About Lu Chen
The captain was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses, then looked at Meng Yinyin beside him with an embarrassed expression.
If I'm not mistaken, this question should be about the relationship between Meng Yinyin and Lu Chen, right
The captain thought he understood Meng Xuan's intention and quickly said something.
"Okay, Comrade Meng Xuan, please wait a moment. Let me take care of the things at hand first, and then we can go talk about this somewhere else."
Although the fact that they were dating was already known to everyone, Meng Yinyin was a girl after all, and it was not convenient to talk about such things in public, so it would be better to find a quiet place with few people to talk about it.
Meng Xuan nodded. As for the fact that he was here to investigate the matter related to Lu Chen's father, naturally, the fewer people who knew about it, the better.
As for Meng Yinyin, she thought the same as the captain. She thought Meng Xuan came to ask the captain specifically about her and Lu Chen's matter, and she felt a little resentful in her heart.
She had just explained everything so clearly to her brother, but her brother still didn't believe her and came over to ask the captain.
Humph, is she really so unreliable in his eyes!
Although she was angry, she did not dare to say a word at this critical moment, for fear that her brother would not give her face and teach her a lesson in front of the captain.
So in the end, Meng Yinyin could only mutter to herself as she followed the captain and Meng Xuan to a big tree in the distance.
It is some distance away from the group of people working there, but it allows the team leader to see clearly what is happening in the distance, making it a very good place to chat.
As soon as he stood still, Meng Xuan spoke.
"Captain, how much do you remember about the death of Lu Chen's father, Lu Tian?"
What
The captain was completely shocked by what Meng Xuan said. He stared with his eyes wide open for a long time without coming back to his senses.
"Comrade Meng Xuan, you, you are not here to ask about Meng Zhiqing and..."
Meng Xuan's tone of denial was particularly clear.
"No, I have nothing to say about them."
The implication is that he doesn't bother to care at all.
After all, things have come to this point, and Meng Yinyin is so capable that she has done everything herself. What else can he do? He can't just separate them by force right away, right
That's not necessary.
Moreover, he thought about it and decided that letting Meng Yinyin and Lu Chen continue to get along like this was not a bad thing. At least if she lived in Lu Chen's house, the conditions would definitely be better than those at the educated youth camp, and it would also save a lot of trouble.
As for the rest, he would wait until he met Lu Chen in the afternoon and talk to him before making a conclusion.
After getting Meng Xuan's denial, the captain was embarrassed for a moment before he became serious.
"Lu Tian..."
As he spoke, the captain had a nostalgic look on his face.
In fact, if nothing had happened to Lu Tian, he would have been the most promising person in their entire Nanjiao Brigade.
He joined the army when he was a teenager, went to the battlefield, won merit, and was about to be promoted further, but an accident happened and he died in the battlefield. He was seriously injured and fell into the turbulent river. Even his body was not fished out.
He was only 25 years old that year, and it was his tenth year in the army.
As for his wife, she was his childhood sweetheart from the same village who grew up with him. She had a rough life and was picked up by an old man in their village. The old and the young had depended on each other since childhood, but fortunately, the girl had a positive nature and was always smiling even when her life was miserable.
She and Lu Tian had been close since childhood and had been committed to each other since they were teenagers. Later, even when Lu Tian went out of town for several years, she never thought of looking for someone else.
It was not until Lu Tian went home on his first vacation that he saw that she had been waiting for him. He no longer hesitated and directly reported to her for marriage. Then in the third year of their marriage, they had Lu Chen.
Just when it seemed that the young couple was about to have a perfect home, who would have thought that just a few days before Lu Chen was born, news came that Lu Tian had died in the line of duty. This news caused Lu Chen's mother to have a premature attack, and then she was too negative during childbirth and died.
These were similar to the information Meng Xuan had received from the organization. He did not say anything. Just as he was about to urge the captain to tell him more about what happened after Lu Tian's death, he heard bursts of sobbing coming from the side.
Meng Xuan turned around and saw his sister Meng Yinyin crying loudly. Her sad look stunned Meng Xuan.
This girl, I haven't seen her so sad for a long time.
Meng Yinyin was indeed very sad. She had only heard a little about Lu Chen's parents from Yu Xiaoyu before, but she had no idea that his mother's life experience was so miserable, and that his parents loved each other so much and had such a good relationship.
As a result, Lu Chen had never even seen these two good people.
If his parents were alive, they would definitely love him and care about him very much, because Lu Chen was the fruit of their love.
It’s a pity…
At this moment, Meng Yinyin once again felt how painful and desperate it was for Lu Chen that his parents left him before he was born.
Meng Xuan was still her brother after all. Seeing her crying so hard, he couldn't help but rub her head with his hand and said impatiently, "Okay, let's talk business. If you want to cry, hold it in and go back home to cry."
How can I endure such a thing
Meng Yinyin glared at him with red eyes, but finally she obediently stopped crying.
Because she was also very curious about Lu Chen and Lu Dashan.
The captain standing beside Mo Ming felt relieved.
Because he really thought that Meng Yinyin was playing a joke on Lu Chen and didn't take him seriously at all, but he didn't expect that Meng Yinyin would be so sad because of Lu Chen's life experience.
Perhaps, he might have had some misunderstandings about Meng Yinyin before, and she might not be as ruthless as he imagined.
"Captain?"
The voice of Meng Xuan beside him brought the captain back to his senses.
The captain came to his senses and continued to recall what happened at that time.
"I remember that so many things happened to the Lu family at once, it was a mess, and everyone in our village went to help, but during that period it was just a normal burial and welcoming of a newborn. Apart from that, there didn't seem to be anything special."
