Chapter 99 Chapter 99 Chapter Ninety-Nine...
Chapter 99
When he got home and saw Ye Qianqian with a very eye-catching signature hairstyle, Weisheng knew - it was definitely too early!
In this abnormal and bizarre special period, the red cuffs have great power, but the government and law enforcement agencies are not in name only, so the three parties reached a tacit understanding very early on.
Let’s not talk about the rules in other places, but in Songbei Town, just like the Peace Hotel in the movie, as long as someone enters the police station or the town committee compound, the red cuffs cannot go in to arrest them.
However, the police station and the town committee compound must enforce the law impartially and act with moderation.
That is to say, if someone hides in the town committee compound during the day, he or she must leave when the town committee gets off work at night.
Those who hide in the police station will also send the people who come in out after the case is concluded.
The town committee compound does not control when people come in or when they leave, but the latest time they leave will not be after get off work hours.
The police station would see how the case was handled. If it was completed early, the officers would leave early. If it was completed late, they would stay at the station for two more days. As for when they would leave the station... the police wouldn't notify the red sleeves anyway.
It was also for this reason that Hong Taoxiu let Ye Qianqian and Shao Xiuran run back to the village without paying attention.
If they could successfully enter the town committee compound the next day to get their marriage certificate, and then run out of Songbei Town at lightning speed, they could really escape from the hands of the red sleeves.
Unfortunately, plans couldn't keep up with changes. Shao Xiuran broke his leg and was rushed to the town hospital by the villagers. When Hong Taoxiu arrived, Ye Qianqian was pushing Shao Xiuran out in a wheelchair.
He was caught in the act and was taken away by the red sleeves again.
Just as the red sleeves were pressing Ye Qianqian to shave her head, this woman, not knowing whether she wanted to shift the blame or die together, actually told the "secret" that Weisheng's family had a cache of banned books.
Well, one problem after another. However, regarding the sudden increase in workload, the red sleeves said:
We just love working overtime!
Originally, they had intended to drag Shao Xiuran and Ye Qianqian back to Xing'an Village for a search, but Shao Xiuran had a leg cast, which not only made it difficult for him to walk, but also slowed down the Red Sleeves' rapid march. So, they abandoned Shao Xiuran en route and, dragging Ye Qianqian along, they charged towards Xing'an Village at a breathtaking pace.
With Ye Qianqian leading the way, the red-sleeved people went straight to Weisheng's house as soon as they entered the village.
First, he used the tools he brought to destroy the locks on the yard gate and the house door that Weisheng had replaced a while ago.
Before he could even enter the house, the old village chief and other villagers who had received the news all rushed over.
They blocked the door and wouldn't let the man with the red sleeves in.
While sending a message to Weisheng, he also wanted Weisheng to give his attitude as soon as possible.
If you are sure that there is nothing at home, then come back. With them around, no one will wrongly accuse Weisheng.
If you're not sure what's at home, then don't go home yet. They won't stop you. Regardless of whether they can find anything, they'll make arrangements after Hong Taoxiu and the others leave the village.
First, the adopted nephew came to deliver the message, and then Pang Sihai came in person to look for Weisheng.
Pang Sihai planned to take Weisheng to the garrison to hide first. The army was not a place where a red-sleeved person could act recklessly. He would first find an excuse to take Weisheng there, and then, knowing full well that Weisheng was a patient, he would hide in the garrison hospital.
Unexpectedly, Weisheng told Pang Sihai the truth when he saw him.
She had changed the locks of her house and done a thorough cleaning long before she fell into the water.
Weisheng had previously divided the east room into two rooms, but due to the high humidity in Xing'an Village, the inner room was always locked. After Weisheng discovered that there was some smell in the room, he temporarily put all the sundries in the inner room of the east room into the space, and planned to build a warehouse in the yard to store them when he had free time.
So although the east room still has an inner and outer room layout, in addition to rice, flour, sweet potatoes, various dried vegetables and other food placed on shelves, there are also some farm tools.
Since there are often visitors at home, Weisheng keeps the main room and the west room very clean.
There was a set of tea sets and a bamboo kettle on the square table in the main hall.
The low fire wall between the main room and the west room was quite wide, so the oil lamps of Weisheng's family were placed on it.
On the bed in the west room, there was a mosquito net, a thin quilt, and a small pillow covered with a pillowcase and a pillowcase.
