At Gao Baoliang's command, several militiamen restrained Lin Tao.

He said in a condescending tone:

"I heard you're going to occupy someone else's house. Do you know that's illegal?"

Lin Tao resisted and struggled desperately to break free:

"What law? Lin Chen assaulted someone, why aren't you arresting him?"

Gao Baoliang chuckled: "You're occupying his house, so I can't beat you up? What about when you and your mother beat up Zhao Ergou together?"

At this moment, Zhao Ergou also very cooperatively wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, making a mess everywhere, and kept groaning:

"I'm going to die, they were too brutal, I need to go to the hospital."

Lin Tao was furious. He was seriously injured, and his teeth were almost knocked out. Why did he go to the hospital?

But Gao Baoliang had already ordered someone to take him away and lock him in the commune's interrogation room.

The old cowshed system is no longer in use; the commune has set aside a room specifically for interrogation.

If any disputes arose among the commune members, the commune would have the militia company conduct the initial interrogation. If the dispute involved any legal violations, the members would be taken to the police station.

Yu Xiaofeng was extremely anxious. How could it be so serious? Lin Chen wasn't going to live in the house anyway, so what was wrong with letting them live there?

Gao Baoliang ignored his explanations and told him directly that encroaching on someone else's house would result in a three-year sentence.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed in Lin Tao's mind, and he said:

"I went into Lin Chen's house not for the house, but to steal things."

“Stealing is also a crime! Depending on the severity of the offense, you can go to jail.” Gao Baoliang said aggressively.

Lin Tao grinned crookedly: "I just wanted to steal, but I didn't succeed. The offense is only minor. Even if you take me to the police station, they'll only fine me a little money at most."

Gao Baoliang felt a pang in his chest. He hadn't expected that the man would know so much. Since there was no evidence to prove that he had occupied the house, he had no choice but to make him pay a 50 yuan fine and release him.

Not long after, the commune's militia company was dissolved, and Gao Baoliang was removed from his position as company commander; his reassignment was yet to be determined.

When Lin Tao found out, he was extremely smug and spread rumors everywhere to slander Gao Baoliang, saying that Gao Baoliang, who had no authority, was nothing!

Just then, Yang Xu was found to have a shadow on his stomach, which was initially diagnosed as stomach cancer. The doctor gave him a diagnosis and recommended that he go to a large hospital for further diagnosis. He successfully obtained a referral letter to return to the city to recuperate.

As a result, in order to feign illness, Yang Xu swallowed a screw, tied it with a cotton thread, and pulled it out, which actually caused stomach bleeding.

When Meng Jiao found out, she questioned Gao Baoliang, asking if it was his idea.

Gao Baoliang explained, "I didn't know he would be so ruthless to himself!"

Meng Jiao was furious and cried, "The educated youth came up with all sorts of ways to return to the city. The hospital was very strict with the checks. If it weren't for your bad idea, would he have done that? I'm so disappointed in you."

Since then, Meng Jiao has avoided seeing him.

Gao Baoliang was furious. He went to drink with Lin Chen and said that Meng Jiao was only treating him this way because he was no longer the militia company commander.

Jiang Rou advised him, "You can't think like that. She's just worried about you. If something happens to Yang Xu, do you think you can get away with it?"

But the misunderstanding between the two had already formed, and nothing anyone else said could change it.

The couple, whose relationship was already progressing poorly, ended up breaking up.

Lin Tao became even more smug.

......

Gao Baoliang was in pain, but none of the villagers in Chayuan Village were there to comfort him in his grief.

After the floodwaters finally receded, all the villagers began to engage in production to help themselves.

On the one hand, the flooded farmland is beyond saving, and we can only ensure that the surviving farmland maintains high yields, which requires commune members to work harder in the fields.

On the other hand, families whose houses have collapsed need to find ways to rebuild them.

The government has allocated funds to the commune, and the commune has distributed relief funds to its members.

For houses that are undamaged, a condolence payment of 100 yuan will be given; for houses that have collapsed, a relief payment of 300 yuan will be given.

Many families have already started working hard, digging soil and making mud bricks. A mud brick house can be built with a little over a thousand mud bricks.

Three hundred yuan isn't much. If we save it, we can build a small house. Let's get through this difficult time first.

Lin Tao looked at the money, but he was resentful.

"That's so unfair! Why should we get a hundred yuan even though the house didn't collapse?"

While everyone else was actively making mud bricks, he didn't do anything and had already gotten used to living in the tent provided by the government.

“This tent is fine too. Why build a house? When everyone has a house to live in, and I don’t, the government will definitely find a way to resettle me.”

He started idling around all day, even going to Shuanzi's house to play cards.

Shuanzi's house collapsed during the flood, and his leg was injured, causing him to walk with a limp.

Unlike before, Shuanzi, who had won money from him, said he would never play cards again and didn't welcome him back, as if he had some hidden treasure at home that he didn't want him to know.

Unable to play cards with Shuanzi, he went elsewhere. In any case, someone like him always attracted some like-minded people, and soon he ended up with a group of gamblers.

......

Jiang Ning and Wang Xiufen's tailor shop reopened, but because everyone was busy with production to save themselves, there were far fewer people making clothes.

Fortunately, there were always orders coming in from the county town, so they weren't idle.

The toilet in Luo Guangming's house collapsed and needs to be rebuilt. Aunt Luo was at home and couldn't come over to help.

Even though Liu Fang's family was fine, she still came over almost every day to learn how to make clothes from Wang Xiufen.

She was quick-witted and learned things very fast. After a few months of learning, she was able to make her own clothes.

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