Han Jinyu sat on the cold ground, holding a flashlight in her hand, shining it at a line of dark sky in front of her.

Her mind went blank. She vaguely seemed to remember that four or five robbers with their faces covered rushed over to bully her, and Liu Haozhe tried his best to protect her. He rushed over to fight with them, but was surrounded and knocked to the ground. They surrounded him and punched and kicked him. She was so scared that her mind went blank.

She was even about to blurt out something like "Do whatever you want to me, just don't hit him", but those people dragged him away.

As she was leaving, a sturdy man gestured at her with a boning knife and said, "Girl, if you dare tell anyone, we will chop your man into pieces and stew him in a pot."

Liu Haozhe was still shouting: "Jinyu, go back to Shanzui Village to find the third brother!"

The man threatened her with a boning knife, "Try it!"

Han Jinyu was so frightened that she dared not move. She had no idea at all and her mind was blank.

The man also cut off a strand of Liu Haozhe's hair and threw it at her, glaring at her fiercely and saying, "Shut up, your man will be able to come back alive tomorrow!" Then he waved his hand and the group of people quickly slipped away. They were so fast that she felt she couldn't catch up with them even on a bicycle.

After they left, she jumped up in shock. Her first reaction was to go to Shanzui Village to find her third brother to report the case. Then she thought that she couldn't report the case because they would kill Liu Haozhe. Her emotions fluctuated greatly that day. She was shocked and sad. She didn't know what to do. Finally, she got up, held a flashlight and pushed her bicycle, and headed towards the county town.

The next day, Liu Haozhe came back as expected.

The day after Han Jinyu returned home, Han Qinghua returned to the labor reform farm. Before leaving, he tried to say goodbye to Han Qingsong, but Han Qingsong refused to see him, so Han Qinghua had to leave by himself. After returning to the farm, he found that he had been transferred to a production team, surrounded by strangers, and Zhang Heilu stared at him three times a day!

He also tentatively asked about taking a leave for the New Year, but was ruthlessly rejected. He was desperate and angry, but he had no choice but to participate in winter labor and training.

Han Qingsong was also busy in the first month of the lunar year. In addition to his own commune and the labor reform farm, other communes and counties also invited him to attend year-end summary meetings and give lectures. He turned down the invitations he could, and if he couldn't, he would let Sun Zhuowen and Huang Weizhong go. If he really couldn't turn down the invitations from the county, he would just show up, eat a meal, and bring back two more for his family.

Now that life at home is better and he doesn't need extra meals, he doesn't even want to go to meetings. Some meetings are a sheer waste of time, and it's better to stay at home with his wife and children.

Of course Han Qingsong doesn't give lectures. When he gets on stage he can finish his lecture in just a few words without saying a single word of nonsense. This makes those who are used to listening to long speeches that can last an hour a little uncomfortable.

For example, if we talk about how to improve public security in the area, we can spend at least two or three hours talking about it. From theory to cases, from how hard and dangerous it is to go out on field duty, to how you miss your wife and children when you are away from home for three days, how your family supports you, etc. Anyway, if you make it more sensational, it can be a long book.

But Director Han said, "Just do your job well. There is no law and order that cannot be handled."

It was quite embarrassing with so many leaders and cadres, both big and small, present.

Deputy Director Li and Deputy Director Gao are fighting fiercely at the moment, especially Deputy Director Li, who does not regard Han Qingsong as an enemy at all. He is not afraid that this parachuted deputy director will compete with him. Judging from the way he works, he will probably stay in the commune for the rest of his life. Maybe after the public security bureau of the commune is withdrawn, he will have to go back home to farm. Or maybe the old leader of the army who protects him and arranges his job for him may accidentally die again, and then he will be even more doomed.

Deputy Director Li felt that he had to remind him that Han Qingsong was very capable after all, and it would be good for him to be a capable subordinate, as he could make contributions without seeking credit. If he was willing to help him, it would not be a problem to deal with Gao Weidong. When he became the director in the future, Han Qingsong would also be a capable general.