Further outside, on the desk under the window of the west room was a complete set of textbooks from elementary school to high school, and several notebooks with nothing written on them.
And in the center of the desk, there is a collection of leaders' quotations.
In addition, there are two narrow cabinets one meter wide in the room.
Weisheng had turned one into a bowl rack, divided into three layers. The top layer held some rarely used bottles and jars, the middle layer held lunch boxes, bowls and chopsticks, and the loving food thrown in after meals. The bottom layer held jars of oil, jars of pickled bacon, soy sauce, vinegar, and other items.
The other cabinet is where Weisheng keeps his clothes.
The inside was divided into three layers, with a thick quilt for winter on the upper layer.
The middle layer has clothes rails and hangers.
In an era of material scarcity, even the original owner had few clothes, so there were only four or five sets of clothes hanging on the middle layer.
Besides a few clothes hanging on the middle shelf, the lower shelf held three handwoven bamboo baskets. One contained a few balls of socks, a vest folded into small squares, and a pair of large shorts. Another held scissors and a sewing basket. Another held menstrual pads, the kind used to hold wood ash in those days, and pink toilet paper sold by the pound.
Further down is the third layer of the cabinet.
This floor is neatly filled with five layers of shoes.
Three pairs of new cloth shoes, made for Zhang Zhang by the village godmothers, and two pairs of worn, but well-scrubbed, old shoes.
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Pang Sihai heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Weisheng say this. Then, as he and Weisheng walked home, he said that Ye Qianqian was in the crowd.
Weisheng nodded, "I knew it was her."
As they were talking, they arrived home. Standing outside the yard, they could see many bicycles parked in front of the gate, and the yard and the door were also full of people.
Seeing Weisheng coming back, they all made way for her.
She first looked at the villagers guarding her house with gratitude, feeling touched by their trust and protection. Turning around, she saw that the people who came were all familiar faces, and Weisheng even smiled at them.
"My room is small, so many people can't fit in. Why not send a few female comrades in to search."
She didn't panic, nor did she ask questions despite knowing the answer, nor did she say anything about not allowing the search. Instead, she immediately gave her "suggestions" to everyone in the yard.
The leader thought for a moment and then called out the four female comrades in the team. Weisheng nodded to the old village chief and the others, then, like a master, gestured to them to come out.
The four female comrades first looked at the captain, then looked at each other, and then followed Weisheng in without hesitation.
The room was clean, simple and elegant, and easy to see at a glance. However, the four female comrades still followed their usual practice. One of them lifted the curtains, quilts and pillows to check the bed; the other one looked through all the books and notebooks on the desk in the west room.
The remaining two people each received a cabinet.
There were few things and they were packed neatly, which saved the four female comrades a lot of time.
After checking the main room and the west room, the four of them turned their attention to the door of the east room.
There was nothing left in the east room, but there was a cat and a dog at home, so there was still a lock on the door of the east room, but it was not locked.
Weisheng walked forward and took the lock off the door, then pushed the door open.
The four of them entered the east room, took a quick look, then casually touched the rice bags and baskets before coming out.
After the four of them came out, they shook their heads at the leader and said, "No."
"No? Impossible!" Ye Qianqian, who had a yin-yang hairstyle, stood in the crowd, staring at the movements in the room without blinking.
I felt anticipation and excitement, as well as some malicious associations.
She was worried about what would happen to Weisheng, the treasure of Xing'an Village, after finding all those things. But she didn't expect that nothing would be found.
How could it not be there? She put it there herself.
After hearing the "impossible," Weisheng finally looked at Ye Qianqian. "Why is it impossible? How can someone make something appear that doesn't exist? You've always lied. Now, are you going to lie to Hongtaoxiu and everyone else?"
"I'm not lying. It's not like that. It's definitely there. Search again, search again."
Seeing Ye Qianqian so excited, Weisheng continued to tease her, "My house is so small, and people come to the main room and the west room every day. If there was anything there, it would have been discovered long ago."
Ye Qianqian's eyes lit up when she heard this, "East room, the things are in the east room."
"No, there's nothing in the east room."
"Impossible! I put it in the east room myself. How could it not be there?" Ye Qianqian pointed at Weisheng as if she understood something. "It was you. You must have hidden it, right?"
