Chapter 77 Chapter 77 1st update (revised)

Zhou Chuntao didn't believe that this matter could be explained clearly. It was a fact that Xu Wei and Zheng Jiamin were close, and it was also a fact that Zheng Jiamin gave Xu Wei a lot of money. As long as they insisted that the two of them were dating, Zheng Jiamin would not be able to explain it even if he had a lot of mouths.

As early as when Xu Wei said that Zheng Jiamin asked her for money, Zhou Chuntao had thought about it. Zheng Zhiqing's family was well-off and he could give dozens of dollars at a time. Even if Xu Wei really dated him and married him, they would not lose out.

So Zhou Chuntao made up her mind early on. If Zheng Jiamin didn't come to ask for money, it would be fine. But if he came to ask for money, she would go all out and make this happen.

They are really dating openly. Given Zheng Jiamin's family conditions, how could the bride price be low?

Who knows, Xu Wei might be able to follow him back to the city in the future, and then she and Xu Qi might be able to go there and enjoy the benefits of a big city.

Zhou Chuntao had a nice idea, so she didn't take Fu Mingze's words seriously. However, a group of elementary school students soon ran into the brigade, including Shun'er, Meimei, Xiaoye... and many of their little friends.

"Fu Zhiqing, I know, I know what Jiamin and Xiaowei said!" Shun'er rushed in and raised his hand and shouted, "Xiaowei said that the Xu family is a bunch of greedy people. They didn't give us anything except a few clothes. My family doesn't even have one or two ounces of salt. Zheng Zhiqing said it's okay, I'll lend you some to get through the difficulties at hand."

Not only did he imitate Xu Wei's words, he also imitated her aggrieved and weak appearance in a very similar tone, which made Xu Wei blush: "I, I just told Zheng Zhiqing what was in my heart. How can you kids understand the difficulties of life?"

Zhou Chuntao's face changed slightly. She felt that things were out of control. She said hurriedly, "How can you trust a child?"

After she said this, the primary school students were not happy. Shuner glared at her and said loudly: "We are all honest children and never tell lies!"

The other children also shouted: "We are the glorious successors of communism. We don't lie. Auntie is bad. Auntie is wronging us!"

Meimei raised her hands high and said loudly, "I heard it. I was squatting on the ground digging mud and heard Sister Xiaowei say that Xu Qi broke her leg and had to go to the county to see a doctor. She also said that their family was very unlucky. Her mother was sick and Xu Qi had also fallen. The family had no money and could not make ends meet. Sister Xiaowei said that sometimes she wanted to jump into the river so that she would not have to suffer if she died. Brother Jiamin gave it to Da Tuanjie and asked her to use it first and pay it back when she had money."

Zuanni is earthworms. In the Jiangbei County dialect, it is called Zuanni. When children have nothing to do, they dig some Zuanni and take it home to feed the chickens. Chickens are more likely to lay eggs after eating worms.

Meimei thought about it and added doubtfully, "But Xu Qi just sprained her ankle. She will be fine after resting at home for two days."

Little Leaf was not to be outdone, she raised her hand high and said, "I heard Sister Qiutong ask Brother Jiamin if he wanted to date Sister Xiaowei, and Brother Jiamin said no, how old is Sister Xiaowei? Brother Jiamin said Sister Xiaowei is pitiful."

The others also raised their hands: "Me, me, me, Sister Xiaowei said that if she can't borrow money, her mother will beat her. Her mother is so mean!"

"Also, Jiamin asked Xiaowei for money. Xiaowei cried and said she had no money. She asked Jiamin if he could lend her two dollars to buy matches. Her family didn't even have two dollars. They were so poor."

"But Xu Qi has candies to eat. I saw a lot of candies in his pocket the other day, and he even called me a money-loser. I was so angry."

"I saw him pulling Congcong's hair and exchanging all the peanuts in Congcong's pocket for a broken leaf."

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You don’t know until you tell me, and once you tell me you’ll be surprised. These kids know a lot.

In fact, even though people tend to avoid others when talking, most people don't really pay much attention to children, especially those naughty children who squat in the corner all day long playing in the mud or digging for earthworms. It is really not easy to find them.

Fu Mingze first noticed this problem when he was almost caught by a naughty kid while trying to hide something.

So he not only caught a child and asked someone to call Zhou Chuntao and Xu Wei, but also asked someone to ask the children in the village. Unexpectedly, these naughty children heard quite a lot.

In fact, it is not surprising. Zheng Jiamin didn't feel that he needed to avoid people when interacting with Xu Wei. Sometimes when they talked, they might just find a place with fewer people, but they would be heard by these little guys.

Some of these children just narrated in a dry manner, some described them vividly, and some started talking about Xu Qi. However, it was precisely because they spoke in a messy way and it was obviously impossible for them to be taught by anyone, so their credibility was higher.

