Chapter 214

Squatting

"Who started the fire, and who lured Wang Xiaobing to that place?" Nie Gong asked.

Erdan was very honest in his hospitality. "Xiaolu lit the fire, and Wang Xiaobing went there on his own. Dad, I really just watched from a distance. They said I was a student and didn't let me go. I don't know why the matchbox with my fingerprints was at the crime scene."

He was shedding tears.

"What about the explosion? How did it come about?" Nie Gong asked again.

Erdan said, "Xiao Meng and Xiao Jin were helping to load the goods. When they were operating, they suddenly dropped the rear fender of the truck, which made a very loud noise."

So, the explosion and the fire, that's what happened, happened at the same time.

The worker looked at his eldest son and asked, "Don't you have anything to say?"

Nie Weimin raised his hand and said, "I am the one who manipulates the situation. Just arrest me."

"Are you proud of yourself when you play with fire and show off your cleverness? Do you think no one can ever see through you?" Nie Gong asked.

Nie Weimin nodded. "If you do it well, it won't be exposed. Besides, Dad, I've thought about it many times. I could use gunpowder, but I know the train station is a crowded place, so I didn't dare."

There are guns and gunpowder at home. If he were to be more ruthless, he would have to take the gun out.

"But do you know that in a crowded place like a train station, a stampede is as terrible as an explosion? And your mother and the satellite were in the train station at the time. If there was a large-scale commotion and chaos, they might be trampled to death?"

Nie Weimin’s face turned pale and he said nothing.

If Chen Lina hadn't had the support of Su Xiangdong, the oil thief, she would have stepped on the railroad tracks for sure, but she didn't say this. If she had said it, Nie Gong would probably have shot her with a hunting rifle.

The younger sister is shaking her father's leg and saying, "Dad, my brother knows he is wrong, he just keeps saying it." Well, at this moment the younger sister is the cutest.

Deng Chun was so scared outside that his soul was about to die. "Weijiang, your father is not crazy, is he? Nie Weimin and Nie Weiguo are his own sons. If he doesn't help them clear their names, he will send them to prison?"

"It's a police station, but it's just detention, not jail," said Sandan.

Deng Chun gave a thumbs up and said, "Your father is really evil."

"What should we do? Do you want to turn yourself in to the police station, or do you want me to take you there?" asked Nie Gong.

Nie Weimin said, "I can go by myself."

Erdan said in a very uncooperative manner, "Mom, I'm hungry." He didn't know what else to say. He just didn't want to leave home, didn't want to leave his mother, and, besides, go to prison.

Although no one has ever been imprisoned, when everyone hears the word "prison", they subconsciously feel that they are doomed from then on.

"Let them eat first?" Chen Lina said.

"Yes, eat your fill first." said the younger sister, who was busy preparing slippers for Erdan.

Erdan's slippers were stinking. His sister blew her nose and said they were really stinky, and put them in the washbasin for him.

Erdan howled toward the sky, crying so hard that the roof almost fell off.

Sandan was fine, but Deng Chun was terrified. "No, I can't stand this kind of scene. Nie Weijiang, let's go to the small forest to memorize English. Let's study hard and don't learn from them."

Thinking of how his dad got so angry that his stomach ached and then banged his head against the wall, Deng Chun felt so sad.

He also missed his father very much. Oh, if only his mother were still alive, Deng Chun thought, if my mother were still alive, I would definitely be obedient.

For dinner, Chen Lina made machine-made noodles with mutton sauce. Since Erdan liked her hand-rolled noodles, she even hand-rolled another one for him.

He stir-fried some beans and pork belly, mixed some cucumber with cold sauce, and also stewed some yellow stew that had been in the refrigerator yesterday and put it on the table. These were all his and his brothers’ favorite dishes.

The younger sister, who was very small, had already prepared slippers, face towels, toothbrushes and washbasins for the two of them and placed them on the floor.

She gave Nie Weimin a piece of cucumber and said, "Remember to be happy when you are outside."

Nie Weimin pursed his lips and nodded, then touched his sister's hair.

She put another piece of meat in Erdan's mouth. "You have to roll the egg noodles with dumplings for reunion. You have to roll the egg after eating."

