Rebirth: the fiery age of Mori Gong's children

Chapter 376 Radio

Liu Yujiang thought about it. This group of people had robbed countless people who were hunting in the mountains. If they were allowed to continue to do evil, some people would be harmed.

Since I ran into their hands today, if I let him go mercilessly, I'm afraid there will be future troubles.

"Okay, let's go first, and you can act as the situation arises."

Liu Yujiang nodded and went over to wrap the guns in Sheng Xi'an and Chen Weiguo's hands carefully in sacks.

Liu Yuhe handed the gun to his elder brother, and then Liu Yujiang and Sheng Xian left quickly.

As soon as Liu Yujiang and Sheng Xian left, Sheng Xiping called Zhang Zhijun aside, muttered a few words, and asked Zhang Zhijun to call the police at the Fusong Town branch, not far from here.

Zhang Zhijun is smart and flexible. As soon as Sheng Xiping said it, he knew what to do.

So I ran out of breath and went to the town branch. I found someone to report the crime, saying that there was an armed robbery in the alley behind a department store.

When the people from the branch heard this, they did not delay and immediately arranged for police officers to be dispatched. However, when they arrived at the scene, they were dumbfounded.

I saw one person standing there in the alley, and the other six or seven people all fell to the ground. Their hands and feet were tied up with belts or other things, and they were unable to move.

"Don't move, raise your hands." Several police officers in blue and white uniforms immediately stepped forward and shouted.

Sheng Xiping said nothing, raised his hands obediently and stood against the wall.

"Comrade, they were the ones who robbed me.

I came to the county purchasing station to sell mountain goods. I just sold goods worth several thousand yuan there. As soon as I came out, these people blocked me and tried to steal my money.

It happened that a few people who were also mountain runners came across them and helped to hold them down and tie them up. "

Sheng Xiping didn't intend to involve too many people in this matter, so he sent Wang Jianshe and others away before the police arrived.

Of course, Wang Jianshe and the others didn't go far, they were all hiding and keeping an eye on this place.

"They robbed you? Then you were tied up?" The other party obviously didn't believe Sheng Xiping's words.

Because there are six or seven people on the ground, as well as knives, three-section sticks and other things. There is only one person in front of you. How can you deal with six or seven people with these things in your hand?
"I didn't tie them up, someone helped." Sheng Xiping smiled awkwardly and explained.

"Where is that person? Where is he?" The other party looked around and found no one at all.

"Let's go. People also came to the buying station to sell goods. After helping to hold these people down, they became anxious and left." Sheng Xiping responded.

"How can you prove that you are here to sell goods, not to rob? I think you look like a robber?"

Someone looked at Sheng Xiping and said.

"Oh, I have the receipt issued by the purchasing station just now. Director Zhang of the purchasing station also knows me. They can prove it."

As Sheng Xiping spoke, he took out the receipt from his backpack, and then rummaged through his pocket to find his work permit.

"Comrade, look, I didn't lie. All these can be proved."

The other party took it and first looked at Sheng Xiping's work ID, Maekuan Forest Farm Security Section Officer.

Look at the receipt again. The total amount is written on the front. On the flip side, the quantity and price of each item are recorded in detail. The date is today.

"Xiao Wu, go find Director Zhang at the acquisition station and find out the situation." The leader motioned to the people next to him.

The man nodded and went to the purchasing station to find Director Zhang. Not long after, Director Zhang followed him.

Director Zhang was also shocked when he saw the situation in the alley.

"Comrade Xiao Sheng, what's going on? Are you really in trouble? Oh, I'll just tell you to pay attention." Director Zhang couldn't help nagging.

"I didn't expect them to be so bold, blocking me in an alley in broad daylight and trying to steal my money." Sheng Xiping smiled bitterly.

Several people in uniform asked Director Zhang about the situation, briefly took notes, and then asked Director Zhang to go back.

