Chapter 146 Lu Shuangshuang Who Came After Them
Wei Yang looked serious, and the slightly tipsy Lao Zhao felt that he was about to do something big.
What are you going to do?
Wei Yang is going to do something, but he won't tell Lao Zhao.
"Nothing much. The restaurant is a state-owned enterprise. You don't pay for your meals, do you?"
Old Zhao said, still a little dazed, "It seems like everything was recorded in the books."
Wei Yang snorted coldly, "Doing things like this will cause trouble sooner or later. Don't go there anymore. Don't joke around with yourself. It's just a few bites to eat. You won't die if you hold it in."
Old Zhao breathed a sigh of relief; he had thought Wei Yang was going to report him.
He had just brought people over for a meal, and then problems arose, making him unable to face anyone anymore.
"Okay, okay, I won't go anymore."
Wei Yang was younger than him, but held a higher rank and appeared upright. Most importantly, he had to listen to his superiors. Although Zhang Jian and the others were somewhat prominent figures in the regiment, none of them were his superiors.
Once back in the compound, Old Zhao yawned and went to his room to sleep. Soon after, snoring could be heard from inside.
Wei Yang, seething with anger, sat on the bed, coldly watching the hands of his watch tick. Once he estimated the time was up, he immediately got up and went to the storeroom to find a burlap sack.
Wrapped in a thick military overcoat, he silently left the backyard and headed towards the farm manager's small, single-story house.
He'll deal with the matter of using public office for private gain through lavish eating and drinking later; today, he'll just give this depraved bastard a good beating.
The headquarters of the Sixth Branch Farm was not as grand as a small town in an inland city. The farm manager lived in a single-story house with a courtyard. Compared to ordinary people's homes, the only difference was that the courtyard was a bit more spacious and there were a few more rooms.
Wei Yang patiently squatted under the tree across the yard and waited for nearly an hour. His hands were almost frozen before he saw Zhang Jian stagger back.
He put the black hood over his head and quickly approached Zhang Jianbi as Zhang Jian was about to reach the courtyard gate.
He successfully covered Zhang Jian's mouth, pressed his head down firmly, and dragged him to a pile of dry firewood a few hundred meters away from the back of the yard without letting him make a sound.
At this moment, Zhang Jian was pinned down by his foot and couldn't turn over.
Wei Yang first took out all the money and tickets from his body and threw them aside, then put him in a sack.
Zhang Jian cried out in terror, "Hero, spare my life! I'll give you any amount of money you want, just let me go! My dad's the farm manager, and I'm the company commander of the mechanized farming unit..."
Zhang Jian's pleas for mercy had no effect whatsoever; the fists landed on him like iron, knocking back the food and drink he had just eaten.
The smell was so pungent that Wei Yang kicked it instead.
After he had beaten them enough, he untied the rope binding the sack and left.
Like a rat covered in filth in a sewer, Zhang Jian cautiously pushed aside the burlap sack that was obscuring his view. Only when he was sure no one was around did he dare to crawl out of the sack.
The surroundings were completely silent.
If it weren't for the pain still lingering in his body, Zhang Jian would have thought that the beating he had just received was a hallucination.
Who? Who exactly put a sack over his head and beat him?
They're incredibly audacious; they dared to come to his doorstep and put a sack on his head.
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Inside the health center.
Sun Hong's fever returned during the night, and the on-duty doctor and nurses came several times.
The fever subsided in the middle of the night, but Sun Hong continued to cough.
Song Lubai shared a hospital bed with her, but to avoid crowding Sun Hong, she only slept on the side of the bed.
When Song Lubai woke up early in the morning, her throat was also uncomfortable, and she had difficulty swallowing her saliva.
"How are you? If you're not feeling well, let's go to Shicheng Hospital."
Sweating profusely, Sun Hong said, "I feel much better after sweating. I feel lighter and my head isn't dizzy anymore. I shouldn't have a fever tonight."
"Breakfast is ready. Those who ordered food last night, go to the cafeteria to pick it up now."