"Where are the troops? No one is coming?" Meng Xuan reminded from the side, "Or compensation from the troops or something like that?"
Speaking of this, the captain vaguely remembered something.
"Oh, I remember now. It seems that after Lu Chen's mother was buried, a comrade of Lu Chen came to pay his respects on behalf of the army. But we don't know about compensation or pensions."
After all, this matter involves money, which is not a trivial matter. Even if there is money, the Lu family will deal with it behind closed doors, so outsiders naturally don't know about it.
This indeed made perfect sense, so Meng Xuan could only continue asking.
"Then, what's the matter with Lu Dashan's house?"
"Well, later someone asked Lu Dashan about it, and Lu Dashan said it was the money left by his ancestors, and his mother found it."
The so-called mother here is naturally Grandma Lu.
When the others heard Lu Dashan say this, they were also puzzled. Didn't the Lu family have three generations of poor farmers? How come they had the so-called wealth left by their ancestors
But Mrs. Lu did not come out to deny it, and since she had an excellent reputation in the team, everyone could only believe it and guessed that perhaps her ancestors had really accumulated some wealth over the years.
In addition, the policy control over these things was not strict at that time, so no one investigated Lu Dashan's family affairs. Later, everyone gradually accepted the reason why Lu Dashan got the money to repair the house.
This Lu Dashan is quite capable. He can turn black into white with just one word.
Meng Xuan chuckled, his eyes slightly cold.
"In other words, no one knows about the pension that the army once gave to Comrade Lu Tian's family?"
The captain's expression changed slightly, and then he shook his head affirmatively.
“We really don’t know about this.”
If they knew, they would never have watched Lu Dashan treat Lu Chen like this over the years.
After saying this, the captain suppressed the shock in his heart and asked Meng Xuan.
"Comrade Meng Xuan, can I ask how much the pension was?"
He now realized that Meng Xuan came here on behalf of the army, so what he said at this moment should be true and could not be false.
In other words, the army really gave Lu Tian’s wife a pension back then, but unfortunately, no one knew about it!
Meng Xuan did not hide it from him and said it lightly.
"One thousand dollars."
One thousand dollars!!!
The moment the captain heard this number, his breathing stopped for a moment.
My God, that was a full one thousand yuan, and it was one thousand yuan more than 20 years ago!
That is definitely a huge sum of money!
He was not stupid. The huge sum of one thousand yuan, combined with the house that Lu Dashan's family had built inexplicably later...
Therefore, it is very likely that Lu Dashan embezzled the pension and then got that magnificent courtyard!
This is a very serious matter, that's one thousand dollars!
The captain took a deep breath and looked at Meng Xuan with a serious expression.
"Comrade Meng Xuan, no matter how you want to investigate, I will definitely cooperate with you!"
With his words, Meng Xuan felt much more at ease.
However, so many years have passed since this happened. Even if we want to go to the post office to check who withdrew the money that year, there is no way to obtain evidence.
Therefore, if we want to really figure out where the money went, and where Lu Dashan's family got the money to renovate the house, we have to find another way.
"Well, if there are further plans, I will tell you, Captain. However, I am here to investigate this matter, so please keep it confidential for the time being."
The captain said that he could fully understand, and also stated that he would definitely keep this secret and would not reveal it even to his family!
After Meng Xuanxie passed him, he asked a few more questions about Lu Dashan and his family.
The captain told him everything, no matter how big or small.
After listening to it, Meng Xuan had a general idea in his mind, but he was not in a hurry yet, as he had to go and have some actual experience.
It was getting late and it was almost time to get off work, so Meng Xuan took Meng Yinyin back to Lu Chen's home first, while the team leader went to do other things.
On the way back to Lu Chen's home, Meng Yinyin was in a bad mood and was still thinking about Lu Chen's parents.
Meng Xuan was strong and couldn't help but tease him.
"Why, are you heartbroken?"
Meng Yinyin lowered her head and nodded subconsciously.
Then, just as she finished saying "hmm", her brother's inexplicable voice was heard.
"Meng Yinyin."
Meng Yinyin looked up blankly and happened to see Meng Xuan looking at her with a thoughtful look.
"Brother, what's wrong..."
She didn't know why her brother looked at her like that, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.
Meng Xuan hesitated for a moment, and finally did not ask the question "Is there really nothing going on between you and Lu Chen?" In the end, he just said "nothing" and changed the subject.
"What are you having for dinner?"
Meng Yinyin was successfully diverted by him, and then she took a look at the kitchen and asked in a master-like tone: "Brother, what do you want to eat? I'll ask Lu Chen to cook it!"
Her words made Meng Xuan feel even more complicated.
It's over. It seems that his silly sister doesn't seem to have any feelings for that boy at all.
I can't tell whether I'm happy or relieved, but I'm definitely unhappy.
Meng Xuan snorted coldly.
"Why should you let Lu Chen cook for you? Don't you have hands? From today on, you have to learn how to cook, or you will really starve to death in the future!"
Meng Yinyin: "?Brother?"
What happened to her brother
He was fine a second ago, why did he suddenly look like someone pissed him off
Meng Yinyin really wanted to ask a few questions, but facing her brother's cold expression, she was too timid to speak and only said one sentence.
"Then you have to do it with me..."
Meng Xuan looked at her with a look of disappointment and ordered, "You light the fire and I'll cook!"
Meng Yinyin could only go to the stove to light the fire reluctantly.
When Lu Chen hurried back from the field carrying a fish, what he saw was thick smoke and screams coming out of his kitchen.
"Brother, why is there a fire in your pot?"
"How should I know? Come over and help me put out the fire!"