The next day, Lin Lan woke up early and felt refreshed. It was different to sleep on the kang at home. She hadn't slept well in the dormitory for the whole week.

Han Qingsong led the children in morning exercises while she prepared a sumptuous breakfast.

Cooking porridge, grinding soybean milk, making egg pancakes, and preparing side dishes, Mai Sui and Xiao Wang's morning exercise time is half the time of their older brothers, so they come home early to help her.

The meal will be ready when Han Qingsong and his two sons come back.

Lin Lan: "My eldest son, when are you going to the district?"

Dawang: “The day after tomorrow.”

Lin Lan: "Then I'll make you some fire to burn tomorrow."

Han Qingsong just came out of the bathroom, wiping his hair with a towel, and said lightly: "From now on, you are not allowed to bring food."

"Third brother!" Lin Lan was anxious, "Why don't you let me eat? It's a long way to go, what if the child gets hungry? Is he your biological son?"

Not only did you not allow me to ride in the car, but later you also did not allow me to bring my luggage. Now you do not allow me to bring my food either. What are you trying to do? Do you want to starve my son to death?

I'm a little emotional!

Han Qingsong saw that her cheeks were red and her eyes were particularly bright because of anger. He rubbed her head with his big hands and said, "It's okay."

Lin Lan glared at him, "Isn't this your biological child? Why don't you show any affection for him?"

Da Wang glanced at her and almost couldn't help but reach out and rub his mother's head. Fortunately, he stopped in time and turned around to rub Xiao Wang's head twice.

Xiao Wang looked worried, "Brother, what if you are hungry?"

Da Wang: "...Hurry up and get going."

Mai Sui: "Eat more in the morning."

Erwang: "Dad only said that we were not allowed to bring dry food, but he didn't say that we were not allowed to eat on the road."

Xiao Wang perked up when he heard that. "Yes, just bring matches."

Han Qingsong said calmly: "You are not allowed to bring matches either."

Lin Lan was behind him, pinching his back. Han Qingsong didn't even need to turn around. It was as if he had eyes behind him. He reached out and grabbed her and pinched her waist.

During breakfast, several children gave their eldest brother some advice on how to solve the problem of eating since they were not allowed to bring matches or lunch.

You can ask for some money from others, but you are not Tang Seng.

You can pick some from the ground, but Big Brother will never steal.

So we have to either endure it or find some wild vegetables and grass to fill our stomachs?

Thinking of his elder brother walking alone on the desolate road, Yu Yu walking alone without help, possibly injured, hungry, tired and without food, Xiao Wang felt very sad. He took a big egg pancake and placed it in front of Da Wang, tears welling up in his eyes: "Brother, eat more."

Da Wang: “…” How miserable is he in his mind?

He took the cake, tore it in half, took half for himself, and gave the other half to Xiaowang.

Xiao Wang burst into tears: "Brother, you eat, eat more. I will give you my rations as well."

Da Wang felt like he couldn't eat anymore, so he glanced at him and said, "I'm full."

Xiao Wang: "It would be great if Big Brother had multiple stomachs like a cow, or a hump like a camel."

The story of Camel was told to him by Shen Yu.

Da Wang: “…………” No wonder both mother and Shen Yu said that Xiao Wang likes to have wild ideas, it’s true.

Lin Lan and Mai Sui were laughing so hard that they dared not drink soy milk for fear of spraying it.

Erwang: "Little brother, big brother will take care of himself, don't worry."

Xiao Wang sighed, "Oh, I have so many brothers and sisters. I am really worried."

Lin Lan: ...Why are you, as a younger brother, stealing my words as a mother?

Soon his friends came to pick up Xiaowang to go to school. He said goodbye to them and then went to school carrying his schoolbag, flute and harmonica.

Lin Lan also rode Han Qingsong's bicycle to work, while the other three children walked. As a result, the children ran faster than them.

Lin Lan said faintly: "... Third brother, we two are the slowest."

Han Qingsong said casually: "Don't you always complain that it's too fast and want to slow down?"

