Chapter 533: Chapter 49: Xiao Xian’s Questioning (Part 2)
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Their mat had nothing special, relying only on price and quality for sales.
"This isn’t difficult, girl, go and fetch some samples for me. I’ll send them to the Agricultural Science Academy laboratory for testing. If they pass, it’s a deal," actually, Yu Gang received plenty of requests for help and never refused anyone, merely following the process to send them to the laboratory, but the products that truly passed the tests were few.
However, he had tried Xiao Xian’s sweet potatoes before and was quite confident about them.
"Old Mao, stop taking advantage of my son every chance you get," Yu Shan Yang couldn’t stand it any longer and interrupted, but what he really wanted to ask was directed to Xiao Xian standing beside,
"Girl, did you really weave this mat?"
Xiao Xian didn’t respond for a long time, merely staring blankly at Yu Shan Yang.
"Hey, little niece, don’t keep quiet ah, otherwise Old Yu will claim I’m boasting," Mao Dazhu became anxious. His niece usually seemed clever, so why was she suddenly befuddled?
"Old man, your surname is Yu, right? Then do you recognize this person?" Rather than beating around the bush, it was better to ask directly. Xiao Xian pulled out a first edition of the Party Constitution from 1959, opened the title page, and pointed at the first name on it.
"Hey, isn’t this Old Yu’s name? The handwriting is the same as yours, definitely his." Mao Dazhu leaned over first and took a quick look.
Yu Gang also came closer to look, and indeed, it was his father’s name and handwriting. Yet looking at Xiao Xian’s age, it was puzzling how she could possess an old version of the Party Constitution with his father’s handwriting.
A bolt of lightning exploded in his mind, and Yu Shan Yang felt his whole person staggering, he turned to look at Xiao Xian, she was...
"This Party Constitution belonged to my grandfather. My surname is Zhu, and my name is Xiao Xian."
She was that little girl from the Zhu Family who had cried at the train station, refusing to take the train and insisting on taking an airplane to Guizhou.
"I need you three to ensure my granddaughter’s lifelong peace."
Before him, the girl didn’t seem to be just over ten years old. She shouldn’t be this innocent and ignorant like a child of that age, still under the care of Zhu Shijun in Guizhou.
Yu Shan Yang was still Yu Shan Yang, even though his heart was overwhelmed by surging waves and nearly uncontrollable, he managed to respond with a steady voice: "What a coincidence. Your grandfather was likely my classmate back at the Party School. During the Central Party School’s graduation, everyone would sign each other’s Party Constitution as a memento."
"My grandfather’s name is Zhu Shijun, I wonder if you remember him," Xiao Xian looked straight at Yu Shan Yang, unflinchingly.
Yu Gang’s body shook sharply, he hesitantly looked at his father. Among the graduates of the same Party School class, there were no less than a hundred people; his father, being elderly, might not remember every name. But Zhu Shijun... was this girl Zhu Shijun’s granddaughter?
"It seems there was someone named Zhu Shijun," Yu Shan Yang replied slowly, his expression as usual.
"He is the former Tobacco Bureau Director who was imprisoned five years ago for corruption and bribery." Xiao Xian spoke slowly, emphasizing each word.
Zhu Shijun was the former head of the Tobacco Bureau; after he was demoted, Yu Shan Yang became the nominal Director of the Tobacco Bureau. However, for some reason, Yu Shan Yang always refused to accept the formal appointment by the State Council, the position of the director was kept vacant until he retired due to illness, then others were considered.
"My grandfather, he has never been someone easy to forget." Xiao Xian’s last doubts disappeared in the observable emotional shift in Yu Shan Yang, he indeed knew Zhu Shijun.
"I’m telling you, Old Yu, this is where you are wrong. Why didn’t you just honestly tell my niece. Weren’t you previously the deputy..." under Yu Gang’s glaring, Mao Dazhu swallowed his last word.
"Girl, my father is old, and his memory isn’t very good," Yu Gang stopped Xiao Xian from asking further, as Xiao Xian was nearing Yu Shan Yang’s bottom line.
"I’m not that senile yet," Yu Shan Yang spoke again, "Zhu Shijun, yes, I remember him. The state allowing him to stay in Guizhou was already the maximum extent of pardon. You are still just a child, there are many things that you don’t necessarily need to understand or can’t possibly understand. This is advice from someone older."
Listening to Old Yu’s tone, Mao Dazhu felt something was amiss. His own niece was now a money tree, it would be better not to get entangled with these old and corrupt cases. He then tugged at Xiao Xian, advising her, "Xiao Xian, you shouldn’t talk about your grandfather’s issues with others."
A good child, attending a key school, if her foreign background gets investigated, joining the Youth League or the Party in the future would become major problems. It’s better for him to advise her beforehand as her Master.
"As long as I bear the Zhu surname, I have the right to know." Xiao Xian was determined to clear things up today.
"Mr. Yu, do you know my grandfather’s current situation? He is in Guizhou, and every month he has to go to the Guiyang Police Station. It takes two hours to travel from Ge Village to Bai Family Ancient Town, and then from Bai Family Ancient Town to take a train to Guiyang Police Station. Also, my parents’ ashes haven’t yet been buried." And there’s the "disappeared" real Zhu Xiaoxian from that stormy night. All of this, because of that case a few years ago.
If she were just an oblivious child, she could choose not to ask, but she is Zhou Xiaoxian from another world. She might be useless, she might be ignorant, but one thing she clearly remembers—the first person who was kind to her in this world was not her parents but Zhu Shijun.
Not to repay kindness is to be less than human.
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