The one with the largest amount was Dan Qingming. According to the statistics, the value of the stolen goods reached up to a thousand yuan. The investigation in his hometown hasn’t come out yet, so the charge can only be made by combining the stolen goods from both sides.
The number of stolen goods second only to Dan Qingming was Qi Gang and Chen Ju. However, because many of the expensive items were bought by Chen Ju herself, they had to wait for the investigation from their hometown to confirm whether Chen Ju violated the national law by using her power to buy good products as processing goods. Also, the investigators needed to interview the enlisted soldiers to verify whether Qi Gang and Chen Ju forced them to buy expensive goods to give to them.
Of course, Cui Shaoyuan and others also checked whether the records of the Lu Family were true.
The results show that the Lu Family’s records were not falsified.
All the soldiers they found said that they either had no families or had good family conditions. Therefore, before other family members arrived, they would buy some candies, canned foods, malt essence, and other food for Xibao each month. Indeed, most people received return gifts from the Lu Family. After other family members arrived, Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue more than once politely decline the things they bought.
Through investigation, these people were not lying. Some of them were orphans, and others were wealthy and didn’t need their salaries to support their families. The money they spent on expensive goods was insignificant.
"I just like Xibao. Anyway, the army provides food and clothing. We don’t need our wages."
"Xibao was so young when he came to the army following Sister Qingxue. I like Xibao’s chubby appearance, I don’t want him to starve, so I certainly bought him good food."
"My supply quota is limited. Sometimes when I have the quota, the service society has no goods. I have only bought things for Xibao three times."
Soldiers with heavy family burdens stated that they never bought anything for Xibao and were never extorted by Lu Jiang and his wife. However, soldiers with hard life under Lu Jiang’s command received aid from Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue. Lu Jiang and his wife occasionally invited them for dinner at their home, because Lu Jiang’s comrades would send them some game and dried goods.
"You can check it out. The remittance record should be traceable, right? Every month when General Lu gets his salary, he does not first give it to Sister Qingxue, but first sends a part of the money to the family of the martyrs. In the beginning, the money was sent out in a personal capacity, but after what happened to Gangzi, the money was sent out on behalf of the army, along with some grain tickets. This has lasted for many years."
"Yes, Gangzi is our comrade Song Dazhu’s son. He is orphaned and the villagers don’t want to look after him. They shirked responsibility and sent him to General Lu’s old home according to the address on the remittance, grain tickets, and letters. After the army’s research, Commander Cao Hui and Dr. Wang Xinru adopt him and now his name is Cao Songgang. At that time, Commander Cao and Dr. Wang had to go to the battlefield and it was not convenient to bring him along. Sister Qingxue looked after him for several years, he was raised really well now, he treats Sister Qingxue as his mother until last year when he was taken back to the army and then went to school. Look, the young man playing soccer with Xibao in the grass is Cao Songgang."
General Lu and Cui Shaoyuan looked outside, sure enough, they saw a crowd of older boys playing soccer. Xibao was more noticeable because he was the fattest one, his little chubby body quivered when he ran, even though he was so young he insisted on playing with the older children.
After Xibao caught up with the ball, he didn’t let go. There was a seven- or eight-year-old boy next to him protecting him so no one else could snatch the ball.