"Since that's the case, Xiao He, you and Xiao Fang can go and get the blankets. There's no need to pull the cart. Didn't the minister leave the cart behind last night?"
"I'll give you a ride home later!"
"Yes!" Guards Xiao Fang and Xiao He quickly knocked him down, then turned and left.
"Isn't this inappropriate? That car is used by high-ranking officials!"
"What's wrong with it? If you say it works, then it works!"
"Alright then!" Zhou Tao replied, and seeing that there were still six large buns in the bag, he quickly turned around and gave two to each of Dr. Cao and the nurse who was on duty yesterday.
After finishing his work, Zhou Tao returned to the duty room and started packing up. Although he had almost finished packing up last night, he still had to check carefully to make sure nothing was left behind, especially the baby's diapers. Don't underestimate this small piece of diaper; it took a long time to collect it.
"Dr. Liu, you've arrived!"
"Xiao Zhou, are you busy?"
"Yes, tidy up first!"
"I heard about what happened to Xiao Liu last night. Please don't be angry, otherwise if your milk stops flowing, it will be the baby who suffers!"
"Thank you, Dr. Liu. I know that. Actually, I wasn't angry at all. Now that I think about it, I feel fortunate. Luckily, I had something on my mind and couldn't fall asleep for a while. Otherwise, they would have really succeeded."
"This proves that you and your daughter are inseparable. The bond between you is deep, and nothing can separate you."
"You're right."
...
Not long after, the doctor finished his rounds, packed his things, and got into his jeep to go home.
"Home is still the best! Who would have thought that so many things would happen just from staying in a hospital to give birth?" Zhou Tao sighed.
"Who can disagree?" Liu Linjuan said with a smile.
"Xiao Liu, we've put your things in your room. We'll be leaving now. Would you like Xiao Fang to stay and take care of you for a few more days?" Political Commissar Ma
"No need, Political Commissar. Aunt Fang told me yesterday that she'll be hiring a housekeeper to come and help out in the next few days," Liu Linjuan said.
"Alright, let us know immediately if anything happens!" Political Commissar Ma said, still somewhat worried.
"OK"
"We're leaving now. You should get some rest; you haven't been sleeping well these past two days!"
"Girl, I'm going to see the leader off. I'd better get some sleep before the baby wakes up," Zhou Tao said.
As soon as their mother left, the four siblings, including Chen Dong, quickly ran inside. Xiao Dong and Xiao Nan, holding Xiao Bei's hand, also ran in. Xiao Xi, running alongside, called out, "Sister, look, sister!"
"Xiaoxi wants to see her little sister!"
"I want to," she said, and climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed).
When Liu Linjuan saw Shen Dong and Shen Nan leading Xiao Bei, she said, "Dongdong, bring Xiao Bei to the kang to warm up!"
"Little sister, you're small, play," Shen Xi said.
"Xiao Xi, our little sister is still too young to play. She can play when she grows up to be as big as Xiao Si."
"Ah, no, play."
"Your little sister is asleep. We'll play together again when she wakes up, okay?" Liu Linjuan said, watching the children surrounding her.
"Girl, you go to sleep, I'll take these little rascals out," Zhou Tao said as he entered and saw several children chattering around a baby.
"It's alright, Sister Zhou."
"Go to sleep! You haven't been sleeping well these past two days in the hospital. I'll go wash the baby's diapers and put them near the stove; they'll dry quickly."
"Sister Zhou, there's no need to go to so much trouble. You should go and rest for a while first. You can take a shower later!"
"Don't worry about it, I'll take care of the arrangements."
"That's good!"
Seeing Liu Linjuan's exhausted face, Zhou Tao quickly led the child out.
I'm finally home, and I can finally relax. Otherwise, if I had stayed in the hospital a few more days, I wouldn't have been able to relax.
Even though I'm just a tiny little thing, I can't withstand one or two shocks!
This is practically fighting an enemy! How come so many messy things have happened so soon after I was born?
First, Zhao Meilan touched her face with her icy cold hands, making herself shiver from the cold.
Another thing is, out of the blue, someone actually planned to switch me out, and then there was this whole substitution thing! What the hell is going on?! How come all of this happens to me? It's unbelievable, I'm practically a harbinger of disaster.
Meanwhile, after returning to his unit, Political Commissar Ma didn't even have a sip of water before urgently convening a meeting, because the matter wasn't over just because the old lady had been arrested by the police.
"Political Commissar, you're back."
"You're back. Is everything alright at home?"
"What happened at home? Well, Old Chen came back at five o'clock this morning and just sat there with a long face, not saying a word!" said Deputy Minister Old Chen.
"Really? It must be about Comrade Liu Linjuan and her child. I also have something to discuss with Old Chen. Why don't you all come and listen?" Political Commissar Ma said.
Several leaders went over together and saw Minister Chen sitting there alone with a long face like a donkey's.
