Chapter 119
The yard on the right side of the Gu family has always been empty. The layout of the small yards in the county is similar these days, all of which are red brick bungalows, wooden doors, and damp moss on the corners of the walls.
This time, a middle-aged couple moved in. The male owner is the newly transferred captain Ma from the county armed forces department, and the female owner is Wu Pandi. Wu Pandi has willow eyebrows and fine eyes, and she smiles softly. She looks easy to get along with.
Captain Ma has a big square face, is tall, and has rough features. He looks very fierce. He wears a washed-out white suit with the hem tucked into his trousers. He wears old tweed trousers. He smiles at everyone he meets, and is polite to his neighbors, without a single dirty word.
Everyone thinks this couple is good.
On the night when Captain Ma and his wife moved in, someone made a strange mark on the door of Gu's house, and the mark was made in a very inconspicuous place.
Gu Shian found it, and rubbed his rough hands on the door frame. He glanced at the shadow hidden in the corner of the wall, his dark eyes darkened, and he strode back home.
Watching him enter the house, the shadow hidden in the corner of the wall disappeared in the alley in an instant.
Zhang Cuilan and her husband knew nothing about what was happening outside. They were preparing pickled spicy cabbage dumplings for winter.
Lin Yao was helping at home, and when she saw Gu Shian coming back, she smiled and handed him a small stool.
Pickling pickled vegetables is quite troublesome. First, remove the berries and roots from the spicy cabbage, wash it and soak it in clean water for a week, stirring it several times a day. When the spicy taste of the spicy cabbage is almost soaked, sprinkle it with coarse salt and pickle it for more than half a month before eating.
There are only a few pickled vegetables these days, small eggplants, carrots, spicy cabbage, sour bamboo shoots. The more pickled, the richer the winter will be.
After the old couple Zhang Cuilan finished their work and went to bed, Lin Yao coaxed Yuanyuan and rushed Doudou back to the house to sleep. He hurried back to the house and asked Deputy Director Gu for news with a burning look.
"How is it, is there a problem with the couple next door?"
Gu Shian said "um" and brought a basin of water to wash Lin Yao's feet.
"That couple has close ties with 'that side'. For several years, they used their identities as a couple to hide in the revolutionary ranks and obtain intelligence from the party. The higher-ups have been eyeing them for more than a day or two."
Lin Yao rested his chin on his hand and thought.
"What are their intentions in moving next door to us?"
"It's hard to tell for now. The enemy is keeping their troops on the sidelines, so we don't have to worry."
Lin Yao nodded. For some reason, she felt that this couple was most likely related to the previous spy incident.
Gu Shi'an said that Captain Ma and his wife had someone in charge of tracking them, and plainclothes officers were also arranged near the entrance of the alley, so the safety of the family and neighbors could be guaranteed.
"Try not to let parents and children go out these few days. No matter how noisy the neighbors are, I have already informed Chunmei."
After all, in this day and age, spies can resort to any insidious tricks to steal the information they want.
"Okay."
Lin Yao agreed straightforwardly. Anyway, it was a mess outside, and the two old people at home didn't want to go out.
All they had to do was hold Doudou and Yuanyuan down so that they wouldn't go out. In the next few days, Captain Ma and his wife next door were as quiet as chickens. Apart from going out to "buy groceries and go to work", they didn't do anything big. Lin Yao was still on guard. While staring at the neighbors, he pulled out a few pounds of wool and knitted sweaters at home.
Gu Shian was busy with his work at the Public Security Bureau and hadn't been home for several days.
Yuanyuan and Doudou, brother and sister, never go out. At most, they skate outside their house when it freezes in the morning.
Occasionally, an old man carrying a cart comes to the alley to sell things. Seeing Yuanyuan's delicate figure, he says, "This little girl is so pretty."
Then he takes candy from the cart and gives it to Yuanyuan.
The little girl looks cute, but she is actually very smart. She won't accept anything from the old man or old woman, no matter how good it is, if it's someone she doesn't know.
When the old man saw the little girl shaking her head and Doudou running over to stare at him, he smiled kindly.
The old man has kind eyes and good tempers. When Lin Yao was knitting at the door, she smiled and said sorry that her child was shy.
The old man nodded and left with a smile.
Zhang Cuilan and Gu Mancang ran over nervously, "Yaoyao, what's going on? Are there any traffickers trying to steal our child?"
Lin Yao told the old couple what happened just now, and they felt relieved.
Just when the family wanted to move forward, Gu Shian had already walked over with big strides.
Gu Doudou's eyes widened, "Mom, isn't that my dad?"
The family looked up, and sure enough, it was him!
This is great, we finally see our little bastard!
Zhang Cuilan thought to herself.
The old lady has been worried these days, just like the old man, who treats his grandchildren as if they were his own eyes, fearing that a bad guy would come and cause trouble.
The commotion in the county ahead was too intense.
The old couple were still worried.
Yuanyuan was so excited when she saw her tall and handsome father striding towards her. She immediately let go of her mother's hand and jumped over.
Gu Shian hugged his daughter and lifted her high in the air.
The little girl was so happy that she giggled.
