Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 669, The Scapegoat
"Auntie Wang, Auntie Zhao, are you busy?"

Yang Xiaole walked into the yard carrying his bag and greeted the people in the yard.

It’s just that several people were busy working in front of their own doors, not in the yard, chatting and working.

Hearing the voice, Aunt Wang was surprised: "Oh, Xiaole, you are back again!"

Yang Xiaole laughed: "Oh, the troops came to Sijiu City for something, so I came along. It just so happens that the Chinese New Year is coming in two days, so I asked for leave from the troops, and I will go back after the Chinese New Year!"

Aunt Wang laughed when she heard this: "Child, other people serve in the army and never come back for several years, but you come back every year! You came back last year, and you came back again this year."

The others nodded in agreement: "Yes! I saw Jianjun went to join the team, but they didn't approve his leave."

"Yeah! Even if you learn martial arts, you can't come back."

Several people were there sighing and complaining.

"Second Uncle! Grandma, Second Uncle is back."

Xiaoqiu probably heard the noise and lifted the curtain to reveal a little head.

When I saw it was him, I shouted quickly.

"Hey!"

Yang Xiaole turned his head to look, agreed, turned back and smiled: "I'm just lucky! You guys are busy, I'll go back first!"

"Oh, well, go ahead, go ahead!"

Aunt Wang greeted them with a smile.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole picked up his bag and came to his door.

He picked up the little girl and said, "Xiao Qiu, are you good? Do you miss your uncle?"

The little girl had two pigtails and wore a thick cotton jacket, looking like a ball.

Xiao Qiu nodded with a smile: "I thought about it. Xiao Qiu is very good!"

"Second uncle is so fragrant!"

Upon hearing that, Yang Xiaole smiled and kissed her on the cheek.

Looking at the mother who had just opened the curtain, he smiled and called out, "Mom!"

Wang Qiuju, wearing a cotton jacket, looked at him and asked curiously, "Why are you back again? Come in quickly, it's cold outside."

Yang Xiaole rolled his eyes: "Look at what you said, you are not happy that I came back!"

As he spoke, he followed in.

He comes back often, and since he has been independent since childhood, it doesn't make sense for him to come back just once this time.

"Second uncle!"

After coming in, the two little guys next to them naturally started crying.

Yang Xiaole hugged him.

Wang Qiuju said speechlessly: "You rascal, why am I not happy that you're back? Isn't this strange? No one from our compound has come back this year! You're the only one left, and you're going to join the army, aren't you? Can the army let you come back?"

Yang Xiaole lied after hearing this: "Oh, we came to Sijiu City for a mission, and it happened to be the New Year, so we asked for leave from the army."

Then he smiled and said, "Are you all going to work?"

As he spoke, he hung his hat on top of the washstand.

Wang Qiuju hummed: "Well, he hasn't come back from work yet! Aren't we the only ones at home every day?"

He poured some hot water and said, "Wash!"

Yang Xiaole took out a towel and walked over: "How is your family doing recently?"

"Everything is fine at home! Except for your sister-in-law, no one else in this family comes home on time. Your eldest brother is at the police station and often comes back very late. Sometimes he runs out in the middle of the night. Your father is also at the bus station now and sometimes he has to work the night shift. Your eldest sister and Xiaomai often have to go to the countryside to perform..."

Wang Qiuju sat there and muttered to herself.

Yang Xiaole was smoking there and listening to the other person talking about the situation at home.

Now in every household, except for one child, all other people of school age have gone to the countryside.

This time there really was nothing left out.

Some people don't even have anyone left.

For example, Fang Mengmeng, the daughter of Mr. Fang across the street, and Shi Jing...

Almost everyone who can leave has left, so this year is the quietest year.

But now it’s not the New Year.

There is no rest during the Chinese New Year, no New Year greetings, no visiting relatives, and all customs and etiquette are no longer necessary.

Of course, every household will still cook something delicious and have a big dinner together.

But you can’t do it in the name of celebrating the New Year.

After listening to this, Yang Xiaole said, "Mom, this year during the Chinese New Year, I will call Qu Ying over and we will celebrate the New Year together."

It's time to give the other party an explanation.

At least it can't be so unclear.

These words made Wang Qiuju stunned for a moment.

He looked outside and whispered, "Are you really going to date Qu Ying?"

Yang Xiaole hummed: "Yeah! What's wrong? She's already 26, and she'll be 27 after the Chinese New Year. I have to give her an explanation!"

Wang Qiuju frowned, feeling conflicted.

