Chapter 44: Original Sin

In the fireplace where the fresh cement has not yet receded from the water stains, a few dry woods are burning with beeps, and a small pot that is boiling and not knowing whether it is gruel or cream is properly hung in the fireplace, the grapefruit red flame jumps happily, constantly licking the dark side of the pot with a blazing tongue of fire, and a thick milky flavor gradually spreads, constantly infecting this room that has been baked warm by the fire. "The moon is bright, the flowers are bright, the moon is bright, the moon is ,,,," humming a little song softly, an old mother with a soft face and happy eyebrows is looking at the baby child with care, this baby looks like a cute standard appearance, in addition to the two shallow dimples, faint little crescent eyebrows, even asleep and pouting cute little lips, the old mother looked at the pink and tender little face, such an outstanding cute baby, anyone can not help but hug up the affectionate caressing.

"Mother Wu, look at this son, how likable he is." Gently shaking the wooden rocking chair with the new shavings, the old mother was very happy to talk to the woman next to her, who was also taking care of another baby. The woman known as Wu Ma also nodded happily, and there was another lovely baby girl in her arms, "Look how sensible this girl is, other babies, as soon as she is full, she will make trouble for a while, either or urine, not worrying at all, my family, more obedient, just after feeding the milk, I fell asleep sweetly." Mother Wu gently hugged the edge of the baby girl's quilt, and responded to the words of her companion with an expression of approval: "Mother Zhao, look at the size you take care of, that size is the same every day, no, it is not yet a full month, and that appetite is terrifying." Zhao's mother, who was gently patting the baby boy, suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but sigh: "This kid, I really let you say it, a few days ago, it was said that the eldest lady didn't have enough milk, so I found two wet nurses and came to give him a meal, who knows, this doll has a huge appetite!" Two wet nurses are not enough for him to have a meal, alas, our little ancestor, I can't eat enough, I'm so hungry that I'm crying, crying so much that my nanny mother-in-law has to break my heart! While talking and laughing, Mama Zhao took a bottle of milky white things brought by Mama Wu. Or the cadre leader of the foreign shepherd thought thoughtfully and brought fresh goat milk, don't say it, this big fat boy really likes to drink, all of a sudden, drink the boss such a bucket! I'm a little worried about breaking my baby's little belly! Mother Wu covered her mouth and smiled: "What do you still say, my girl here is also a big belly, not to mention two wet nurses, even if there are ten more, I don't think I can feed her?" "Hey, that's, that's, Mother Wu, look at it, I'm going to heat up these fresh milks, and when this big baby wakes up, I have to cry for my mother's milk." "Yes, I watch, you work hard." As they spoke, the two old mothers continued to busy.

This is a scene that happened in a small room next to the bedroom of the great chief's wife, and in the eyes of anyone who picks the eye, it is a scene of happiness and harmony between master and servant.

A cold wind gently blew open the curtain of the side room, a pair of flashing glass lenses silently appeared behind the two busy old mothers, Wu Ma shook the bottle in her hand, was waiting for the child to wake up to breastfeed, suddenly, a head wearing an officer's hat stretched out in front of the child's cradle, Wu Ma was shocked, her hand shook, the bottle fell to the ground, fortunately, this is a plastic bottle!

"What a good doll! Only the children of the big boss can be so outstanding, right? The flickering spectacles sighed, completely ignoring the two old mothers who were stunned. What do they drink? Let me guess, milk? Wrong? Is it goat's milk? A not-so-strong arm picked up the dropped bottle, and then, unceremoniously, began to shake in front of two panicked nurses. With a very sincere expression, the owner of the glasses asked, "Can you tell me?" What's in there? Continuing with a polite smile, the glasses asked relentlessly, but the cold expression of the person under the glasses made the hearts of the two old mothers cold! Just like a cold wind blowing through the vegetable field, the two old mothers were already frightened as if they had just painted a new wall with white pulp! The number one henchman of the big leader of the settlement, Wei Zhongshu looked at the two old mothers with a cold face. "Am I not right? Or. "Those two flickering pieces of glass have a razor-sharp luster, and the only thing that reminds people of it is the ghost-headed broadsword on the execution ground for the first time!" It's not the milk that babies need, but the venom of snakes? Wei Zhongshu was very puzzled and took the bottle to the front and played with it carefully, as if he wanted to rely on his extremely myopic eyes to find out the toxins inside.

The two frightened old mothers almost collapsed to the ground, they wanted to shout, but they didn't dare, they wanted to call for help, except for the night wolf, they were the members of the guards! Who will come to their rescue? Wei Zhongshu is here, how far will that terrifying Night Wolf Guard be away? They still tried to struggle to stand up and distinguish it, but the fear was like a tightened noose, cutting off all their hopes!