"Let's go, you two follow us and go back to the bureau to make notes." The other party looked at Sheng Xiping and Zhang Zhijun and said.

Sheng Xiping had no opinion on this.

So a few people took the guys off the ground, picked up all the things on the ground, and took them back to the branch for questioning.

At first, the tall and thin man and the short and fat man denied the robbery. They only said that it was a fight and that the two groups had a grudge.

But when people asked about the specific grudges, they began to hesitate and couldn't tell.

Later, they kept saying that Sheng Xiping's group had guns and knives and were not good people.

Anyway, it’s all about denying it and acting rogue.

Sheng Xiping, on the other hand, told the story about how last year when he came to the county town to sell goods, the two men blocked him in an alley and tried to steal his money, so he stabbed the tall and thin man.

When people asked where the people with him were and whose gun belonged to him, Sheng Xiping shook his head.

They all met while selling goods at a buying station. They all had the same experience, so they decided to help each other.

After the tall and thin man was subdued, those people left. He didn't know where those people were.

When Sheng Xiping said this, the person who asked him almost became angry, but there was nothing they could do about Sheng Xiping.

Because the evidence and witnesses in front of him can prove that Sheng Xiping was the one who was robbed.

It's just that he led his men in an unexpected counterattack and killed the robbers.

Of course, there must be many things here that cannot withstand scrutiny, such as those who helped him, such as the guns they called the tall and thin man.

But Sheng Xiping refused to admit that those people were related to him. He only said that they decided to help each other on the spur of the moment. After helping each other, they did not want to show their faces for fear of getting into trouble, so they left.

Everyone in the branch is having a headache because of this incident.

Based on the confessions of Sheng Xiping and the lanky man, the investigators roughly guessed it.

It must be that Sheng Xiping had suffered losses before, so he deliberately set up a trap this time to lure the lanky man and others into taking the bait, and then gathered his people to kill these people in one fell swoop.

Since last winter, the branch has received several calls.

Most of them were lone hunters who came to the county to sell mountain products and were targeted and robbed on the way.

However, this group of people was quite cunning. The time and place of the crime were not fixed, the branch office was short of manpower and busy with other cases, so it was never possible to catch this group of highway robbers.

Now this group of people has been captured by Sheng Xiping and brought here, and the people in the branch are also in trouble.

It was a good thing that the gangster was caught, but what should Sheng Xiping do?

He led a group of people with knives and guns. This was considered disturbing the peace.

Finally, the leader spoke, saying that Sheng Xiping and the others were doing this to protect themselves and it was a helpless act.

Furthermore, Sheng Xiping helped the police catch the gangster in the serial robbery case, so he could be considered meritorious.

So in the end, they called Sheng Xiping over, gave them verbal criticism and education, and then let Sheng Xiping and Zhang Zhijun leave.

After such a long delay, it was already past one o'clock when Sheng Xiping and the others came out of the branch.

Liu Yujiang and others were already waiting at the hotel. When they saw the two returning safely, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and asked about what happened.

Everyone was finally relieved to learn that Sheng Xiping had only received a verbal education.

"Otherwise, let's not go back today and stay in the county for one night. Then we can go shopping and buy whatever we need.

It’s so hard to come here, why don’t you take something back with you? "Sheng Xiping thought about it for a while and discussed with everyone.

When I usually come to the county, I am always worried that someone will catch me if I bring too much money. Every time I take out a fire, I just leave after the goods are sold, and I can’t buy anything.

The county is so big, but they haven't been able to take a walk around. Are you worried?

This time they have more people, and the gang that robbed them has been sent in now. The county is still safe at the moment.

I just took this opportunity to buy something for my family, so I can't come here in vain.

Sheng Xiping's proposal touched everyone's hearts.

They are all young guys. How many of them don’t like to play?If you have a rare opportunity to come out and have money in your pocket, you will definitely have to travel around.

