Lin Lan's mind raced, and she suddenly remembered a piece of information from among many others.

It says that the area around Fangshan in Changle, Weifang is rich in sapphires. Over the years, small blue stones have been washed out of the mountains, and some have flowed into the riverbed. It is said that after a heavy rain, local people can pick them up everywhere as long as they go up the mountain!

But at that time, no one knew anything about it. Some people took the ones they found home and used them as flints. Because they had a lot of sparks, they were called blue flints. Anyway, many local families had found a lot of blue flints, some as big as eggs, some as big as pigeon eggs. But they didn't know anything about it, so they either threw them away or were later bought by outsiders at a low price.

In the mid-1980s, the Taiwanese discovered the value of sapphires, and many knowledgeable people went to buy them at low prices. A stone could be bought for only four or five dollars, and the quality was very good. It was not until the 1990s that the government began to pay attention to it. In 1994, the Gem City was established, and in 1997, the local Gem Association was established to require legal mining.

It seems that the place she came from should be similar to that situation. Maybe there is a sapphire mine or riverbed near her home, flat-top mountain, right?

She suddenly didn't want to go to work in the commune anymore, she wanted to go look for this stone secretly!

I’ll look for it tomorrow!

The children looked at Lin Lan with shining eyes, smiling from time to time, as if they had picked up two big fat pigs and a thousand kilograms of food.

Xiao Wang tugged at Lin Lan's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Lin Lan immediately came back to her senses and smiled, "Come on, tell me where you picked up this stone. I think it's very beautiful. I like it very much. I will go find one later."

Erwang: "Mom, no, we found this one very useful. We looked in many places and couldn't find it anymore."

Lin Lan's dream of getting rich was shattered in an instant. Hey, it turned out to be a blue elf wandering among the people. It seems that the mine is really not near their home, and this piece of ore was accidentally found here. Then she... just quietly ask around to see where there are more blue stones like this.

She whispered, "I think this stone is really beautiful. Can I pick it up again if I see it later?"

The children nodded: "Okay."

Lin Lan was delighted, as if she had made a fortune. "Give this to the eldest brother first, so he can use it to make a lighter." She asked the children to go to bed early because they had to get up early the next day.

After the children had all gone to bed and turned off the lights, she returned to the room and went to bed, still smiling.

Han Qingsong put down the notebook in his hand and looked at her. "So happy?"

Lin Lan smiled as she leaned on his shoulder. She had a fist-sized piece of sapphire at home. Although she would not become rich in the next 20 years, it would be a family heirloom. It could be polished into a sapphire and displayed to make people satisfied. It was such a happy thing that she would wake up with a smile in her dreams.

Han Qingsong held her in his arms and rubbed her, "Let's be happy together."

Lin Lan: ...Stop it. Your happiness and my happiness are not the same thing.

His dark eyes were fixed on her. Although he didn't say anything, his eyes revealed his thoughts, which contained silent grievances.

It was clearly a condemnation of her: Although I was not angry about your previous anger and indifference towards me, I cared a lot. Now that you are happy, shouldn’t you show some appreciation?

Lin Lan hated her own comprehension. Why could she always grasp his thoughts so accurately? She pretended not to understand and looked away. Han Qingsong pinched her face and turned her gaze back, making her look at him.

Lin Lan laughed at him.

He looked at her silently. Her eyebrows were lively and her bright eyes seemed to hide something that always attracted him, softened his heart, and made him feel itchy and warm. He often wanted to express it in some way. But he couldn't say it, so he could only do it. In his opinion, doing it with his wife was also a silent expression of his fascination and admiration for her.

He couldn't say anything sarcastic like "It's a pity we met too late but we are not destined to be together", but his heart was filled with love. It was never too late to get her, and once he got her, he would never let her go.

So his original idea of ​​getting up early the next day and letting her sleep well disappeared when he saw her bright eyes. When she was happy and he was happy too, he would feel sorry for himself if he didn't do something.

