Rebirth 90: The Long Road to Finding a Son

When Sun Aiguo and Sun Aijun were in their hometown, they each took in a capable apprentice. Now, most of the preparation work for the school has been completed.

Television commercials can be arranged before the New Year, and the school plans to open on the 15th day of the first lunar month after the New Year.

Sun Aiguo’s apprentice is Liu Lei, who is the same age as his eldest son Sun Qi. They are both 22 years old now and have no partners, so they have no worries about going out to make a living.

His parents are relieved when they know their son is following his master. He has been learning cooking from Sun Aiguo since he graduated from junior high school, and it has been six years now.

The child is smart, has lively eyes and is eloquent. Sun Aiguo likes him very much and takes good care of him.

Now Sun Aiguo wants him to work in the training school for a while first. If he still wants to work in the kitchen, he can ask for it at any time and he can find a good place for him.

Sun Aijun's apprentice is Wang Xiaowei, who is 25 years old, married and has a two-year-old son. In the past, he worked with his master to cook banquets, earning 1,800 yuan a month, which was not bad, and he did not lose money to his wife and children.

The child is quiet, hardworking, and listens to Sun Aijun. Hearing that his master wants to go out and explore the society, he is eager to try, but he can't bear to leave home.

Fortunately, his parents live in the village, opposite his family, and can help him out more often. His wife also encouraged him to go out and try his luck, hoping that if he succeeds, it will give his children a better future.

If you feel you can't adapt to the outside world, it's not too late to go home. After all, you have skills and experience in banquets. You can go back and form a team to continue the wedding banquet business.

Now, the school is short of teachers, so the two apprentices were persuaded by their master to open classes in the school first.

The two young men are mainly responsible for the crash course, which is more suitable for self-employed individuals who plan to sell snacks and breakfasts.

The three Sun Aimin brothers are mainly responsible for the long-term classes, systematically training students in order to cultivate a group of professional chefs with solid theoretical knowledge and rich practical experience.

Once the school enters a stable operation phase and has good revenue, we will consider expanding operations and adding training programs.

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After more than a month of intensive investigation and trial, the case involving the members of the Zhan Family gang headed by Zhan Dayou has finally been resolved. The day of sentencing is coming soon.

Zhan Jinhua and Qian Jindou are detained in Mafang City Detention Center. The evidence of their crimes is conclusive and cannot be denied.

But there is a key point. In the relevant criminal facts recorded in the Zhan family account book, only Qian Jindou's name appeared, but Zhan Jinhua's name was not.

In this way, the only cases that could clearly convict Zhan Jinhua were those solved by Sun Aimin and Wu Xing.

Moreover, Zhou Yue was insulted by several human traffickers, and this matter could not be implicated in Zhan Jinhua. The lawyer hired by Professor Zhou analyzed that the sentencing of Zhan Jinhua might disappoint them.

As expected by the lawyer, the two were sentenced in court a few days later. Qian Jindou was eventually sentenced to death due to the large number of cases he was involved in. Although Zhan Jinhua had a lot of property in her name, she attributed the source of that property to the noodle shop and Qian Jindou.

The property that could not be proved as the source of income was confiscated, but the final sentence was only ten years.

Among the people from Zhanjiazhuang captured in Jiangyuan City, Zhan Dayou was identified as the organizer of a criminal gang and was sentenced to death and his property was confiscated.

Although Mrs. Zhan was involved in many trafficking cases, there was no solid evidence, she had no property to execute and she was almost 70 years old. After the cases were sorted out, she was released and sent home.

Zhan Baoku is the only son of Zhan Dayou and his wife. What they worry most is that Zhan Baoku will also be thrown into jail.

They had just lost their second son and had not yet recovered from their grief. If their youngest son went to prison, there was no guarantee that he would not develop the disease prematurely due to the stimulation, and then their family would truly be extinct.

Fortunately, they had a plan and did not let their son directly participate in the transaction, and they also kept their son out of the loop when doing the accounting.

Their second daughter-in-law, Song Wenhua, and third daughter-in-law, Wang Ling, were not so lucky. Their names were listed in the account book, and when the money was distributed, these two were asked to sign and receive it.

