Chapter 201 A Clear Conscience
Although they had no contact with Zhou Yong in normal times, they were Zhou Yong's biological parents after all. Zhou Jiefang felt that if Zhou Yong went to jail, the villagers would definitely make things difficult for their entire family.
Cui Shufen was completely panicked. She could not accept that her entire family would be implicated because of Zhou Yong.
"Zhou Yong doesn't even interact with us, so why would his whole family be implicated if he gets into trouble?"
Zhou Jiefang glanced at Cui Shufen, who hadn't thought about it yet: "Because we are Zhou Yong's biological parents."
Cui Shufen's face turned pale and she asked again, "But we don't have any dealings with him?"
Zhou Jiefang sighed: "If you tell this to the disciplinary inspection comrades, will they believe it?"
Cui Shufen opened her mouth and said, "Why don't you believe it? Don't forget that Zhou Yong wrote a document to sever the relationship..."
Zhou Jiefang was stunned for a moment, then he slapped his head and said, "Look at my head, I have completely forgotten about this..."
At that time, Zhou Yong signed a document to sever relations, and he put his signature and fingerprint on it. However, Cui Shufen and Zhou Jiefang did not sign or seal it at that time.
Afterwards, the document was kept by Cui Shufen and is still kept in a box in her home!
The couple looked at each other. They were not afraid of being implicated by Zhou Yong, but they had to consider their other children.
Zhou Kexin and her three siblings sat quietly on the kang, listening to the conversation between their grandparents.
Cui Shufen and Zhou Jiefang left Li's house in a hurry, and Zhang Guifang looked cold and didn't even see them off.
Zhou Ling sighed: "Aunt, my dad is just like that, don't take it to heart."
Zhang Guifang smiled and said, "It's not like I just met your father today."
Zhang Guifang knew clearly what kind of person Zhou Jiefang was.
When problems arise, he relies on the women to find ways to solve them, but the Zhou family cannot rely on him for any big or small matters.
Zhou Ling looked at Zhang Guifang and swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
After dinner was ready, Zhang Guifang didn't eat a single bite, Zhou Ling had no appetite either, and the four children didn't eat much either.
It was completely dark. Zhou Kerou rubbed her eyes and said, "Grandma, I want to find my mom."
Zhou Kexin hurriedly took her sister away, and Li Jingchu said, "Brother will take you back to the west room to play..."
Zhou Kerou pouted and went back to the west room with her brother and sister. Zhou Ling glanced at Li Jingan who was making a fuss, and she walked back and forth on the floor of the east room of the Li family, holding her nephew.
With a creaking sound——
The door of the east room was opened, and Liu Juan, who had finished her work at home, came in.
"Aunt, is uncle back?"
Zhang Guifang shook her head and asked whether Ma Sanhui had returned home. Liu Juan said that he had never returned home.
"I don't know what the situation is with the brigade."
Zhou Ling muttered to herself, and as soon as she finished speaking, the Li family members arrived one after another.
It was almost eight o'clock when Li Hongjun returned from the brigade to cooperate with the investigation.
"Where's your third uncle?"
Li Hongjun frowned slightly: "Aunt San, I didn't see my uncle. The disciplinary inspection comrade talked to me and let me leave..."
Not only was he called in for a talk, but Accountant Sun, Sun Qing and Ma San were also in the brigade and had not returned home!
In addition to them, Li Ming, members of the acquisition team and people from the public security brigade were also on the talk list.
Zhang Guifang sighed, and Li Baoshan's wife comforted her that her sister-in-law was fine.
Li Hongjun gave Li Hongliang a look, and the two brothers went outside.
"Brother, why did you ask me to come out?"
Li Hongjun lowered his voice: "Come with me."
Li Hongliang looked puzzled: "Where are you going?"
Li Hongjun was going to meet Zhou Yong and needed his younger brother to keep watch for him.
Li Hongliang left with his elder brother without saying a word. The two brothers stayed on duty from around nine o'clock to around one in the morning. The disciplinary inspection staff had rested, so they waited for a while before tiptoeing to the window of the duty room.
