors and handed it to Xiao Wang.

Xiao Wang tied two braids on her head and wrapped it with a headscarf. From the back, she looked like a real little girl.

After the police left, Leng Qi drove the car again, taking Nie Weimin and Liu Xiaohong, who had her hair braided, with him. This time they were really going to carry out their mission, to catch Su Xiangdong, the man who released Song Jin and was planning to catch him when Song Jin violated Liu Xiaohong, and then make the mining area famous.

"Isn't that Su Xiangdong extremely sinister and smelly like a rat in a sewer?" Liu Xiaohong had her hair cut and always felt empty, so she covered her head.

Nie Weimin shook his head. "That man is very handsome, and his smile is very beautiful. If there is anything that can describe him, it is a warm and gentle sunshine, and a kind elder."

As a delegation from the automobile factory, Su Xiangdong and his team drove themselves and came with a convoy.

They set out from Shanghai and have been traveling for several days, driving themselves, admiring the magnificent mountains and rivers of the motherland along the way, and conducting 100,000-kilometer performance tests on new cars that are about to be released by automobile manufacturers, so that the vehicles can be put on the market with better performance.

Not far from the long-distance bus station, Leng Qi brought his two children and the people from the armed forces, just to see how the ambitious Su Xiangdong would make a dazzling and glorious appearance in this mining area.

It was about 8:30 in the evening. Leng Qi was impatient and kept looking at his watch. Liu Xiaohong, who had her hair cut short, was also a little anxious. Suddenly, Nie Weimin said, "Here they come. Did you see the man driving the Mercedes-Benz in the lead? That's Su Xiangdong."

Do you think all bad people are like rats in the gutter, too despicable to show their faces to others?

not really.

Su Xiangdong was wearing a corduroy shirt and gold-rimmed glasses. He was about thirty years old, with slightly brown skin, soft eyebrows and eyes, and a straight nose. Even through the car window, one could see his intelligent smile.

He had just arrived at the mining area, bringing with him a big project that the mining area had been waiting for for a long time, and was driving a brand new off-road vehicle, ready to help those who were in trouble.

However, with Leng Qi and Yu Gongan around, he is destined to not be able to be an individualistic hero.

Because Leng Qi stopped his car halfway, he saluted and said, "Hello, comrade, we are from the armed forces department of the mining area. We have received a task from our superiors to inspect the vehicles tonight. Please get out of the car and cooperate with our inspection."