Lin Lan almost choked on her own saliva and reached out to pinch his waist, but his waist was too tight and she couldn't pinch him at all.

She sighed, "Third brother, you have learned bad things."

Han Qingsong: "You taught me."

Lin Lan: “!!!” You actually know how to joke, you are not fake, right?

Hearing that she didn't say anything, Han Qingsong said again: "Then hurry up tonight."

Lin Lan leaned on his back and said, "Third brother, please, shut up."

Sun Zhuowen and others noticed that Director Han was particularly happy today. It turned out that his wife was different when she came back. Last week, she looked so cold that no one could get close to her. Of course, Han Qingsong had always been like that. It was Sun Zhuowen who had higher requirements.

Lin Lan jumped off her bicycle and went to report her work to Minister Zhuang first, and then handed in the manuscript she had compiled.

They were going to organize communes and carry out propaganda in the countryside. These were all her contributions, and they would be counted in the assessment for regularization. She was indeed very capable.

Minister Zhuang took it and looked at it, his expression looking a little grim.

Lin Lan: "Minister, what's wrong?"

Minister Zhuang took out another copy from the drawer and threw it on the table, "Take a look."

Lin Lan picked it up and took a look. Damn, this is mine!!! Of course, she changed a few words and sentences, turning her originally lively article into something more mechanical, boring and politicized. For example, she had previously deliberately avoided the names of several leaders and did not criticize anyone, but Cao Guangrong blatantly used words such as power grabbing and great scholar in the party.

Damn it, do you still want Bilian? She even swore at me.

Lin Lan: "Minister, I wrote this."

Minister Zhuang: “I knew it the moment I saw it.”

Lin Lan took a deep breath.

Minister Zhuang: "He didn't give it to me, he gave it to the director. The director said it was well written and asked the secretary to pass it to him. He said that this article should be submitted for this study meeting. He also asked him to preside over the study meeting of the whole commune and make meritorious contributions so that he can be promoted to a regular employee as soon as possible."

"I'll go find him."

Minister Zhuang: "Lin Lan, come back."

Lin Lan turned around. "Minister?"

"Don't worry. It's useless even if you tell him about this. The director will say that we are all in the same office and colleagues. We can't be individualistic and should be united and help each other." Minister Zhuang is well aware of this.

In fact, if you can't make meritorious contributions and accumulate experience for becoming a regular employee, it wouldn't be a big deal, but who doesn't want to become a regular employee now?

Lin Lan thought that this kind of office bullying is really not rare in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad. Tutors monopolize students' papers, bosses take credit for their subordinates' work, and there are all kinds of articles and novels that are plagiarized in Chinese translation, dehydrated version, and essence version. If there is no punishment, it is useless to rely on the plagiarists' self-consciousness. After all, some people think that they are born to be dog-skin plasters because they are good at dealing with people. That is useless.

"I'll go ask Cao Guangrong."

If she kept silent, he would think she was easy to bully.

When Lin Lan returned to the staff office, she saw Cao Guangrong speaking loudly about how much he had gained from the meeting.

Lin Lan walked over and asked, "Cao Guangrong, why do you want to take my article and claim it's yours?"

"What do you mean by yours?" Cao Guangrong's eyes widened. "I wrote it myself, word by word..."

"I copied it. You tore up my notebook." Lin Lan mocked him, "Why are you so shameless?"

Lin Lan finished her essay when she was in class. She worked as a writer in her previous life, so she was very good at writing. When her classmates looked at her notebook, most people would just look at the essay and say it was well written, but they would not just copy it. Cao Guangrong went too far, secretly tearing up her notebook and copying her essay. He was really shameless.

Cao Guangrong, however, accused her of wrongly accusing him, and repeatedly stressed that he had written the words himself, "Can't I make progress? I have been influenced by the conference, and my cultural level has improved. What's wrong with that? But you, who are individualistic, selfish, lazy and hate work, have committed revisionism..."

With a "slap" sound, Lin Lan picked up a book on the table and slapped him hard on the mouth.

