Chapter 66: Bicycles
Yue Hongmei and Ding Zhigang were both furious and glared at Ding Guo.
How did it get to this point?
"You damn girl..."
Yue Hongmei had just started to curse when there was a noise at the door. Everyone looked over subconsciously and saw two police officers walking in with a disheveled young man with blood stains on his clothes.
A policeman saw Ding Guo and walked over with a complicated expression.
The other three were not brought back because they were in hospital. In addition to the one with a broken arm, there was another with minor internal damage and one with a moderate concussion.
This girl is really fierce.
The policeman told Ding Guo about the situation. Ding Guo remained calm and applauded himself.
After her strength increased, she controlled it and used it just right for the first time. She is really a genius.
But everyone in Old Ding's family was petrified.
Ding Zhigang reacted the fastest, asking in disbelief: "Comrade Public Security, are you saying that my daughter beat those people so hard that she had to be hospitalized?"
The police officer looked at Ding Zhigang. It turned out that this man was Comrade Ding Guo's father. He had not read the transcript yet and did not know the details. He nodded and said, "Yes, Comrade Ding Guo is very skilled and brave. You have raised a good daughter. But she is a female comrade after all. Your family members should still pay attention to the personal safety of the child."
After saying this, there was no response from the Ding family, but their expressions looked a little awkward.
Who wouldn’t be embarrassed after knowing that Ding Guo’s experience might be related to the Pan family?
The police officer was puzzled for a moment, but didn't think much about it. He explained the situation and left.
The Ding family couldn't help swallowing.
Yue Hongmei wondered, how could her eldest daughter have such skills? When did she learn it?
He must have learned this from someone in the countryside. No wonder he dared to make such a mess at home after returning. He must have the confidence to do so.
Ding Zhigang felt a little uncomfortable because he knew too little about his eldest daughter.
Ding Jianguo and Ding Jianshe were in mixed feelings. No wonder Ding was so bold as to attack them and was not afraid of their counterattack at all.
I'm also glad that I didn't fight back. If I had fought back, I would have been beaten even worse, right?
After the group left the police station, Ding Guo turned around and left. Ding Zhigang hesitated and opened his mouth several times, but he didn't say anything about asking his eldest son to send Ding Guo back.
It's so late after all.
Yue Hongmei gritted her teeth and whispered, "What a cold-hearted person! Let's go, let's go too!"
Ding Zhigang also suppressed his hesitation and didn't say anything in the end.
He was also angry. He was angry that Ding Guo had revealed her family's financial situation to the police. Of course, he was even more angry because she had made such a big fuss about it. Which good person's family would go to the police every few days? Not to mention the gossip of the neighbors, but as far as his work was concerned, it must have had a great impact.
Even if it was not his own problem, the factory leaders would still have doubts about him. How could he manage his employees when he couldn't even manage his own children?
Thinking of this, Ding Zhigang's face turned dejected. He was somewhat dissatisfied with Ding Guo's fuss and had a lot of opinions about his second son. However, this second son took the risk just to buy things for Ding Nianjun, so he couldn't stand this adopted daughter at all.
The children are not doing well and have brought trouble to him as a father.
Ding Zhigang had a gloomy face all the way.
Yue Hongmei was also worried. She thought that Old Ding was unhappy again because of what Ding Guo said last, so she didn't dare to say anything. The family of five returned to the steel plant's staff quarters in eerie silence.
The next day at noon, Ding Guo borrowed a bicycle from a colleague and went to the garment factory.
Xiao Hong was very happy to see her and said, "Sister Ding Guo, I haven't congratulated you yet. You should be able to get an advanced individual award this time, right? I also ate the bread and mooncakes. They were really delicious!"
Ding Guo took out a small bag of toasted bread and sweet potato strips from her bag. The actual things had been placed in the space all along. She took them out under the cover of the shoulder bag and handed them over. She smiled and said, "Try my new cooking skills." She added, "Save these for when you're hungry. Come on, I'll treat you to braised pork at the state-owned restaurant."
But Xiao Hong was quick with her hands and mouth. She had already taken out a sweet potato strip and bit into it. After chewing it twice, her eyes widened and she asked in surprise, "Is this dried sweet potato? Why is this dried sweet potato different from the ones I ate before?"
Ding Guo smiled and said, "The cooking method is different. It tastes good, right?"
Xiao Hong nodded repeatedly: "It's delicious, Sister Ding Guo, I'm not flattering you, it's really delicious. Is it on sale now?"
Ding Guo: "No, this is something I made myself as a snack, not a product from the factory. But the toasted rusk festival may be on the agenda after this. Please give me your opinion after you have tasted it."
After hearing what she said, Xiao Hong used two fingers to pinch the half-bitten sweet potato strips, then took out a piece of bread and took a bite. She immediately gave Ding Guo a thumbs up in surprise, chewed the bread in her mouth and swallowed it, saying, "Well, this is delicious, this is too delicious, I can't give any opinions, I just think it's delicious."
It’s crispy and fragrant, with a rich milky aroma. If a food factory produces this product, she will definitely buy it.
