After the meeting, Director Ma asked his subordinates to notify the leaders of other production teams and ask them to inform their members about the latest developments in the matter.
Qian Shulan was very satisfied with Sun Daqin's report.
So when Director Ma came to her again, Qian Shulan immediately agreed to make the introduction for him.
Director Ma was immediately overjoyed and kept rubbing his hands excitedly.
Qian Shulan's sick body naturally prevented her from going to the county town, so she asked Deng Xingming and Wang Danzhi to go to the county town.
Took two roosters and a basket of eggs.
Originally, Director Ma wanted to pay for these things, but Qian Shulan waved her hand and refused, "One thing is one thing. You help my son clarify his identity, and I will help you introduce him. We each get what we need, and you don't have to be so polite."
In fact, Qian Shulan still felt a little guilty because she had taken advantage of this man completely.
If the other party knew that he was being led by her and ended up being disappointed, he would probably want to kill her.
Now that she's paying for it herself, she can at least feel a little comforted.
But Director Ma was very moved and ashamed, "Aunt Qian, you are such a generous person. I really misunderstood you before."
He is not a greedy person, but these things alone would cost him nearly a month's salary. If his wife knew, she would definitely complain about it.
Now she took the initiative to help him, and even paid for the things herself. She was really a good person, a very good person. He used to think she was a country woman who took advantage of her power to bully others and had no knowledge.
Look at her magnanimity, she is even more generous than him.
Qian Shulan quietly turned her body to prevent the other party from seeing the guilty look on her face.
There were four of them in the group, Qian Weihan was driving the tractor and the other three were in the car.
Wang Danzhi was a little uneasy. As both were widows, Wang Danzhi and Du Lanqiu had the most contact and a very close relationship.
Ever since Du Lanqiu disappeared, Wang Danzhi has been feeling uneasy.
I had nightmares for the past few nights, and in my dreams, I saw people asking me for help.
When Wang Danzhi heard her mother asking her to ask her in-laws to help investigate Du Lanqiu's disappearance, she immediately nodded and agreed.
When they arrived at the county town, Qian Weihan was going to Fang's house to deliver something, while the other three were going to Jiang's house. Chen Jieying came to open the door and was very surprised to see them.
After she realized what was happening, she immediately called out to the three of them, "Hey, in-laws, please come in, please come in, you are such a rare guest."
Chen Jieying led the person in and called Jiang Chengwu out from the study.
Wang Danzhi introduced Director Ma to her. Chen Jieying was a little surprised to hear that the other party was the director of the Revolutionary Committee.
Jiang Chengwu asked with a smile, "Why didn't your mother come? I wanted to have a couple of dishes with her."
Wang Danzhi smiled and said, "My mother was ill the day before yesterday and is resting in bed."
The smile on Jiang Chengwu's face changed, and he asked worriedly, "Why is she sick?"
Wang Danzhi explained with a smile, "It's just a cold and a cough. I haven't been sick for more than ten years, so this illness is quite scary. Fortunately, my sister-in-law is taking care of her at home."
Jiang Chengwu nodded, "Your mother is indeed old, so you have to take good care of her in the future. You should persuade your mother to stop riding a bicycle now that she is not young anymore. It is quite creepy to me."
Wang Danzhi nodded awkwardly, but she was not sure in her heart because her mother was not someone who would listen to advice.
Seeing that her in-laws were a little uncomfortable, Chen Jieying hurriedly reminded her with a smile, "Hurry up and drink some water. It will take several hours to get here from the countryside. You must be thirsty, right?"
Wang Danzhi said "hmm", picked up the bowl and started drinking water.
After putting down the bowl, she looked at Jiang Chengwu a little embarrassedly, "Uncle Jiang, my mother wants to ask you for a favor. If it's not too much trouble, please help. If you can't, forget it."
Jiang Chengwu sat up straight, a little curious, "Is there anything else your mother can ask me for help with? Tell me."
Wang Danzhi looked at Director Ma and said, "Go ahead."
Director Ma then explained the purpose of his visit.
After listening to this, Jiang Chengwu took another look at the diary that he handed over, raised his chin, looked at Deng Xingming and sighed, "Your mother is really worried about you."
