While they were playing, the door opened again and Director Luo walked in with a happy look on his face, followed by two people.

"Mom, wife, cook a few more dishes tonight. Xiao Yi and Yu Ting are coming."

Xiao Yi walked into the room and saw Ji Qinglan. They looked at each other and were both stunned.

Director Luo introduced: "This is Comrade Ji, the godmother of the two children. Little Ji, this is Xiao Yi and Yu Ting. Those you have met are all my comrades-in-arms."

Ji Qinglan nodded and smiled politely. Director Luo kept the secret quite secret and never revealed that he and Xiao Yi were comrades-in-arms.

Luo Hongyu had already led her brother to pour tea for the guests, and Li Miaofang also came out from the kitchen to invite the guests to take their seats.

Yu Ting laughed and said to Director Luo: "Brother Luo, we know Ji Zhiqing. She helped us a lot."

Director Luo was relieved when he heard this, thinking that they knew each other because of the Dui Wei incident: "Yes, you should have known each other, I forgot."

In the kitchen, when Grandma Luo heard her son come back, she started cooking and asked her granddaughter to call back Grandpa Luo who was playing chess with his friends in the yard downstairs.

Soon, the dishes were served on the table. Li Miaofang had specially prepared more dishes to entertain Ji Qinglan. Now with two more people, Li Miaofang skillfully fried shredded potatoes and pork, stir-fried cucumbers, and cold-mixed cowpeas. The dishes were all brought by Ji Qinglan from home. They were picked at noon and were fresh and juicy.

Grandpa Luo took out his treasured wine to entertain the guests. The four men each poured a small glass of wine. Ji Qinglan and the other three adults took their three children to a separate table. Li Miaofang took out the soda she bought at the supply and marketing cooperative and gave each of the three children a bottle.

However, faced with a table full of delicious food, Li Miaofang simply couldn't eat much because she had a heart attack.

On Ji Qinglan's left is Luo Hongxing, on her right is Luo Hongyu, and in the middle she is holding Ji Xincheng. In order to prevent her brothers and sisters from snatching her mother away, Ji Xincheng now doesn't even want Xiao Yi.

This made Ji Qinglan smile with satisfaction like an old mother. It seemed that she was going in the wrong direction. To divert Ji Xincheng's attention, she only needed sister Luo and sister Yu.

What do you want? Corn baba.

At the dinner table, Luo Hongyu and her brother kept picking up dishes for Ji Qinglan, which made Li Miaofang's eyes sore that she couldn't eat the rare delicious dishes and meat.

Seeing the pieces of meat that her son and daughter put in Ji Qinglan's bowl and the green leaves that they put in her own bowl, Li Miaofang sighed inwardly, "Alas! I have raised my children in vain."

Grandma Luo was in the same mood at this moment.

Ji Qinglan was preoccupied with something and didn't pay much attention to the two's reactions.

She had originally planned to mention Xiang Guo's matter to Director Luo and the others during the meal to attract Director Luo's attention, but the arrival of Xiao Yi and Yu Ting disrupted her rhythm. Looking at the three people drinking and reminiscing at the next table, she didn't know how to start the conversation even though she had prepared a remark.

Xiao Yi was a man of great sensitivity and he knew about the grudges between her and the Xiang family. If she specifically mentioned Xiang Guo, he would definitely be suspicious.

In fact, she didn't want anyone else to know what she had done, except Uncle Peng. Uncle Peng could keep the secret for her and give her advice, but Xiao Yi didn't know.

Ji Xincheng was gnawing on a chicken leg, his mouth was full of oil and his hands were also greasy. Li Miaofang hurriedly took a handkerchief to wipe his hands and face.

Ji Xincheng thanked her politely: "Thank you, godmother."

"Hey, little darling, what do you want to eat? I'll pick it up for you."

Ever since the Luo and Ji families became sworn brothers, Li Miaofang also asked Ji Xincheng to call them godfather and godmother, which made it seem more intimate.

Ji Qinglan ate the food intermittently, and the food in the bowl soon piled up into a small mountain. When she saw Li Miaofang wiping her son's face, she came back to her senses and turned her attention back to Li Miaofang, "Sister Fangfang, will you be okay if you don't come back after leaving the factory for work this afternoon?"

"What's the matter? It's time to get off work by the time I get back." Li Miaofang smiled and didn't care. She continued to eat, but she said, "In the past few days, the factory has sent a batch of goods to other provinces. I went to the transportation factory to hand in the information. Now the goods have been loaded and unloaded on the truck. Once the truck leaves, I will have nothing to do. I have been very busy these days."

Ji Qinglan paused with his hand holding the chopsticks. Li Miaofang worked in a textile factory and often received orders from other provinces. Trucks were a rare resource nowadays, and a textile factory probably didn't even have two, so they had to hire a transport team to deliver the goods.

Therefore, the jobs in the transport team are what everyone wants to find.

"Your factory doesn't have any trucks, so you need to find a transport team to transport the goods."

Li Miaofang shook her head and sighed: "If the factory had a truck, it wouldn't be so troublesome. Our factory only has a small truck. We usually transport materials and other things around. For long-distance trips, we always find a county transportation team, and the procedures are quite troublesome every time."

Ji Qinglan said, "There are people in our village who work in the transport team. I heard that long-distance freight is very hard."

Li Miaofang: "It's not only hard work, but also life-threatening. It's easy to encounter robbers on the road. If you're lucky, your goods will be stolen and you can get back. If you're unlucky, not only will your goods be lost, but your car will also be stolen and you won't be able to get back either."

Ji Qinglan was shocked. She knew that after the reform and opening up, the outside world would be very chaotic and there would be robberies on the road, but she didn't expect that it would happen now.

She was incredulous: "Those people are so bold, how dare they?"

Seeing her naive look, Li Miaofang's heart suddenly blossomed, and she felt relaxed both physically and mentally. After having her children, she finally turned the tables.

She was afraid of scaring Ji Qinglan and the child, so she tried to keep her tone calm. "Why would he be afraid? People die for money, birds die for food. He can just grab the things and make a scene together. Then he can go out and hide for a few years, or run away and change his appearance. Who would know what he did?"

Ji Qinglan nodded silently, thinking of Xiang Guo and his group's plan to flee to Gangcheng. Now Gangcheng has not yet returned to the motherland, and it would be too far away to flee there. After a few years, they would come back to invest in a disguised identity as foreign investors, and the people in the country would have to worship them.

Sometimes, the world is so magical.

Not only Ji Qinglan, but Grandma Luo also listened very carefully. She was an knowledgeable person and knew all this a long time ago.

She said, "You make it sound so serious that Qinglan is scared. Even the security department of their factory will send people to follow the car. What she said is not so easy to encounter. Their factory transports towels and fabrics. No one would dare to rob them."

The items have styles, fabric materials, designs, and embossing, and each one has its own textile factory logo. Which black market would dare to sell these products? This is a blatant way to get caught.

"Haha." After being exposed, Li Miaofang smiled.

Ji Qinglan was still worried. She had heard from Xiang Guo and the other two that they had just robbed the items and then fled. She said, "Then we should have the factory send a few more people to escort the vehicle. That way, we can be absolutely sure."

"Of course. This year our factory director sent two teams and brought three warehouses." Li Miaofang nodded.

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