The same goes for the sweet potato strips, which are sweet and chewy, and taste better the more you chew them.
Ding Guo took her to a state-owned restaurant and ordered braised pork. Seeing that the blackboard said fried herring, he ordered two more fish and also ordered stir-fried vegetables.
Xiao Hong gasped repeatedly and kept trying to stop him: "Sister, is this too late?"
Ding Guo laughed: "Is this the worst you can do?"
Xiao Hong also laughed, thinking, what else is this? Meat and fish, although she guessed that Ding Guo came to see her for something, but no matter what it was, there was no need to spend so much money and tickets.
She didn't have to have a good meal from Ding Guo before she helped.
While waiting for the food, Xiao Hong asked directly: "Sister Ding Guo, do you have something to talk to me about?"
Ding Guo also felt embarrassed, as if there was something wrong every time he went to see someone.
She should ask this girl out shopping some other day, and not always ask her out when she has something to do.
But this time, she really had something to do, so she didn't act pretentiously. She told him everything about her past with Qi Guangming, and finally asked, "Could you please ask about your uncle for me?"
Ding Guo's description was so light that Xiao Hong was terrified. She asked first, "Sister Ding Guo, are you not hurt?"
"I'm fine, and I think Qi Guangming will probably be fine too, so I just wanted to find out about his situation first."
Xiao Hong sneered and said, "I know a little about this person. When my uncle was about to be appointed, this position was also targeted by someone else. That person was Qi Guangming's brother-in-law. It was a competition for the position, which was nothing, but Qi Guangming was a very dishonest person. When he saw that his brother-in-law was at a disadvantage in the competition, he actually wanted to use shady means to frame my uncle. Fortunately, my uncle was smart and didn't fall into his trap, but he also had a lot of trouble. Over the years, Qi Guangming has also been secretly making things difficult for my uncle."
Ding Guo couldn't help but think of the ending of Xiao Hong's uncle in the book. He was maliciously accused and demoted. Could it be Qi Guangming who did it?
At this time, the waiter called their table at the window, and the two of them went over to bring the dishes over and ate while chatting.
Xiao Hong guessed that Ding Guo must have been asking about Qi Guangming in order to avenge what happened last night. Her brows were twisted into a knot, and she tried to squeeze out the little information she knew. She said, "Sister Ding Guo, there seems to be someone behind this man. I overheard my uncle chatting with his family. It seems that the family of this man's old leader has some power. You have to be careful when you go against him."
Ding Guo suddenly raised his head and smiled: "Don't you know who his old boss is from?"
Xiao Hong shook her head: "I don't know, I didn't ask in detail."
Her uncle would never talk about this with his niece, but she heard some fragments of information when the adults in the family were chatting.
Ding Guo smiled and said, "The Pan family in the capital is the family of Ding Nianjun's boyfriend."
The braised pork that Xiao Hong was holding on her chopsticks fell into the bowl with a plop. She was so shocked that she couldn't come back to her senses for a long time. After a long time, she looked disgusted and whispered, "Oh my God, it's Pan Dingfeng's family? It's true that people recruit people of their stripes."
She suddenly paused and exclaimed in a low voice: "Could it be that the Pan family is behind this?"
Ding Guo nodded: "I am sure it is, but Qi Guangming himself admitted it, and there is no evidence that the Pan family was behind it."
Xiao Hong: "Your previous speculation is correct. Qi Guangming will most likely be fine. He took the blame for the Pan family. The Pan family can't ignore him. Besides, his father-in-law's family is also quite powerful. They definitely can't let him get into trouble." She added, "Otherwise, his brother-in-law could have competed with my uncle back then."
"Is his brother-in-law also in the Revolutionary Committee now?"
Xiao Hong shook her head: "No, he went to the Grain Bureau. His rank is not as high as my uncle's, but..." She said meaningfully, "I heard that there is a lot of money to be made."
"I heard there's a lot of money to be made." This sentence contains a lot of information. He should have made a lot of money. I just don't know whether all the money went into Qi Guangming's pocket. This can be checked.
Ding Guo's eyes lit up: "Do you know his brother-in-law's name? Which grain bureau?"
Xiao Hong was stunned and thought for a while: "I only know his last name is Sun, I really don't know his name. I have to ask his unit. Anyway, it's the grain bureau of a county under Fengning."
"Okay, please ask your uncle for me, and then help me find out where Qi Guangming lives!" Ding Guo said.
Xiao Hong was shocked: "You want to go to his house and make trouble?"
Ding Guo rolled her eyes: "I'm not that reckless." She thought for a moment and added, "By the way, ask him where his brother-in-law lives."
Ding Guo was a little excited. She felt as if she had grasped a thread, but she didn't know what she would get if she followed the thread to the end.
If we can't get rid of the Pan family at once, it would be fine at least to get rid of one of their minions.
When she got home from get off work in the evening, she saw smoke rising from the house before she even entered the door. Her brother had returned.
Ding Guo hurriedly took a few steps and entered the house.
Ding Dayong's business trip this time is a little longer. It would be a lie to say that he is not worried, but communication is not well developed these days, and even if he is worried, he will not be able to contact anyone.