In the entire R County military justice system, Yakov is only in charge of the police and gendarmerie, and the counterintelligence system is almost completely controlled by the Seventh Division and the Night Wolf! And the big leader of the night wolf said that whoever is a spy is a major suspect! This is something that everyone in the settlement has heard of.

"Hera sent two poisonous snakes to strangle Hercules, who was still in his infancy." The two silent night wolves had quietly covered the mouths of the two old mothers who wanted to cry bitterly, turning their efforts into a series of meaningless grunts, dragging the two unfortunate people away from the child's cradle at the same time, the other two night wolf team members were smiling silently, and they had prepared a noose and a black plastic bag in their hands. "Look at you, you bastards, you think the big boss is so relieved that you are here to plague his children? Our Zeus also loves his children very much, hehe, and fatherly love is indeed better than all the forces in this world! So, he sent us to find out these two poisonous snakes that were lurking in front of the child's bed! Huang Yanjin and Huang Yanyin had already picked up the child and slowly began to walk towards the outhouse, under the care of their soft voices, the eyes of the child who had been woken up by the sound of the sound were slowly closed again. The two mothers looked at the flickering glass piece with tears on their faces and slowly approached, at this moment, they were already clearly aware of the fate they were about to face, especially the glance of the two aunts and grandmothers when they left, it was enough to surface their position! That kind of cold blood that is so cold that it is suffocating has made the two old mothers lose their illusions about survival.

"You have betrayed the trust of the great chiefs, and you are willing to be driven by foreign enemies to be their spies. Do you really think we don't know anything? The corners of Wei Zhongshu's mouth curled slightly, which was a sign when he was happy to the stage of excitement. Forget it, for the sake of you who have also served your sister-in-law for many days, there is no credit and some hard work, leave them a whole corpse, and externally, it is said that they died of a disease and suddenly fell ill. After the Night Wolf team members were relieved to the noose in their hands, and in a few minutes, the two old mothers stopped their futile slight struggle.

"So, what about their families? How do I notify them? One of the night wolves loosened the tape and checked it repeatedly, before asking softly: "Mother Wu's two sons are serving in the army, and Mother Zhao, his daughter is also the head nurse in the settlement, I'm afraid we ,,,,, such a statement."

"Did you do an errand on your first day?" Lao Wei looked at the night wolf team members coldly, and the cruelty in his eyes made even the night wolf, who was accustomed to blood, couldn't help but be frightened! "Do you still need to ask this kind of question?"

"Deputy Divisional Commander, we know!" No matter how dull people are, they all know what this superficially gentle character just meant, and woe to his family is not the current main theme tune!

Watching the night wolf put the corpse into a sack and transport it away, Lao Wei held his chin and fell into a short contemplation, the current R County Restoration Army can no longer be rectified like the militia in the past, to make this organization the most efficient war machine, the work that should be done is the same, and all the actions on his side are the instructions of the big leader! Now the operation is going very well, I don't know, how are the other teams doing? With deep worry, Lao Wei walked outside the hall, looked at the snow falling from the sky, and couldn't help but sigh to himself: "Great Chief, the task you left me is not an ordinary trouble!"

Qin Zaixi's father did not die so soon and died prematurely, he lived until the tenth day of the snowy weather, thanks to the miraculous ginseng leaves left by Zhang Jiaming, once again, under the condition of increasing the amount of medicine, through Li Juan's hands, after being sent into the mouth of the father, the father's precarious life was saved! Now the old man's complexion has improved a lot, and after several doctors visited, he said that what Daddy needs now is to recuperate, and give serious advice, not to let Daddy get angry, or too excited and other things can't alarm his old man!

Lying in the warm attic wing, the old man's sickbed was surrounded by young officers from various ethnic groups and the old patriarch of the village, and there were subordinates who were loyal to him--- all of whom were local villagers who followed the old man when Zhang Jiaming raised troops! There are also people who have fled from the old man's drum call, thanks to the care of his father, these people are grateful to his old man, many of them privately believe that the civil affairs work done by the old man in the most difficult period is indispensable, and this alone, Qin Zaixi's prestige among them is not ordinarily high! What's more, are all the various leaders of the old Sanmiao who joined after being subdued, and lost the leader of the Yalu King like the leader, and his own group of people is the same as the stepmother's raiser, and everyone dares to come up and bully, and now he finally found a backer, and he is the godfather of the terrible big leader, don't underestimate this identity, with this identity, it's the same as winning the gold medal for avoiding death, plus the old man was originally the patriarch of the Miao family's forces, so he didn't take refuge in him? Who else can you turn to!

