Xia Yao knew that Lu Jing would not feel relieved unless he went to see Mr. Han with his own eyes.
"I just bought this bicycle. Don't let me break it." Xia Yao warned again.
Lu Jing glanced at her with complicated eyes, and his emotions changed in his heart. Finally, he calmed down and nodded slowly: "I will return the property to its original owner."
Seeing Lu Jing was about to leave, Xia Yao suddenly thought of the sights in the county town. She lowered her voice: "Lin Jin and the others are in the county town. They followed me today. I don't know what they are planning."
Seeing Lu Jing's eyes become cold again, Xia Yao added: "When you come back, let's discuss it carefully?"
After Xia Yao said this, he took the initiative to take a step back to avoid blocking Lu Jing's way.
Discuss what?
Lu Jing didn't ask the question after all. He nodded slightly, crossed his long legs, and left quickly on his bicycle.
The people standing not far away couldn't bear it after seeing the young couple talking and seeing Lu Jing leave. Some people had already come forward to inquire about the news, including the sly Cheng Dahua.
Xia Yao came over in a hurry just now, and Lu Jing's face was still very solemn. Aunt Guihua, who really cared about the two of them, was already worried. She wished she could find Xia Yao and Lu Jing to ask them.
Cheng Dahua, after seeing this scene, had only one thought in her mind - the Lu family is in trouble!
She couldn't hide her excitement and ran up quickly.
"What's wrong? What happened? Are people from the Revolutionary Committee coming to the Lu family again..."
Before Cheng Dahua finished speaking, he was met with a handful of dirt.
She ate a lot of dirt in her mouth, and while spitting it out, she yelled at Xia Yao: "You little bitch! You..."
"Your mouth is so dirty, let me wash it for you." Xia Yao spoke lazily, not caring about Cheng Dahua's anger. "If you still can't wash it clean, I will take you to the river to wash it off."
When Xia Yao was talking, he stared at Cheng Dahua with extremely cold eyes.
When Cheng Dahua saw this, his body trembled.
Xia Yao snorted coldly, and without even looking at Cheng Dahua, he headed towards Captain Zhou.
"Captain, I want to help Lu Jing take half a day off." Xia Yao found Captain Zhou.
Captain Zhou was a little worried after hearing this. He had also seen the farce over there just now. At this time, he felt a little worried: "What happened?"
"It's Grandpa Han." Xia Yao didn't hide it from Captain Zhou, "Something happened to him over there. Lu Jing wants to go to the county seat to visit him."
"It turns out it's him." Captain Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought it was something!"
He was startled just now, thinking that just as Cheng Dahua said, people from the Revolutionary Committee were eyeing Lu Jing again.
Captain Zhou patted his chest: "It's just a half-day vacation, I'm sure."
However, he thought about it in his mind, lowered his voice, and asked quietly: "Is there nothing happened in the county?"
"Nothing happened." Xia Yao nodded. He didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly said, "It's true that several landlords in the neighboring county have been rehabilitated."
Captain Zhou was relieved at first, but after hearing Xia Yao's words, his eyes widened and he covered his chest with excitement: "Rehabilitate? What does rehabilitate mean?"
"Some landlords oppress the people and seize land. They should be punished and killed!" Xia Yao's voice suddenly became louder. "But some landlords have made wealth through hard work with their hands and have also donated materials. They are truly patriotic. Of course, such a landlord must be rehabilitated."
"Several landowners in the neighboring county were found to have donated anti-war materials. They have been rehabilitated and their houses have been returned."
Xia Yao's words shocked Captain Zhou.
If this is the case...can the Lu family be rehabilitated?
Once this idea came up, it took root in Captain Zhou's heart and grew into a towering tree in an instant.
However, facing Xia Yao, Captain Zhou hesitated for a while, but still did not speak.
"This is to clear the grievances." He murmured a few words, "It's good to clear the grievances! In this way, there will be no more people who have been wronged!"
He muttered and returned to the ground.
Xia Yao looked at his back and sighed in her heart. In a short period of time, she still couldn't win Captain Zhou's trust, but her words today will definitely leave a deep impression on Captain Zhou.
When the Lu family was branded as reactionaries, Captain Zhou knew the most clearly as a direct witness. He might have the key evidence to rehabilitate the Lu family.
The Lu family has changed from a patriotic businessman to a reactionary, and there are inevitably some people among them who will do things, and they will always leave something behind. And if she said these words loudly today, maybe someone will be unable to hold back?
Anyway, give it a try.
…
Late at night.
It was dark in Tian's house, but Tian Dashan tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.
"Are you telling the truth?" Tian Dashan couldn't help but slap Cheng Dahua awake, "Is it true that a landlord in the next county has been rehabilitated?"
