She didn't want her kind children to encounter such a situation in the future, especially Xiaowang, who was kind, gentle, empathetic, and could easily sympathize with others and feel compassion.

Da Wang and Er Wang went to do morning exercises with Han Qingsong, while Mai Sui and Xiao Wang helped her make Wotou at home, and listened to Lin Lan talk about some precautions when helping others.

"Even if you want to help others, protecting yourself comes first. Unless there is a compelling reason, no one can harm a person's life at any time, especially their own."

Even though the children don’t understand it now, they will be particularly impressed by it because they hear it for the first time.

Especially Mai Sui, who committed suicide several times in her previous life because she could not get Shen Yu's love. Although it was a novel and might be exaggerated, Lin Lan had to guard against it and took every opportunity to instill in Mai Sui the idea that people should not be obsessed with trivial matters and should think more about their parents, brothers and sisters when encountering problems.

Mai Sui smiled and said, "Mom, I think what you said makes a lot of sense. For example, if a person can't swim, he can't jump into the river to save others."

Lin Lan smiled. She didn't tell the children about the special circumstances. When a person loves another person deeply, he or she is willing to sacrifice for the other person when encountering danger.

This person can be a lover, a relative, or someone you consider to be your responsibility.

After breakfast, Han Qingsong took Lin Lan to work, and the children went to school.

Lin Lan also said to Da Wang: "My eldest son, go to the commune today and bring back our bicycle. Your father won't need you to ride it anymore."

The kids were very happy because they finally had bikes to ride. Although their Black Tiger was pretty good, it was still a bit difficult for the three of them.

That’s great, two bicycles, just right!

Xiaowang was also happy for his brothers and sisters. He was particularly happy to go to school. When his friends came to see him, he was still humming a song: "When my parents are not around, I am the head of the family. I feed the chickens, dogs and ducks, and wash the eggplants, peppers and cucumbers~~"

This time, Han Qingsong and Lin Lan did not go to the commune, but went directly to Xiaoyujia Village. Luo Haicheng and Han Qingyun did not go home, but stayed in Xiaoyujia Village with their people.

When they arrived, they saw Tan Zhaoxiang, Tan Zhaomin and Wang Aiguo angrily demanding that Yu Kangri be arrested, while Luo Haicheng and Han Qingyun stood in their way and refused to give an inch.

So the public security personnel and militia from the two communes confronted each other, but although Tan Zhaoxiang shouted loudly, he did not dare to let people shoot at Luo Haicheng and others. Not to mention whether so many of them were a match for Luo Haicheng and others, whoever shot at his comrades first would be a counter-revolutionary and could not afford the charge.

It would be great if someone came from the county.

He originally thought that someone from the county would come after he called, but in the end, no one came. Only Deputy Director Gao went to Shanshui Commune last night. Not only did he not stop Han Qingsong, but he also gave him a motorcycle. Isn't it infuriating?

Tan Zhaoxiang: "Yu Kangri, you are such a brigade secretary. Do you deserve the trust the Party and the people have placed in you? You are simply making a fuss. Shooting you a hundred times is not enough."

During the Anti-Japanese War, they hid the public grain and said that it was stolen by thieves. This is simply a contempt for the commune and the government. Only killing people can appease the public anger!

At this time, Han Qingsong rode his motorcycle with Lin Lan and rushed directly towards Tan Zhaoxiang, who was so scared that he fell to the ground. Wang Aiguo quickly helped him up. People around him looked at Han Qingsong in surprise. Oh, Director Han is amazing. He has changed his guns overnight.

Han Qingsong got out of the car and helped Lin Lan out. He glanced at Tan Zhaoxiang and said to Luo Haicheng, "Cuff Tan Zhaoxiang and Tan Zhaomin."

"Okay!" Luo Haicheng and Han Qingyun brought several police officers to handcuff the man.

"Why are you arresting me? Who dares?" Tan Zhaoxiang became anxious. He quickly stepped back and let the militia from his commune protect him.

Wang Aiguo wanted to step forward to persuade him, but Luo Haicheng kicked him. "Just because the Korean police didn't say they're going to arrest you doesn't mean you're safe. Get out of here."

Han Qingyun has already handcuffed Tan Zhaoxiang.