The people in the hall were all with satisfied smiles on their faces, congratulating each other, and occasionally, they could also enjoy the warm and sweet glutinous rice wine and all kinds of delicious Miao dishes that were constantly sent from the kitchen downstairs, this was a rare good day to celebrate, and their own benefactor actually survived, which was not a big deal! But the significance is extraordinary! Why? The key to the whole incident is the political attitude of the big chief's neighbor, the second sister-in-law Li Juan, who was not valued by the young people! On the premise of losing the status of the first lady, she actually supports Qin Zaixi's father as always! Coupled with one thing that almost all doctors have determined--- Li Juan's second sister-in-law also has a happy pulse! This is a godsend for the young people who have been suppressed! Once the second sister-in-law gives birth to a dragon son, and she is close to the faction on the side of the young people, then there is no doubt that on the balance of the power struggle, your own power will have an immeasurable and important weight! The young ethnic leaders who can get to this point, which one does not know the key points, at such an important moment, is the key to making a clear position and choosing a side! The people who should be present, none of them dared to drag on for half a minute, with the same kind of thoughts and expectations, they all gathered together, on the surface, they all came here to gather by celebrating Qin Zaixi's father's physical recovery, (even if the night wolf has an idea, he will be afraid that this is the occasion for heavyweights to gather, just the presence of Li Juan, one of the clan mothers, made them lose the courage to send spies)! In fact, except for those hopelessly stupid people, everyone knows the meaning and importance of being here today!

Daddy's face is also happy, he can already get out of bed and walk, but it is just in the way of Li Juan's face, asking him to rest more and recuperate, otherwise, the old man would have wanted to give up the bamboo chimney for many days, and smoke a few puffs! The lively atmosphere rose in the room, everyone eagerly toasted to Daddy, and they ran to Daddy one by one to bow down in front of Daddy, claiming that Daddy's health is the top priority of all major events! This statement made the old man's face even happier. After each salute, Li Juan's sister-in-law personally delivered a bowl of warm rice wine for the worshippers to drink! This kind of ritual has been very dignified since ancient times, and the more it involves expressing one's position, the more it has to behave like this! Seeing that the big guys have completed their salutes one by one--- even the two patriarchs who hold great power, Pang Mulin and Xiong Peiyun, rely on their father so much, and the imitations are naturally endless! Daddy's face became completely ruddy, and he lowered his palms slightly, and after everyone quieted down, Qin Zaixi said: "Everyone, you are all the ministers of the big leader, and your presence here today makes the old man very embarrassed, and a little sick, so that you are frightened!" After Daddy finished speaking, a group of people burst out: "Fortunately, the big boss LinkedIn is clear, and Daddy Qin is blessed with Qitian!" Bless me and other juniors! With the support of Li Juan, the waving father had already gotten out of bed, and the others were very sensible and sent a Taishi chair, put on a leopard skin mattress, and carefully let the old man sit on it. The people didn't dare to be casual, they straightened their waists one by one, and while paying attention to their father without squinting, they stood neatly and automatically in two columns, with a posture of being effective at any time!

The solemn face of the old man sat down again, and he had already thought of the lines, and he looked around at everyone in front of him, from which young generals had just been promoted, as well as the old neighbors who had known him for many years, and the old subordinates who had obeyed him, basically all of them were in place. I coughed twice and cleared my throat, and the ears of all the people present couldn't help but stand up! Daddy, but there's an important instruction!

"The current affairs are hard, the demons are rampant, and since you are the children of my Miao family, you should be the same enemy, unite as one, unite as one, and fight bravely to kill the enemy!" As soon as the words came out, everyone's spirits couldn't help but perk, the people who attended the meeting were not all holding back a breath of anger, but in front of them lost their power because of the struggle for baptism, and fell into the city, and now the father is resurrected in a full state of blood, which proves that the Miao family's power is not exhausted, and there are still tricks! Thinking of these, the old clan leaders of the village with their own thoughts all had a look on their faces, and a little blush began to wander on everyone's faces - this is the statement of a big man! Although many illiterate generals who are as uneducated as 205 will not understand the meaning of these classical Chinese for a while, but since everyone looks very uplifted, I followed the performance at least did not miss the opportunity, right? Follow along and do it right! As long as the leader is happy! People who understand naturally know that there are words in Daddy's words, and it doesn't matter if you don't understand them, the grandeur in Daddy's words has been undoubtedly revealed, what should you do, naturally there is no need to say much, everything, everything is already in the words!

As the second clan mother, Li Juan is naturally not stupid enough to be stupid on such an occasion without understanding the meaning, she took a few steps forward with a little uneasiness, several clan leaders were originally surrounding their beloved father, seeing the second sister-in-law approaching, they couldn't help but bow slightly, respectfully retreated, and made a way for the sister-in-law to get close to the father. "Dad, your body is not as good as before, but you always worry about the big guys like this, if you go on like this, if there is a mistake, you will ,,,, in the future" Li Juan looked at the clan leader with her head held high very worriedly, that kind of gentle gaze was purely a concerned look of regret for her relatives, all of a sudden, so that the clan leaders were all flattered, and they were busy bowing slightly in her direction! The sister-in-law's statement is of great significance, watching her half-kneel in front of her father like a daughter, tidying up her clothes and pants for her father, combing her sideburns, and her shallow eye sockets have begun to wipe the tears at the corners of her eyes. With two leaders who also care about their future, and two characters who are so powerful that even the Night Wolf and the Black Dog Guards are difficult to shake, I deeply feel that the clan leaders who have not come in vain have re-put on a lofty appearance one by one, and they don't want to lose face in front of the characters they are loyal to!