"Do you believe what a little girl said in a movie?" Cheng Dahua woke up from a sweet dream and saw that the chicken legs turned into Tian Dashan with a look of panic. She was furious.
"Let's talk about it tomorrow!" Cheng Dahua's tone was very impatient.
But Tian Dashan couldn't sleep no matter what. He couldn't close his eyes tonight unless he got an accurate answer.
"I was far away at the time and didn't hear clearly! But I heard people in the village say so!" Tian Dashan shook Cheng Dahua, "Tell me, what happened today?"
Cheng Dahua kicked Tian Dashan away hard: "That's what you said! A landlord in the next county was rehabilitated! I heard that dead girl Xia Yao said it was because evidence was found! Those landlords donated anti-war materials, so... So vindicated.”
Hearing this, Tian Dashan lowered his head and muttered in his heart.
"Anti-war supplies..." Tian Dashan murmured, "What evidence is there to prove this?"
Cheng Dahua was sleepy. When she heard this, she waved her hands, yawned, and said casually: "Who knows what kind of note it might be?"
And because of Cheng Dahua's words, Tian Dashan trembled all over, and his eyes shone strangely in the dark night.
They were also discussing the landlord's rehabilitation. Captain Zhou had an oil lamp burning in his house. Under the dim yellow oil lamp, he was writing something.
Aunt Zhou came over and saw him like this, and sighed: "That was more than twenty years ago, can you find it? If the Lu family had this evidence, they wouldn't have been dragged to the farm for renovation. "
"Alas!" Captain Zhou sighed deeply, "I also want to do my part. It's not like you don't know, whose credit is it for our Qingshui Brigade to be able to be stable until now?"
"It's Mr. Lu's credit." Aunt Zhou replied, "But we have no evidence now. We are the only old people who know that the Lu family supported the Anti-Japanese War back then. Those young people were still wearing crotchless pants at that time!"
"But..." Aunt Zhou hesitated for a while, "Do you think we can go to the next county to inquire? Ask those landlords what they want for their redress."
"Yes!" Captain Zhou immediately became excited after hearing this, "I'll go find out tomorrow!"
This is a major event that affects whether the Lu family can come back!
Captain Zhou's eyes were astonishingly bright under the dim oil lamp.
Aunt Zhou saw it and smiled: "I know you want to rehabilitate the Lu family, but should you discuss this matter with Xiao Jing first? I'm not sure Xiao Jing has the evidence you want!"
"That's right." Captain Zhou nodded, but soon he sighed again, "You don't know Xiaojing's child's temper. He is very stubborn. He doesn't want us to get involved in such things."
"He also has good intentions." Aunt Zhou said helplessly, "Those people are always staring at him. If we do anything, we might also be targeted by those people. He is afraid of hurting us."
Captain Zhou got angry when he heard this and clapped his chest hard: "My family has three generations of poor peasants! I want to see what they can do to me!"
"No!" Captain Zhou said this and became completely energetic. "I have to ask Xiao Jing!"
"I heard that Xiao Jing has not returned to the county yet." Aunt Zhou said quietly, "I'd better ask tomorrow."
Captain Zhou sighed again when he heard this.
Early the next morning, the door of the Lu family was pushed open with a creak.
Lu Jing walked into the house. There was no one in the yard. The door was closed, obviously no one had gotten up yet.
His eyes were bloodshot, and he was about to go into the kitchen to get something to eat when he suddenly heard the door being opened, and then Xia Yao appeared in front of him, rubbing his eyes.
"You're back." Xia Yao said lazily, "I left eggs for you in the pot. You can make do with some."
As she spoke, she walked up to Lu Jing very naturally and stared at Lu Jing several times.
Lu Jing felt a little uncomfortable when she stared at him.
"How is Grandpa Han?" Xia Yao asked.
"It's much better now. I'll be discharged from the hospital in a few days." Lu Jing's stern face looked like ice and snow melting. He glanced at Xia Yao and finally said in the gentlest tone Xia Yao had ever heard. Words: "It's about the Han family, thank you very much."
He learned all about yesterday's crisis from Mr. Han. If it weren't for Xia Yao, Mr. Han would have died in that small shabby yard.
Thinking of this, Lu Jing solemnly thanked Xia Yao again.
It was rare to see Lu Jing like this, so Xia Yao quickly took a step back, feeling a little uncomfortable.
In Xia Yao's view, she just did what she could.
The two of them looked at each other in silence until Lu Changbai trotted out and shouted in surprise: "Second uncle!"
Lu Changbai ran to Lu Jing and hugged Lu Jing's leg without thinking: "You're back!"
In this way, it was as if Lu Jing had not been home for ten days and a half.
Xia Yao rolled his eyes and took Lu Changbai aside: "Brush your teeth and wash your face."
Then she crossed her arms over her chest and smiled brightly.
"There are two pieces of good news, which one do you want to hear first?"