Deng Xingming pursed his lips and nodded heavily, "I know, Uncle Jiang."
Jiang Chengwu said to Director Ma, "Wait a minute, I'll ask my eldest son to help you check and see if there is such a person in the military region."
Director Ma was immediately overjoyed, and Deng Xingming sat up straight nervously.
The phone was placed on the high table in the living room. Jiang Chengwu was a bit old and the light in the room was a bit dim, so Chen Jieying walked over and helped him dial the number first.
After the call was connected, Chen Jieying returned the phone to Jiang Chengwu, who smiled and said, "Hello, is this Soldier Xiao Liu? I'm Jiang Chengwu, can you please call Comrade Jiang Weiguo for me?"
Not knowing what the other party said, Jiang Chengwu tilted his neck back and laughed heartily, "Okay, I'll wait. Thank you for your help."
Then he put down the phone.
After waiting for ten minutes, the phone rang again.
Jiang Chengwu picked up the phone and heard his son's voice, so he said, "Please help me check if there is a comrade named Xue Zhijun, a battalion commander, among the regiments that came to Liuguan County to select new soldiers. I have something here and I want to find him to understand the situation. OK, OK, I'll wait for you."
After hanging up the phone, he came over and sat down. "I guess he'll need to check for a while. Names are quite important these days. But the name Xue Zhijun should be better."
The others nodded immediately.
Jiang Chengwu asked Deng Xingming worriedly, "Do you want to go to the hospital? You were sleepwalking in the middle of the night."
Deng Xingming felt a little embarrassed and touched his head.
Wang Danzhi smiled and said, "This disease seems to be difficult to cure. The brigade secretary of our village also has this problem. He said in the middle of the night that he met a fairy. But it happened more than ten years ago."
Chen Jieying was a little curious, "So what else has he encountered?"
Wang Danzhi spread his hands, looking somewhat helpless, "Just this once, I scared myself awake in the end."
Jiang Chengwu's mouth twitched. "Fortunately, he is not dreaming now, otherwise the Revolutionary Committee would come to settle accounts with him. They would accuse him of promoting feudal superstition?" While speaking, his eyes were always on Director Ma.
Director Ma's face turned pale and blue when he was looked at by him. He quickly laughed and said, "How could that be possible?" He just felt a little guilty, because he was just promoting feudal superstition.
Chen Jieying was afraid that the atmosphere would become awkward, so she took the initiative to ask Wang Danzhi, "By the way, how is your chicken farm?"
When she mentioned the chicken farm, Wang Danzhi smiled and said, "Winter is coming soon, and the number of eggs will decrease. I think we have to sell most of the roosters in the chicken farm. We also have to sell all the old chickens that we have raised for three years. We have to wait for them to hatch chicks next year."
Chen Jieying frowned, "Doesn't that mean Auntie will be busy?"
Wang Danzhi smiled and said, "That's right!"
Jiang Chengwu said to the two of them earnestly, "When you have time, you should help your mother as much as possible. Isn't the reason why she is sick because she works too hard? I have never seen an old lady who works harder than her. She really thinks she is a young girl. She doesn't know how to take care of her body at all."
Deng Xingming nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, I will definitely help."
Wang Danzhi explained with a smile, "My seventh brother has been helping my mother. He has been keeping the accounts of our production team, and my mother just looks at them. He has to do the work of two people, and it is very hard."
Hearing her say this, Jiang Chengwu was quite satisfied, "That's right. Your mother is so old now, her sons and grandsons are all successful, it's time for her to enjoy her life. It's so hard for her to have such unsuccessful children and grandsons. Your mother is not in this situation."
Wang Danzhi and Deng Xingming followed his instructions obediently.
Chen Jieying was worried that her father-in-law might offend people by speaking too directly, so she half-jokingly said, "Actually, my father-in-law just wanted to play a game of chess with your mother, but he was worried that she would be too busy with the chicken farm and would not have time, so he has been brooding over it."
Wang Danzhi and Deng Xingming both opened their mouths wide, obviously not expecting that the old man was lecturing them seriously out of selfish motives.
Jiang Chengwu felt a little embarrassed and annoyed when his thoughts were exposed by his daughter-in-law.
