bookrebus Chapter 185 Agent Li Jie
Chapter 185 Agent Li Jie
Old man Wu was there talking enthusiastically about his adopted daughter when there was a knock on the door.
"It must be Xiaoxue coming. I'll go open the door now." Upon hearing this, Liu Weihua immediately stood up and walked out of the house.
Liu Jingxue walked into the room. The three people inside stopped talking and just waited for her quietly.
After greeting the three people, Liu Jingxue saw the soles of shoes on the table and said worriedly,
"Aunt, why are you still sewing shoe soles at night?
The kerosene lamp is not bright enough and it hurts my eyes. I'd better do it during the day and not at night."
Wang Xiulan explained, "Don't worry, Xiaoxue, I didn't do anything at night. I was talking the whole time."
He raised the three pheasants and three rabbits that he had already prepared and said, "Aunt, what do you think we should do with these? Should we pickle them or eat them fresh?"
Wang Xiulan got off the kang and said, "Let's pickle them all.
We haven't finished eating the wild boar, mutton, and venison you sent us."
It was estimated that Xiaoxue would come over today to talk to Mr. Zou and Liu Weihua about the educated youth, so Mr. Wu also got up and got off the kang.
"Sister-in-law, there are so many, you can't pickle them all by yourself, I'll help you."
Wang Xiulan did not refuse, "Okay, then Brother Wu, you can come with us."
Worried that she would have no place to store all the chickens she brought here, Liu Jingxue asked hurriedly, "Uncle, have you finished digging the cellar?"
Liu Weihua understood her worries and quickly comforted her, "Don't worry, we have already dug two in the past two days, and we have a place to put them.
But yesterday the village chief sent us 500 kilograms of food, and it's too unsafe to keep it here.
I'll get it with you and put it over there later."
"Uncle, is this the food the team allocates to you for the next year?" Liu Jingxue frowned.
Zou explained, “Compared with people sent down from other places, this is already a lot.
The people who were sent down to the countryside were there for labor reform. There was no such thing as per capita rations. Food was distributed purely based on work points.
Your uncle and aunt have only been here for a short time, and we two old men don’t have many work points.
The production team gave us a lot more of this food."
Afraid that Grandpa Zou would misunderstand that she had a problem with the captain, Liu Jingxue quickly said, "It's okay, I've prepared something for you.
I was given more than 300 kilograms of grain, bought a lot from the production team, and exchanged some with villagers.
Even if this is not enough, we can still buy grain from the grain dealer at a low price.
We are not short of food, so don’t be stingy and make sure you eat enough.”
"Xiaoxue, don't worry, we won't starve ourselves."
Seeing that Wang Xiulan was not there, Liu Weihua hurriedly asked in a low voice, "Xiaoxue, have you started any action on Li Jie's side?
If not, then stop it and let's report it directly and let professionals investigate it."
After Liu Jingxue asked Tuanzi to monitor the surrounding situation, she lowered her voice and said, "Uncle, I came here today specifically to tell you about this."
"Sit down and talk slowly." Liu Weihua pulled Liu Jingxue and sat down on the kang.
"I went to the educated youth point early this morning to wait for Li Jie."
Next, Liu Jingxue described in detail what she had gained from following Li Jie for a day.
Of course, she did not say what Li Jie said. After all, the original owner had never learned Japanese here, so it was impossible for her to understand what Li Jie said.
She just told them that she heard Li Jie losing his temper and speaking Japanese language.
Mr. Zou and Liu Weihua listened carefully.
Liu Weihua frowned and said, "Xiaoxue, are you sure that Li Jie was speaking Japanese? Do you understand Japanese?"
"Uncle, you forgot that I lived in a military family compound before I was eight years old.
We kids often played the game of the Eighth Route Army catching the Japanese.
In order to make the performance more realistic, we even found an adult who could speak Japanese and learned a few sentences from him.
I don’t remember the other things very clearly, but I remember the word “Baga” very clearly.
Li Jie was always yelling "Baga, Baga", how could I have heard it wrong?"
“I originally thought that Li Jie was someone sent from the island, but I didn’t expect that he was actually a Japanese soldier.
You have stayed in this country place for two years, and you always go to the mountain to look for things. It seems that there are good things hidden in the mountain." said Mr. Zou.
Liu Weihua was puzzled and asked, "But what could be hidden in the mountain?"
“I’m not sure about that. Maybe I should ask some local elders to see if there are any legends about the mountain behind.
Or were there any rumors when the Japanese were defeated and left?
Back then, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo here, and almost all the three northeastern provinces were in their hands.
They have been operating here for so many years, and I don't know how much they have plundered.
When the Japanese surrendered and left, they were watched. Except for the good things that were shipped back to the country in advance, they could not take the rest with them.
I suspect they hid the things they didn't take away, waiting for someone to come and retrieve them later." Mr. Zou said thoughtfully.
Liu Weihua nodded, "Very likely."
"Should we go ask the captain?" Liu Jingxue said.
Zou Lao rejected it. "No, before someone from above is sent to investigate, the news cannot be leaked. It must be kept secret for the time being."
Mr. Zou turned to look at Liu Jingxue, "Xiaoxue, tell me the truth, did you touch the package?"
Liu Jingxue shook her head, "Grandpa Zou, I was originally planning to take out the map and see if I could make a copy.
But I was worried that he had made some mark on the package, and if I moved, he would notice it, so I didn’t move the package.”
"Xiaoxue is so smart that she even thought of this.
It’s better not to move. This way, Li Jie won’t know that his identity has been discovered.
But Xiaoxue, Li Jie is a Japanese soldier and he has a gun in his hand, so you should not follow him in the future.
The devil's cunning and cruelty are beyond your imagination."
“Okay, Grandpa Zou, I won’t follow him anymore.
Now that it has been confirmed that Li Jie is a spy sent by the Japanese, I will report to the police and ask them to send someone to investigate him and catch his accomplices." Liu Jingxue suggested.
Liu Weihua shook his head, "It's no use reporting to the police, they can't deal with spies.
Moreover, there might be spies planted in the public security team. If we let them know, the news might be leaked.
It’s best to find the military, which has people who specialize in investigating spies and secret agents.”
"This is the Northeast, so should we look for troops in the Northeast?
Grandpa Zou, Uncle, do you have any way to contact the troops here?"
Zou Lao said, “If it was in the past, I would definitely be able to find a way to get in touch.
But I have been demoted for more than a year.
I'm not aware of the personnel changes in the army over the past year or so.
I don’t know whether the person who is currently leading the Northeast Military Region can be trusted or whether he belongs to that faction.
If you contact them rashly, not only will it cause trouble, but it might even bring trouble to yourself and even implicate you."
“I have the same concerns as the old chief.
No matter what, we can't let Xiaoxue fall into danger because of this." Liu Weihua said.