Chapter 142: Caught Red-Handed and Stealing

Cao Biao pouted and staggered to the side to pull up his pants. Xing Laoqi urged Zhou Yong: "Hurry up."

Zhou Yong was peeing. He was about to say "don't rush me" when suddenly he heard footsteps at the door.

Several people fell silent instantly. Fortunately, Zhou Yong had finished peeing. He pulled up his pants and Xing Laoqi's face froze.

The sound of a key unlocking the door reached everyone's ears, and several people hid themselves one by one according to the previous deployment.

The wooden door creaked, and two figures sneaked in.

Zhou Yong and his companions did not take action immediately, but watched from the dark as they skillfully packed the mountain products into the bags.

With a loud bang——

The bucket was kicked over by the thief, and the warm urine splashed on the thief's instep.

The thief was shocked and realized that someone had just been here: "Oh no, let's go quickly."

The other person didn't know what was going on. He was putting handfuls of mountain products from the shelf into his bag: "Brother, what's going on?"

The thief who was speaking was very anxious. Before he could explain, Zhou Yong and his men surrounded them with flashlights.

The two were startled and tried to escape, but it was too late.

Cao Biao clicked his tongue a few times, and Zhou Yong's face turned colder as he looked at the warehouse manager who had committed embezzlement.

He suspected the warehouse manager and asked Sun Qing and Li Hongjun to keep an eye on him secretly, but they found nothing, which shows how cunning he is.

The two brothers were caught red-handed, and there was no room for them to argue, so Cao Biao took them to the public security brigade for interrogation.

The warehouse manager was dismissed and investigated. Cao Biao took into consideration that the two brothers were first-time offenders and that they had a good attitude in explaining the problem and that the brigade's losses were compensated, so he punished them by sending them to a farm for one year of forced labor.

The incident caused a stir in the village and it took a long time to calm down.

When no one mentioned this matter, someone set their sights on the warehouse manager position.

Among them, Han Ergou performed the most prominently, jumping up and down, busy and having a lot of fun, but unfortunately Zhou Yong had already made arrangements.

The position of warehouse manager was particularly important when everyone was eating from the same pot, as he was responsible for the care and distribution of farm tools.

Nowadays, we no longer eat from the same pot, so this position is dispensable.

However, Zhou Yong did not cancel this position. After all, he was paid by the state, and there was no need for him to do anything to offend others.

After a meeting, Zhou Yong promoted his confidant Sun Qing to the position of warehouse manager. Li Hongjun's position also changed. He was no longer responsible for maintaining security of the purchasing team, but was responsible for quality inspection.

Both Sun Qing and Li Hongjun were grateful for Zhou Yong's promotion, but some were dissatisfied with Zhou Yong's arrangement.

The women's director believes that Sun Qing and Li Hongjun do not have enough years of experience to be qualified for their current positions.

Zhou Yong played with his pen and glanced at the director of women's affairs: "Comrade Qi Shurong, who do you think can take up these two positions?"

The director of women's affairs, Qi Shurong, opened her mouth, looked at everyone, and swallowed the words back.

Zhou Yong threw the pen onto the desk with a little force: "If anyone has any opinions, please speak up."

Everyone looked at each other, and except Qi Shurong, no one else had any objection.

"Captain, I don't mean anything else. I'm just talking about the facts."

Zhou Yong sneered and didn't bother to pay attention to Qi Shurong. Li Baotian looked at the situation and said, "Let's talk it out. Don't let work-related things ruin the harmony."

Qi Shurong, the women's director, smiled awkwardly, and Accountant Sun stepped forward to smooth things over.

After a while, Qi Shurong's face turned ugly. Li Ming sighed, "Sister Qi, why do you have to be so hard on Zhou Yong? He obviously wants to pull his own people, why do you say that?"

Everyone in the brigade knew that Sun Qing and Li Hongjun followed Zhou Yong's lead, and if they got a good position, he would definitely promote his confidants.

