【Chapter 038】Family Crisis ????????? Four years ago, Duan Lei's father, Duan Bingyi, was still a promising deputy director of the county government, but due to his involvement in a series of corruption cases, his personal future and family fate took a drastic turn of one hundred and eighty degrees.

  Li Maoqian, who was then the county magistrate of Tianzhou County, was seeking to be promoted to a key position as the county party committee secretary and head of the county government office, when he was reported by someone for crimes such as abuse of power, corruption, bribery, etc. In the end, his wrongdoings were exposed, and he was investigated by the discipline inspection commission until everything was clear, and he fell into a desperate situation.

  As the head of a political and legal committee, Duan Bingyi was naturally kicked out of the power circle of Tianzhou County, although he did not participate in the criminal details, and was transferred to the Archives Bureau as deputy director.

  Sitting on a cold bench is not the most fatal, what almost led Duan Bingyi and his family to despair was another thing, which directly caused Duan Lei to be unable to afford university tuition.

  Li Maoqian's biggest political legacy during his tenure was the construction of a fruit and vegetable wholesale market in the northern suburbs of Tianzhou County, which involved many corrupt issues and became a project that his successor avoided like the plague. At the time, Duan Bingyi thought this project would become the largest fruit and vegetable wholesale market in the entire western region, with great prospects, so he borrowed money to encircle land nearby and build a large building.

  At that time, Duan Bingyi was still the deputy director of the county government office. It was easy to borrow money when he opened his mouth, but once he lost power, the creditors started coming to the door to collect debts. As a result, Duan Bingyi had no choice but to sell many assets at home, but still could not pay off all the debts, because the building built by the Duan family on the edge of that half-acre project in the fruit and vegetable market was also a unfinished building.

  Up to now, the 100,000 yuan that Yan Kaiyuan lent to Duan Bingyi has not been repaid yet. Because of this matter, Yan Xiaoqing's stepmother had some complaints about Duan Bingyi, and even when Duan Lei went to college, Duan Kaiyuan could only helplessly watch.

  But the development of things later on was far from over. Although Duan Bingyi had become a deputy director of the archives bureau with no real power, many people in the county were still unwilling to let him off so easily. First, they threw him into the most remote mountainous township of Tianzhou County to serve as vice township head in charge of family planning, spending every day taking working staff down to the countryside to catch "big belly skins", exhausting himself to death, and still having to be scolded by higher-level leaders.

  However, in order to support this family, Duan Bingyi could only grit his teeth and persevere!

  Since his downfall, not only did he owe a large debt due to investment problems, but his wife Miao Lihua's job in the old town was also terminated by various reasons. Now, the relatively stable income left at home is only Duan Bingyi's salary. Thinking of his elementary school daughter, Duan Bingyi really couldn't make up his mind to give up.

  Duan Bingyi had always been a thorn in the side of the officials, and no matter what their motives were, the old masters in the county government would not let him off so easily. After all, Duan Bingyi must have also offended some people back then. As a result, Duan Bingyi was assigned to take up the post of director at Shuangka Forest Farm under the Forestry Bureau, and he could only bring his bedding with him when he went to take office.

  Shuangka Forest Farm is known as the largest forest farm in Tianzhou County. In the early days when trees could be cut down recklessly, this place was one of the pillars of Tianzhou County's finances, so the administrative level of Shuangka Forest Farm's director was also at the deputy departmental level.

  However, with the development of water and soil conservation projects, making money from logging became a thing of the past, and Shuangka Forest Farm declined at a visible rate like other forest farms across the country. Nevertheless, the administrative level of Shuangka Forest Farm was not abolished but instead became a place where some people framed Duan Bingyi.

  After his mother explained the causes and consequences, Duan Lei only then realized that in all these years he hadn't been home much, even when he did come back it was just for a few short days during Chinese New Year, and many things at home had been kept from him.

  At that time, I was also somewhat careless and didn't pay much attention to Father, and didn't even notice the grievances he had suffered.

  Duan Lei's heart was also clear, even if he had discovered these situations at the beginning, most of them were helpless and couldn't help his family worry. However, the situation is different now, Duan's family no longer needs to rely on that meager salary to make a living.

  "Mom, it's okay!" Duan Yue hugged his mother and comforted her: "From now on, I'll take care of this family, you don't have to work so hard anymore!"

  Miao Lihua looked up at her son's resolute face, then at his tall figure that was two heads higher than hers, and felt a sense of comfort in her heart for no reason. The little boy who used to run around with a runny nose had grown up!

  In the main room, Lian'er, who was chatting with Qiqi and Yan Xiaoqing, didn't feel too out of place. With her good upbringing, she naturally had a good grasp of etiquette and quickly took control of the conversation. As for Yan Xiaoqing and Qiqi, they were also meeting someone as outstanding as Lian'er for the first time, and just one encounter left them with a refreshing feeling like a spring breeze.

  Of course, Liu Er's emotions were not as calm as her facial expression. Since Duan Lei was pulled into the inner room by his mother, Liu Er felt a bit embarrassed. Without thinking, she knew that the subject of discussion must be herself. As soon as she thought of this, her face seemed to be on fire.

