Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1169: Eliminating Future Troubles 11

Chapter 1169: Chapter 1169: Eliminating Future Troubles 11

The militiamen of the militia battalion were very obedient to orders and promptly took Wang Xiangmei and her son away.

Near the office of the Dawn Commune, there naturally existed separate rooms to accommodate these people. They were very experienced and required no orders from Secretary Zheng or Mayor Chen to imprison them, nor did they ask the reason for the detention.

Wang Zhengguo and the others let out a huge sigh of relief.

"This evening’s fuss till now has given me a headache," Wang Zhengguo couldn’t help but complain. "I just don’t get it, the children in my niece’s family are usually so trouble-free. How come they’ve become such a nuisance to them?"

Could it really be as the saying goes, "Tall trees catch much wind"?

Chen Xingguo asked curiously, "When you adopted those orphans, I had just arrived at the commune, and I vaguely remember. You did it to facilitate the arrangement of intellectuals sent to the countryside from the city in the future. As it turned out, none were assigned to our place, which greatly spared our troubles and yours. It’s been six or seven years since then, why is their birth mother showing up now? After all these years of no contact, where did she get the news? Didn’t you ask in detail? I forgot to ask just now too."

Wang Zhengguo sighed and truthfully told them about the things Wang Lingzhi’s parents had done.

Chen Xingguo and Secretary Zheng were dumbfounded. The aftermath could actually extend to the present? It truly broadened their horizons.

"Is this like a biting dog that doesn’t bark?" After thinking for a long time, all Chen Xingguo could come up with was this saying.

Wang Zhengguo spread his hands; he was also very troubled.

The few elders present nodded in agreement, and Wang Chenglong spoke directly, "It’s not possible to drive that family away, nor to question them properly. Faced with our questions, they can easily say how pitiful Guan Cheng is without parents, wishing for the mother and son to reunite, et cetera. Having experienced several incidents with Guan Cheng, I have come to realize that with shameless people like them, we cannot judge by normal reasoning. Moreover, our words simply don’t reach them; their minds are filled only with their own entitlement or righteousness. We’ll just avoid them from now on. Anyway, such people can’t be reasoned with; who knows if they’re plotting against us."

The others agreed, all becoming wary of the family of Wang Xinlai.

Not to become close, this was their consensus.

Lu’s father hadn’t opened his mouth from the beginning to the end until this moment, when he solemnly said to Chen Xingguo and Secretary Zheng, "These two children have not had it easy. At such a young age, they have experienced the harsh realities of the world that many adults have not. Please, could you two officials take extra care and talk to Wang Xiangmei’s neighborhood committee or revolutionary committee, and keep them detained, so they don’t come to disturb the children’s lives again? If this commotion reaches us, it’s our headache, but would their local departments look good? If word gets out, people will say, Oh my, their officials are incompetent, driving residents to flee and beg in the countryside."

Secretary Zheng gave a thumbs up, "Truly worthy of being the eloquent landlord from back in the day. How skillfully put is that? Absolutely brilliant, no wonder Guan Cheng and Guan Yu, the brothers, can stay so calm in the face of Wang Xiangmei."

After the people of Wanglou Brigade left, Guan Cheng, bringing up the rear, slipped Chen Xingguo a dollar and two jin of Grain Ticket.

"What is this for?" Chen Xingguo asked.

Guan Cheng said indifferently, "It’s a small token for the trouble. Comrade Mayor Chen, please arrange a bowl of porridge for those kids. Seeing them reminds me of the times when my brother and I wandered outside, not having enough to eat."