There are seventy or eighty households in Sunset Valley, but they are not concentrated together. Here are a few wooden houses on the mountainside, and there are two small mud houses with thatched houses next to towering trees. They are sparse and do not form a village.
The social worker arrived in the morning and was waiting beside the big stone on the path into Sunset Valley, a man and a woman.
The woman Lu Ming knew was Wei Chunli, Wei's sister-in-law. When Lu Ming first arrived in Sansha Town, Longgang, she worked as a pyrotechnics maid for Lu Ming.
In fact, Wei San's husband Wei San died in the conflict when Lu Ming wanted to enter the Sansha coal mining industry. However, Wei San was more or less occupied by Wei San. At least she married him because she was afraid of the ruffian Wei San.
Therefore, Wei San's death was also a relief for Wei's wife.
Nowadays, Sister-in-law Wei's status in a certain circle of insiders is not ordinary. She works for General Lu's family, so who wouldn't take a high look at her?
She was wearing a light green lady's suit and milky white leather shoes. She looked very elegant. She was indeed from Lu Gongguan.
Seeing Lu Ming and his entourage arrive, she came up to them and shook hands, "Are you Lawyer Zhang?"
Lu Ming smiled: "Yes!" Looking at this young woman who seemed to have been reborn, she felt very pleased.
When she left Lu Gongguan, Sister-in-law Wei received a severance package of 5,000 yuan. In addition, she had been at Lu Gongguan for two years and received thousands in various bonuses. She had saved a total of about 10,000 yuan in savings, which was considered absolute in Montenegro.
Little rich woman.
She bought bonds with the money to earn interest, and she responded to the call of the New Life Movement Committee and became a social worker. In reality, she was almost a volunteer, with only a monthly subsidy of 2 yuan.
But the Montenegrin bonds she bought actually have a good annual interest rate, about 6%. Because the economy is growing rapidly, the interest rates on Montenegrin bonds, which are similar to national bonds, are naturally high.
In other words, Sister-in-law Wei earns about 600 yuan in interest every year, which is almost equal to the average income of the working class in satellite towns in the East China Sea, such as Beiguan. In today's Montenegro, she is definitely a high-income class.
After staying in Lu Gongguan for more than two years, it seems that her vision has changed. As for money, it is enough, but she still needs to do something meaningful.
That's why she started working as a social worker.
Speaking of which, it was not a waste of time to be a guest and host in my own mansion.
When Mrs. Wei shook hands with Christine, there was a look of surprise on her face.
Suddenly, he was startled again and turned back to look at Lu Ming.
Lu Ming remained calm.
His face shape has not changed, but he wears thick black-rimmed glasses with large lenses and has a fancy hairstyle, making him look like a different person.
But after all, Mrs. Wei has been in Lu Mansion for more than two years and has seen her a lot. She may not be able to communicate with her, but she can see her from a distance.
Therefore, she might feel weird and feel that she is a bit similar to "General Lu", but no matter what, she did not dare to talk nonsense and could only hide her doubts in her heart.
"Miss Wei, please tell us about your communication with the villagers here." Lu Ming said with a smile.
Wei Chunli sighed, "It's difficult to communicate with the villagers here. However, I have been here several times and I feel it is not impossible. If I can convince Zhao Shanpao, there is hope. Many villagers will listen to him."
None of the children in Sunset Valley Village go to school, even though Wei Chunli has contacted the orphanage and can provide free food and accommodation for the children here, so as to avoid having to go to and from school every day on the more than ten miles of mountain road.
Wei Chunli then heard about the "Glens Charity Fund" and submitted a form to apply for bursaries for all school-age children in Sunset Valley Village.
Montenegro Special Administrative Region implements a five-year compulsory education system, which means that tuition and textbook fees are waived for primary school students.
However, paper, pens, tools, etc. used for schooling still cost money, and for particularly poor families, it is still a large expense.
The education problem of the children in Sunset Valley Village has now been solved. For the children, it means paper, pencils, tools and other expenses.
According to the application form filled out by Wei Chunli, apply for a stipend of 2 cents per month for each child, which is indeed enough for their study expenses. Maybe they can also save some money to buy some snacks.
