Chapter 280: Once it starts, there is no turning back
As soon as Gu Yuehuai left the cotton mill, he heard the sound of bells ringing at the entrance of the village.
The bell rang loudly and quickly, completely different from the usual going to and leaving work.
Gu Yuehuai frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled. The team's affairs had been almost dealt with, and the next step was to distribute the grain. Could it be that there was a problem with the accounting? Or were the members called to distribute the grain?
She thought about it for a moment, then stopped thinking about it and went to the breeding area.
When Gu Yuehuai arrived, all the members had also arrived, even Gu Tinghuai had come. He walked to Gu Yuehuai, stood with her at the front of the team, and lowered his voice and said, "Nannan, what's going on? What happened in the team?"
"Let's see." Gu Yuehuai shook his head. There hasn't been anything big happening in the team recently. Could it be that a big fair in the mountains was announced?
The members gathered together, and everyone was guessing why the team called them over. Most of them thought that food was going to be distributed. Everyone had a smile on their face, and was full of expectations for their future life.
Soon, several militiamen came out of the office with guns.
They stood behind a row of desks, and the atmosphere suddenly became serious. The members fell silent and looked at each other.
"Why are the militia here?" Gu Tinghuai's expression changed slightly and his tone became nervous.
Gu Yuehuai half-squinted her eyes and looked at it for a while, then pursed her red lips and made a plan in her mind.
Chen Yuesheng.
She gave the branch secretary a few words a few days ago, which exposed Chen Yuesheng's acts of corruption. She originally thought that it would take some time to get evidence, but now it seems that the Chen family's method of covering up their mistakes was not very clever, and they were brought down so quickly.
Gu Yuehuai watched coldly, and sure enough, about five minutes later, Wang Fu, Wang Peisheng, Huang Fengying and other team leaders came out and sat behind the desk. They looked serious and without smiles, and it was obvious that something big had happened.
The last person to come out of the office was Lei Dachui. He had a gloomy face and the anger in his eyes almost jumped out.
Amid the depressing atmosphere, someone in the crowd bravely asked, "Secretary, what's going on? Are we going to distribute grain?"
Wang Fu stood up after hearing this.
He first glanced at the many members below him, and then said in a heavy tone: "Comrades, I called you here today to announce something. Everyone in our team knows everything, so I won't keep you in suspense."
"In theory, our brigade cadres are the people's servants. They hold certain powers in order to serve the masses. However, some people want to use such powers to carry out corrupt transactions!"
"We will never tolerate such behavior! Bring the person up here!"
As soon as Wang Fu finished speaking, Chen Yuesheng was brought up by the militia.
His tall figure was pressed down very low, and the young man who used to be so proud and high-spirited now seemed unable to raise his head.
The crowd was in an uproar, and they couldn't believe that the representative who exercised corrupt power mentioned by the branch secretary was actually the promising Chen Yuesheng. He was not only the captain of the sixth production team, but also the most outstanding young man in the surrounding area!
"What's going on? How could Chen Yuesheng do such a thing?"
"He looks like a decent person, but he is a bad person at heart. No wonder he got involved with Tian Jing."
"Tsk, Chen Yuesheng is really pitiful. His wife just... and now he's in trouble again."
“…”
The crowd was talking at once, and the way they looked at Chen Yuesheng, as admiring as they were before, now showed contempt.
And the impact was not over yet. Chen Yuesheng stood in front of the stage, and then Chen Kang was also pressed up.
The father and son stood in a neat row in the front, facing the incredulous looks of the members. They felt as if they were being pricked by needles all over their bodies. The honor of having two production team leaders in the family had now become a joke being judged.
Gu Tinghuai looked at the father and son at the top and was speechless: "How could this happen?"
Corruption is a serious crime. How dare Chen Yuesheng do such a thing?
Gu Yuehuai looked indifferent, which was not surprising at all.
In her previous life, she wanted Chen Yuesheng to marry her, not because she liked this man very much. After all, she was still young and her definition of liking was very superficial. At that time, she only knew that Chen Yuesheng was excellent and had a good family background, and that she would be able to live a good life if she married him.
Later, Chen Yuesheng was very sincere to Tian Jing and even hurt her for it, but unfortunately, he did not end up well.
Corruption stems from the lack of supervision and restraint of power.
Chen Yuesheng's family has the support of Lei Dachui, so his life is much better than that of ordinary people. However, after being exposed to power for a long time and without anyone to examine him all the time, he will always develop greed. This is human nature.
I don’t know if it was because he heard Gu Tinghuai’s voice or for some other reason, but Chen Yuesheng, who had been keeping his head down, slowly raised his head and fixed his eyes on Gu Yuehuai’s face beside him.
Chen Yuesheng's lips trembled. At this moment, he felt like oil boiling on fire. He was so ashamed that he couldn't speak.
At this time, Wang Fu spoke again.
He picked up a yellowish piece of letter paper on the table and said in a heavy tone, "Comrades, you know that the brigade has been busy calculating the distribution of grain these days. After careful calculation, we found the loopholes in the accounts."
Wang Fu read out everything on the paper in detail, including each account, how much money, how much was left, and so on.
The members were also calculating the price in their minds, and this was a terrible result; the accounts really didn’t add up!
It was just some purchases arranged by the team, and the embezzlement was not much, only about 30 yuan in total. These were basically done by Chen Yuesheng, but Chen Kang did the bulk of the work, and in total, he embezzled as much as 300 yuan!
What Chen Kang did on a daily basis was to deliver the brigade's vegetables to the commune vegetable station. He often pocketed money that did not belong to him by not recording the sales. The amount was not much each time, but over the years, he had accumulated three hundred yuan!
For the members who have little income every year and have to spend every penny, this is a huge sum of money!
In the brigade, marrying a wife and setting up two banquets would cost at most ten yuan. Three hundred yuan was enough to marry thirty wives, and there was no pressure to eat meat every meal. How could you not be hated?
For a moment, the members were filled with indignation and all began to speak out in condemnation.
"This money belongs to the team. It is the hard-earned money saved by everyone!"
"I was wondering, how could Chen Yuesheng dare to tell Tian Jing that he would give a betrothal gift of 100 yuan? So that's how the money came from!"
"They must be severely punished. They must not be let off! People who are corrupt like this should be shot!"
“…”
When one's own interests are affected, no one will be soft-hearted, even when facing neighbors whom they see every day.
Wang Peisheng stood up and said solemnly: "Comrades, rest assured that we will never let any national pests go!"
The final result had to be reported to the commune for processing. Gu Yuehuai did not look at what happened next. She left the breeding site with Gu Tinghuai and went home. As for the entanglement and hatred between her and Chen Yuesheng, it came to an end there.
When Chen Yuesheng was captured by the militia, his eyes looked past the crowd and fell on Gu Yuehuai.
He looked somewhat numb, and there was no light in his eyes.
As he recalled, he was still frightened the first time he took public money, fearing that others would find out. But with the comfort of his father Chen Kang, he gradually felt at ease. The money that was so easily accessible was like an invisible shackle that handcuffed him tightly and made him unable to move. He deserved what he had ended up in today's situation.
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