Tan Zhaomin was the Minister of the Armed Forces and a retired soldier, so he would not surrender without a fight. But just as he tried to resist, Han Qingsong came over and kicked him in the leg, knocking him to his knees.

"Han Qingsong, you have no right to arrest people at random." Tan Zhaoxiang's usual friendly attitude was completely gone, and his expression became fierce.

Han Qingsong glanced at him coldly and said, "Not only can I catch you, I can also slam you." If I slam you, at most you won't be the director.

Tan Zhaoxiang was so frightened that he dared not speak.

Han Qingsong glanced at Luo Haicheng and said, "Cuff Yu Kangri and the captain as well."

Luo Haicheng hesitated for a moment, then moved closer to Han Qingsong and whispered, "Director Han, there are not enough handcuffs." The commune's supplies are limited.

Han Qingsong: “…………Take the rope.”

He had no objection to resisting the Japanese and was ready to die. He believed that if being shot could allow the other members to share their rations, then it would be a worthy death.

At this time, many villagers came out and said, "No, you can't take our secretary and team leader away. Please, please."

"Our secretary and captain are good people. They are never corrupt."

"The secretary hid the food for the members, not for himself!"

“…”

Han Qingsong frowned. He didn't have the patience to talk nonsense with the members. He waved his hand and asked Luo Haicheng and others to leave first.

Lin Lan was afraid that the members would be too excited and Han Qingsong would be too cold and hard, which would lead to another conflict. She quickly said, "Comrades, you have misunderstood. Director Han took them to the county committee to sue, not to shoot them. Don't worry."

Lin Lan understood what Han Qingsong meant. What he was concerned about was never whether to kill Tan Zhaoxiang or to fight against the Japanese. What he was concerned about was whether he could change the situation and allow the brigades of Qingshi Commune to receive food like other people.

"Director Han, you have to take charge of us and provide us with food—"

"We kowtow to you——"

A large group of members knelt down and wept.

Lin Lan shouted until her voice became hoarse, "Everyone, stand up, don't kneel, you are trying to kill our Director Han." Personal worship is not that easy to achieve.

When they heard that Director Han was going to be killed, no one would give them food, and the members all got up immediately.

Lin Lan couldn't help but bring out the words she learned at the meeting and shout out slogans: "As cadres, we should serve the members and convey their voices. This is what we should do. You work hard and deserve rations. Don't worry, Director Han will do his best."

She took out the coarse grains she brought with her, and said, "Director Han took out the recent rations for our family, and I took the children to make more overnight. One person's strength is not much, so I shared it with the children."

The members of the cooperative had no objection, so Yu Kucai and several of his children came over to take over the nest.

Yu Kucai was still embarrassed, "Sister, we are out of stones."

Lin Lan smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll take them in later."

Yu Kucai asked curiously, "Sister, what are you doing with those stones?"

Lin Lan: "I...pave the path to my home with yellow, green, blue, and purple, a rainbow road."

Yu Kucai exclaimed in amazement, "That must be very beautiful."

Several children surrounded Lin Lan. They were not as shy as before, but chattering loudly instead.

"Mr. Lin, we will help you find blue stones and give them to you to pave your rainbow road!"

"Yes, we will keep them for you in the future."

After the distribution of the nests, Lin Lan encouraged the members to work again, "Comrades, the crops in the fields cannot be delayed. There are difficulties, but they can be overcome. Let's grit our teeth and get through the hardship in front of us. When the autumn harvest comes, it will be a season of harvest."

"Director Han, we believe you!"

"Let's go to work now!"

Yu Kangri turned his head to look at Han Qingsong and wanted to say something, but saw Han Qingsong standing there, motionless, as if he was standing like a cold and hard stone, and had no intention of paying attention to him.

He could only look at Lin Lan: "What's going on, Lin?"

Lin Lan walked over and said, "Secretary Yu."

Yu Kangri said bitterly: "Don't call me the branch secretary. Our brigade still has some food in reserve, which is supposed to be distributed to the members every three days. Let the accountant give them...some food."

According to custom, when the secretary and the team leader were arrested, the accountant would temporarily take over the village affairs. The accountant of Xiaoyujia Village was an educated youth named Wang Guoan, who was 25 years old, but his face was already full of frost and half of his hair was white, and he looked particularly... old.

He greeted Han Qingsong and then Lin Lan.

