Chapter 63

Melon Thief

The deliciousness of rabbit meat lies in the fact that it has no fat and is all lean meat. However, the meat is not as tight as that of other animals. It is very smooth and easy to rot.

Moreover, you don’t need to add too many seasonings when stewing it. Just add wild mushrooms and stir-fry the sugar color. When the sugar is evenly coated, it will have a natural reddish-brown color.

The most fragrant part of a rabbit is its four legs.

Each person had a big fat leg in his bowl, and a buckwheat pancake wrapped with cabbage and carrot shreds marinated in apple juice. The two children, who hadn't eaten meat for a long time, didn't dare to touch it.

"Eat it." Nie Bozhao said, picking up the pancake and taking a bite.

Erdan immediately grabbed the rabbit leg and took a bite. Nie Weimin was in the process of replacing his lower front teeth, and every bite of the biscuit would leave a rabbit mark.

"Wei Min, let me ask you, if someone bullies Erdan and Sandan in the future, will you just pick up your fist and beat them up without even thinking?" asked Nie Bozhao.

Chen Lina had just served the soup and was about to say, "That's enough, stop scolding the child while eating," when Nie Bozhao glared at her sternly.

Well, mom doesn’t dare to say anything.

Nie Weimin thought about it seriously and nodded, "Fight, you must fight. If you don't fight, you are not a man."

"So you have no better way to solve these problems than resorting to force?"

Nie Weimin thought about it and shook his head firmly, "No."

Erdan quickly said, "Dad, my fists are very useful." He ate a lot and had strong explosive power, so his little fists were as strong as stones. Occasionally, when he bumped into Chen Lina while playing, she would be out of breath for a long time.

Chen Lina burst out laughing.

Then, Nie Weimin and Erdan also bit their lips and smiled embarrassedly.

"As you know, Dad was given away to your grandparents when Hongyan was liberated in 1948. When Dad first arrived in the city, he was only 8 years old. He was very thin due to malnutrition caused by fleeing famine. Dad's adoptive parents were soldiers, so Dad lived in the military compound at that time. The people living in that compound were all the families of the regiment commanders, battalion commanders, and chiefs of staff. The children of the military families were all very naughty, even more naughty than you. So when Dad first arrived, he was always beaten."

Erdan was very angry when he heard this. "Dad is so tall and has such a big fist, but he can't beat a few kids?"

"Dad was also a child at that time," Nie Bozhao explained.

However, as simple as Erdan is, he can't imagine what his father looked like as a child. After all, when he was born, the father he remembered was this tall and omnipotent.

"At that time, Hongyan had not been fully liberated, and our border areas had not been liberated either. The mission of the Hongyan Military Region was to liberate Hongyan, the border areas and Tibet. The adults were very busy and had no time to take care of us. There was a little girl named Ma Xiaofang in the compound. One day, she gave me a winter pear. When her brother Ma Dafang found out, he refused to give in and chased after my father, beating him and burying him in the snow to prevent him from coming out."

Sandaner was angry, "Dad, jump up and beat him up."

Nie Bozhao shook his head calmly. "Dad was ill for a long time at that time. Then, your grandfather came back for vacation and taught Dad how to read and write. That’s how Dad started to recognize words."

Erdan bit the rabbit's leg angrily and said angrily, "If I were there, I would have beaten him to death."

Nie Bozhao picked up a piece of rabbit meat with chopsticks and rolled up a pancake. He said, "Later, my father went to school. He only went to primary school for two years, junior high school for two years, and then went to high school and took the college entrance examination. As for Ma Dafang, because he could not study, he only found a job delivering newspapers in the government compound after liberation. In 1958, there was a great famine and the whole country was starving. Because my father scored full marks in physics and chemistry when he was taking the college entrance examination, the state approved him to go to the Industrial University to study, while Ma Dafang was sent to the countryside to smelt steel."

"And what happened to him later?"

"There is not enough food. I am starving to death."

"Why didn't Dad starve to death?"

