Upon hearing the word "squat under the fence," Zhong Qingqing panicked completely.
She pointed at the brigade leader, "It was you! You were the one who made Gou Dan give me money and rations!"
The captain sneered, "The reason I initially proposed that Gou Dan compensate for the food and grain costs was because when Yang Laoda died, your son and daughter were crying for food, and we also have official documents stating that there's a specific quota for each year."
"The money you asked for privately, was that also given to you at my request?"
The captain laughed in exasperation.
She herself has a large appetite, but she claims that she allowed it.
The crowd whispered among themselves.
Zhong Qingqing's appetite is surprisingly large.
They used to feel sorry for Zhong Qingqing. Her husband died young, her father-in-law died early, leaving behind only an elderly mother-in-law. Her brother-in-law married into the family but couldn't help her. She had three daughters and one son, and she had to raise them all by herself.
In this era, although women are said to hold up half the sky, if the other half of the sky collapses, she has to hold up the whole sky for herself and her children, so everyone subconsciously regards her as a vulnerable group.
No matter the situation, everyone will subconsciously side with Zhong Qingqing.
Recently, however, Yang Lin has been focusing on helping Zhong Qingqing and neglecting his family affairs. He even attacked his own daughter-in-law with a knife in an attempt to force her to seek benefits for the Yang family.
Then, Zhong Qingqing coerced and lured Gou Dan to empty his family's assets to support the Yang family.
Are Zhong Qingqing really the pitiful widow they all know and love?
Most of the people present were women. If they were in that situation, and if it were their own family's money that had been given away, or if Yang Lin were their husband, they would have left the family long ago and would rather die than be stuck in such a family.
Zhong Qingqing never expected that her secret would be exposed.
She panicked for a few seconds, her mind racing as she tried to find a solution.
But now, the captain and Huang Zhenwei have completely lost faith in her.
She didn't understand one thing: the reason the captain tolerated her causing trouble at Gou Dan's house time and time again was simply because she was a woman and it wasn't easy for her. Yang Laoda died to save Gou Dan.
But this matter is now in doubt, and she had been sucking the blood of Gou Dan's family for fourteen years, almost driving Gou Dan and the old couple to their deaths.
If the town holds him accountable, and there are people in his village who have been driven to suicide by hunger, he, as the brigade leader, will ultimately bear full responsibility. It's not even a question of whether he can remain the brigade leader; it's hard to say whether he can even survive.
"Dog Egg, what are you standing there for? I told you to call the police, didn't you hear me?"
Dog Egg was stunned for a few seconds.
"Second Uncle, I..."
Huang Zhenwei said with a cold face, "Let's put aside your life-saving grace for now and deal with Zhong Qingqing's extortion first."
He got up and helped the elderly couple into the house. As soon as they entered, a chilling feeling hit them, and the house and its surroundings exuded an air of poverty. Huang Zhenwei glared at Gou Dan with a look of exasperation.
How did Zhong Qingqing manage to push me to this point?
"Don't go, wait for the police to come."
Zhong Qingqing tried to run away, but was immediately taken down by the men brought by Huang Zhenwei. Zhong Qingqing and Yang Jiasancui were taken directly to the Guan family, and the captain also went inside.
"Wanyue, you're also a cadre in the brigade, go in."
Qiao Wanyue and the captain walked in side by side.
The villagers who had come to watch the spectacle did not leave.
In the Guan family courtyard.
Huang Zhenwei wanted to get some water, but when he went to the kitchen, there wasn't even a complete kettle. Not to mention a kettle, there wasn't even a complete stove. The only intact thing in the kitchen was the ceiling.
Huang Zhenwei used two chipped bowls to hold two bowls of cold water and let the elderly Guan couple drink some.
A short while later, a man in a blue uniform carrying a briefcase walked into the Guan family compound.
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