In order to stimulate Ye Qianqian, Weisheng deliberately increased his speaking speed when he spoke just now, and Ye Qianqian also subconsciously followed suit and sped up his speaking speed.
If a person with normal IQ speaks faster, they are likely to say something without thinking. Ye Qianqian did just that, blurting out the truth before she could even react.
Until Weisheng suddenly slowed down his speech and said word by word: "So you put something in my house, and now you're crying thief! What, are you sure that Red Sleeves is too soft-hearted and won't get angry even if you use him as a pawn?"
Ye Qianqian: “…”
The man with red sleeves: "..."
The villagers of Xing'an Village: "..."
At first, no one realized what Weisheng was doing, but she and Ye Qianqian were talking back and forth so fast that no one else in the yard could get a word in. When Weisheng slowed down and they took a moment to react, the noise started to boil over like a frying pan.
Many of the villagers, from top to bottom, cursed Ye Qianqian. Some didn't dare to say it directly, but they implicitly said that the red sleeves were a bunch of brainless idiots.
The old village chief and the others did not speak out to criticize, but the worry they had been carrying for Weisheng finally settled down.
Fortunately, there was no harm!
Amidst the clamor, the red-sleeved team leader suddenly asked Weisheng, "How do you deal with those banned books?"
Weisheng realized that there was a trap in these words. The other villagers who were cursing and the angry Red Sleeves couldn't help but look at Weisheng after hearing these words.
Weisheng pursed his lips and said helplessly, "I forgot to close the windows on the day of the hailstorm, and a lot of water flooded the house. A few days later, I found that many things in the east room were moldy and rotten. A lot of things were lost at that time, and I don't know if there are any things that Ye Qianqian has hidden in them."
This is really true, you can attack or defend.
The team leader looked at Weisheng deeply, and then his eyes fell on Ye Qianqian.
Seeing this, Wei Sheng asked again: "I heard that the big red brocade quilt they used that day was a good thing that only capitalists have. I don't know if it is from China or abroad. If it is from China, maybe we can dig out some capitalists hiding among the people. If it is from abroad, oh no..."
Weisheng paused deliberately here, and when everyone's attention was drawn to her, she slowly said, "Could it be a spy?"
hiss!
Spy agent!
This is more serious than openly having an affair.
As soon as Weisheng finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to Ye Qianqian and changed. Amidst everyone's whispers, Weisheng added to the team, "Can you, Red Sleeves, investigate this matter?"
The words were spoken softly, but coupled with Weisheng's tone and expression, it gave people the impression that she questioned Hong Taoxiu's methods of doing things and did not believe in Hong Taoxiu's ability.
Even though the team leader was smart and capable, he couldn't withstand Weisheng's provocation, which had little technical content.
He stared at Weisheng for a long time, and seeing that Weisheng looked back at him without dodging, he knew that this trick would not work on Weisheng.
Having lost such a big person, the team leader didn't want to stay and be criticized, so he asked someone to take Ye Qianqian with him and leave Xing'an Village.
When they came here, others were riding bicycles, and Ye Qianqian ran behind them. When they left, others were still riding bicycles, but they didn't care and dragged Ye Qianqian back to town with their bicycles.
Ye Qianqian, who had been dragged all the way, was covered in wounds. However, the men in the red sleeves showed no mercy and took out all the anger they had endured in Xing'an Village on Ye Qianqian and Shao Xiuran, then subjected them to torture and interrogation.
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Meanwhile, the villagers, who had been on edge since the red sleeves arrived, finally relaxed after they left. Seeing that nearly everyone in the village was present, Weisheng asked them to wait, then went back inside and brought out a box of locks.
I gave each family two, and then told them to go home and check themselves. It is best to lock all rooms that are not often visited to prevent the same kind of thing from happening again.
After hearing Weisheng's words, many people immediately rushed home to check themselves. However, Weisheng's godmothers, Jiang Yu, Pang Sihai, the old village chief and others stayed behind.
While cursing Ye Qianqian for being a bad person and a worthless person, she also talked about how dangerous today's incident was. Then, I don't know which godmother asked Weisheng why he bought so many locks.
Weisheng: "When I was studying at the town high school, one of my dad's comrades passed through Songbei Town. He left me a box of locks and asked me to sell them for pocket money."