"Because there were many grandpas, uncles, and people who believed that Dad would achieve something, so they saved their own food and gave it to Dad, so that Dad could study hard, strive to win glory for the country, strive to develop the oil economy, and let everyone not go hungry. That's why Dad survived."

Nie Bozhao was very sad, but Erdan was not interested in that. He asked curiously, "Dad, what did you eat back then? Was it also big fat rabbits and pancakes?"

"When Dad was the hungriest, he ate leather belts. He had to boil them for two days and two nights before he could chew them. He also ate steamed buns made from buckwheat husks and mixed with sorghum stalks. Oh, and freshly peeled tree bark. It was very bitter and astringent, but also very filling."

"Dad, it sounds delicious!" Erdan slurped, his saliva flowing.

Nie Weimin said, "Fighting is a short-term battle, but learning can make us invincible. Dad, am I right?"

"You are absolutely right." said Nie Bozhao.

Nie Weimin is a child with high IQ and good at summarizing. Of course, the disharmony in his early family is probably also the reason that contributed to his precocity. In short, as long as he doesn't grow up in a wrong direction, he will be a very good talent who will be useful to the society.

Today Nie Bozhao washed the dishes. Nie Weimin and Erdan, who had been criticized, were particularly well-behaved. They swept, mopped, and tidied the kang on their own initiative without being called upon, and went to bed early.

Chen Lina went into the study, took out the household registration form from her farm, and stared at it in a daze.

After distributing them, he stared at a large box on the table.

Inside this large wooden box are two large footprints made of gel, placed in a box of soil to make a sandbox.

The farm was stolen, and the latest varieties of squash, grapes and other valuable crops were stolen. Seedling expert Tian Jin was of course very angry. The captain of the first team just searched out Sun Duoyu, but Tian Jin felt that Sun Duoyu was not the real thief.

Why?

Because he compared the footprints left at the scene, the thief's footprints did not match Sun Duoyu's at all.

After all, he is an expert. In order to obtain complete footprint samples, he made a gel of flour and starch by himself, and then sank it into the footprints on the ground. He made two complete footprint models and handed them to Chen Lina, intending to send them to the Uru City Public Security Bureau so that the comrades in the Criminal Investigation Department could help solve the case and find the real culprit.

At this time, the gel has solidified. Well, it actually looks like two shoes. They restore the length and width of the thief's two feet in the soil, as well as the depth of their steps.

Chen Lina is actually quite distressed.

To send samples to the Uru City Public Security Bureau, she had to send the farm's household registration form, and if she sent the household registration form, basically all the five black categories in the farm would be exposed. In order to catch a thief, she had to hurt both thieves.

"Want to find the thief?" Nie Bozhao came in after washing his hands.

"Yes, of course. I especially want to find the melon thief."

"Come here, let me help you find it." Nie Bozhao said, and carefully took out his micrometer, height gauge, thickness meter and other items from the handbag he always carried with him.

"Old Nie, aren't these things from your laboratory strictly forbidden to be passed on to others?"

"Is there any problem with giving it to my family?" he actually asked back.

Measuring dimensions and making formulas, this man who was very strong in mathematics, chemistry and physics was actually prepared to use a set of formulas to help her find the thief in the farm.

After a while, he adjusted his pencil and pointed to the equation he had worked out and said, "This person is one meter tall, with short legs but big feet. Judging from the stress surface of the soil, he weighs 65 kilograms. His hands should also be very thick. Therefore, height is a problem. This person is a dwarf."

"Old Nie, there are no dwarfs on our farm. Besides, if you can catch one, I will believe you are a god."

This engineering student is just like a god. Of course, he is an engineer who is devoted to his work. He wears black-rimmed glasses and a white shirt. His eyes are deep and focused. He is so handsome. Really handsome.

Comrade Lao Nie threw down his pen, elbowed his family member on the table, took off his glasses, and looked at it intently.

Chen Lina smelled a very strange smell, lust. It wasn't even a full month yet and this man was in heat again.

