Shan Ge was very quick to give money. This time he brought Ji Qinglan twenty gold bars and fourteen old items. After Ji Qinglan verified them one by one, he rode away on his bike. He then went to Aunt Wu's place and left things for a few families there. In return, he got two old items and twenty yuan.

She waited until she was in a deserted place before changing her clothes and riding her bike to the police station’s staff quarters.

Today is Friday. Li Miaofang knew that Ji Qinglan was coming to pick up the child, so she came back from get off work two hours early to wait for her.

While eating the winter melon candy that Ji Qinglan brought them, he talked to Ji Qinglan: "I heard from Lao Luo that Xiang Guo might have gone over there."

Because Ji Qinglan has been paying attention to this matter, Director Luo will tell Li Miaofang as soon as there is any new development in the case, and Li Miaofang will then tell Ji Qinglan.

Ji Qinglan was startled, then realized where that was.

He actually ran away. Ji Qinglan was unwilling to accept this. If he was caught, he would have to eat peanuts like Xiang Qiang. It would be different over there. That place has not been returned yet and is not under the jurisdiction of the Huaguo government now.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Li Miaofang could only say, "Lao Luo contacted the public security bureau over there and asked them to make sure to catch the man. A call came in yesterday saying that a group of people were caught, but a few escaped. Alas! He was very cunning. Xiao Yi chased him all the way, but he actually let him escape."

Ji Qinglan knew that in order to capture Xiang Guo, Xiao Yi took his men to the south.

But information is not well developed nowadays, and Xiang Guo is determined to escape, so it is not easy to catch him.

Only now did she realize that her parents and Xiao Yi's positions were unique. Although they were a garrison to the outside world, they were actually specialized in dealing with spies, arresting smugglers, illegal immigrants and the like. They often fought against dangerous elements and walked on the edge of a knife every day.

Now, Xiao Yi has gone to the south.

"If he escapes, what will happen to his family?" Ji Qinglan asked.

"There is irrefutable evidence that Xiang Guo colluded with Huang Huzi to rob and murder. Song Qing has now been transferred to the Street Department to sweep the streets, and she sent the child back to her parents' home. Now that Xiang Guo has escaped, their lives will be even worse."

Ji Qinglan stopped talking. If Xiang Guo escaped to that place, as long as he had money, his life would be easy. His family members who stayed in the mainland would have to suffer for him.

What a pity.

Li Miaofang ate two pieces of winter melon candy and put the candy jar on the table. She rummaged through the cupboard and took out a cloth bag and handed it to her.

"Last time I made autumn shirts for Lao Luo, I had some fabric left over so I made one for Xin Cheng. You can take it back and try on the size."

"Sister, you've spent money again." Ji Qinglan said embarrassedly as she looked at the small shirt and suit pants.

"That's not a big deal. The remaining material is not enough for Hongxing, and we have to spend money to buy more. We might as well give it to Xincheng." Li Miaofang said indifferently.

When the seasons changed, Ji Qinglan bought Luo Hongyu three feet of lotus pink material. That was the best color and there was no such color here. She returned the favor and made a set of clothes for Ji Xincheng.

"I'll give you the money and the ticket." Ji Qinglan said as she reached into her bag.

Li Miaofang scolded her: "You are insulting me. Why do you want to pay for such a small amount of fabric? Besides, I bought this on the black market. It was cheap. I didn't ask for a ticket."

Ji Qinglan felt that this fabric was very similar to the material she sold to Brother Shan, but she didn't dare to say it.

Luo Hongxing, who is already in kindergarten at this age, was picked up by his grandmother. Before he went upstairs, he saw a bicycle parked by the corridor. He shouted excitedly and ran upstairs in two or three steps.

Grandma Luo looked at his back as he ran away and felt very sad.

The weekly heartbreak began again.

"Godmother, godmother, I'm back." Luo Hongxing jumped and shouted, holding Ji Qinglan tightly.

Li Miaofang rubbed her forehead. Couldn’t her mother, who was so old, see her standing here?

There is really no way to keep it. Both the large and small sizes are useless. Should she discuss with Lao Luo to practice a third size?

The two of them were being affectionate, and Grandma Luo and Li Miaofang became the background. When Luo Hongyu came back, they staged another affectionate scene of mother and daughter, which made Li Miaofang and Grandma Luo very angry.

Li Miaofang packed two kilograms of meat and five kilograms of ribs for them, put two canned fruit in their bags, and sent the three of them out.

Ji Qinglan took Luo Hongxing and Luo Hongyu with them on a bicycle. On the way, they met Zhang Jianguo. Seeing a piece of meat and two bags of cakes in Zhang Jianguo's backpack, and the bulging bags were gone, Ji Qinglan knew that he had sold the winter melon candy.

Business is good.

Zhang Jianguo was also very happy to see Ji Qinglan, and took the initiative to greet her and asked, "Qinglan, are you taking the child home again?"

"Yes, you went into town to buy something?"

"Well, your sister Yumei wants to eat something sweet these days, so I came to buy some. Otherwise, she will only have honey water to drink at night, and she is tired of it."

Ji Qinglan felt like he was in Versailles. You have to know that in the village honey is more precious than sugar, and you can't drink it whenever you want.

Ji Qinglan said: "That means we need to prepare more food at home."

"By the way, Qinglan, do you have any sugar? I want to buy some with money." Zhang Jianguo asked again.

He went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some, but unfortunately he only had two kilograms of sugar coupons. Winter melon candy was selling well, so he wanted to make more.

"Yes, I'll give it to you when I get back."

When they returned home, Ji Qinglan asked Luo Hongyu to take Luo Hongxing back first while she went to the cowshed to pick up her son.

When we arrived at the cowshed, we saw Grandpa Li and Ji Xincheng squatting under an old locust tree. The ground was covered with a layer of dry yellow leaves, and groups of ants were coming and going.

The old and the young watched the ants move.

Ji Xincheng held a glass jar in his hand, and used his little hands to catch ants on the ground and put them into the jar. There was also a dead cicada at the bottom of the jar. It seemed that he wanted to raise the ants.

When he saw Ji Qinglan coming up, he stopped catching ants and ran over. He wanted to go back and play with his brothers and sisters.

Ji Qinglan let his son say goodbye to everyone before leading everyone back. When leaving, he went to take a look at the breeding farm. Han Yuanjun was busy leading a teenager of about sixteen or seventeen years old.

The boy had dark skin, and his clothes were washed so white that they were patched up and the original color could no longer be seen. He was wearing a pair of open-toed straw sandals and was working hard with a shovel to roll the weeds into a pile.

She didn't go there and took her son home.

In the evening, after dinner, Ji Qinglan and Luo Hongyu sat in the main room to open pine nuts. After being exposed to the sun, the scales on the outside of the pine cones had opened. They each took a wooden stick and knocked on them, and pine nuts fell out.

Luo Hongxing was also helping with the inspection, picking out the pine nuts that had not fallen out completely with a bamboo stick.

The three of them worked around the kerosene lamp, talking and laughing. As for the youngest, Ji Xincheng, he could do nothing. Sometimes he helped Ji Qinglan pass the pine cones, sometimes Luo Hongyu passed one, and sometimes he and Luo Hongxing carried the empty pine cones out and threw them under the eaves.

Ji Qinglan picked up a lot of pine nuts in the past few days. The next day, Ji Qinglan took Ji Xincheng and Luo Hongxing to work, while Luo Hongyu continued to knock out the pine nuts at home. They were busy for another afternoon before they knocked out all the pine nuts, which amounted to more than 50 kilograms.

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