In Fang Ke's previous life, when Weisheng was collecting supplies, he simply opened a hardware and grocery store to save trouble, so there were quite a few of these miscellaneous things in Weisheng's space.
Taking out a box of Ming locks is not even a drop in the bucket for Weisheng's inventory.
But the villagers didn't take Weisheng's things for nothing.
Although they did not go inside during the search, many people saw what was going on in Weisheng's house through the glass windows.
So the villagers who took the locks back gave this to one family and that to another. This made Weisheng, who had a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, weave several small baskets to put these things in according to different categories.
That's a story for later, so let's not discuss it for now. Suffice it to say that thanks to the villagers' diligent maintenance and her personal oversight, even though Weisheng's house had been turned over, nothing was damaged. However, the godmothers and Jiang Yu still helped clean up the house before returning home.
Pang Sihai stayed behind and saw that Weisheng was really not scared by today's situation. He left a message telling him to remember to call him if anything happened before leaving.
When Pang Sihai left, all he thought about was power and the desire to climb to a higher position.
If he had power, who would dare to search his sister's house!
Although Pang Sihai used to be indifferent about becoming a worker-peasant-soldier college student, his state of mind has now completely changed.
Weisheng and the others didn't know what decision Pang Sihai had made, so they left and didn't return to the village primary school, but stayed at home.
After about an hour, the godmothers in the village and Jiang Yu's sisters who were married in the village brought dinner to Weisheng, and two other sisters-in-law also brought some food.
The reason is that they are worried that Weisheng has no appetite and doesn’t want to cook.
The food they sent was enough to last Wei Sheng for several days. If it weren't for the refrigerator in Wei Sheng's space, they would have gone bad before they were all eaten.
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Weisheng originally wanted to go to the town at night, but Jiang Yu was worried that Weisheng had been frightened during the day, so he came to stay with Weisheng for another night.
By the time Weisheng found an opportunity to go to town, it was three or four days later.
Weisheng went to the town, firstly to see if Ye Qianqian and Shao Xiuran were tortured to death by the red sleeve gang; secondly, to help them "escape".
If you were to escape from the red-cuffed interrogation room under heavy guard, no one would believe you if you said you were not a spy.
There happened to be a small donkey cart in the Hongtaoxiu courtyard. Weisheng first put the donkey cart and the half-dead Ye Qianqian and Shao Xiuran into the space one after another.
Afterwards, he placed the two of them on a donkey cart outside the Red Sleeves Courtyard. He then took advantage of the night to drive the donkey for them.
As the donkey clattered away, Weisheng shouted into the courtyard of the red-sleeved mansion with a loud speaker:
"The prisoner escaped!"
"The prisoner escaped on a donkey cart!"
Then all the red-sleeved soldiers on duty woke up from their sleep instantly.
Some people just ran out to chase people, while others put on coats and rode bicycles to chase them.
After an hour or so of noise, they finally caught the donkey cart and the two prisoners that had run away.
Ye Qianqian and Shao Xiuran, who were captured, had a lot of grievances but nowhere to vent them.
If they say that they woke up and were on a donkey cart, and then escaped passively due to the bumpy ride... would anyone believe it?
That doesn't matter anymore.
After being charged with several crimes, the two were paraded through the streets for a month and then secretly detained.
During this period, Shao Xiuran had repeated problems due to fractures. In order to save his life, the people in red sleeves made the decision to amputate him.
But even after such a terrible ordeal, Shao Xiuran and Ye Qianqian still refused to confess. This made the red-sleeved people very angry, and their plan to pull out the radish and bring out the mud had not made any progress.
In the end, Shao Xiuran and Ye Qianqian became the epitome of stubborn resistance and were kept in the Red Sleeves' cell. A few years later, when the college entrance examination was reinstated and the Red Sleeves organization had completely withdrawn from history, the two were finally released.
Because their original crime was promiscuity, even after being released, the two did not receive any corresponding compensation.
Oh, I made up for it too.
The local government issued them a marriage certificate many years late.
But at that time, both of them were not in a very good mental state.
Weisheng was also worried that their mental state might hurt innocent people or cause her trouble again, so he contacted a mental hospital for them...
Back to the present, Weisheng temporarily put Ye Qianqian and Shao Xiuran behind his mind, and focused all his attention on the village primary school and the upcoming winter.
It was also at this time that Pang Sihai's place in the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University program was finally announced.
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