Chapter 142 Graduation and Return to Shenzhen

It is common knowledge that the death row cells are for desperate criminals, so what happens to them after they go in is beyond their control.

After this incident, whenever Meng Dong asked for their help, Uncle Lu would immediately refuse.

Although things got a bit more difficult later on, they still managed to complete the mission.

After being rejected once and twice, Meng Dong understood what the commander meant. However, when Lu Jinzhu and the other two graduated, Meng Dong still tried to recruit them into his team, even if it was only for two years of mandatory service, which would make things much easier for their Fierce Tiger Battalion.

After Meng Dong applied, he checked the results every day, but Lu Zhining deliberately kept him hanging on, so he wouldn't let him see them, which almost made him depressed.

When Meng Dong saw Lu Qingzhu arrive to report for duty, he was dumbfounded and couldn't tell if it was real or fake.

"Old Meng, do you see I'm unhappy? Why do you have such a long face?" Lu Qingzhu pounced on Meng Dong and grabbed his ear. Meng Dong didn't react in time and was caught off guard.

"Hey, you brat, you have no manners, I think you deserve a beating." After that, the two of them started joking and laughing outside the office.

Meng Dong didn't know why the commander would agree, but as long as the people could come, nothing else mattered.

Lu Zhining shook her head. She had helped her son with his onboarding process, bringing all the necessary documents herself. After all that had happened, her son had matured a lot and become much more sensible over the past two years.

Although he didn't quite understand why his niece was advising his son to come and stay with the army for a while, he still supported his son's decision.

Not only can you make friends here, but you can also learn knowledge and martial arts. However, in this kind of year, they don't have any. They all need grain to go out, so it's probably not going to be easy for them. He still has a lot of grain, and his niece has also set up a secret granary for him.

There must be at least tens of thousands of tons of grain inside. His niece said that the granary should not be opened unless absolutely necessary. Although Lu Zhining didn't know what his niece meant, he could still understand the meaning of the phrase "unless absolutely necessary".

My niece said we'll find out next year. This year is 1959, the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Is there some special reason for this? Otherwise, my niece wouldn't have said that.

So Lu Zhining began to observe secretly. Right after the New Year, he noticed something was wrong. Everywhere he went, reports were of yields of 10,000 catties per mu, but there was a shortage of food everywhere, and some people were even starving to death.

People are looking for relief grain every day, but with the yields you reported per acre being so high, how could there possibly be any relief grain to be sent over?

The more Lu Zhining looked at the information he found, the more alarmed he became. These people had a lot of wild ideas, but none of them could be realized. They had only caused great suffering to the common people. It was simply unbearable.

Lu Zhining wanted to lend a hand, but he couldn't reach any of the disaster areas. Although he held a high-ranking position in the capital, he couldn't actually do that. He had grain in his hands, but his niece said the next few years wouldn't be easy, so he couldn't reveal all his cards at once, otherwise the hard times were yet to come.

In the two years that followed, he was particularly impressed with his own wisdom for not revealing his hand too early. Otherwise, he really didn't dare to think about the consequences. But that's a story for another time.

After graduation, He Caiwei chose a job in Pengcheng from among the assigned jobs. She worked in the finance department of the Pengcheng Textile Factory. These days, professional skills are highly valued, and college graduates are very popular, especially those who are good at computers.

He Caiwei mainly wanted to go home to help take care of the two little ones. After being separated from their family for so many years, she still wanted to return to her family, especially since Lu Qingfeng was there as well.

"Weiwei, be careful on your journey. When you get there, call your aunt. It's faster to call than to send a telegram. Be careful on your own. And when you get there, please give my regards to Grandpa..." As her aunt continued her rambling, the train began to move with a creaking sound, and her aunt's voice gradually faded away.

"Auntie, please take care..." A few days ago, he went to another place run by the Russians. This time he was alone, but he brought back more things than he had in the previous two trips combined.

He arrived early, so he managed to collect quite a few of the small potatoes that had been left on the ground—at least a hundred bags. Since no one else was around, he was even faster; he could use spatial abilities to cover and collect the potatoes directly without having to cut them himself, which made his work much quicker.

This explains the origins of the things in Uncle's secret warehouse. Of course, He Caiwei wouldn't tell Uncle this, only that they were things he had saved up before, and Uncle believed her.

Because of her special job, she easily bought a sleeper ticket.

Of course, these days, not many people travel by train, and sleeper berths are much more expensive than regular hard seats, and only cadres of higher rank can afford them.

Even fewer people with her cadre rank could afford sleeper tickets. He Caiwei hadn't been home for three years. Her winter vacation was a bit short, and every winter vacation she would go on missions with Meng Dong and the others.

For several years, spies were rampant, and Meng Dong and his team rarely got a break. He Caiwei went on missions with them, and besides the rewards, she also learned a lot. As for why she didn't stay in the Fierce Tiger Camp, it was simply because she felt she lacked organizational skills and preferred a more relaxed lifestyle, so she wasn't very interested in joining the Fierce Tiger Camp.

Although her work hours in Shenzhen are fixed, she prefers the life where she can lie down as soon as she gets home.

After a huff and puff of train travel over four days, I finally arrived in Shenzhen. As soon as I got off the train, I saw that outstanding figure standing out from the crowd.

Two faces that look so alike, an uninformed person might mistake them for brothers.

He Caiwei waved in their direction and called out, "Dad, I'm here." Instantly, all eyes in the train station turned to her.

Then they saw the two brothers who looked remarkably alike, both of them coming toward him.

It turns out this handsome middle-aged man has such a grown daughter, and she's absolutely gorgeous!

Good-looking people always seem to come from the same family. Just look at how good-looking this family is!

"My dear daughter, you're finally back! I've missed you so much! Come on, give me your luggage, let's go back first. Your mother is still waiting for us at home." Upon hearing his daughter's voice, Lu Zhiheng pulled his nephew a few steps and came directly to his daughter.

She reached out and took the luggage from his hands, freeing one hand to pull him along as they began to squeeze into the crowd.

There were so many people, and it was really difficult for everyone carrying big bags and small packages to squeeze through. If it weren't for the fact that both uncle and nephew were tall and strong, they probably wouldn't have been able to get out.