After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 79, Episode 0081: Something Happened

Huang Xinde's wife was a member of the second batch of educated youth sent to the countryside. Her name was Hu Liwen, and she was from Fuxing County. Both of her parents worked in their respective units, and Hu's father was the secretary to the county magistrate.

Fearing that their daughter would suffer if she lived too far away, Hu's parents used their connections to arrange for her to work as an educated youth in the nearby Hongxing Brigade.

Little did they know that all their precautions had backfired, as their own daughter was mentally unstable and soon after being sent to the countryside, she got involved with Huang Xinde, who was thirteen years older than her, had been divorced once, and had a six-year-old daughter.

The two not only got pregnant out of wedlock, but also staged a scene where they caught each other in bed, forcing Mr. and Mrs. Hu to agree to their relationship.

The fact that Hongxing Brigade has failed to win the title of advanced brigade in recent years, despite having dealt with troublesome educated youth and achieving good results, is also related to this matter.

Hu Liwen was an educated youth in Hongxing Brigade, and Huang Xinde was also from Hongxing Brigade. Hu's father couldn't do anything about his daughter, so he naturally blamed Li Dayou, that unlucky guy, and kept blaming him for mismanagement.

When Li Dayou went to a meeting in the county, Hu's father told him that he believed his daughter's judgment was not so bad and that she would not do anything to embarrass her parents. He said the only possible reason for the current situation was that she had been coerced.

You know, this whole mess is terrible, who can he even complain to?
After thinking it over for a moment, Li Dayou told him the truth without hiding anything.

He also shared some of his speculations: "I heard that Secretary Hu was originally scheduled to be promoted to director of the propaganda department, but Hu Liwen and Huang Xinde got into an embarrassing situation at Secretary Hu's house, and County Magistrate Zhang lived right across the street from them."

County Magistrate Zhang and his wife were very fortunate to personally participate in the investigation of the alleged misdeeds, and Hu's father's attempts to conceal the truth were futile.

Thus, Hu's father's promotion fell through.

Moreover, Hu's father used to be trusted by County Magistrate Zhang, who entrusted him with many important matters. However, since then, County Magistrate Zhang has gradually distanced himself from Hu's father and started to pay attention to another secretary who was younger than Hu's father, a young girl who was only twenty years old this year.

After speaking, the brigade leader opened the cabinet on the kang (heated brick bed) and bent down to get something.

The group exchanged glances, their eyes filled with a hint of ambiguity.

Lin Yuexi reassured the others with her eyes, then picked up the hot water and drank it slowly, seemingly indifferent and unconcerned.

Seeing her like this, the others also tacitly picked up hot water and drank it.

The brigade leader took two letters out of the cabinet, placed them on the table, and then pushed them in front of Lin Yuexi.

Lin Yuexi neither accepted nor read the letter, but silently looked at the captain.

The captain also remained silent, only pleading in his eyes.

A few minutes or even just a few seconds later, Lin Yuexi sighed inwardly. Oh well, she'd just consider it a fulfillment of the camaraderie between her grandfather and Grandpa Li.

Put down the teacup, pick up the letter on top, open the envelope, and take out the letter.

hiss~
Lin Yuexi folded the letter and put it back, then took out the next one.

After glancing at the letters without changing his expression, he put them back in his pocket, then casually rolled them up again and stuffed them into his sleeve [space].

"Just pretend you don't know anything about this, Captain."

Do not touch it.

Lin Yuexi used feeling unwell as an excuse to send Leng Xingran and the others to the educated youth settlement for a meal, and went home alone.

Leng Xingran and the others were sensible; after seeing her to the door, they quickly went to the educated youth settlement.

"Does anything feel better?"

Liu Huai put down the large bowl and ran out. His first action was to take her still skinny hand and feel her pulse.

Lin Yuexi didn't stop him; if she didn't let him investigate, he would only become more anxious.

"Something's happened, Uncle Liu. On the afternoon of October 17th, someone tried to harm Old Chen."

"Hmm, hmm?" What?
Here we go again. They just arrested two people a few days ago.

Liu Huai quickly closed the door and then helped Lin Yuexi back to her room.

After checking both inside and outside the yard, he went back inside and sat down opposite Lin Yuexi.

"Which side are you referring to? Can this information be confirmed?"

Lin Yuexi summarized today's events, focusing on the key points and emphasizing the two letters the brigade leader had given her.

"Both letters were sent by the same person, a man named Qiao Laosi, who was involved in the black market in the county."

One letter said that he had discovered that Secretary Hu had colluded with the deputy director of the committee through Xiao Wu's older brother. That person also worked in the black market, and everyone called him Brother Man.

Another letter said that his people overheard Secretary Hu planning to harm Old Chen.

She didn't show the letter to Liu Huai, and Liu Huai didn't ask any questions. After confirming from her that the news wasn't just nonsense, he nodded slightly and left immediately.

Lin Yuexi guessed that he was probably going to find Captain Xu.

She suddenly remembered Captain Xu; that guy was also...
Old Party Secretary Chen has four sons and two daughters. His eldest son's third daughter, Chen Yaomei, is very successful. She learned nursing knowledge and passed the nursing exam. Through Old Party Secretary Chen's "maneuvering", she got a job at the regimental hospital.

Unfortunately, this girl was love-struck. She met a colleague named Xu Kuan at the hospital and insisted on marrying him, even though his whole family disliked her.

The Xu family is from Hangxian County, Hebei Province. The whole family has urban household registration and looks down on Chen Yaomei, a country bumpkin.

The two eventually got married, but the wedding was not a pleasant affair. On the wedding day, Xu Kuan did not come to pick up the bride; instead, his younger brother came in his place, claiming that he had something to do at work and could not leave.

The Chen family has lost all face, but even so, Chen Yaomei still insists on getting married. Anyone who tries to stop her from marrying is hindering her happiness.

Chen Laoda's wife directly declared that she would sever all ties with Chen Yaomei from now on.

Firstly, the two places are far apart, and secondly, because of the unpleasantness at the time of the wedding, Chen Yaomei had no news for several years after the wedding, and the Chen family did not go to look for her.

She felt ashamed, hurt, and thought she was heartless. She was afraid that if she went there, there would be another big fight. In short, the relationship between the two was almost over, as if it had been severed.

But no one expected that the relationship would actually end.

— Chen Yaomei tragically died in the second year after her marriage, after being pushed by her sister-in-law and suffering a miscarriage.

At this point, the matter has nothing to do with Captain Xu.

In fact, none of this had anything to do with Captain Xu.

But Captain Xu needs to protect the people in the cattle shed, so he needs an identity that allows him to move freely in the village openly and without arousing suspicion.

When the task was assigned to the village, Old Party Secretary Chen remembered that his unfortunate granddaughter had married someone surnamed Xu. What a coincidence!

No one in the village has ever seen that grandson-in-law. Not to mention the other people in the village, only the few people from the Chen family who went to the Xu family to reason with them have seen him. He just needs to go back and give them an explanation.

Therefore, Xu, using his status as the grandson-in-law of the old Party Secretary Chen, settled in the village under the pretext of fulfilling his filial duties to the deceased wife.

But Secretary Chen and the others overlooked one person: Chen's eldest daughter-in-law.

She had never met Xu Kuan. After Old Secretary Chen brought Xu back and introduced him to her, she became convinced that Xu was the one who had harmed her daughter.

No matter how Chen Laoda explained, he just wouldn't believe it.

Therefore, Captain Xu's life at the Party Secretary's house was not easy at all; his fake mother-in-law wished she could wash him every day.