Listening to the voices of the Huang family members coming from the brigade headquarters, the villagers deduced that the Huang family had indeed committed a crime, and it might be related to these educated youth.

After a long time, the cursing in the room subsided, leaving only the sound of weeping.

Finally, two policemen and the postman came out and stood at the door. One of the policemen said, "Village chief, could you please come over here for a moment?"

After the village chief went over, he said something to the village chief, who looked heartbroken and then called two militiamen to watch over the house.

They summoned another group of militiamen, and together with the three men, they walked into the village.

The young policeman glanced at Chu Dongmei before leaving and nodded.

Chu Dongmei grabbed An Moxue's hand and said, "Moxue, let's follow."

As the village chief and his group left, a large group of people followed them in a flurry.

The Huang family members in the crowd immediately sensed something was wrong and each ran towards their own home.

No one in the crowd paid them any attention; they were more concerned about what the Huang family had done, and whether the fact that the whole family had been detained also jeopardized their interests.

Eventually, the crowd stopped outside the Huang family's house because they were stopped by the militia.

At this moment, the village chief stepped forward and said, "Comrades, please be quiet and listen to me."

After a while, the crowd was only speaking in hushed tones. The village chief spoke again: "Comrades, the police have confirmed that Accountant Huang, taking advantage of his position, stole the letters, packages, and remittance slips of the educated youth and kept them for himself for several years. The amount involved is huge. We are now searching his house. Anyone who obstructs this will be punished as an accomplice."

The crowd immediately erupted in excitement.

The other members of the Huang family and their relatives, who had initially intended to intervene, all stopped in their tracks. They were willing to help, but they didn't want to be implicated.

"Comrades, calm down and listen to me. If you have relatives in other places, you can go to the post office to check. The postman will be in our village in the next two days to verify each case so that the case can be fully investigated."

The villagers, seeing that Accountant Huang's family was well-off, had already suspected that he had taken the emails, and were even bold enough to fraudulently claim the remittance slip.

Some villagers immediately expressed their doubts, saying, "Village chief, if Accountant Huang dares to steal mail, I wonder if he has stolen any of our village's money and property. This is collective property, and it's different from the mail belonging to the educated youth. We can't ignore this!"

One question raised, and multiple responses followed, all indicating that they no longer trusted Accountant Huang.

This directly affects their own interests, and the people are demanding an audit.

"Village chief, check the accounts!"

"Yes! Check the accounts!"

"Check the accounts!"

"Check the accounts!"

"Check the accounts!"

The villagers were united in their demand to audit the accounts. The village chief was surprised to find that the investigation into Accountant Huang's theft of the educated youth's mail had turned into an investigation into the village's accounts. How did it escalate to such a huge extent?

If this gets too big of a fuss, I won't benefit from it either. I'll get criticized by my superiors for mismanagement!

The village chief raised his hand, looked at the villagers, and said, "Right now, we're checking the emails. Let's do it one by one. Once we've finished checking this, we'll check the village accounts. Is that alright? Otherwise, we won't have enough manpower to handle it all! It'll only take a few minutes."

After thinking it over, most of the villagers agreed with the village chief's suggestion, while the minority disagreed, but since there were few people, it didn't cause much of a stir.

After calming the villagers down, the village chief turned and went into Accountant Huang's house.

Upon entering the house, the militiamen were assisting the two policemen in counting the valuables. Even the village chief was surprised to find so much money and valuables in Accountant Huang's house.

The two police officers immediately ordered the village chief to send someone to the town's public security bureau to report the incident and request that more personnel be sent.

The village chief casually pointed to a militiaman and left.

Outside the house, the postman was also working on the spot. He took out his notebook and said to the villagers, "Fellow villagers, if you have family members living elsewhere or distant relatives who have correspondence with you, you can come here to check. If I can't find it here, I will go back to the bureau to check."

Suddenly, several people stepped forward.

The Huang family usually bullies others in the village because of Accountant Huang. Now they all wish no one could see them, for fear that someone might beat them up out of anger. But at this point, it would be pointless to beat them up!

They're as arrogant as they usually are, and now they're just as afraid.

An Moxue and Chu Dongmei stood outside the courtyard, near the fence. An Moxue whispered to Chu Dongmei, "That accountant Huang probably embezzled a lot, otherwise the police and militia wouldn't still be inside for so long. They must be sorting through too much stuff, which is why they haven't come out yet. This village looks dilapidated, but there's something there!"

Chu Dongmei leaned close to An Moxue and whispered, "It is said that this place used to belong to a landlord. Later, during the land reform, the land was divided up, and the landlord's family was also taken away. The landlord was also persecuted to death by these people."

"Those who openly and secretly rob and seize land under the guise of land redistribution are all bad people."

After a while, the village chief came out and said, "Everyone, you can all disperse now! The investigation is almost complete, and the Huang family's assets will be recorded. The police will come and take them away, and they will compensate or return them to you victims. Especially for those villagers who are not involved, you can all leave now!"

After the village chief finished speaking, no one moved. They hadn't even seen the valuables that Accountant Huang's family had moved out yet!

Who would move!

......

"Make way, make way, the town's police are here again!"

A shout made the villagers who were watching the commotion turn around, and two oxcarts drove over, with the villagers making way for them.

Several police officers got out of the car. One of them came to the crowd, stood still, and said, "Fellow educated youth and villagers, we will definitely investigate this case thoroughly and announce the results to everyone. We also welcome any clues you may have to tell us. We will handle the case as quickly as possible."

After that, two people stood next to a car and began moving things out of the house.

After the goods were loaded onto the truck, the villagers blocked the police from leaving.

"Officer, we suspect that Accountant Huang not only embezzled money from the educated youth, but also from us. We request that the village's accounts be investigated!"

"Yes! Check the accounts!"

"Check the accounts!"

"Check the accounts!"

This time, the villagers were all in unison, demanding only one thing—an audit of the accounts.

The village chief finally realized that things were getting out of hand. He had just promised that the village would check the accounts themselves in a few days, but now the matter had been reported directly to the town's public security bureau.

The bureau chief, seeing this, wouldn't let them leave without giving an explanation.

He looked at the villagers and said sincerely, "Villagers, the people I brought today are not good at auditing accounts. How about this, I'll go back and report to the town government and ask them to send someone to audit, okay? If no one comes to audit tomorrow, you can go to the town government and find the mayor, is that alright?"

Upon hearing this, the village chief's face fell completely.