On the night the Shanghai socialite accompanied the military officer, he broke his vow.

Chapter 12: Signing up the whole family for the rural work assignment

Aunt Zhang has a loud voice. After being yelled at by her, the thugs thought they had been recognized for their bad deeds and started to run away!
This action was seen as a sign of guilt by the police officers, who immediately gave chase.

"stop!"

"Thief! Thief! Come quick, catch the thief! Don't let them get away!"

The neighbors chased after the police officers, pointing at the group of thugs ahead and shouting.

Passersby heard the commotion and stepped in to help the police officers apprehend the thugs.

"Officer, what did we do wrong? Why are you arresting us?"

The thug, who had been pinned to the ground, stretched out his neck and cried out for justice.

They had done a lot of petty theft with Brother Biao, but it had been half a year since their last theft, and the heat had long since died down. Why were they caught at this time?
"You know perfectly well what you've done! Tell me, where did you hide the Song family's things? Who are your accomplices? Now confess the truth!"

The thugs looked completely bewildered. "Huh? Officer, is there some misunderstanding? We didn't steal anything from the Song family."

"Pah! Still trying to deny it? I saw it all. You were lurking under that old locust tree, staring intently at the Song family. What were you doing if not trying to steal something?"

Aunt Zhang, who followed them, interrupted him, convinced that they were the thieves who had stolen from the Song family.

"You heartless wretch, return the things right now!"

"No, we really didn't steal anything. We were just passing by. Officers, you've arrested the wrong people. Please release us."

Hearing his excuse, the policewoman scoffed, "Just passing by? Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You just sneaked to the crime scene after the incident to admire your masterpiece, didn't you?"

Their bureau just handled a case like that, and she knows it very well!
The thugs: "???"

No, do they even have the guts to do that?

After each of their petty thefts, they would run away from Shanghai and only dare to return once the heat died down.

To say they secretly came to the crime scene to admire their masterpiece after committing their crimes? Officer, you really overestimate us!
"Officer, we're innocent! Even if we had a hundred and twenty times the courage, we wouldn't dare to break into someone's house in broad daylight!"

"Yes, officers, we were just passing by. Please, please let us go back."

The thugs were devastated; they had only wanted to watch the show, but ended up getting themselves into the mess.

Although they didn't steal anything from the Song family, they had indeed done quite a few petty thefts. They panicked when they heard they were going to the police station.

"Stop talking nonsense. Whether you're innocent or not, come with us to the police station and we'll find out."

No matter how the thugs explained themselves, the police officers insisted on taking them back to the police station for questioning.

"Ms. Song, please rest assured, we will investigate as soon as possible and try our best to find your lost items."

Song Jinyue said gratefully, "Then I'll have to trouble the police officers. Our family's household registration book is still in those cabinets that were moved away. I need to withdraw money in a couple of days to go to Beijing to find my fiancé to annul the engagement. I really need it urgently."

Upon hearing this, the female police officer said directly, "That's easy. If you're in a hurry to get your household registration booklet, you can come back to the station with me now to reissue it."

"Really?" Song Jinyue had been waiting for this question. She excitedly grasped the policewoman's hand. "Officer, you're so kind. Thank you so much!" The policewoman smiled. "It's nothing. Serving the people is what we should do."

Finally, Song Jinyue went back to the police station with the police officers and the thugs to get her household registration booklet replaced.

She not only replaced her own household registration book, but also replaced the ones for Lu Weiguo, Shen Yurou, and the other two.

Song Jinyue has severed ties with Lu Weiguo and naturally wants to establish her own household. When she re-registered her household registration, she moved her scumbag father and those three ungrateful wretches out of the Song family. Now she has her own household registration book, while Lu Weiguo, Shen Yurou, and the other two have one household registration book.

The first thing I did after getting my household registration booklet was to head straight to the office for educated youth!
"Hello comrade, I'm signing up to go to the countryside."

When Song Jinyue arrived at the educated youth office, he immediately asked to sign up.

The person in charge of the work of sending educated youth to the countryside was a woman in her forties. A screw had fallen off her glasses, and she was installing them when Song Jinyue came over.

Upon hearing Song Jinyue's words, she quickly put her glasses aside and looked at Song Jinyue with a smile.

"Hello comrade, please have a seat. Where are you going? Let me register you!"

The female staff at the educated youth office were very enthusiastic. Now, many people are unwilling to go to the countryside, and they won't go no matter how many times we urge them. We can only enforce it according to the requirements.

It's really rare to see someone like Song Jinyue volunteering!

"The four of us applied separately: I went to Yunnan Province, my brother went to Gansu Province, my dad went to Tibet Province, and my mom went to the Great Northern Wilderness!"

Hearing her mention these four places, the female comrade in the educated youth office was almost speechless with shock. These four places were all places with harsh environments, poor living conditions, and excessive labor!

"Comrade, are you sure you want your family to register separately and go to these four places?"

The comrades from the educated youth office repeatedly confirmed with Song Jinyue that, due to her severe nearsightedness, her eyes were squinted into slits, just so they could see the expression on Song Jinyue's face more clearly.

Song Jinyue nodded without hesitation, "Comrade, I'm sure!"

"Young comrade, would you like to consider Heilongjiang Province? Heilongjiang Province has a lot of crops and a long winter, with five months of the year spent in hibernation, which is much easier than other places."

Seeing that Song Jinyue was a woman with high ideological awareness and was also a delicate woman, the comrades in the educated youth office couldn't help but remind her again.

The journey from Shanghai to the farm in Yunnan province alone takes several days. The mountain roads there are rugged, there are many mosquitoes, and the food and sleep are poor. There is always endless work to do, and many men are exhausted and cry out for help when they get there, let alone the women.

Not only Yunnan Province, but also Gansu Province, Tibet Province, and the Great Northern Wilderness mentioned by this young comrade—which one wasn't a nightmare for the educated youth sent to the countryside?
Why did they have to choose these four places?!
Song Jinyue patted his chest and said firmly, "It's okay. My family and I are not afraid of hardship. The leaders said that ambitious young people should go to the places where the motherland needs them most. The countryside is a vast world where we can make a difference."

“My brother and I made a promise: we will not waste our time in the city. From now on, the countryside will be our home. We will work hard there, develop calluses on our hands, and cultivate a patriotic heart, to be new socialist farmers for life!”

"Although my parents are getting old, they also want to contribute to the construction of new rural areas through the 'Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside' movement. As the saying goes, 'The working people are like bricks; they'll be moved wherever they're needed!'"

As soon as he finished speaking, the comrades in the educated youth office couldn't help but applaud.

"Well said! It's rare to see someone so young with such awareness. Did you bring your household registration book? I'll arrange for your whole family to go to the countryside right away!"

(End of this chapter)