Chapter 286 Chapter 287: Confrontation

Xiong Dahai looked at him, his brows furrowed so tightly that they could kill a mosquito. "The useless Lao Er went to Zhou's house to steal cement and was caught."

"Why would he go and steal cement?" The youngest Xiong looked at He Hongxiu and asked anxiously, "What should we do now?"

"The Zhou family went to the brigade to call the brigade cadres. You are at home, I will go over to take a look." Xiong Dahai said as he walked towards the gate of the courtyard.

"Old man, I'll go with you." He Hongxiu also followed.

Over there, after Zhou Huaijun invited Secretary Xu, he went to Captain Zhou's house and asked him to go to the construction site together. As soon as they arrived at the team, they met Zhou Sufang and her son walking towards them.

"Boss, go find Accountant Ye and I'll go talk to them."

"Oh!" Boss Xiong walked towards the agency store.

Zhou Sufang and the other two came over and said, "Captain Zhou, my second son didn't mean to steal his cement. It was because the Zhou family stole my bezoar and he felt uncomfortable."

Captain Zhou frowned, "The Zhou family has confiscated your bezoar. When did it happen? How come we don't know about it?"

Zhou Huaijun said with a bitter face: "Captain Zhou, didn't my youngest son drive the Xiong family's sick cow down a ridge and kill it a few months ago? The Xiong family insisted that we pay for a healthy cow. Including the skin and meat, we only sold it for less than 200 yuan. We lost more than 200 yuan!"

"My family was wrong in this matter, and we accepted the loss no matter how big it was. But a few days later, the Xiong family heard from somewhere that there was bezoar in the cow's stomach, and they stopped my family and made trouble several times."

"Just a few days ago, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Xiong family stopped my family on the road again and insisted that we took out bezoar from the cow's stomach. They also said that the money for my family to repair the house and buy a tractor was earned by selling bezoar. Just for this, they ran to my construction site to steal cement. Don't you think this is bullying!"

Captain Zhou looked at Zhou Sufang, "Yes! No matter what the reason is, you can't steal things!"

Zhou Sufang said anxiously: "My old bear also said so. The second son was not convinced and wanted to vent his anger on his family!"

"Captain Zhou!" Xiong Dahai came over with a flashlight. "It was wrong for Lao Er to steal things. We will pay for it!"

Captain Zhou turned his head and looked at him, "Then let's go over and take a look!"

"good!"

A group of people went to Zhou's construction site and saw that a bonfire had already been lit.

Secretary Xu, the old man, Zhou's mother, Li Qiuyue, and Zhang Xiuxiang have already arrived. Zhou Huaishan is holding Xiong Laoer who is tied up.

Zhou Sufang walked over quickly and looked at the black and blue face of Xiong Laoer. She felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife. "Look at Laoer, Laoer has been beaten like this. Oh my God, how could they do such a cruel thing? They are so evil-minded..."

Xiong Laoer looked up at Xiong Dahai, then lowered his head and said nothing.

He Hongxiu also started to cry, "Woo, woo... Lao Er, are you okay? Damn it..."

"Bah~" Li Qiuyue stepped forward and spat in her face, "You are the bastard, you deserve to be beaten to death for sneaking into my house!"

Zhou Huaishan looked at Xiong Dahai coldly, "Your second son came to steal once last night, and came again tonight, and even beat me up. I didn't chop off his hands and feet, but I showed mercy because we are in the same team."

Xiong Dahai looked at Xiong Laoer, and the muscles on his distressed face trembled. He walked up to the people sitting there, bowed and said:

"Secretary Xu, old man, Lao Zhou, my second son did something wrong. Since we are all from the same brigade, please forgive him this time. We will definitely pay for what he deserves!"

Secretary Xu saw that his attitude was okay, so he looked at Zhou's father and said, "Old Zhou, tell me your opinion!"

Father Zhou covered his chest and said, "Secretary Xu, the compensation is not important. There are some things that must be made clear in front of Lao Xiong today."

"Tonight, Xiong Laoer came to steal cement. After we caught him, he beat me up. He also said that all these things in my house were bought with the money from selling his bezoar. I want to ask, Lao Xiong, when did my Zhou family take your bezoar?"

The old man also said: "God is my conscience, these things in my family were bought by my children working hard from dawn to dusk, how could they be bought with the money exchanged for bezoar in his family?"

He thought to himself, please don't blame me, God, I didn't talk nonsense, the money from selling the bezoar is still hidden and hasn't been touched!

He Hongxiu rushed over and yelled at Zhou's father and his wife, "Your family has already taken my bezoar. Boss Ma said it himself that there is bezoar in the cow's stomach!"

Zhang Xiuxiang stepped forward, "Boss Ma said that, right? I'll go with you and call him to come in front of the brigade cadres, and we'll confront him face to face!"

"Pa~" Xiong Dahai couldn't bear it any longer and slapped her in the face, "Go back, it's not your turn to speak here!"

He Hongxiu covered her face and looked at the furious Xiong Dahai in panic. She screamed "Wow~" and turned around and ran away.

At this time, Boss Xiong and Accountant Ye also came over, "Secretary Xu, Captain Zhou, are you all here?"

Secretary Xu nodded, "Yes, I was sleeping soundly when I was woken up by Zhou Laoer. The second son of the old Xiong family is really confused!"

Zhou Huaijun stood up and stepped aside, "Accountant Ye, please sit down!"

Accountant Ye glanced at Xiong Dahai, who had a sullen face, and said to Zhou's father, "Old Zhou, we are all from the same village. It was indeed Xiong Laoer who did something wrong today. You two families should talk it out face to face, and make amends if necessary, so as not to affect unity."

"Accountant Ye is right!" Father Zhou stood up and looked at Xiong Dahai coldly, "Old Xiong, today in front of the brigade cadres, I want to ask you, when your family brought the dead cow to my house and insisted on us paying for it, we had no choice but to use a sick cow to pay for the money you paid for a healthy cow, right?"

Xiong Dahai: "Yes! But our cow was indeed killed when it fell off a ridge after being chased by your youngest son. That's why we asked you to pay for it."

"I admit this! At that time, you asked me to pay you 480 yuan, and I gave you 450 yuan. After you agreed, I gave you the money immediately. You took the money and wanted to leave. My youngest daughter-in-law asked you for a receipt, and you wrote it and pressed your fingerprints, right?"

"Yes, I took the money, wrote a receipt, and even put my fingerprint on it!"

Father Zhou looked at him and said, "If you take the money, we are even. Whether we make a profit or a loss, it has nothing to do with your family. So when we lost more than 200 yuan from selling beef, my family never came to your house once!"

He paused and said slowly, "But a few days later you came to my house and asked me about bezoar. I told you at the time that I had never seen bezoar, right?"

Xiong Dahai nodded. "I told you when I went to your house to ask you that I had no other intentions. I just wanted to find out whether there was bezoar in a cow's stomach. You said you had never seen it, so I believed you and ignored it."

"Old Zhou, the rumor that your family got the bezoar has nothing to do with Boss Ma. You know, rumors spread fast, and when they are passed around, they are bound to be exaggerated."

"The women at home heard that there is bezoar in the cow's stomach. Women are petty by nature, as you all know. They know that thing is valuable, so they can't help but complain a little. Don't take what they say seriously."

(End of this chapter)