Chapter 90 Don't Think You're Innocent

Ning Xuan actually had a general guess in her mind, but she had no evidence. After all, she wasn't so idle as to monitor others all day long.

This incident was considered very serious by her. In fact, as long as the investigation team was not deliberately targeting them, they would not be able to convict them without Liang Yinhua's confession.

Regardless of whether the investigation team had malicious intent, she always found a way to extricate herself.

When Liang Yinhua was called in for questioning, she quickly gave Liang Yinhua two drops of obedience potion so that the effect of the medicine could accumulate and last longer.

Ning Xuan estimated that two drops would be enough, and she could add more if needed. She had already learned the Water Condensation Technique, which allowed her to condense the Truth Potion into droplets encased in spiritual energy, and then use that spiritual energy to flick it onto Liang Yinhua. She didn't even need the little paper doll.

She didn't use the Truth Potion or the Puppet Potion on this small-scale situation, because the Truth Potion only answers when asked, and she wasn't sure if the investigation team could get to the point.

The puppet potion is even less necessary; the obedience potion is more cost-effective and sufficient for this situation.

As it turned out, Ning Xuan's choice was correct. Liang Yinhua was not a person with a strong will, and the obedience potion was actually somewhat affected by mental strength. If she had a strong will, she might have had to work harder.

However, it worked effortlessly on Liang Yinhua.

The investigation team announced the results of their investigation and then left.

Zhou Jianguo also had to accompany the person to the intersection of the brigade road.

Before leaving, he asked the squad leaders to remind everyone not to leave yet, as he wanted to take advantage of this meeting to give a good warning to those with ulterior motives.

"I don't know which of you reported Ning and Xu, but this is a very bad thing to do."

You think it's just targeting them personally, but do you know that because of this report, our team's chance to get a spot at an industrial or agricultural university has been completely lost!

And the selection of the advanced brigade is also out of the question! And how do you think this opportunity came about? It was because Ning, a educated youth, stood up and proposed to set up a chicken farm, and actually set up the chicken farm. We did what other brigades couldn't do. So the commune had already told me that we had a great chance of being selected as an advanced brigade this year.

However, this has now fallen through because of the meddling of some unscrupulous individuals. Others shouldn't feel absolved just because you didn't report it. Those who participated in spreading rumors about Ning and Xu, you also contributed to the brigade losing its chance for commendation.

Zhou Jianguo spoke at length, then paused, picked up his teacup, and took a large gulp of water.

Those present who had participated in spreading rumors about Ning Xuan and her group lowered their heads in shame.

After moistening his throat, Zhou Jianguo continued his performance:

"And to the team members who didn't participate in spreading the word, don't think you're innocent. When you heard others discussing it, did you stand up to stop them? Did you come and tell me so I could step in and resolve this matter?"

Another wave of people lowered their heads in shame.

"Don't think that the evaluation of outstanding individuals is only a matter for the brigade and has nothing to do with you. You're wrong, completely wrong!"

If the brigade is successfully recognized as outstanding or advanced, each of you will benefit. For example, outstanding and advanced brigades will have priority in borrowing tractors during the harvest season and will also have priority in purchasing tractors later. And when we deliver grain quotas... well, I won't go into details, you should understand!

In fact, when delivering the grain for the task, the grain needs to be inspected by the staff. If you encounter a staff member with some selfish motives, they might insist that the grain from a certain brigade is not dried enough or has too much moisture, and then it has to be taken back to be dried again, which can be quite troublesome.

However, if the brigade is recognized as an advanced brigade by the commune, the staff will generally not make things difficult for the people in the brigade, or rather, they wouldn't dare to, otherwise they would be going against the higher-ups.

Speaking of this, the team members who originally didn't care much about the team's evaluation and commendation finally realized what their team had missed and were very regretful.

Seeing that everyone had finally listened and realized their mistake, Zhou Jianguo finally decided to let them off the hook.

"Alright, let's let it go this time. Everyone should be more careful in the future and not think that it's none of your business. If you find anything wrong in the future, please come and tell me immediately."

I also want to tell everyone that as long as our chicken farm can continue to operate, although we won't have the chance to be recognized as an advanced unit this year, we can strive for it next year. Everyone should cooperate well with the chicken farm's work.

Also, since everyone's here now, I have some great news to share with you all.

Ning and Xu, the educated youth, mentioned to me a couple of days ago, based on the chicken farm's profits, that they would be distributing eggs to each household on the first and fifteenth of each lunar month as a benefit for our team members. Although we don't work at the chicken farm, it is a collective property of our brigade. If the chicken farm prospers, everyone will prosper!

Previously, each household received two eggs. Now, we distribute eggs on the first and fifteenth of each month according to the number of people in the household! The educated youth also each receive one. Right now, we're only giving out eggs, but maybe in the future we'll be giving out chicken. So you all need to be strong and not let anyone with malicious intent report us and shut down our chicken farm!

The team members cheered, especially those whose families hadn't separated and who lived together as a dozen or so people. They could get about 30 eggs a month, which was equivalent to getting one for free every day. Such a good thing, such a good chicken farm, really should be protected.

Today is the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. Zhou Jianguo informed everyone that after work on the fifteenth day, each family should send a representative to the chicken farm to line up and collect eggs. Since the eggs are difficult to move, it would be more convenient for the team members to collect them there.

Ning Xuan had actually planned to distribute eggs from the beginning, but there were too few chickens at first, so she couldn't do anything about it. Now that the number of chickens has increased, they have counted and found that they can distribute eggs, so they want to get it done as soon as possible.

The original intention of setting up this chicken farm was to improve everyone's living standards. At this time, eggs were considered a substitute for meat, so when the news of the egg distribution came out, everyone discussed it excitedly and looked forward to the fifteenth of the month.

Everyone was happily discussing it, except for He Yuting and He Qiaofang, whose disappointment was almost impossible to hide.

Neither of them expected that, even after the matter escalated to the commune level, they would both escape unscathed.

Listening to the team members praising Xu Jiajia and Ning Xuan, He Yuting and He Qiaofang felt increasingly uncomfortable.

Besides disappointment, He Yuting was also terrified. Fortunately, she was cautious enough not to listen to He Qiaofang and try to turn Liang Yinhua against her, otherwise she would have been the one to be implicated.

She spent two days thinking about it before coming up with this roundabout method, but it still failed.

Although Ning Xuan hadn't been able to directly expose the person behind the trouble, she wasn't in a hurry. If they stopped now, she would consider it as them having realized their mistakes and repented. If they were still not satisfied, she would definitely teach them a lesson next time.

She was currently happy for Lin Yuhan, who had just successfully guided her inner energy and officially begun her cultivation.