Fortunately, Director Han was still rational and restrained, and did not let her work until midnight, so Lin Lan had a wonderful dream of getting rich all night.

She dreamed that she was standing on a gemstone mountain. She waved her hand and said to Han Qingsong, "Third brother, this mountain is mine! Hahahaha..."

Finally, I woke up laughing.

It was still dark at this time, but Han Qingsong had already gotten up and was just getting dressed when he was startled by her laughter and turned around to meet her sparkling eyes.

Lin Lan blinked and asked in confusion, "Third brother, where is my mine? Why are you going home so soon?"

Han Qingsong: “…”

Lin Lan sat up and asked, "Where is my mine!!!"

Then she heard the noises coming from the children in the east room, and all her thoughts came back to her mind. She quickly put on her clothes, "I have to make breakfast for my eldest son."

Han Qingsong wanted to tell her to sleep a little longer, but seeing her attitude he thought she wouldn't listen, so he didn't say anything.

Da Wang had to leave early, so Lin Lan prepared egg pancakes with boiled eggs for him. They had oil, eggs, and flour, and were nutritious and filling, so that her eldest son could eat more. While she was cooking, she asked Er Wang to help grind soybean milk, boil wheat ears over a fire, add sugar, and fill a military kettle for Da Wang and another kettle with boiled water.

The yellow egg pancake is filled with emerald green and white chopped green onions. It is delicious and tasty, and tastes especially good when dipped in spicy sauce.

Da Wang felt that he was overwhelmed.

Lin Lan wanted to secretly put a few eggs in his schoolbag, but Da Wang stopped her silently. This training should be purely conscious, otherwise it would be just deceiving oneself.

Lin Lan also understood and patted him on the shoulder, "Come on, son."

Da Wang saw that there was white flour on her forehead and hair, which was a bit dazzling, just like black hair turning white. He hesitated for a moment, stretched out his hand and rubbed her hair to shake off the flour, and restored her black hair to its original appearance.

Lin Lan: “…” Eldest son, how can you touch your mother’s head the same way you touch your younger brother!

Mai Sui and Er Wang were also stunned for a moment. Oh, brother is so brave!

Han Qingsong frowned, took a look, and looked obviously unhappy.

Da Wang: "...Mom, there is noodles on my head."

Lin Lan smiled, "It's okay, it's okay. Are you full? Have another one." She took a rolled-up egg pancake and let him eat it.

Da Wang: “…I’m full.”

Han Qingsong: "Let's go."

Lin Lan: How much do you dislike my son? You made him leave so early while it was still dark.

But if he left early, he could arrive earlier. Lin Lan understood and sent him out. Da Wang set out with a water bottle, a towel and his clothes on his back. When he left the courtyard, he told Lin Lan and the others not to send him off.

Da Wang did not take the main road east, but took the small road west.

When they could no longer see their son's back, Lin Lan and the others returned home, and she found that the blue stone was actually on the sewing machine.

When Da Wang heard her say it looked nice, he gave it to her.

Lin Lan: ...Oh, I am so touched. My son gave me a big gem. She thought about it and put the stone in the cabinet. When she has time, she will go up the river to see if she can find it.

She wondered if she had to report it to the government. That was a sapphire mine, and all natural resources belonged to the country.

But now, even if she reports it, no one will care. At this time, only gold, silver, iron, copper and other metal mines are valued, and other gemstones are not in demand, unless there is a manager who is willing to listen to her and manage the mine in advance. After all, nowadays, people advocate hardship and simplicity, and do not like red dresses but love military. Gems, which are full of the decadent light of capitalism, are not allowed to be popular.

Lin Lan and Han Qingsong were very busy afterwards.

Lin Lan not only had to hold meetings in the commune, but also had to go to the countryside to organize propaganda and study. She used this opportunity to repeatedly promote breaking feudal superstitions, outdated customs, prohibiting marriage between close relatives, prohibiting child marriage, prohibiting the sale of girls, and working hard to improve the status of women and protect children.

