Chapter 241

Returned Refugees

In the desert extending a hundred kilometers north of Dongfeng City, an off-road vehicle was speeding past with wind and sand.

Several off-road vehicles were chasing after it and overtook it. It then caught up with and overtook the other cars.

"Political Commissar, can I go home now?" The girl who got off the car was wearing a short-sleeved military uniform. She stood up straight, saluted, and asked.

The political commissar looked at the girl, with her bangs that matched her eyebrows, big smiling eyes, and an upright posture, she was always eye-catching in her military uniform.

"Wang Sitian, your mission has been completed and your leave has been approved, but you still have a very important job to do. This is a task instructed by your superiors. I have to have a good talk with you."

The people getting off the cars behind were all men of different ages wearing military uniforms.

"Her lover is coming back, political commissar. That bastard must be called Nie Weimin, right? Wang Sitian, just wait. We will all be transferred to 714 in the future. When the time comes, you will just have to watch us bully him." The young men whistled and screamed.

The political commissar gave Liu Xiaohong a bottle of water and said, "Hurry up and rinse the sand out of your mouth. Don't argue with them."

"If you dare to bully him, I will tie you to rockets and send you all into outer space one by one." Liu Xiaohong said, throwing a few stones and kicking the group of boys, making them scream.

The young men were not going to do it. "Why? You know that good things should be kept within the family. How can he, a foreign monk, snatch girls from us? Doesn't he know that Dongfeng City has always been a place with more wolves than meat? We are working hard here, while he is enjoying himself in a capitalist country. When he comes back, we will definitely teach him a lesson."

After working together for five years, which young man would not like Liu Xiaohong, who is beautiful and has outstanding professional ability? After all, she is the only one of the right age among the opposite sex that the young men have met.

It's so hateful. She told everyone that she has a partner and is studying abroad.

So, Nie Weimin had been in the United States for five years and had no idea that he had made many enemies for himself.

"What the leader means is that although He Junqiang has repeatedly said that he will come back, it is obvious that he has been stranded abroad. What's even more annoying is that many of his scientific research directions are really important to our communications satellite profession. The country spent a lot of money to train him, but he turned away and went to serve a capitalist country. Now, go find his father and find a way to persuade him to come back. This is your most important task at the moment." said the political commissar.

"I guarantee to complete the task." Liu Xiaohong said and ran away.

After walking a few steps and thinking that her leader could no longer see her, she began to dance on the desert, wiggling her hips and screaming.

"Do you still like her? Is she still your popular lover? Have you seen her going crazy, like a monkey?" The political commissar looked at Liu Xiaohong who was going away and asked the group of guys behind him.

The boys all nodded in unison. "Commissar, don't you think she's cute even if she goes crazy and shakes her butt?"

The group of guys, both big and small, burst into laughter.

Liu Xiaohong suddenly turned around and saw a group of young men waving at her. She covered her mouth and quietly slipped away.

"You are so old, yet you are not stable at all." The political commissar left helplessly.

Capital International Airport.

"The communication satellite launched by our country has been successfully orbited, which means that China has fully mastered the launch vehicle technology and has moved from the experimental stage to the practical stage. As a result, our country's aerospace industry will officially enter the implementation of the manned space program in ten-year stages."

As the plane was about to take off, the live TV broadcast was turned off and the stewardess began to teach everyone how to escape correctly in case of danger on the plane.

"Nie Weimin, are we going to have to work here in the future?" Hong Jiu looked at the report about Dongfeng City in the newspaper and shook Nie Weimin's arm.

Nie Weimin turned his head and looked out the window. At this time, the plane was flying.

He and Hong Jiu transferred from San Francisco to Beijing, and then flew back to the Umayyad mining area from Beijing.

It’s amazing! Most of the second-tier cities in the country don’t have airports, but the mining area already has its own airport, and all the seats are fully occupied.

Looking back at the newspaper, I saw a group of very plain silhouettes, and in the background, there was a satellite being ignited and launched. This was China's first communications satellite, which caused a huge sensation internationally.

He said, "Yeah, we have to go there."

Hong Jiu threw the newspaper away and said, "This is too hard. I have lived in Tarim for many years. Do I have to go to Dongfeng City for the rest of my life? I don't want to go, really."

