He Qiuyan's younger brother was seriously injured at that time and stayed there for a whole winter before returning. So he witnessed those people leaving behind most of the grain, which was then covered and buried by snow.
"Dad, why don't we give it a try? We're just staying home during the holidays with nothing to do anyway, so why not give it a shot?" He Caiwei was quite eager to try; she really wanted to see what the Russians were like now.
"What's the point of trying? Running that far isn't enough. Aren't you afraid they'll mistake you for a spy and arrest you? No matter how risky it is, we won't let you go." Lu Zhiheng was somewhat tempted, but if the food supplies were too low, running that far wouldn't be worthwhile, and there was a possibility of being arrested.
"Don't you know my abilities? I'll go to Kyoto to find my second brother, and we can go together. It won't be too conspicuous if the two of us go. After all, we're just twelve or thirteen-year-old kids. If we look like beggars, who will pay attention to two little beggars? Aren't there enough beggars and vagrants on the streets these days?" This completely piqued He Caiwei's curiosity.
However, this can be considered slowly. After all, their school will be closed for a few more days, and with the exams over, it will probably take more than half a month before they can be completely free again.
They don't have much food here, but what about other places? It's only 1955 now, and the real drought and food shortage is still a long way off. You have to know that the years from 1958 to 1961 were the real time when people couldn't survive.
Lu Zhiheng sent his daughter back to her room, then went to the police station and called his older brother. His brother told him to send someone to investigate and to keep an eye on his daughter to prevent her from doing anything reckless.
Lu Zhining knew this little girl was bold, but he didn't know she was this bold—she even wanted to go to the Russians' territory to steal their grain. If she got caught, she would definitely not come back.
But this was free food, and he was really itching to get his hands on it. They were suffering from famine here, yet there was so much food rotting in the fields over there. He felt resentful just thinking about it, so the next day when he went to work, he sent someone to investigate.
The round trip would take at least half a month, and he also asked the people who went there to see if the Russians would discover them.
You should know that in Russia, only one crop of grain is grown per year, just like in the province of Chun, where at least half the year is a cold winter.
At this time of year, it will start snowing there in another month, which means their opportunity should be coming soon.
After finishing her exams and finally having some free time, He Caiwei packed two sets of clothes and boarded a train to Kyoto.
After being thoroughly scolded by his daughter, Lu Zhiheng was ordered to stay at home. Ms. He Yuping was four months pregnant and needed someone to accompany her. The whole family disapproved of his leaving. His daughter only said that she was going back to her uncle's place in Kyoto and didn't say anything else. Her mother didn't suspect anything either.
She simply took out some soft fabrics from her space to make baby clothes and some food that would keep for a long time, and with that worry, watched her daughter board the train heading north.
Seeing her mother's worried expression, He Caiwei was secretly glad that she hadn't told her what she was going to do this time, otherwise she would have been tied up at home.
As soon as He Caiwei got off the train, she saw Lu Qingzhu standing on the platform staring at the train, and quickly waved to him.
When the two returned home, their aunt had already prepared the meal, which was waiting for them to come back so they could eat.
"Uncle and Aunt, Little Yueyue, I'm here. Did you miss me?" Lu Qingfeng wasn't home, so it was just the two of them. After dinner, the two of them were called to the study by their uncle.
At first, Lu Qingzhu was a little confused, and she kept reviewing her recent behavior to see if she had offended her father in any way.
After thinking it over, he realized that he had been behaving very well lately, hadn't done anything out of line, and no one had come to his house to talk to his parents, so it was unlikely that they were going to beat him.
"Weiwei, I won't ask what skills you have, but I do want to know if you can really get that grain back to China quietly." Uncle Lu didn't want to ask how his little niece managed it; he only wanted to know if she could.
“Yes, as long as what they investigated is true, I can get it all to Chun Province. Then Uncle can send a car or put it on a train to transport it to other places.” He Caiwei genuinely wanted to help those who had no food. She also had a lot of food in her own space, and she could take this opportunity to smuggle it in and send it all over the country. “Then Uncle will trust you this once, but do you want to reconsider your partner? Do you really think his unserious manner can help you?” Uncle Lu still didn’t quite believe that his son, who was still playing with chickens and dogs, could really be of any help.
"No need, Uncle, don't underestimate my second brother. Although he may seem a bit unserious, he's quite reliable when it comes to getting things done." He Caiwei looked at her second brother, who was disliked by their father and looked utterly hopeless, and almost laughed.
"Dad, I'm your own son, how can you doubt me? I'm usually very capable, it's just that you don't give me a chance to show it." Lu Qingzhu looked at his father in disbelief. In fact, even he himself didn't quite believe what he was saying, let alone his father.
"Alright, you little rascal, do you think I don't know you? Behave yourself. What did you two find when you went back to those ruins that day? You hid it pretty well, huh?" Uncle Lu looked at the two children with a half-smile. Don't think he didn't know that the two children had slipped away after they left.
If he hadn't informed the soldiers guarding the gate, those two wouldn't have been able to get out. They really thought I was trying to get past him; that's just wishful thinking.
"No, Dad, how did you know we went out? We put on such a good show the other day, why didn't you expose us?" Lu Qingzhu thought she had acted well, but it turned out her dad had already caught her. This dad was just too much, letting them play along like that.
"If I didn't tell the guards, would you two have gotten out? That would be a joke! You silly boy, your brain is like it's missing a screw." Lu Zhining looked at his son with disdain, almost as if he wanted to label him stupid.
He Caiwei stood quietly to the side, watching the father and son bicker. Actually, when the soldier on guard glanced at them that day, she had a vague guess that there must be something behind it. She just didn't know that it was her uncle who told the soldier on guard that the two of them were going out. She thought that the matter was being kept well hidden.
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