Chapter 208 It seems that the person behind this is not simple...
His smile stunned Zhou Ling and Zhao Min.
"Did you see that? Big brother smiled at me."
Zhao Min held the child and said, "I saw it."
Zhou Ling looked at Zhou Yong who was talking to other people and felt a little excited.
Everyone dispersed at around eight o'clock. After everyone left, Zhou Yong, Li Caiyun, Li Baotian and Zhang Guifang returned home.
After entering the house, Zhou Yong said to Li Baotian and Zhang Guifang: "Mom and Dad, I'm sorry to have made you worry about me..."
The couple smiled, and Li Baotian took over the conversation: "As a family, why are you saying such things? It's getting late, you should go to bed early!"
Zhou Yong responded, and he and Li Caiyun picked up the sleeping Li Jingan and went back to the west room.
Zhou Kexin and her two siblings had already fallen asleep. Zhou Yong put Li Jingan down from his arms, lit the stove, and Li Caiyun poured water for washing feet.
"You haven't washed your feet for a few days, wash them now!"
Living in the duty room is not like living at home. It is difficult to drink water, let alone wash your feet.
Zhou Yong looked at his young wife and said, "You wash first. I'll wash my feet later."
Li Caiyun placed the foot basin under his feet, and Zhou Yong took off his shoes with a smile.
"Isn't it cold in the duty room?"
"fine."
The duty room doesn't often have fire, so it's still okay during the day when the sun is out, but in the second half of the night, even sleeping in cotton clothes can sometimes wake you up from the cold.
The couple chatted for a while, washed their feet and then got on the kang.
Zhou Yong asked who had come to Li's house in the past few days, and Li Caiyun told him the truth.
When they were about to lie down, Li Caiyun showed an expression of wanting to say something but hesitated. Zhou Yong took off his clothes and said, "If you have something to say, just say it."
Li Caiyun sighed and told Zhou Yong what Cui Shufen and Zhou Jiefang had said in front of Zhou Keyin and her three siblings.
After hearing this, irony appeared in his eyes. Li Caiyun, who was sleeping on the kang, extinguished the candle and lay down. Zhou Yong lay in bed and said, "Don't worry about what they said."
Some people cannot stand the test of interests, Cui Shufen and Zhou Jiefang are such people.
Zhou Yong has lived two lives, and he has long since let go of these things.
Li Caiyun lay in Zhou Yong's arms and talked to him about Xu Jianmin.
The next day, Zhou Yong got up at dawn, heated the west room, and then fetched water twice.
He didn't even have breakfast and rode his bike to the commune.
Zhou Yong went directly to Xu Jianmin's house, and the two brothers smiled at each other when they met.
"Brother, I'm very sorry that my matter has caused you unnecessary trouble..."
Xu Jianmin smiled and said, "On the one hand, it's because of you, and on the other hand, someone is deliberately targeting me..."
Zhou Yong thought about this aspect, otherwise it would be impossible to investigate only the two brothers.
Xu Jianmin took a deep puff of cigarette, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said: "This matter seems to be related to you, but I think the main target of the person behind it is actually me. I have locked on two suspects..."
Although the other party may have had some expectations, the disciplinary inspection comrades found nothing after their in-depth investigation, which undoubtedly disappointed the other party.
Zhou Yong glanced at Xu Jianmin who was smoking, and handed the letter of complaint given to him by Guo Xiangqian to his senior.
Xu Jianmin took the letter and started reading it. When he finished reading the report letter, Zhou Yong asked, "Brother, can you tell whose handwriting it is?"
This letter of complaint was very well written, with a cursive font. Zhou Yong concluded that it was written by an intellectual with a fairly high level of education.
Unfortunately, it was not a real-name report, the other party used a fake name. Guo Xiangqian had inquired and found out that the letter of accusation appeared directly in the disciplinary inspection reporting box.
The content of the letter was written with confidence, so it attracted the attention of the comrades in the discipline inspection department.
Xu Jianmin shook his head slightly: "I can't tell whose handwriting it is."