"How can this child be so talkative? Where did he learn it?" Chen Lina asked.

The satellite said, "My father Leng taught me this. He said that in the army, people eat noodles when they have eggs rolled."

"That's not called getting out, that's called being discharged." The father, who had been pretending to be serious and sad, finally couldn't help but remind his sister, "You can't go to your uncle Leng's house anymore, he's so rude."

"But Dad Leng said you are petty, huh." said my sister.

Nie Gong almost couldn't hold back his laughter and had to turn his face away.

Nie Weimin, he could feel that maybe the matter was not that serious, because he learned from Su Xiangdong what was breaking the law and what was committing a crime. He was very careful to grasp the line, and at most he was detained for two days for criticism and education.

But in Nie Wei's country, the sky has fallen.

The future of him and his gang is ruined. He is going to jail and he will be a prisoner from now on.

After dinner, he insisted on washing the dishes for his mother one last time.

The laborer asked them to leave quickly. Chen Lina felt sorry for the child, so the whole family watched Erdan wash the dishes again.

As for Erdan, he said as if he was saying goodbye to her. "Mom, I'm sorry. It turns out that I'm always careless when washing the dishes. I want you to wash them again."

"It's okay, just wash it off later."

"I'm going to die in prison. Don't miss me, but I will always remember you." Erdan didn't dare to look at his mother or his sister. Sometimes he regretted that he never washed the dishes thoroughly, and sometimes he regretted that he didn't love his sister enough. He hugged Nie Weixing and cried.

As for Nie Weixing, he was kind and righteous, but never sad. If he was annoying, he would just say, "Hey, get out of here, brother, you stink."

Erdan looked back every few steps as he walked. He was dragged into the car by Nie Weimin.

The family put the quilt, washbasin and toothbrush in the back closet, took the younger ones with them, and went to the waiting room with the two older ones.

"Mom, I'm dying, please don't miss me." Erdan's tears were like the ocean.

Chen Lina said, "You won't die. Besides, you did something bad and went to jail. This is your legal responsibility. I will pick you up when you get out."

"What if I die?" Erdan was so shocked that he burst into tears.

My sister said, "We will bury you."

In fact, when Yu Donghai heard that Nie Gong wanted to deal with his son, he was quite embarrassed at first.

There was no evidence of guilt, but they framed the two children and put them in a detention center. This is not in compliance with the law.

It just so happened that they had uncovered a drug smuggling case at the border, and District Chief Hu was at the Public Security Bureau receiving a report.

There aren't many people taking drugs in the mining area right now. There was a guy named Kuer who was originally arrested, but he died of a drug overdose on his way back from the border.

The conversation shifted from the drug trafficking case to the fire at the train station. Since the incident happened when the senior high school students were about to take an exam, Hu Xuanang asked a few more questions.

Yu Donghai added that the worker suspected that his two sons did it, but there was no evidence at present, so he could only torture them into confessing and scare the children. He asked Hu Xuanang what to do.

Hu Xuanang remembered something.

He said, "I am a little older than Nie Gong. I was born in 1938. I went to primary school in Beiping. At that time, I really liked grinding tofu. I didn't want to go to school. I would rather go to Yongshun next door to help people grind tofu than go to school. I was hungry during those two years. Moreover, Beiping was occupied by the Japanese. Not to mention that people were fighting for food on the streets, the people lived in fear. It was not easy to go to school at that time. One day, I refused to go to school, so my father said he would send me to the security team. Of course, he gave me money and made a call, but I didn't know that I was in there for three days. When I got out, I was willing to study hard."

Yu Donghai laughed and said, "The new society now is incomparable to the old society, leader."

"I think that as long as it can educate children, everything can be accommodated. There are even many overseas places that allow children to experience various adult jobs for a day. There are also many rural places where children who don't want to study are forced to farm for a year. Why can't you detain them for two days? Detaining them for two days can save a child on the verge of committing a crime, and it is necessary."

Well, just close it, but in order to avoid any negative impact, Yu Donghai specifically asked the worker to drive the car to the back.

I was afraid that someone would see it and spread gossip.

