Chapter 85

Intoxicated

"Dad, my mom beat someone today." The wind was blowing and it looked like it was going to snow.

Nie Weimin was quite embarrassed. As he walked, he described the situation: "The steel pipe was thrown across and hit the woman's legs directly. The woman threw herself against the window with a bang, and she didn't even frown."

"Why, do you think she did something wrong, or are you scared by her?"

"It was Uncle Ha who hit the man with the steel pipe. I think my mother thought so too. But Uncle Ha backed off when he heard that the woman was really the investigation team."

"Humans have been organized products since the beginning of slave society. They fear power and obey organizations. This is instinct. Your uncle Ha is afraid, but it is just his instinct."

"My mother is not afraid. She beats people and I burn things. We cooperate perfectly." It's perfect.

"If Gong Hongxing makes a phone call to the higher-ups, our entire mining area will be ruined. You didn't think of this when you stole her information," said Nie Bozhao.

"No." Even at this moment, Nie Weimin didn't know what his father was going to do.

"Son, you have to remember that no matter what the situation is, you should always expect the worst possible outcome. If you can't handle it, don't act on your own."

"So, if it's illegal, it's okay to use illegal means, but you have to be able to cover it up yourself?" Nie Weimin understood a little. He felt that he would abide by the law, but if necessary, he still had to fight for himself, because that's what his mother did.

Nie Weimin was very anxious when he drove to the base building, because when he looked up, he could see the lights in the stairwell of the building were on one by one. Obviously, Gong Hongxing had gone to make a phone call.

No matter if it was to Hongyan or to higher-ups, as long as the call was made, there would be no peace in the mining area.

"Dad, why do we have to go into the substation?" said Nie Weimin.

Nie Gong didn't have the key here, but he took out a copper wire, signaled Nie Weimin to keep watch for him, and then started to pry the lock with the copper wire.

For an engineering student, picking a small lock is just a piece of cake.

However, the lock should be pried open by someone; it is loose and slippery, and not easy to pry open.

"Dad, let me do it." Nie Weimin said, and snatched the copper wire from Nie Bozhao's hand. After a while, he pried it open with a clang.

"You know this is the transformer room. Have you ever been inside?"

"Well, one time I was holding a copper wire and I wanted to connect it to a telephone adapter, but..."

"Kid, the whole building lost power that time, destroying all the data in Dad's laboratory. Was it you who did it?"

Nie Weimin didn't dare to speak.

"Fire and water are merciless, and electricity is even more merciless. You can play with them in the future, but be sure not to hurt yourself."

"Okay, Daddy, I love you."

"How corny! Did you learn this from your mom?"

"Mom told Erdan that if he said "I love you" more often, he would be nicer to him and stop scolding him every day because of his studies."

Oh my God, that little princess had brought up his spoiled, crybaby, stubborn and narrow-minded eldest son so badly that Nie Gong kept shaking his head.

"Is this the wire of the red telephone, made of pure copper?" Seeing his father wearing a pair of illuminated glasses and unplugging the telephone wire, Nie Weimin's heart almost jumped out. "If we cut it, the phone won't work, right?"

"It's not enough to just not be able to make calls. We have to think of something else."

The old-fashioned telephone at the base had three switches. Nie Bozhao also brought a tape recorder and a particularly old-fashioned hand-cranked telephone. This thing had once been installed in his home in the Hongyan Military Region and was a symbol of his father's power.

When the old man passed away, he was still holding the phone in his arms. Of course, he was always waiting for the phone to ring. It was the war zone communicator reporting military intelligence, or the organization calling to care about him. It was the honor of his life.

The house was ransacked and everything was gone, but the phone was still in the old man's arms.

The final legacy that Nie Bozhao inherited was this old-fashioned mobile phone and two large reels of movie tapes.

Almost instantly after the copper wire to the red telephone was connected, the phone rang.

Nie Weimin looked at his father with his eyes bulging like bells. He couldn't believe that his father picked up the phone. He put his finger to his lips and made a sound.

Well, as a qualified little revolutionary fighter, even if he doesn't sigh, he will definitely not make any sound, okay?

"All reactionaries are paper tigers. Operator, I'm Comrade Gong Hongxing from the Hongyan Revolutionary Group. I'm in the Wumayi mining area and my work has been greatly disturbed. I want to report this to Comrade xx. Please transfer my call."