He has worked in the commune for nearly twenty years, and Xu Jianmin can recognize the handwriting of an acquaintance at a glance.
Zhou Yong took the letter of accusation back and said, "Brother, be careful next time. It seems that the person behind this is not simple..."
Xu Jianmin nodded. After he and his fellow apprentice finished discussing the matter, they went to the commune canteen to have breakfast.
After leaving the commune, Zhou Yong went to a grocery store, then to a supply and marketing cooperative, and finally to a vegetable market.
Zhou Yong returned home carrying a lot of bags, which made the children very happy.
Zhou Kerou held a big apple and took a bite with a smile.
Li Caiyun smiled and said, "Nan Nan, the apples haven't been washed yet!"
Zhang Guifang replied: "It's not dirty and you won't get sick if you eat it."
Everyone laughed, and Li Caiyun and Zhou Yong talked about the investigation results announced by the discipline inspection comrades using the loudspeaker.
The matter has caused a lot of uproar, and the disciplinary inspection comrades cannot just walk away. They must do a good job of post-processing.
Zhou Yong didn't say anything after hearing this. He looked at the time and rode his bike to the team.
The brigade office was particularly lively today, and many people came to congratulate Zhou Yong.
Everyone spent the morning chatting together, saw off the disciplinary inspection comrades in the afternoon, and Zhou Yong went to the county town the next day.
He met Cao Biao, Xing Laoqi and Liu Dazhuang, and then had lunch with Guo Xiangqian. After the two separated, he went to Chen Pingliang's unit and sat for a while.
The next day was the Little New Year, and Li Baotian's house was bustling with activity early in the morning.
Li Caixia, Zhou Ling, Liu Juan, Li Hongjun and Li Hongliang's wives all helped prepare lunch at Li Baotian's home.
"Aunt San, how many tables will be set aside for lunch?"
Zhang Guifang roughly counted the number of people in her mind: "It should be eight tables, right?"
After Zhou Yong got into trouble, everyone was busy running around. In order to thank everyone, I specially chose today to invite them all to my house for dinner.
"Aunt San, there's no room for eight tables inside or outside the house?"
"The north and south kangs in the west room can hold four tables, and if we put another table on the floor, that makes five tables. The east room can hold at least three tables..."
There were not enough tables, chairs, benches, bowls, chopsticks and plates, so Li Caixia and her two sisters-in-law went home to get the missing items.
After ten o'clock, everyone came with their children one after another, and the Li family's house became more lively inside and outside.
The children were chasing each other in the yard, laughing and talking, full of innocence and joy.
A group of men were smoking, drinking water and chatting in the house.
The women were busy preparing lunch in the outer room. They were frying the dishes and chatting about family matters.
Dinner started at around eleven o'clock. The eight tables were full of people. There were twelve dishes on each table, eight meat dishes and four vegetarian dishes.
There were two tables for men, one table for women, and the remaining five tables were for children. This shows how many children there were in each household in that era.
Zhou Yong first suggested taking a sip of wine. Everyone put down their wine bowls and just took a bite of food when Cao Biao came over with a smile.
Zhao Chunhua was quite surprised to see her man: "Why are you back?"
Cao Biao grinned: "I came to the commune to do some work and went home to visit. But no one was home. When I asked, I found out that you were at the village chief's house..."
Zhao Chunhua smiled, and everyone called Cao Biao to the table to eat.
"What a sumptuous meal! It seems I'm in for a treat today."
Cao Biao rubbed his hands, smiled and sat down next to Zhou Yong. Li Caiyun brought him a set of bowls and chopsticks.
"Would you like to go for a walk this afternoon? If not, have a drink?"
Cao Biao thought for a while and said, "Forget it. I have something to do this afternoon, so I'd better not drink..."
He has official business to attend to, and drinking during work hours has a bad impact.
Seeing this, no one urged Cao Biao to drink anymore. Zhao Chunhua stood up and served him a bowl of rice.
Everyone was eating and chatting, when Cui Shufen came into the room panting with an anxious look on her face.
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