Chapter 620: Sister Yang's Decision: Stay Here, or Go to Maxian?

Being doubted by the other party, Li Long didn't feel anxious at all, mainly because he didn't know how to comfort Sister Yang and Han Fang.

He regretted agreeing to bring Han Fang along; Han Fang was still young, and at this moment, she might not know or understand.

He looked back at Han Fang, finding that Han Fang's main attention was still on Sister Yang.

A precocious child, it really is a kind of tragedy, right?

He turned his head, looking at Section Chief Xu and Deputy Section Chief Zheng over there, both frowning as they looked at the letters. Deputy Section Chief Zheng even took out two letters from the notebook he carried with him to compare.

A burst of anger rose in Li Long's heart.

It was reasonable for the other party to doubt the authenticity of the family, but doing it in front of Sister Yang was really a bit too much, right?

He walked over and said in a low voice to the two section chiefs:

"Can we change places for the comparison? You doubt, this is normal, I understand, but Sister Yang—have you ever thought, after you compare, and confirm that Sister Yang is indeed Han Bin's wife, in a moment, how will you face the widow?"

Deputy Section Chief Zheng was a bit embarrassed. He knew that the person in front of him drove a jeep and was a staff member of the Beiting Prefecture Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Someone who could drive a jeep definitely wasn't an ordinary person, and what he said was also correct.

Section Chief Xu said:

"Right, right, right, Deputy Section Chief Zheng, you go look at the letters first, I'll accompany the family and this... Comrade Li."

Li Long's fire finally subsided. Sister Yang's crying over there had quieted down a bit, and it seemed her mood had calmed down.

Section Chief Xu looked at Sister Yang and felt it wasn't easy to communicate, so he asked Li Long in a low voice:

"Comrade Li, you and them..."

"Sister Yang came to find Han Bin the year before last... it should be the year before last. As for why she came to find him, I think you should know some of the background.

Han Bin's mother in his hometown favored the younger son, and Sister Yang gave birth to a girl. The hometown side was patriarchal, so Sister Yang had no choice but to come find her husband.

As a result, she lost her luggage at the train station and didn't remember the address clearly. Your Red Flag Farm of the Sixth Division and our Red Flag Commune of Maxian were quite similar, so she found the other side..."

Li Long simply told Sister Yang's story. Anyway, the letters were given to them, and the other party would definitely read the content inside. Calling it family ugliness, at this moment, it was to prove identity, so who cared about family ugliness?

At this time, it wasn't like later generations, where one phone call could clarify things. Although the farm had a phone, it was like the one in the Fourth Team, a magnetic phone, the kind you had to shake, and you had to ask for it layer by layer. The phone of Red Flag Farm had to go to Maxian, and in the middle, it had to pass through the Corps headquarters.

This was also the reason why Sister Yang had been unable to get her husband's specific work address.

"... The child was sick, Sister Yang had no choice, so she stayed in Maxian first, and my wife and I helped Sister Yang find a courtyard. You also read the letters, Sister Yang asked her mother-in-law for the address, and her mother-in-law just asked her to send money. In the end, she had no choice but to find the village party secretary, and as a result, the village party secretary gave your address.

The village party secretary's letter also said that a few months ago, things were sent to the family here, and money was sent, but he didn't know the specific situation..."

Section Chief Xu already believed more than half of Li Long's words, and believed that Sister Yang was Han Bin's wife. He sighed and said:

"This matter is quite difficult to handle..."

"What's difficult to handle?" Li Long said impolitely, "We came here to find someone, not to ask for treatment? You have already given money to the family, you can't give two portions. I'll also tell you clearly, I treat Sister Yang as my sister, we don't lack money, we just came to find someone..."

These words were hard, and instead, they made Section Chief Xu look embarrassed:

"No, no, no, we don't mean that, really confirming that she is the family of Martyr Han Bin, we definitely have some expression on our side..."

"I don't want any expression!" Sister Yang had already stopped crying, heard the conversation between the two, looked up, wiped away her tears, and said with red eyes:

"I just want to see where Xiao Fang's father is buried... I'll go burn some paper for him..."

Hearing this, Section Chief Xu almost wanted to drill into the ground. He was also blaming the people in the security section. The one who led Li Long and the others in just now was from the security section, who was used to doubting people.