Chen Jieying smiled at him flatteringly, "Dad, I think you'll have to wait for a while. I'll go cook first."
Jiang Chengwu nodded, "Okay!"
The three of them hurriedly stood up and declined.
Chen Jieying pushed Wang Danzhi down and said, "How can you not stay for dinner? You must be very hungry."
There was no choice, so Wang Danzhi went to the kitchen with her to cook.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Deng Xingming took the initiative to say, "Uncle Jiang, how about I play two games with you?"
Jiang Chengwu looked at him with a suspicious look, "Can you do it?"
Deng Xingming scratched his head, not quite confident, and said with a smile, "Let's give it a try."
Jiang Chengwu thought he would be bored, so he took the chessboard and set it up.
Director Ma also came over to watch.
Jiang Chengwu soon discovered that Deng Xingming's chess skills were quite standard, somewhat similar to his own. Playing with him was like finding a soulmate.
But Deng Xingming was not experienced enough, so he barely held on for half an hour but still lost.
Jiang Chengwu looked up at Deng Xingming and shook his head. "Your skills are not good enough. You should go back and learn more from your mother. Your mother's chess moves are really novel. There is no fixed way, and the various techniques are dazzling, which makes people unable to resist. Your ways are fixed and will be seen through quickly. The most frightening thing about playing chess is that people can see through your chess skills."
Deng Xingming nodded in agreement, "Yes, I also learned it for a while when I was in high school, but I was still struggling."
Director Ma saw the two of them setting up their plates again, and volunteered with a smile, "Old man, can I play a round with you?"
Jiang Chengwu raised his eyebrows, "You can do it too?"
Director Ma straightened his clothes and said modestly but proudly, "I know a thing or two."
This is what it means to be quite proficient. Jiang Chengwu became interested and said, "Okay, come on."
Deng Xingming hurriedly made room for him and sat in the middle to watch.
Director Ma's chess moves are much sharper and more aggressive, and he often takes unconventional approaches.
Jiang Chengwu suffered losses several times, and gradually he figured out the opponent's habits, so he stopped being conservative and started to fight back.
Director Ma was beaten back step by step. The fight lasted for more than 40 minutes before it ended.
Director Ma looked at him with admiration, "I admit defeat. The old man is really amazing."
Jiang Chengwu waved his hand and said modestly, "I have nothing to do with this. It's not worth mentioning."
Director Ma praised sincerely, "You are really amazing. I used to be invincible in our department. Compared with you, I am a little inferior."
Jiang Chengwu's face did not show the happiness that should be shown after being complimented. Instead, he said calmly, "If you have played with my in-laws, you won't think so. I am only an amateur, and she is a professional."
Director Ma was stunned. Is that old lady really that good at chess? He originally thought that Jiang Chengwu was a rough man and his chess skills should be very poor, but he didn't expect that the other party was better than him. He was not a small character at all. If the old lady was so good, it was even more extraordinary. Director Ma suddenly had a very complicated feeling.
At this moment, the phone rang and Jiang Chengwu slowly got up to answer it.
Jiang Chengwu cried out in surprise, "You mean that man is dead? How could he be dead?"
Director Ma couldn't help but sit up straight, look up, and feel increasingly depressed.
Deng Xingming swallowed and was even more nervous than him.
After Jiang Chengwu put down the phone, he came over and sat on the chair, spreading his hands helplessly, "There's nothing we can do, the man is already dead. His throat was cut by a woman." He snorted, "It's really shameful, a soldier was killed by a powerless woman. It seems that this person is not only corrupt, but also has no sense of vigilance. He is really a parasite in the army."
Director Ma and Deng Xingming could no longer hear what was happening afterwards. They only heard that someone was dead, and that he was killed by a woman.
Could that person be Du Lanqiu? After all, the woman who hated Xue Zhijun the most was none other than Du Lanqiu.
Director Ma immediately took out the photo he brought with him and said, "Old man, can you give this photo to the army and help ask if this woman was the one who killed him?"
Jiang Chengwu took the photo and glanced at him. "The woman who killed him also committed suicide on the spot. Do you still want to know?"
Before Director Ma could answer, Deng Xingming nodded quickly, "I want to know."
