There's really not much to tidy up. Just fetch some water and wash the room. Besides, it wouldn't matter even if we didn't wash it; the logistics department already cleaned it when the yard was being repaired. Now we'll just wipe it down with a damp cloth.
After looking around the room, I knew exactly where everything was and finished tidying up in just over an hour.
Not only that, but you don't even have to worry about the pots on the stove. There are two large stoves in the room, each with a large pot on it. It's no surprise that the neighboring military region provided them.
It seems I really need to thank them properly. I'm already heavily in debt, so I'm not afraid to pay it off slowly!
Although it's already dark, we still need to eat. Besides, this house hasn't had an owner for a long time, so we should at least heat up the kang (heated brick bed).
After finishing her meal, she didn't rush to sleep. Instead, she sat in front of the stove and waited. She had seen Uncle Shen in the crowd earlier that day and guessed he would come over. She just didn't know if Aunt Zhou would come.
Around 11 p.m., I heard a knock on the door. I quickly went out and asked, "Who is it?"
"It's me, Shen Bowen."
Uncle Shen
"Why aren't you asleep yet? It's so late."
"I was just thinking Uncle Shen would definitely come, right? Where's Aunt Zhou?"
"I didn't let her come over. It's not safe here at night, and there are too many people living in the cowshed now, it's a bit chaotic. I had your Aunt Zhou stay there to cover for you! By the way, how did you end up moving to Xiangyang Brigade?"
"Uncle Shen, please come inside. This is a long story, but in any case, it'll be closer to you and Aunt Zhou, and I can take care of you."
We don't need your care.
"Uncle Shen, would you like some water?"
"Get to the point and tell Uncle Shen what happened. You can't just move here without a reason. Don't make us worry."
"Actually, it's nothing. Before the autumn harvest last year, a few educated youths came from Beijing. I accidentally discovered that one of them was an enemy. Taking advantage of the trouble they were causing me, I made a big fuss and called the police."
The villagers gradually distanced themselves from me because I called the police over trivial matters.
"It can't be just because of this! Besides, even if there are unreasonable people, there will always be reasonable people."
"It really couldn't be hidden from Uncle Shen. It was Captain Gu's mother who distanced herself from him."
"Why? Isn't Gu Yunpeng in the army?"
"It's all because of Third Brother."
"You mean, the Gu family's daughter still has feelings for your third brother?"
"I wouldn't say that! She got married last year. It's probably just that the Gu family feels we don't take them seriously, so they're doing this on purpose."
"You can do that? Doesn't Gu Zhengrong know that?"
"I don't know. Ever since I realized that everyone was gradually distancing themselves from me, I haven't had much contact with the Gu family."
"The Gu family is utterly ungrateful."
"It's alright, Uncle Shen, I don't really care."
"We can't just let it go like that."
"Uncle Shen, there's really no need to do anything. I'm thinking that even if we don't do anything, putting aside everything else, the future career paths of Gu Yunpeng and Gu Cuicui's men in the military won't be as smooth."
"What's the meaning"
"When we discovered that the other party was an enemy, we were not sure if there were enemies in Fusong County as well, so we did not dare to tell Uncle Zhou directly. We just called the police and said that we had been beaten and that we were Uncle Zhou's niece."
"And there's more!"
"Since I knew the other party was from Beijing, I called the Beijing Military Region directly after reporting it to the police."
"You're not going to say right over the phone that there are enemies in the Gujiawaizi Brigade of Dayingmin Commune, are you?"
"Uncle Shen, do you think I'm that stupid?"
"Yes, tell me how you did it."
"I was beaten up. A few newly arrived educated youths had finished their rations and came to ask for more, but they wouldn't give them any, so they attacked me. There was also a female educated youth from Beijing who was meeting someone in the middle of the night with rations, but she saw the other person go into the mountains..."
"that's all"
"And so, after waiting for Uncle Zhou to arrive at the commune, we learned that the troops stationed in Tongshi had already set off."
"No wonder, no wonder. Last year during the autumn harvest, I heard the emergency siren at night. At the time, I thought I was just hearing it wrong because I was too far away."
"And then what happened?"
"They were arrested the very next night."
"You went into the mountains the day you discovered it."
"We couldn't hide it from Uncle Shen after all."
"You must be careful if something like this happens again, okay?"
"I know, don't worry, Uncle Shen!"
"So, Zhou Jianbin arranged for you to move here."
"No, it was arranged by the commander of the neighboring military region."
"You mean Old Wang? How did you get in touch with him?"
"You know him?"
I saw him at the meeting.
"It's my third brother. He's currently leading a training exercise in the mountains near Gujiawaizi Brigade. After discovering his living conditions there, he asked me if I wanted to switch. At the time, I didn't know if I could switch, so he reported it to his superiors."
Finally, the military commander asked me where I wanted to go. I thought, "You and Aunt Zhou are here, and my third brother is here too. It's also close to the military region, so even if something happens, there's nothing to be afraid of. That's why I chose this place."
"That makes sense then, but we should still pretend we don't know each other from now on, otherwise it will affect you and Lao San."
"I know, Uncle Shen, don't worry! I know how to get by. By the way, Uncle Shen, how are you and Aunt Zhou doing? These past two or three years have seen people being arrested and paraded through the streets, but we haven't made things difficult for you, have we?"
"It's alright. It's inevitable that things will be difficult, but there's a military region nearby. They only came twice at the beginning, and then they never came again."
In the past two years, the cowshed of the brigade was occupied by people who had been sent down from the army. When Old Wang found out, he specially sent someone over to say hello, but nothing happened.
In the last six months or so, more people have been sent down to the countryside, and there are all sorts of people among them, so there have been some frictions, but nothing serious.
"That didn't affect you and Aunt Zhou, did it?"
"It's alright, don't worry! Your Uncle Shen isn't someone to be trifled with. Alright, it's getting late, Uncle Shen will head back now."
"Wait, Uncle Shen, this is for you and Aunt Zhou. Please take it back and keep it for the second son to eat slowly."
"Alright, Uncle Shen, I won't stand on ceremony with you."
"kindness"
That's how I learned a little about Uncle Shen and Aunt Zhou's situation, but it was definitely not as easy as Uncle Shen made it out to be.
"Old Shen, you're back. How's Mianmian?"
"Let's go inside and talk."
"good"
"Mianmian looks great, she's grown quite a bit taller, and she looks more and more like her mother."
"That's good. But they didn't say why you came back here."
"So that's how it is. The entire Gu family is utterly despicable."
"It's alright, we can't do anything about it now, but we must stay strong. When we turn things around, we'll see how I treat the Gu family."
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