While Lin Nianhe was still discussing the pig problem with Li Dahe at the brigade headquarters, the phone rang again.
Li Dahe didn't reach out at all, but pursed his lips towards Lin Nianhe, gesturing for her to take it.
Lin Nianhe picked up the phone and said obediently, "Hello, who can I call?", and then she heard Lin's mother's suppressed sobs.
Lin Nianhe was startled and blurted out: "What's wrong, mom? My dad is dead?"
Mother Lin: "..."
Dad Lin: "..."
Li Dahe: "..."
After a while, Father Lin sighed: "My daughter teaches and educates people every day and she still worries about my safety. My daughter is so filial..."
When Lin Nianhe heard Comrade Lao Lin's voice, he was relieved and at the same time curious: "Mom, why are you crying? My brother..."
"Your brother is not dead either!" Lin's mother interrupted her hastily.
"Oh." Lin Nianhe felt completely at ease, "Then what's wrong with you?"
Mother Lin was stunned when asked.
Yes, why is she crying?
Mother Lin calmed down for a while and thought about what she was feeling sad about, but her relationship couldn't last.
She could only ask in an overly calm tone: "He He, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I've gained three pounds, hehe." Lin Nianhe replied, "I was talking to the captain about raising pigs at the brigade headquarters. There is a swine fever outbreak in the production team next to us. We are stepping up prevention."
"Swine fever? This is a big deal, Hehe. If you have never raised pigs, if you don't understand these things, you should learn more from the villagers and actively receive education. Don't take it for granted and cause trouble to the villagers." Mother Lin instructed.
"Don't worry, Mom, I know." Lin Nianhe glanced at Li Dahe, "I am obedient."
Li Dahe: "..."
"Okay, okay, that's good..."
Mother Lin heard the briskness in her daughter's tone, and knew that she was not sick, so she probably wasn't scared either, so she was relieved.
She thought that maybe her daughter didn't even know the seriousness of what she was involved in.
Being so confused is not necessarily a good thing. Mother Lin simply asked some questions related to food, clothing, housing and transportation, and asked if she was short of food and drink tickets. After getting the answer, she said: "Okay, that's good, He He." , When you go to the countryside, work hard and don’t run out if you have nothing to do.”
"Okay mom," Lin Nianhe said with a different meaning. She lowered her eyes and said softly, "I won't run around."
"Well, even if you have to go out to buy things, don't go alone. If Yun Cheng is busy, ask Yu Fei to accompany you."
"Okay, I remember."
"Okay...do you have anything to do with your father?"
"Nothing's wrong, I've just been busy with classes recently, so I haven't called you for a long time. The students are in physical education classes right now, and I happen to be free, so I called to say hello."
"Okay, okay, you should teach your children well. If you have any difficulties, just tell your mother. She will definitely find a way to help you solve it... Don't be aggressive and take risks when things happen. You are out there by yourself, and you must be careful in everything."
After being asked for the third time, Lin Nianhe still responded with a smile, but the doubts in his eyes became more intense.
Let’s be honest, Bai Bo’s matter is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface.
The matter was not simple, but Su Yuncheng didn't tell her.
Obviously, this wasn't something she was supposed to know.
Lin Nianhe figured it out, but didn't ask any more questions. After saying a few words to Lin's mother, he hung up the phone.
As soon as she put down the phone, she met Li Dahe's complicated eyes. When her eyes moved down, she saw the captain's shaking feet.
Silently retreating, Lin Nianhe said: "Uncle Captain, look, the pig pen has been cleaned. Let's not talk about whether the pigs are getting sick or not. At least they don't have such a big smell, right? I don't know if it's good for them, but it's good for the villagers. It’s all good…”
Li Dahe held down his legs, looked at Lin Nianhe and asked, "Don't your father want to be reborn as a daughter?"
Lin Nianhe: "...?"
This sounds a bit awkward.
In order to avoid being kicked, Lin Nianhe ran away without pursuing the uncle captain's inappropriate remarks.
After leaving the brigade headquarters, looking at the blue sky, she murmured to herself: "The sky is going to change..."
Lin Nianhe was right, the provincial capital had indeed changed.
After Su Yuncheng and Captain Zhou escorted Bai Bo back to the provincial capital, they went straight to the military area and interrogated the prisoners captured by Sun Bo overnight.
These people all hold high positions. Although they are engaged in betrayal, none of them are hard-core.
In just two days, Su Yuncheng gave Sun Bo a thick pile of incriminating evidence and a list of names.
In the next few days, arrests were staged in every dark corner of the provincial capital, and about a hundred people were shackled.
Sun Bo cooperated with the Ministry of Public Security and was very busy.
Su Yuncheng was at leisure.
He had finished everything he needed to do. After catching up on his sleep, he went to the supply and marketing cooperative and returned with a box of canned sugar water.
The day Su Yuncheng was allowed to leave the provincial capital happened to be the day when the sixteen principal criminals were shot.
Compared with the others, Bai Bo is the most inconspicuous one.
On the front of the big truck was a wooden sign with the words "Execution Vehicle" written in black on a white background. The truck drove down the road, and people stood on both sides of the road. They waved their fists and cursed at the death row inmates with signs hanging on their chests.
Sixteen gunshots were fired, accompanied by cheers.
Zheng Lirong did not go to see the execution, but kept her two children at home and did not allow them to run out.
"Mom, what are you packing for?" Bai Xiaojun asked innocently, holding a small wooden gun.
His little wooden gun was made by his father, and he was very curious about it.
Zheng Lirong looked up at him for a while, her eyes a little hollow.
Zheng Shan watched from the side, pursed her lips, leaned over, and hugged Zheng Lirong's arm.
The little girl didn't speak, just leaned against her quietly.
The corners of Zheng Lirong's eyes suddenly turned red.
She sniffed, held her daughter in her arms, and whispered, "Go to your grandfather's house."
'Go to your grandfather's house'.
Every time there was trouble in the black market, Bai Bo would use this excuse to ask her to take the children away, even though there was no old man waiting for them in the yard.
Bai Xiaojun let out an "ouch" and asked, "Will daddy go?"
After a pause, he pursed his lips and whispered: "Dad hasn't been back for several days..."
Zheng Lirong's eyes turned redder, her breathing began to become faster, and a sense of powerlessness enveloped her.
She couldn't control her temper, she wanted to scold her son, and wanted him to stop talking about his father...
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law?"
Outside the door, the fourth child's voice came.
Zheng Lirong's body stiffened for a moment. She came back to her senses, wiped the wet corners of her eyes, and said to Zheng Shan, "Shanshan, watch your brother."
After that, she ran out of the door as if running away.
The fourth child stood in the courtyard and saw Zheng Lirong coming out. After a moment of silence, he whispered: "Sister-in-law, it's finished over there... I gave the body collector some money, and he will put the elder brother in a good place."
Zheng Lirong gritted her teeth and nodded.
The fourth child looked behind him and whispered: "The provincial capital has been in chaos for a while. Sister-in-law, before they react, take Shanshan and Xiaojun to the countryside first. Don't let..."
Before the fourth child finished speaking, there was a burst of noise outside.
(End of chapter)