She didn't have any objection to Qu Ying. After all, she had good looks and academic qualifications. However, she was more or less resistant to Qu Ying's previous experience.

But after looking at his second son who didn't care, he thought about it and shut up.

Based on her second child's personality, she felt that the other party was notifying her about this matter rather than discussing it.

I could only mutter: "You decide for yourself! You are an adult now, and I can't control you. Think it through yourself."

Yang Xiaole hummed: "I have definitely thought it through!"

"Okay, I got it. I'll go get some food and give you an extra dish for lunch."

After Wang Qiuju finished speaking, she thought of something: "Oh, by the way, a man named Feng came to our house and left you a phone number, saying that you can call that number to contact him in the future."

As he spoke, he went to the cabinet and took out a note.

Yang Xiaole took it and looked at it, there was a group of numbers on it!
The signature is Feng Guanhua.

He also guessed that it might be Feng Guanhua, because he only knew a few people with the surname Feng.

Feng Aijun is still in the army, so it is impossible to leave him a phone number.

He put the note away and said to his mother, "Okay, I understand. Is Xizi doing well in the Northwest?"

"He's fine! There's a letter. It's over there! If you want to read it, go and have a look!"

"Well, okay! Just do your thing! I'll be out for a while."

Wang Qiuju complained, "You're already running around right after you got back. There are bath tickets at home. Go take a bath with them. The New Year is the day after tomorrow. Be quick."

Yang Xiaole smiled and nodded: "Okay, I got it, go do your thing! Just do whatever you want, and I'll prepare the dishes when my brother and the others come back in the evening!"

Hearing this, Wang Qiuju hummed and prepared to make some food. Then she thought of something and said, "By the way, how many days of vacation do you have this time?"

"Oh, I'm leaving on the second morning!"

Now, we don’t visit relatives after the New Year, and we just go to work. It’s meaningless.

The reason for choosing the second day of the Chinese New Year is that there is a flight to Moscow on that day.

Although the relationship between the two sides is not very good, there are still regular flights, but only once every two weeks.

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He has nothing to do here, so he might as well go for a stroll over to the Russian bear.

Wang Qiuju didn't say anything after hearing this.

Go make lunch.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole stood up and left, said hello to the people in the yard, and walked towards the courtyard.

After coming out, he found a place, quietly released a bicycle, and rode to the nearby police station.

"Brother Liu, are you busy?"

After coming in, Yang Xiaole greeted Liu Gang, who was the deputy of the eldest brother, whom he had met last time. Dui Ang looked at him curiously.

Seeing Yang Xiaole take off his hat, he finally realized, "Oh, Xiaole! Are you looking for Chief Yang? He's upstairs!"

"Okay, I'll go upstairs then! Have a cigarette."

He handed the other person a cigarette and then went to find his eldest brother.

"Brother Liu, who is that boy? Is he Yang Suo's younger brother? Why haven't I seen him before?"

Someone was asking there.

Liu Gang retracted his gaze and said with a smile: "Oh, he went to the countryside and only came here twice. Don't underestimate him. This kid is very capable. He can hear what we say from upstairs. His ears are very sharp!..."

I told you about the previous situation.

The other party was surprised when he heard this: "Is this true?"

"Of course it's true! Okay, get to work!"

……

Yang Xiaole came to his brother's door and knocked on it: "Brother!"

Yang Xiaogang was having a headache there.

When he heard the voice, he looked up and saw it was his brother. He smiled and put away the Hong Kong dollars in his hand.

"Why are you back?"

Yang Xiaole came over, picked up the cigarette on his table, lit it and said with a smile: "I have something to do back in Sijiu City. It happens to be the New Year now, so I'll spend the New Year here before leaving!"

The eldest brother smiled and nodded when he heard this: "Okay, I'll get off work early today and have a drink with you in the evening!"

Yang Xiaole hummed: "Okay, let's have a drink tonight."

Then he asked, "What's wrong? Are you in trouble? You look worried."

Yang Xiaogang sighed upon hearing this: "It's nothing, it's just that we didn't complete the mission very well, while other institutes have made great achievements in catching enemy spies."

Although he said so, there was a hint of disgust in his eyes.

Yang Xiaole understood instantly.

In fact, a lot of spies were caught in other places, much more than here by my brother.

As for how many real spies there are, only these people themselves know.

The eldest brother may have been influenced by him and was not so "active", so his achievements were naturally not that high.

When the meeting starts, I will definitely be called out.

He really couldn't help him with this. He couldn't ask his eldest brother to be more "active"!