Cao Guangrong didn't expect that she would dare to hit someone. He was shocked and immediately wanted to fight with Lin Lan.

Lin Lan was prepared. She picked up a stick next to her and hit him with it. "I told you to copy. I'll break your dog's paws!"

Cao Guangrong cried out in pain as she beat him. After all, he was wearing thin clothes in the summer, and the pain was particularly severe when the beating landed on his flesh.

"You are being a landlord bully, you are hitting people!"

The people around them hurried to separate them and told them to stop fighting. However, they were dissatisfied that Cao Guangrong was occupying the seat even though he knew nothing, so they helped Lin Lan instead of him, and Lin Lan beat him several more times.

At this time Yu Xin rushed in from outside, "Hey, what are you doing? Do you have any manners?" She grabbed Lin Lan's arm from behind and took the stick. Seeing this, Cao Guangrong immediately took the opportunity to come up and kicked Lin Lan in the waist.

Someone was holding him back, and someone else was protecting Lin Lan, so the kick wasn't very heavy, but the big black footprint was clearly imprinted on her light-colored clothes.

"Cao Guangrong, you've gone too far. How can you hit a female comrade!" Two colleagues immediately dragged Cao Guangrong away.

"Lin Lan, you're going too far. Is the commune a place for you to run wild?" Yu Xin acted condescending.

Lin Lan was furious. She snatched back the stick and started to hit Yu Xin, "I told you not to mind your own business."

Yu Xin came here on purpose to see Lin Lan's joke. She was ready to turn around and run back to the director's office. "Director, this is terrible. Lin Lan is going crazy and killing people."

Deputy Director Yang slammed the table and stood up, "She's rebelling." When he saw Lin Lan running towards him aggressively from the window, his face changed and he said, "Close the door quickly!"

Lin Lan stood at the door. She certainly wouldn't go to the director's office to make trouble, so she knocked on the door.

Deputy Director Yang's voice was a little unsteady: "Who?"

Lin Lan: "Publicity Department, Lin Lan, I want to talk to the deputy director about something."

When Deputy Director Yang heard her calling him Deputy Director again, he said loudly, "I'm busy."

Lin Lan sneered: "Deputy Director, what are you and Yu Xin doing in the room with the door closed in broad daylight?"

This is amazing.

Deputy Director Yang was so frightened that he quickly signaled Yu Xin to open the door.

How could Yu Xin dare to do that? She was afraid that Lin Lan would make a fuss. She just went there to pick up some leaks.

Finally, Deputy Director Yang called Minister Zhuang and the Public Security Bureau through the window.

Minister Zhuang pretended not to hear it, but Han Qingsong was out on business and not in the bureau. Their Public Security Bureau has been very busy recently.

Soon, the left-behind child Sun Zhuowen came over slowly when he was called. He had just gone out for a while, and when he came back he heard that the director's wife and Cao Guangrong were fighting. He asked around and found out that Lin Lan was chasing Yu Xin and fighting her, so he hid and didn't get involved.

Unexpectedly, the deputy director kept calling the people from the Public Security Bureau, so he had no choice but to slowly run over.

Deputy Director Yang: "Where is Director Han?"

Sun Zhuowen: "I was out on business. A group of cows died, and they reported it to the police, saying that someone had murdered them. Both team leaders were away, so Director Han personally..."

"Stop talking nonsense and come in quickly."

Sun Zhuowen then walked around to the door and saw Lin Lan pretending to know nothing, "Sister-in-law..."

Lin Lan: "Deputy Director Sun, please don't be polite. Just call me Director Lin."

You are older than me, and I dare not agree to call me sister-in-law. Besides, you and I are not that close.

Sun Zhuowen realized that he had followed Han Qingyun and Luo Haicheng to flatter but failed, so he immediately adjusted his mood. He was the most observant and flexible person, "Manager Lin, what's going on?"

Lin Lan: "Deputy Director Sun, I want to report a case. Cao Guangrong plagiarized my manuscript and said it was his, deceiving the deputy director."