When Minister Chen saw the old man return, he asked, "Why are you back? Nothing happened after Lao Fang and I left last night, right?"
Political Commissar Ma then recounted in detail everything that happened after Minister Chen left.
After hearing this, Minister Chen said, "It's good that nothing happened, it's good that nothing happened!"
"Who said there wasn't a commotion?"
"What happened? What else happened?"
"After sending Comrade Xiao Liu home, I was still worried and went to the hospital repeatedly. What did you hear?"
"What did you hear?" Old Du asked.
"It's kind of funny," Old Du quickly recounted what he had heard.
"Erzhu, why did you come back alone? Why didn't Mother come back?" Qian Xiaocui said.
“Honey! Our mother has been arrested by the police. They say she'll be locked up for three months and has to pay 100 jin of grain as compensation! Otherwise, she'll get a much harsher sentence. They say she'll either rot in jail or serve three to five years.”
"Daughter-in-law, what do you say we do? We have so much fine grain that we brought from home, but if we don't get the grain, Mother will be sentenced to prison. If the villagers find out, how can we face them?" Zhou Erzhu said.
"What? 100 catties of grain, and it has to be fine grain? Why? It's not like we've exchanged it for anything else. That little vixen wears and eats such expensive things. Even a tiny bit of food between her fingers is enough for us to eat for three months!"
Besides, their child is fine, isn't he?
Poor little TuTu, she's cried like a kitten since birth; it's questionable whether she'll even survive!
"What should we do, wife?" Zhou Erzhu squatted there, scratching his head in worry.
"By the way, Erzhu, we can go and beg her! The people who came over last night were all officials, they must be high-ranking officials. These high-ranking officials are afraid of us ordinary people making trouble. I don't believe it. That little vixen was dressed so well, she can tell she's rich, she must be some kind of capitalist!"
"Yes, my wife is right. If they weren't capitalists, how could they be dressed so well? I'll go and beg them right now!"
But why is there nothing in the bed next to mine? Has the patient been discharged?
"Not discharged from the hospital?"
"So where do they live now?"
“They were staying in the duty room. After you and Mom left last night, they moved to that duty room.”
"Where is the duty room?"
Go ask the nurse!
"Okay, I'll go right away!"
Upon hearing this, Political Commissar Ma's expression turned very bad, and he quickly led his men to retreat to the side.
After thinking for a while, I felt something was wrong. Logically speaking, even if this woman didn't care about her mother-in-law, she should have asked a few more questions. Moreover, she only casually asked about the grain and didn't ask about anything else. Instead, she directly provoked trouble.
This woman doesn't look like a simple rural woman at all; she's anything but simple! We need to have someone investigate her immediately, otherwise things could really get messy. Having figured this out, he said to the guards beside him...
"You all heard what I just said. Now do as I say, and be quick, or things will get out of hand and we'll be in trouble."
"yes"
"Xiao Fang, go and inform Liu Linjuan and Comrade Zhou Tao immediately, and tell them not to go out recently. Also, you should stay there for the time being. If there's anything you need, go out and help out."
Xiao He, go to the Public Security Bureau now and tell the Chief of Public Security everything you just heard. Tell them to investigate these people and find out where they are from. They need to find out their background first. This woman is probably not simple.
Xiao Wei, go to the hospital security department and have them cordon off this area. If necessary, have them take people into custody first.
"Xiao Feng, go get the car and wait for me at the hospital entrance. I'm going to find Dean Ding and have him come over quickly to make arrangements. Then we'll hurry back and discuss things with Minister Chen and the others."
"yes"
After Political Commissar Ma finished speaking, everyone immediately realized that things were not simple and quickly tried to complete the task as fast as possible.
Old Du asked, "Political Commissar, what do you think this woman is?"
"When I came back, I thought about it carefully. She's probably an enemy, but I don't know which faction she's from. I called you all here to see what else we need to do. This matter isn't a huge deal, but it's not insignificant either!" Old Ma said.
“That’s right!” others said.
After listening, Minister Chen took out a map and said, "Xiao Luo, take a company of comrades and go replace the people in the hospital's security department."
Xiao Pan, you take a battalion of comrades and ambush within a five-mile radius of the hospital. We'll give the enemy the illusion that the outside is tense but the inside is relaxed.
Xiao Lei, you take one platoon from the reconnaissance team to the Public Security Bureau. One squad will assist the police officers in their investigation, while the other two squads will conduct their own investigation.
Send another platoon of comrades to investigate this person and those associated with her.
"Xiao Ji, you take a platoon of guards and go protect Liu Linjuan, Zhou Tao, and their child."
"yes"
"Who is this Old Chen?" Political Commissar Ma asked, puzzled.
Minister Chen quickly did what Zhao Meilan had done yesterday morning.
"You don't suspect they're in cahoots, do you?" Political Commissar Ma asked.
"Could this military medic really be part of a conspiracy?!"
"I don't know, I just find her suspicious!"
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