Jiang Chengwu saw that he had a determined look in his eyes and was very eager. "Okay, give me the photos and diary, and I'll ask my eldest son to help you check."
Deng Xingming quickly stood up and bowed, "Thank you, Uncle Jiang."
Jiang Chengwu waved his hand, "It's okay."
He took the diary handed to him by Director Ma, but found that a corner of the cover was exposed.
He pulled it out and saw that it was a family photo of three people.
Jiang Chengwu opened the back cover and revealed another photo.
He compared it with the one Director Ma gave him, "Look, these two photos are exactly the same?"
Director Ma was a little surprised when he saw the old man take out two photos. But when he saw that the girls in the two photos were really the same, he was immediately stunned.
Deng Xingming was overjoyed, clapping his hands and shouting, "Xue Zhijun is really Du Lanqiu's fiancé. I am innocent."
He immediately stood up and ran to the kitchen to tell Wang Danzhi the good news.
Jiang Chengwu slammed the diary onto the table. "You despicable thing, you actually lied to a little girl like this."
He tapped his diary and said, "I have to tell their leader about this."
After saying that, he stood up and picked up the phone and started dialing.
Compared to the good mood of others, Director Ma was obviously in a terrible mood.
The prisoner was gone, the victim was dead, how could he hold a struggle session? How could he show off his power? How could he start a second fire? He had worked so hard for so long, and now it was all ruined.
Director Ma felt so nauseous that he scratched his hair in frustration.
When he returned to the commune, Director Ma was still dejected. He had worked so hard but gained nothing. It was a big loss.
He sat down at his desk, holding his forehead and sighing.
Guo Sansheng knocked on the door and came in, holding a red banner with "Investigation Hero" written on it in his arms. He said to him happily, "Brother-in-law, see? This is the banner that the old lady gave us."
Director Ma's originally depressed mood immediately improved after seeing the banner. He quickly stood up from his chair and said with a smile, "She actually gave me a banner? She's smart."
He immediately discussed with Guo Sansheng happily where to hang the banner.
Guo Sansheng was ordered around by him while holding a stool.
Director Ma looked left and right and was not satisfied. He either thought it was too low or too high. Guo Sansheng could only accept his fate and help him hang it up.
When Director Ma regretted again and wanted to adjust the position, Guo Sansheng suddenly slipped and fell straight down from the stool, coincidentally falling on the table next to the wall. He was in so much pain that his intestines were about to wrinkle. When he got up while rubbing his stomach, he also knocked over the things on the table.
Director Ma was about to walk over to take a look when he discovered a chess piece that Guo Sansheng had thrown to the ground rolling beside his feet.
He looked at the black pawn, bent down, and picked it up. Suddenly, an idea came to his mind, and a smile of sudden enlightenment appeared on his face, "My God! She is really a chess master!"
Guo Sansheng rubbed his stomach and groaned in pain. He looked up and saw his brother-in-law laughing. This laughter was very creepy. He swallowed and looked at him as if he was a lunatic, "Brother-in-law, what's wrong with you?"
Director Ma shook his head, speechless. He actually became someone else's pawn? He ran errands for someone else in vain.
Guo Sansheng asked cautiously, "Brother-in-law, should we still hang this silk banner?"
Director Ma held the chess piece in his palm and looked up at the silk banner that Guo Sansheng had accidentally grabbed. A hero in the investigation? He smiled and said to Guo Sansheng, "Hang it up, why not? I worked so hard in this battle, and if I don't hang up this silk banner, I will be worthy of myself."
Guo Sansheng didn't think much about it and responded with a smile.
Director Ma looked down at the flag in his hand. This old lady is really a wise old woman. No wonder President Zhou and the others are so afraid of her. It turns out that she is not just the relative of County Magistrate Jiang.
While he was thinking, someone suddenly knocked on the door. Director Ma went to open the door and saw Deng Xingming coming in with a basket of eggs. "I'm sorry, I forgot about the eggs just now. These are the eggs my mother asked me to give to you. Thank you for your help this time. Please accept them."
Director Ma felt much better after taking the heavy basket of eggs.
The author has something to say: Sorry, sorry, it's a little late today.