Sunset Valley Village has a population of about 500 people. According to Wei Chunli's statistics, there are more than 40 boys and girls aged 7 to 12 years old.
Children over the age of thirteen or fourteen are almost all treated as adults and help the family work. Wei Chunli knows that statistics are useless.
Wei Chunli also made it clear in the application form that there will definitely not be more than 40 people who will be able to go to school in the end. The scholarships needed at that time will be calculated again and applications will be made individually.
However, Wei Chunli did not expect that the foundation managers, Lawyer Zhang and Lawyer Chris, would be willing to come to this small mountain village to help with the work.
What’s more, I didn’t expect that the two lawyers were so young. The male lawyer looked like a street kid with messy hair. The female Western lawyer was really beautiful, with two ponytails. She must be less than twenty years old, but her deep blue eyes gave people a look.
She has a very mature and intelligent feeling, which is a bit inconsistent with her sweet appearance.
And the male lawyer...? Wei Chunli shook her head, how could it be possible, she was a little nervous.
"Zhao Shan Pao? Then go find this Zhao Shan Pao!" Lu Ming smiled.
In fact, before entering this small mountain village, the intelligence system had already clearly investigated the villagers, and Zhao Shanpao was a key figure.
He has a hot temper and is always ready to use a knife.
The gangsters who once joined Lao Jackal returned to the mountain village after being pardoned and became the backbone of the mountain people.
According to the tradition of Sunset Valley Village, the villagers are probably used to listening to strong and fierce people.
"Okay, I'll lead the way!" Wei Chunli pointed to the path that forked in front toward the valley, "We're going down." After a pause, "Mr. Zhao seems to have a bad temper, but he seems to be very concerned about the future of the children."
He cares about it, but he thinks that those years of schooling are useless, and he has made the children in the mountains weak. It is people outside the mountains who are harming them, and there is a conspiracy..."
Speaking of this, Wei Chunli smiled bitterly.
Lu Ming said to Christine: "This Mr. Zhao was a bandit and was later pardoned."
Christine nodded slightly: "The mountain people have limited information. They may have been gangsters, but they have some perspective."
Lu Ming said: "So, it's ironic...".
While talking, a group of people walked down the path. There was a corn field in the ravine next to it. This year seemed to be the planting year. The corn was now in its maturity stage, but the cobs were not big and the ears that came out were dark.
The valley land is really not fertile.
Moreover, if you encounter waterlogging, probably only corn, sorghum and other tall crops can still be harvested, provided that you don't encounter severe waterlogging.
In the event of a drought, drought-tolerant crops such as corn and sorghum will fare better.
"That's Mr. Zhao's house over there!" Wei Chunli pointed to the mud house next to the cornfield in the ravine ahead.
In front of the mud house was a field ridge, and the green gauze tent was swaying gently. Wei Chunli walked a few steps quickly, stood next to the field ridge, and raised her voice slightly: "Mr. Zhao, are you at home? I am Wei Chunli. I was here the day before yesterday and this morning."
It was evening at this time, and fortunately, the afterglow of the setting sun could shine in this valley, so it did not appear dark. This is probably where the name Sunset Valley came from.
"Go away, go away!" A loud shout came from the room, "What bothers me the most is girls who are constantly complaining! I have nothing to say to you anymore, get out!"
Wei Chunli was stunned. She probably didn't expect that Zhao Shanpao would fall out of favor faster than turning over a book.
"Zhao Shanpao, do you want to be arrested?! Why are you swearing at people so casually? You're still a social worker from the county!" Du Dewang walked over, blowing his beard and staring.
Lu Ming was helpless. He obviously had no power, but he still had great official authority. And obviously in Du Dewang's eyes, social workers were also members of the official family and could not be insulted.
It can only be said that traditional thinking is not so easy to change, and everything can only be done slowly.
"Oh, whoever dares to shout and kill at my doorstep! It turns out to be Mr. Du!" A tall man walked out of the thatched house with a fierce face. His cloth shirt and trousers were piled with patches, and his bare feet were all covered in patches.
