After lunch, Long Hui drove the old Buick left behind by Chen Wei, the head of the municipal organization department, to Stone Village in Feishi Town under Wang Tingting's guidance. The road was bumpy and uneven. There were piles of rubble everywhere along the way. Cinders were everywhere. Wang Tingting introduced everything she knew to Long Hui along the way. Wang Tingting happened to be from Flying Rock Town, so she was quite familiar with the situation there. The largest coal mine in Feishi Town was the Yuanda mine opened by Fang Yuan, the nephew of the deputy county magistrate, Fang Jie. Fang Yuan was originally a hooligan. He relied on Fang Jie's relationship to annex a few small mines in the past few years and set up the Yuanda company. He had hired thugs, but of course, they were all security guards to the outside world. In fact, they were his personal thugs. Other than Yuanda, there were also a few small coal mines in Feishi Town, all of which were opened by the Fang family's relatives. Outsiders all said that the HH family was rich, but that was not the case. Take Wang Tingting's family for example. Her father worked at Yuanda. Although the salary was high, it was very dangerous. It could be said that HH did not have a mine that met the conditions for mining. The working environment was extremely harsh. All the families in Feishi Town were related to the Fang family's business.
The car soon arrived at Stone Village. There was a small mine at the entrance of the village. There were a few piles of coal scattered around. It seemed that the mine was not big. A few people were loading coal into the car. Long Hui got out of the car and asked for directions." Sir, do you know how to get to Zhang Meng's house?"”Afraid that he didn't know Zhang Meng, she added,"His father is called Zhang Laogen."”
A dark-skinned man sized him up and asked,"Who are you? Where did you get it?"
"Oh, I'm Zhang Meng's comrade. I'm here to visit his parents and sister.”
" How about this?" The young man sized up Wang Tingting who was following behind Long Hui. Wang Tingting turned her head in disgust. At this moment, an older worker came over and patted the young man's shoulder," You brat, have you never seen a woman before?"”The young man smiled foolishly and touched his head, his eyes still staring at Wang Tingting.
"You guys look for Zhang Laogen's house. It was easy to find. He walked along the road at the entrance of the village. There was a big pagoda tree at the door.”The older worker pointed at the village entrance.
"Thank you, Master." Long Hui thanked him and got into the car. After driving along the village entrance for a few minutes, they saw the big pagoda tree. They got out of the car and came to the courtyard door. The four tile-roofed houses looked a little old. Seeing Long Hui, Wang Tingting was a little excited. She called out softly." Secretary Long " saw Long Hui looking at her and smiled lightly." I'll go and call the door."”Seeing Long Hui nod, she gently knocked on the door a few times." Is anyone home?”
"Who is it? The door is open." A woman's voice came from the room.
Long Hui and Wang Tingting pushed the door open and entered. A girl who looked to be 17 or 18 years old had two braids and was wearing slippers. She held a pot of Chinese medicine in her hand and asked," Who are you looking for?”
Zhang Meng had once shown Long Hui a photo of his sister, Zhang Na. When she saw Zhang Na, she remembered how happy Zhang Meng was when she looked at the photo. Her heart ached." You're Zhang Na, right?”
"Who are you? How do you know my name?" Zhang Na widened her eyes and looked at Long Hui. She really didn't remember knowing this person in front of her. Could it be that he was sent by that bastard Fang Yuan again? She had already sent away the people Fang Yuan sent to plead for marriage twice. It seemed that he hadn't given up.”Zhang Na shouted at Long Hui angrily.
Long Hui was confused and looked at Wang Tingting. Wang Tingting was also confused. Long Hui explained," Little Na, I'm your brother's comrade. My name is Long Hui. Your brother should have mentioned me in the letter."”
"Are you Captain Long?" Zhang Na couldn't believe it.
"Yes, I am Long Hui." Long Hui looked at Zhang Na and nodded.
" Brother Long!" Zhang Na threw away the pot in her hand and rushed over to hug Long Hui tightly, crying loudly. She had suffered so much these days. Her brother had sacrificed himself, her father was injured, and her mother's health had not been good. She did not know what to do in the future.
"Alright, don't cry. Little Na, what happened? Tell Big Brother Long. Your brother is no longer around, so I'll be your big brother from now on. If there's anything, tell me.”Long Hui hugged Zhang Na and felt extremely ashamed. He had made a promise back then, but now, he did not take good care of his deceased brother's family. He felt extremely ashamed.
"Little Na, who's here?" At this moment, a white-haired old man walked out of the house. He was very puzzled when he saw Zhang Na hugging a man and crying.
"Mom, it's Brother's leader. He's the Brother Long that Brother mentioned in the letter.”Zhang Na let go of Long Hui and ran over to the old man, pointing at him excitedly.
"You are Captain Long? Xiaomeng's comrade?" The old man couldn't believe it. He had thought of asking his son's former leaders to help solve the family's problems, but the old man always said that his son was a hero. He couldn't go and cause trouble for his former comrades and embarrass his son.
