Sun Maodou and Xu Dong were completely confused by what he said. What godfather and biological father?
Of the five people who came, only the two of them did not know that Gao Weishan was Lu Yuan's biological father; Lu Yuanchao had only heard about it from his father.
"Brother Yuan, are you planning to go public?" Lu Yuanchao asked.
Lu Yuan nodded. "Mm."
During this trip to the provincial capital, all the necessary matters were taken care of, so there was no need to keep Mo Lijuan occupied any longer, and therefore no need to conceal the matter any longer.
"Great! Now we can openly arrest Lu Guoqing too!" Yu Shaoheng clapped his hands and said.
"Brother Yuan, don't worry, I'll tell my family and ask them to help catch the person."
He still felt guilty and remorseful for tipping off Lu Guoqing and letting him escape without his knowledge.
Lu Yuan patted his shoulder, "Don't bother your family with such a small matter. He's been on the run, living in constant fear, and his life must be tough. Getting him caught might finally put him out of this predicament."
Yu Shaoheng thought that this made sense, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then I won't tell my family."
Lu Guoan and Zhang Yongan arrived, and Lu Yuan exchanged pleasantries with them.
Gradually, the villagers gathered around, asking Lu Yuan about his car.
Lu Yuan simply took the megaphone from the captain and explained it to everyone.
While everyone was still in shock that he was not the godfather but the biological father, he shouted to Wen Gang on the truck behind, "Gangzi, get some candy."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Gang jumped off the car carrying a large bag of White Rabbit milk candy and walked over in a few strides.
Lu Yuan then picked up the megaphone and shouted, "Fellow villagers, I have two great things to share with you today. The first is what I just mentioned: I have found my biological parents. Lu Guoqing is not my biological father. My godfather, Dr. Gao, is my biological father, and my godmother, Comrade Xiao, is my biological mother."
"The second piece of great news is that my wife is pregnant, and she's carrying triplets! Hahaha, I'm awesome, right? I, Lu Yuan, am going to be a dad now."
"Hahaha, amazing, A Yuan is really amazing!" Everyone laughed and echoed.
"When I got married, everyone asked me for wedding candy. Back then, I was so poor that I couldn't afford a single piece. Now I have my own parents, who are both from the provincial capital. My dad is the director of the provincial military hospital. This time, my parents, my uncle, my cousin, my aunts and uncles, and all my relatives gave me dozens of kilograms of White Rabbit milk candy. I'm happy today, so I'm sharing these candies with everyone."
"Clap clap clap clap—"
"Okay, congratulations on finding your biological parents, Brother Yuan! Congratulations on becoming a father!"
Congratulations, A Yuan, on your double happiness!
Congratulations!
Applause and congratulations rang out simultaneously. Some people were shocked, some were congratulating, and finally, apart from two or three who were still in shock, everyone else cheered and was happy for Lu Yuan.
Wen Moxue, Gao Weishan, and Xiao Biyun also got out of the car and greeted everyone with smiles.
"Oh my, I was wondering why Comrade Xiao looked familiar before. Now that I look, it turns out he looks just like A Yuan!" Trumpet Flower's loud voice rang out.
"Morning Flower, you're wrong. It's A Yuan who looks like Comrade Xiao, not Comrade Xiao who looks like A Yuan."
"Hey, no matter who looks like whom, they're definitely mother and son."
People were talking about how much the mother and son looked alike. In the crowd, Lu Xiaoqin and Lu Xiaojun, the siblings, stared blankly at the similar-looking mother and son, feeling lost and flustered.
How come their eldest brother is no longer their eldest brother? Will they still have a good life in the future?
Lu Yuan let his wife and parents get back into the car, and asked Wen Gang to drive them home first. He then carried a large bag of White Rabbit milk candy and walked with the villagers towards the threshing ground.
There was plenty of candy, enough for everyone, but there were concerns that people might fight over it, so the team leader decided to distribute it by household.
“Uncle, have each family send a representative to line up. The grains will be distributed by household, with each family receiving 20 grains and each educated youth receiving 5 grains.”
They had 50 jin of sugar, with about 90 pieces per jin. With 203 households, 20 pieces per household would be more than enough. Even if they gave some to the educated youth, there would still be plenty left.
Lu Guoan grabbed a megaphone and started shouting for everyone to line up.
Upon hearing that each family could receive so much candy, everyone quickly lined up, chatting and laughing, their mouths practically stretched to their ears.
Some families with large households felt uncomfortable, as if they had been taken advantage of. Lu Guoan also noticed the imbalance in some people's feelings.
Then he took the megaphone and started banging it around.
“We should be grateful that A Yuan remembers everyone’s kindness. These White Rabbit milk candies are very precious. Anyone who has bought them knows that you can only buy 5 candies for 10 cents at the supply and marketing cooperative, and you also need sugar coupons. A Yuan gives 20 candies to each family.”
As you just heard, A-Yuan said that his parents and relatives, including all his aunts and uncles, pooled together all that milk candy for him. You can imagine how much effort it took to get so much.
I know some families have many members while others have few, and it's true that people worry about scarcity and inequality. But everyone must understand that we received this for free; it's a token of Ah Yuan's kindness. He went to great lengths to bring it back for us from the provincial capital. Let's not be ungrateful bastards.
The villagers who were feeling resentful just moments before suddenly felt incredibly guilty, but they tried their best to remain calm so that others wouldn't notice anything amiss.
"Don't worry, Captain. We all remember A-Yuan's kindness and won't be ungrateful."
"Yes, Captain, we are grateful enough, how could we be ungrateful?"
"Anyone who acts ungrateful will not be given any good things in the future."
"Yes, not only should we not distinguish between them, but we should also kick him out of the village. Our village doesn't want an ungrateful wretch."
The villagers started talking all at once, each saying they weren't ungrateful and were very grateful to Lu Yuan for his kindness.
Lu Yuan watched all this with a smile, quite satisfied with the brigade leader's actions and the villagers' reactions. He wasn't some charitable bodhisattva; giving the villagers so much sweetness was to win their hearts and minds, and to show them that he, Lu Yuan, truly had the ability to ensure they would live a good life in the future.
Only in this way will people trust him more and blindly follow him, and no one will object to his development plans and opinions for the village.
"Captain Uncle, Accountant Uncle, let Yuanchao, Xiao Zhiqing, and Yu Zhiqing handle the candy distribution. I have something important to tell you. It would be best to call a meeting of the brigade cadres."
He glanced around, then, not seeing the person he was looking for, added...
"Remember to invite He Zhiqing."
But as soon as he finished speaking, the smiling faces of the people around him suddenly turned sorrowful.
Lu Yuan asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"
Lu Guoan and Zhang Yong'an looked at each other, and finally Lu Guoan stammered, "Well, He Zhiqing got into some trouble and was arrested by the commune police."
Zhang Yong'an added, "And there's also Hong, the educated youth."
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