In the reborn era, the lucky bag is enjoying the show in the factory area.

The two, who were arguing noisily, stopped in their tracks and shouted at the same time, "I'll drive it."

Xi Beizhan pulled Luo Yu away, and before leaving, he threw down a sentence, "Old Ding and his wife are in the hospital. You should arrange for someone to take care of them tonight."

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The door closed, leaving only two old men staring at each other in the office.

"Are Mr. and Mrs. Ding in the hospital?"

"What happened? Why are you in the hospital?"

"Has that been exposed?"

"No way? I've never heard of that!"

"Xiao Ding, come here for a moment."

When Ding Weimin heard Mine Manager Hao call him, he quickly opened the door and went inside. "Mine Manager, you called me?"

Mine Manager Hao stood in front of his desk, his brows slightly furrowed. "What happened to Old Ding and his wife? Why are they in the hospital?"

Ding Weimin actually knew a little about this matter. There was nothing he could do; the matter had become so big that it had reached him, and he couldn't help but know about it even if he wanted to.

"Here's what happened. Ding Mei, the one who ran back from the Northwest, was advised by Old Ding to go back this morning. She didn't want to go back, so she pulled out a knife and threatened Old Ding with suicide."

After Director Xu and Director Wu from the subdistrict office learned of the situation, they rushed over to try and persuade her, but somehow, her pregnancy was revealed.

Upon hearing this, Mine Manager Hao frowned. "That's not right. She's been in the Northwest for over four months, hasn't she? How could she..."

Director Hao seemed to realize something and fell silent.

Ding Weimin nodded. "That's how it is. She didn't want to go back and said she wanted to marry her boyfriend. Later, she said she was pregnant."

But she had been gone for more than four months, yet her belly was not showing at all, which was obviously inconsistent with her gestational age. Therefore, people suspected that the child in her belly was not her boyfriend's.

The news spread quickly, and when her boyfriend found out, he brought a group of people from the Administration Bureau to confront her. They happened to be there with Captain Xi and his team, so the fight didn't happen, but the wedding was called off.

Her boyfriend said he wanted 100 yuan, otherwise this matter wouldn't be over.

When Old Ding and his wife heard that it cost so much money, they were stunned.

Ding Weimin didn't know the specifics; he only knew the general outline. This information was relayed to him by someone who cared about the situation; otherwise, he would have been completely clueless.

Director Hao and Secretary Chang exchanged a glance and waved to Ding Weimin.

After Ding Weimin left, Mine Manager Hao and Secretary Chang couldn't help but sigh.

"The people in the Administration Bureau found out anyway, and the office for educated youth must have heard about it too. This matter couldn't be kept quiet and it's all blown up now."

"Old Ding is really unlucky. If I were him, I would have shot her dead if I had gotten my hands on such a child. She's too much of a troublemaker."

"Since it's already happened, let's quickly think of what to do."

"What can we do? What can we do? The situation is already quite clear."

"Pay compensation, send him for investigation, and then send him to a farm for re-education—that kid's finished."

"We also need to discuss the punishment for Lao Ding. I'm afraid a one-month deduction won't be enough to convince the public. It should be at least three months, right?"

Director Hao and Secretary Chang exchanged another glance and couldn't help but sigh.

This whole thing is so annoying!

Luo Yu and Xi Beizhan, who had run away, had already returned to the Women's Federation office.

There was no fire in the office yet, so Xi Beizhan helped Luo Yu light the stove and put on some water. The two of them huddled together to look at the watch tickets and radio tickets in their hands.

"We were originally thinking of not buying a radio, but now that we have the coupons, honey, how about we buy one?"

Luo Yu took the radio ticket in his hand, looked at it, and said, "Okay, let's buy it. It's good to listen to the radio. We don't know what big things are happening in other countries."

Luo Yu wasn't fixated on radios; she didn't care whether she bought one or not. If she did buy one, she could keep it carefully, and maybe she could even sell it for money later.

“We already have tickets, so let’s buy them. I sometimes have to work night shifts, and you’ll be home alone. You’ll be scared if there’s no noise around.”

Luo Yu blinked. "You're still on duty?"

Xi Beizhan nodded, "That's right. We have six brigades, and two brigades are on duty every night. The brigade leaders take turns every six nights, and their shifts are not fixed. We're afraid that enemy agents might know our shift schedule and put our families in danger."

Luo Yu understood this. In those days, the security department of the mine was different from the security guards of later generations. The security department of the mine was also equipped with a wooden gun. Sometimes they had to cooperate with the police to arrest enemy agents, people going to the black market, and thieves and robbers. Whenever there was a large-scale arrest operation, the police would not have enough manpower and would come to the mine to ask for people. The mine had to cooperate. After all, there were no armed police or special police in those days, and the security department was under the jurisdiction of the armed forces department. If they did not go, who would?

"Honey, I'll go to the mine manager's office again in a bit to get the letter of introduction, and I'll also stop by the state-run restaurant."

What would you like to eat for lunch? You've been busy all morning, you must be hungry now.

Luo Yu hadn't felt hungry until Xi Beizhan mentioned it, and now she seemed incredibly hungry.

"Do you have any fish? Give me one, and a sweet and sour pork dish too, I want to eat meat."

Xi Beizhan smiled and nodded, "Okay, sweet and sour pork, braised fish, and one more vegetable dish, like stir-fried shredded potatoes or something?"

"Okay, I'm not picky about food."

"The mine is distributing welfare this afternoon, you can just get it for me, this is a stamp."

A red seal was stuffed into Luo Yu's hand. Luo Yu looked down and saw the three characters "Xi Beizhan" neatly engraved on the top of the seal.

"You just gave it to me like that? Don't you need a stamp to issue salaries? Aren't you afraid I'll pay you your salary too?"

Luo Yu looked at Xi Beizhan with a half-smile.

Xi Beizhan glanced at the office door, saw that it was closed properly, turned around and hugged Luo Yu, giving her a big kiss on the cheek.

"Fool, why aren't you agreeing to this good deal?"

"Take it if I give it to you. Giving it to you means you'll pay me a salary from now on. If I didn't want it, would you give it to me willingly?"

Luo Yu laughed and snuggled into Xi Beizhan's arms, whispering, "Seventy or eighty yuan, you're really willing to spend that much?"

Xi Beizhan kissed Luo Yu's face heavily again, and even lowered his head to kiss Luo Yu's lips.

“I’m willing to part with it. It’s for my wife, what’s there to be reluctant about? I earn money for you to spend, you can spend it however you want.”

The last sentence was spoken through Luo Yu's lips, mumbled and unclear, but Luo Yu heard it clearly.

With a gentle smile, Luo Yu reached out and wrapped her arms around Xi Beizhan's neck, returning his kiss earnestly.

Luo Yu's return kiss thrilled Xi Beizhan so much that he almost lost control. By the time Luo Yu came to her senses, three buttons on her shirt were already undone.

Luo Yu glared at Xi Beizhan, annoyed. "You scoundrel."

Knowing he was in the wrong, Xi Beizhan smiled and helped Luo Yu button up her clothes, whispering as he did so, "I'm a scoundrel with you, don't you like it?"

After buttoning up her clothes, Luo Yu gently patted Xi Beizhan's arm and glared at him.

"Get out of here and go buy me some food right now, I'm starving."

Xi Beizhan immediately stood up straight and saluted Luo Yu. "Yes, sir. I'll go buy food right away. I'll jog there."

Luo Yu smiled and said, "It won't do if you're too slow. I'll get angry if you're late."

Xi Beizhan turned and ran, shouting, "Understood!"