Han Qingsong was too lazy to understand all his twists and turns. He just wanted to do his job and get the rewards to improve the lives of the employees in the bureau and his own family. He would not get involved in any other intrigues.

On the tenth day, Han Qingsong took Luo Haicheng to a meeting. At noon, Deputy Directors Li and Gao invited him to dinner, but he refused. Unless it was a dinner organized by the Revolutionary Committee and he had to go, he would refuse all private invitations.

They ate with Liu Jianyun in the cafeteria.

Han Qingsong saw that the food was good today, with braised pork and roast chicken, so he bought an extra roast chicken and two servings of braised pork to take back with him when he left.

For lunch, he had cabbage, vermicelli and tofu, which also contained some meat scraps and was quite fragrant.

Liu Jianyun and Luo Haicheng were also used to Han Qingsong's visit to the family. If there was anything delicious, they would think of taking it back first, so they let Han Qingsong eat their own meat dishes.

Han Qingsong refused. He was not a big fan of meat. Besides, he would not eat other people's meat if he could not bear to eat it himself. Besides, he thought it would be more delicious to eat it with his wife and children at night.

The two knew his temper and just laughed it off.

During the dinner, Liu Jianyun talked about the latest gossip, "Have you heard that a captain died suddenly when he got up at night. When he was found, he was frozen into a stick."

Luo Haicheng: "It's either a brain or heart disease."

Some older people may die suddenly when they suddenly move from a warm bed to a cold place because their bodies cannot bear it. This often happens in the countryside.

Liu Jianyun: "There is another one, which belongs to a commune brigade in the east. It happened in the past two days. I heard that a warehouse was robbed at night and several thousand kilograms of wheat were stolen."

Luo Haicheng asked: "So much food? Either the guards stole it themselves or the thieves let the wolves in."

He was not speaking casually. After all, it was collective labor at that time. The brigade's livestock and private grain were all kept together by the brigade. The village's public security was also managed by the village itself. It was not easy for outsiders to sneak into the village.

Han Qingsong became interested when he heard about the lost food. "Have you reported it to the police?"

Liu Jianyun shook his head and said, "The brigade investigated on their own and said that they caught a grain thief and held a meeting to criticize and beat a man to death. They didn't report the case but only submitted a document to the commune revolutionary committee."

At this time, when many brigades had incidents, they would handle them with their own militia, and they did not like to report to the commune. In addition, the public security bureaus in many communes were either for show or did not exist at all. This was the way it was during special periods. If the cadres and revolutionary activists said someone was guilty, then he was guilty. If they said they wanted to criticize someone, then they would criticize him. Moreover, when the behavior went too far, people would often die, or the criticized people would jump into the river or hang themselves because they felt they were wronged, and no one cared.

Han Qingsong: "Have you found the food?"

Liu Jianyun shook his head. "If they don't report it, I'll just take it as a joke."

A colleague called Liu Jianyun, and Liu Jianyun went over to greet them, then came back to say goodbye to Han Qingsong and Luo Haicheng, "Director Han, I'm leaving first. A truck carrying supplies from the county overturned in a ditch, and nearby residents were looting. Our Public Security Bureau has received an order to go and maintain order at the scene."

Luo Haicheng looked at Liu Jianyun's departing back and said, "Director Han, do you want to join in the fun?"

Han Qingsong has a special status and can intervene in any case in the county as long as he is willing.

Han Qingsong frowned slightly: "Members are snatching? What kind of member is so bold?"

Luo Haicheng said: "There is nothing strange about this. Two years ago, there were members in the neighboring county who were so hungry that they went to rob the commune's grain management office and were shot dead." The grain robbery incident was a serious matter and the higher-ups issued strict orders to deal with it severely, so the participants were basically shot.

Han Qingsong: "Looting supplies is a serious crime if investigated. Why would you want to loot unless you are starving to death?"

This type of logistics truck is not a grain truck, but is generally used to transport various industrial products such as textiles and oil.