Lin Lan: "Where are you from?"

Wang Guoan: "Secretary Lin, I am an educated youth from our county. I am from the county. I graduated from Binbei Middle School in 1967 and went directly to the countryside."

Lin Lan: "Thank you for your hard work."

Lin Lan was very curious that the accountant of Xiaoyujia Village was actually an educated youth, because most brigades would not let educated youth take up such an important position, after all, educated youth were outsiders.

Han Qingsong asked Luo Haicheng and Han Qingyun to escort him to the county. He also had to pack up some documents from Xiaoyujia Village and the commune and take them with him to the county for interrogation.

Normally, in cases like this, the higher-ups would send people down to interrogate the case, and the prisoners would not move. However, Han Qingsong felt that sending people down was useless, and that he had to go to the county and slam the table and start a quarrel.

At noon, Yu Kangri's wife, Mrs. Feng, cooked and invited Lin Lan to eat. Lin Lan declined, but Mrs. Feng insisted on taking her with her. Seeing that she seemed to have something to say, Lin Lan followed her.

Mrs. Feng made vegetarian dumplings with lentil filling.

Lin Lan glanced at her. She was still thinking about making dumplings at this time. "Sister-in-law, it's too troublesome."

Mrs. Feng: "No problem, would you like to eat garlic?"

Lin Lan shook her head.

Mrs. Feng served her a large bowl of dumplings and said, "Mr. Lin, you eat."

Lin Lan didn't dare to eat it. She said, "Sister-in-law, if you have anything to say, just say it."

Calling her here must mean you have something to say.

Mrs. Feng looked outside, and her eyes suddenly turned red. "Manager Lin, my donkey got angry and got into trouble. I won't plead for him. But...but it wasn't his idea, so please don't shoot him."

Lin Lan: "Captain?"

"No, these old farmers don't have such great knowledge."

Lin Lan understood immediately, "It's the king..."

Mrs. Feng nodded. "He is well-educated. He has been giving advice to our brigade since he came here. My old man listens to him. It was obviously his idea, but when my old man was arrested, he didn't say a word and really took it over. Will he be the branch secretary in the future?"

Lin Lan nodded: "Thank you, sister-in-law." She ate eight or nine dumplings and refused to eat any more, leaving some for the host. "The dumplings are delicious, thank you, sister-in-law."

Mrs. Feng wanted her to eat more, but Lin Lan refused. She wiped her mouth, left four taels of grain coupons and ten cents, and said goodbye to find Han Qingsong.

Mrs. Feng took the ticket and the money and wiped her tears. "They are cadres from the commune. How many meals did our commune cadres who went to the countryside eat? But they were not even given one or two food coupons."

Han Qingsong was having lunch with two police officers. They were given meal tickets, which were paid 1.5 cents per pound of food ticket per person per day. Lunch was 420 grams of meal tickets plus 6 cents.

Lin Lan walked over and whispered something to Han Qingsong in his ear.

After hearing this, Han Qingsong turned around and saw Wang Guoan distributing food to the members. There seemed to be nothing unusual and he looked like he was doing his job conscientiously.

Han Qingsong: "He can't run away. Let's solve the food problem first."

The question of who was the mastermind between him and Yu Kangri was Wang Guoan, and it had little to do with food. At this time, it was more profitable than losing to create complications, so we should solve the biggest food problem first and then solve this one. Anyway, no one could escape at this time, so we sent a public security officer to stay in Xiaoyujia Village to help carry out the work and monitor Wang Guoan.

Han Qingsong left two people to stay in Xiaoyujia Village to supervise, and he took Lin Lan to pack up the documents. Afterwards, the two returned to Shanshui Commune first, and he dropped Lin Lan off at the door.

Lin Lan: "Third brother, do you want me to accompany you?"

Han Qingsong shook his head and said, "Go home." He touched her face and started his motorcycle towards the county town.

Lin Lan shouted at him: "Third brother, don't be stressed, everything depends on human effort!"

A motorcycle is naturally much faster than a bicycle, and the sun had not yet set when he arrived at the county town.

Luo Haicheng saw him coming and immediately reported the situation of the Revolutionary Committee. The Revolutionary Committee was in chaos. Deputy Director Li slammed the table in the meeting room and urged people to ask why Han Qingsong had not come yet, "Call him to urge him!"

