Chen Shousheng, Chen Lai'an

Chen Shousheng joined the military police through a relative's introduction. His cousin was a petty hoodlum who, after joining the military police, saw him farming at home every day.

They said there was no future in this, and just then the military police confirmed it, so they brought him over.

"Where's your cousin?"

Upon hearing his name, Lu Chen suddenly remembered that Chen Shousheng had been introduced to the military police by his cousin, whose name seemed to be Chen Lai'an.

"Cousin! Cousin!"

Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Chen Shousheng immediately shouted loudly.

Lu Chen was very close to him, and the voice was like thunder. Lu Chen felt like his eardrums were about to burst, and he couldn't help but complain to himself.

"That kid's voice is so loud."

"What's wrong? Why did you call me?"

Not long after Chen Shousheng finished speaking, Chen Lai'an, with a cigarette in his mouth, appeared out of nowhere.

"Here, take it."

Chen Lai'an held a piece of cake in his hand and stuffed it directly into Chen Shousheng's hand.

The pancake was square with a black and white grid pattern in the middle; it didn't look cheap at all.

"Kashilin, a stuff foreigners eat, it was really hard to get our hands on it."

Chen Lai'an raised his eyebrows, looking smug.

"Thank you, cousin."

Chen Shousheng did not refuse. He took it and put it directly into his mouth. He was used to it. He had always done it this way since he was a child. His cousin had always been very good to him.

"Good morning, Director!"

Chen Shousheng was so tall that Chen Lai'an wouldn't have been able to see Lu Chen at all if he hadn't come to his side.

Upon seeing Lu Chen, Chen Lai'an quickly greeted him.

Chen Lai'an has a high nose bridge, single eyelids, and slightly sunken cheeks, making him look very thin.

He was dressed in a military police uniform and wore sneakers with uneven soles that were badly worn.

Lu Chen acquired a lot of land, estimated to be 25 acres.

Chen Shousheng certainly couldn't keep an eye on everything by himself, so Lu Chen decided to have his two cousins ​​watch over the place.

"Are you with Liu Jie?"

Lu Chen remembered that the members of the military police were mostly petty thugs, and some were friends or relatives of these thugs.

Before joining the military police, Liu Jie was the leader of this group of thugs, which is why Lu Chen asked that question.

"Yes, Chief, I'm with Brother Jie."

Chen Lai'an answered immediately, and Lu Chen glanced at the two brothers.

Chen Shousheng is honest and kind. Chen Lai'an doesn't seem to know much about him yet, but it's clear he dotes on his cousin.

"When Liu Jie comes back later, you can come to find me with him."

Having made up his mind, Lu Chen told them to come find him later with Liu Jie.

"Chief, what do you want?"

Chen Lai'an hesitated for a moment, then looked at Lu Chen and spoke.

"I have something to tell you to do. Have your cousin talk to you. I've already spoken to him."

After saying that, without waiting for Chen Lai'an's reply, Lu Chen turned around and went back to his office.

Click...

Entering the office, Lu Chen locked the door and placed Mouse One on the table.

"Rat One, tell Rat Three and Rat Four to get ready. Tomorrow night, have them go to the Japanese side to move grain. Keep a low profile. If they hear any noise outside the door, they should hide immediately."

Lu Chen hadn't forgotten Matsumoto Kiyoko's request for him to come tomorrow.

Yesterday she said she would personally oversee the situation this time to find out who stole the grain.

Since that's the case, Lu Chen decided to go all the way and steal the entire batch of grain!

......

Chen Lai'an lost both his parents at a young age. His parents were beaten to death in the street because a corrupt official wanted to seize their land.

In the end, the fields were gone, the home was gone, and all that was left was Chen Lai'an, who had just learned to walk.

He was still young at that time, and without anyone to rely on, he was taken home by his own uncle, who was Chen Shousheng's father.

Chen Shousheng's mother died in childbirth, leaving behind a few acres of meager land, which barely allowed the two brothers to be raised.

They did not treat Chen Lai'an lightly because he was not their biological son. On the contrary, they treated him as their own son and raised him together with Chen Shousheng.

They scrimped and saved to send him to a private school for several years, and then the war broke out.

Unable to attend school, Chen Lai'an and Chen Shousheng started working in the fields at a very young age.

No matter what, Chen's father always gave the best things to his two sons first, and Chen Lai'an usually got more.

They said he was old and needed to eat more to be full, while Chen Shousheng was young and couldn't eat much.

Mr. Chen always watched them eat, and each time he would say that he had already eaten.

Every time Chen Shousheng finished his portion, he would watch Chen Lai'an eat with longing eyes.

Every time, Chen Lai'an would scold him, "You're always eating what's in your bowl while eyeing what's in the pot, are you a reincarnated starving ghost?"

Although she always said extremely harsh things, she would still give all the leftovers to her cousin, a practice she had maintained since childhood.

Later, some people came and tried to seize the few acres of land that the family had left. That was the first time Chen Lai'an saw his tall uncle begging for mercy.

My uncle was beaten so badly he was rolling on the ground, his body covered in bruises.

From then on, Chen Lai'an began to become a petty thug, so that no one dared to bully his uncle.

By chance, Chen Lai'an joined the military police force, where the treatment was quite good, the salary was high, and they were short of people.

This made me think of my cousin. My uncle is getting old, and my cousin and I are adults. We can't possibly rely on a few acres of meager land to support our family.

Chen Lai'an then brought Chen Shousheng to the military police station as well.

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dong dong...

Lu Chen was dozing off in his chair when he was woken up by a knock on the door.

He immediately perked up, walked to the door, unlocked it, and opened it.

"Brother Chen, the grain is sold out, it's not enough at all, and there are still many people standing at the door refusing to leave."

Behind the door was Liu Jie. Upon seeing Lu Chen open the door, he immediately began to report the current situation of the rice shop to Lu Chen.

Today is the second day of selling grain. Because of the low price, many people came to buy, which resulted in the 5,000 jin of rice and flour not being enough to sell.

"Xiao Jie, tell them to go back first. Tell them there's a war at the front and food can't be delivered for the next few days, so they'll have to wait a few more days."

Lu Chen thought for a moment and realized that he could only get the grain tomorrow night, and even if he wanted to sell it, it would be the day after tomorrow.

Liu Jie nodded, then turned around to deal with the matter.

"Why."

Lu Chen sighed. Even if he bought the land now, planted the seeds, and harvested the crops, it would still be next year.

In other words, we won't be able to achieve self-sufficiency in grain sales until next year.

"During this period, we can only rely on the Japanese army, and... Zhang Rongshan..."

Lu Chen had already thought of a solution to this problem.

They controlled the rat swarms to obtain food from the Japanese army, not only for the front-line troops, but also for the Special High Command's granaries.

Once the Japanese army realized that no matter how much they investigated, they would not get any results, they would definitely not transport large quantities of grain, but only a small portion at a time.

By then, Lu Chen's mobile granary would be Zhang Rongshan.

As a bigwig in the Green Gang who controls the entire gray industry in the Chinese-speaking world, he must have a lot of food on hand, and maybe even granaries.

"We need to send Rat Three and the others to investigate."

Lu Chen thought it over and decided to find out the location first, and then take action when he got to that point.