Hong Jiu is the daughter of Hong Jinbu, the current leader in Beijing. Hong Jinbu used to work in the Public Security Bureau of the Autonomous Region and was Nie Gong's classmate.

Nie Weimin went abroad to study, and although he and Hong Jiu studied different majors, they were both in the same University of Houston. The government arranged for them to live together, and naturally, they became boyfriend and girlfriend during their five years of studying abroad.

Of course, when talking about this, we have to talk about Liu Xiaohong.

Nie Weimin picked up the newspaper and looked at the backs of the group of people in the newspaper. Among them was the back of a girl who was as tall as a boy, with a ponytail and was thin. Unlike the others who raised their hands, she put her hands in her pockets and looked up at the sky.

At just one glance, he knew it was Liu Xiaohong.

By the way, she majored in electronic information engineering. After Nie Weimin went abroad, every time he sent her a letter, it fell on deaf ears.

However, I heard from He Junqiang that Liu Xiaohong has been participating in the research and development of communication satellites.

He sent dozens of letters to mailbox number 10, but received no reply.

But He Junqiang always gets to know the news about Liu Xiaohong before him.

I heard that she had been in Dongfeng City, that she was participating in a confidential mission, and that she was in love with a colleague.

In short, He Junqiang, a student majoring in communications and information engineering, knows everything.

But Nie Weimin knew nothing about Liu Xiaohong.

As Hong Jiu was pursuing her urgently, Nie Weimin agreed. Like everyone else, they pretended to be in love and started dating.

As for Hong Jiu, it was because of him that he followed him to Dongfeng City.

This also made Xiao Nie very happy. He had to find a female comrade who worked in the same place as him to be his wife. Otherwise, it would be difficult to find a partner if he was always isolated in that place.

Well, Comrade Xiao Nie has always been prudent and far-sighted.

By the time all the guys in Dongfeng City who had participated in the communications satellite launch project regarded him as a love rival, he had already solved his personal problems.

In the mining area, Chen Lina was arguing with Su Xiangdong in her spacious office.

"Su Xiangdong, do you still have any shame? You want to pay 120,000 yuan for the wool textile factory. No, this price is too high. I can't afford it."

"You can pay the same amount of money to buy the wool textile factory. Why don't you pay? Oh, yes, the clothing industry can never compete with our automobile industry. You don't have that much money." Su Xiangdong said shamelessly, "The government is bidding. These factories will all be transferred to private ownership. Whoever has money can take over. I have money, so of course it's mine."

The pager on the table rang. Chen Lina picked it up, looked at it, and then took out the landline to call.

"Lina, did the satellite come over to bring you food?" asked the worker.

Before Chen Lina saw Nie Weixing, she heard someone on the stairs say "Hello, uncle, hello, auntie."

She smiled and said, "Yes, she brought me food."

Nie Gong then said, "Hong Jinbu just called and said they are about to arrive at the mining area to discuss the marriage of their children. Are you done with your work? If you are, will you come with me to the airport?"

"Marriage of children?" Chen Lina looked up at Su Xiangdong and sighed, "The children haven't even been born yet and the people from Hong Jiu's family are here. Can I become a grandmother right away?"

Nie Gong also smiled bitterly. "I don't know why Wei Min is so anxious. How old is he? He just graduated and wants to get married. How can we afford to set him up with a family now?"

After hanging up the phone, Chen Lina said, "Su Xiangdong, please give me the wool textile factory."

Su Xiangdong's automobile factory was one of the first enterprises to be privatized in the autonomous region. So now the automobile factory is no longer owned by SAIC, but his own. It is known as the largest automobile production line in the Republic.

His car was produced at the perfect time, during the period of reform and opening up. Foreign cars were expensive, but his were durable, practical, and affordable. In just two years, they took the entire market of the Republic by storm.

In short, Chen Lina is now rich in the mining area.

However, her money was limited, while Su Xiangdong's money was unlimited.

The two of them stared at each other across the table for a while, and neither of them was convinced, then Nie Weixing came in.

She is eleven years old this year. She wears jeans, white sneakers, and has her hair tied up high. Her skin is a shiny bronze color, like wheat.

"My dear, didn't I tell you to put on sunscreen and hold an umbrella? Why did you come here like this?" Su Xiangdong asked.

Nie Weixing smiled and said, "Don't call me a girl. I have a father, and you are not my father."

