A soldier wearing a clean blue Insurance Corps uniform standing nearby for a long time was already very eye-catching. Especially when this soldier was a woman, it was particularly eye-catching. You Gou noticed the curious gazes of the comrades and followed everyone's line of sight, only to see Zhang Xiuhua standing in the distance watching her.

You Gou waved to Zhang Xiuhua, signaling Zhang Xiuhua to come over. You Gou herself had no intention of leaving; mass production of cement was not very ideal, and there were big problems in grinding. Due to the lack of machinery, the efficiency of grinding cement powder was very low. But experimental data still had to be accumulated. You Gou's work did not relax at all.

"Don't get distracted; pay attention to temperature testing," You Gou shouted. The soldiers continued to fill the fire. Now they were conducting a test of replacing coal lumps with coke. Some improvements were also made to the furnace. The accumulation of these data was all very important stuff.

"Teacher You, hello." Zhang Xiuhua braved the heat wave and walked to You Gou's side. She really didn't expect You Gou's working environment to be so harsh. She couldn't help raising her arm, trying to block the heat rushing to her face. In the female camp, people actually said You Gou ran back to the county town to enjoy herself. Zhang Xiuhua now really wanted to drag those people here and let them also enjoy You Gou's current "good fortune."

"Xiuhua, are you looking for me for official business or private business?" You Gou asked straight away. This was already You Gou's signature question.

"Private business." Zhang Xiuhua said somewhat uneasily: "But it has a lot to do with our Insurance Corps."

"Humph humph, how many things in Fengtai County now are unrelated to the Insurance Corps?" You Gou laughed, "Since that's the case, let's go to a cooler place to talk."

Zhang Xiuhua told You Gou about the arrest scene she saw with apprehension, and then said: "Teacher You, my brother was also taken away. He is still a child; he can't do anything bad."

This large-scale arrest was discussed by the Party Committee; You Gou naturally knew. Zhang Xiuhua came to beg her; You Gou felt it was really tricky to handle. Seeing You Gou's face become solemn, Zhang Xiuhua knew things were not easy to handle. You Gou was a person who stressed rules very much; Zhang Xiuhua knew this very well. But after all, the one arrested was her own brother; Zhang Xiuhua couldn't give up the possibility of rescue no matter what.

"Xiuhua, do you know why people are arrested?" You Gou asked.

"This..." Zhang Xiuhua was speechless. From her brother's cry for help, Zhang Xiuhua probably also knew that even if her brother didn't participate in the theft action, at least he was an insider. The Insurance Corps would absolutely not tolerate crimes like theft; Zhang Xiuhua knew very well. As one of the earliest refugees rescued by the Insurance Corps, Zhang Xiuhua knew much more than the refugees who gathered later.

That was in the early days when the camp just began to be established. The guard team was far from being systematically established. The Insurance Corps camps were roughly divided into male camps and female camps. In fact, there were also some subtler adjustments. For example, female camps could bring boys under 6 years old, and there was also a special mother-child camp where mothers lived with boys and girls under 13.

The expanding camp meant more and more population. Which meant more and more work. For such complicated work, initially, the female and mother-child camps were completely under You Gou's personal guidance.

In the beginning, refugees could still maintain minimal order, but soon, some restless people began to behave recklessly. For these people, the Insurance Corps struck hard. Chen Ke personally organized an "Internal Troops" (*Nei Wu Bu Dui*). For these people behaving recklessly, they were basically executed privately after being caught. Dying some people during the flood was no big deal at all. Those who stole and robbed evaporated completely, and no one cared at all. Although the common people were curious, everyone had to let themselves survive first no matter what. Moreover, curiosity is something that can only be active after eating and drinking enough. Under the condition that stomachs couldn't be filled, seeing the evil-doers around disappear, everyone would only feel lucky. God knows how long one can live; who has the leisure to care about this?

Zhang Xiuhua didn't understand things outside the camp You Gou was responsible for, but she was considered the earliest woman to join the female camp guard team. You Gou's method of selecting people was simple. Young and healthy women unbound their feet and took turns patrolling with You Gou. Those who could persist for four days without falling behind and not panic in the night were selected to form a new team. You Gou had natural feet (unbound), plus running around everywhere, her physical strength was also quite good. Keeping up with You Gou's pace was indeed not an easy thing. Zhang Xiuhua didn't bind her feet originally, and she was quite bold, so she soon became a selected guard member. Moreover, she performed very well in subsequent work and was appreciated by You Gou. That was why she dared to come to find You Gou when she had something.

Hearing You Gou ask back why people were arrested, Zhang Xiuhua really couldn't answer.