It's black mud.
He was tall, tough, and very oppressive. He looked at Du Dewang provocatively, "Which king's law did I break? Are you going to arrest me?"
Du Dewang said fiercely: "General Lu promulgated the compulsory education law. If you don't abide by the law, you should be arrested!"
Zhao Shanpao clicked his tongue twice, "Stop using tiger skin to pull the flag! What's wrong? Want to avenge yourself? I knocked out one of your son's front teeth back then, but he deserves to be beaten!"
Apparently, there are still some old grudges between the two.
Du Dewang was accompanied by two attendants, both of whom were young and strong men. Of course, they must have been hired by him at his own expense, like those from the nursing home at home.
Du Dewang gestured to the two guards: "Tie this gangster up for me!"
Christine frowned slightly, and when she saw that Lu Ming was just watching, she remained silent.
But she saw Lu Ming suddenly come over, blocking her view, and said with a smile: "Chris, cover your ears, don't listen to what they say."
Christine immediately knew what he wanted to do, glared at him, and whispered: "It's messy again!" But she still covered her ears with her hands and walked away, behind a big tree.
Naturally, Zhao Shanpao over there would not be restrained. Even if one of the guards took out a box cannon and pointed it at his head, Zhao Shanpao would hold his head against the cold muzzle and roar: "Come here! If you don't kill me, you will
You’re just a son of a bitch!”
Bang, he was hit in the back of the head by another nurse with a baton. He staggered and almost fell. He turned around and started to struggle with that person.
There was a "bang" gunshot, but it was the guard who fired directly, but Ah Qi somehow got to the guard and pushed him the moment he fired, and the bullet missed.
Zhao Shanpao was also stunned. At this time, a small figure came out of the thatched house and started crying.
Zhao Shanpao looked at the black muzzle of the gun and then at his son at the door. He finally stopped struggling and was pushed to the ground and tied up with a rope.
Du Dewang smiled at Lu Ming and Wei Chunli: "Okay, the bandit has been subdued! I think there is no obstacle to the children's schooling!"
Wei Chunli frowned and said, "What are you doing? Let him go!"
Du Dewang smiled and said: "This will be handed over to the court!"
Lu Ming looked at Du Dewang and nodded: "It turns out that Mr. Du has already prepared and came just for him. No wonder you want to accompany us into the mountains at your age!"
Du Dewang said with a smile: "Lawyer Zhang was joking. I never thought that this stubborn person would resist the national law and even beat us."
Lu Ming's face didn't look very good. He never thought that the nurse of Du Dewang's family would dare to shoot directly. If Ah Qi hadn't seen the opportunity early, Zhao Shanpao would definitely have been shot. It seemed that he was hit in the leg.
But no matter what, if Zhao Shanpao was really shot, it was because he was careless and deliberately failed to stop the conflict.
"Go and ask Chris to come over!" Lu Ming said to Ah Qi.
Over there, Du Dewang's men roughly pulled up the Zhaoshan cannon and pushed the crying children over.
Wei Chunli was so angry that she ignored the male social worker behind her and grabbed her, but she went up to her and said, "Hurry up and let me go. What right do you have to arrest me?!"
Du Dewang's face sank slightly: "When you encounter bandits, everyone will kill them!"
"Mr. Du, I am now the lawyer representing Mr. Zhao Shanpao!" Christine walked back from Shi Shiran and smiled slightly: "Excuse me, why did you arrest my client? Do you have an arrest warrant? Or, do you have police officers?
Is there any reasonable doubt about his identity?"
Du Dewang was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean?"
Lu Ming said: "Kris made it very clear. She is the lawyer representing Mr. Zhao Shanpao, because she doesn't know what happened. Unlike me, I witnessed the whole process of the incident and experienced the case personally. Therefore,
I can only serve as a witness and cannot represent either of you, but as for your dispute, Miss Chris can completely represent one of you."
"Lawyer Zhang, don't make such a joke, this little Yangma..." Du Dewang paused, "Is this Lawyer Ke a little confused? Can you please help me?"
