In Liu Jianjun's office, Wang Xiao stuffed the paper shell into the stove.
The fire grew brighter.
After Liu Jianjun read the transcript, he frowned and asked Su Yuncheng: "Then where did all the food go? It's impossible to eat all of it, right?"
Su Yuncheng said: "Feng Wei has led people to check the survivors' bodies, and there are no external injuries caused by the fight."
Wang Xiao raised his head and said, "What Xiao Lin asked is already very useful, but we still have to keep digging, Xiao Lin..." He looked at Lin Nianhe with hopeful eyes.
Lin Nianhe took a sip of the hot water, lowered his eyes and spoke slowly: "The predecessors planted and the next will reap. The descendants will not be happy when they reap, and there are even more reapers behind."
As she spoke, she raised her eyes and looked at Su Yuncheng.
Sure enough, from his eyes, she saw that his thoughts were the same as hers.
Su Yuncheng looked at her and said, "They are not survivors, they are winners."
Lin Nianhe nodded lightly.
Wang Xiao looked back and forth at the two of them. One was older than the other.
He is only good at production and can take the blame, but he really can't do the job of solving cases.
Wang Xiao felt that among the four people in the room, he must be the only one who couldn't understand. So he looked at Liu Jianjun: "Do you understand?"
Liu Jianjun frowned, looked at him and said, "Leader, how should we deal with this situation now?"
Wang Xiao: "...?"
how? From what he means, is it really just him who doesn't understand?
Fortunately, Wang Xiao only reacted a little slowly and was not really stupid. He thought about it again and again, coupled with Lin Nianhe and Su Yuncheng's two paradoxical sentences, and finally understood what they meant.
"Are you saying that the group of people in the cell now went up to rob those people after they finished fighting and robbing them?" Wang Xiao's voice rose an octave, "Then why are there any injuries on their bodies?" nothing?"
Liu Jianjun was very sensible and did not expose the leader's embarrassment. He explained: "Those people fought in a group all night and suffered many injuries in the process. How could they be the opponents of the latecomers? Besides, they had been prepared for it and must have taken advantage of them. The guy, plus it was dark and he hit the sap in the back, it’s reasonable that he wasn’t injured.”
Wang Xiao completely understood. He rubbed his face and knitted his brows: "Then what? Close them all? Then won't the Victory Brigade be wiped out?"
It was impossible to lock them all up. In the end, Wang Xiao took the initiative and released the women and children. The sixteen men were temporarily detained in the police station and charged with robbery.
Originally, they thought that these people would be noisy and yell at them to let their men go, but in the end, they just stayed at the door of the police station for a while, and then left one by one without looking back.
Wang Xiao stood with his arms folded and sighed: "It's not bad. I didn't make trouble in front of the police station. I still have a basic sense of morality."
Lin Nianhe said calmly beside him: "They are rushing back to move all the food from poor families to their own homes... And haven't you noticed that most of the women among them were educated youths before?"
Wang Xiao looked up at the sky, not wanting to speak.
Lin Nianhe had no intention of letting him go, and continued: "Uncle Wang, it's over here. How about we continue discussing the problem of the mimeograph machine?"
Wang Xiao: "..."
He had forgotten why Lin Nianhe was standing by his side!
Half an hour later, Lin Nianhe took the commune's mimeograph machine on his way home.
Wang Xiaozhao stood at the door to see her off: "Slow down, Xiaolin, Xue Da, if nothing happens, don't come here..."
Lin Nianhe expressed his sincere gratitude: "Thank you for your concern, the leader. I will call you if I run out of paper in the future."
Wang Xiaojie: "..."
Lin Nianhe rode his bicycle and dragged the cart before he had gone ten meters away when Su Yuncheng caught up with him.
He stopped Lin Nianhe, tied the cart behind his bicycle, and walked back with her.
There was some silence on the road.
Lin Nianhe knew that her reaction today was wrong, but she really didn't want to pretend at that time.
I don’t want to now either.
She pedaled her bicycle, not teasing Su Yuncheng like before, and remained silent.
She said nothing, and Su Yuncheng didn't speak either.
It wasn't until the mimeograph machine was moved into the village primary school and Lin Nianhe was about to return to the classroom that Su Yuncheng stopped her.
"Nianhe."
Lin Nianhe stopped and didn't turn around. He just turned his head and asked him, "What's wrong?"
Su Yuncheng walked up to her, looked down at her and said, "This matter has nothing to do with you. Even without yesterday's meat, something like this will happen one day in the future. It may be more serious, and it may involve more people." Lots of people.”
Lin Nianhe: "...?"
Didn't she say that she doesn't blame herself?
Did he not believe it or had he forgotten?
Su Yuncheng's eyes were gentle and he continued: "Don't think too much. The things they did were worthy of being shot, but they were never dealt with due to lack of evidence."
Lin Nianhe's breathing was slightly stagnant.
She pursed her lips and finally asked the question she had been thinking about for a long time but did not dare to ask: "If I say that I really think they deserve their death, will you think I am too cold-blooded?"
If he thought she was cold-blooded, she would understand. After all, he has never experienced the apocalypse she has experienced, and it is reasonable not to understand her indifference to human life.
But if he really felt that way, she would still be a little sad.
So she didn't ask, wanting to be an ostrich for a while.
Lin Nianhe subconsciously clenched his fists and looked at Su Yuncheng intently.
Su Yuncheng smiled.
He returned to her what she had said not long ago: "You can forgive the sins committed by God, but you can't live if you do the sins yourself."
In fact, if Lin Nianhe had to take the responsibility for this matter on himself, then he would have a headache.
He was pleased that she thought the same thing and had the same attitude as him.
Lin Nianhe felt that the depression in her heart disappeared with these words, the corners of her mouth slowly raised, and she finally smiled.
Su Yuncheng reached out and tied up her slightly loose scarf, and said in a gentle voice: "There are still many things to deal with later. I have to go back to town. I may not be able to come back at night. If you are afraid, just go and sleep with Principal Wu."
"Yes." Lin Nianhe took out a piece of white rabbit from his pocket and gave it to him, "No matter how busy you are, remember to eat."
"good."
Su Yuncheng was right, he couldn't come back tonight.
Not only him, but everyone in the police station could not go home.
Victory Brigade, on fire.
The person who reported the crime was Li Dahe. He had been unable to sleep since he learned about the murder of the Victory Brigade today. He was afraid of disturbing Aunt Li, so he put on his coat and went to the yard to smoke. Before the cigarette was lit, he saw flames shooting into the sky in the distance to the west. .
Li Dahe thought there was a wildfire, so he ran to the brigade headquarters and shouted at the top of his lungs, waking the villagers from their sleep, while he went to call the police station.
"Women stay at home and take care of their own little ones! Hongzi, take everyone east! All the gentlemen, follow me and put out the fire!"
In just a few minutes, the whole village woke up.
It was far away, and no one knew where the fire started, but no one dared to delay, for fear that a gust of wind and flames would roll up in front of them.
The men rushed towards the fire with all kinds of things, and the women hurriedly packed up all the money and food at home. The old people in the village were placed on the bullock carts and covered with thick quilts.
Aunt Feng was also pulled onto the bullock cart.
By the way, she was the first to be placed in the car.
At that time, Aunt Li rushed into the house, picked her up from the bed, carried her on her back and ran out, muttering: "Sister-in-law, nothing can happen to you, otherwise we won't have the shame to explain to Xiao Feng..." …Hey, I know you can walk, but you don’t need to walk by yourself.”
(End of chapter)