" It's me, auntie," Long Hui said with tears in his eyes when he saw the old man's white hair and weak body.
" You're finally here!" The old man suddenly burst into tears and hugged Zhang Na as they cried.
"Auntie, I'm late." Long Hui took two steps forward and knelt in front of the old man." Mom, I'm your son from now on. I'm sorry for being late and making you suffer."
"Good child, you're finally here." The old man bent down and hugged Long Hui's head, crying out all the grievances in his heart and the pain of losing his son.
Wang Tingting saw the three of them hugging and crying, and her face was also covered in tears. When she was at home, she had heard that Fang Yuan used his power to force a girl to marry him, but at that time, she only cared about scolding Fang Yuan and did not ask whose girl it was. She did not expect it to be Zhang Na, and she did not expect Secretary Long to be Zhang Na's brother's comrade. It seemed that Fang Yuan's evil deeds were about to receive retribution.
"Mom, let's talk inside." Zhang Na stopped crying and wiped her tears as she helped Long Hui up.
"Okay, okay. Go to the house and tell your dad that Xiaomeng's comrades haven't forgotten about us and have come to see us.”
Long Hui helped the old man into the room. There was a very thin old man lying in the room. He should be Zhang Meng's father, Zhang Laogen. The old man seemed to have heard their conversation outside. He was already staring at Long Hui with tears streaming down his face, as if he wanted to say something.
Long Hui stared at Zhang Na with red eyes." Little Na, why is Uncle so sick?" Why not go to the hospital? Ah?" In the end, he glared at Zhang Na angrily.
"Don't blame Little Na. This old man is very stubborn. He's unwilling to go to the hospital even if he dies. Actually, he doesn't want to spend too much money.”Mother Zhang explained when she saw that Long Hui had misunderstood Zhang Na.
Zhang Na bit her lips, her eyes red. Her heart was broken when she looked at her father.
"What's going on? Wasn't Uncle's health always good?”Long Hui asked.
"Dad's health has always been poor. In order not to let brother worry, he didn't let us tell him every time he wrote a letter. Just a few days before brother died, Fang Yuan sent someone to propose marriage and quarreled with my dad. Dad was pushed and fell to the ground, hitting his head. Later on, Fang Yuan found an excuse to fire Dad. Dad was angry and fell ill in bed. Later, when he heard the news of brother's death, Dad fainted. During this period of time, he didn't eat or drink and only stared at brother's photo without saying anything.”After saying that, Zhang Na turned around and leaned on Mrs. Zhang's shoulder to cry.
Mother Zhang was also in tears as she patted her daughter's head and said to Long Hui," The old man is angry. His son had sacrificed himself for the country, and it was as if the family had lost their backbone. His health was not good to begin with, and this time, he had taken things too hard and suffocated himself to death.”
"Dad!" Long Hui couldn't hold it in anymore. He threw himself onto the bed and cried loudly. The old man's empty eyes wanted to say something, but he couldn't. His fingers moved.
Wang Tingting noticed the old man's expression and said,""Secretary Long, Uncle seems to have something to say.”
Upon hearing Wang Tingting's words, Mrs. Zhang walked to the bed and saw the old man pointing at Zhang Na." Old man, are you worried about Little Na?”
The old man blinked and looked at Long Hui.
"Dad, don't worry. I'll be your son and Little Na's big brother in the future. I'll definitely take good care of Little Na.”She wiped her tears and turned to Wang Tingting." Hurry up and contact the hospital. Send the old lady to the hospital."”
"Alright, Secretary Long. I'll arrange it now.”Wang Tingting also sobbed as she replied.
When the old man heard Long Hui's answer, he smiled at him and glanced at Zhang Na and Zhang's mother. Then, he stared at Zhang Meng's photo on the wall and slowly closed his eyes.
" Dad,"" Old Man," the room was suddenly filled with tears. Wang Tingting, who had just walked to the courtyard door, knew that something was wrong when she heard the crying. She rushed back to the room and saw Mother Zhang and Zhang Na hugging the old man in pain. Long Hui stood in front of the bed, tears streaming down his face as he clenched his teeth. Blood had already covered the corners of his mouth.
Hearing the cries of the Zhang family, the neighbors also rushed over. Knowing that Zhang Laogen had already gone, they comforted Zhang Na and Zhang Na. They looked at Long Hui and Wang Tingting with confusion, not knowing who they were from the Zhang family.
Long Hui stared blankly at Zhang Laogen's body, then turned his head abruptly to look at Wang Tingting. His eyes seemed to release a murderous knife as he said coldly to Wang Tingting," Get the leaders of the county government, the armed forces department, the personnel bureau, and the party and government officials of Feishi Town to come here within an hour. This is an order."”
"Yes." Wang Ting Ting looked at Long Hui's murderous gaze and answered with a little fear.
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