With a click, the cassette radio started to play, and a passionate and motivated female voice said, "Learn from Comrade Lei Feng. Please tell me the extension number and I will transfer you."

Nie Weimin didn’t know what his father was going to do next. His body was slowly growing taller and bigger, and his expression was extremely solemn.

The old-fashioned tape recorder must have been recorded by him in advance, and Gong Hongxing on the other end of the phone just started talking anxiously after hearing the "hello" on the phone.

After a while, Dad pressed the recorder again. An impassioned female voice came from the recorder, cursing all over. Nie Weimin didn't hear clearly what she was cursing. He only paid attention to Gong Hongxing's end. She kept nodding and saying sorry, and she was still saying sorry at the end.

"Don't call me again in the future, because you have caused me deep disgust and discomfort. Goodbye!"

There was a click in the recorder, and Dad immediately hung up the phone and plugged the phone line back in place.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Nie Weimin wouldn't have believed there was such a way to play. As expected, Dad is Dad, and he is much better than him.

As expected, what people fear is only power and organizations, even if the so-called organization is just the voice coming out of a tape recorder.

"She's going to call Hongyan?" Nie Weimin was still a little worried as he followed his father out of the distribution room.

"That's OK. She can fight if she wants to. It will take some time to mobilize reinforcements. After all, Hongyan and Uruguay are two provincial capitals. Besides, our border area belongs to the autonomous region. She doesn't dare to make a red phone call, so it will be difficult for her to mobilize people."

Nie Weimin understood.

In fact, Dad had already recorded the woman's insults in the cassette. Once these words were released, Gong Hongxing would think that he had angered the woman and would never dare to make a phone call again.

And she didn't even dare to verify it because of the five-word axiom: power crushes people.

The little one follows behind his father. His father's steps are so wide and big. The little one's two steps are only one step of his father.

After following him for two steps, his father put his hands back and he jumped onto his father's shoulders.

"It looks like the job is done?" Chen Lina said when she saw Nie Bozhao coming back with a large toolbox.

Braised big herring, potatoes all cut into pieces, dried beans soaked in juice, very chewy. While the father and son were out, Chen Lina also sold a stack of soft pancakes made of buckwheat and cornmeal with sauerkraut inside.

"Nie Weiguo, if you dare to eat cakes with green onions again, you are not allowed to sleep with us tonight." Nie Weimin was straightforward and could not tolerate his brother's various hobbies.

He likes to roll pancakes with raw green onions. The fishy smell of green onions is similar to that of coriander.

"Brother, it would be more delicious if you roll it with coriander."

"But your farts all smell like green onions, Comrade Chen, can I give Erdan away?"

"Who would want him if he were given to you, given to him by you, do you think?" Nie Bozhao asked back.

Nie Weimin thought about it and shook his head, "Except for his parents, no one would want him."

"Wei Min, Erdan is still very good. He sings very well. Moreover, if there are leftovers, he is the only one who makes up for it. He also has to give lessons to his mother every day when he goes home. In this monthly exam, didn't the teacher say that he scored 71 points? He is already in the top ten in the class. Isn't that good?"

Even among siblings, as long as their parents guide them to discover each other's strengths, they will appreciate each other. If parents take the lead in showing dissatisfaction with one of them, the siblings will resist.

Oh, Chen Lina thought, being a parent is so hard. Why do some people always think giving birth is as easy as making a piece of barbecued pork?

"Mom, I think I'm excellent too." Erdan's eyes were filled with tears, because his mother's words of encouragement made him feel the presence of dignity.

You know, the female class teacher only looked at him during the exam, and before handing out the test paper, she said, "This kid is really lucky. I hope you will have such good luck in the midterm."

Don’t you think this is bullying?

Erdan listens to the class seriously every day and becomes his mother's little teacher when he goes home.

"I have to ask you, where did that part where Cixi cursed people come from? I heard it secretly in your study, and it sounded very exciting." Chen Lina gave the three children some underwear, and then she came over to ask after she saw Erdan put on his underwear.

"I recorded it once when she called me at the mining area. After all, when she called, we were supposed to be there to listen." Nie Bozhao said it lightly, as if it was a trivial matter.

"Gong Hongxing wants to transfer people from Hongyan, what should we do?" Chen Lina said.

