Rebirth in 1980, the rise of the golden age

Being lectured by the strong man, the man half lowered his head and pouted: "Okay, I'll listen to you. After all, you are the eldest brother. Whatever you say is what I will do."

The strong man knew that he was still unconvinced, so he said bitterly, "Third brother, you have to understand, we did this to support our family. We did it because we had no other choice."

"Who among the people in the village who transport our goods doesn't have a family to support? Chocolate has a low profit margin, not as good as watches, but it's safe after all. If something happens to a watch, the transporter will have to go to jail, and if everyone gets caught, a whole chain of people will be implicated. The risk is too great, don't you understand?"

Since 80, the state has issued orders to crack down on smuggling crimes. In recent years, the customs has been following the eight-character order of the supreme commander: "Strike with thunder and hold on tightly."

The severity of the punishment for smuggling is unprecedented.

What the strong men did was inherently risky, so they had to be careful.

"I know. You have said these words hundreds of times. My ears are callused. Do you still want to say that Da Donggua was sentenced to fifteen years just because he transported more than a dozen watches? That's because he was stupid. He couldn't even hide it, and he took more than a dozen watches. He deserved it." The third brother said with disdain.

"Don't treat others as fools, and don't think you're that smart. There's no chance to regret what we do. Once we fail, it won't be too late to cry!"

Seeing that the third brother was about to speak, another person beside him hurriedly said, "Third brother, please stop talking. The eldest brother is right. It's better to be safe than sorry. We can't afford to lose."

"I didn't say anything. Why do you act like I did something wrong?" The third brother turned his head away with an unhappy look on his face.

The conversation between the three ended in a bad mood.

The station checked tickets, and the three of them passed through the ticket gate one by one, and then took the bus back to Fenhe.

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Taihe City Prison, visiting room.

Jiang Yongbiao was wearing prison uniform and handcuffs. He stood in a line with several other prisoners and walked into the visiting room under the guidance of two guards.

At the narrow visiting window, Jiang Yongbiao's aunt and uncle sat there with a dazed look on their faces, completely without any energy. They were like two deflated balls, exuding a sense of desolation from head to toe.

"Visiting time is limited to thirty minutes."

After the prison guard's call, the handcuffs on Jiang Yongbiao's hands were opened.

Jiang Yongbiao sat down in front of the window impatiently.

He has been in prison for such a long time, and his aunt and uncle have only come once. Now, he has not seen his relatives for nearly three months.

But this time, as soon as they met, Jiang Yongbiao keenly noticed that something was wrong with his aunt and uncle.

Especially his aunt, her eye sockets were black, her eyeballs were very red and swollen, her skin was yellow and black, and she looked sick.

"Aunt, uncle, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so haggard?" Seeing his aunt and uncle so haggard, a bad feeling suddenly came over Jiang Yongbiao.

"Yongbiao, Xiaochao..."

"What happened to Xiaochao?" Jiang Yongbiao asked hurriedly when he heard his brother's name.

"Xiao Chao is gone..." said my uncle in great pain, and his eyes, which had almost dried up from crying, became moist again.

Jiang Yongbiao's face was full of astonishment, and he couldn't believe it was true.

"How could that happen? Auntie, didn't you say last time that as long as Xiaochao followed the expert's advice and kept taking the medicine, he would be cured? How could Xiaochao die?" Jiang Yongbiao asked in disbelief.

Jiang Yongbiao's aunt looked dazed, and his uncle said with a sad face:

"It was Zhong Yuanbing! He lied to you, and to us too! Ever since you were sentenced to prison, he hasn't given us a penny. He even stopped buying Xiao Chao's medicine. I went to him several times, but he refused to see me. In the end, he got so fed up that he even had that Zhao Hu kick me out."

"That Zhao Hu was very vicious. He didn't pay me a penny and beat me up before kicking me out of the factory. I worked for almost half a month and still didn't get paid."

"The money you brought back was all used to pay off debts. The little that was left was only enough to buy medicine for half a month. Xiaochao's medicine ran out, and his health is worse than before. Your aunt was worried all day and went around borrowing money. Xiaochao couldn't bear to drag us down, so he... hanged himself..."

"What!" Jiang Yongbiao's whole body exploded, and a stream of blood rushed straight to the top of his head, almost destroying his last bit of sanity.

"2324! What are you doing! Behave yourself, or your visiting privileges will be revoked immediately!" Jiang Yongbiao's roar drew a reprimand from the supervisor.

Jiang Yongbiao's ten fingers were clenched so tightly that they made crackling sounds. His eyes were bloodshot and his face was red.

Zhao Hu used to be one of his men. Before he came in, Jiang Yongbiao believed that he had taken good care of him. How could he have the heart to treat his uncle like this!

And the most hateful one is Zhong Yuanbing. He clearly promised himself that as long as he took on all the responsibilities, he would cure Xiao Chao's illness no matter how much it cost.

But the result?

I had just come in, and that bastard couldn't wait to go back on his word and cut off Xiao Chao's medicine money!

Not only did they deceive themselves, they also killed Xiao Chao!

"Zhong...Yuan...Bing!" Jiang Yongbiao almost squeezed out these three words from between his teeth.

"Yongbiao, ever since Xiaochao passed away, your aunt has been crying every day. She's cried until her tears dried up and even her eyes were damaged. Now even her mental state is not good. I brought her to see you so that you can talk to her and give her some hope to live. Otherwise, I'm really afraid that something will happen to her again, and then this family will really be gone."

Woo woo woo...

My uncle covered his eyes with his hands, and this grown man just started crying in despair.

"Aunt, I'm Yongbiao, look at me." Jiang Yongbiao stretched out his hand and pressed on the iron railing in the middle, calling his aunt.

But Jiang Yongbiao's call did not have any effect.

His dull eyes were still filled with gloom, without a trace of spirit.

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"Visiting hours are over! Everyone stand!"

As time passed, the voice of discipline sounded again.

After hearing the command from the guards, the other prisoners at the visiting windows stood up, with their hands hanging at their sides, waiting for the next command from the guards.

Only Jiang Yongbiao was still lying in front of the visiting window, constantly calling out to his aunt, trying to wake up his only relative from despair.

"2324! Didn't you hear the command? Stand up!" The disciplinarian's rough voice sounded again.

But Jiang Yongbiao seemed not to hear and continued calling his aunt.

"Yongbiao, don't do this."

Seeing the guard approaching with a baton, my uncle hurriedly slapped the railing to stop Jiang Yongbiao.

"Stand up right there!" The guard came behind Jiang Yongbiao and reached out to pull him up.

But Jiang Yongbiao, who was already on the verge of madness, didn't care about anything else. He swung the unsuspecting disciplinarian away.

Jiang Yongbiao's action immediately angered the other prison guards in the visiting room. Three prison guards drew their batons and rushed towards Jiang Yongbiao.

The batons hit Jiang Yongbiao with a crackling sound, and the three men pressed Jiang Yongbiao to the ground.

"Stop hitting him! I beg you to stop hitting him!"

Across the window, Jiang Yongbiao's uncle was watching this scene outside. He was so anxious that he leaned on the railing and kept begging.

Jiang Yongbiao was hit on the head with a baton, blood was flowing down his forehead, he was dizzy and lost the ability to resist.

With his hands handcuffed behind his back, he was dragged out of the visiting room by two prison guards.

Jiang Yongbiao's uncle and aunt were also asked to leave the prison.