When Zhang Xiangyang drove the ox cart to Zhang Shuguang's house, he saw his daughter busy in the kitchen.
Zhang Xiangyang didn't dare to urge her, otherwise it would seem like he didn't want his daughter to help with cooking.
"Xiangyang, take the animals to the cowshed. Yingying will have dinner at home. Let Xiangnan drive her home in the evening."
Ever since Zhang Shuguang's family built the house, the two families have been eating together and getting along almost like a family.
"My dear girl, I promised to take you back to the county town. I have already harnessed the ox cart, but you refuse to leave."
Zhang Xiangyang couldn't do anything with this girl.
If they were sons, he would definitely let the two little brothers feel what fatherly love is like.
"Second Grandma insisted on having me stay for dinner, and I always listen to her."
After starting work, Zhang Qiuying became visibly more cheerful.
She used to work as a scorekeeper in the village. Although she accepted her fate, she was still unhappy in her heart.
After dinner, Zhang Xiangnan and Zhang Xiangyang sent Zhang Qiuying to the county town together.
After Zhang Xiangnan came back, Zhang Shuguang had not gone to bed yet and was listening to the radio with the old couple.
"Son, go for a walk with dad."
The father and son walked along the country path, feeling the night breeze.
Many fathers keep their emotions introverted, and Zhang Xiangnan is no exception.
Since Zhang Shuguang grew up, the father and son have communicated less and less, and it has been a long time since they took a walk alone like this.
"I just went to the county town and visited your Uncle Zhao's house."
Zhang Shuguang did not respond. He knew that his father was just laying the groundwork and he had other things to say.
"Your Uncle Zhao said that Liu Jinshui and your aunt are going to work on the farm for five years.
I don't know who else to talk to except you about these things, and I don't know whether sending them to labor camps is right or wrong."
Zhang Xiangnan is very conflicted.
Zhao Youzhi said it very clearly that the couple could be sentenced or not, and there was a lot of flexibility. At the beginning, he insisted on a severe sentence, but now that the result is out, Zhang Xiangnan feels a little reluctant.
"Why? You still have expectations for her?"
In fact, Zhang Shuguang didn’t hate Zhang Yuejiao. In Zhang Shuguang’s heart, Zhang Yuejiao was just an irrelevant person.
If she didn't provoke her family, Zhang Shuguang wouldn't deliberately target her.
"It's not that I have any expectations, but I'm just worried that your grandparents won't be able to accept it when they find out. After all, Zhang Yuejiao is their little girl, their youngest child."
This matter can be concealed for a while, but not forever. There will always be a day when Zhang Yuejiao will come out of the farm.
Based on Zhang Xiangnan's understanding of her, she would definitely come to him and cry.
They sent their own son and their own daughter to labor camp. The old couple will definitely be sad when that happens!
"Dad, as long as you have a clear conscience, that's all that matters. If they were innocent, they wouldn't have been sentenced to forced labor.
We just didn't plead for her, and we did nothing wrong in this matter.
You underestimate my grandparents. They are not senile at all. You can see this from their attitude towards Zhang Xiangdong and Zhang Yuejiao.
They did not try to smooth things over and did not use the excuse that a harmonious family brings prosperity to all to hold us hostage.
It is said that there are only cruel children but no cruel parents. They have four children in total. Now they have made up their minds to stop interacting with two of them. They must feel regretful.
But do you think that if Zhang Yuejiao and her husband were not sent to jail, given their personalities, would they really do what she said?
Do you think it's better to send her to a place where she can be reformed, or to let the whole village know that she's involved in the sex trade? Which of these two scenarios would be a bigger blow to Grandpa and Grandma?
"You're right, your grandparents are the strongest and most proud people.
If they knew their little girl had done something so disgraceful to the family, they would be furious.”
Zhang Xiangnan knew very well what kind of person his younger sister was.
What she said that night was definitely not meant to scare him.
Zhang Yuejiao has been so willful and selfish since she was a child. She would do anything to achieve her goals.
"Dad, what was that gunshot we heard last night when we were coming home? Was it the militia or the police station?"
Zhang Shuguang took the initiative to change the subject.
“It’s a police station, and the joint defense team isn’t armed, so it won’t cause any trouble.
The Shachang Road Police Station is rotten to the core. All its staff have taken bribes and provided protection for illegal casinos.
When we went over to arrest them, the gunshots alarmed them. They came over and saw that Yard 15 was surrounded, so they retreated.
They went into Director Liang Zhenglu's house and never came out again. They must have been discussing countermeasures.
After Captain Xiao led his men to set up defense, he discovered that they had come out to transfer the stolen goods. Captain Xiao had to stop them, and then they got into a fight.
When Zhao Youzhi and Zhang Xiangnan talked about this today, they felt a little depressed.
For solving such a big case, a second-class collective merit is inevitable.
Unfortunately, problems arose in one of the police stations and a joint defense team under his command, so at most his merits and demerits offset each other, and the credit he had earned was gone.
Fortunately, a lot of stolen money and goods were seized. The gold and antiques must be handed over, but the money can be kept, so the comrades' work was not in vain.
"It's only been a few years since victory! And yet corruption has reached this level. People really change so quickly."
Zhang Shuguang said with emotion.
"They are not our team at all. When Dongfeng County was liberated, Liang Zhenglu was the Public Security Bureau Chief of Dongfeng County.
When our troops entered the city, he wisely did not resist or cause any sabotage.
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