Jia He readily agreed, then said, "Let's go! Uncle, you go take a good bath first, I'll prepare some clean clothes for you."
Er Zhuang looked up at Chen Lan. Chen Lan immediately gave him a look. Er Zhuang nodded after seeing it, understanding that his sister-in-law didn't want the family to know about his elder brother's accident, lest they worry. After all, the elders in the family were no longer young and could not withstand such a severe blow. So Er Zhuang said nothing and followed Jia He to the bathroom as his sister-in-law had arranged.
Seeing that there was nothing for them to do, the children went to school as usual. Uncle De and Uncle Fu went to practice their harvest drums, and Chun Ni went to the kitchen to busy herself. Everyone went about their own tasks.
Chen Lan thought it was fortunate that her mother and aunt and uncle were still napping and hadn't woken up, and that her mother-in-law and Mother Cui were working overtime at the rehearsal and weren't home. The older children were all busy with their own things and weren't napping at home, otherwise, she wouldn't have gotten away with it so easily.
Seeing that everyone had left, Chen Lan guessed that Er Zhuang's return this time was likely due to issues with the identities of Xu Mingxuan and herself. Given Xu Mingxuan's personality and way of handling affairs, coupled with his knowledge of what was to come, he wouldn't have made any obvious mistakes that could be used against him. It meant someone wanted to use him and her identity to target him. Su Dan Novel Network.
Thinking this, Chen Lan immediately took out the things she had prepared from the system warehouse that Xu Mingxuan had given her uncle and aunt when they returned to the valley last time. Chen Lan had specifically placed an order with the system for professionals to help create receipts for that period based on Xu Mingxuan's and her mother's memories and narration of the donation process.
One of the donation receipts for medicine even imitated the signature of a prominent figure. Since it was a true event, she wasn't afraid of them investigating. If they dared to ask the prominent figure, they could.
Even if the witnesses who signed the other receipts had already sacrificed their lives, she wasn't afraid of them investigating. These things were all real, and many people knew about the donations from both families at the time.
Chen Lan prepared receipts and proof of the families' multiple donations of money, supplies, land, factories, and shops to the army and the country before and after liberation. To prevent any accidents, she prepared two copies of each. She had made thorough preparations for this day, all to prevent unclear matters from happening to Xu Mingxuan. She hadn't expected things to happen in the end.
Chen Lan also specially ordered a batch of the most popular clothing of that era from the system: green military caps, green military uniforms, black belts, and red armbands. The red armbands bore the large characters "Revolutionary Committee."
The customer service representatives from the production factory thought Chen Lan was a procurement officer for a film crew and asked if the crew was preparing to shoot a TV series in the 1960s and 1970s. They even recommended many items needed for that era. Chen Lan was quite speechless but thanked them for their kindness. She then carefully inspected everything and put it all back into the system warehouse after finding no issues.
After Er Zhuang finished his meal in a hurry, Chen Lan called him to the small study. As soon as he entered the room, Chen Lan directly asked, "Er Zhuang, did your elder brother get into trouble?"
Er Zhuang was stunned by her question and replied, "Yes, sister-in-law. How did you know?"
Chen Lan asked urgently, "Er Zhuang, don't worry about how I know. Tell me specifically what happened?"
Er Zhuang quickly replied, "Someone reported that elder brother's family is a landlord family, and sister-in-law's family is a capitalist family. They are both 'black elements' and shouldn't be in the revolutionary ranks. They should be sent to the most difficult places to participate in labor and study. Elder brother couldn't explain it clearly, so he asked me to come back to the valley to get the donation certificates."
Chen Lan asked, "Er Zhuang, is your elder brother still at his unit in Jiamusi?"
Er Zhuang replied, "No, he was escorted to the headquarters in Harbin to explain the situation. I originally wanted to go with him, but he didn't let me and told me to hurry back to the valley to get the donation certificates from sister-in-law."
Chen Lan thought for a moment and said, "Er Zhuang, hurry home and check on your parents and Ming Wei and her son. We'll leave in an hour and a half."
Er Zhuang asked in shock, "Sister-in-law, are you going too? It's too dangerous. You shouldn't go."
Chen Lan didn't have time to explain and said, "Er Zhuang, you have to trust me. There's not much time. I'll explain later. Hurry back! I still need to make some preparations. When you get home, don't let anything slip. Understand? Just say you were passing through on a business trip and missed home, so you came back for a visit."
As soon as Er Zhuang left, her mother woke up. Chen Lan told her mother, "Mom, I want to take the children out of the valley while it's not busy and before the autumn harvest. Let them experience hardship and broaden their horizons with their father. If they always stay in the valley enjoying themselves, they won't know about the complexities of the world. Let them feel the hardships and difficulties of people outside, so they won't be ignorant of the warmth and cold of the human world and won't cherish their good life now."
Her mother immediately nodded in agreement, "Lan'er, it's time the children saw their father. Mingxuan hasn't had a holiday to come home, you should have gone to visit Mingxuan earlier. It's not good for a couple to be separated like this."
Her mother then asked, "Lan'er, when do you plan to leave? Do you need to make any preparations in advance?"
Chen Lan replied, "Mom, it's for their training. There's no need to prepare anything. Er Zhuang was on a business trip back to his unit, and he happened to be passing by here. He really missed home, so he went back to see his parents and child and is leaving soon. We can go with him and won't be afraid of getting lost and not finding their unit."
Her mother nodded and urged, "Lan'er, hurry and get the children back. Are you taking all ten of them?"
Chen Lan explained, "Mom, ten is too many. There's no room at Brother Mingxuan's place. I'm not taking the oldest or the youngest this time. The older girls will stay home to take care of you and Uncle and this family. The youngest are too little. I'll only take the four in the middle. Mom, please watch the three youngest and keep them from being naughty."
Her mother nodded again and said nothing more.
Seeing that her mother didn't suspect anything and was very supportive, Chen Lan asked Chun Ni to accompany her to find Jia Yao, Jia He, Jia Xing, the three brothers, and Jia Hui.