Chapter 217 Returning to the Village to Relax
Liu Zhiye took off his shoes, climbed onto the kang, and lay down beside his precious daughter. He held his head up, lay on his side, and looked at the little girl tenderly.

The little girl was lying there, sleeping peacefully, with a sweet smile on her lips. Liu Zhiye gently stroked her hair, his heart filled with satisfaction and happiness.

At this moment, he seemed to have merged with this little life and felt the beauty and preciousness of life.

Gan Ning saw that Liu Zhiye was in an abnormal state. It was obvious that he was worried and exhausted. She was a smart woman and thought that it might be related to what happened today.

She gently hugged Liu Zhiye from behind, rubbing his forehead gently, giving him silent comfort. No matter how strong men are, they can be vulnerable at times. She gently stroked his hair, making him feel warm and comfortable.

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Early in the morning, Liu Zhiye was awakened by the loud voice of the little girl. He opened his sleepy eyes and touched the little girl's diaper, which was dry. He shouted, "Xiao Ning, our girl is hungry."

"Xiao Ning?"

"Hmm?" Seeing that Gan Ning did not respond, he thought, maybe she went to the East Courtyard.

"Okay, girl! Your dad will take you to find your mom!"

"Ahh! Don't cry, Xiaoxian..."

Little girl, don’t care about this. It’s time for dinner and you still don’t arrange anything for me, so I’ll cry and nothing you say will work.

Liu Zhiye had no choice but to carry Xiaoxian, who was crying loudly due to hunger, to the East Courtyard to find her mother.

As soon as Gan Ning entered the east courtyard, she heard the voice and hurried out to greet him. She took Xiaoxian and said, "Are you awake? Breakfast is ready. Go and have breakfast after washing up. I'll go feed the girl first." Then, she took Xiaoxian back to her room in the front yard and went to feed her.

Deng Ru also hurried out of the house and said to Liu Zhiye, "You son of a bitch, the food is in the pot, eat it by yourself. I'm going to see my precious granddaughter!" Then she hurried to the front yard.

Liu Zhiye shook his head and smiled bitterly. Ever since Xiaoxian was born, the status of their family had plummeted. Liu's mother Deng Ru could not leave her precious granddaughter for a moment and was inseparable from her.

Every morning, as soon as Deng Ru finished cooking, she would go directly to the front yard to help Gan Ning take care of Xiaoxian. She enjoyed doing this all day long.

"Hush! Brother, you're awake too?" Liu Zhitai yawned, opened the door, and looked at Liu Zhiye's disheveled appearance in the wind in confusion.

"Yeah! Brother, did you come back to stay last night? Where's Hongmei?" He looked at Liu Zhitai strangely.

Since moving out, Liu Zhitai and He Hongmei have been living a sweet life as a couple and rarely come back to live.

Liu Zhitai explained a little embarrassedly: "Hi! Hongmei's father has been idle at home these days, and she needs to go home to accompany her father. I felt bored living alone, so I came home to live."

Liu Zhiye suggested with a smile: "Okay! Let's go see if our father has woken up. This weekend, do you want to go back to the village to play?" He hadn't been back to the village for a while, and he planned to go back to replenish the supplies in the space.

"That's great. We haven't been back to visit grandpa for a while, and I want to ask him for some medical knowledge!" This was exactly what Liu Zhitai meant.

Liu Jingzhai also stood up and came out. Seeing the two brothers standing at the door chatting and laughing, he smiled and said, "Have you two finished washing up?"

"Hey! Dad, you're up too!" the two brothers said in unison.

Liu Zhitai said: "Dad! Let's go back to our hometown together after dinner!"

Liu Jingzhai heard this, hesitated for a moment and then looked at Liu Zhiye: "Zhiye, are you free today?"

Liu Zhiye smiled and said to him, "Dad, I want to go back today too."

Liu Jingzhai: "That's fine, go wake up your sister, and leave early if you want to go back."

Liu Zhiye: "No hurry, I have to go to the branch office to report my work later. We can leave after I come back."

After breakfast, Xiao Yu went to pick up Liu Zhiye and went to the police station.

"Xiao Yu, you go back to the Public Security Brigade, I will drive back by myself." He ordered after getting out of the car.

"Oh! Okay!" After hearing that, Xiao Yu handed him the car keys.

Then Liu Zhiye walked to Deputy Director Yu’s office.

"Boom!"

"Please come in!"

"Director Yu! Liu Zhiye comes here to report!" As soon as he entered the door, Liu Zhiye stood at attention and saluted!
Deputy Director Yu greeted him with a smile: "Comrade Zhiye, come and sit down!"

