Liu Qian knew that Meng Xiaoying had clashed with Gong Linglong, and that she had some feelings towards Deputy Captain Lu. Seeing her attention on the mother and daughter, her eyes flickered slightly. "Xiaoying, I also heard it from Captain Guo's wife. I haven't inquired carefully. Do you want me to ask for you?"
"No, I just found out they work in the city, so I just asked casually."
Meng Xiaoying didn't let her inquire. She was convinced that Gong Linglong didn't get the job by her own ability, and was sure that Lu Jingchuan contributed behind the scenes. She was jealous but helpless.
As for her mother, she was probably in a nursing home, taking care of the excrement and urine of the elderly. There was nothing to brag about such a job, and she didn't bother to ask about it.
Gong Linglong and the others had returned home by then. Bai Shuixian washed the rice and put it on the stove to cook. Then the mother and daughter carried the wooden bucket and went to the river to set up the fish cage.
There are a lot of river shrimps in the fish cage today. I picked some fresh peppers and two garlic sprouts in the space, and fried them in a pot with the small fish and shrimps. The taste is delicious and goes well with rice. The mother and daughter each drank two large bowls of sweet potato rice.
After dinner, we rushed to rehearsal. There would be a cultural performance next week, and as the performance approached, everyone became noticeably more nervous.
The next morning, the military wives organized a trip to the mountains to pick ferns and look for wild mushrooms. After breakfast, a large group of people carried baskets and their children and went into the mountains.
"Mom, what are you digging?"
Bai Shuixian was standing in a damp valley, digging for herbs with a small hoe. She turned and pointed up the slope, "Linglong, I'm digging for herbs. I also picked up a lot of black fungus. They're on the slope. Go over and pick some up and put them in your backpack."
"Okay, do you want me to come over and help?" Gong Linglong asked her.
"No need, I'll come over after I dig it."
Bai Shuixian had just been digging here for several minutes. He carefully pulled out the roots of the medicinal herbs, put them aside, and continued to dig two small seedlings next to them.
When she came over with three purple-red herbs, Gong Linglong asked, "Mom, what are these herbs?"
"It's a poisonous herb. I'll tell you more about it when I get back."
Bai Shuixian had just wrapped the roots with a handkerchief. Seeing that there was no one else around, she whispered, "Put them in the space first. We'll open a separate plot of land to grow poison herbs later."
Medicine and poison are inseparable. Gong Linglong understood that poisonous herbs could be processed to cure diseases and save lives, so she put them into the space without asking any questions.
The other military wives were not far away, and the mother and daughter quickly went over to join them, carrying baskets on their backs.
Spring is the time to pick ferns and wild mushrooms. These two wild vegetables grow fast and are found everywhere in the surrounding mountains. In less than two hours, the backpacks, baskets and sacks everyone brought were full.
The happiest person today was Yuan's mother. She was born and raised in the north. The mountains around her hometown were bare and there were no such wild vegetables. Today, she learned a lot of knowledge and picked up a lot of wild vegetables by following the military wives.
When the men came back together, everyone was busy picking wild vegetables in the yard.
"Mom, Linglong."
Lu Jingchuan led the team back, and everyone was holding a piece of meat in their hands.
When they saw the meat, the group of children screamed excitedly, left their mothers behind, and rushed to find their fathers happily.
Seeing her son-in-law coming back, Bai Shuixian said, "Linglong, I'll take care of the rest. Jingchuan should be hungry. You go back and cook first. We'll have lunch early."
"good."
The young couple returned home first. Gong Linglong put the meat in the kitchen and immediately came over to ask him, "Did everything go well?"
"smoothly."
Lu Jingchuan poured a cup of tea and whispered to her, "Xu Wei led us to the Seoul branch. Including her, we captured eight people alive and killed 19. Bao Quan and his men were all arrested, and Xu Qingsheng was also arrested. He was instigated to defect, and during the interrogation last night, he honestly confessed a lot of people and was caught in one fell swoop."
Gong Linglong gave him two thumbs up and said, "My man is truly a combination of Kong Ming and Zilong, both wise and brave."
Lu Jingchuan raised the corners of his mouth and pulled her into his arms. The smile in his eyes spread like ripples, and his voice was full of smiles: "If I can't handle this little thing, I will be ashamed to go home and see my capable wife."
Gong Linglong smiled so brightly that her dimples were visible. She reached out and hugged him back, whispering, "I saw Meng Xiaoying come back yesterday. She probably doesn't know the true identities of Gao Xuemei and Xu Wei. Is the Meng family involved in this incident?"
"It's hard to say right now. We're still investigating secretly."
Last night was a surprise operation and the follow-up investigation will take a lot of time. It is not possible to confirm whether the Meng family is involved.
However, he was certain of one thing: "Yu Zhen and the two children were secretly taken away for investigation. Yu Zhen did not know Gao Xuemei's true identity. The couple had a very bad relationship and their outward displays of affection were all fake. The Gao family worked for the Revolutionary Committee, and he had always believed that Gao Xuemei was also a member of the committee."
"Gao Xuemei is cheating on him, does he know?" Gong Linglong was very concerned about this matter.
When Lu Jingchuan saw her asking this question, his eyes lit up and he pouted her pretty face helplessly, "He doesn't know. I told him about this during the interrogation last night, and he was so angry that his hair stood on end. Maybe this incident touched his sore spot, and he later went on to criticize the Gao family to death, revealing all the immoral things he knew about his parents-in-law and his two brothers-in-law."
"Of course, he could be lying. We raided his house last night and found some useful items. We're still investigating."
His wife was an elite enemy spy. Whether he knew it or not, his career was over.
Maybe I will spend the rest of my life behind bars.
He didn't have a good ending, and the same went for the Yu family. With Gao Xuemei's ability, she must have infiltrated the Yu family long ago and stolen a lot of information through them. In short, the Yu family was completely ruined.
In addition, the Meng family and other relatives will be investigated in depth. In short, the next period of time will be very busy.
Gong Linglong didn't ask about anything else. She waited quietly to see the result. Thinking that he had been busy all night, she immediately poured him some hot water. "Brother Jing, go take a shower first. Mom bought some meat this morning and has made the noodles. I'll make dumplings for you at noon."
At noon, they made dumplings with sauerkraut and meat filling and cooked half a pot of pork and wild mushroom soup. After the three of them had eaten and drunk their fill, they all went back to their rooms to take a nap.
At three or four in the afternoon, Gong Linglong had just finished pulling the weeds in the vegetable patch when Jiang Yaping came to find her. "Linglong, Yumiao said she's going to the art troupe this afternoon to borrow makeup supplies, clothes, and props. Why don't you come with us?"
"Okay, I'll come right after I wash my hands."
Lu Jingchuan was sleeping at home in the afternoon. Gong Linglong tiptoed into the house, washed her hands, and then called her mother and sisters-in-law to visit the art troupe.
The art troupe attached great importance to this art performance. Everyone was rehearsing seriously in the auditorium, including singing, dancing, drama and Peking opera. It was Gong Linglong's first time to see their performance, and she stood outside the window and watched for a long time.
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