Footsteps came over, Li Long and Section Chief Xu looked at Deputy Section Chief Zheng entering, and both looked at him.

Deputy Section Chief Zheng was also full of embarrassment, and said in a low voice to Section Chief Xu:

"The handwriting is the same, we found a photo left by Comrade Han Bin in the file box, confirming... that this one," he looked at Sister Yang and Han Fang, and then continued, "is Comrade Han Bin's wife..."

He took that photo and showed it to Section Chief Xu.

Section Chief Xu took a look, looked at Sister Yang again, and nodded heavily.

"Then this photo, can it be left to Sister Yang?" Li Long suddenly said, "Sister Yang needs this photo the most!"

Section Chief Xu looked at Deputy Section Chief Zheng, then looked at Sister Yang, and then placed the photo in front of Sister Yang.

Sister Yang looked at the photo, herself sitting and holding Xiao Fang who was less than three years old, her husband standing behind her, his heroic posture, and immediately cried again.

"Alright, alright, a misunderstanding..." Section Chief Xu said: "The farm director went to the division headquarters for a meeting, this matter... let me say it, Yang..."

"Yang Xiulan." Deputy Section Chief Zheng said in a low voice.

"Comrade Yang Xiulan," Section Chief Xu said solemnly:

"Please forgive our caution. After all, this matter... we didn't know the situation would be so complicated.

However, Comrade Han Bin, as an excellent worker in our unit, paid with his heart and sweat for the unit, and finally sacrificed his life to save the masses. As a unit, we should be responsible for the family's life, as well as your reasonable requests. Look..."

"I want to go see where Xiao Fang's father is buried..."

"Good, you rest for a while, it's already afternoon, let's go tomorrow morning, alright? I'll clean up the farm reception center..." Section Chief Xu said.

"No, I want to go now..." Sister Yang was very stubborn and very persistent.

"Then... good, I'll go find a car now."

"No need, I'm driving a car, Section Chief Xu, you find someone to lead the way?"

"No need, I'll lead it myself." Section Chief Xu was very straightforward, "Then let's go." After going out, Li Long asked: "Where is the store?"

"What for?" Section Chief Xu asked.

"Buy some yellow paper."

Section Chief Xu slapped his own head, his own brain!

Although at this time they believed in science and believed in Marxism-Leninism, they didn't say they couldn't burn paper.

He hurriedly asked the person who followed out to buy a few knives of paper at the store.

At this time, it was almost New Year, and the store really had yellow paper, which you couldn't buy at ordinary times.

With the paper, Li Long put the bag on the passenger seat into the trunk, let Section Chief Xu sit in the passenger seat, and after Sister Yang and Han Fang got into the car, he drove to the cemetery.

The farm itself wasn't big, so the cemetery was relatively small.

"Those buried here are all workers and family members who passed away on the farm over the years." Section Chief Xu said, "Come, Martyr Han Bin's grave is here."

Han Bin's grave was built quite well, and a monument was even erected. There were traces of cleaning in front of the grave, obviously someone had been paying attention to this place during this period.

"Han Bin had good relationships in the transport company, and now that it's the twelfth lunar month, people come to pay respects from time to time." Section Chief Xu said in a low voice.

Sister Yang brought Han Fang to the front of the grave, and she slowly sat down.

"Xiao Fang, kneel down, kowtow, inside here, is buried your father..."

Han Fang didn't see special sadness, she was just worried about her mother.

Her impression of her father wasn't very deep, so her feelings weren't that deep either.

Whatever Sister Yang told her to do, she did. After obediently kowtowing three times, Sister Yang hurriedly helped her sit down and wiped the snow mud off her head.

Li Long squatted down and unfolded the yellow paper, kept turning circles on a knife of paper with his hand until he turned a knife of paper into a circular flower, then placed it in front of the monument, and then handed the lighter to Sister Yang.

Sister Yang's trembling hand took the lighter and lit the yellow paper after a few tries.

There was no wind just now, but at this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew the burning yellow paper up, blowing it toward the grave mound.

"Xiao Fang's father, our mother and daughter have come to see you..." Sister Yang said with a crying voice, not afraid of the fire at all, she continued to add yellow paper to the fire pile, "Take a look... I came late..."

