Chapter 042 Chapter 42 Moral Corruption

Originally, the house of my uncle was supposed to be renovated, but because of the flood and locust plague, the work has been delayed and has not started.

Lin Yue and his family had lived in Aunt Su's house for a long time, and it was not convenient to live in someone else's house all the time, so they discussed with Zhang Yuandong and moved back to the small courtyard in the southeast.

Due to the heavy rain and floods some time ago, not only did the courtyard wall collapse, but there was also a moldy smell in the house. Zhang Yuandong checked and found that it was leaking.

He spent a day repairing the roof, and the family moved back in. As for the courtyard wall, the team said they would find someone to repair it in a few days, so they just lived there for the time being.

Back in this cramped house, the biggest problem is sleeping at night.

The two nights Zhang Yuandong stayed here last time when he came back were not pleasant memories. Now the two of them were in the same place again, and they both felt a little awkward.

Fortunately, there were two children in the house, which made them feel a little more comfortable.

Although the weather has been good these days, there is still a moldy smell in the house. Fortunately, Zhang Yuandong had already lit a fire to keep the kang warm during the day, so the kang was quite dry.

Lin Yue sat on the kang in a daze, gently fanning the two children. Mosquitoes were rampant at this time of year, and the two little guys were bitten by several red bumps. At night, they were even more disturbed by mosquitoes and had difficulty falling asleep. She used a fan to gently drive away the mosquitoes, and her eyes unconsciously looked out the window.

A few days ago, I lived in someone else's house and it was inconvenient to take a shower. Now back at home, Zhang Yuandong only wore a pair of knee-length shorts, stood in the yard, and rinsed his body with cold water.

In the moonlight, Lin Yue could see the smooth lines of his back, broad shoulders and slender waistline, which reflected the water light in the moonlight. When he was soaked in water, his clothes stuck to his body, making his hips look more prominent and his two long legs look strong and powerful.

Lin Yue's face flushed and her heart beat fast, and she lost all her sleepiness. She was like a child who had done something wrong, feeling extremely guilty, but she couldn't control her gaze, and she kept glancing out the window involuntarily, her eyes lingering on his thin waist for several circles.

She thought in despair: The moon is so bright tonight, and he didn't even choose a secluded place to take a bath, but had to take a bath outside the window. Can you blame me for peeking?

As for the fact that their yard was only the size of a palm, she deliberately ignored it.

Zhang Yuandong had his back to the window. He hadn't thought much about it at first. It was common to take showers outdoors when he was in the army, and he had specially worn shorts. But the view from behind was too reckless, and he became more and more flustered as he showered. His ears and neck were all red. In the end, he simply picked up a whole basin of water and poured it all over himself. He finished his shower hastily and ran into the bathroom as if escaping.

He washed the dirty clothes, then tidied up the things, lingered in the stove for a long time, and finally brushed Lin Yue and the two children's straw sandals, but still refused to go into the house.

Lin Yue secretly laughed at the way he was looking around outside. From this point of view, he looked more like a shy young wife.

Lin Yue stopped teasing him and lay down on her side, pretending to be asleep. She closed her eyes and had an inappropriate thought: Should I prepare another pillow for him?

Zhang Yuandong lingered outside the door for a long time before quietly entering the house.

The September night was already a little cold. He only took a pair of pants with him when he took a shower. His upper body was still naked. He quickly found a shirt in his travel bag, put it on, and then carefully lay down on the edge of the kang.

In the middle of the night, Lin Yue quietly got up from the kang. She made sure that the father and son were still asleep, went into the living room, changed into black clothes, and walked out quietly.

Zhang Yuandong was lying on the edge of the kang, his whole body was stiff because he didn't dare to move. He woke up as soon as Lin Yue got up. He thought she was going to the bathroom, so he didn't say anything for fear of embarrassing her.

His senses were very sharp. As soon as Lin Yue entered the space, he immediately noticed that her breathing had disappeared. After the others left, he also got off the kang. There was something like a wooden fence next to the kang. It was the fence that Lin Yue made for the two children. Zhang Yuandong used it to fence the two little guys and hurriedly chased after them.

In just a short while, he could no longer find any trace of Lin Yue. It was too dark, and he could not tell where Lin Yue had gone, so he could only search blindly in the village.

Fortunately, he found her near the granary soon after.

Lin Yue had been wandering outside the granary for a while. The grain had just been harvested these few days, and there were people on duty near the warehouse, so it was very difficult for her to get close. In addition, in order to prevent thieves, the small windows of the granary were opened very high, and it was impossible to reach them without external force, which made it even more difficult for Lin Yue to do anything.

When Zhang Yuandong came over, he saw her wandering back and forth behind the granary. Seeing that the patrol militia was about to come over, he hurried over, covered Lin Yue's mouth from behind, and whispered in her ear: "It's me, follow me."

Seeing that Lin Yue no longer resisted, he pulled her back to a secluded place far away from the granary. He whispered, "What are you doing here?"

Lin Yue stammered for a long time, not knowing how to answer.

Zhang Yuandong quickly figured out the purpose of her visit: "You don't want to deliver food to the granary, do you?"

