"What method?" Zhou Yubai asked immediately.
"Let Brother Qi Chuan ask the county police for help. The population census was just conducted a few years ago. If my sister has registered her household registration, we can find out."
Shen Qingli remembers that the first census was in 1953 and the last one was in 1964, six years ago.
At that time, Zhou Mingyue had already been married. Logically, even if she was a hunter in the mountains, she should have been registered.
"This is a good idea. I'll take my second sister to visit Gu Qichuan and ask him while we're at it." Zhou Yubai said.
"good."
After the couple had discussed the matter, Zhou Yubai went to find Gu Qichuan and told him about it.
Gu Qichuan immediately agreed, "I will go to the county early tomorrow morning and find someone to handle this matter."
"Thank you."
"Don't be polite to me."
"I want to bring my second sister over to your place to look at the layout of the house. Is it convenient for you?"
"It's convenient. Come on."
Gu Qichuan has nothing to do during the day and doesn't mind someone coming.
Zhou Yubai then went back and brought Zhou Mingyue here for a tour. Zhou Yubai showed Zhou Mingyue the firewall.
Zhou Mingyue was extremely satisfied. When she thought about living in a warm house in winter, she felt an inexplicable sense of unreality, but fortunately everything was real.
She really wakes up laughing even in her dreams.
After the tour, Zhou Mingyue went back to the courtyard first. Gu Qichuan and Zhou Yubai chatted for a while. The two discussed that the autumn harvest would be here soon, and the weather would get cold soon after the harvest. They should take advantage of the holidays to go to the mountains to chop some firewood.
It was not convenient for two people to go out openly while on sick leave, so they discussed and decided to leave early and come back after dark so that no villagers would see them.
Tomorrow Gu Qichuan will go to the county to handle some business, Zhou Yubai and Shen Qingli will go to the supply and marketing cooperative, and starting the day after tomorrow they will start going up the mountain.
After the two men had reached an agreement, Zhou Yubai returned home.
The next day, Gu Qichuan went there early in the morning to have breakfast.
"Brother Qichuan, did you recognize who the person in the river was?" Shen Qingli asked.
"Not yet. I heard that Zhang Erqing said he would not go no matter what. It was Old Lady Zhang who went there. She said it was not her son without even looking carefully and then ran away," said Gu Qichuan.
"We still have to let Zhang Erqing go. He can identify carefully and confirm the identity, which will make it easier to find the murderer." Shen Qingli reminded.
Gu Qichuan nodded. "That's true."
"I'll talk to Brother Zhao. If persuasion doesn't work, I'll go and scare Zhang Erqing again and he'll go." Zhou Yubai followed.
"You'd better not go. If you go, it will involve my second sister. If the Zhang family makes trouble again, we will lose more than we gain. Let Brother Zhao find someone to scare him. Zhang Erqing is a timid, strong and tough man. Anyone can go." Shen Qingli didn't want their family to have anything to do with the Zhang family again.
Shen Qingli was sure that the man was Zhang Daqing, but they didn't know it yet.
She wants to lead everyone to avoid the mines that should be avoided.
If it is confirmed that the dead person is Zhang Daqing, the Zhang family will definitely come to make trouble for them... plus Zhou Yubai's involvement, things will only become more complicated.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Zhou Yubai nodded without hesitation and looked at Gu Qichuan, meaning, my wife said, we don't care, so we don't care.
Gu Qichuan: You are a henpecked person! But as a family member, I think you are doing pretty well.
After breakfast, Gu Qichuan, Zhou Yubai and Shen Qingli all went to the county town.
This will reveal one less bicycle.
"I'll walk there, and you two can ride your bikes." said Gu Qichuan.
It was not good for him to ride a bike with Shen Qingli, and it was even worse for him to let Shen Qingli walk.
"Brother Qichuan, no need. Let's just go at different times. Yubai and I will go to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow. We are going to buy some things for Ruirui for school. One more day doesn't make a difference." Shen Qingli said.
Zhou Yubai handed the bicycle to Gu Qichuan directly, "You go first, I'll take Xiao Hei up the mountain, you come back and bring Da Huang to find me."
"Okay." Gu Qichuan said without hesitation, "I think Brother Zhao will take me to work there, and it will take me about a day to come back. I will go and get the firewood from you then."
"Um."
Gu Qichuan rode away.
Zhou Yubai prepared to go up the mountain.
"I'll go up the mountain with you." Shen Qingli stood up immediately.
"Are you going too?" Zhou Yubai carried a backpack with a machete in it. He found chopping wood tiring and boring, and didn't want to let his wife go with him and suffer.
"Well, I can help you chop wood or collect herbs." Shen Qingli's eyes sparkled.
Zhou Yubai looked at Shen Qingli and nodded in agreement. Every time Shen Qingli looked at him like this, he felt that he could give his life to her.
The couple smiled at each other.
"Then take some food with you, we won't be back at noon." Zhou Yubai said.
"Okay!" Shen Qingli went straight to the kitchen, took out a few steamed buns, and packed some pickled vegetables and water from two military jugs.
All these things were put into the backpack.
Zhou Yubai told Zhou Mingyue that he and Shen Qingli were going into the mountains and asked her to take care of Niuniu. He also asked Dahuang to cook lunch and deliver it to Gou Wa, and reminded Zhou Mingyue not to answer the door no matter who knocked.
Zhou Mingyue held Niuniu's hand and came out to see them off.
"Dad, Mom, come home early." Niu Niu said softly, waving her chubby little hands.
Shen Qingli bent down and kissed Niuniu.
"Okay, Niuniu, I'll come back early. If I see wild grapes, I'll bring them back for you to eat."
"Thank you, mom. Niuniu loves you." Niuniu's little mouth was as sweet as honey.
Shen Qingli smiled brightly and went up the mountain with Zhou Yubai.
The two left early and did not meet any other villagers on the way.
Zhou Yubai walked slower than usual while taking care of Shen Qingli. Xiao Hei followed beside them, jumping and hopping all the way, happy like a big fat rabbit.
Shen Qingli was amused by Xiao Hei's appearance and laughed.
Zhou Yubai felt that his wife had been in a good mood since she came back from a night out. She was in a very relaxed mood, and the panic caused by the nightmare had disappeared.
Although he didn't know the specific reason, he was happy as long as Shen Qingli smiled.
"Yubai, let's go find the captain tonight and get Qi'an's household registration done first."
"If his household registration is in the team, he will have to calculate his rations in the team. This may not be an easy thing to do." Zhou Yubai said after thinking for a while.
In this day and age, every household is poor. If one more person is needed to share food, no one would be willing.
"Then write a document to the brigade. We Qi'an don't need the brigade's rations. The purpose of having a household registration is to go to school." Shen Qingli originally just wanted to give Ermao a legitimate identity.
They didn't need food or anything like that.
"This should be possible, but we have to see what the police think," Zhou Yubai said. After all, no one knew whose child this was, and there was no clear plan on how to place him. They just said he would be in their home for the time being.
"I think the police will agree to let Qi'an stay at our house. It means there will be a trace to follow. If someone really comes looking for us, they will be able to find our house. It will also reduce trouble for them." Shen Qingli analyzed.
Zhou Yubai nodded. He noticed that Shen Qingli said someone came to see him, not his parents...
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