She knew that Deputy Director Yang had a backer, and unless he made a big mistake, he would not be driven away for a while, so she was too lazy to get involved with Deputy Director Yang and just assumed that he didn't know it was her manuscript.

Sun Zhuowen scratched his head and said, "Well, okay, we'll do it when Director Han comes back."

At this time, Yu Xin opened the door and glared at Lin Lan coldly: "Sun Zhuowen, we also want to report the case. She was fighting with her comrades, and I went to break them up, but she chased me and beat me up."

Cao Guangrong also ran over and pointed at his arms, neck and shoulders that were all red from being beaten. "Look, everyone! She is really a slut!"

Sun Zhuowen saw the black footprint on Lin Lan's waist at first glance, and his heart skipped a beat: Oh my god, how hard did he kick to leave such a black footprint? Did Lin Lan's waist get bruised? If Director Han came back and saw this, Sun Zhuowen couldn't help but shudder.

He immediately frowned and said, "Cao, as a senior official, how can you hit a female comrade?"

Cao Guangrong was anxious: "She was the one who hit me. She hit me first!"

Sun Zhuowen ignored his shouting and said, "Look at how you kicked Lin, how could you be so evil?"

You're done!

Seeing that he ignored him, Cao Guangrong was furious: "You don't understand what I'm saying. She hit me first!"

He was really so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

Lin Lan: "Don't be so careless. Loud noises are not allowed in the commune. It's not serious! It's not solemn!"

This made Deputy Director Yang and Yu Xin very angry. When you were chasing people and beating them, you didn't even say anything serious or solemn. You just let them say whatever they wanted.

The group entered the conference room, and Sun Zhuoren mediated the conflict. He knew at a glance that the article was plagiarized by Cao Guangrong from Lin Lan.

Sun Zhuo wrote down the whole story in great detail, "Cao, this is not very authentic."

Cao Guangrong: "We are all from the same commune, and we are all comrades. How can this be called plagiarism? This is called helping each other. I wrote this word by word myself, and I didn't take it from you."

Sun Zhuowen was stunned by his argument. So if you just copy someone else's work word for word, it becomes yours?

Well, you are the first one to come in and have the director as your backer. I can’t deal with you. You should wait for Director Han to come back.

Deputy Director Yang: "There is no problem with me talking about this. A person's manuscript should be used entirely by the office. Comrade Xiao Yu also helped me write the manuscript, so could it be that I also plagiarized it?" He also admitted that Cao Guangrong's manuscript was Lin Lan's, but he didn't think it was a big deal.

Cao Guangrong immediately raised his head. In his eyes, Lin Lan should write to him. This was his idea from the beginning. It was Lin Lan who didn't know how to raise her head.

Minister Zhuang: "Director, I am the minister. It would be fine if Lin Lan wrote to me, but Secretary Cao is not a leader and Lin Lan is not his secretary. This is inappropriate." Although saying this would offend Secretary Cao, Minister Zhuang did not want to tolerate it. After all, Han Qingsong was helping to install lights for the Propaganda Department.

The most important thing is that the deputy director himself said that this would be recorded in the merit book and would become a condition for regularization in the future. Why wouldn't Lin Lan care about it?

The others nodded in agreement.

Cao Guangrong was particularly angry when he saw that he was unpopular among the people, so he accused Minister Zhuang of leading others to exclude him and not to promote unity.

Sun Zhuowen: "Even if it is shared by an office, when a leader uses a subordinate's manuscript, there is still a signature at the end. But Cao directly wrote his own name and didn't even mention Lin's name. Isn't that right?"

Cao Guangrong said unhappily, "Why not just write her name? What's the big deal? She won't lose a piece of meat. Why are you making such a fuss with me? You really have no dignity."

Oh, he is right.

Lin Lan said coldly, "If that's the case, then go ahead and write it. And sign my name on it, so that I, a colleague in the same office, can take some credit."

