Chapter 13

Red Flag Brigade

Ever since receiving the news that the educated youth were coming, team leader Zhang Liang had become extremely nervous. He called on the village chief Zhang Hao and rushed directly to a tile-roofed house at the end of the village.

“Uncle Hao, Uncle Hao, I’m here, are you home?”

Hao Han held the pipe in his hand, narrowed his eyes, and responded to the outside of the door: “What are you shouting for? I’m not at home at night. Where can I go? What are you doing here?”

Zhang Liang didn’t care about being afraid and walked straight into the yard, blinking as he walked.

“Uncle, I’m here to tell you that in five days, another group of educated youth will arrive here. You will be the one to pick them up this time. Let’s agree on a fixed time.”

In the past, picking up the educated youth was just a matter of a word, so why did they have to set a specific time this time? Unless there were some special people among them.

He didn’t know what he was thinking of, his eyes drooped, “It’s really troublesome. What are the higher-ups doing with so many educated youth? They can’t lift anything with their hands or shoulders, and it’s not enough to waste their time here.”

“Xiao Liangzi, when will you report this to the higher-ups? Stop sending more educated youth. The village is in a mess. Look at those young men. They don’t have the energy to work.”

As he spoke he walked towards the room.

Hao Han’s old wife Li Qiuru, who was sitting on the kang, frowned: “Stop smoking, the whole room is filled with cigarette smoke. Liangzi must be looking for you for something important, hurry up.”

The captain and the village chief both knew that what Hao Han feared most was Aunt Li getting angry, so he had to sit down and wait unwillingly.

“Tell me, what’s the matter?”

Zhang Hao is older than Zhang Liang and is his elder brother. Zhang Liang is the youngest brother of their generation, so there is a big age difference between them, but they are of similar seniority.

“Uncle Hao, Liangzi received news today that the daughter of that person is coming down and happens to be in our village. What should we do?

What happened in Kyoto? Why was a little girl sent to the countryside? Did something happen to her? “

Hao Han clenched his pipe tightly in his fingers and knocked it on the kang a few times: “Old woman, go outside and keep watch for me. I have something to say to them.”

Li Qiuru also knew that her husband was in contact with some people in Kyoto, but she did not ask about the details.

Hao Han sighed: “I didn’t expect this day to come. A month ago, I received a letter from Kyoto. It was sent by the young master.

If we hear that the young lady is going to the countryside, we should just pretend we don’t know and protect her in secret. We don’t need to interfere with the rest.”

“You may not know that if the master had not spent all the family wealth, our ancestors would not have survived.

Most people in this village have received kindness from the young master’s family. We cannot be ungrateful. We are the only one left in the family.”

Zhang Liang frowned. He had served as a soldier for several years, but was later discharged due to an injury. He had met the so-called young master several times, and he was indeed an outstanding person.

“The young lady is now going to the countryside. Was she forced to do so, or was the young master suppressed? We know nothing about it.”

Hao Han shook his head. “It was the young master and the young mistress who sacrificed themselves. Only when both of them were in trouble would the young lady go to the countryside. This is the last step to exit the vortex and survive.”

“Since she is coming, you should just pretend you don’t know and help her secretly. You also have to see what kind of character the person is.

If it is good, we will treat it as our own child, if it is bad, we will just watch it and not die. “

Zhang Hao had heard his father talk about the past. The Feng family was so powerful at that time that they had shops in all the surrounding provincial capitals. Later, there were wars and they experienced artillery attacks.

For the sake of family and country, Mr. Feng was determined to build his country before his family. Countless treasures were sent to the front, and his only son also became an underground worker.

This place has also experienced war, and it was only with the support of the Feng family that it was able to barely survive and reproduce.

Zhang Liang and Zhang Hao looked at the old house on the back hill that no longer existed. It had long been buried by weeds. “It was like a dream. The prosperity of that time can never be reproduced.”

Zhang Hao patted his shoulder fiercely, “You are talking nonsense. Don’t you know the current situation?”

Zhang Liang was not angry even though he was beaten, and he nodded repeatedly to admit his mistake.

When Li Qiuru entered the room, she saw her husband looking worried, “Did you encounter any difficulties?”

Hao Han shook his head and took the needle and thread from her hand. “She is a descendant of the Feng family. She is a little girl. You should take good care of her.”

Li Qiuru hadn’t expected to hear this surname again after so many years, and her heart was still stirred. “Are you saying that there are still people alive from the Feng family?”

Hao Han nodded and did not hide it from his wife.

“I also received this news a few years ago. You know that I have always been with the master of the family. Since his sacrifice, the country has gradually stabilized, so I took you back to the Red Flag Brigade.

She has lived until now, but she has always been thinking about the young master who was sent away. He is the only blood of the Feng family.”

“One year when the young master came to perform a mission, I saw him once and recognized him, and we met in private.

I have been keeping in touch with her on and off over the past few years just to leave a way out for the young lady. I never expected that this day would really come. It is really hard to accept it.

The Feng family was so grand in the past, but now there is only one child left. Why don’t those people let him go? I really… “

Li Qiuru knew that her husband had special feelings for the Feng family. He was a sworn brother to the head of the family and they could trust each other. They had been through wind and rain for more than ten years. Otherwise, he would not have spent half his life guarding an unknown mountain village.

“It will get better and better. Have you decided how to settle the young lady? It’s really pitiful for a girl to come here and not be able to eat or sleep well.”

Hao Han wiped away his tears and regained his sanity. “Being forced to go to the countryside proves that Kyoto is not safe. Someone is watching secretly. Even the young master’s death was not regular. We should not move.”

Feng Moyan didn’t know that because of her arrival, many people were ready to make a move.

Feng Moyan was sitting in a sleeper berth this time, and it was at the lowest position, which made it convenient for her to do things without having to climb up and down. The only drawback was that someone was taking advantage of her.

As soon as she sat down, a black claw reached out to her food package, which still exuded the aroma of meat.

Feng Moyan slapped him back without any hesitation, staring at him with a stern look: “Whose child are you from? Taking something without asking is stealing, don’t you understand?”

The child with a black face sat on the ground and cried loudly, saying something unpleasant: “You bitch, give me the food quickly. I saw that you have a lot of food.”

“Why are you eating so well? Hurry up and give it to me. I’m going to tell my grandma to beat you to death, you bitch.”

Feng Moyan looked at his clothes and couldn’t tell the original color. There was mud in the seams of his hands. He probably didn’t come from a good family. His upbringing was really poor.

“You are right to steal. I will take you to the police and let them decide who is right and who is wrong. If this is not your first time, I will send you to labor camp and criticize you.”

The child was frightened and cried even louder. An old woman nearby walked in with narrowed eyes and a very loud voice.

“Whoever hits my grandson, who…”