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Chapter 539

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After Lu Qiaoge issued the first warning, she didn't pay attention to it anymore.

Anyway, people like to watch the excitement and listen to strange stories; this is unchanging through the ages.

So this matter would eventually have to be explained by science.

Lu Qiaoge didn't drive to work. Today she didn't plan to go far, so she and Qin Hengzhi first went to the state-run restaurant to eat breakfast together.

People they met on the road who were familiar and knew the two families had met would tease them with smiles.

Qin Hengzhi just smiled without speaking.

Instead, Lu Qiaoge said generously to acquaintances: "Around September, the specific date hasn't been set."

The other party said: "When the time comes, you must tell us; we want to eat your wedding candy."

"Definitely, definitely."

The state-run restaurant today made furnace grate cakes; this kind of cake is called this in Jiangcheng.

But in Beidu, this kind of cake is called oil cake.

The dough is leavened, the dough is round, but two lines are cut in the middle, which is similar to the furnace grates used in many bungalow iron stoves, and then deep-fried in oil until cooked. It's crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, exuding the fragrance of oil cakes, and then paired with a bowl of soy milk and a small dish of pickles, it's also a delicious breakfast.

After Qin Hengzhi and Lu Qiaoge finished breakfast, Qin Hengzhi and Lu Qiaoge rode their bicycles together and turned right.

This was the road to the food factory.

Lu Qiaoge asked: "Aren't you going to the Military Representative Office?"

Qin Hengzhi said: "There's still time, I'll send you to the food factory first."

Two swallows skimmed over their heads, drawing two light arcs in the azure sky, their chirping sounds like a string of jumping notes, adding a bit of vitality to the morning street.

That was Tao Tao and Nini.

Lu Qiaoge looked up and couldn't help but raise a faint smile at the corners of her mouth.

Tao Tao and Nini were chatting happily.

Qin Hengzhi also looked up and said to Lu Qiaoge: "It's your swallow friends."

Lu Qiaoge asked curiously: "How did you distinguish them?"

Actually, all swallows look about the same.

Qin Hengzhi thought seriously: "Actually, it's still intuition."

Lu Qiaoge didn't continue to ask.

Qin Hengzhi's intuition had always been very accurate.

However, in another month, she would have been here for a year.

Qin Hengzhi pedaled the bicycle, turned his head to look at her, and his voice also carried memories: "I remember when I was a child, every time at this season, Grandma would always say swallows come to the house, good luck comes to the house. Although it was a family courtyard, it was old bungalows at the beginning. Under the eaves of my house, there would be swallows building nests every year."

"Grandma said swallows are spiritual things. Choosing which house to go to is looking at the harmony of that household. At that time, although everyone was together, there was almost no quarreling."

After the house was rebuilt, the swallows also flew away, and until now, they haven't come.

And the family is actually the same.

Now they are all separated.

The eldest aunt has almost lost contact.

The eldest sister doesn't even know how she is doing.

Qin Hengzhi stopped his bicycle at an intersection.

Not far ahead was the gate of the food factory, which looked particularly eye-catching in the morning light.

Qin Hengzhi looked at his watch: "I still have half an hour, you go in first, I'll come pick you up for lunch at noon."

Lu Qiaoge thought for a moment, she had nothing to do at noon and in the afternoon.

After Lu Qiaoge entered the factory, Qin Hengzhi turned around and rode his bike. After riding a few steps, he looked back at the gate of the food factory.

The spring breeze blew, bringing a faint fresh breath.

Spring is really here!

Two swallows flew over Qin Hengzhi's head again. Of course, they turned a few circles on purpose. When Qin Hengzhi looked up, Tao Tao and Nini chased after Lu Qiaoge and flew over.

Outsiders can't tell.

Only Qin Hengzhi knows.

Couldn't help but think of the phone call he received last night, which was about Tangcheng. On the surface, it was suppressed, but in fact, it evolved even more fiercely inside.

There were tens of thousands of cats and dogs fleeing in panic in the city.

All of them were jumping up and down, extremely abnormal.

And then there were sudden whirlpools in the reservoir, big and small. When people took boats to check, they found nothing.

It even looked like there wasn't a single fish to be seen.

The most serious one, witnessed by a train full of people, was a large group of rats running out from the direction of Tangcheng.

Naturally, there were also groups of sparrows and swallows flying in the sky.

Some people said sparrows and swallows were chasing the rats, but in common sense, sparrows don't eat rats at all. If there were owls or snakes behind them, it would still make sense.

No one dared to take the many abnormal phenomena lightly.

Now the above has also been alarmed, but it can't be left to people to guess, otherwise it's easy to cause panic, so the above issued a document saying that researchers are all studying and also checking and monitoring the geographical situation of Tangcheng and nearby cities.

What is being implemented now is a policy of loose outside and tight inside.

Fortunately, people now have a very strong collective concept and are also very united, so the panic didn't continue.

Qin Hengzhi looked up at the direction Tao Tao and Nini flew away. Swallows, sparrows, cats, dogs...

Could it be that Qiaoge knew something from her animal friends?

In the afternoon, Lu Qiaoge went to the neighborhood office for a meeting and happened to encounter Sister Qiao and Auntie Hua resolving a dispute.

A group of people were pulling and tugging, looking like they were about to fight.

Lu Qiaoge narrowed her eyes and hurriedly ran over.

One of the people arguing looked a bit familiar.

Lu Qiaoge remembered; it was the woman on the road who said she was like a broom star, whoever touched her would be unlucky, don't get involved with her, and those who got involved with her were all sent to the farm to work.

She was from the Qianjin Neighborhood Office, not under the jurisdiction of the Xiang Yang Neighborhood Office. How did she come here?

Remembering that Sister Lu said this woman was quite peculiar, don't know why, she just couldn't stand her younger brother's wife, and her mother was the same, the mother and daughter teamed up to bully people.

Also said something about not hitting or scolding, she just pointed out some shortcomings in the sister-in-law's life, how did it become her being picky and provoking their divorce?

The little daughter-in-law naturally lived with her father-in-law and mother-in-law, but couldn't stand this sister-in-law coming back to her parents' house for lunch every day.

Sister Lu also said fortunately that the little daughter-in-law was a capable one, but living like this was also suffocating.

Lu Qiaoge looked over and saw a young woman with tear stains on her face, standing on the side with her head down without saying a word.

Could this be the little daughter-in-law in Sister Lu's mouth?

And at this time, beside her was a middle-aged woman, who looked like she should be the little daughter-in-law's mother?

Several people were in the big office. Lu Qiaoge originally also wanted to get things. With Auntie Hua and Sister Qiao there, the problem wasn't big. At the very least, they wouldn't be able to fight in the office.

Unexpectedly, when passing by these people, the sister-in-law, a woman also called Zhao Daxue, saw Lu Qiaoge at a glance.

Just a moment ago, she was still aggressive, but at this time, she immediately shut her mouth.

Then her voice was gone, and the voice of the little daughter-in-law's mother, Auntie Liu, was clear.

"……There's no such reason. I don't know what the rules are for your Qianjin Neighborhood Office, but our Xiang Yang Neighborhood Office is a place that reasons. Walking all over the world, there's no saying that after divorce, the daughter-in-law's dowry all belongs to the husband's family. Is your Old Zhao family unable to live or unable to eat, coveting that little bit of my daughter's things?"

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