Luo Haicheng thought for a moment, "Maybe they didn't steal much and just took it home to use. We can't convict them for this. At most, we can track down those who know about it, and forget about those who don't know."

Since it was not his own commune's business, Han Qingsong did not interfere.

"Go count our rewards." This was Han Qingsong's purpose for coming to the county.

Han Qingsong worked hard and repeatedly achieved results that others did not have. He was low-key and did not seek credit for his work, so when his superiors took credit for his work, they would give him generous rewards, which were basically rice, flour, grain, oil, meat, non-staple food, cloth coupons, daily necessities, etc.

A mature set of rules had already been formed in their bureau, where rewards were distributed according to merit, and even other cadres of the commune revolutionary committee benefited from it.

This year, Director Song of the Labor Reform Farm often invited him to help, so the remuneration he gave was also very generous.

These farms are all state-owned, and raising chickens and ducks is not subject to population restrictions. Director Song has quite a few. The reward for the Public Security Bureau is that the chickens and ducks are given by the basket, and the pork and mutton are sent by the leg, with a leg and half a rib at a time. Not to mention the rice, flour, grain, oil, and fruit, there are even sea fish, small squid, and shrimp from the coast.

Han Qingyun and Luo Haicheng brought back a large cart for Lin Lan, which contained various foods, some supplies, and two baskets of charcoal.

Lin Lan packed some food and sent Dawang and Erwang to deliver to several aunts' families, and also sent some to Han's elder brother, Han's elder sister-in-law, and the relatives who had a good relationship with them. They were all ordinary families who didn't eat seafood and dried goods, so she sent pork, noodles, oil, sugar and the like. These things seemed ordinary but were very expensive, and sharing some with each family was enough to make them happy.

Lin Lan took some time out to take Xiaowang and Sanwang back to her parents' home on a bicycle, to give the old lady two yuan for the New Year, and to give her eldest sister-in-law some New Year gifts for her to take back to her parents' home, which would be more respectable.

Mrs. Lin is good at handling things and gets along well with Lin Lan and Lin Mei. Although she has a purpose, isn't that what relatives are like? As long as there is no bad intention and they have a purpose to be friends, it's fine. If they want to be in love with each other, that also depends on fate.

This time, my sister-in-law Tang Hehua was not there again.

Old Mrs. Lin was afraid that she was unhappy. After all, Lin Lan had come several times and Tang Hehua was not there. If this happened too often, she would wonder if she did it on purpose.

She kept it a secret for her daughter-in-law, "Her parents' family has something going on recently, so they often ask her to go back. Anyway, our family is not busy."

Lin Lan didn't care.

Mrs. Lin accepted Lin Lan's gift and said happily, "Thank you so much, Fourth Sister. I was worried about what to bring when I went back to my parents' home this year. What you gave me is just right." She picked out a piece of meat and a piece of cloth to keep, and gave the rest to Mrs. Lin.

Lin Lan smiled and said, "As long as you like it, sister-in-law." She pushed all of them to sister-in-law Lin, "Sister-in-law, you can take them. Mother has other things." They were just some snacks, fruits and snacks.

Mrs. Lin hesitated for a moment, and seeing that Lin Lan didn't give it to the second son's family, she was thinking of giving it to Tang Hehua. Parents are bound to favor sons over daughters, and when they favor sons over daughters, they are bound to favor the youngest son.

But after hearing Lin Lan say this, she said nothing more and just wanted to give her share of the subsidy to her young wife.

Mrs. Lin went to buy some big fish and asked Lin Lan to take them back to cook for the children. She also tried her best to persuade Lin Lan and the children to stay for dinner.

Lin Lan smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I have a stall at home, waiting for you to come and play in the first month of the lunar year."

"Then you have to bring your children to stay for a few days."

Lin Lan smiled and said yes.

Lin Lan took Sanwang and Xiaowang home. On the way, Sanwang said, "Mom, my second sister-in-law is hiding from you. She didn't go to her parents' home at all. She's playing outside. I heard that she went to hide at someone else's house when you came."