Lu Ming looked at him and said calmly: "No one is kidding you. You may be involved in various crimes such as kidnapping, attempted murder, intentional injury, etc. Oh, and also, is that a baton? How did it come about? Illegal possession of it.
It is illegal to have police equipment. Also, does that box gun have a gun license? If so, what is its purpose? Is it allowed to be carried with you under certain circumstances? These may all be a big trouble!
"
Du Dewang's face gradually darkened, "You are foreigners and don't understand, so you'd better stay out of your own business!"
"If you don't let him go, your guilt will get bigger and bigger! Besides, there might be someone who would be brave enough to save someone!" Before Lu Ming finished speaking, several young male affairs officers from the office slowly approached.
"Damn, you idiots..." The nurse with the gun couldn't laugh or cry. He took out a box of cannons and fired into the sky to scare away these young students who had never been beaten by society.
City people who come out of school are totally unreliable.
"Oh..." He cried out in pain, but his wrist suddenly hurt. The pistol fell to the ground and he fell down.
"There is a police officer here, Miss Wei, go and report it." Lu Ming said to Wei Chunli, who was looking at him blankly.
Generally speaking, for the civil affairs committee of a district, each village elects a civil affairs committee member, but this Sunset Valley Village is obviously completely outside the social system. No one votes, and no one stands for election as the village's civil affairs committee member.
However, Wei Chunli introduced the situation. Because of its special situation, this mountain village has a police officer stationed by the district security station to deal with possible petty thefts or fights and other disputes. In addition, it is also to prevent the resurgence of bandits.
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Wei Chunli was looking at Lu Ming blankly, but then she came to her senses and agreed in a panic, "Yes, yes, okay, I'll go..."
She turned around and ran towards the alley, and the male social worker hurriedly followed her.
Du Dewang looked at Lu Ming with a sullen face, then at Christine, and nodded: "You are very good."
The old man made a gesture and left on crutches first. The two nurses hurriedly followed. Although the nurse holding the gun picked up the gun, his arm was in severe pain and he couldn't lift it. He was covering it with his other hand.
He left with a groan.
Here, a young officer in a peaked hat went to untie the rope that tied Zhao Shanpao. Zhao Shanpao's son threw himself into his father's arms and cried bitterly.
"Why are you crying!" Zhao Shanpao scolded: "Wipe up the horse urine for me! You know that dropping horse urine is useless!"
Obviously he stopped resisting because he was worried that his son would be hurt, but in front of his son, he was extremely strict.
Christine handed over a business card: "Mr. Zhao, please tell me all the details of the dispute now. We can choose to call the police or privately prosecute. No matter which procedure is taken, I will serve as your lawyer for free."
Provide you with legal professional assistance!”
Zhao Shanpao was stunned, "Do you still want to report to the official? Is everything okay? Thank you." He looked at Lu Ming again, "Thank you too!"
These two lawyers were obviously helping him. They were both well-dressed city dwellers and good-hearted people.
Zhao Shanpao tried his best to smile at the two of them.
"Mr. Zhao, this lawsuit must be fought! Otherwise, you will have endless troubles!" Of course, Lu Ming would not talk about the significance of this lawsuit. He pondered: "How about, let's go in and talk?"
…
When we returned to the RV, it was already late at night, around two o'clock in the morning, the moon and stars were sparse outside, and the dim night lights were on inside the RV.
Sitting on the sofa, Lu Ming closed his eyes tiredly.
Although Zhao Shanpao didn't like to litigate, due to Christine's persuasion, he reluctantly agreed that he would come here to join the two of him tomorrow.
Then, go to the district police station to call the police together.
This was also what Lu Ming suggested. He wanted to take a look at the operating styles of a series of organizations.
As for the children's schooling, I'm not in a hurry tonight and plan to talk to him tomorrow.
However, he felt inexplicably depressed. Leaning on the sofa, Lu Ming let out a long breath.
The sound of water over there gradually stopped, and when the door rang, Lu Ming turned to look.
When she came out of the bathroom, Christine was still neatly dressed. Although her hair was obviously wet, she still had her hair in a ponytail. She was wearing snow-white suspender jeans, goose yellow knee-high soft socks and black leather shoes, which were all brand new.