Gu Doudou ran over and hugged his father's legs.
Deputy Director Gu held his daughter in his arms, with his son hanging on his long legs, so he could walk without any delay. Lin Yao didn't care and lowered her head to continue knitting sweaters.
In the words of Comrade Cuilan, the old and young in the family need clothes just like they eat. They need to knit new sweaters every year, and the money for sweaters alone is not small year after year.
Lin Yao smiled and said that the sweaters that were no longer worn could be disassembled and woven into hats, gloves, or even sofa cushions.
Zhang Xiulan thought about it and agreed. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking
when they heard a noisy sound outside. A woman was crying.
"Why did you go to the cellar? It's so dangerous in there."
"You have to ventilate the cellar first."
"I was so confused at that time that I forgot about it because I was thinking about going down to the cellar to get something. Besides, there's a big hole in the roof of my house. There's no man at home. How can I, a woman, fix it? I just want to have a good meal."
"But Pan Di and her husband just moved in. The roof is leaking and needs to be fixed quickly."
"Repair the roof. My old Zhang knows how to fix it, but he's not at home."
"Repairing the roof is the job of the old men, how can we women do it?"
"I'll go to the alley and ask if there's any man at home who can come over to help."
After a while, there was a knock on the door of the old Gu's house. A sister-in-law in the alley came to ask, wanting to ask Uncle Mancang to go to Captain Ma's house to help.
Deputy Director Gu had warned his family in advance. Zhang Cuilan opened the door and said, "Oh, what a coincidence, my old man has a cold leg and can't get out of bed."
Gu Mancang, who was walking freely in the house: "..."
In the evening, Lin Yao waited for Deputy Director Gu who was working overtime. It was past eleven o'clock, but the guy hadn't come back yet, so he simply went to bed first.
When the cool and familiar male breath enveloped her, Lin Yao, who was half asleep, looked over and asked Gu Shian if he had eaten. There was meat and vegetables on the stove, and if he was hungry, she would make him a bowl of noodles.
Gu Shian smiled and said he had eaten at the Public Security Bureau.
Lin Yao felt relieved, and rubbed her head against the man's arms. Perhaps the embrace was too warm, she simply climbed onto Deputy Director Gu's neck, put her lips up, and pecked the man's thin lips. Then she turned over comfortably, pulled the quilt over, crawled into the quilt, yawned, and said softly, "It's getting late, go to bed quickly, or your mother will scold you if you can't get up tomorrow."
Come on, what I mean is that I just kissed you, and that's enough for today. Don't push it, or you'll complain to your mother tomorrow.
"......."
Gu Shian smiled, wrapped Lin Yao tightly in the quilt, and fell asleep with his wife in his arms.
In the middle of the night, snowflakes were falling outside, and the streets of Yunshui County were empty.
In the secluded dense forest, listening to the rustling sounds in the forest, two dark shadows spoke in a low voice:
"...This time the online has been exposed. The situation in Yunshui County is more complicated than we thought. Once the online is exposed, many underground work cannot be carried out."
"The Gu family is stubborn. We have not yet penetrated the enemy. This time we suffered heavy casualties and cannot act for the time being."
"Don't make excuses! You took our money and didn't do your job well. You will bear the consequences!"
"..."
Captain Ma sent the online away. Thinking of the frustration of the past few days, his ferocious face twisted, he picked up the snow pile on the side of the road, cursed secretly, and turned to walk home.
In the Ma family courtyard, Wu Pandi was picking vegetables at home in a thin cotton jacket.
Captain Ma came into the house in anger.
Wu Pandi stood up and was about to try to please him.
But she was kicked, "You idiot! You don't have a job outside, and you can't work well at home. It's already so late, and the meal is not ready yet. You can't get close to the Gu family even if I ask you to! You are useless! Go back to your rural hometown as soon as possible, and I can only live a few more years!"
Wu Pandi had been beaten and scolded so much in the past few years that she didn't dare to speak at this moment. She could only mutter in a low voice, "I'm not idle at home either. I just finished washing clothes and I have to fetch water. The beehive at home is gone, and I've been busy..."
"You are so busy, I don't even know you. You must be out there gossiping with a bunch of gossipers, eating and drinking at my expense, and lying to me. Are you looking for death?"
Captain Ma raised his hand and slapped Wu Pandi. Wu Pandi hid back in fear, "Dad, what's wrong with you? You were never like this before?"
Captain Ma also lost his temper before, but he was not as angry as today.
Captain Ma put down his hand, sat down on the chair, and said angrily, "It's because the mission is not completed!"
"Mission?"
Wu Pandi jumped up and said in surprise, "There is still half a month left. Do they want to regret it?"
"Repent bullshit!"
Captain Ma saw Wu Pandi's stupid look and wanted to slap her to death.
Wu Pandi choked and whispered, "The Gu family is full of smart people. I think Gu Shian has probably noticed something."
Gu Shian?
Captain Ma shuddered, thinking of the humiliation and embarrassment he had experienced in the past few years, all thanks to Gu Shian.
The veins on his face jumped.
I don't know what he was thinking about, but a weird smile appeared on Captain Ma's face.
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