She also suggested that the Propaganda Department work with the Women's Federation, the Public Security Bureau, and the militia to severely crack down on those acts that harm women and children. Encourage members to report, and if the report is verified, they will be rewarded with five kilograms of wheat. Then, an anti-feudal wave will be set off in the commune, and women and children will also be organized to learn and expose, and those bad elements who hide in the brigades, such as rapists, and those who molest women and children, will be caught.

After thinking it through, she submitted a detailed plan to Minister Zhuang, clearly listing how to make the arrangements, how to combine points, lines and surfaces, how the entire publicity department would cooperate, etc.

Minister Zhuang slammed his head on the table and said, "Great!"

Recruiting Lin Lan was a wise move. Not only did it make my life easier, but the work became more and more efficient, and it became a model propaganda department in the county. It made me, the department head, very proud.

"Let's do it this way. You arrange what everyone needs to do, and even I, the minister, will cooperate with you." Minister Zhuang was very happy.

Lin Lan smiled and said, "Minister, your words are the greatest support."

This work, of course, could not be accomplished by a few propagandists, but by mobilizing the brigade propagandists and the vast majority of brigade members. In this way, their commune propagandists had to go to the countryside every day.

Minister Zhuang remembered, "Our Propaganda Department still needs to apply for another bicycle, and we have to provide you with one as well."

The Propaganda Department and the correspondents had to travel frequently to the countryside, so bicycles were a must. Without bicycles, they could not walk two villages in a day. There were originally four people in their Propaganda Department, with a total of three bicycles. He and the deputy minister each had one, and two clerks shared one. Cao Guangrong had his own bicycle, but Lin Lan did not.

If there were not enough bicycles for three people, we would have to add one. If it were the old days, we would definitely report to the director's office, see if other offices had some, and then give the cadres a new one.

Now Minister Zhuang doesn't want this to happen. He wants to get a new one for the Propaganda Department and make Lin Lan happy.

Oh, happiness came so unexpectedly, and I was even given a car.

Lin Lan: "Thank you, Minister."

At this time, it was difficult for individuals to buy bicycles, but it was still possible to apply for official vehicles for government agencies. After getting the application approval slip, you could go to the county supply and marketing cooperative to pick up the goods. Of course, it also depended on the status and ranking of the commune. If the commune was well-known and ranked high, it would be approved quickly.

Their commune took advantage of the presence of a deputy director of the county public security bureau, and since Lin Lan was a propaganda advanced red flag bearer, they were able to take the lead in some matters.

So two days later, Lin Lan also got a special car, a Forever brand 28-inch truck, which was much better than the one Han Qingsong rode. This one cost almost two hundred yuan.

"Comrade Lin Lan, this new bicycle is now yours for use and safekeeping." Minister Zhuang personally handed the key tied with a red cloth to Lin Lan.

The others were also envious and applauded, "Congratulations, Mr. Lin."

Lin Lan couldn't help but say, "I'm happy for you."

Yu Xin saw this from the side, pouted, and went back to the director's office, "Director, when can I get a bicycle?"

Deputy Director Yang is busy preparing things for the rural work. Now it's summer management, and in two months it will be almost time for the autumn harvest and planting, and everything has to be supervised by the commune, otherwise they will not obey and will easily plant less grain and more cash crops to subsidize the brigade's oil and cotton.

"Don't you have a bicycle?"

"Can that broken bike still be ridden? The tires have been repaired several times, the valve core is always broken, the outer tires are badly worn, the rims are a little deformed, the chain keeps falling off when riding, and it bites my pants, the rear fender is gone, and mud keeps splashing all over me..."

Anyway, there are problems everywhere and it has to be replaced with a new one.

Deputy Director Yang: "How about you switch with someone from the office? They are all government-owned anyway, so whoever rides it doesn't matter."

Yu Xin's eyes lit up: "The Propaganda Department just approved a new one for Lin Lan, a permanent one, and it costs about 200 yuan. It's too corrupt."

She wants to change!