Xiao Wang also confirmed that it was true, "Mom, I don't like playing with Xiao Xin either. He always wants to bully me. If the third brother is mean to him, he will cry and complain."

Lin Lan didn't know when she had offended her sister-in-law, causing her to avoid her again and again. When she thought about it, she basically went back to her parents' home to give gifts to the original owner as a filial piety. She would stay for two hours at most and would not even stay for dinner. How could she have offended anyone?

However, Lin Lan is an optimistic person. Unless someone comes to her and explains some things, she is too lazy to worry about them. She will just forget about them and let them do whatever they want.

Anyway, as a time traveler, she just needs to fulfill her duties as a child and does not expect to have any emotional ties with anyone.

After all, her family of one, big and five, has occupied all her attention, so she has no time to care about other people's nitpicking.

Of course, it doesn't mean that she didn't respond to Tang Hehua's dislike. Since Tang Hehua didn't want to maintain the dignity of her relatives, there was no need for her to give her face.

In the past, she would give everything to Old Lady Lin and let her share it, and Tang Hehua would always get the upper hand. Now she only gave one portion to her eldest sister-in-law and not to Tang Hehua, and within two days Tang Hehua would feel something was wrong.

You don't want to greet me and you're too lazy to even attend social events. Am I supposed to rush over to give you something?

There is no such thing.

The next day she got up early, sent the children away, packed her things and planned to go to Lin Mei's house.

Lin Mei hasn't come for some time since she was busy with the brigade's sideline business. Lin Lan and the children are still looking for a good boy, and they don't know whether the child has reformed or reverted to his old ways. They are thinking about bringing him over to stay for a few days and letting Da Wang and the others help him correct his bad habits.

And Qiaoqiao is the same age as Mai Sui, so let her be intimate with Mai Sui.

Because she was going to bring the children, she didn't bring Xiaowang with her. She didn't tell the children that she was going to bring her brother and sister, intending to give them a surprise. Children always like to visit relatives or have relatives' children come to play.

When Han Qingsong heard that Lin Lan was going out, he offered to accompany her, "I'll take you there, so it'll be easier on the way."

Lin Lan smiled and said, "Director Han is not going to work today?"

Han Qingsong looked at her and said, "You seem very disappointed."

Lin Lan quickly shook her head and said, "Let's go, let's go." People who don't talk much are amazing. You can reveal a lot of hidden meanings in just one sentence.

Han Qingsong tied the basket to the outside of the bicycle and helped Lin Lan put the things in it.

Lin Lan brought a hot pot, a piece of meat, some seafood, and canned malt milk snacks. She also brought a fur hat for Mrs. Zheng, which was made of dog skin and was very warm. She wanted to give it to Da Wang, but Da Wang refused decisively. Er Wang and Mai Sui also refused to take it. The old lady of the Lin family had it, so Lin Lan thought about it and gave it to the third sister's mother-in-law.

In order to avoid damaging the hot water bottle, Lin Lan tied a rope to it and carried it on her back. She sat on the seat and put one hand on Han Qingsong's waist.

Han Qingsong carried her steadily and quickly, and also shielded her from the wind on the road.

Zheng Yaozu was the only one at home. The others were either weaving cloth or chatting with the old man. Haonan and Qiaoqiao were not there either.

Zheng Yaozu was drawing patterns at home. According to Lin Lan's suggestion, Lin Mei asked him to design some simple patterns so that he could weave them better in the future. It didn't need to be complicated, but a little change would be enough to make the dull country cloth look more interesting.

Lin Lan called out "Third sister" and "brother-in-law". Zheng Yaozu in the room happily put down his pen and ran out, greeting them warmly: "Oh, sister-in-law, you haven't come for a while. You are finally here! Why do you bring..." Director Han is here!

After entering the yard, Zheng Yaozu saw the tall and strong Han Qingsong next to Lin Lan. The smile on his face paused for a moment and then immediately became more brilliant. He stepped forward and shook hands with Han Qingsong, "Hello, uncle-in-law."

Han Qingsong: “…………”

He shook hands with Zheng Yaozu silently.