Li Mingcheng came to bring food to Hu Xuanang, so Hu Xuanang instructed, "Mingcheng, you don't like singing, so make some sad music, it must be very tragic, and sing outside the detention room, so that the Nie Weimin brothers can wake up their brains."

So, after entering the detention room and changing his clothes, Erdan heard the sound of a guitar outside.

Li Mingcheng has recently been crazy about the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, which was a cassette given to him by Gao Xiaobing. That kind of music, the kind of regret in the voice, the kind of helplessness, the kind of despair of a dying man.

Especially when she kept calling out "Mom" in the middle, all the hairs on Erdan's body seemed to be ignited.

"Brother, what are the lyrics of this song? Can you understand it?" he asked Nie Weimin.

"Mom, I just killed someone."

"Put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. Now he is dead." Nie Weimin listened and translated for Erdan, "Mom, life has just begun, but now I have completely ruined it... I don't mean to make you cry. If I can't come back by this time tomorrow, you must hold on... hold on..."

But it turned out that his moment had already been sung in the song of farewell.

Nie Weiguo suddenly stopped crying and squatted in the corner.

The detention room was a separate one, with only his two brothers, Erdan and Nie Weimin, sitting opposite each other, quietly listening to Li Mingcheng singing outside in the middle of the night.

As for Nie Weiguo's gang, all those who participated in framing Wang Xiaobing were also imprisoned separately.

Killing a chicken to scare the monkey, Sandan and Deng Chun only realized at this moment that if they really did something bad, they would be arrested and put in jail.

I guess it has never been as peaceful as it is now since Deng Chun was born.

After looking at each other, the two of them leaned their heads together and fell asleep peacefully.

At night, Chen Lina was lying on the kang. She had just coaxed her sister to sleep when the laborer came in.

After sitting alone for a while, he turned Chen Lina's cheek and kissed her, then prepared to leave again.

"You're not going to work overtime tonight, are you? Why are you going out now?" Chen Lina asked.

The worker said, "I am worried about the children being detained, so I am waiting outside for them to leave."

Having said that, he left.

In fact, he was detained for a total of 48 hours. On the morning of the third day, in order for Nie Weimin to arrive at school earlier, Yu Donghai woke him up at six o'clock in the morning.

It was still dark outside and it was pitch black.

It was a cold April morning, and the wind was filled with the scent of flowers.

Nie Weimin's personality is quite similar to Su Xiangdong's. He thinks he is smart and knows that his father would not dare to affect his future. Besides, he really just played a prank.

He was detained for two days and received a small punishment. After he was released, he went to school and took exams. For him, it was not a big loss. So, he was calm.

As a result, when he came out of the Public Security Bureau and turned the corner to go to school, he found a car parked on the side of the road. Looking up, he could even see the steel bars on the window of the detention room on the second floor.

This car looks familiar, okay, 00002, this is his car.

There were several thick quilts on the roof of the car, with a thin layer of frost on them. The worker was sleeping on the driver's seat with his arms folded. In order to prevent himself from suffocating, he opened the window a little.

Nie Weimin understood.

The car was placed right under the window because his father was afraid that they would escape from the detention room, and the blanket was placed under the window to prevent them from breaking their legs when jumping out if they did escape.

I guess he stayed there like this for the past two nights.

After wiping his head, Nie Weimin took two quick steps outside the car and rested his head against the car window.

Taking a deep breath, he knocked on the window and said, "Dad."

"Oh, you're out. Where's Weiguo? I'll take you guys to have a bowl of mutton noodles." Nie Gong woke up and didn't seem to be surprised. He said to Nie Weimin.

"He won't run away, nor will he jump off the building. Also, they have to keep him in custody for another twelve hours. Can you take me to have breakfast first and then send me to school? I think I've fallen behind a lot," said Nie Weimin.

The worker moved the car over, and the father and son took down all the quilts, got in the car, and went to have breakfast.

In the evening, Chen Lina, along with Deng Chun, Sandan and her sisters, were about to go pick up Nie Weiguo and his twenty lackeys. None of them were spared and all are now in the detention center.

Leng Qi was surprised to be invited to pick up the gangsters. "How dare you start a fire? Just rush back to Hami. Chen Lina, you are just too nosy."

To be honest, everyone is extremely disgusted with thugs who like to steal.