"You're causing trouble even though you can't handle it, Chen Lina. I didn't realize that you're getting bolder and bolder." said the worker.

"Because I believe you can handle it."

Her husband, as of now, is not romantic enough, and has not realized that he should hold her in the palm of his heart. However, he is knowledgeable about astronomy and geography and can do everything. He can be called a male god.

"What do you think I would do? Would I kill Gong Hongxing and his wife for your farm? I have to tell you, that's something a rough guy like Gao Dayong would do. At least I wouldn't do that."

"But you wouldn't have gone to the transformer room if you didn't really have a solution. I know you have a solution."

"Then give me a shoulder massage and I will tell you slowly." Wearing woolen trousers patched with three layers of patches, the laborer lay like the master.

"Comrade Lao Nie, it's not that I always like to compare you with Lao Nie in my previous life, but because you are really too naive. Do you understand romance? Do you understand that men should serve women? You still don't realize that the reason I am here is because the apricot tree fork in my previous life gave me too much love, and I feel guilty. I want to compensate him, not because of how much you have given me."

"I've been spinning a few kilometers of coils today, and my arms are so weak. Is it wrong for me to come back and not help you with such a big task?"

That's true, but it's not gentle and considerate enough.

This is not the old Nie from the previous life, this is a brand new man. Every time he comes back from outside, he has a stubble and smells of sweat. Well, Chen Lina has to endure him with a pinch of her nose.

For the first time, Chen Lina officially felt that she should tell the workers the details of the ten-year catastrophe.

So, Chen Lina recounted the whole story from beginning to end, including the group's final destination.

"Gong Hongxing is a true Soviet revisionist." Nie Bozhao said affirmatively after listening to it.

Okay, Chen Lina's eyes lit up. "Really?"

"Really? Because according to what you said, the person above her is a Soviet revisionist. This is not just a small Soviet revisionist who is just gathering some intelligence, but a big Soviet revisionist who will endanger national defense security. And she asked Nie Guozhu to enter my laboratory, it must be for the sake of the Soviet Union.

If my guess is correct, she will have to do something to attract the attention of "Cixi". Then I will let Gao Dayong help you to take her down in one fell swoop."

"So, this person was not sent randomly. The reason why she came is because Nie Guozhu is my cousin, and I happened to marry you. Why, do they think Nie Guozhu can use his beauty trap on me?"

"At least it can create chaos."

"Nie Gong, such a beautiful scenery, you really don't want to...Are you the reincarnation of a golden cicada?" Chen Lina felt that there was nothing she could say about this man.

"International Communism is in my heart. Moreover, Comrade Xiao Chen, although it may sound a bit harsh to say this, could you please not covet my..." Nie Gong could not say the word "beauty".

"Get away! You look so different from my old Nie." Miss Chen was blunt and furious.

But there is no way. People like Lao Nie's generation have experienced the Anti-Japanese War and the Civil War. Even if he goes into business in the future, he is still an international communist fighter and his mind has never changed.

So, the eternal mystery is how did he become so humorous, funny, and teasing that she still can't forget him.

Ah, Chen Lina felt that if she continued thinking about it, she would collapse.

"Mom, she's not as pretty as you." Sandaner said while grabbing Chen Lina's sleeve when he went to the infirmary to visit Gong Hongxing.

"No matter how nice you say it, I can't hug you anymore, Dandan. You're almost five years old. I can't hold you anymore."

Okay, Sandan followed his mother into the bathroom, found a chair and sat down.

"Comrade Gong Hongxing, I have to apologize to you. I sincerely apologize. Please forgive me this time for the sake of my cousin's family, okay?" Chen Lina said, shaking hands generously and smiling restrainedly but cheerfully.

"If all goes as expected, my letter of introduction will arrive the day after tomorrow. I can prove to anyone that I am here to carry out a mission. I can also transfer your documents whenever I want."

"Of course, we all support your work very much." However, she couldn't get the official document, haha.

After all, that thing is rare and there is only one copy. Gong Hongxing was scolded last night. At least she would not dare to call her superiors easily until she has made some achievements.

"Well, Lina, say sorry to your cousin's wife. You beat her yesterday. Look at her legs." Nie Guozhu said.