Deputy Director Yang was in a dilemma: "Well, you should find someone else."

Lin Lan is not afraid of bullying, and using power to suppress others doesn't work. She has Han Qingsong, and no one can beat her man in a fight.

So, no.

Yu Xin pouted and looked unhappy when she saw that the director who took good care of her was unwilling to give her a bicycle.

After get off work in the afternoon, Lin Lan decided to go home early today. She and Han Qingsong came home late because they had worked overtime in the past few days. Erwang and Mai Sui took care of Xiaowang every day, and she felt bad about it.

When she went to the Public Security Bureau office, Sun Zhuowen was the only one there.

Seeing Lin Lan coming in, Sun Zhuowen said with a smile: "Secretary Lin, this bicycle is the first one in our commune. The director's bicycle only cost 156 yuan."

Lin Lan: "This belongs to our Propaganda Department. It's not given to me. I only have the right to use and keep it. Deputy Director Sun, where is Director Han?"

Sun Zhuowen: "Oh, Director Han is out on a field trip. You know that our Public Security Bureau is short of staff, and Director Han is just a public security officer. Sit down and wait for a while. Maybe Director Han will be back soon. He doesn't work the night shift."

He didn't treat Lin Lan as an outsider, so he started to talk, "It's been strange recently. A cow was killed a while ago, and the Han Bureau led people to catch the murderer. As a result, a mule died a few days ago, and today they said that another cow was killed."

Han Qingsong was originally going to inspect other communes, but he didn't go because livestock were killed in his own commune.

Lin Lan: "Is this a gang crime, specifically killing animals? Why?"

Sun Zhuowen: "I don't know. I guess the South Korean authorities may want to create panic, or they may want to kill animals to vent their anger."

Lin Lan: "Is it possible that some gangsters are causing trouble?" If they were killing animals to vent their anger, why did so many groups show up? It seems more like an organized and premeditated action.

Sun Zhuowen shook his head: "Officer Lin, you don't know that there are no gangsters in our country now. When the country was founded, those who were killed were killed, those who were arrested were arrested, and all were reformed."

At that time, we adopted the policy of "killing a group, imprisoning a group, and managing a group", focusing on attacking the reactionary Taoist and secret society leaders, combined with the purge of spies, bandits, bullies, and the backbone of reactionary parties and groups. We carried out strong strangulation against bandit leaders, habitual bandits, bullies, and important spies and secret society leaders for whom there was conclusive evidence. As a result, no gangs dared to show up in the past twenty years.

There aren't any gangs.

Of course, it is possible that some people hid too deeply to be caught, or that some were cultivated later and not exposed.

Sun Zhuowen is a typical person who believes that less trouble is worse than more trouble. Thinking about the troubles of the Taoist sects, he feels that it is better to have no trouble at all. As long as he thinks that there is no trouble, then there is no trouble at all. It is not easy for the trouble to revive.

Lin Lan didn't understand either, so naturally she didn't say much as she had a lot of things of her own to do.

At this time, Han Qingsong and Luo Haicheng came back from outside, bringing with them a handcuffed man. The man was wearing the clothes of an ordinary member, with a sunburned face and a dirty body. He looked to be in his forties, of medium height, skinny, just like an ordinary member, and inconspicuous in the crowd.

Lin Lan took a look and wondered if the cattle killer had been caught.

She walked towards Han Qingsong, "Third brother."

When the man heard her call Han Qingsong "Third Brother", he immediately stared at her fiercely. Seeing that she was a beautiful woman, he felt that she was not a good person.

He suddenly pushed away the police officer who was holding him and rushed towards Lin Lan fiercely.

Sun Zhuowen saw that he looked crazy and subconsciously dodged backwards, while Han Qingsong and Luo Haicheng were about to get out of the car and were a little far away from him. The escorting police officer did not expect that the man who had always been gentle would suddenly go crazy and was even stunned for a moment.

