Accidentally entered a high gate

Ma Lifeng changed his shoes, took off his coat, walked to the sofa, sat down, put his arm around Zheng Chunfang's waist, kissed her, and then looked towards the coffee table. "First prize? A color TV?"

"Hmm." Zheng Chunfang tilted her head, looked at Ma Lifeng and smiled, "Am I incredibly lucky? I even won a big prize while shopping."

"Hahahaha..." Ma Lifeng kissed Zheng Chunfang again. "Ma Yanbang, Ma Yanmin, come out."

Yan Bang and Yan Min were fast asleep when they suddenly heard Ma Lifeng calling them.

The two brothers quickly got out of bed.

Yan Min: "Brother, is Dad drunk?"

Yan Bang: "Father came back from outside. He couldn't have been drunk outside. Even if he was, it was fake."

Yan Min thought about it and agreed. "So they miss us. Let's go!"

Yan Bang: "..." His dad only thinks about his mom and his sister, okay? "Yeah."

Yan Min was even happier to see that Yan Bang also realized his father missed them. "Let's go, let's go!"

"it is good."

The two brothers came out of their room, about to ask Ma Lifeng if he missed them, when Ma Lifeng pointed to a small card on the coffee table and said, "When your mother was shopping, there was a promotion, and she won a color TV. Wasn't she lucky?"

As soon as Ma Lifeng finished speaking, Yan Min said, "Great! Mom, your luck is really... Hey? Brother, why aren't you congratulating Mom and instead stepping back? Didn't you hear Dad... Wait, Mom, can you tell us how you won this color TV? My brother suspects that someone deliberately let you win it. I think that's possible too."

"Brother, are you backing away because you think I'm stupid? Or are you afraid that when Dad beats me, he'll also hit you a couple of times?"

"Dad, did you wake my brother and me up to test us, or to beat us up?"

Ma Lifeng glared at Yan Bang. "If you don't back down, I'll have a reason to beat up Yan Min."

Yan Bang: "If I don't back away, you'll definitely hit me a couple of times."

Ma Lifeng: "..." It's a bit of a worry when your son is too smart. "Dad won't just give you a beating. You're judging me by my own petty standards."

Yan Min: "..." Luckily, his brother took two steps back. Otherwise, he would have gotten a beating. He thought his father missed the two brothers. Turns out... he shouldn't have had any illusions about his father. His father only missed his mother and sister. "Mom, how did you draw that number?"

Yan Bang: "There's a word called magic."

"That's true. Where there's a will, there's a way. Mother, did you feel uneasy about accepting it and therefore didn't?"

Zheng Chunfang nodded. "Your father is the county magistrate, so we should think things through more often, no matter what happens. Especially with this kind of unexpected good news."

Yan Bang: "Father never accepts gifts. We're still in school."

Yan Min: "So they went all out against Mom?"

Yan Bang: "Yes. Everyone knows that Dad and Mom have a good relationship, and Mom comes from the countryside. Many people think that people from the countryside are greedy for small gains."

Yan Min: "If Mother takes this TV back, the other party will try to test you with something even more expensive. If Mother accepts it, does that mean Mother is greedy? Does that mean Mother wants to use her power to exchange for money?"

Yan Bang: "Hmm. If I were one of those people, I would also start with Mother."

Zheng Chunfang: "Yes! Your mother is the one who is most likely to send your father to jail, and to bring shame to your grandparents and your uncles."

Yan Min: "You're not. You're the smartest in our family."

Yan Bang: "Yan Min is right."

Ma Lifeng: "Yan Min and Yan Bang are right."

"Pfft!" Zheng Chunfang was amused by the three of them. "You're just trying to fool me."

The father and his two sons said, "We're not kidding you; we genuinely believe you're the smartest person in our family."

"Come on. Go to sleep, you have school tomorrow."

Yan Bang: "Okay. You guys should go to bed early too."

Yan Min: "Okay. Mother, sweet dreams. Father, why do you want to beat your son every day? This isn't right."

Ma Lifeng refused to admit it. "Wife, your second son is framing me."

Zheng Chunfang laughed as she said, "It's too late today, I'll scold him tomorrow. Are you going to take a shower?"

"Wash. Ma Yanmin."

Yan Min hurried off to fetch bathwater for Ma Lifeng. Yan Min felt sorry for his father; he couldn't even discipline his son.

After Yan Min prepared the bathwater, Ma Lifeng went to take a bath. Before going to bathe, Ma Lifeng casually took the winning card to the toilet and threw it away.