Well, he is so anxious now, and the frequency of his irritability is increasing.

"That's not right, Comrade Lao Nie. It's only mid-September now. It's not long since we had our last visit."

Nie Bozhao said bitterly, "Comrade Xiao Chen, I have to admit that having sex once a month is really too torturous. I think about this every day and I can't work efficiently at all. Today, I shot nine rings in the wild, and one even missed the target. Do you know why?"

"Why?"

"I saw you standing just opposite." And she was naked. Oh my god, the worker turned over and lay on the ground looking at the sky, thinking that he might have gone crazy.

"So what?" Chen Lina asked.

Little guy, even if he is a robot, she is confident that he will fall at her feet.

However, she had to behave herself at this time and not let him see her pride.

"So, I plan to get through it early this month, which should improve my work efficiency," said Nie Bo.

"Didn't you have military training for a day? It turns out that every time you come back from military training, you use the excuse that your arms hurt and you can't lift them up, and you don't even wash the dishes. Since you are tired after a day, how can you still do push-ups?"

"I think it's not a problem. Tomorrow is the weekend, so I can just take a day off."

"Comrade Lao Nie, you are destroying the discipline you set for yourself. This is not your style. Or are you also confused by the decadence and depravity of capitalism and only want to enjoy yourself instead of thinking about building the motherland?"

"No, no, I want to be able to devote myself to work better and improve work efficiency. This has nothing to do with the extravagance and luxury of capitalism."

After running thirty kilometers carrying the gun, he really couldn't lift his arms. But when Lao Nie thought about tonight... and the fact that he didn't have to worry about his lover getting pregnant, his heart was filled with pride and ambition.

Just like the members who smashed door locks and iron pots during the steelmaking spree, they simply thought they could produce 10,000 kilograms of steel by launching a satellite into the sky based on their fantasies.

"Okay, if your arm really hurts, just lie down. Today, your little princess is going to show you something new." The lover said, and stopped the worker.

…

"Why, Comrade Xiao Chen, what is this called?"

"This is called the emancipated peasants singing. Have you seen this?"

The worker had never seen anything like this before, he only thought that his little princess not only rode on him and sang, but also suddenly slipped off.

He howled and woke up the horses at Hamama's house next door. In the middle of the night, the horses' howling was so loud that it covered up the worker's gaffe.

Well, his little princess, no, it should be the White Bone Demon, the Spider Demon, who showed Nie Gong a scene similar to that in “Liao Zhai”, where fox spirits devour men’s essence.

After finishing, Nie Gong lay on the bed with his legs spread out, feeling that he had smelted steel and built a satellite with just an earthen kiln, and had really put the legendary satellite into the sky.

This woman is not a woman, she is a annoying little goblin.

"Well, little princess, Miss Chen, can we do it again?"

"Get lost, you wish for it."

…

Early the next morning, the worker was sleeping soundly. In the morning, he found himself thrown into the next room. Sandan, who came over, hugged his mother and did not allow Chen Lina to get up. He wanted to sleep with her too.

Erdan was occupying the big kang by himself. He didn't even know where his pants had gone. His chubby buttocks were being exposed to the sun, and he was also sleeping soundly.

Only Nie Weimin had gotten up. His nose was broken yesterday and the pain was so severe that he could not sleep. He got up, went to the kitchen, found himself a pancake from last night, rolled it up with some vegetables and ate it, then sat in the living room to read a book.

"The son of the laborer beat someone up. The son of Director Chen beat someone up. Look at my son. He was beaten so badly that he couldn't even walk. He stayed in the hospital all night and no one came to comfort him or visit him.

Is it true that the workers at the base are naturally noble, and we farmers are landowners, and naturally inferior? Director Chen came out, and the laborers came out. Now I want justice for my son. "

A woman's voice, sharp and piercing, echoed throughout the base.