She put the rice on Chen Lina's table and opened the boxes one by one. "I fried cucumber and eggs. This is the pig's trotter you stewed last night. Below is the noodles. Come and eat."

To be honest, a daughter of a noble family is more reliable than a son. When Deng Chun and Nie Weijiang were in the mining area, Chen Lina had to cook for them every day. Now, a ten-year-old daughter of a noble family can cook for her.

Su Xiangdong watched Nie Weixing grow up. He gestured and said, "You are the tallest girl in your class. The milk powder I gave you was all brought back from New Zealand. You must drink it on time so that you can grow taller."

Su Xiangdong is a strange guy. He is only in his early forties this year, but his hair is not half gray. Well, he really looks old, like he is in his fifties.

"It's hot, don't touch me." Nie Weixing said, and suddenly he shouted excitedly and kicked back, almost knocking Su Xiangdong down.

Chen Lina laughed out loud, "Su Xiangdong, stop thinking you are my daughter's godfather. My satellite doesn't have a godfather like you. If you still argue with me about the wool textile factory, don't come to my house anymore. We don't welcome you."

I looked at the watch. It was 3:30 in the afternoon.

Today is the weekend and Weixing doesn't have to go to school. In the afternoon, he helped his mother organize documents, clean the factory, and massage her legs and back.

"I had forgotten what my oldest brother looked like," she said.

Chen Lina said, "They send us photos every year, in color, and you've seen them."

Nie Weixing Laipi smiled in front of his mother, "But that's not a real person."

Yes, in order to save travel expenses, Nie Weimin and Erdan brothers have been away from home for five years and have never returned home.

"Let's go and pick up my brother. Didn't he say he would arrive this afternoon?" said Nie Weixing.

Chen Lina sat behind her desk and thought for a long time, then shook her head and said, "No, he knows where his home is, let him come back by himself."

"But isn't Aunt Jiu coming too? Why aren't you accepting her?"

Jiu Zhaonan, Hong Jinbu's wife, is also a cadre in the autonomous region. However, Chen Lina is only an acquaintance with her and has never even spoken to her.

Chen Lina said, "You know, my dear girl, if you are someone's mother-in-law, you are naturally superior to others, but if you are someone's mother-in-law, you are naturally inferior to others. Now, I am like Huang Guilan from your hometown in Qisi Township. I can't even be a mother-in-law. I don't want to see my mother-in-law."

Nie Weixing then said, "Then let's not meet her. Let's go to the mining area and let Dad go to see Uncle Hong by himself."

Of course Chen Lina wanted to meet Nie Weimin and Hong Jiu.

But, subconsciously, she felt that the other party was being too pushy.

She is only 36, and Nie Weimin is only 23. Can't they let the two kids talk about dating first? Why are they in such a hurry? It's really true. They want to get them engaged as soon as the kids get off the plane.

In the afternoon, Chen Lina made a phone call and asked Leng Qi to come out.

The newly built water park is located right in the middle of the mining area and the base. The mining area government is wealthy and has directly drawn water from the Baiyang River to create an artificial lake that stretches as far as the eye can see.

Leng Qi always brings his son with him whenever he goes out.

Leng Feng is eight years old this year. He is taller than Nie Weixing and is very naughty.

As soon as he entered the park, he took off his shoes and socks and threw them at his father, and took off his clothes while running. All the clothes fell on Nie Weixing. He took off his clothes until he was left with only his trousers and dived into the artificial lake.

"Feng Feng, come back to me!" Nie Weixing screamed, "Aren't you afraid of drowning?"

She turned back and complained, "Uncle Leng, look at Fengfeng. It's only June and the water is still cold. He's diving into the water again."

"Well, wait until he comes out and I'll hold him down while you spank his butt." Leng Qi responded absentmindedly.

Leng Feng was not afraid at all. He swam on his back and ducked upside down in the water. He disappeared for a long time. Nie Weixing was so anxious outside that he kept jumping up and down. He saw his two feet kicking outside.

When she was about to take off her clothes and get into the water, he suddenly popped his head out of the water and spat a mouthful of water all over Nie Weixing's face.

"Leng Feng, you are dead. I will beat your ass to death tonight."

"I will go to Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts when I am ten years old, and then you won't be able to beat me." Leng Feng stuck out his tongue, fell headfirst, and dived into the water again.