  It's good that she had mentally prepared herself before coming, so she could still face it calmly and have the energy to deal with QiQi and Yan Xiaoqing. Lui...?

  When Duan Lin came out of the gift with a serious expression, Li Er's heart skipped a beat and immediately thought of some bad things, such as Duan Lin's mother not liking herself or Duan Lin having a childhood sweetheart at home...

  ………?

  It has to be said that women who are in love have delicate and sensitive thoughts, they like to indulge in wild fancies, even if their lover's expression or tone changes slightly, they can think of things ten million eight thousand miles away.

  "Lui'er, you have lunch at home first, then prepare dinner for tonight. I'll go to the unit and pick up Dad!" Duan Lei also felt a bit embarrassed to be too intimate with Lui'er in front of his family members, so he just held her hand and instructed her.

  After listening to his mother's story, Duan Yue couldn't sit still anymore and wished he could rush to Shuang Ka Lin immediately to bring his father back. He was so anxious that he couldn't even eat lunch.

  "Xiao Kai, eat first before you go, the forest is so far away!" As soon as she heard that her son wanted to set off immediately, Miao Lihua was a bit worried.

  "Don't worry!" Duan Yue said, knowing his own affairs. He had eaten two bowls of laofupian in Yicheng Pei's suburb that morning and didn't have to worry about starving. He turned around and said to Yan Xiaoqing: "Give me the motorcycle key! You cook some solid dishes at home, wait for me and my dad to come back and drink together!"

  Seeing Duan Lei's expression, Yan Xiaoqing didn't say much, handed the key to Duan Lei and said: "Be careful on the way, the road to the forest farm is not easy to walk!"

  "Don't worry, everyone! I'll be back soon!" Straddling the motorcycle, wearing a safety helmet, looking at the worried eyes of his family at the door, Duan Lei waved and shouted, then started the motorcycle and sped off into the depths of the mountain.

  Shuangqiaolincun is located in the southern mountainous area of Tianzhou County, deep in the Tiger's Roar Mountains. It was named after the South China tiger that has been present here since ancient times. However, after liberation, several rounds of tiger-hunting actions have almost wiped out large carnivores in this mountain range, not just tigers, but also black bears and wolves are extremely rare.

  From the 1960s to the 1990s, the only function of Shuangqilin Farm was to extensively cut down the original forests in the Huixian Mountains, providing a meager income for Tianzhou County's finances.

  In order to transport timber from deep in the mountains, the county government specially built a gravel road from Yuzhou Town to Shuangkaling Forest Farm.

  The motorcycle had just left home and soon entered the gravel road leading to the forest farm. On the section of the road not far from the mountain, due to the maintenance by the town government and nearby villages, the road conditions were still good, and Duan Lei could easily increase the speed of the motorcycle to sixty.

  Duan Yue's motorcycle driving skills were honed with Yan Xiaoqing on his dad's second-hand Wuyang Honda, and in high school, the two of them would ride motorcycles everywhere without a driver's license.

  However, as the distance from the old state town increased, the road conditions became worse and worse. The potholes were just a small part of it, and some sections had even triggered mudslides due to heavy rain in the past few days. It took great effort for Duan Lin to get the motorcycle through, and he even felt like the bike was riding him.

  Feeling the terrible road conditions, Duan Lei finally understood why his father couldn't come back for ten days or half a month. For more than 2,000 yuan in salary every month, to support this family, his father could only silently endure such suffering. The further he went towards the forest farm, the stronger Duan Lei's guilt and pain became, deciding to let his father change his way of life.

  Makabi Biology is now in a stage of rapid development and urgently needs management personnel. My father was once the deputy director who presided over the county government office, and his management level and experience are quite good. The company lacks a manager to take charge of work, Duanglei has found many people but none of them are suitable, either they lack ability or cannot be fully trusted. If it were my father, these problems would not exist.

  Before, Duan Yue thought his father was doing well in their hometown and never had the idea of quitting his job to help out in Haicheng, but now seeing this situation, Duan Yue's mind has made up.

  After going through thousands of hardships and sweating all over, Duan Yue finally saw the building in the middle of the valley at a mountain pass. That was where the headquarters of Shuangqiaoling Ranch was located. In its heyday, there were more than 1,000 employees here, with a primary school, kindergarten, post office, and even a bus to the county town every day. Due to the agglomeration effect, a fairly large market has also been formed here, attracting nearby mountain people to come and shop.

  However, times have changed and this place has declined!

  When Duan Lei's motorcycle appeared in the central basketball court of the forest farm, several old men sitting under the trees to cool off looked at it with a indifferent gaze, and then continued to chat and play chess. They seemed to have been forgotten by this society in this corner, and even outsiders seemed quite cold.

  Five or six connected lamp posts showed the glory of the forest farm in the past, but now it has become bumpy and overgrown with weeds, and more than half of the backboards have rotted away, just like a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie.

  When Duan Lei saw his father standing on the stairs, he couldn't help but burst into tears!