The hospital cafeteria serves food without tickets, but it's more expensive than restaurants and you have to order in advance.
Song Lubai was unaware that Sun Hong had made a food order, and was taken aback when Sun Hong urged her to hurry up.
Two bowls of sweet potato and millet porridge, two multigrain steamed buns, and two boiled eggs.
It's no exaggeration to say that this was the first boiled egg Song Lubai ate after arriving in Xinjiang Province.
The last time she ate eggs was when Wei Yang brought her some vegetable soup from their cafeteria, which contained tiny pieces of egg flowers.
This meal must be expensive. When Song Lubai saw Sun Hong's shoes with her toes showing under the bed, she was unsure whether she should eat it or not.
Sun Hong peeled the egg, glanced at her, and said, "Eat up. I haven't eaten eggs for half a year. I have to thank this hospitalization for making them."
Song Lubai put the egg on the table and smashed it. "I haven't eaten eggs in a long time, I've almost forgotten what eggs taste like. Don't order lunch for me, I'll just buy a pancake from the restaurant."
Sun Hong nodded and said "Mmm," but she was reluctant to let Sun Hong continue to treat her to meals.
After finishing her meal, Sun Hong said, "You don't need to stay here to take care of me. I can manage on my own. I need to trouble you with something. My shoes are worn out. Could you please go to the store and buy me a pair of cotton shoes?"
Song Lubai said, "Do you have cloth coupons? You need cloth coupons to buy cotton shoes, just like you need to buy clothes."
Sun Hong shook her head, "The company didn't issue any tickets, and I don't have any on hand."
"Never mind then, I won't buy it. I'll just stuff some cotton into the shoes when I get back and sew them up myself."
Song Lubai disagreed, "I'll ask around at the store if anyone has any extra cloth coupons. A pair of shoes doesn't cost many coupons, but we'll still have to spend some money to exchange them. Are you willing to do that?"
Song Lubai thought Sun Hong would hesitate, but to her surprise, she nodded and agreed immediately.
Seeing her reaction, Sun Hong pursed her lips and said, "Winter is still long, and you can't get through the winter without cotton shoes."
Every gaze directed at her shoes was so piercing.
Sun Hong took out two yuan and gave it to Song Lubai, saying, "If it's not enough, you can ask me for it when you get back."
Song Lubai first went to the store to ask how many feet of cloth coupons were needed for a pair of cotton shoes. After finding out, she stopped people near the store entrance.
This wasn't the first time she'd done something like this, and she didn't feel ashamed.
Sun Hong wore size 39, and the salesperson said that size 39 required 1.5 feet of cloth ration coupons.
Song Lubai spent some time exchanging two feet of cloth coupons from a well-dressed female comrade.
Two feet of cloth cost three cents.
A dime could buy five eggs, and fifteen eggs were gone just like that.
A pair of cotton shoes cost 1.2 yuan, plus 3 mao for exchanging the ticket, so the shoes cost a total of 1.5 yuan.
The price of the cotton shoes here was much lower than she had expected.
The cotton shoes she was wearing were her old shoes, and they were already a bit too tight for her feet.
With nothing to do, Song Lubai went to the cotton-fluffing shop to see how her cotton quilt had turned out.
Cotton fluff was flying everywhere in the cotton-fluffing shop, and the staff were too busy to pay attention to her.
After asking, she learned that her cotton quilt production had not yet started, so she had to leave.
Back at the hospital, she was surprised to see Lu Shuangshuang in the ward.
Lu Shuangshuang sniffed and asked her, "You sleep in with Sun Hong every night?"
Song Lubai nodded, "If we don't stay here, where will we stay?"
Lu Shuangshuang said, "A friend of mine went back to his hometown to visit relatives. The house is empty, and I have the key. Why don't you come and stay with me there? It's too uncomfortable to stay here at night."
Song Lubai raised an eyebrow.
She had a premonition that Lu Shuangshuang was after her and was about to reveal her true colors.
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