In the end, the two were sentenced to fifteen and twelve years in prison respectively, and all their family’s illegal gains were confiscated.

Zhan Baoku was released with his mother, but now the mother and daughter are penniless except for the big house in Zhanjiazhuang.

The rest of the persons involved in the case were sentenced to varying terms of fixed-term imprisonment, life imprisonment and death penalty according to the number, nature and amount of the case, and their illegal gains were confiscated.

Zhan Baokun was sentenced to ten years in prison for knowingly breaking the law, while Zhan Heping surrendered himself and made meritorious contributions while serving his sentence, so he was eventually sentenced to three years in prison.

Although Professor Zhou thought it would be best for Zhan Heping to die in prison, he also knew that based on the crimes he had committed, his sentence would not be too severe.

But after he was released from prison, Professor Zhou found a way to make him unable to turn over a new leaf for the rest of his life.

At this point, all the cases in Zhanjiazhuang have been tried. Some of them may appeal against the verdict, but for the Zhan family, this result is already good.

They certainly know how serious their crimes are, and they don't know how many people are waiting to kill them. If they appeal and new evidence comes out, it might backfire and they end up getting killed.

Therefore, these people very wisely chose to accept the verdict and give up the appeal.

Zhan Baoku and his mother came home from the detention center, and they were so sad that they could not even cry. Why? All the family property was confiscated. During the days when they were taken away by the police, the villagers who had been oppressed by the Zhan family for a long time could finally hold their heads up in the village.

To vent their hatred, they went to Zhan's house to do some odd jobs and took back almost everything they could use. This was no psychological burden for them, after all, they had been exploited by Zhan for more than just a little bit.

The car that Zhanbaoku owned was a car that no one in the village could drive, and now it had been smashed to pieces by the villagers, turning into a pile of scrap metal. The villagers had removed all the wheels.

Now, the township took the lead in organizing the re-election of the village leadership team. A villager named Shen Yuzhu was elected.

Zhan Dayou has been domineering in the village for decades. Now the village leader has finally been replaced. The oppressed villagers feel that the air in the village is a thousand times better, and they no longer have the feeling of being oppressed and suffocated as before.

In order to force the villagers to go along with him, Zhan Dayou used all sorts of means. In addition to organizing his forces to threaten and intimidate, he also made great efforts on homesteads and farmland.

He refused to grant housing land to villagers whose sons were getting married and wanted to split up the family. He also kept silent when others were building houses, but when they were almost finished, he found all kinds of faults and asked his gang members to demolish the houses.

There was also the distribution of land. The good land in the village was distributed to their own people, while the rest of the villagers not only received less than the stipulated amount, but also received broken land in corners, riverside areas, and mountain crevices that were not suitable for growing crops.

Moreover, more than half of the good farmland in the village was not distributed to the villagers, but was controlled by Zhan Dayou. If the villagers wanted to grow crops, they had to pay a high price to rent it, with an annual rent of three or four hundred yuan per mu.

Zhan Dayou claimed that these lands belonged to the village collective, but in fact all the rent he collected went into his own pocket. He might give some dividends to his gang members, but other villagers did not see a penny.

His style of doing things forced the villagers who refused to commit crimes like him to have no way to survive, forcing them to move away and fend for themselves.

The first thing the new village chief Shen Yuzhu did after taking office was to redistribute the land in the village. After counting the number of farmlands in the village, he classified the quality of the farmlands into grades. After determining the area of ​​land allocated to each household based on the number of family members, he determined the approximate ratio of good fields to inferior fields.

Afterwards, a household-by-household drawing of lots was adopted, with each household sending one person to draw lots to determine the plot of land allocated.

This is the most fair and just way to divide the land. When the villagers who were working outside heard about what happened in the village, they all rushed back to their hometown to participate in the drawing of lots to divide the land. Zhanjia Village has now completely changed its appearance, and everyone's face is filled with joy.

Of course, the families of human traffickers are an exception, but it is difficult for them to become a force anymore. In addition, many villagers who worked outside have returned home, strengthening the power of ordinary villagers. As a result, the families of human traffickers dare not act rashly and can only behave themselves in the village.