novelraw Chapter 50 You want to drive away the wolf to devour the tiger, but what if you let the wolf into th
Chapter 50 You want to drive away the wolf to devour the tiger, but what if you let the wolf into th
This is why, in Chenjiatun, there were people to take care of them. These people who were sent down to the countryside still had a decent house to live in and could go to the wild woods by the river to cut firewood.
In many places, people like them live in drafty houses, fearing that snow will collapse the dilapidated structure and bury them inside. Such incidents have happened quite frequently in the past two years!
These past two winters have been truly difficult for my grandparents, but at least they managed to get through them with two meals of porridge a day. Many others, however, didn't make it through persecution, illness, or other reasons...
"Yuheng, don't run around here so often. I see you've gathered quite a lot of bricks, are you going to repair the wall? Is there anything Grandpa can do for you?" Tong Anfu asked.
"We need to repair the wall, tear down the current mud wall and rebuild it. I want a wall that's over two meters high. I really can't stand the fact that people can see right up to the kang (heated brick bed) from the outside."
Grandpa, I really do need your help with something. Here are a few books; could you take a look and see if there are any problems? If you have the chance, could you teach us a few books?
She took out medical books she had found at a junkyard from her handbag. Most of them were about traditional Chinese medicine, and two of them were about Western medicine and surgery.
"These are really good things. I'm afraid those people will find them, so I'd better hide them well." Grandpa looked at the books, reluctant to let go, as if he had found a treasure. Only he knew the value of these books.
"Grandpa, I'd also like you to get me some hemostatic medicine, anti-inflammatory medicine, and a sleeping potion..."
"Can you get the medicinal herbs? What do you need the sleeping potion for?" the old man asked. He was worried that this girl was up to something horrific!
"I'm not doing anything, just preparing to teach those two bastards who bullied my mother a lesson when I get the chance!" This wasn't an excuse; once she had the chance, she was determined to give the Fan family a good beating!
"Alright then, as long as we find the herbs, I'll also get you some Madness Powder. But you can't use this to play tricks on people easily, you know?" This already violated his medical principles, but in this situation... to hell with useless principles! Protecting his children is the most important thing!
"Yes, yes, thank you, Grandpa! Could you write down a list of medicinal herbs for me?"
As the old man wrote down the required medicinal herbs, he asked, "Why did you suddenly decide to study medicine? Do you want to study traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine?"
"If we both study, we probably won't have a proper education for the next seven or eight years. We sisters can't let our time go to waste. If there's an opportunity, I'd like Yuyao and Linglong to both join the army. Having a skill will make it easier to get drafted."
"Joining the army is a good thing, but there are few female soldiers recruited, so it's not easy!" Tong Anfu felt even more that he couldn't let the children down: "Then you have to be even more careful and don't let anyone know about our relationship."
"I understand, Grandpa. Oh, I have something to tell you, our old house collapsed!"
"It collapsed? I hope no one was hurt?" Tong Anfu looked at his granddaughter's smiling face and understood that she had already taken what she needed to take.
"No one was injured. The house was empty; it collapsed in the middle of the night and wasn't discovered until the morning. My great-grandmother's room and the adjacent room both collapsed. We just don't know who stole the roof beams..."
"That's alright, as long as no one gets hurt." Tong Anfu couldn't help but smile, thinking to himself: Mother, what you left for the children wasn't wasted, don't worry.
"Grandpa, we're going back now. Share some of the things we gave you with the two families across the street. It's almost Chinese New Year!" Tong Yuheng knew that he couldn't keep it a secret from the other side forever, so he might as well give some things out and do them a favor.
"Okay, I'll send them some rice and flour tomorrow. Do you have enough money?"
"How could it not be enough? I'm very good at making money, Uncle, look at my certificate!" Tong Yuheng took out the award certificate that Wei Wenbin had given her and started to show off.
"You can design machines? That's our specialty!" My uncle and aunt looked at the bright red certificate with envy in their eyes. They loved their jobs, but now they couldn't do anything about them.
"Then you guys teach me, okay? I'm just a half-baked novice; I haven't really learned much about design principles. I can only make simple things, unlike you two who build airplanes and trains!"
"Hey, what's the point of talking about design now! Look at my hands, I probably don't even know how to use those precision instruments anymore..."
"Auntie, don't be discouraged. There will be other opportunities for you to showcase your talents!" Tong Yuheng knew the general direction of the situation. As long as his uncle and aunt were alive, they would definitely be able to return to work in the future.
"Grandpa, Uncle and Aunt, if that Director Qian keeps causing trouble for us, we'll go directly to the Public Security Bureau and report the traitor Guo Qirun for fleeing before the founding of the People's Republic of China and possibly returning to the country under a different identity to engage in enemy spy activities!"
"Grandpa, just tell them that Old Guo's concubine might be hiding some treasure. She owns a small house; let those people go look there!" Tong Yuheng utterly loathed his great-grandfather, whom he had never met—a shameless old scoundrel who would ruin his son's life!
Tong Yuheng still remembered some of the plots in the original book. In order to guard against the Guo family, she made this move when she returned to Yan City. She secretly hid more than a dozen small yellow croakers and some gold and silver jewelry in the house under the concubine's name.
These things could easily be used as a pledge of allegiance. The county's public security bureau and the Party committee have always been at odds; one wants to uphold the dignity of the law, while the other is disrupting social order. They often clash over a single issue, with groups of people going head-to-head.
It's just that the G Committee is currently acting more brazenly due to certain special reasons. However, if the matter involves traitors or spies, both sides will be very cautious and will definitely conduct a thorough investigation!
"I'll have my mom write a complaint letter, telling her to make a good show of how my great-grandmother and you suffered as children. Also, I'll have her report some vague things that Old Man Guo said before he died. In short, let them distinguish between truth and falsehood."
It's common knowledge that Old Man Guo favored his concubine over his wife. As for whether he actually hid any treasure, we'll only know once we search.
Captain Liu Fengyi of the county public security bureau is a decorated veteran with impeccable revolutionary credentials. He's brave, intelligent, and has a very good reputation in the county. Tong Yuheng had inquired about him during his last visit; he's a decisive and efficient person. Grandpa's report will be sent to him!
However, she did not know that in just these few days, the Captain Liu she wanted to rely on had experienced a miraculous journey from life to death and then back to life!
Tong Yuheng explained his plan, hoping that this report would allow his grandfather to redeem himself and get rid of the "five black categories" label, becoming an ordinary person sent down to the countryside, which would make it easier for him to move around in the village in the future.
"Will this work? Can Captain Liu stand up to that Director Qian? We need to be careful. You're trying to drive a wolf into the sheepfold, but what if you end up letting a wolf into the house? It might implicate you!"