As soon as Han Qingsong arrived, the county revolutionary committee immediately held a meeting. Director Qin, deputy director, old director, deputy director Gao, deputy director Li and others all crowded into the conference room of the revolutionary committee.

Deputy Director Li slammed the table and threatened to kill Yu Kangri, "If you don't shoot Yu Kangri, it will be unjust!"

Gao Weidong sarcastically said, "Deputy Director Li is the justice of heaven."

Deputy Director Li: "Don't interrupt me. If they don't kill to resist the Japanese, the people below will do whatever they want if they are dissatisfied with the government. Is this acceptable?"

He stared at Han Qingsong before his attitude towards him changed. He was causing trouble again, which was really infuriating.

Han Qingsong: "We shot ourselves in the fight against the Japanese, so we shot Tan Zhaoxiang together."

"Tan Zhaoxiang is a party member and a commune cadre!"

"Are Liu Qingshan and Zhang Zishan cadres?" Han Qingsong asked coldly.

Deputy Director Li was speechless for a moment, his face flushed red. This guy was clearly making indirect accusations, of course not referring to Tan Zhaoxiang, but to the people behind Tan Zhaoxiang. He looked at Director Qin and the other deputy directors, "I really have nothing to say."

At that time, it was common for people to bang their heads on the table during meetings and argue until their faces turned red. The Revolutionary Committee and the Party Committee were no exception, so even if they were angry, no one present thought it was a big deal.

Director Qin thought he could move to a new position last year, to the district committee or somewhere else, but he ended up staying in the county. He was a little impatient. He kept silent and just watched the excitement.

The old director remained silent. Seeing how busy things were, he could have retired last year, but it was a revolutionary's duty to devote himself to the Republic, so he had to carry on until the higher-ups appointed a new director.

"You don't have to shoot Tan Zhaoxiang." Han Qingsong said again.

Deputy Director Li stared at him, "Are you that kind-hearted? Why do you like killing people so much?"

Han Qingsong: "Kill those who should be killed."

If Deputy Director Li hadn't known that he couldn't beat Han Qingsong, he would have punched, kicked, or even drawn his gun this morning. Unfortunately, his fists weren't as hard as Han Qingsong's, he couldn't draw his gun as fast as him, and his official position wasn't higher than his.

It's so frustrating.

Thinking about how Gao Weidong actually went to give Han Qingsong a motorcycle last night and Han Qingsong accepted it, Deputy Director Li felt uneasy. He felt that the two must be hooking up and that he would be the next person to deal with.

Gao Weidong: "What are the conditions for not shooting?"

Han Qingsong didn't say anything, but looked at Director Qin and the others.

Director Qin sounded a little listless: "The rule that Qingshi Commune does not distribute food rations was set by the previous county government, and the county revolutionary committee has continued this policy." As to why it has not been changed for so many years, he did not say anything, nor did he take the blame, as if it had nothing to do with him.

Han Qingsong: "The territory of a county should be consistent."

Gao Weidong: "That's true. What's worrying is not the lack of wealth but the inequality of wealth."

Deputy Director Li couldn't bear to see the two of them talking at the same time, "The urban and rural areas are not the same."

Because some people were not active, some were arguing, and some were deliberately leaving it alone, the public grain and surplus grain policy of several brigades in Qingshi Commune could not be implemented immediately. This is normal. Any decision is made through constant meetings and quarrels.

But Han Qingsong doesn't have that experience, nor does he have that much time and energy. He should accomplish what he has decided to do, otherwise he won't be able to carry out his subsequent work.

At ten o'clock, most of the cadres were very sleepy and decided to adjourn the meeting and continue the discussion the next day.

Han Qingsong followed the old director.

The old director glanced at him and naturally knew what he meant. "Qingsong, although I am your superior, I have no right to accept your resignation. The party and the people have appointed you. You have no right to withdraw unless you are dismissed or reach the age of retirement. You must fight to the last moment."

Han Qingsong: "If I can't get food and can't quell the anger of the Qingshi Commune, then I should resign."

"Young people, don't be so angry. We are in a meeting to discuss this. Let's wait for Director Qin to express his opinion." The old director waved his hands and said, "No, I'm too sleepy. You young people are not as energetic as you."