Li Long's heart was also sour. That's right, if it were normal, if Sister Yang and Han Fang hadn't lost their luggage, they could have found Han Bin directly, and maybe this kind of thing wouldn't have happened.

Of course, everything was "if."

Li Long also pulled out two sheets of yellow paper and put them into the fire pile, muttering:

"Brother Han Bin, due to a twist of fate, you and your family are separated by heaven and earth. However, Sister Yang and Han Fang will be fine in the future, don't worry..."

Two sheets of yellow paper fell into the fire pile, then were rolled up by the hot wind, burned in the air, and burned until the end. The paper ash circled on the grave head and finally fell slowly.

Li Long retreated to the outside of the cemetery, leaving this place to the family.

Section Chief Liu stood by the jeep and tried to get close to Li Long:

"Comrade Li Long, I really envy you guys, working in the city, unlike us, in this remote area."

"It's all for building the Four Modernizations." Li Long said with a smile, "Actually, I'm not in the city either. I'm in the mountains of Maxian, this car was assigned to me by the Prefecture Cooperative, it's just for convenience in completing tasks." "Oh, is that so, then it's also quite hard." Section Chief Xu took out a pack of cigarettes, pulled one out and handed it to Li Long, Li Long refused, and he lit it himself, "We also have mountains here, to tell you the truth, the conditions in the mountains are even harder."

The two chatted for a while, Sister Yang brought Han Fang out of the cemetery, Li Long felt her spirit was slightly better.

"Go, go back to the headquarters first." Section Chief Xu said.

Arriving at the headquarters, Li Long said to Section Chief Xu:

"I originally planned to send Sister Yang here today, and then I would go back, now it seems I can't leave yet. Where can you make a phone call, I'll make a phone call to my family to tell them."

"I can make it in my office, where do you want to call, the Prefecture Cooperative?"

"No, no, no, I'll call my home, Maxian side." Li Long said, "You point to a position, I'll go."

Section Chief Xu first took Li Long to his office to let him make the phone call, with a cadre accompanying him, and then he sent Sister Yang and Han Fang to the reception center.

Li Long made the phone call to the duty room of the Maxian Education Bureau through layer-by-layer transfers, and then asked the duty personnel to call Gu Xiaoxia.

At this time, he missed the smartphones of his previous life immensely, even a program-controlled phone would do.

Gu Xiaoxia's voice came over:

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"Hello, I am Gu Xiaoxia."

"I am Li Long, we are at Red Flag Farm." Li Long looked at the farm cadre beside him, and continued, "The matter is quite complicated, Sister Yang's husband sacrificed himself to save people, we have to stay here for one night, and we can only go back tomorrow, I'm telling you."

"What? Ah——then Sister Yang must be very sad, you comfort her well, console her. It's fine, help Sister Yang handle the matter there before saying anything, don't worry about me here."

"Then you also take care of your health, when I go back, let Uncle Gu go to the big courtyard, you staying alone definitely won't do." Li Long said, "I'll go back at the latest tomorrow."

After saying a few more words, Li Long hung up the phone.

When he returned to the conference room, Section Chief Xu was persuading Sister Yang:

"Comrade Yang Xiulan, I have just asked the farm director for instructions, and the farm director also expressed that although we have already sent the pension to Han Bin's family, and the money every month has also been sent, but now that you mother and daughter have come, we can't ignore it.

The farm decided to arrange a job for you here, and will also arrange for Han Fang to go to the children's primary school, what do you think?

Although we are not as good as big cities here, all the welfare benefits are there, and we won't arrange for you to do farm work..."

Will Sister Yang stay here?

To be fair, if Sister Yang followed him back to Maxian, his and Gu Xiaoxia's life would be even better.

But if Sister Yang stayed here, her life in the future would be more stable.

After all, this place could give Sister Yang a household registration, and he really couldn't give them household registration back in Maxian.

"... The salary here is also quite good, and the quality of education is also okay, if you decide to stay, I will immediately submit a report to the farm, and allocate a house for you." Section Chief Xu also had his own ideas.

Han Bin was a martyr, and the martyr's family being well-settled was in itself a very good propaganda work.

It could play a very good propaganda and educational role for the vast number of workers and their families.

"Comrade Yang Xiulan, don't be in a hurry to make a decision, it's already late, we have arranged dinner at the reception center, let's eat first."