After Liu Zhiye sat down, he said, "You are here for the Xinjiekou case, right?" Liu Zhiye nodded carefully, "Yes, Director Yu, I will report to you, and then go to the Criminal Investigation Department to hand over the follow-up work of the case."

Deputy Director Yu praised: "It is not easy to solve this case so quickly, and you have made an indispensable contribution. I didn't expect you to solve the case so quickly, it's really surprising. Tell me, how did you handle the case?"

Liu Zhiye took the cigarette from the table and took out a cigarette, signaling the leader to smoke first. Deputy Director Yu smiled and waved his hand, indicating that he could do it himself. Liu Zhiye put the cigarette back on the table and lit it.

He smoked a cigarette and then continued: "Leaders are like this, like this, like this..."

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After coming out of the police station, Liu Zhiye felt relaxed and drove directly to pick up Liu Tielin.

"Brother, you haven't been home for a while, right?" Liu Zhiye said with a smile.

Liu Tielin said excitedly: "Hi! After the special training, I went back for a while, and I never went back since then."

"Brother, since you are so sad, let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative first. I will buy some things for our grandfather and the others."

Liu Zhiye smiled and said, "What else do you need to buy? I have everything ready. You don't need to buy anything."

Liu Tielin said, "That won't do! That's your gift. I haven't been back for a long time, so I have to show some respect for it."

"Okay! Let's go!"

The Liu Zhiye brothers then came to the supply and marketing cooperative. He was too lazy to go shopping and directly took out a dozen living tickets and handed them to Liu Tielin: "I won't go in, I'll wait for you outside; go quickly and come back quickly, take these tickets and buy whatever you want!"

Liu Tielin declined, "Brother, no need, I have the ticket."

Liu Zhiye didn't allow him to talk nonsense, and directly stuffed the tickets into his hands, saying: "You only have a few, I guess you don't even have enough for yourself, I'll give it to you, just take it, go!"

Liu Tielin had no choice but to accept it: "Hey! I'll be back soon!

As it was Sunday, the supply and marketing cooperative was bustling with people, and Liu Tielin spent a lot of time to buy all the necessary items. He returned to the car sweating profusely, and the two brothers began their journey home.

He returned to Nanluoguxiang and picked up Liu Jingzhai and his two anxious companions, then rushed back to Liujiazhuang.

When they returned to the old house, they found that no one was home and the door was locked.

Then, Liu Tielin found the old lady next door and asked her about it.

It turned out that most of the villagers went to the rice fields in the south to harvest rice today. Because their rice was planted a little later this year, the harvest time was a week later than the rice in other places.

Liu Zhiye suggested: "Let's go take a look and catch some crabs." Liu Zhiruo responded happily: "Let's go, I haven't seen the labor scene of harvesting rice yet!"

So they went all the way to the rice fields in the south. They saw the mature "Jingxi rice" spread out, presenting a beautiful picture of "beautiful mountains and clear waters and fragrant rice ears".

The villagers are busy harvesting rice in the rice fields with sickles. At that time, there were no mechanized harvesters in my country. The earliest mechanized harvesters in my country were not introduced until after 1963 when the Soviet Union introduced technology.

As the seasons change, rice has entered its harvest season. Now, the rice fields beside Nanshan are all golden, with thousands of acres of rice waiting for the villagers to harvest with their hands.

However, due to technical limitations, rice harvesting currently relies entirely on manual labor. Therefore, once the harvest season arrives, the entire village, young and old, will join in the effort.

"Oh! It's Brother Jingzhai who's back!" A brother of Liu Jingzhai's generation spotted the father and son and came forward excitedly, greeting them with a smile on his face.

Liu Jingzhai came forward with a big smile on his face and said kindly, "Yes, you are back, Brother Da Meng! It's been a long time since we last met! How have you been recently?" He stretched out his hand and shook hands tightly with the long-lost brother. The two brothers sat down on the spot, chatted about family matters, and shared each other's daily lives. The atmosphere was warm and harmonious.

"Second Uncle! Hello!" Liu Zhiye and his brothers and sisters greeted him together.

The second uncle said with a smile: "Nephew, you are back too! I heard that you had a little girl a while ago, why didn't you bring her back?"

Liu Zhiye responded with a smile: "Second uncle, don't worry! This child is just one month old and is indeed too young, so I didn't bring him back. However, when she is a little older, I will bring her back and let you see how she has grown."

A few people were chatting excitedly when the third uncle called the eldest uncle to come over.

"Big brother, third brother, come here and sit down and rest for a while!" Liu Jingzhai called out to them from a distance.

The third uncle smiled and said, "We came here specifically to chat with you. If we hadn't come and you had come back, we wouldn't have been able to rest!"

"Why didn't you tell me you were coming back?" asked the uncle as he sat down.

(End of this chapter)