Besides, Sun Qing is the grandson of Accountant Sun, and Li Hongjun is the nephew of Li Baotian. Li Ming thinks Qi Shurong should not do such a thing.

Qi Shurong listened to Li Ming's words and lowered her voice: "The brigade is now controlled by the Li and Sun families. We have no say at all, and our work is meaningless..."

Regardless of who is in control, Huaixi Village is generally developing in a good direction. It is precisely because of this that the villagers have no objections.

If the village cadres had done nothing, the villagers' letters of accusation would have appeared on Secretary Zhang's desk long ago.

Li Ming smiled after hearing what Qi Shurong said: "We are all here for work, so we should just turn a blind eye to some things and not take them too seriously..."

Qi Shurong understood the logic, but she wanted to recommend her relative for one of the two positions. She didn't expect Zhou Yong to give both positions to his confidants, which made her very dissatisfied.

However, Qi Shurong would not tell Li Ming about this matter, as it would be bad if the matter got to the ears of Zhou Yong, Li Baotian or Accountant Sun.

The two of them chatted in whispers for a while, then Li Ming went to deal with his work, and Qi Shurong went back to her office alone.

Qi Shurong became more and more depressed the more she thought about it. She felt that if this continued, she would have no place in the team.

She thought about it, opened the drawer, and wrote an anonymous letter of accusation.

Qi Shurong wrote more than 500 words to truthfully explain the relationship between the village cadres in Huaixi Village...

In short, even if this letter of accusation cannot bring down Accountant Zhou Yong, Li Baotian and Sun, Qi Shurong feels that the leaders will still talk to them.

Three days later, the letter of accusation appeared on Secretary Zhang's desk. He read the content and asked someone to call Xu Jianmin over.

"Look at this."

Xu Jianmin picked up the letter of accusation, and after he read the content, his eyes fell on the three big words "Anonymous".

"What do you think of the contents of the letter?"

Xu Jianmin glanced at Secretary Zhang and put the letter of accusation on his desk: "The whistleblower didn't even dare to leave his real name. Obviously, the matter is not simple."

His words surprised Secretary Zhang.

Secretary Zhang thought Xu Jianmin would directly speak well of Zhou Yong and make some excuses, but he didn't do that.

"Tell me what you think."

Xu Jianmin knew Zhou Yong's character and said that it was impossible for him to make Huaixi Village a place where one person has the final say.

If Zhou Yong was a power-hungry person, he would not have refused Secretary Zhang's invitation so decisively.

But some things cannot be judged solely on surface phenomena. It is necessary to point out some of Zhou Yong’s own minor problems and emphasize his strengths so that Secretary Zhang can understand that someone is deliberately targeting his junior fellow student.

After Xu Jianmin finished speaking, Secretary Zhang picked up the letter of accusation and read it again: "You are right. If Zhou Yong is a power-hungry person, wouldn't it be better for him to stay and work in the commune?"

"Secretary Zhang, you are right, I think so too!"

Secretary Zhang smiled and said, "But we can't just let this matter go. Call Li Baotian and Zhou Yong over. I want to talk to them..."

Xu Jianmin responded and got up to take care of the matter.

Zhou Yong and Li Baotian were at the commune the next morning. When Xu Jianmin saw them, he secretly told his junior fellow apprentice about the situation.

Letter of accusation?

Xu Jianmin nodded: "Well, I've read the content. It says that you are the only one who has the final say in Huaixi Village and don't allow others to make suggestions on work..."

Zhou Yong secretly raised his eyebrows: "Brother, I know what to do."

Xu Jianmin gave him a few more words of advice and then went about his own business.

After Xu Jianmin left, Li Baotian's face changed: "Who wrote the letter of accusation?"

Zhou Yong raised his eyebrows slightly and said thoughtfully: "Dad, won't you know after reading the letter?"