He saw that Han Qingsong didn't look tired at all, and his eyes were still bright and shining. He was really envious. Thinking back to the past, he could stay up for two days without feeling any pain, but now he couldn't do that. If he didn't sleep after 10 o'clock, his soul would wander into the void.

The old director ran very fast, and there was no sign of him being in any condition.

When Han Qingsong was returning, he was blocked by Deputy Director Li.

"Han Qingsong, you are capable." Deputy Director Li was very angry.

Han Qingsong: "We should sort out the chaos and make it right."

"That's all you can do! I won't talk to you!" Deputy Director Li walked away angrily. He really didn't want to look at him any longer. He was already hooking up with Gao Weidong!

Why didn't they make a statement? Why didn't they correct such a simple matter? Actually, it's simple. If they were to correct it, wouldn't they say that they were wrong before? Except for the decision makers who were defeated, the rest are all in the provincial and district committees. How can they directly deny the policies of the old leaders? The old leaders haven't stepped down yet.

There are many doubts about this matter itself. At that time, most areas directly cancelled the return of grain and the distribution of food grain. Why didn’t Qingshi Commune do the same?

It's an old story in itself, and it's all about the dirty tricks between people.

At that time, the two factions of the Party Committee were fighting fiercely, and neither of them would submit to the other. No matter what you do, whether it is right or wrong, I will deny it first, and the two of them were arguing like this.

As a result, the two tigers fought each other and the others suffered.

Qingshi Commune is such an unlucky one that has been implicated for more than a decade without any correction being done.

Do you think you can’t do it yourself, so you call your superiors to apply? Then who applies? Who brings this up? Isn’t this provoking the old leader? Will the old leader admit it or not? Will he be embarrassed or angry? Maybe he forgot about it or deliberately forgot to mention it again.

Finally, someone came to remind me, haha. After all, the decision-making officials still have the final say at this moment. They interpret the rules and regulations, and they are not always consistent.

That's why Director Qin didn't express his opinion.

The old leader was Deputy Director Li’s former superior and is now promoting him, so of course he has to do his best to protect him!

As for the old director, he just wanted to retire peacefully, why would he wade into trouble? Gao Weidong was already good enough, and he even went to remind him, but it was just because of factional differences that he wanted to use or win over Han Qingsong.

Han Qingsong naturally didn't know this.

In the middle of the night, Liu Jianyun came to report to Han Qingsong that Yu Kangri was planning a hunger strike.

Han Qingsong: "Tell him that this is called committing suicide out of fear of crime."

Yu Kang was afraid that Han Qingsong would be embarrassed by his resistance to Japan, so he wanted to die heroically. If he died, the county revolutionary committee would reconsider the issue of food. However, Han Qingsong was not moved, but instead rudely retorted to him.

The anti-Japanese war ended.

Luo Haicheng: "Director Han, you haven't closed your eyes yet, go and take a nap for a while."

Han Qingsong nodded, washed his face, and went straight to the dormitory reserved for him by the Revolutionary Committee.

The moment he opened the door, he remembered everything that happened here that night. Lin Lan's smiling eyes and her soft voice appeared in his mind. He lay on the bed with his clothes on, with the surging memories, but he couldn't fall asleep.

"That's not good, let's go mining now!"

"Third brother, when we retire, I will take you to travel all over China, show you delicious food, see the beautiful scenery, and then travel around the world after traveling around China..."

"Third brother, don't be stressed, everything is up to you!"

Han Qingsong sat up suddenly. His mind instantly became alert and he could no longer sleep. He immediately got up, put on his shoes, and went out, directly to the archives room of the Revolutionary Committee.

Luo Haicheng and Liu Jianyun heard his movements and ran over, "Director Han?"

Han Qingsong pointed to the data room and said, "Look up the data."

The door was locked, but it was just an ordinary lock, locked with a thin piece of iron about the width of a finger.

Liu Jianyun: "I'll go get it from Xiao Zhang..."

With a "bang", Han Qingsong kicked the door open.

The author has something to say:

Door: What's wrong with me? What's wrong with me? It's obviously... the lock is wrong, why are you kicking my forehead!

Han Qingsong: To change the iron.

Men: No, I don’t want to retire. I won’t talk nonsense anymore. I am who I am. Different fireworks…………