Chapter 105: A dragon begets a dragon, a phoenix begets a phoenix, and a thief begets a thief
Yun Qiao certainly knew that the best way was to leave here, because Ye Yuanzhang was a rightist who was demoted to Sanhe Camp. Without a formal written report of rehabilitation, he could not leave Sanhe Camp at all.
The person who labeled Ye Yuanzhang as a rightist is now sitting in a high position in government, complacent. If he could do such a thing, how could he be easily rehabilitated?
The more Yun Qiao thought about it, the more powerless he felt.
Sleeping in the same bed with Bai Qiu at night, Yun Qiao tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, so he simply gave up.
She turned over, lying on her side next to Bai Qiu, and asked indirectly: "Aunt, are there any bad families in your village?"
"They're the kind who commit crimes, break the law, and don't do good things."
"There are bad families everywhere, why are you asking this?" Bai Qiu did not give a direct answer. She didn't want Yun Qiao to hear these dirty things that would offend people's ears.
When Yun Qiao heard this, she knew something was wrong. She shook Bai Qiu's arm and begged, "Aunt, I'm worried about your safety. Please tell me."
"If there are these criminals in the village, we can talk about it every day so that we can have an idea and take precautions in advance, don't you agree?
Bai Qiu was so shaken by Yun Qiao that he was completely soft-hearted. He quickly said, "Okay, okay, I'm telling you, stop shaking."
Yun Qiao then let go of her hand: "Aunt, please tell me quickly."
Bai Qiu thought for a moment and said, "Among the three combined forces, there are two families that break the law and discipline."
"One is the Wang family at the end of the village. Their ancestors have been thieves for generations, especially Wang Mazi's father, Old Man Wang, who has mastered the art of thievery. Because of his fame, when he was young, he was found by an organization that came to him because of his reputation. He once stole a defense map from the Japanese headquarters and was commended. Moreover, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was given special care by the commune and arranged to work in the wire factory. The whole family also received urban household registration."
"According to that, his family should be in the commune now. Why is he back now?" Yun Qiao felt strange.
"Qi Wei, his family's success is due to stealing, and their failure is also due to stealing."
Bai Qiu said, "A dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse's son will dig holes. Old Man Wang is a thief, and his two sons are also thieves. I guess they were influenced by the family atmosphere since they were young, and they can't change. They have been doing a lot of stealing since they were young.
The eldest brother, Wang Mazi, was better off. He was not very courageous and would just steal things from his neighbors when he felt like stealing. Since he didn't lose anything valuable, the villagers didn't bother to bother with him.
The youngest son was incredibly daring. During the famine of 1958, he went to the steel wire factory where his father worked and stole tens of pounds of raw materials to sell. He was caught red-handed while trying to sell the stolen goods. His father's job was ruined by this theft, and he himself was sentenced to twenty days of forced labor. He will probably be in prison until his eighties.
Yun Qiao tutted, "He's truly audacious! He deserves a sentence of twenty days of hard labor. It's just a shame for his father; he finally made it to the commune and started eating state-funded food, but now he's forced to go back to digging in the fields for a living."
"Yeah, what a pity for his father." Bai Qiu sighed, "I heard that Old Man Wang used to be very impressive, and he was just like any other city official. Now he's hunched over, and he's almost unrecognizable."
Yun Qiao sighed, but it was obvious that the Wang family did not match her suspicions about the person hiding in the dark. So she asked, "Aunt, what about the second family? What did they do?"
"The second one..."
Having said this, Bai Qiu paused and didn't say anything else for a long time.
Yun Qiao was getting so impatient waiting that she couldn't help asking, "Aunt, why don't you tell me? Aren't there two families? These two are habitual thieves, so what bad things did the second family do?"
"The second family..." Bai Qiu was a little embarrassed to speak. After a moment's silence, he continued, "This second family is the one behind the house. Their surname is Hu. The old man is committing adultery with his eldest daughter-in-law."
Bai Qiu organized her words and described them in as calm a manner as possible, but even so, Yun Qiao was shocked by the huge amount of information she contained.
"Father-in-law and daughter-in-law?!" Yun Qiao was shocked: "With such a relationship between them, how could they have the heart to do this?"
Bai Qiu shrugged helplessly: "Who knows? Anyway, the two of them got mixed up."
"Then how were they discovered?"
Bai Qiu thought for a moment and said, "It was probably about the time. The two of them were hiding in the mountains doing some work when they were spotted by a group of village ladies collecting firewood. They were so quick to talk that before the two of them even came down from the mountain, the rumors had already spread throughout the village."
"Wow!" Yun Qiao exclaimed, "Good guy."
"No, are they that bold? With such a relationship, instead of keeping it secret, they dare to go out into the wild and steal - that thing?"
"Who knows what they were thinking? No normal person would do such a thing."
Bai Qiu said, "It was a big commotion. Even the commune came. My daughter-in-law probably felt ashamed to face people, so she drank pesticide and died. The old man was convicted of hooliganism and sent to forced labor. I don't know if he was tired in the summer, or the heat, or something else, but he died anyway."
Because of this, the eldest son was so upset that he went crazy, carrying a gun and attacking anyone he met. His family had no choice but to keep him at home for more than a day. The youngest son, unable to find a wife because of the family situation, had been on several blind dates but all of them fell through. He gave up on himself and started drinking heavily. He spent all the money the family had on drinking. When he was drunk, he would go crazy and make trouble, which was extremely annoying.
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