272: Xiao Dong and his wife, who are universally despised.

At a certain farm in Chaoshi, Liaosheng Province, in the north.

Xiao Dong and Wu Lian had been sent here for over ten days. These days, they had been trying to plead for mercy and call their daughter. But the place they were staying was terribly cold. In this weather, it was already more than ten degrees below zero. When they came, they only packed one or two sets of clothes and couldn't bring anything else.

Moreover, the farm they were staying at, despite being called a farm, actually had nothing.

"Husband, boohoohoo, I don't want to be here, I want to go back... Quickly call Yueyue and have our son-in-law rescue us..."

They had to work for more than ten hours a day, but their meals consisted of potatoes and bran cakes, with only one bowl of small cabbage for vegetables, and hardly any oil.

Not only that, if they couldn't complete ten work points a day, they would be criticized... This was no life for humans. For so many years, they had lived extremely well, using the money from Big Brother's sacrifice, the money sent by Big Brother's comrades-in-arms, and their own salaries.

They had never encountered such hardship.

"What are you arguing about? Do you think I don't want to make a call?" Xiao Dong scolded Wu Lian with an ugly expression.

When they arrived, they brought nothing but clothes and quilts. They did bring over twenty yuan. But here, money couldn't buy anything.

"If I could make a call, would I need you to tell me?"

It wasn't that Xiao Dong hadn't tried to make a call, but calls could only be made from the farm manager's office. Nowhere else.

They also didn't dare to escape. It seemed to take several hours by car to get from here to the City Name, and their farm only had one tractor. Although there were some villagers nearby, every household was very poor.

Many people sent to this farm were sent for re-education.

Not only did they have to do farm work and cultivate land, but they also had to attend study sessions and be criticized... In just over ten days, they were tormented, their skin several shades darker, their hands covered in blisters, and their eyes dizzy from hunger.

They had also been beaten twice.

"Yueyue said she would ask Xu Yang's family to save us. Let's endure for now. Our son is also trying to find a way..."

Xiao Dong comforted his wife.

Wu Lian looked at the low, drafty house and remembered the pain of these days, and she burst into tears.

"Waaah..."

"Shut up, or the Security Department people will see us and say we have a bad attitude and haven't recognized our mistakes..."

Before Xiao Dong could finish speaking, he saw several people in grey clothes running quickly towards them.

"Why are you crying? Do you resent us and still haven't recognized your mistakes?"

Xiao Dong trembled with fear and quickly shook his head.

"No, we've already recognized our mistakes... My wife misses our children..."

He thought of this excuse. If he said anything else, the Security Department people would definitely not let them off.

"You will be re-educated for five years. Be honest, and if you try any more tricks, you'll be in for a show..."

Xiao Dong and Wu Lian fell to their knees with a thud.

"We'll be honest..."

After the group left, Xiao Dong and Wu Lian got up.

Not far away, some people saw the miserable state of Xiao Dong and Wu Lian and began to whisper.

"What exactly did they do?"

"I heard the notice said they occupied their brother's pension, stole his house, and even used their mother's name to defraud their brother's comrades-in-arms of money..."

"I also heard that the couple wanted to sell their Niece, steal her marriage, and marry her off to a hooligan who had beaten several wives to death..."

"They say they wanted to sell their Niece for five hundred yuan..."

"What? How could there be such vicious people? They are truly cruel. People like them should be severely punished..."

Some of the onlookers were farm workers, while others were people who had been sent down or were undergoing re-education. They were all here for various reasons; some, even with bad backgrounds, had not committed such cruel acts.

So, for a while, Xiao Dong and Spouse were denounced by everyone on the farm.

Others' misfortunes might elicit quiet help, but everyone detested these two.

"Truly deranged."

"So heartless."

"No wonder they were sent to this farm."

"In my opinion, the people on the farm are still too gentle with them."

"They are truly two ungrateful wretches. Such people need good re-education..."

The surrounding people cursed Xiao Dong and Wu Lian one after another.

"It's not like that, someone framed us..."

Wu Lian loudly denied it. How could she admit all this? If she did, they would have no place on the farm. A few days ago, some people showed them kindness, but now everyone was blaming them.

"We were framed, the truth is not like this..."

Xiao Dong also understood that if they admitted it, their lives would be ruined. So they couldn't admit any of it. They had to push all the blame onto Xiao Niannian.

"That Niece of ours has a questionable background, she must be the child of a spy... She harmed us, we are innocent..."

The couple coordinated their stories, blaming everything on Xiao Niannian.

They hadn't thought of this method before, but later they heard Wang Dazhuang and others suspecting Xiao Niannian was a spy, so they thought of it.

At that time, they also spread this matter in the County Government and the village. But the villagers didn't believe them.

Most of the villagers stood with Xiao Niannian and blamed them.

"Bah, still daring to blame their Niece, how shameless..."

"Beat them."

"Beat them hard."

Xiao Dong and Wu Lian dodged the initial blows, but now they were beaten by the onlookers.

"Ah!"

"Don't hit me."

"Please, spare me."

"Don't hit us..."

Xiao Dong no longer cared about Wu Lian and immediately ran. Xiao Dong and Wu Lian became people denounced by all.

Time flew by, and more than two months passed.

The Logistics Platoon in the Reconnaissance Battalion also became increasingly outstanding.

Except for the Automobile Platoon and the Reconnaissance Company, no other company could beat the Logistics Platoon.

In these two months, they hadn't received any missions.

Xiao Niannian decided to apply for leave.

Battalion Commander Han received Xiao Niannian's application and immediately approved it.

Xiao Niannian arranged the platoon's affairs and returned to the Division Headquarters Family Courtyard.

She had already agreed with her grandmother that they would spend the New Year in the Capital City this year. Of course, by the time her leave was over, it would be next year.

After her leave, she would report to the Military Academy.

At that time, she would take her grandmother back to the City Name, settle her grandmother first, and then report to the Military Academy.

"Grandma."

"You're back. Did you get your leave approved?"

Xiao Niannian smiled and nodded at her grandmother's words.

"I'll go to the City Name to get the train tickets later."