If you have bad character, what else can you talk about?

My sister also said, "One person puts a big foot."

Deng Chun and Sandan sat very straight, without saying a word.

I took the children with me and went back to the garment factory. They were detained, so they definitely didn't eat well. Also, it was mainly due to the psychological pressure that the children, who had managed to gain weight, became thin.

The cafeteria provided noodles, one bowl for each person. When Erdan didn't move his chopsticks, Xiaolu and the others didn't move either. Chen Lina picked up the noodles and gave the chopsticks to Erdan. Only then did the gang of gangsters dare to pick up the noodles.

"You think it's just a fire and a noise, but someone almost got trampled to death at the train station that day." Chen Lina saw that they had all started eating, and then she said, "Nie Weixing and I almost got trampled on the rails, and the train was about to leave at that time. If it had left, we would have been crushed to death on the rails."

Erdan didn't dare to eat again. He held back his tears but didn't dare to say anything.

"You may think that this is no big deal. After all, I am just a stranger to you, and Nie Weixing is just a little girl you don't know. But what if it is your own family member? What will you do if they are stepped on and damaged?" Since you want to educate them, then be heartbroken and say it more seriously.

In fact, for these children, Chen Lina at least gave them a bowl of rice, and hired a teacher at night to teach them how to read and write. The only downside was that the salary was too little, only two yuan a month, and they had no money to spend.

But what about Nie Weixing? What a lovely little girl. If she was really crushed to death by a train, all these kids would probably go crazy.

Erdan didn't eat the noodles. He looked at his sister with red eyes.

My sister said, "I'm not dead. I'm fine. Look."

She stretched out her little arms, and the gang's eyes turned red. They couldn't imagine how they could live on if the little satellite was going to be run over by a train.

"It's not that I'm stingy with your wages, but you all eat a lot. Food is a big expense, and hiring teachers for your studies is also a lot of money. You also need a place to live and clothes to wear, and that all costs money, doesn't it?" Chen Lina then said.

The children fell silent again.

In fact, clothing factories do not have such large shipments, and they can indeed eat.

"Stop talking. Those who are over 16 years old, follow me. Those who are under 16 years old, go back to the clothing factory to move goods. If anyone dares to cause trouble, they will be sent to the juvenile detention center." Leng Qi said.

It was not like he couldn't see that Chen Lina was deliberately exposing herself in such a way that she wanted these children to join the army.

To join the army now is different from before. For example, he wore a military uniform at the age of 13 or 14. Now he has to be 18 years old. However, in the frontier, this condition can be relaxed because the conscription conditions are not enough. It mainly changes according to the local situation.

So, Leng Qi can make the decision.

"Your mother can't raise so many children, Nie Weixing. Your aunt Anna only has one child, and Fengfeng is so cute. Please consider going to my house." Leng Qi whispered.

"No, you have poop on your hands." The satellite whispered.

Leng Qi was so angry that he stretched out his hands and said, "I have washed it many times."

Nie Weixing covered his mouth with his hands. "But it still stinks."

Leng Qi took a deep breath and whispered, "You know, there are so many children in your family, and your dad has wiped the poop for all of them. Wouldn't his hands stink even more?" It was a heartless smear.

My sister thought about it and it seemed so. Leng Qi said, "Boys are really annoying. The older they get, the more annoying they are. Do you think your boy is as cute as Fengfeng?"

The younger sister thought about it and thought that she didn't have any. Chen Lina then said, "Anyway, your second brother is not obedient. He sings for money, and then he eats and drinks as much as he wants. I heard that the boss of the Sichuan restaurant calls him "big brother" and "satellite" when he sees him. If you don't have any other choice, you can go to your father Leng's house. Your second brother will clean up our house sooner or later."

Erdan was so frightened that he raised his hands and said, "Mom, I've changed. I really have."

Nie Weiguo was a heartbroken man. In his previous life, he was a generous man who earned a lot and spent a lot. When he died, he did not have a penny in his pocket.

But in this life, he deeply realized what parents and family meant, and how difficult it was to walk the right path.

So, he learned to save money.

I also understand that he is living not only for himself, but also for the expectations of his family.

From then on, although he still sang to earn money, he never spent a penny carelessly.