Nie Weixing roared, "No, I will beat you to death before you are ten years old, seriously."

"Look, Secretary Leng, from the beginning, the automobile factory was privatized, then the plastic factory separated from the oil company and was acquired by Su Xiangdong, and then several state-owned hotels were all taken into his pocket. And the building materials city, shopping mall, and small commodity wholesale market that he is currently building, that large number of industries, all of them drove out the original workers, and then recruited new people and signed them as contract workers. So many workers are dissatisfied, and the floating population in the mining area is increasing. This is not a good thing." Chen Lina said worriedly.

Leng Qi didn't want to. "I take him to the office for training every day. But, Chen Lina, the policy is issued by the state, and you are the promoter of this new economic policy. What do you think I should do?"

Poor Leng Qi has never had a good life since the first day he became the secretary.

When others are leaders, everyone is submissive, but he has to say something to anyone he meets.

"If I'm willing to spend another $200,000, I can transform the wool textile factory, but that's too risky." Chen Lina folded her arms and said, "My two sons will graduate from college soon, and Weijiang is also in college. Weixing is also growing up and will also go to school. It's not like before. Studying abroad is free. Because of Weiguo, I really don't dare to take any risks."

When the children were young, Chen Lina dared to do anything.

It’s different now. Erdan is the money-eating machine in their family. The couple earns money, but he spends it all by himself. Even so, Erdan often calls and says he is not full.

In the photo he sent me, she had long hair, big sunken eyes, and was so thin that she looked like she was on drugs.

However, he would always write letters to assure his leaders that he did not take drugs, had promiscuous relationships, or hang out with drug addicts, and that he was just trying to lose weight.

Seeing that Chen Lina was anxious, Leng Qi said, "How about this? You ask Deng Dongya to attract some Hong Kong businessmen to invest and take over the two woolen textile factories?"

Chen Lina shook her head decisively. "I must own an absolute stake in my company. I will not dilute my shares."

In order to dilute the shares and attract more shareholders, Chen Lina was worried that she was not smart enough and could not outsmart others, so she would be kicked out.

Moreover, her own clothing brand is currently being marketed nationwide. As long as the market is established, it will be easy to make money.

But for now, this is the most tense period for her finances, and Su Xiangdong, a capital glutton, wants to take advantage of this period to take over all of Xiang Zhi, whom she has high hopes for.

Well, although they were both building mining areas, her construction was different from Su Xiangdong's. He did make the economy of the mining area soar, but the people in the mining area did not become rich. It was he who became rich.

Leng Feng was angry with the satellite in the water and kept challenging her, "Ah, I'm drowning, come down and save me, little satellite."

"I saved you because you were going to die. My mother An would be sad. Don't think I care about you."

"I don't care about you either, you stinky satellite, you black-hearted little satellite, you beat me up all day long."

The satellite was so angry that he turned around and complained again, "Uncle Leng, he is making me angry again."

Leng Qi then yelled, "Leng Feng, get out here."

Leng Feng was not afraid of anything else, but he was afraid of his father yelling at him, because if he didn't listen after the yelling, he would definitely be beaten. He was so scared that he crawled out of the water, his underwear was nowhere to be found, and he was covering his throbbing little butt.

Leng Qi grabbed him and said, "Come on, Weixing, beat him up. See if he dares to make you angry again."

Nie Weixing slapped Leng Feng twice on the buttocks with a loud slap. "I don't think you dare to mess around again."

Chen Lina just looked and smiled without saying anything.

When Weixing was little, he called everyone "Dad". Now that he has grown up, he knows that only Ye Gong is his dad, so he won't call anyone else that anymore.

There's just one bad thing about this girl. She's very protective and fierce towards Leng Feng.

When he is protective, it's like he is protecting his younger brother. When he is fierce, it's also like he is a fierce younger brother.

Leng Feng hated her very much. "When I go to Shaolin Temple and learn Kung Fu, I will first hold down my dad and then spank you. I will pay you back for all the spankings you have given me."

Leng Qi was wiping his son's face and turned to Chen Lina and said, "Do you believe it? He doesn't know how lucky he is now. He will regret it in the future."

Chen Lina thought to herself, I don’t even want to be related to you, Leng Qi.

But she was not worried about this. What she was most worried about was the in-laws that Nie Weimin had found for her.