The two children were still standing in the corner. Lu Dan saw his father setting up a table in the yard and shouted, “Dad, Dad.”

Song Qingshan glanced at him and motioned for him to wait.

He then entered the house. “What did the kids do wrong that you’re making them stand in the corner?”

Su Xiangwan looked at Lu Dan. “You tell me, what’s your mistake?”

Lu Dan, being straightforward, couldn’t figure it out and stood there, his mind blank.

At this moment, Song Qingshan and Su Xiangwan brought the buns into the yard and began eating.

While eating, Su Xiangwan reported everything Lu Dan had said and done today to Song Qingshan.

Looking at their parents eating big buns in the yard with little Zhizhi, with vinegar on the side—the sour taste that Gou Dan and Lu Dan loved—the two of them swallowed their saliva.

At that moment, Zhao Guodong entered.

Seeing the two boys standing in the corner while Song Qingshan and his wife were eating, he felt a bit embarrassed. “Su Zhishu, why are the kids standing while you two are eating?”

“Gou Dan started his usual act of being spoiled,” Gou Dan said.

Zhao Guodong said, “Give me some face, don’t let them stand anymore. Let the kids eat.”

Su Xiangwan had to give the village chief face and said, “Come on, eat.”

Lu Dan and Gou Dan were delighted and immediately ran to the food bowl, reaching for the buns.

Su Xiangwan pointed at them. When the two kids saw their dirty hands, they hurriedly ran to wash them.

“It’s almost June, and our winter wheat is about to be harvested,” Zhao Guodong said. “Conservatively speaking, the yield should be over a thousand pounds per acre. This has never happened in history. If we really achieve a thousand pounds per acre, I plan to invite reporters to cover it.”

Regarding the wheat yield, Su Xiangwan had already anticipated this, so she said, “You’re in charge of production, so tell the members to speed up the harvest. We’ll check later to see if we can reach a thousand pounds per acre.”

Zhao Guodong turned around and shook Song Qingshan’s hand. “We have to thank you, Song, for providing us with so much fertilizer. Without that fertilizer, our yield wouldn’t have improved so much.”

The biological research materials from Song Qingshan’s team were one of the research directions of their military factory. Mass production was estimated to begin next year. Xiao Songzhuang was their experimental field, and its success would be the best opportunity to apply for more funding to expand production.

However, Song Qingshan wasn’t about to share this information.

Zhao Guodong continued, “But the wheat ears are too heavy. We tried cutting a few, and the grains just fall off. Song, what should we do about this?”

Song Qingshan turned to Su Xiangwan and asked, “What should we do?”

Su Xiangwan smiled and said, “Zhao, you go back first. I’ll ask Song about this tonight. Is that okay?”

Zhao Guodong patted Dog Egg’s head and quietly handed him a small whistle. “Alright, we’ll discuss it tomorrow when we have a solution.”

Once Zhao Guodong left, Dog Egg blew the whistle. “Zhao Guodong is my uncle,” he whispered. Not daring to call him “dad,” he figured “uncle” would do.

Donkey Egg saw his father staring at him and didn’t dare move.

Song Qingshan ruffled his head and said, “Song Donghai, I didn’t say it was wrong to fight back if someone bullies you. But criticizing others, even a child, is not right.”

“Why, dad?” Donkey Egg wondered. “Aren’t we both red and specialized?”

“No one is perfect. There’s no one truly red and specialized. Even your dad isn’t. So in the future, when you encounter matters related to revolution, stay away and think more about them. Understand?”

Donkey Egg’s punches were hard enough, but what he lacked was thinking and the ability to analyze problems calmly.

After a while, Donkey Egg scratched his head, jumped up, and went to snatch the whistle from Dog Egg.

The two kids fought over the whistle, chattering as they ran out of the yard.

Song Qingshan entered the kitchen with a bun and asked, “What do you think you were in your past life?”

Su Xiangwan, who was feeding Zhi Zhi porridge, didn’t look up and replied, “I worked in HR at a top 500 global heavy industry company. HR means human resources, specializing in finding employees for companies.”

“Then how do you know about chasing fertilizer?” Song Qingshan asked.

Su Xiangwan replied, “I have an uncle who specializes in biological engineering, so I know a bit.”

“And what about when we harvest the wheat?” Song Qingshan asked.

Su Xiangwan gave him a pointed look. “Wash the dishes. After I finish feeding Zhi Zhi, I’ll draw the designs for the machinery. Then you can take them to your workshop at the reservoir and weld them, and it’ll be done.”

Song Qingshan laughed, “You’re asking me to do something, aren’t you? Whenever you ask me for something, you never just do it yourself.”

He had asked a whole bunch of questions just to hear this reply.

Su Xiangwan gave him a sideways glance. “I’m asking you. I can do it myself, and I have a hundred different ways to unlock things for you. But you still haven’t dealt with Jinhuan. You still haven’t found him, have you?”

“What ways?”

“Do you think there’s only one position in bed?” Su Xiangwan whispered. “Just moving around, there are a hundred different ways. It’s not that strange.”

Her voice was soft, like the sound of crying the night they moved into their new home.

Song Qingshan’s eyes suddenly focused.

Su Xiangwan felt like he was about to explode.

However, as long as Jinhuan wasn’t dead, he would continue causing trouble. Before that happened, she planned to stay cold with Song Qingshan until she got what she wanted.

