Because before coming here, Zhao Haiqing called Shengli Commune to inform them of the situation, so when they got off the car, they saw a group of people waiting for them at the entrance of Wensong Team 6.

Xie Beichen frowned slightly, but Zhao Haiqing obviously did not give Xie Beichen time to express his disapproval. He quickly smiled and introduced to Xie Beichen the identities of the group of people who came up to him.

"This is the president of Shengli Commune, this is the old party secretary, and this is the captain of the militia..."

After Zhao Haiqing finished his introduction, Xie Beichen had some understanding of these people. He observed their attitudes and facial changes calmly, and at the same time, he cooperated with Zhao Haiqing's introduction, reaching out his hand to shake hands and greet each other one by one.

After some pleasantries, the captain of Wensong Team 6, Mr. Lu, smiled and invited, "Hey, as soon as I received Comrade Zhao's call, the president came to inform me. We don't have much to entertain guests in our village. I have asked my wife to prepare dinner. How about we go over and eat while we chat?"

"Okay, sorry to bother you guys then."

Xie Beichen stretched out his hand to stop Lei Yong from refusing, and smiled obediently, then turned to Guo Zhen and said, "After dinner, give the food coupons to the fellow villagers according to the rules."

At the same time, seeing that Mr. Lu was about to refuse, he smiled very quickly and continued in a gentle tone: "Old Captain, you also know that this is the principle of our work. If you don't accept it, then it's not easy for us to come to your door and violate the rules!"

"Oh, how sorry!

We have prepared only a simple meal. You have come all the way here, so we have to show our hospitality!"

Mr. Lu felt a little embarrassed, but thinking that what Xie Beichen said was true, he did not refuse any more. He raised his hand and invited Xie Beichen and his group to go into the village.

"Your last name is also Lu. So, is Lu a common last name in this village?"

On the way back to the village, Xie Beichen took the initiative to chat about family matters with Mr. Lu who was accompanying him.

"I guess so. There are a total of 76 households in our Wensong Sixth Team, 32 of which are surnamed Lu." When it comes to Mr. Lu, he has nothing to hide and starts talking about the history of Wensong Sixth Team very frankly: "Before, we were Lujia Village.

Our ancestors were originally a large family, but due to the chaos caused by war, they fled from their hometown in the north and settled here."

What Mr. Lu said was actually very common in the past: "Over time, it gradually became the current Wensong Sixth Team."

"Then are you familiar with Lu Weike's family, old captain?"

Xie Beichen nodded and directly asked about the purpose of this trip.

Compared to Gu Tianqi who came first to understand the situation, Xie Beichen naturally has a deeper understanding of the Lu family after subsequent investigations.

So he didn't plan to explore it in a roundabout way, but chose to go straight to the point.

"To be specific, I am somewhat related to Lu Weike's father, Lu Zhanyuan. He should call me brother when he sees me."

When it comes to this, Mr. Lu was silent for a while, and then he opened up: "Lu Zhanyuan's father has a bad temper. He was dissatisfied with the high rent collected by Mr. Wen here, so he beat the lackey who came to collect the rent and made him black and blue.

In order to avoid revenge from Mr. Wen, his father took him and his younger brother and ran away overnight. There was no news from them for more than ten years. We originally thought that they were all dead outside, but just after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Lu Zhanyuan's father actually returned to the village with a large family.

According to his father, he went to the north after escaping in his early years, and later found a job to make a living. After liberation, they became workers with stable jobs and gained a firm foothold in Beijing.

His father and mother were old and wanted to return to their hometown, so they left the job to Lu Zhanyuan and the couple returned to the village to live.

Later, the family rebuilt a house in the village, and the old couple settled down there. As for Lu Zhanyuan, after settling his parents, he returned to Beijing to work. "

"Didn't they say that Lu Zhanyuan has a younger brother?"

Xie Beichen nodded. He had heard about this past event from Lu Zhanyuan’s wife, Granny Lin, so he was not too surprised. Instead, he asked another question that Grandpa Lu had never asked.

"Yes, I have a younger brother who is not in good health."

As Mr. Lu spoke, he took out his pipe, lit a pack of cigarettes for himself, took a puff and continued, "I heard that the child was born during the war, and he was not well taken care of in the womb. He has not been in good health since he was born, and has always relied on the old couple to take care of him.

Actually, Lu Zhanyuan is a pretty good brother. He would send things home to take care of his younger brother. "

"Then, what's going on with Lu Weiwen? Do you know?"

Although Xie Beichen had heard about Lu Weiwen's life experience from Grandma Lin before, he should not just believe one side of the story, so he still wanted to hear what Grandpa Lu had to say.

When Lu Weiwen was mentioned, Mr. Lu's face was obviously not looking good. He did not answer immediately, but stopped walking forward, stood there in silence and smoked half a pack of cigarettes, and then said: "The child was sent back by Lu Zhanyuan himself in winter.

He said that this was the child of his co-worker, and now both his parents were gone, so there was no one to take care of the child. It just so happened that his younger brother was in poor health and had no one to take care of him, so he raised the child under his lap, and when he grew up, he would be able to give his younger brother someone to rely on.”

Having said that, Mr. Lu paused for a long time before continuing, "But everyone knows that his brother's body is not the kind that can live a hundred years.

However, the family had discussed it and had no objection, so our village did not interfere. We completed the household registration procedures for the child according to the rules and regulations, named him Lu Weiwen, and he settled down in our brigade.

Until more than two years ago, his adoptive father who was in poor health passed away, and the child was completely left without any support in the village.

So I found a way to ask someone to contact Lu Zhanyuan, and Lu Zhanyuan mailed some money back to me and asked me to help buy a train ticket to send the child to Beijing, where he would be responsible for taking care of the child.

It was only a few days ago when that comrade from Beijing came to investigate that we found out that the family was involved in such a big case! It's really..."

Mr. Lu paused and couldn't help but sighed: "I really didn't expect it! How could this person change so much?!"

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