Yang Xiaole shrugged: "I can't help you with that. If you have any difficult cases that you need my assistance with, I can help you in the next two days! I can't help you with anything else."

The eldest brother smiled when he heard this: "I know, don't worry about me, I can handle it myself!"

After saying that, he thought of something and said to him, "Oh, by the way, Yang Xiaolong and Yang Xiaohu are missing."

"disappeared?"

Yang Xiaole was confused for a moment.

The eldest brother was smoking a cigarette and saying, "Yes! This happened last month. I was even investigated for this matter. If I hadn't severed the relationship long ago, it would have been very troublesome."

Yang Xiaole heard this and thought about it.

He nodded slightly: "I guess they went abroad. It should be their grandfather called Fu Laojiu who asked someone to get them out."

The control is very strict now, and it is very difficult to go out.

Unless someone responds.

Even so, the cost of getting out is very high.

He collected his thoughts and smiled: "Okay, if you run away, you run away. We will have a chance to meet again in the future."

Although the two brothers have left, their parents are still here!
Even though Fu Laojiu is rich, his two brothers are useless. They have not received as much education as their younger sister and have not even graduated from elementary school.

Although academic qualifications don’t matter to rich people.

But it is also a symbol of ability.

But it doesn’t matter. Even if the other party becomes rich, so what!

The eldest brother nodded gently: "Yes, after all, there is no deep hatred, and the past is in the past."

Yang Xiaole nodded. As long as the other party didn't cause trouble, he didn't care.

It's been more than ten years now, and he doesn't care about it anymore.

Of course, it is impossible to expect him to be nice to these people.

Then the two chatted for a while.

"Oh, by the way, the city is conducting a pilot project on liquefied petroleum gas tanks. I plan to get one for my family, but my mother doesn't want to because she says it's too expensive. I can't convince her, so you can talk to her when the time comes."

While he was thinking, his elder brother said something to him.

Yang Xiaole raised his eyebrows when he heard this and said with a smile: "Oh, do you have a note? If so, I'll go get it."

These days fuel is a very important part of people's lives.

In fact, people in Beijing had been using gas for a long time. In 58, it was only used by enterprises. As for civilian use, the dormitories of Shougang Steel Plant were the first to use it, but they used coal gas.

Liquefied petroleum gas was promoted as early as 63.

The first area to use it was the residential quarters of the three major textile factories where his uncle worked.

At that time, it was charged by gas meter, 50 cents per person per month.

Now that we have liquefied gas tanks, we must get one.

This thing is really convenient.

In fact, if you really calculate the price of this thing, it is more cost-effective than coal. Mainly in civilian use, a lot of coal briquettes are wasted.

Moreover, the liquefied gas at that time was real, unlike the various fake ones in later generations.

Hearing this, the eldest brother took out the note and put it on the table: "I already had the note, but since mom didn't agree, I didn't do it to save her from nagging all day long. It's a headache."

Yang Xiaole laughed when he heard this. Even though his elder brother was now the chief of the police station, he still couldn't escape his mother's nagging.

There's nothing you can do about it, all parents these days are like this.

He took it, looked at it, and said with a smile, "Okay, give it to me. I'll be leaving after the New Year, and let her nag me."

"Well! Then go get it done. Take the stuff to the liquefied petroleum products company and apply for a gas purchase permit. A 3-pound can costs 6 yuan. The stove and valve company will provide them for free."

Yang Xiaole agreed and put the things in his pocket: "Okay, is there anything else I need to take the blame for? If so, take them out so that we don't have to do it one by one."

The eldest brother laughed when he heard this: "Okay, that's all, there's nothing else, if there's anything else I'll come find you again!"

"Okay! If everything is ok, I'll leave now!"

After Yang Xiaole finished speaking, he stood up with a smile.

After saying hello, he left the police station.

After coming out, he took the note given by his elder brother and rushed to the liquefied petroleum products company.

When I arrived at the place, I registered and got a gas purchase certificate.

I paid a deposit of 3 yuan, which can be fully refunded if I don't need it.

Yang Xiaole took the things and patted his hands.

This thing is not very popular among the public nowadays. People always feel that 3 yuan is too expensive, but according to the usage rate these days.

It would be good if you can use up one can in three months.

A little over one dollar a month.

If you buy coal briquettes and firewood, it will cost you a little over two dollars a month.

As it became more popular among city dwellers, the stove was no longer free, and one had to use connections to get a pot.

It was not until after the reform and opening up, when more and more private enterprises emerged, that things started to get better.

He took his things, got a set of stove and liquid gas, and then rode his bike towards home.

(End of this chapter)