The farm director didn't come back from the meeting, so the dinner was eaten by Section Chief Xu, Deputy Section Chief Zheng accompanying Li Long and Yang Xiulan, Han Fang.

Yang Xiulan didn't have much appetite, Han Fang was fine.

Li Long didn't have any influence, and he couldn't interject in this matter anyway, so he just ate.

This reception meal was still quite good, with chicken and fish. The meat Li Long brought himself was placed in the car, and it wasn't good to give it away. He thought if Sister Yang decided to stay, then this fish and meat would be left for them.

After eating, Section Chief Xu and Deputy Section Chief Zheng left, Sister Yang and Han Fang were in one room, and Li Long was in one room. There were stoves in the rooms, set up early, and now it was quite warm.

Li Long drove the jeep into the courtyard, drained the water, brought the gun back to the room, and when he was preparing to rest, a knock on the door sounded.

Li Long opened the door, it was Sister Yang and Han Fang.

Letting the two in, Sister Yang didn't sit down, but asked:

"Uncle Li, I want to ask, if I go back to your place, will it be okay?"

"Why, you don't want to stay here?" Li Long was a bit surprised, "Want to go back to Maxian?"

"Yes." Sister Yang's expression was still quite firm, "Living over there these days, it feels quite good. If you don't dislike us mother and daughter, then I'll go back, if you dislike us... unlucky..."

"How could I dislike you?" Li Long hurriedly said, "It's just a bit troublesome. This farm can give you household registration, and can give you a formal job. Maxian side, it's quite troublesome for you to get household registration, and there's no commodity grain to eat."

"What does that count for?" Sister Yang shook her head, "This is the place where Xiao Fang's father worked, we mother and daughter are unfamiliar with the place, staying... always feel it's not good. Just come over to burn paper for her father every year.

If your family doesn't dislike us, I'll still go back to Maxian. I won't go back to my hometown either, that place... won't go back, and there's no need to go back..."

"Then fine, we'll go back tomorrow." Since Sister Yang had made a decision, Li Long naturally supported it.

Sister Yang felt completely relieved after hearing Li Long's words.

Finding this place, but it was bad news, Sister Yang was sad, but unexpectedly calmed down.

Perhaps, this is also good.

At least it didn't have to make her husband feel caught in the middle between her and his mother.

Sadness was inevitable, but after crying today and burning paper, she slowly calmed down.

Perhaps this was also because she had searched from her hometown, lost her luggage in Wucheng, and then wandered near the Red Flag Commune in Maxian for so long, Han Fang almost died, which tempered her character.

Since that time, life and death were seen lightly.

The dead cannot be resurrected, no matter what, she had to look forward.

Staying here was certainly good, everything was stable, but everything had to start from scratch.

Conversely, returning to Maxian, staying there felt more like a home.

"Also, Uncle Li, on this trip back, Xiao Fang and I have to stay in the small courtyard south for a while. Her father is gone, we have to keep vigil for a while... after the New Year."

"It should be, it should be." Li Long hurriedly agreed.

Sister Yang and Han Fang returned to their room.

Sigh, this matter...

Early the next morning, Li Long got up to set up the stove, went out to wash, and burned water to add to the jeep.

There were teapots, buckets, and washbasin stands in the room, and there was a public water room in the reception center, which was quite convenient.

When he saw Sister Yang and Han Fang, he found that they were wearing white flowers on their heads and black cloth sleeves on their arms.

The white flowers and black cloth sleeves should be made temporarily, changed from other clothes.

Li Long nodded silently.

When Section Chief Xu came over and saw this, he also lowered his head silently.

During the meal, Sister Yang told Section Chief Xu her decision.

Section Chief Xu was stunned for a moment, a bit surprised.

According to normal people, such a good thing, they would definitely choose to stay here and eat commodity grain.

He still wanted to persuade, but seeing Sister Yang's firm expression, he dispelled this thought.

Since Sister Yang wouldn't stay, his plan had to be changed, and he had to report to the farm director again.

Since the other party was so insistent, he had to give this face. Anyway, it was late, but they could still make it back today. So Li Long agreed after seeing Sister Yang had no objections.

After waiting for half an hour, Section Chief Xu came to the reception center and talked about some compensation from their farm for Sister Yang.

Listening, it was quite sincere. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 621 =====

It sounds quite sincere. (End of chapter)