In this way, Sheng Xiping settled the accounts with Wang Jianshe and others and divided the money.

The two brothers Liu Yujiang also gave Sheng Xiping a share of the two bears' courage money from the warehouse years ago.

So the two Sheng brothers still had more than 5000 yuan left.

Sheng Xiping divided the 5000 yuan into several pieces and put two thousand yuan in his own pocket. Sheng Xi'an also brought a pocket bag with one thousand yuan in his waist, and then put one thousand yuan in his backpack.

There was more than 1000 yuan left, which the two brothers carried separately and kept outside to buy things.

After dividing the money, everyone carefully put the money away, and then everyone came out of the hotel together and went to Fusong Department Store No. [-] and Department Store No. [-] for a walk.

When Sheng Xiping came out of home, Zhang Shuzhen got him a lot of tickets, whether they were local or national, they could be used in the county anyway.

So, the group of people started buying and buying, buying whatever they could use at home and what they liked.

Sheng Xiping bought some fabrics, several feet of gauze scarf for Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei, pens for Sheng Xian and Sheng Xikang, a pencil case for Sheng Xitai, and a cigarette for Sheng Liancheng.

Anyway, if the family is short of something and can use it, as long as you have the tickets in your hand, you can buy it if you want.

Finally, when he reached the counter selling radios, Sheng Xiping looked at it again and again, hesitating again and again.

This policy changed rapidly in the future, and the forest farm had no information. It would be many days before they knew about many things.

It's definitely a bit ridiculous to talk about buying a TV now, but buying a radio, listening to the radio every afternoon and evening, and knowing something about national affairs is always useful.

"Brother, do you want to buy a radio? Are our tickets enough?" Sheng Xian saw his brother's hesitation and asked quietly.

"I wanted to buy it, but it's a pity that we don't have enough tickets." Sheng Xiping sighed. He didn't plan for this before coming. He didn't save enough industrial tickets.

"Wait a moment, I'll find a place and think of a way to go."

Sheng Xiping gritted his teeth and came out of the department store. He found some people at the door who were looking around and bought some industrial tickets from them.

Then he went back inside and picked out a Chunlan radio.

After shopping all afternoon, everyone returned to the hotel happily after buying all the things they needed to buy.

After putting down their things, the group ran to a restaurant, ordered six dishes, and two bottles of wine, and had a good meal.

Everyone stayed in the county for another night and took a bus back to Songjianghe the next morning.

By coincidence, as soon as I got off the bus, I met someone from the forest farm.

After asking about it, I found out that the work team had begun to unpack the wood, and the first load of wood had just arrived today, and they would be returning to the forest farm later.

When Sheng Xiping and the others heard this, they hurried to Sentie.

When transporting wood to the forest farm, small locomotives pull original trolleys, and there are not many people in the cab.

Everyone discussed it and simply sat on the trolley.It's July, my head is quite hot at noon, and it's still windy while riding on the trolley.

Anyway, people in these days are all tough and aggressive, and have little sense of safety.

As long as I can go back to the forest farm, let alone taking a trolley, there are people who have done it on the train.

Just like that, a group of people sat on the trolley, laughing and joking, but they couldn't feel anything.

Around 01:30 in the afternoon, the original trolley returned to the forest farm and stopped at the small train station. Everyone took their belongings and got off the car to go home.

Everyone didn't eat at noon. They were all hungry and didn't have the time to chat anymore, so they went home separately.

At this point, most people have finished eating, and those who work and go to school are doing whatever they need to do.

Only the elderly people had nothing to do, enjoying the cool under the shade of the trees, sitting together in groups and chatting.The two Sheng Xiping brothers brought back a lot of things in large and small bundles and straps, especially the radio, which was packed neatly in a cardboard box.

Many people on the road saw it and came over to watch the fun.

"Ah, Xiping, did you two buy a radio? What brand is it? How much does it cost?"