The door of the duty room was locked and the room was pitch black. Li Hongjun was imitating the meow of a cat under the window.
Zhou Yong, who was lying in the duty room, heard a meow and got up and went to the window.
He raised his hand and exerted a little force, and the old-style grid window was opened from the inside.
Li Hongjun quickly climbed through the window and entered the house. Zhou Yong looked outside and quickly closed the window.
"Zhou Yong, the disciplinary inspection comrades are interviewing everyone in the brigade one by one..."
Zhou Yong didn't care about this question. He asked, "Is Xiaoyun okay?"
Li Hongjun was stunned. He didn't expect that at this time, Zhou Yong was still in the mood to care about Li Caiyun.
He told Zhou Yong what he knew.
“I didn’t expect her to be so strong.”
Li Caiyun's behavior was beyond Zhou Yong's expectations. He thought something had happened to him and she would cry her heart out at home.
The fact is, Li Caiyun did not cry, but took the trouble to go to the county town to find Cao Biao and others.
Li Hongjun lowered his voice and said, "Don't talk about Caiyun. Tell me what you are going to do next?"
Zhou Yong smiled in the darkness: "I have never taken bribes, abused my power, or used my power for personal gain. What should I be afraid of?"
The disciplinary inspection comrades can investigate however they want, Zhou Yong never did those things anyway.
Li Hongjun frowned: "What if, what if we are found out about reselling medicinal herbs on the black market?"
Li Hongjun was not worried about other things, he was just afraid that the disciplinary inspection comrades would find out about this matter.
Zhou Yong said calmly: "The money from reselling medicinal materials is all in the account of the purchasing team. The disciplinary inspection comrades can check it at will..."
The medicinal materials resold on the black market were all accounted for by the purchasing team. Li Hongjun and Sun Qing were not aware that Zhou Yong made a profit from it.
Moreover, Li Hongjun and Sun Qing would receive benefits every time they resold medicinal materials. Although the money they gave them each time was only ten or twenty yuan, after accumulating it over the years, each of them would make a profit of three or four hundred yuan.
Therefore, Zhou Yong was not worried at all that Sun Qing or Li Hongjun would betray him. They were all in the same boat. If he capsized, neither of them would gain any benefit.
Li Hongjun felt relieved when he heard this. He nodded continuously and said, "I will ask Sun Qing to keep an eye on the acquisition team. If there is any sign of trouble, I will find a way to tell you..."
After hearing what he said, Zhou Yong shook his head slightly: "Brother, don't do those unnecessary things. Now you don't have to do anything, just cooperate with the disciplinary inspection comrades..."
At this critical juncture, the more they do, the more suspicious they will be, so they might as well do nothing and let the disciplinary inspection comrades conduct a thorough investigation.
Li Hongjun understood Zhou Yong's intention: "I know what to do."
Zhou Yong responded and told Li Hongjun some things, and asked him to tell Li Caiyun, Zhang Guifang and Li Baotian that he had a clear conscience.
Li Hongjun climbed back through the window, while Li Hongliang almost froze to death outside.
The two brothers hid all the way back to their respective homes. The next day, Li Hongjun went to his third uncle's house first.
Li Baotian returned home around ten o'clock last night, and he didn't look very well early in the morning.
Li Caiyun and Zhao Min have not returned from the county town yet, and their family doesn’t know what the situation is over there.
Li Hongjun told Li Baotian and Zhang Guifang what Zhou Yong asked him to convey, and the couple were shocked when they heard it.
"Hong Jun, when did you go to see Zhou Yong?"
Li Hongjun told the couple what happened. After Li Baotian and Zhang Guifang learned what had happened, they felt relieved.
"Uncle and Aunt, if you have anything to say, let's talk later. I need to go to Accountant Sun's house..."
Li Baotian responded: "Go quickly!"
Li Hongjun was busy early in the morning. He went to Li Baotian's house, then to Accountant Sun's house. After leaving Sun's house, he went straight to look for Ma San.
At around nine o'clock in the morning, the disciplinary inspection comrades called Han Ergou for a talk.
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