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Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation When the army entered the Great Wall, it was already an army of more than a million people. Every time the army reached a city, they would sit in the square and the biggest street and ask the locals for food. They only needed to eat a full meal and some dry rations, then they would leave and continue their journey south. They did not rob or plunder. They were strictly disciplined and followed orders. This showed the discipline and high management of the working class. The army was getting closer and closer to the capital. Along the way, the enterprises and citizens had already prepared food. They were waiting for the army to come and watch them leave. Some kind-hearted citizens even welcomed the dirty children and their mothers into their homes, letting them take a bath, change into clean clothes, and eat a hot meal. Then, they were sent to catch up with the main group in private cars. The Chinese were a kind people. Although the traditional education of China had been replaced by the education of Marxist philosophy, and no one mentioned it again in the past hundred years, the Chinese culture that was left deep in their blood still showed the world that they were a nation that once had a civilization. Their blood still flowed with kindness and warmth.
The whole world was paying attention to how the Chinese government would deal with these famished people. Would they kill them all or raise them all?
The Chinese government had already held many meetings to deal with this group of famished people. A very strange phenomenon appeared. The civil officials wanted to kill people, but the military officials did not do it. The attitude of the civil officials was very clear. These famished people had already caused the stability and unity of the country. The attitude of the military officials was even clearer. They would not point their guns at the people.
The General Secretary was very depressed. This was all caused by Liu Dehou. The General Secretary was only the Chief Political Officer of the National Armed Forces, and the National Armed Forces were in the hands of the Chief Political Officer. This Chief Political Officer was Chairman Zhang Zhenyue of the Military and Political Officer Association. Since the last exchange between the army and the people, the army had not interacted with the famished people. Chairman Zhang made a public speech. The army was an external force, and their guns would never be pointed at the people. The majority of the officers and soldiers thought highly of Chairman Zhang's speech. They felt that this was the army of the people, and not the army of a certain person or a certain group of people.
Millions of famished people entered the capital. The leaders of the Central Committee of the Federation of Trade Unions were entrusted by the central government to ask them to set up camp at a designated location in the western suburbs. Temporary tents and food were already prepared there. As for how to settle them, they were asked to send representatives to the Central Committee of the Federation of Trade Unions. The famine victims were an organized and disciplined group. Under the lead of the public security officers, they did not charge into the square or harass the citizens. Instead, they entered the designated area. What the government didn't expect was that this stay would last for three months.
Their first request was one that the government could not answer. They wanted to move the high-strength metal smelting plant back to Mo Nan to continue production. The government could only dismiss a series of public officials who caused the relocation of the high-strength metal smelting plant in Mo Nan and investigate them. All the related personnel were sent to Lybia, but they were unable to fundamentally solve the production situation in Mo Nan and were at their wit's end.
With a million-man army, the consumption rate was astonishing. Every day, they produced tons of garbage. The leaders of the Beijing government were crying out that they could not bear it.
At the end of March, Liu Dehou officially completed the retirement procedures. He left the capital with Chen Xiaomei and returned to Gu Yi City. After a short stay in his hometown in Huaiyuan, he came to Chen Village in Longshan and lived in his own farmhouse building. Of the four elders, two were in Shin Myung Province and two were in the New Song State. Only Lord Eighteen asked Uncle Baoliang to prepare some food and wine for Liu Dehou. He slowly drank with Liu Dehou. Uncle Baoliang called a group of women to help Chen Xiaomei clean up. Aunt Guihua was still as efficient as before. Liu Furong looked like a successful woman. She was dressed in bright clothes and wearing an apron. She led a group of sisters-in-law to do the work in an orderly manner. Aunt Guihua and Liu Furong liked to talk about Wei Qi and Hua Zheng, who were far away in Shin Myung Province. The only difference was that Aunt Guihua often went to Shin Myung Province, while Liu Furong was too embarrassed to visit her son. Although Liu Yi invited her to Shin Myung Province every New Year's Day, Liu Furong did not want to stick to her son all the time.
The life in Chen Village was quite good. Chen Weilai's mineral water factory had a net profit of more than 100 million yuan every year. Chen Weian's mushroom farm in Shin Myung Province also had a dividend of more than 100 million yuan every year. Chen Village's medical care and education were all provided by the government. Every month, everyone could receive a living allowance of 5,000 to 10,000 yuan from the government. There was only one situation where they could not receive a living allowance, and that was if they had a criminal record in the Public Security Bureau. Anyone with a criminal record would be directly kicked out of the village, not to mention receiving a living allowance. This made the children in Chen Village understand the relationship between mistakes and corrections. Some mistakes could be corrected, but some mistakes would cost them their whole lives. For ten years, there had not been a single criminal case in Chen Village. Every child in Chen Village had a bright future. This was absolutely unique in China's rural areas.
Sitting quietly in Chen Village, Liu Dehou did not ask about any of the national affairs except for reading the news on the Internet every day. He did not meddle in politics when he was not in his position. His behavior of worrying about the emperor when he was far away had become a typical example of meddling in other people's business. He began to learn how to play mahjong from Chen Baoliang, how to fish from Ruan Lei's father, how to grow vegetables from Chen Baolin, and how to do carpentry from Liu Keshui. It took him a week to make an extremely ugly box to hold mahjong tiles, and he was very proud of it. His life was fulfilling and busy every day. He had completely forgotten that he was once the leader of the world's largest country, and this country was currently in trouble.