Seeing that she still didn't say anything, he was sure that he had guessed correctly: "Didn't you say you applied for relief food? Don't worry, wait a few more days, there should be news soon."

Speaking of relief rations, Lin Yue got angry: "In the past few years, the villagers were almost starving to death. They applied for relief rations every year, but never received a single grain of rice. I don't know how many people will starve to death while waiting for relief rations to arrive!"

If it weren't for this, she wouldn't have risked being discovered to do this!

In the moonlight, Zhang Yuandong saw her angry face, and his heart softened. He comforted her softly, "The harvest in the county is not good this year. It's not just our village. So many people have been affected, and the policy has just been changed. The higher-ups will not ignore it."

Lin Yue also thought of what Zhang Yuandong said. But she was afraid that the relief food would not arrive in time and could not save the people they wanted to save.

When she thought of this, her eyes became moist.

When the original owner was still alive, she almost starved to death because she had no food to eat. Auntie Zhou saw that the original owner was pitiful and stuffed food into her mouth more than once. At that time, everyone had a hard time. The little food Auntie Zhou gave her was squeezed out of her own mouth. She was afraid that her son and daughter-in-law would find out, so she could only give it secretly.

Not to mention that she was really nice to the two little guys, Lin Yue remembered it all.

She thought that if everyone found a lot of extra food tomorrow and no longer had to worry about food, maybe Aunt Zhou would still have a chance of survival.

Lin Yue sighed: "It's all because of the lack of food. If there was no shortage of food, the family could live together, even if there were some bumps and bruises from time to time, but it wouldn't have come to this."

Zhang Yuandong heard that she was talking about Aunt Zhou, and he said after thinking for a while: "Zhang Shouyu dared to do this, the team would not let him off easily. But his abuse of Aunt Zhou has nothing to do with the lack of food. Do you think his family is one that can't afford to eat? I was planning to ask someone from the bureau to investigate Zhang Shouyu tomorrow, and then arrest him and scare him. I'm not afraid that he will be dishonest. But now I have a better idea, how about we change the way we deliver food to everyone?"

As he spoke, he moved closer to Lin Yue and whispered the plan to him.

After hearing this, Lin Yue felt a little ashamed, but after thinking it over again and again, he agreed.

Early the next morning, something big happened in the village. Bags of different sizes filled with husked sorghum grains appeared in the yards of almost every household. Grain was distributed according to population, and the household with the largest population received a sack of grain.

However, this was not what made everyone excited. The people of Oda Village thought they had seen the world, and this was not the first time they had seen the "magic food".

But this time was different from the past. This time the "divine food" not only appeared directly at home, but what was even more surprising was that no matter whether it was a cloth bag or a sack, there was a line of words written on it in a very lively manner: "The village east guard Yu has a corrupt moral character and will not be given any divine food."

This caused an uproar in the village.

It can be said that the Snake Goddess has convicted Zhang Shouyu's family.

Originally, when so much food suddenly appeared at home, everyone should have hidden it carefully. But who could have expected such large words to be written on the bags? The news had spread throughout the village before breakfast.

Lin Yue had always ignored the influence of the "Snake Goddess" in the village. Every time she heard people discussing it, she only felt ashamed and didn't have much other feelings.

But in fact, in Xiaotian Village, the influence of the Snake Goddess was very great. It was not until several decades later, when the children grew up and had their own children, that they had not experienced this past event. When they heard about it from their grandparents, they just thought it was a strange story, and gradually no one worshipped her anymore.

At this time, Zhang Shouyu was also very frightened.

Zhang Yuandong came here early in the morning with Zhang Zhiqiang and Liu Yiliang. They were accompanied by Aunt Su, the women's director of the brigade.

Zhang Zhiqiang pulled Zhang Yuandong to the back and warned him in a low voice: "This matter can be resolved in the brigade. You are just here for formalities today, but you must not really take it to the Public Security Bureau!"

Seeing that Zhang Yuandong agreed, he took him to squeeze through the crowd gathered at the door of Zhang Shouyu's house and entered the house with some difficulty.

Zhang Shouyu still insisted that it was his mother who refused to eat. His wife Liu Dehui, seeing her own father, dared not say a word and just huddled aside and cried.

Liu Yiliang glared at his useless daughter and son-in-law and scolded them, "Your mother is reluctant to eat because she feels sorry for you. Why don't you try to persuade her? As children, you can't just listen to your parents and father!"

Zhang Yuandong was sitting by the old lady's kang in the inner room. He laughed sarcastically when he heard him say this. Before anyone else entered the room, he secretly took out a round candy the size of a pea and stuffed it into the old lady's mouth.

After all, he and Lin Yue are outsiders and cannot interfere with the fate of others. This is all they can do.

He sat for a while longer, and when he saw that the others had finally finished their talk and were about to go into the house, he stood up and said goodbye.

As soon as I reached the door, I heard Aunt Su say in surprise: "Mrs. Zhou is open-eyed! Shouyu's wife, go get some sugar water and see if you can feed it in!"

Zhang Yuandong stopped at the door, and only went out and returned home after seeing Aunt Zhou half-sitting up and actually finishing a bowl of sugar water.