50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 16 Temporary Residence
On the fifth day, through the investigation asked by Lao Zhang, Sun Zhiwei finally learned the whole story after he left home.

As he expected, after the patrol police found his home, they sent the bodies of Sun Yushan and Jiang Lili to the Waicheng Official Hospital (later the No. 1 Hospital) and froze them.

Afterwards, the management of the patrol team left or fled, leaving the management in chaos. Not even a case was filed, and no one was in charge.

After the news spread, his house was ransacked several times and has now been emptied.

Lao Zhang has already notified a hospital and asked them to properly preserve the body for the time being, and someone will take over the investigation after the army enters the city.

When Sun Zhiwei heard that his parents' bodies had been found, he had no regrets. The things in the house were all material possessions and he did not value them.

A few days later, the working group completed its work and everyone began to pack their luggage and documents to prepare to leave the city and report the situation summary to their superiors.

Unlike when they came here and entered the city in secrecy, now that the handover is approaching, the other side dares not offend them. This time when they go back, they directly hired two trucks and all the personnel and belongings left the city with the trucks.

Sun Zhiwei and his daughter were on one of the vehicles, and their hundreds of books were also loaded and taken away.

This time, the destination was Xiangshan, where the cadres who had taken over the work were currently stationed. After leaving Jiaoyu Street, the truck headed west, exiting the city through Xizhimen again.

There are few people along this road, and the occasional pedestrians are all in a hurry. Now the majority of people on the road are idle people in society, and occasionally you can see ragged defeated soldiers.

There are piles of garbage on the roads. When the wind blows, all kinds of paper garbage fly everywhere, creating a chaotic scene.

Not long after leaving the city, we saw rows of trenches with soldiers on duty in them. After passing through several lines of defense, the car turned right towards Xiangshan.

There were not many people on Xiangshan at that time, there was only one private welfare home - Xiangshan Charity Home. In 38, Xiangshan Charity Home moved to Guilin and Chongqing successively.

They have only moved back in recent years, but the number of people is not large yet. Currently, a large number of teachers and students are still staying in the branches in Guilin and Chongqing.

This takeover will temporarily requisition some of the empty rooms here for office use, and the investigation team has also returned here.

After arriving at the place, Lao Zhang held his daughter and sent the brother and sister to the family area in the backyard to stay temporarily. He also specially entrusted Sister Wang from the family area to help take care of them.

Sister Wang is in her 50s. Her son used to be a backbone of the underground organization in Peking and died in the line of duty a few years ago.

Seeing that she was old and had lost her son, the organization took her to the logistics department of the Prefectural Party Committee to take charge of logistics work in order to take care of her.

In fact, she was just looking after the children of busy colleagues so that she wouldn't feel lonely. In the words of later generations, she was the principal of a kindergarten in the family housing area.

Now that Sun Zhiwei and his sister are here, it is just right for them to come here.

Old Zhang first took the brother and sister to Room 211 in the west building and put down their luggage. Someone also followed behind and brought over the pile of books.

Then he told Sun Zhiwei where he was going during the day.

"During the day, you'll go to Aunt Wang's house on the first floor. She has a small courtyard. We comrades often don't have time to take care of the children, so we leave them with her."

"You and Nannan will stay at Aunt Wang's house during the day and eat there. Come back to this room to sleep at night."

"Thank you Uncle Zhang."

"It's okay, it's my duty. I'll take you to Aunt Wang now." As he said that, he picked up his daughter and walked out.

Sun Zhiwei thought for a moment, then went to the package and unpacked a few books, took them with him, and took a handful of candy from his space and put it in his pocket before following him out the door. After going downstairs and turning right, he arrived at the gate of a courtyard. Lao Zhang knocked on the door and called out.

After a while, an old lady came to open the door. She was dressed neatly and cleanly, with short hair combed neatly. She didn't look like a woman in her fifties at all.

"Xiao Zhang, what's wrong?"

"Look, these two kids just arrived today. We've been so busy lately that we really don't have time to arrange anything. So, we can only hand them over to you to help take care of them for a few days."

"Okay, leave it here with me."

"Then Sister Wang, I'll leave these two children to you. They'll stay with you during the day and stay in room 211 in the west building at night."

"Don't worry about the older one. He's very self-disciplined and loves reading. But you have to take good care of the younger one."

"You'd better go away quickly. There's nothing to worry about when the child is in my hands. I'm worried when she's with you." Sister Wang snatched Nannan from his hands and gave him a blank look.

Sister Wang is more than ten years older than Lao Zhang. Even though Lao Zhang is a leader in other people's eyes, he has no status at all in front of Sister Wang.

"Hey, fine, I'll follow your instructions."

Sister Wang ignored him and took Sun Zhiwei and the other person into a yard.

There were many children in the yard, most of them were preschoolers. When they saw a new child coming, many children gathered around, chattering and it was very lively.

Although Nannan is small, she is very good at talking and is not shy in front of so many children. She soon started playing with other children.

Seeing that his sister had a playmate, Sun Zhiwei felt relieved and found a place to sit and read quietly.

Sister Wang felt a little strange when she saw Sun Zhiwei's look. She was about to talk to him and ask about the situation when she saw Old Zhang at the door waving at her.

Sister Wang looked around, confirmed that the children were fine, and went to the door again.

Old Zhang pulled her away from the door for a distance before whispering about the origins of the two children.

"Sister Wang, the older child's personality has changed drastically, probably because of the trauma of his parents' death."

"When we were investigating, everyone said this child used to be very lively, but now he barely talks. He just reads books every day, and they're junior high school textbooks."

"He only seems to be talking and laughing normally when he's taking care of his sister. I think you should stop talking about their parents and let time heal them."

After hearing about the brother and sister's experience, Sister Wang felt both distressed and sad. She felt distressed that the two children had lost their parents at such a young age, and she was sad because she thought of her own son who died so early and didn't even leave behind any descendants.

After calming down, Sister Wang replied, "Okay, I get it. I'll just take care of their lives. I'll leave the older one alone and let him read. I'll mainly take care of the younger one."

"Hey~ That's what I meant. Sorry to bother you, Sister Wang."

"No need to explain, I know how to deal with it. This kid is pretty much the same as me back then. Just go and do your thing, and leave them to me. I'll make sure they're still fine when you come back."

Old Zhang didn't say anything more. He looked at the yard again, then turned around and left the backyard.

(End of this chapter)