Someone with sharp eyes saw the words on the cardboard box and immediately asked.

"Ah, yes, I bought a radio. It's convenient to listen to the radio at night."

That box clearly says Chunlan Radio, what else is it hiding?Sheng Xiping could only admit it generously.

"Xiping, your family is doing great now. We bought a sewing machine, and now we have a radio. It rings every three times, so we are short of bicycles, right?"

"Well, the key is that our forest farm hasn't built any roads, so we can't ride a bicycle, so we didn't buy one."

Sheng Xiping wanted to buy it, but there would be no place to ride it. After a few years, the road would be built, and then it would be convenient to buy a bicycle and go out to do errands.

"Oh, that's great. Your family is the first one in our forest farm to buy a radio.

From now on, we will all go to your house and listen to the radio. "Someone next to me suddenly said.

"Yes, yes, yes, from now on we will all go to your house to listen to the radio, but don't mind broadcasting it outside." Others also followed suit.

"How can we do that? When my aunt comes home, it's too late for us to be happy. How can we blast outside?" Sheng Xiping laughed when he heard this.

We all work in the same forest farm, and except for a few people, most of them get along well with each other, but it’s just a radio. What if someone comes to sit at home for a while and listen to the radio?

If others don’t go, don’t the Sheng family also have to listen?
The two brothers Sheng Xiping didn't eat at noon, and they were both hungry now. They didn't have much free time to chat with these people.

After saying a few words, he hurried home.

"Mom, we're back, let's see what we bought this time?" Sheng Xian called out as soon as he arrived at the door of his house.

In the yard, several dogs had heard the footsteps long ago, and now they all came out of their dens and waggled their tails at the Sheng Xiping brothers.

Sheng Xiping was holding the radio and had no time to deal with the dog. The two brothers went straight into the house.

In the east room, Zhang Shuzhen is doing needlework.

Sheng Xinhua had to take a nap at this time every day, so Zhang Shuzhen took advantage of her grandson's sleep to do some delicate work.

When Sheng Xinhua was awake, Zhang Shuzhen did not dare to do needlework, for fear that the child would cause trouble and get stuck.

"Your nephew is sleeping, what are you calling?"

Hearing her son's movements, Zhang Shuzhen put on her shoes, went to the ground, and came to the outhouse. She happened to meet the two brothers after they left.

One look at the big and small packages the two brothers packed, and they looked like they had more things than they brought with them when they went out.

"Oh my God, you two moved the store back? How many things did this guy buy?"

Before going out, Zhang Shuzhen did tell her that she would buy some good things when she went out.

But she didn't expect that the Sheng Xiping brothers could buy it so much. How much would it cost?
"Boss, what is this box you are holding?" Zhang Shuzhen asked hurriedly when she saw her son holding a quite large box.

"Mom, my brother bought a radio. From now on, we can listen to the radio when we have dinner in the evening, so that we don't have to hear the loudspeakers in the forest farm clearly." Sheng Xian said to her mother very happily.

"Radio? Oh, that's a good thing. Our forest farm hasn't heard of anyone buying it yet.

Come into the house quickly and put it down, it's quite heavy to hold.So what, have you two eaten?Shall I pack some food for you two? "

Zhang Shuzhen was very happy when she heard it was a radio.

She heard someone say that the radio was just a small box, and people could talk inside.

There is a station in the field that listens to the radio and knows about national affairs.

Of course, no matter how good the radio is, it is not as important as his son.

At this point, the two children must have rushed back without eating. Zhang Shuzhen hurriedly went to clean up the food and let the two children take care of themselves.

The weather is hot in July, so it’s not easy to light a fire at noon. I usually cook more food in the morning, eat something cold at noon, and cook again in the evening.

So there was nothing at home at the moment, so Zhang Shuzhen could only dust off a pile of pancakes, and then go to the vegetable garden to pick up some green onions, lettuce, radishes and the like.