Meanwhile, Donkey Egg and Dog Egg were outside when they saw Bear Egg digging for worms in the field.

“Hey, why are you still digging for worms? Don’t we have food now? Why are you digging for worms?” Donkey Egg asked.

The kids in the village had become unusually united because of Song Fuguo, someone they could all beat up together.

Bear Egg whispered, “You guys don’t understand. We’re raising chickens at home. These worms are for the chickens.”

Donkey Egg and Dog Egg’s eyes lit up. “If the chickens eat them, will they grow?”

“Yeah, they’ll grow fast,” Bear Egg said.

Immediately, the kids started digging for worms with their butts sticking out.

That night, Dog Egg and Donkey Egg dug up over a dozen worms, nearly feeding the chickens to the point of bursting.

Song Qingshan had always been proud of his drawing skills, but he never expected Su Xiangwan to be so much better at it. Especially now that they had more rooms and tables, all she needed was a straightedge to draw the tools they needed. She could easily sketch everything out for him.

“Impressive. You’re really something. By the way, Hou Qinghua has been wanting a deputy. Would you consider working for him?” Song Qingshan asked.

Su Xiangwan raised an eyebrow. “Hou Qinghua has tuberculosis, right? You’re healthy, so I’m not worried about being infected. But I’m not going. I don’t want him to give me tuberculosis.”

“You even know that?” Song Qingshan was surprised. “Su Xiangwan, is there anything in this world that you don’t know?”

“You want to know something? Just ask me,” Su Xiangwan said proudly. “Family matters, national affairs, world affairs—ask away.”

“Then what about Donghai and Xiling? What will happen to them in the future? You must know, right?” Song Qingshan suddenly asked. “What will they become?” He trusted her now, completely.

She had once said that Zhi Zhi would end up with a drug dealer and even have someone buried alive.

At that time, Song Qingshan didn’t say anything, but he felt sad for a long time.

Every time he saw his daughter, he couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable.

Su Xiangwan paused for a long time and said, “It’s not good, but since I’m here, many things won’t happen, so don’t worry.”

She couldn’t tell Song Qingshan that Gou Dan would become a thief. She was afraid that he would develop a bias against Gou Dan because of it. For now, she would deal with it when the time came.

“By the way, will our country go to war again, for example, with the Soviet Union or Taiwan?” Song Qingshan asked again.

Su Xiangwan replied, “Yes, but at least not for another ten years. You don’t need to worry too much right now.”

Song Qingshan took a deep breath: “Although we are engineers, we’ve never given up on training. Sooner or later, I will go to the battlefield. You say the war will only start in ten years, that’s not very satisfying. In these ten years, are we just going to let Old Chiang stay in Taiwan peacefully?”

“Are you okay? Do you think we’re going to fight Taiwan?” Su Xiangwan asked.

Song Qingshan assumed: “When the time comes, I’ll be the first to volunteer and fight on the island.”

It was so foolishly cute.

So foolish that Su Xiangwan felt like ruffling his hair, if only he weren’t so tall.

“Alright, recovering Taiwan is a big deal. Family comes first, governing the country and bringing peace to the world—family is the most important. Quickly, go and check the kids’ beds, call them to wash their feet and brush their teeth. That’s what you need to focus on right now.”

The two kids were still in the yard, forcing little chicks to eat earthworms, not worried about feeding them too much.

Song Qingshan, being a soldier, was incredibly efficient. He immediately rushed the kids to bed.

Meanwhile, Su Xiangwan, Zhi Zhi, and Song Qingshan were squeezing into one bed.

Song Qingshan was holding a book titled Marxism-Leninism and was reading very seriously. After a while, noticing that Su Xiangwan was almost asleep, he said, “Although we haven’t found the person who replaced Jin Huan, the body fragments are proof that it was his. He must have fallen into the reservoir.”

After being blown up and falling into the reservoir, it meant his body was completely destroyed.

Su Xiangwan immediately woke up: “So brutal?”

Song Qingshan said, “The law has its loopholes. Moreover, the current public security, prosecution, and judicial system only retain a little last dignity in the police; the prosecution and courts are non-existent. You might not know how many shocking things Jin Huan has done, especially in Jiangxi, where his hands are stained with blood. What I have done may be unfit for a father and a relative, but Xiangwan, we must educate our children well and not let them go down the wrong path. Otherwise, even if they manage to exploit loopholes in the law, they will never escape my loopholes.”

Well, this was indeed the Song Qingshan in the original story, as dark as the bottom of a pot, with a mind so deep that it could not be fathomed.

And Fang Jinhui, during his travels over the past six months, had indeed been involved in many killings. Of course, those things would never see the light of day again.

Perhaps it was the tragedy of the times, or perhaps it was his personal character. In the original book, Fang Jinhui died at Gou Dan’s hands, but now, he died by his own.

Su Xiangwan guessed that Song Qingshan was probably very sad, so she didn’t ask more.

Song Qingshan noticed that Su Xiangwan was almost asleep and suddenly said, “I wrote a poem recently. Would you like to hear it?”

Su Xiangwan suddenly opened her eyes: “You can write poems?”

Song Qingshan said seriously, “Here, let me read it to you.”

Since Xiao Lü and his wife had found common ground through poetry, he decided to try it too and see if Su Xiangwan liked it.