The truth of the matter can be basically pieced together from their words. It is obvious that Xu Wei borrowed money from Zheng Jiamin many times on the grounds of family difficulties, and Zheng Jiamin just felt sorry for her and wanted to help her.

Zhou Chuntao's face turned completely gloomy: "Captain, what do kids know? Are you going to let my daughter suffer just because of these nonsense that I don't know who taught her? Although my daughter's last name is neither Zhou nor Chen, she is also a member of the Yangliu Brigade now!"

Chen Hehua chimed in, "That's right. How can you take a child's words seriously? Why? You can't let the members of your own team suffer this kind of loss, right?"

This statement implies that Zheng Jiamin is just an educated youth, not a member of the brigade, and there is no need for the brigade to support him.

Shun'er suddenly turned his head to look at Chen Hehua and said loudly: "Grandma Hehua, I saw Aunt Congcong bring you meat. You two are in the same group!"

Fu Mingze raised his eyebrows, remembering that last year when he distributed candies to Maomao and Shun'er, Shun'er got two less and asked with the same righteousness why he got two less.

Shen Hehua blushed immediately: "You kid, how can you talk nonsense, you must have seen it wrong, she herself is in such a difficult situation, how could she possibly send me meat."

At this point, Zheng Jiamin had given up and said, "They borrowed more than 100 yuan from me, and the meat coupons are about three kilograms."

Of course, Shen Hehua couldn't admit it: "Whether her family has meat or not is none of my business. You can't put the blame on the team leaders, you..."

"That's enough. What are you still talking about? Are you judging others as stupid?"

Zhou Mancang interrupted Chen Hehua with a dark face. He was just wondering why Chen Hehua was speaking for Zhou Chuntao in every sentence. It turned out that the two of them had colluded with each other beforehand.

"Zhou Chuntao, return the money you borrowed from them. Don't tell me nonsense. If one child says something, how can you believe what so many children say? Besides, go around the surrounding villages and see which family spends so much money on dating? It doesn't matter if you don't return the money. Just transfer your household registration back to Dongshan Brigade! If you want to stay in Yangliu Brigade, you must abide by the rules of Yangliu Brigade, otherwise you will go back to Dongshan Brigade."

Zhou Mancang didn't want to listen to their arguments anymore, so he made the final decision.

Zhou Chuntao was unwilling, of course. She looked at Zhou Qingguo and said, "Qingguo, I am your biological sister. Are you going to just watch us being bullied like this?"

Zhou Qingguo touched the soft hair on Congcong's head and thought of what a child had just said. He really didn't know that Xu Qi would bully Congcong behind his back. In front of him, Xu Qi always acted like an older brother and was quite nice to Congcong.

Zhou Qingguo suddenly realized that he didn't seem to know his sister's family very well.

What the children said was very clear. In fact, Xu Wei borrowed money from Zheng Jiamin due to family difficulties, and then Zheng Jiamin wanted the money back, but they didn't want to, so they simply said that the two of them were in a relationship.

But what Zhou Qingguo didn't understand was why Zhou Chuntao did this.

You know, the two brothers not only squeezed out a room for Zhou Chuntao, they also gave Zhou Chuntao 30 yuan and some food each. This money and food were enough for the three of them to settle down in Yangliu Brigade. As long as Zhou Chuntao and Xu Wei worked hard, their lives would not be very good, but they would definitely be able to live.

How could it get to the point of cheating people out of their money?

The key point is that looking at Zhou Chuntao's expression, it is obvious that she doesn't think she has done anything wrong.

Zhou Qingguo couldn't understand Zhou Chuntao at all, but he quickly expressed his opinion: "This is not a question of bullying or not. If you do something wrong, you must admit it. If you borrow money, you must pay it back. I agree with the captain's opinion on how to deal with it."

Zhou Chuntao guessed that Zhou Qingguo would not speak up for her, but when she heard him say that, she was so angry that her teeth were about to break.

Zhou Chuntao wanted to scold Zhou Qingguo, but she was a very sensible person and knew that it was impossible to get the money today. Now that things had come to this, there was really no need to make things unpleasant with Zhou Qingguo.

If their family wants to continue living in Yangliu Brigade, they cannot have a falling out with Zhou Qingguo, the militia captain.

Since we have to pay it back anyway, we might as well do it quickly. Zhou Chuntao was unwilling to give in, but still said, "Maybe we were wrong. Xiaowei is young, and she thought Zheng Zhiqing wanted to date her, but she didn't expect that Zheng Zhiqing didn't mean that. Qingguo, since your uncle said so, then okay, we will pay the money back."

Zhou Qingguo's expression became a little better: "Well, then I'll pay it back today."

Zhou Chuntao felt so heartbroken that her heart was bleeding, because that was all the money she had saved for her son. Her son Xu Qi was only ten years old, and whether he was studying and eating now or starting a family in the future, he would have to spend money everywhere!

