Chen Yigen turned to Chen Guoqing and said, "Guoqing, call Chen Xia over and tell him that the commune leader wants to ask you something."
Chen Xia arrived quickly, wearing a white shirt and looking very polite. He greeted everyone as he entered the room. Just by looking at his appearance, he looked like a kind and promising young intellectual.
Several people from the investigation team sat in the village meeting room and asked Chen Xia to sit on a small bench opposite. This is a common tactic of the investigation team to put psychological pressure on the person being investigated.
"Are you Chen Xia?" Ge Jun asked seriously, holding a pen and a notebook. "We are from Xipu Commune. Do you know what crime you have committed? Tell the truth and we will try to get leniency."
Chen Xia blinked and asked, "Leader, I haven't committed any crime, why should I confess?"
There was a loud bang, and it was Yang Qi slamming the table: "Bullshit, don't you know what you did? If you don't confess, you will be sent to labor camp."
Chen Xia also got angry when he heard this. "What have I done? As commune leaders, you can't just arbitrarily accuse a good person, right? If you have evidence, arrest me. If you don't have evidence, don't talk nonsense. Be careful or I'll sue you for defamation."
"What is the crime of defamation?" Ge Jun quietly asked a police officer next to him.
Yang Qi's face flushed with anger as he sternly said, "Don't think that no one knows about your grain collection and sales and speculation. I'm telling you, you're undermining socialism. It's a crime, and you'll go to jail. You're so brave at such a young age."
"Leader, you say I was buying and selling grain, engaging in speculation? Then I'd like to ask, do you have any witnesses? Do you have any physical evidence? When, where, and from whom did I buy the grain? And where did I sell it?"
"You...are you planning to rebel against the organization and cut yourself off from the people?"
Yang Qi was speechless for a moment. Yes, he had no evidence. He had only heard it from others. Moreover, he was the one who reported it, but he had no evidence.
Ge Jun stopped Yang Qi who was about to explode, and said to Chen Xia who was also about to explode:
"Of course we came here with evidence. It's useless for you to resist now. You'll cry later. Secretary Chen, can we question the villagers next?"
Chen Yigen was sitting next to him and said seriously, "Leaders, please feel free to call whoever you want. I will make the arrangements."
At this time, Yang Qi whispered to Ge Jun, "They are all from the same village. We are afraid that Chen Yigen is not honest. Otherwise, there are a large group of villagers watching at the door. We can just randomly select 10 villagers to ask."
Ge Jun thought this was a good idea. In order to not give Qingfeng Village a chance to cover up, he went to the door of the meeting room in person, randomly picked 10 villagers, and called them in one by one for questioning.
The first person to come in was Grandma San, who was the one who sold the most eggs.
Ge Jun asked with a smile, "Old man, we are commune cadres and we missed you. Was Chen Xia from your village harvesting grain a few days ago?"
"What? You asked me if I had breakfast?"
"I'm asking you, did Chen Xia collect food in the village a few days ago?"
"Oh, I've been feeding chickens these days. Is it illegal for me to raise a few chickens?"
Ge Jun waved his hand silently and took the "deaf" old lady away. The old lady walked out the door, spat behind her and cursed: "A bunch of big bastards, not even letting the little kids go."
The onlookers all smiled knowingly.
The second person to be called in was Guo Linsao, who had been the first to sell grain. When Ge Jun asked Chen Xia if she had purchased grain, Guo Linsao cried out in injustice:
"Oh, my boss, you've been deceived by a villain. Chen Xia is such an honest child, how could he do such a thing?"
"But we received a report that he had purchased so much grain that it exceeded his food rations."
"The person who reported it has a mental problem. Chen Xia bought some grain a few days ago, and that was all for his family to eat. His parents are dead, he doesn't know how to farm, and he has two younger brothers and sisters at home. He can only buy some food for himself. Isn't that illegal?"
When Ge Jun heard this, his eyes lit up. Finally someone admitted that Chen Xia was collecting grain.
In fact, this was the result of a discussion between Chen Xia and some villagers. They said that they would definitely not send the investigation team away if they did not collect any money, but it was okay to collect a small amount. As long as they insisted that it was for their own consumption, what was wrong with that? They were going to watch the people starve to death?
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