You Gou didn't get angry. Zhang Xiuhua doing this was completely in line with human nature. Even if a relative commits a heinous crime, in the eyes of their own family, they are still forgivable. What's more, Chen Ke's action this time didn't really mean to kill people. Seeing she stumped Zhang Xiuhua, You Gou asked a question seriously, "Comrade Xiuhua, who is really the master in Fengtai County now?"

"Uh? It's Brigade Commander Chen." Zhang Xiuhua said logically.

"Wrong, Brigade Commander Chen is not the master. The master is the People's Party." You Gou explained.

The People's Party had not formally surfaced to become a public political force yet, so there was no active propaganda externally. Of course, if someone asked, Party members would also introduce it. However, Chinese common people's understanding of political structure was very weak. If saying a certain person was the master, everyone could still understand. But asking common people who had no concept of modern political parties to understand the People's Party was a bit too demanding. So even Zhang Xiuhua, who was an Insurance Corps soldier, had no concept of the People's Party.

The reason You Gou mentioned the People's Party was not finding something to talk about because she had nothing better to do. Recently Chen Ke assigned work: seven secretaries, each person had to recruit five probationary Party members. As a woman, You Gou's workload doubled; she had to recruit ten female probationary Party members. Even if Zhang Xiuhua didn't come to find You Gou, You Gou would go to find Zhang Xiuhua. Since Zhang Xiuhua came actively, You Gou also wanted to take this opportunity to talk properly.

Zhang Xiuhua was very smart. Seeing You Gou suddenly mention the issue of the People's Party, she knew this must be an important matter. So she listened patiently. You Gou had prepared a speech for a while, so Zhang Xiuhua could also understand. Only then did she know what the People's Party was, what the Insurance Corps was, and what the relationship between the two was exactly.

When she didn't understand this originally, Zhang Xiuhua wasn't worried. When she really understood, she suddenly figured out one thing. Deciding to arrest people was actually not Chen Ke or You Gou. Persuading the Insurance Corps to release people was already impossible; the Insurance Corps merely executed the resolution of the People's Party. Deciding to arrest people was a decision made by many people in the People's Party together. This meant that what You Gou said alone didn't count at all.

She emboldened herself to ask a sentence, "Teacher You, did you also agree to arrest people at that time?"

"Of course, I fully agreed to arrest people." You Gou laughed.

Hearing this, Zhang Xiuhua's face turned white. She had seen You Gou kill people with her own eyes. She knew You Gou was never polite to criminals.

That was when the refugee camp was first built, and Chen Ke personally commanded the "Internal Troops" to maintain social order in the refugee camp. Some people who knew the severity but didn't give up their thief hearts targeted the female camp. At that time, those responsible for guarding the female camp gate and patrolling outside the camp were all male soldiers of the Insurance Corps. As the Insurance Corps' power grew larger and there was more and more work, a period of manpower shortage appeared.

Some lawless elements slipped into the female camp to do evil. You Gou personally took charge of the night patrol work in the female camp with a pistol. It was also during this period that Zhang Xiuhua saw You Gou kill people with her own eyes.

During a patrol, they suddenly encountered gangsters who sneaked into the camp. Zhang Xiuhua remembered clearly that she usually felt quite bold herself, but hearing someone call for help, and seeing the female camp immediately start to riot, her first feeling was fear. While You Gou only hesitated slightly, then pulled out the pistol, which Zhang Xiuhua completely didn't understand what it was at that time, and rushed up.

In excitement, panic, fear, and even some expectation, Zhang Xiuhua saw You Gou raise her hand, and a crisp gunshot rang out. As for the later details, Zhang Xiuhua actually only had a chaotic impression. The only thing she could remember clearly was that the male guard team who came hearing the sound carried away a corpse. The women in the camp tossed about until late at night before finally calming down.

Chen Ke didn't handle this incident quietly like before. On the contrary, the deceased was hung in the male camp for public display. The Insurance Corps announced publicly that any male entering the female camp to do evil would end up executed. Perhaps because of this public display, or perhaps because refugees finally restored some confidence after a long time, or perhaps Chen Ke increased the crackdown intensity privately, in short, the crime phenomenon disappeared quickly.

Zhang Xiuhua knew nothing about this internal news. What she could remember was Female Teacher You Gou running forward without hesitation in the night. That brave figure was engraved in Zhang Xiuhua's mind. Every time she recalled it, Zhang Xiuhua felt the hair on her back stand up. That kind of decisiveness and bravery, Zhang Xiuhua knew she could never achieve in this life.

After seeing You Gou kill people, Zhang Xiuhua respected You Gou even more and never dared to disobey You Gou's orders again. The reason she came to beg for mercy this time was that seeing her brother arrested, she immediately remembered the execution of criminals at that time. Otherwise, Zhang Xiuhua wouldn't dare to mention this matter either.

"Teacher You," Zhang Xiuhua's voice was trembling, "Are you going to kill people like before this time?"