"Wei Min is not a kid who hits people, right? He just loves to lead the troops in battle. How could a kid who always keeps saying 'stop when necessary' hit people?" Sister Wang didn't believe it at first, and came out holding Jinbao's hand.

Mother Ham was feeding the horses and said, "Yes, he brought me a bucket of water yesterday. He usually doesn't beat his children."

"It's really weird. Look at those kids. Their faces are bruised and their heads are wrapped in gauze. It looks like they've been beaten."

Finally, the big iron gate of Lao Nie's house opened loudly, and a group of onlookers and farm members who were demanding fairness gathered around, and a skinny boy came out.

"You, your parents, beat a kid so hard that he ended up in the hospital, and you didn't say a word, nor did you bring a basket of fruit. You think you're great just because you're rich. Just give him 10 yuan, and that's it? Look at my son Li Ye's head. I don't think he'll be able to go to school anymore. His brain has been beaten to a pulp. You have to pay, pay."

Li Ye's mother grabbed Nie Weimin and slapped him on the head. Several other parents also pointed and poked at him, "Pay money, ask Director Chen to come out and pay us."

In fact, at the beginning, these parents had a good attitude, thinking that the matter would be resolved as long as the other party compensated and apologized.

But when we got to the hospital, Chen Lina was busy and couldn't go there at night.

Several parents discussed it together and decided to change their minds.

Nie Gong is the number one figure in the entire mining area. He is praised by the leader on the radio every day. Maybe the country has awarded him a lot of money. Chen Lina is the director and drives the number one car in the base. Who would believe that such a family has no money?

Although Chen Lina is the manager, she is fair and just. After all, she is a woman with a soft face. If everyone doesn't give her a gift now, when will they?

"Yes, pay money, one hundred dollars per child, pay money now."

Early in the morning, still in her pajamas, Chen Lina came out with sleepy eyes.

The members of several farms each took one hand and tore, pulled, pushed and shoved, surrounding Nie Weimin, the most respectable man, in the middle, as if they wanted to eat him alive.

As for Nie Weimin, he said nothing, lowered his head, and just stood there.

"Let my son go."

"Director Chen, you are our beloved Director Chen, but you must pay the money." Having said that, Li Ye let Nie Weimin go.

As a result, Chen Lina went back again.

Here, Li Ye's mother ran to Nie's door and just as she was about to say something, a bucket of urine splashed out.

"You have no manners to discipline your children and you indulge them. How dare you do that?"

"Xiao Chen, you are the manager, you must pay attention to discipline. This may have a bad impact." Sister Wang was pregnant with her third child, and she came up to protect Chen Lina regardless of the crowds.

Mother Ham also said, "Xiao Chen, you can't be so impulsive. You are the manager."

"I'm not the manager now, I'm just a housewife." Chen Lina rolled up her sleeves and pointed at Li Ye's mother and said, "Let me ask you, how old is your child, huh?"

"Eight, eight years old."

"You're talking nonsense. You were one of the first batch of residents to move to the farm. You only reported one child in 1965. He was already eight years old at that time. That child was Li Daye. You didn't have any children in the eight years you were on the farm. You said he was eight years old. Who did you fool?"

"Well, even if he is fifteen, he is still a child. After all, he is short. It was your son who beat him."

"My son is a good fighter. He is a very good fighter. A 15-year-old boy who doesn't go to school and study but spends his days wandering around, not to mention stealing the big squash that our experts have painstakingly cultivated and eating all the grapes. Do you know how much loss that is?"

As she spoke, Chen Lina came out with a stick. "Yes, fifteen is still a child. The law now doesn't say to put you in a juvenile detention center. This is even more infuriating. You have destroyed our year's work. The loss is immeasurable, and I can't put you in jail. Then I have to give you a good beating."

"Director Chen, you can't just talk nonsense. The thief who stole the melons was Sun Duoyu, who was sent to the Public Security Bureau a long time ago. What does this have to do with my Li Ye?"

Is it still useful to talk at this time?

Chen Lina picked up the stick and rushed towards Li Daye.