The two brothers wrapped pancakes with lettuce, green onions, and miso, and ate a meal with warm water in the thermos.

After finishing the meal, Sheng Xiping took out everything he had bought, and there was still money left to pay for what should be paid.

Among these things, the radio was the most popular, and even the Taobao tickets cost more than 150 yuan in total.

All the remaining items cost less than 100 yuan.

After clearing up the accounts, Sheng Xiping took out the remaining 4000 yuan and divided it between Sheng Xian and Sheng Xikang. The rest was given to half of the family, and Zhang Shuzhen let Sheng Xiping take the other half.

Nowadays, life is getting better and better, and he has saved a lot of money. Sheng Xian is not planning to find a partner to get married yet, and he is not planning to build a house for the time being. The family does not have that much expense.

On the contrary, for Sheng Xiping and his wife, Xinhua is getting older and has to spend money on food and clothing. The second child is in Zhou Qinglan's belly and will be born in two months.

The days of spending money are coming later, and the young couple also have to save some money.

Sheng Xiping collected the money, took the radio out of the cardboard box, and placed it on the east end cabinet.

The cupboard originally had a thermos, teacups, etc., but they were moved to the other end.There is a socket on the wall that can fit a radio.

Zhang Shuzhen looked at the radio and began to think, "Well, if I have time, I have to embroider a piece of cloth to cover the radio."

When Sheng Xiping heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

Some things are really passed down from the bottom of my heart, like what Zhang Shuzhen just said about covering the radio with a piece of cloth.

Sheng Xiping vaguely remembered that in his previous life, from the 90s to around 2000, almost every household had to have a TV set.

Cover it during the day and lift it off at night when watching TV.

Not only the TV, but also the refrigerator, washing machine, armrests and backrests of the sofa, and even the landline phone had to be covered with something.

Moreover, they are usually made of white fine cloth, embroidered with various patterns, and I don’t know how they are unified by each family.

Sheng Xiping didn't express any opinions on these. He was only responsible for buying them back and didn't care about the rest.

The news that the Sheng family bought a radio spread quickly around the forest farm, as if it had grown legs, and many people came to see it.

But there was no power supply at the forest farm in the afternoon, so I couldn't listen to it even if I wanted to. Everyone said they must come to listen to the radio in the evening.

Even Zhou Qinglan and the others heard the news about buying a radio at home before they got home from school.

When Sheng Xitai heard this, he ran home, "Mom, have we bought a radio? Where is it? Let me take a look?"

"Isn't that in the house? On top of the cabinet." Zhang Shuzhen was cooking, without raising her head, she just responded casually.

Sheng Xitai ran into the house with his schoolbag on his back. As soon as he entered the house, he saw the radio on the cabinet.

It has a bakelite shell, a black glass front, two FM buttons, and a big speaker on the other end.

"Is this the radio? I heard someone talking in here, what did you say?"

Sheng Xitai lay on the cabinet, tilting his head and looking at it, but he couldn't figure it out.

"Wait until six o'clock, when the forest farm is powered on, plug it in, turn on the switch, adjust the channel and listen."

Sheng Xiping held Sheng Xinhua in his arms and came in from the outside to answer his brother's questions.

As soon as he finished speaking, Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei accompanied Zhou Qinglan and came in from the outside.

Zhou Qinglan is seven months pregnant, her belly is not too obvious, and her figure is quite flexible. Those older people who see Zhou Qinglan's figure say that he is a brat.

Sheng Xiping and his wife didn't care. They didn't care about the daughter or the boy, as long as they could be born smoothly and grow up safely.

"Before we got home, we heard that you had bought a radio. I estimate that many people will come to our house tonight to listen to the radio."

Zhou Qinglan came into the room with a smile, took Sheng Xinhua, and said while teasing the child.

"Well, I think it will be like this too. I told our mother just now that we should eat early tonight."