In the blink of an eye, the man bumped into Lin Lan. Lin Lan hurriedly dodged, but the man did not stop, roaring, "Beat you dogs to death!" He raised the handcuffs and wanted to hit Lin Lan.

Han Qingsong hadn't gotten off the bicycle yet when he gave it a push. The bicycle hit the man with a whoosh, causing him to stagger. Lin Lan was saved just in time.

Lin Lan turned and ran.

The man shouted, "Bad cadres! Kill you!" He started to chase Lin Lan.

Yu Xin happened to come around and bumped into Lin Lan. "Why are you running? There's a ghost chasing you...ah——"

Yu Xin saw the man coming towards her and was so scared that she covered her head and tried to hide, but she blocked Lin Lan's way, and the man rushed towards Lin Lan. Lin Lan immediately covered her head and squatted down to protect herself.

With a "bang", the man was kicked out by Han Qingsong who came running over. He fell against the wall and twitched motionlessly.

Sun Zhuowen: Oh my god, he wasn’t kicked to death, was he?

Sure enough, the man began to vomit blood.

Yu Xin was so scared that she ran away screaming, "Someone's dead, someone's dead."

Luo Haicheng rushed over to take a look. "Three ribs were broken, but he's not dead."

The police officer in charge of the escort quickly apologized to Lin Lan and Han Qingsong for his dereliction of duty.

Han Qingsong: "From now on, your arms will be handcuffed behind your back."

He strode over and helped Lin Lan up, brushed the dirt off her clothes, and touched her face to tell her not to be afraid. Lin Lan was not afraid, and breathed a sigh of relief. She glanced at the man on the ground, not understanding why he hated her so much.

Sun Zhuowen had the man taken to the interrogation room and called a doctor from the health center to set his bones.

Lin Lan: "Third brother, he and I have no grudges against each other, why would he want to beat me to death? Is he a lunatic?"

Han Qingsong: "He would beat any beautiful woman he saw."

Lin Lan: "...Thank you. Is this the cattle killer?"

Han Qingsong nodded.

Lin Lan: “…………” Do I look like a cow? ?

She is a little depressed.

"Did he kill the cow to avenge his officers?" Lin Lan heard him shouting that he had killed officers, and guessed that he had a grudge against the officers of the brigade?

Han Qingsong: "Those who killed animals were all dissatisfied with the brigade cadres and deliberately killed animals to vent their anger."

Lin Lan: "Did they harm anyone in the brigade?" They killed animals in the brigade and then came to the commune to beat her?

"No one was hit."

Lin Lan became even more depressed. Did she become more hated?

She naturally didn't know that in the eyes of that man, the higher the cadre and the prettier the woman, the worse she must be. The cadres of the brigade all obey the commune, so the commune cadres must be worse! And Han Qingsong was the most powerful cadre he had ever met, and Lin Lan was so close to Han Qingsong, so he would take his anger out on her.

Han Qingsong let Luo Haicheng take charge while he and Lin Lan went home after get off work.

Lin Lan thought of the bicycle again and said happily, "Third brother, I have a special bicycle too. A new one!"

Han Qingsong felt his hands itchy and wanted to touch her head, but he rubbed his fingers and held back, "Not bad."

He doesn't even have a private car, he rides his own.

So the two of them rode home together.

…

It is said that Da Wang finally arrived at the district at around 8 o'clock the evening after his departure. He breathed a sigh of relief and immediately went to the district sports school.

This was his habit, he would visit his brother before leaving for the army, and again before returning home. With him visiting twice like this, Sanwang didn't miss home that much.

There have been times when it was later than this before, so Da Wang was not worried. It’s just that today was a bit similar to the first time he arrived - a wolf.

The main problems the first time were finding the way, marking, and drawing my own route map, as well as my lack of stamina. At that time, I had no problem eating and making a fire. Later, I got familiar with the route, and the stamina and food were all fine, so I walked very easily. This time, I was familiar with the route, but it was not easy to fill my stomach without stealing or robbing.

After all, he eats so much!