Who knows, here, the father suddenly changed to a sad expression, he affectionately stroked Li Juan's shiny hair, "Child, child, you, after all, you are still young." With a deep sigh, Daddy's face was very ugly, "You don't understand that people are sinister and the world is difficult!" It seems that he wants to speak and stop, the old man continues to have a sad and inexplicable tone, as if he is indignant about the unfair treatment of his beloved children, and he can't hide Li Juan from licking the calf but not daring to show it immediately, but the second sister-in-law has no words, and she bows her head silently, as if she is resigned to her fate.

"Old man, if you have anything to worry about, and if you have anything to explain, just say it." Xiong Peiyun was also a close person, took two steps closer, and asked in a very concerned tone. She was afraid, very afraid, today's arrival, she felt that it was not in vain, but seeing such a scene, an ominous premonition suddenly came to her heart, that kind of expectation--- what if Qin Zaixi's father is back to the light? If he really goes, in the entire settlement, who can still keep the children of the Miao family from discrimination? Who will protect the interests of the Miao family from being violated? The elderly woman with a little rain and dew in her eyes looked at her benefactor sadly, her face was no longer concerned, but a kind of vigilance for fear of losing everything!

"Peiyun, don't worry, I'm old, but in a while, I won't be able to die!" Daddy was very frank in his heart, "You and Mu Lin are both competitive children, both are very good, I am very happy that you can assist the big leader, but ah, you have to continue to help the big leader, and do everything properly." Pointing to the obedient Li Juan in front of him, "Even if there is such a day, you have to follow your sister-in-law and listen to her!" Obey him as you obey me! Got it, don't you? All of a sudden, all the clan leaders knelt on the ground in unison, and all of them had a sad look on their faces. Although Pang Mulin is old, he is the first to lead everyone to salute.

After the salute, everyone stood back in their positions, and listened to the words without squinting.

"Girl, godfather has something to talk to you, don't think grandpa is too talkative." Li Juan wiped the tears on her face, and was about to stand up, when she suddenly heard that her father seemed to have a heavy entrustment, so she hurriedly knelt on the ground again and listened respectfully to the old man's words.

The clan leaders are all understanding people, and at this time, many key words are not something that people like themselves can listen to, and they still have to leave the secret at the end, without the order of their father, everyone simply began to move towards the outer hall!

"No need to go! All back! "Daddy solemnly ordered." The people who are here today are the people I trust the most! One sentence illuminated the mood of all the participants! I really didn't come in vain today, according to my father's meaning, I am the most pro-faction candidate! The clan leaders swept away the bad luck that they might have been driven out just now, and each stood on the spot with red faces, quietly waiting for the father to speak.

"Girl, you remember, your godfather is heartbroken for you, your godfather can't see you being bullied, and you have been so wronged but have nowhere to complain!" Daddy frowned bitterly, and a little bit of muddy tears fell as he spoke, "Look at my daughter, everyone is emaciated, and she is all thinking about others, not hating those who harm him, I, who am a grandfather, look at it in my eyes, and it hurts in my heart,,,,," Qin Zaixi's father covered his heart, looking extremely distressed.

"Daddy!!!" Everyone is in a hurry, afraid that my father will relapse because of this old illness!

"Godgrandpa! grandpa! You can't be like this, what's the matter, you just say it, Juan'er is not filial, as long as you say it, Juan'er will do it! When he was in Miaojialing, he took care of the veteran Yakov, and followed the close father Qin Zaixi, all of whom dedicated their love beyond their own daughters, and took care of these elders without hesitation! Seeing an old man he respected so much regret himself, he was deeply affected and his mood at the moment can be imagined.

The two of them hugged their heads and cried for a while, and the old man touched his nose and tears without hesitation, and stroked his granddaughter-in-law's smooth sideburns with a sad face. "Child, child, would you like to listen to grandpa?"

"I'll listen to you, you say, grandpa!" Of course, Li Juan knew that at this time, she couldn't disobey this elder who really cared for herself, she was alone, she had already lost the whereabouts of her original relatives, and now she had someone to take care of herself like her own daughter, and she would not rise up even if she was disobedient!

"Child, you remember, this settlement, the future master of these hundreds of thousands of villagers, can't be a slave's child!" Gritting his teeth, the word-by-word father threw out a word that made Li Juan stunned!