"Originally, the commander had said the matter was over because the child was born prematurely. But someone somehow revealed that the Second Madam had abused her power by taking advantage of his influence. The commander had someone investigate and discovered that while he was away on a mission, the Second Madam had not only used her position as the head of the army to get factories in the nearby town and county to accept her family, uncles from the village, and sisters with whom she had a close relationship. She had also accepted a large amount of bribes and arranged jobs for the families of some local military dependents.
Brother Zhou also knew that at this time, jobs were all for everyone. If the Second Madam wanted to work, the factories would have no choice but to fire those without power or influence…”
The subsequent result can be imagined.
"...The head teacher was furious. Because the information submitted showed that three people had died, he had no choice but to submit the information and apologize to the higher-ups."
"Everyone in the garrison knew that the teacher was on missions ten months a year. So they asked him to use his military merits as compensation to help mitigate the Second Madam's guilt."
Zhou Yan: Military merit can offset crimes? Where did this policy come from?
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"...The headmaster was unwilling. He said that if a prince breaks the law, he is guilty just like any ordinary citizen. He didn't have the ability to use a few military merits to offset three lives. The headmaster felt that the Second Lady deserved the death penalty, otherwise it wouldn't be enough to appease the public anger. He was prepared to pay the compensation and then retire. But the leader wouldn't allow it."
"As for the Second Madam, the higher-ups originally wanted to wait until she was finished with her confinement before handling the case. However, after only half a month of confinement, Grandma Yang informed them that they were planning to arrest her. Terrified, the Second Madam stole all of the head teacher's savings and went to their village to ask the team leader for a divorce certificate from the head teacher. Then..."
"...That Russian guy is the best technician in the military factory. It is said that many Russians in the military factory listen to him. The higher-ups can't do anything about it, and the other party is willing to exchange technology. So the higher-ups agreed."
Zhou Yan almost couldn't control his expression: "Second Madam, is this method acceptable?"
"Yes! She used this trick to hook up with the teacher back then. But no one expected that she would use this trick to hook up with a Russian, a foreign devil in his fifties. Although our teacher is old, he is only in his thirties!"
"Before we came here, we heard that many Russians were evacuating in large numbers, and the Second Lady was also preparing to follow."
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Zhou Yan: "That's not how a military marriage ends."
"The people in that village all sided with the Second Madam because she helped them find jobs. They all came out to testify, and the proof is true. Plus, that Russian guy is a top-grade technician, and it's not easy to offend his superiors, so this is the only way." Monkey said.
"What's going on with the teacher now?"
"The teacher is out on a mission."
"Why did you bring the child out?"
"The teacher gave it to me."
Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment. He could probably guess that after the incident with the Second Madam, no one in the army would want to be involved in this matter.
Yingzi hesitated and asked, "Brother Zhou, will this matter have any impact on you?"
Everyone looked at Zhou Yan together.
Zhou Yan looked at his younger brother and sister who were starving to the point of skin and bones in just over two months, and shook his head: "I'm fine." Given the current situation, these two children would be difficult to deal with no matter where they were.
As for the teacher, if he guessed correctly, someone must have been plotting against him. The army commander there was about to reach retirement age. Originally, according to the teacher's military achievements, it was a natural progression for him to take the position.
Now that this has happened, even if the second wife is gone, the teacher will have to be "forced" to retire after the "dust settles".
As for the outcome of being "forced" to retire from the army, judging from the current situation, the only option for the teacher is to return to his hometown and farm.
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Dinner was dumplings and cabbage and vermicelli soup. The cabbage and vermicelli were topped with a little tofu and meatballs. The meatballs weren't made entirely of meat, but rather a mixture of egg, flour, and diced radish.
Even so, everyone was very satisfied with the meal.
Zhou Yan knew what Xiao Yu was up to, and said to Gang Zi and his group, "It's not that I'm reluctant to give you meat, it's mainly because you've been treating yourselves so badly these past two months. I'm afraid you won't be able to handle a large serving of meat all at once."
Gangzi smiled and said, "We know, brother. Brother Xiao already told us at noon."
Zhou Yan lowered his voice and said, "Brother Xiao and I went to the mountains to hunt several wild boars and made them into bacon. Don't worry about eating them. We don't need that much."
Gangzi's eyes lit up: "Brother, really?"
Monkey: "You actually took Brother Xiao hunting?"
Zhou Yan rolled his eyes: "What about my wife? Even if something happens to me, I won't let anything happen to my wife. And my wife is very capable. Don't underestimate her."
"Really? Fake?" Several young men had actually wanted to go hunting with Zhou Yan for a long time, but Zhou Yan disliked their large number and thought they were troublesome because they were all children. He would only call them out to help deal with the problem when they hunted big prey.
"My wife is different from others." Zhou Yan pretended to be mysterious. "Maybe one day, my wife and I will become immortals. Don't miss me when that happens!"
Gangzi and his group of kids: Brother Zhou, is this person poisoned?
Zhou Yan was just giving these children a shot of prevention. He had a premonition that his wife would take him and their children away one day.
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The next morning, Zhou Yan took Gangzi and seven other children over fifteen years old out. He originally wanted to give them a two-day break.
But it was clear that these children were having a hard time with their teachers and they desperately needed some proof that they were useful.
Thanks to Mr. Zhou's connections and the fact that these children were young, children of martyrs, had military merits, and were all junior high school students, the machinery factory, under the pretext of responding to the nation's call, easily recruited them as temporary workers.
Besides Gangzi, four fifteen-year-olds—Gouzi, Huzi, Xiaochun, and Dadong—were assigned to the factory patrol. Yingzi was a regular employee, and Yanzi was assigned to the cafeteria.
None of the positions were good ones, but being able to cram so many people into the factory at once was already a sign of face that the machinery factory gave to Mr. Zhou.
Zhou Yan knew this wasn't a long-term solution. After pondering it for a week, while Xiao Yu was secretly cooking in the rice cooker, he finally came up with a solution.
So, he took away one of the only two rice cookers in the space.
"Luckily, Mr. Zhou had the foresight to realize I have a talent for housebreaking. He prepared two rice cookers, just like the printers. Otherwise..." Xiao Yu was talking, and suddenly remembered a novel he had read before. It seemed that in the 1980s, printers were very rare and were basically imported from abroad. "However, after Mr. Zhou develops the rice cooker, we can encourage him to research printers? This should also earn merit, right?"
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