Cao Guangrong's face turned dark: If I could write it, would I need to copy yours?

In the end, Deputy Director Yang forced a compromise, "Let's do this, sign together and split the credit in half."

Lin Lan disagreed, and it was clear that he was biased towards Cao Guangrong. So let Cao Guangrong do the publicity himself and see if he could make a name for himself with just one article!

At noon, someone saw him at the door and shouted, "Director Han is back!"

Han Qingsong saw the employee looking at him with ecstasy, "What's the matter?"

The man pointed to the back and said, "Gan Shi Lin, got into a fight with someone."

Han Qingsong frowned slightly, leaned the bicycle against him and walked away.

When the people in the compound heard that Han Qingsong had returned, they all went to watch the excitement openly or secretly, and they didn't even have time to eat.

Han Qingsong went directly to the Publicity Department.

When Cao Guangrong heard that Han Qingsong was coming, he was so scared that he stood up immediately and subconsciously wanted to hide somewhere. Unfortunately, the room was so small that there was nowhere to hide.

He decided to take the initiative: "Don't bully others by taking advantage of your power."

Han Qingsong glanced at him and then walked towards Lin Lan.

Lin Lan: "I'm back. Let's go have dinner."

Han Qingsong glanced her up and down, his eyes paused on her waist. Although she had wiped off the footprints, the indelible stains were clearly left there.

"Are you hurt?" he asked.

Cao Guangrong: "She hit me first, look!" He exposed his arms and shoulders, "They're all red!"

Han Qingsong: "Shut up."

Cao Guangrong held back his breath and sat down angrily, muttering that it was Lin Lan who hit him first.

Lin Lan shook her head. "He kicked me, and I slapped him a few times. We're even."

Han Qingsong held her arm, led her away from others, lifted her skirt and checked her waist. He saw a dark spot on her slender waist. Although it was not big, it was particularly glaring. His face suddenly sank and his eyes became a little colder. "Is there any other spot?"

Lin Lan didn't want him to be angry, so she smiled and said, "No, it doesn't hurt, it's just like when I bump into the corner of the table. I can beat him harder."

Han Qingsong put his big hand on her and rubbed her, "Go get some medicinal wine."

Lin Lan: “No, no.” She remembered the force with which he applied the medicinal wine. It hurt more than being kicked. Anyway, it was just a bruise that disappeared in a few days.

Han Qingsong dragged her to the office without saying anything, asked Lin Lan to sit down, and went to get some medicinal wine to rub on her.

When Sun Zhuowen came back from getting food, he saw Han Qingsong and immediately said happily, "Director Han, you're finally back. The bureau really can't do without you."

He saw Han Qingsong sitting so close to Lin Lan, with his arm on her waist, knowing that he was serving her medicinal wine, so he quickly stopped and returned to his seat.

Han Qingsong took his hands off Lin Lan's waist, straightened his hem, and glanced at Sun Zhuowen, "What's going on?"

Sun Zhuowen: "There is a record. I'll show it to you."

He took the records diligently. He was very good at his desk work and recorded the whole process clearly, emphasizing that Cao Guangrong stole Lin Lan's work results and the deputy director made a decision without knowing the truth. Lin Lan questioned Cao Guangrong, but he denied it and provoked her. Lin Lan got angry and hit him. Cao Guangrong immediately fought back and kicked Lin Lan...

After reading it, Han Qingsong put the document on the table and asked Lin Lan to rest here while he went to wash his hands and get some food.

Lin Lan went with him and after lunch, Han Qingsong asked Lin Lan to go to his office to eat first while he went to find Cao Guangrong.

Lin Lan: "Third brother, I can solve it. If you go there, people will accuse you of bullying others, which will have a bad impact." After all, he is the director of the commune.

Han Qingsong looked at her and said, "I am your man first, and then the director of the Public Security Bureau."

When he was in the army, he had to go through life and death, and he had already put life and death aside, which was equivalent to giving himself to the country. Now that he has retired and returned home as a free man, he is first and foremost his man, and the director title is not that important.