"Dayong!"
Ding Dayong poked his head out from under the cooking shed and grinned, "Sister, you're off work, wash your hands and eat."
Ding Guo's eyes fell on a half-new bicycle placed in the yard.
Ding Dayong looked very proud: "Sister, how about this car I saved up for?"
"This car works, it's amazing!"
Ding Guo turned around in surprise, pushed the bike aside and took a few steps. It was very smooth, but a little crooked when he tried to ride it.
She was used to later bicycle models and had never ridden this 28-inch bicycle. However, after riding it twice in the yard, she found it much more stable.
Ding Dayong was also happy because this was the first car he had saved up for.
He bought all the parts later on from repair shops elsewhere. After finishing this one, he still had parts for half a car left, so he could build another one when he had all the parts.
"Not bad, not bad!" Ding Guo said, "There is a problem right now, which is that I don't know how to register the car I saved up. Don't worry, I'll ask around tomorrow."
"Sister, no need. Brother Wu said he can take me there."
Brother Wu is the old escort who led Ding Dayong.
Ding Guo was relieved, but this was no small favor. She reached into her bag and took out a ticket for a one-pound cake, saying, "Take it as a gift. Don't let others work for nothing."
Ding Dayong's eyes lit up when he saw the cake ticket. This was a rare ticket. He hurriedly said, "No need to give it to me, sister. You can keep it to buy snacks. I have prepared a gift for him, two bottles of pickles."
Ding Guo: ...
Seeing his sister glaring at him, Ding Dayong smiled and said, "The pickled vegetables my mother makes are delicious."
Ding Guo's eyes suddenly lit up. She still put a pound of cake ticket into Ding Dayong's hand and said, "Give me a bottle of pickles and a pound of cake ticket, and you just listen to me."
It's not like there's only one bicycle in the family. I'll have to ask the owner for one next time I save up enough money for one. There's no need to give such an expensive gift next time. Just treat the owner to a meal will be enough.
Ding Dayong was obedient, but he was really distressed about the pastry tickets!
Ding Guo entered the house and found a pile of food on the ground.
Ding Dayong came in with a pot of millet porridge and said, "My mother insisted that I take it."
Ding Guo asked, "You went back to the village?"
Ding Dayong said with a little disappointment: "No, although we passed by our hometown both ways, there was not enough time. I sent a telegram to my family in advance when I went back. They went to the county and we met. On the way back, my parents estimated the time and went to the county with food and winter clothes to wait. We didn't say much."
After all, he was not that close to the driver, so he could not ask him to wait for him for half a day, let alone ask him to take a detour and take him home. Fortunately, he met his parents and two younger brothers, which was ok. He also brought winter clothes and bedding.
The family also made a cotton coat and a pair of cotton shoes for his sister.
When Ding Guo went back, Peng Guihua took a look at Ding Guo's current stature. As soon as she and Ding Dayong left, Peng Guihua started to get busy. She originally wanted to prepare the clothes and send them together with winter clothes to her eldest son, but she didn't expect that her eldest son had changed jobs and could send them along, saving the postage.
Although Peng Guihua felt that the job her eldest son had changed to was better than the loader mentioned in the letter, she still hated Yue Hongmei to death.
That's because they are too far away. If she were a little closer, she would have come and smashed the old house.
What a bad person! It is not easy for a rural kid to get a job in the city, but the aunt ruined it.
Ding Dayong was also honest and told Peng Guihua about the big fight between him and his sister at his uncle's place. Peng Guihua didn't think the two children were wrong. Hadn't the old couple done enough excessive things?
Peng Guihua praised her eldest son. If Ding Dayong didn't help Ding Guo, she would have to doubt whether she had not taught her son well.
The brother and sister ate and chatted.
Ding Dayong talked about what he saw and heard on the trip. He suffered a lot during the long journey and looked darker and thinner than before the trip, but he also gained a lot of knowledge and broadened his horizons.
He had not forgotten what his sister had asked him to do, and he learned about the specialties of the places he had visited and inquired about the market prices.
There is no need to ask specifically, because drivers who drive long distances buy a lot of things themselves.
Ding Dayong also saw something.
For example, although the driver said he was delivering the goods for a relative, Ding Dayong guessed that he was probably engaged in profiteering.
And this time he also received a subtle hint from the driver.
How obscure was it? When the driver was chatting with him, he suddenly said that the reason why he chose Ding Dayong from the newly recruited escorts was because he thought he was honest and tight-lipped.
Ding Dayong was still wondering how he figured out his advantage of being tight-lipped.
But he soon realized that they were not praising him, but reminding him to keep his mouth shut and not tell others everything he saw.
"Sister, there are many tricks involved. I plan to ask Brother Wu for advice tomorrow."
Although the old conductor taught him a lot, he did not teach him everything.
Maybe they also want to keep something in reserve.
How can we show the experience of the old employees if we don’t let the new employees encounter any problems or discover anything?
Ding Guo was very pleased that Ding Dayong could make such a summary and discovery. She said, how could Ding Dayong be the reckless man described in the book.
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