Thinking of this, Zhou Chuntao burst into tears with genuine emotion.

Zhou Mancang didn't care how Zhou Chuntao cried. After all, she agreed to pay back the money, so the matter was settled. He turned to Shen Hehua and said, "And you, Shen Hehua, think about what you just said. You are sitting on the wrong side of the fence! Threatening the educated youth, destroying unity, and accepting gifts from members, these actions of yours are really not what a brigade cadre should do. I don't think you are suitable to continue to be the director of the women's department. I will report this matter to the commune tomorrow."

Chen Hehua didn't expect that this fire could burn her head, and she immediately said angrily: "Zhou Mancang, didn't I just say a few words for the orphan and the widow? They said they were dating, and I just believed them. What did I do wrong that you want to take away my job as the director of women's affairs?!"

Zhou Mancang was too lazy to argue with her and said directly: "I can't take your job. I don't have such great power, but I will apply to the commune to re-elect the women's director."

Chen Hehua was stunned. She did accept a piece of meat from Zhou Chuntao and promised to speak for her. It was just a few specious words. Why did it become a big deal? !

She wanted to talk to Zhou Mancang again, or at least dissuade him from going to the commune to tell tales, but at this moment Maomao suddenly ran in panting.

The child was stunned for a moment when he saw so many people in the brigade headquarters, but quickly said, "Grandma Hehua, there was a fight in Zhou Zhaodi's family, and her father wanted to sell her sister. My grandma asked me to ask you to go over and take a look!"

Logically, this kind of thing should be handled by the women's director, but Shen Hehua was upset and said, "No, I'm about to be jerk off, so why should I go!"

Maomao blinked in confusion: "Who's going then?"

But it was really one thing after another. Zhou Mancang's face suddenly darkened a few shades, but he was too lazy to say anything to Shen Hehua. If she didn't care, then she didn't care. Zhou Mancang stood up and said, "Let's go to Qingguo and take a look."

Zhou Qingguo picked up Congcong with one hand, and the little girl grabbed his hair. Zhou Qingguo hissed, patted the little girl, and followed her.

"Shall we go and take a look too?" Zheng Jiamin elbowed Fu Mingze.

Fu Mingze was speechless. This guy was really heartless. He was just dealing with a lawsuit and was almost dating and getting married, but in the blink of an eye he was in the mood to watch the fun again?

However, Fu Mingze still got up and walked out. Since it was Zhou Zhaodi's house, he had a feeling that his wife would probably go there too.

Sure enough, as soon as he reached the intersection, he saw Maomao shouting loudly in front of his house, calling out his wife and a group of female soldiers.

A group of people, including Shun'er and his group of naughty kids, walked towards Zhou Zhaodi's house in a mighty manner.

Only Ding Shouchang, Chen Hehua, and Zhou Chuntao and her daughter were left in the brigade office.

Seeing that everyone had left, Shen Hehua's eyes gradually became desperate: "I'm going to lose my job, I'm going to lose my job..."

As she was talking, she suddenly went crazy.

At this time, Zhou Chuntao and her daughter were also preparing to leave. Why else would they leave? Were they going to wait for Zhou Mancang to come back and scold them again? Besides, they had to go home to raise money.

It hurts just thinking about it, it’s more than a hundred dollars!

At this moment, Shen Hehua suddenly rushed behind the two of them, grabbed Zhou Chuntao's hair, and scratched her: "Damn it, it's all your fault, you stinky woman. It's all your fault, it's all your fault. I'm going to lose my good job just like that..."

Zhou Chuntao was not careful for a moment and let Chen Hehua take the initiative, but she was not really weak and powerless. She was also depressed and heartbroken, so she immediately fought back.

Zhou Chuntao struggled hard, then elbowed Shen Hehua in the stomach, took advantage of Shen Hehua's loose strength, broke free from the clamp, and then began to scratch Shen Hehua's face: "You stinky woman who is never satisfied with what you eat, you ate my meat, and you still want to ask me for white flour, I can't give it to you, I will beat you to death!"

He even called Xu Wei for help: "Xu Wei, are you a wooden man? Hurry up and beat this woman to death for me."

Then he continued to curse: "You stinky woman who is always causing trouble, you took so many things from me, what have you done for me, give them back to me!"

Of course Xu Wei couldn't just watch her mother get beaten, so she quickly joined the battle.

Chen Hehua was fighting two people at once, but she was also very brave and did not show any weakness at all.

The three of them fought hard in the brigade office.

Ding Shouchang: “…”

No, he's still here!

However, Ding Shouchang didn't even dare to say a word, let alone try to stop the fight.

He tried to minimize his presence as much as possible and pretend that he didn't exist.

These three female comrades were so brave and didn't hold back at all. He was afraid that if he made a sound, they would come over and beat him up!

Shivering.