He didn't want to recall what he had eaten along the way. Some of it was good, but some of it was just... something he never wanted to recall again.

The head of the sports school's communication room was already very familiar with him. When he saw him coming, he immediately greeted him warmly, "Brother Xiaoyu, you're here again?"

Da Wang: "...Hello, Master."

Da Wang went to San Wang's dormitory, and everyone in the room was chattering about something.

From a distance, he could hear Sanwang shouting, "Whose turn is it to write a letter to our mother today? Don't forget!"

"Student Sanwang, it's your turn today!"

"Ah? That's impossible. I just wrote it a few days ago."

"Bullshit, that time you just wrote a greeting about your parents, and then when the teacher asked you to go through the formalities of transferring to the provincial sports school, you ran away."

"Is that so? Fu Zhengyuan, is this really the case?"

Fu Zhengyuan: “Absolutely correct.”

Sanwang: "I mean, do I really want to go to the provincial sports school? To be honest, I don't really want to go."

"Hey, do you believe we will beat you to death? We can't get in even if we try our best, but you've been chosen, so why don't you go?"

Sanwang: "I can't bear to leave you and my home." If I go, who will write to my mother?

The brothers in the dormitory rushed up to hug him again, "Sanwang, good brother."

Fu Zhengyuan: "When you go there, your new roommate will naturally write for you."

Sanwang: "Then I still have to write to you guys? Oh my god, can we brothers not write letters? I'll be scared to death."

Everyone: “…………” I really want to beat him to death!

Fu Zhengyuan: "I will go to the provincial sports school one year later than you."

Sanwang was delighted all of a sudden and hugged Fu Zhengyuan fiercely: "Fu Zhengyuan, you are so nice, you should go earlier."

Fu Zhengyuan: "When I get there, you'll have new friends. Who knows where we might have forgotten them."

Sanwang laughed: "How could that be? You are all my mother's sons, how could I forget? Of course not."

Wan Fubiao: "Well, I heard from the teacher that this year our national team is going to that foreign country to participate in a competition."

Fu Zhengyuan: "…It was the Asian Games in Tehran, Iran. It was our first time participating."

Sanwang: "The Asian Games has nothing to do with us. We are not the national team."

Fu Zhengyuan looked at him and said, "I heard the leaders of the provincial sports school talking to Teacher Chu the other day. They seemed to want to test whether you are qualified."

Sanwang pointed at his nose and said, "Me?" He shook his head like a wave drum, "No way, I won't go abroad. It's either capitalism or charcoalism. I heard that some are even darker than me. Don't let me corrupt you."

Anyway, the teacher never told him about it, and he had no idea about it.

For Sanwang, swimming is his greatest hobby. It would be great if he could swim for free 360 ​​or 365 days a year. It would be even better if he could earn allowances and food coupons from swimming to support his family.

As for winning glory for this or taking first place in that competition, he has not yet felt that way.

He went to the provincial capital because he could participate in more competitions, get 30 kilograms of food coupons, and get 25 yuan in allowance per month. He ate his own food, which was said to be 30 kilograms per month, but in fact he could eat as much as he wanted. Even so, he didn't want to go.

Fu Zhengyuan: "Sanwang, if you can really go abroad to participate in competitions, it is said that the allowance will be at least fifty or sixty."

At this time Da Wang came in. They never closed the door, so it opened with just a push.

Sanwang turned around and saw his elder brother. He hadn't seen him for a while and was missing his family. He jumped up with joy and shouted, "Brother!"

Just like when he was a kid, he suddenly hung on Da Wang like a koala.

Dawang: “!!!”

If he were a child, he would have kicked Sanwang away.

At this moment, he was hungry and tired, and was almost knocked down by Sanwang. He took a step back to steady himself, and he didn't even have the strength to pull Sanwang down.

The author has something to say: Lan Hua Hua: If I say I might own a mountain of gemstones, who among you would believe me? Hahaha. Whoever wakes me up, I will be angry with him!

Han Qingsong: Wife, it’s noon, time to get up.