Meanwhile, Han Mei, who had been shopping with Zheng Chunfang, had been lying in bed for over an hour without falling asleep. So she nudged her husband.

Her husband's surname is Jiang, and his name is Zhongping.

Jiang Zhongping was fast asleep when he suddenly felt someone push him. Jiang Zhongping frowned. "Why did you push me?"

"Today, while I was shopping with County Magistrate Ma's wife, some stores were having a promotion. We both bought things and were eligible to enter a prize draw. I drew a 'Thank you for your patronage'! But County Magistrate Ma's wife clearly drew the grand prize, yet she said it was 'Thank you for your patronage'! Tell me, isn't County Magistrate Ma's wife stupid? Do you even know what the grand prize is? The grand prize is a color TV!"

Jiang Zhongping rolled over. "You're the idiot. That event might have been specifically organized for County Chief Ma's wife. Doesn't County Chief Ma's wife frequent that shopping mall?"

"Yes. The stuff at that mall is pretty good. Are you overthinking it? With so many people in the mall, how can they guarantee that County Magistrate Ma's wife will win the first prize?"

"What's so difficult about that? Just make two identical lottery boxes, right? Who drew first, you or County Magistrate Ma's wife?"

"County Magistrate Ma's wife smoked first."

"After County Magistrate Ma's wife finished drawing her prize, did anyone walk between you and the lottery box?"

"have."

"Then that settles it?"

"You mean, the box I used to draw tickets was different from the box used by County Magistrate Ma's wife?"

"Most likely."

Han Mei: "..." Really? "If that's true, then County Magistrate Ma's wife is too clever!"

"If you weren't smart, how could you marry County Magistrate Ma? If you weren't smart, how could you have County Magistrate Ma completely under your control?"

"Not only is he shrewd, but he's also not greedy. Time for bed!"

Han Mei: "..." Why is her husband so angry? "Did you omit something?"

"Which point?"

"Beautiful. County Magistrate Ma's wife is also beautiful."

Jiang Zhongping: "..." Not only beautiful, but also young and virtuous. "Do you simply think she's beautiful, or do you want to argue with me? If you want to argue with me, I'll go sleep in the study."

Han Mei: "..." Was her husband's statement a tacit admission of guilt? "Why would I argue with you for no reason? I just think she's pretty."

"Hmph! You should learn from others more often. Stop spending all your time shopping."

Han Mei: "..." So annoying! But she was just a worker. "I often go shopping with County Magistrate Ma's wife because I want to learn more from her."

Seeing her like this, Jiang Zhongping didn't know how to get angry. "Go to sleep, you have to go to work tomorrow."

On the other hand, Wan Youming, who had gone to great lengths to help Zheng Chunfang win the color TV and hoped to strike up a conversation with her by presenting her with the award and delivering the TV home, was extremely frustrated.

Wan Youming has already smoked more than a dozen cigarettes in a row.

Wan Youming's secretary and lover grabbed his hand when she saw him reaching for a cigarette again. "Don't smoke. Smoking too much is bad for your health."

Wan Youming pulled her into his arms. "Do you think County Magistrate Ma's wife guessed this was a setup we set for her? Or did she think bringing a color TV home in public was too conspicuous?"

His secretary first rested her head on his shoulder before saying, "I think she's afraid of being scolded by County Magistrate Ma."

"Really? County Chief Ma and she have a very good relationship."

"To outsiders, you and your wife seem to have a very good relationship."

"That's true. It seems we can only focus our efforts on others."

"Why don't you give it a try?"

"No. I thought about the expression on County Magistrate Ma's wife's face at the time. County Magistrate Ma's wife probably wouldn't embezzle."

The next day, as soon as Ma Lifeng got up, Zheng Chunfang gave him a letter. "Wanwan's letter."

"What did Wanwan say in the letter?"

"Wanwan said that Xiaoqi's roommate splashed him with chicken blood."

Ma Lifeng took the letter out of the envelope and read it while saying, "His roommate suspects he's possessed?"

"Um."

After reading the letter, Ma Lifeng handed it to Zheng Chunfang. "So far, this kid seems alright. The next step is to see if he can hold on."

"Um."

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's 1991.

Wanwan should be a senior in college now.

Yan Bang and Yan Min should take the college entrance exam.

Yan Chuan should be going into the second year of junior high school.

Ma Lifeng, Zheng Chunfang, and Tian Bingqian are also being transferred from the county to the city.