When Zheng Yaozu was held by Han Qingsong's warm and powerful hands, his eyes widened instantly, and his soul was about to be squeezed out. When Han Qingsong let him go, he rubbed his hands quickly and glanced at the back of his hands. Oh, there were several white finger marks! How strong are you! !

He was about to cry. What was this all about? I was just praising my sister-in-law for her beauty. Was it fake? The painting on the wall was praised every day. Wouldn't a living person be praised even more?

Seeing him grinning, Lin Lan smiled and said, "Brother-in-law, talk to my brother-in-law. I'll go to the weaving shop in your village to take a look."

Zheng Yaozu was about to cry. He was asked to look after a brother-in-law who was as cold as an iceberg. How could he have the courage to do that? You said you were coming, so you came. What did you bring? You brought things, but you didn't bring a man.

But Lin Lan didn't care about his lawsuit at all. Her Director Han was so amiable, never bullied anyone, and never talked much. He could sit there quietly for half a day.

She walked away on her own.

Zheng Yaozu was alone with Han Qingsong and was so nervous that beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead. "Uncle-in-law...drink, drink some water?" He raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat off his face.

Han Qingsong: "You are not a spy, why are you afraid of me?"

Zheng Yaozu's head shook as if trying to cover his head, "...I'm not afraid when I'm with a group of people. I'm not afraid." I was just a little nervous when I was alone.

Han Qingsong sat upright, watching Zheng Yaozu's forehead sweating. He was very puzzled. It wasn't hot in the room. Was Zheng Yaozu in good health? He didn't look that strong.

Zheng Yaozu: "...Uncle-in-law..."

Han Qingsong couldn't stand it any longer, "Uncle-in-law?"

Sister-in-law and aunt, there is a big generation difference between them.

Zheng Yaozu quickly changed his words: "Sister, brother-in-law, haha." You are not my uncle-in-law, you are my ancestor!

…

Lin Lan asked someone outside and found out the location of the weaving point, and went straight to find Lin Mei.

Lin Mei was busy weaving among a group of weaving girls like a butterfly. When she saw Lin Lan coming, she ran over happily.

Lin Mei took Lin Lan to an empty place to sit and talk, and gave her hawthorn to eat. "I wanted to go to your house a few days ago, but I was busy going to play with my brothers and sisters, but I got caught up in something."

Lin Lan saw that her face was not very good when she talked about this matter, "What happened? Is the good boy naughty again?"

Lin Mei shook her head: "It's not him. How can he not be naughty? I'm used to it."

"What's that?" She felt that the good man had become better. Mrs. Zheng would only be happy and would not provoke Lin Mei, and Old Zheng would only work and sleep at home, rarely getting involved in women's affairs. Zheng Yaozu was even worse. Although he was good at talking, he could also make Lin Mei happy.

That's being angry?

“Is there a problem with dividends?”

Lin Mei: "Fortunately, I listened to you and turned weaving into a sideline business for the brigade. Although I earn less than before, it is much more stable. Those women earn work points, and I earn dividends in addition to work points. However, the dividends are only counted after the goods are sold, so it's not bad anyway." Although it took some time and effort in the process, at least it was settled.

"It's pretty good." Lin Lan thought it was really good.

"Even after such a situation, there are still people reporting it! It really makes me angry to death." Lin Mei was very angry.

Lin Lan smiled and said, "Don't people report you every day? You make money, so it's normal for people to be jealous and report you. If you are not envied, you are mediocre. You are a talented person who makes money, so it's normal for you to be envied. Don't be angry." She touched Lin Mei's back to calm her down, and imitated Xiaowang's tone to tease her, "Relax, imagine yourself as light as a feather, and don't be angry."

Lin Mei smiled after being persuaded by Lin Lan. She pinched Lin Lan's face and said, "Why do I love you so much, Lan Huahua?"

Lin Lan quickly dodged her clutches and said, "Don't do that. My director will be upset."

"Tsk tsk tsk, look, look, this little bastard made some honey at home to choke me." Lin Mei joked.