Seeing Lu Ming's strange look, Christine smiled gently, slowly sat down next to Lu Ming, and said softly: "Don't feel panicked, the rural tradition of the Northern Territory has been a stubborn disease since ancient times, and it is difficult to cure.
You have only been here for three years, and you have already changed enough. Besides, aren’t there people like Miss Wei? It means you still have a great influence."
Lu Ming smiled bitterly in his heart, Wei Chunli was in his mansion and she was one of the people who had been directly influenced by him.
But it is impossible for me to reach all the millions of people.
"Let me lend you a shoulder to lean on?" Christine suddenly smiled playfully.
Lu Ming was helpless and said with a smile: "The two of us are really complaining a little bit. We are obviously the most powerful people in the world, but we often make ourselves depressed. Do we want to comfort each other? I want to
Although you didn't use it when I lent you my shoulder to lean on, I will definitely use your shoulder!"
Then he turned his head, rested his head gently on Christine's shoulder, and slowly closed his eyes.
Christine looked at him quietly, stretched out her delicate hands, and gently stroked his hair.
Lu Ming suddenly sat up again, "No, no, if this continues, I will really find a mother and become a mama's boy!" He looked at Christine with a wry smile: "Don't be like this, okay?!"
No matter how I feel, it's my mother who is coaxing me to sleep lovingly, even less than humming a lullaby.
Kristine looked at him quietly, "You were young and lost your parents before you matured mentally. Therefore, it is normal to lack maternal love..."
Lu Ming was stunned, and some memories that had been suppressed in his heart surged up uncontrollably. However, he could never see his majestic father and kind mother again, not even saying goodbye.
They don’t know if they still exist in that world? If they suddenly disappeared like this, how would they suffer?
I have never dared to think about it, and I don't want to think about it, but now, I suddenly feel that countless sorrows and boundless loneliness suddenly come up, making me breathless.
Everything around him became distorted and depressing, and he was like a helpless ghost who could never find his way home.
Until my head was gently caressed again, like a mother's kind hand.
Lu Ming slowly leaned on the sofa and sighed softly, "I miss home!" But his heart gradually became peaceful.
"God has arranged everything. From now on, we will all return to dust and dust. There is no need to be afraid or sad. You will see your parents in eternal peace!"
Lu Ming nodded lightly, suddenly feeling very tired, and murmured softly, "Yes, I'm not afraid, my parents, I hope they know that I live a good life in another world..." His consciousness gradually blurred.
…
When I opened my eyes, the sky outside looked white, about four or five o'clock.
But after squinting for a while, in just two or three hours, I seemed to have had many strange dreams. In my dreams, I saw my parents...
I touched the corners of my eyes, they seemed still wet.
I let out a long breath, as if everything was vented in my dream. Now, I feel much more comfortable.
Suddenly he was startled, but it was on the other side of the sofa. Christine was curled up in the corner, as if she was sleeping lightly. So when she moved, she woke up, arranged her long blond hair, and slowly sat up straight.
But when she curled up and fell asleep, half of the soft yellow socks had been rubbed off. Now she sat up, and the soft yellow socks on the right side completely fell off, revealing her exquisite and flawless snow-white feet that were like works of art. She was a beautiful girl.
hazy translucent pink
The gemstone manicure makes the jade feet even more charming, and the beautiful curves of the jade feet are so tempting that people can't help but think of these snow-white jade feet placed on the left and right shoulders, and the swaying arcs when being conquered.
Change is so ecstatic and wonderful.
"Are you feeling better?" Christine looked at Lu Ming and smiled slightly, showing the majesty of a Duke.
But then she was a little surprised. She looked down in the direction where Lu Ming was looking straight at, then glared at Lu Ming, and hurriedly picked up the goose yellow soft socks and put them on her feet.
Lu Ming reluctantly looked back, coughed, moved towards her, licked his face and smiled: "Your Highness..."
Christine glared at him, and Lu Ming immediately put away his playful smile, "Well, you can rest for a while and sleep in that big bedroom. If Zhao Shanpao and the others come, I will call you."