Sheng Xiping just wanted to buy a radio to listen to national events, but he forgot how sensational it would be to have a radio in this small ravine.

But I’ve already bought the items and can’t return them, so what can I do?Can you still close the door and prevent people from coming?Just come.

When Zhou Qinglan heard this, he asked Sheng Xiping to look after the child while she went to the kitchen to help.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, plus sister Sheng Yunfang, had dinner ready in a short time. Sheng Liancheng also came home from work and hurriedly served it.

Just in time, after finishing the meal and clearing the table, it was also six o'clock, and the power supply started at the forest farm.

Sheng Xiping hurriedly turned on the radio and turned the FM button. After a burst of squeaking and buzzing sounds, there was a sound inside, and the provincial station was received.

The room suddenly became quiet, and the whole family was sitting on the kang, listening to what was going on on the radio.

Not long after the broadcast started, a dog barked outside and someone came to the house.

Neighbors, front and back yards, and even homes far away all came, and the one and a half rooms in the east room of the Sheng family were almost filled to the brim.

Listening to the radio for the first time, everyone thought it was very refreshing.

Some people asked if this was like a loudspeaker in a forest farm, with someone holding a microphone talking on the other end.

The guys were listening to the radio and talking quietly.

That night, the Sheng family was busy until 08:30. Seeing that the power supply to the forest farm was about to stop, everyone dispersed and went home to sleep.

On July [-]th, Sheng Xitai and his fifth-grade students will take the exam from primary school to junior high school.

After the exam, Sheng Xitai and the others officially took a break and waited until they entered junior high school in the fall.

With Zhou Qinglan keeping an eye on her, Sheng Xitai's homework has always been good, so the entrance exam from primary school to junior high school will naturally be no problem.

On the [-]th, other grades in Maekawa’s primary and secondary schools will also start their final exams, with the middle school exam taking two days and the elementary exam taking one day.

The students have a holiday after taking exams, the teacher has finished correcting the papers, arranged the ranking list, assigned holiday homework, and also has a holiday.

Sheng Xitai was promoted to junior high school this year and had no summer homework. His test scores were good and he was first in the class. Zhou Qinglan did not give him any additional homework.

This made Sheng Xitai so happy that he went out with his friends all day long.

The forestry team began to unpack the corrugated materials for transportation. Sheng Xi'an was in the educated youth team and had to work there.

Sheng Xiping contacted the work team and asked for the corrugated foundations. He also asked Wang Jianshe and others for help, gathered all the corrugated foundations, and used the forestry farm's truck to tow the special three boards back to the forestry.

Then I went to the forest farm to arrange a car, issued a moving permit, and transported it to the Songjiang River.

The last time Sheng Xiping got more than ten feet of firewood for the Zhou family, it has been three years. Even if he saves money, the Zhou family's firewood pile has also reached its bottom.

It just so happened that there were a lot of corrugated foundations to be demolished this year, and Sheng Xiping and the others went to the woods to pick up a lot of them. This time they packed a large cart and sent it to the Zhou family.

In fact, with Zhou Mingyuan's current status, if he wants some firewood, he can just ask Banshihe Forest Farm or Donggang Forest Farm, or the lumberyard or lumber factory, etc., and there is no need to worry about burning firewood at home.

But my uncle is so attentive, thinks ahead in everything, and makes plans for his father-in-law's family, which makes Zhou Mingyuan and his wife particularly happy. They always praise their uncle for his kindness and thoughtfulness when meeting everyone.

Sheng Xiping led his two younger brothers, as well as Wang Jianshe and other friends, and worked hard at Zhou's house for a day, sawing, splitting, stacking and tidying up all the firewood.

Then the next morning, everyone went to the Forest Railway and planned to take the small train back.

As a result, Sheng Xiping accidentally saw two familiar figures when he was at the Sentie train station.

"Xiao Feng? Brother Ruiqing? Why is it you?"

(End of this chapter)