Chapter 437: She was just bragging

Lin Xiaomin slowly straightened her back, maintaining the last shred of reason: "Qu Caifeng, I know your dirty and filthy thoughts. Being a woman, I have never thought of making things difficult for you, but a woman like you is truly too disgusting."

Qu Caifeng curled the corners of her mouth; she didn't care at all.

It wasn't her who felt uncomfortable hearing these words, so what was there to care about?

"Originally, I still wanted to divorce Cheng Wen, but now I don't want to. I want to grow old with Cheng Wen. Don't you want to give birth to his child? You can go ahead and do so, and I will go to the security department to report you immediately. I also don't mind sending Cheng Wen in."

Subsequently, Lin Xiaomin turned around and ran downstairs with a thud.

Qu Caifeng's face finally changed a little.

Oh, so she actually held such thoughts?

If that day really came, Lin Xiaomin wouldn't be willing to send Cheng Wen to prison.

She was just bragging.

How good Cheng Wen was to her, even she, this neighbor, knew, let alone herself?

Qu Caifeng turned around and went upstairs without caring at all.

The stairwell was still empty; no one came up, and no one went down.

Glancing at the Cheng family's door next door, even if that old lady was listening at the door, she wouldn't be able to hear anything.

Qu Caifeng reached out and opened the door. Having swapped shifts with Eldest Sister Mei for several days, she had to think about what to take to thank her; otherwise, no one would pay attention to her next time she wanted to swap shifts.

At this time, Lin Xiaomin was already standing in front of the building door. In order not to let anyone see her disheveled appearance, she put on a hat and wrapped a scarf, revealing only two eyes.

Although she unconditionally believed in Cheng Wen, Qu Caifeng's words just now inevitably affected her, especially the scratches accidentally left on Cheng Wen's back...

With a heart full of doubts, Lin Xiaomin still endured the churning emotions in her heart and walked toward the Neighborhood Office.

And at this time, Lu Qiao was not at the Neighborhood Office.

She, along with Deputy Director Huang, Eldest Sister Hua, Officer Liu, and Shao Le, formed a consolation group and went to the Sunflower Commune, which had the most contact with the 516 Military-Industrial Factory.

Speaking of which, ever since Lu Qiao entered the Neighborhood Office, the Manshan Commune and the Guzitun Brigade had begun mutual help and assistance with the military-industrial factory.

But in fact, the biggest beneficiaries were the Manshan Commune and the Guzitun Brigade.

Although Branch Secretary Lin was now only a branch secretary, he also served as the brigade leader.

Because of him, the entire commune benefited as well.

But Old Lin was a smart man; one could tell by looking at how he and the Lu family got along like relatives.

He was a very humble person, always telling the president and others that he was old, and that opportunities for honor and benefits should be given to young people. He had told the commune president more than once that he was just working temporarily for now, and would step down immediately once a suitable successor was found.

As for his son now entering the food factory, no one said anything about that, because Old Lin's son was quite excellent to begin with, often ranking first in the entire commune's exams, but there were no quotas for recommended university admissions now, so he couldn't attend university.

But he had passed the exam for the provincial capital's machinery factory, only there was no one at home to replace him.

Now he was a team leader in the machine repair group at the food factory and had even heard that he had taken a mechanical engineer as a teacher.

Just think about it, that 516 was not an ordinary small factory; if you didn't have any ability, why would they take you?

Not to mention that this kid didn't rest when he went home for the holidays, but got up early and went to the commune, repairing both of the commune's broken-down tractors.

Just say, was this ability or not?

And the consolation activity organized by the Xiang Yang Neighborhood Office was actually to thank the Manshan Commune for its consistent support.

And they also needed to discuss something with the commune president.

That was to encourage commune members to plant vegetables in front of and behind their houses and even in any available space after spring began.

Now that it hadn't been contracted to households yet, the land was all collective, and the commune could also open up a piece of land to grow vegetables.

Once the vegetables were grown, they could be directly processed into dehydrated vegetables; for this, the food factory's demand remained huge.

President Zhu and Branch Secretary Lin of the Manshan Commune stood at the gate early, welcoming everyone from the Xiang Yang Neighborhood Office.

Naturally, everyone was overjoyed.

The discussion went very smoothly; what could President Zhu say? As long as Lu Qiao made a request, he agreed without even thinking.

Because of Lu Qiao, this year's Manshan Commune not only received great praise from the leadership when reporting work to the county, but also won the glorious title of Advanced Collective.

This title was won for the first time after many years.

President Zhu knew what he should do.

To use the words of later generations, that was to hug a big thigh.

They didn't go empty-handed, and they took back quite a few local specialties when they left.

It was hard to refuse such kindness, and constant refusal would hurt feelings.

They were all agricultural products like black fungus, mushrooms, dried vegetables, salted chicken eggs, and salted goose eggs.

Passing by the Wagouzi Brigade, Shao Le was silent for a moment, then said: "You guys go back to the unit first; I'm asking for leave to go back to... the Zhao family."

Although he had made harsh threats, Old Zhao Laizi didn't really dare to come looking for trouble here, but he couldn't really just ignore everything.

He had two younger brothers and one younger sister.

The eldest younger brother was in prison.

The youngest younger brother was eighteen this year, and there was a younger sister who was seventeen this year.

That younger brother was an honest man who had never looked for him and had always been working honestly in the fields.

And the eldest younger sister was a child bride in the Old Wu family in the same village. The young man's name was Wu Ming, and neither of them had come to look for him.

Shao Le said to everyone in a low voice: "My younger sister Zhao Xiaoman is preparing to get married before the New Year; I have to go and see."

Everyone couldn't persuade him; whether to manage or not to manage was actually quite difficult for people.

And it seemed there was nothing to say; anyway, whoever encountered it would be like Shao Le, always having difficulties.

Shao Le got off the car halfway, carrying his things.

Originally, he had planned to ask for leave to go to the Wagouzi Brigade after finishing at the Manshan Commune.

Lu Qiao remembered what Little Cangcang had told her last night...

Now, during the slack farming season, except for the collective work that the brigade had to do, many farmers were "catting winter."

"Catting winter" in the countryside meant not working outdoors.

Now there was no place to work, so basically everyone stayed indoors.

In the countryside now, even if the conditions were good, having a radio at home to listen to was already considered quite good.

Then many people, regardless of gender, liked to play poker, push Pai Gow, and play mahjong.

On the surface, they used soybeans or roasted corn as chips, and there were also those who pasted notes or even just played for fun.

In secret, that was playing for money.

And there were many of them; even though they were cracked down on, they had many hideouts, which were very difficult to catch.

Little Cangcang knew the communes and brigades near the suburbs like the back of its hand.

It said that several had been wiped out.

But Old Zhao Laizi liked to play very much, and now he was always winning money, so he was in high spirits and had no time to look for trouble with Shao Le.

They now had a new hideout, right in an abandoned brick kiln behind the hillside outside the village, which ordinary people couldn't discover. ===== CHAPTER 438 =====