Zhao Changfu called Liu Dehou and took the initiative to talk about the industrial workers in the north. Liu Dehou laughed and said, "Our working class has never been very strong. This is an opportunity for the strong working class to show its strength. They are teaching our leaders this lesson, but the tuition fee is a bit high."
Zhao Changfu said, "We often claim to be the vanguard of the working class, but when the real working class appears, we realize that we don't seem to understand the working class at all."
Liu Dehou did not continue to discuss this issue with him and asked where he was. Zhao Changfu said that he was in Qingshan Town. The son of the county magistrate asked him to go to Baoshi Town to get some fresh air and accumulate more negative oxygen ions in his lungs, so that he would not cough every day. Liu Dehou told him that he would also go to Baoshi Town tomorrow and asked him to prepare some chickens and wait for him. Zhao Changfu asked his son to arrange a car, but Liu Dehou refused and said that he would take the bus. Since he was an ordinary person, he would not live that kind of life anymore.
Liu Dehou wanted to be an ordinary person, but the younger generation treated him as an important person. When Liu Dehou and Chen Xiaomei were ready to go to the intersection to wait for the bus, a super luxurious off-road car stopped in front of them. A strong young man got out of the car and greeted them. He told them that he was going to Baoshi Town for some business, and he would send them there on the way. Chen Xiaomei did not know him and asked him which branch he was from. The young man told him that his name was Chen Hualei, the youngest son of the second master's son, Chen Weijun, and the assistant to the general manager of the Longjiang Mineral Water Factory. Chen Xiaomei asked if he was the tofu seller, Chen Weijun, and Hualei said yes.
In the car, Hualei told Liu Dehou that he had graduated from the Red River Business School. Zhiwei's aunt asked him to take the civil service exam, but he did not go. Uncle Wei Lai drank too much and was severely intoxicated by alcohol. His eyes were always like a rabbit's, and his fingers were always playing the piano. He was always muddle-headed. Especially after Huajian went to Xinhan and became Liu Yu's uncle's Major General, he was very happy. He told everyone that his son was a general, and his alcohol tolerance increased. Not only would he get drunk every day, but he would also drag people to drink with him. His father, Chen Weijun, often went to drink with him. When he was drunk, he would ask Hualei to pick him up. After a few times, Uncle Wei Lai took a fancy to him and asked him to work at the mineral water factory. His family was also worried about Uncle Wei Lai, so they arranged for him to help. Now, the mineral water factory was mainly managed by him. Uncle Wei Lai insisted on driving his great-aunt to Gem City, which scared Lord Eighteen. With his level of strength, he could not move the steering wheel without drinking, so no one dared to sit in his car.
In Chen Village, there was a small motorcade. Usually, when the old people in the village went out and their children were not free, they would let the young people drive the motorcade to pick them up. The expenses were paid by the family. Since Granduncle Wei Lai had returned to the village, he also had to enjoy this treatment. This was the village's rule, not the law.
Chen Xiaomei asked if the motorcade was the same car, but Hualei said no. The cars in the motorcade were all 24k cars from Tan City. This car was his private car. Today, he had to go to Gem City to do something, so he sent them there. When they had enough fun in Gem City, they could call him. Even if he was not free to go personally, he would arrange for someone to pick them up.
Liu Dehou said that it was too troublesome for the children, but Chen Xiaomei did not think so. He felt that the children were filial, so they should just enjoy it.
Liu Dehou laughed. Zhao Keyuan sent the car because of the law, but the children sent the car because of filial piety. Okay, we will enjoy your filial piety!
When they passed by the county, they still accepted some of the law. Zhao Keyuan and Xian Dongshuang waited at the intersection and piled up a lot of bags in the trunk of Hua Lei's car. Hua Lei and Xian Dongshuang were very familiar with each other, so they let them put the bags. After putting the bags away, Zhao Keyuan told Liu Dehou that after work, he and Dongshuang would bring the children back to visit Grandpa Liu and Grandma Chen. They would drink with Liu Dehou and let Hua Lei go to the mountains to get some mountain products and entertain a few old revolutionaries after finishing his business. After dinner, they would come back together.
Hua Lei said with a smile that the mountain products were with him. Even if he could not find any wild animals, he would at least have some bamboo rats. Xian Dongshuang said that she did not want those things. Bamboo rats were not as good as free-range chickens. She asked him to go to the back of the Monkey Mountain in Gem City to find a hunter surnamed Mo. He must have some dried goods there. If he was lucky, he could even find some living animals.
Hearing that there were dried goods, Hua Lei said with a smile that he had taken all of his dried goods. These two days, Uncle Wei Lai had been making a fuss. There were no new things to drink with. Aunt Wei Lai was annoyed by him. He was tired of eating the dried beef and mutton that Hua Jian got for him! Aunt Wei Lai said that if he wanted to find something new, she would go to the pond to get some moss for him to eat.
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