"Oh my, it looks like the injury is really serious. However, considering my cousin's wife's loyalty, I think she can fight the injury with her own faith. She shouldn't need an IV."

"Take out the IV tube, I don't need it." As expected, Gong Hongxing was provoked and said it immediately.

"Let's do this. I'll go settle our team members, and then we'll set off for Base No. 2. Lina, cook a meal for your cousin's wife. I'll tell her that the fish you cook is delicious. Now, I'll carry her to your house?"

Obviously, Nie Guozhu didn't want to get involved anymore and wanted to leave.

But before leaving, he wanted to ask Chen Lina to give in to Gong Hongxing.

"Why go to Base No. 2? The work at Base No. 1 hasn't been completed yet. Besides, I think there's something seriously wrong with their farm. I won't eat the food she cooks. Now give me a car. I want to go to the farm." Gong Hongxing said as he pushed Nie Guozhu away.

"Red Star, that's enough. I've been to Nie Gong's laboratory and his farm. What else do you want?"

"You are a traitor. No, no, you are not even a traitor. You are just a coward. You didn't do anything I taught you."

Gong Hongxing was furious and pointed at Nie Guozhu's wooden head.

"Cousin, look how angry my cousin's wife is, just apologize. You are always good at apologizing to me. Just tell her, 'baby, be good', baby, don't be angry', and she will calm down, ah!"

"Nie Guozhu, who are you calling baby? Who is your baby?"

"What do you mean by 'baby'? I've never called anyone 'baby' before." Nie Guozhu was simply overwhelmed.

Gong Hongxing struggled to stand up from the hospital bed and slapped him in the face. "From today on, you are expelled. You are no longer a member of our organization. Get out of here."

"Cousin, why do I feel like my cousin's wife wants to divorce you? This is not good. You cried for me for so long, and I don't want you to be sad again."

Gong Hongxing was jealous of Chen Lina because of her beauty. She was so angry that her eyes were blazing with anger. "Divorce, divorce now."

"It's not easy to divorce a military marriage."

"Bah, military marriage is bullshit. I can divorce you if I want."

"It's over, cousin. You're in trouble. If you really get divorced, I'm afraid your future will be ruined."

"Leave if you want, who's afraid of who? I've had enough of you." Nie Guozhu asked his cousin to look at him, and suddenly he became very proud. "I am a public servant, and you, you are just using your father to stir up trouble in Hongyan. There are so many innocent people, but you can accuse them of anything as long as you want to fight them. Do you think I don't know?"

"Nie Guozhu, don't regret it when the day comes when we settle accounts with you."

"Never regret it, get out of here," said Nie Guozhu.

I watched Gong Hongxing and her two little followers get in a large truck from the base and go to the farm.

Nie Guozhu said, "Cousin, I'm sorry. I now feel that my marriage was a complete mistake. And, I have to tell you the truth. Before she came, she gave me a camera, a very advanced one, and asked me to take some photos at your home and in Nie Gong's laboratory. I didn't do this out of my desire to protect you. Now, I want to give this thing to you."

It was wrapped in cowhide, like a cigarette box. When I opened it, I found a miniature camera inside.

This thing will be seen frequently in many World War II spy movies in the future.

It’s no wonder Nie Bozhao said that the Cold War promoted the revolutionary development of industrial electronic information in the world. If it weren’t for the Cold War, who would have invented these things?

When Chen Lina got this thing, she rushed to the laboratory for the first time and gave it to the worker.

Nie Gong returned to the laboratory and fiddled with it for some reason, but the miniature camera was still in its original state, so he gave it back to Chen Lina.

"Okay, I have modified the program of this thing and installed a wireless monitor. You return it to Nie Guozhu and ask him to return it to Gong Hongxing in its original state. I think we can catch a big fish this time." said Nie Gong.

Chen Lina looked up at Lao Nie with a look of disbelief, "We can't change the course of history, can we?"

"Not necessarily. This thing relies on radio, and so do I.

"Mom, why are you smiling all the time?" After seeing Nie Guozhu off, Sandaner looked confused and raised his head to look at his mother.

Chen Lina bent down and kissed Sandan'er on the face. "Mom thinks she is a hero and is quite intoxicated."

If a laborer saw this, he would definitely say she was corny.

Narcissistic and corny comrade Chen Lina got in the car and headed back to the farm.