Zhao Zhenzhu explained, "Director Chen, my mother-in-law likes the smell of grain. All the grain and eggs in the house are kept in her room. Whenever she is not at home, the door is locked."
"Wow! Zhenzhu is really cultured and speaks very well." Several villagers couldn't help laughing.
Ding Ermei's stinginess was described by Zhao Zhenzhu as "liking the taste of grain."
If you think about it, it’s quite funny.
Ding Ermei's face looked very ugly.
If Ding Ermei had known that the big lock on the door could serve as evidence that Zhao Zhenzhu did not steal the eggs, she would never have gone to settle the score with Zhao Zhenzhu after returning home, but would have opened the lock first.
There was no point in unlocking the door now. Ding Ermei could only stare at the big lock on the door with a stern face and a look of deep resentment.
"Aunt Ding, let's just leave this matter here! Zhenzhu has been married to your family for so many years, and has always worked diligently and behaved well. She would not do something like stealing eggs from your home." Chen Yufeng persuaded.
It was obvious that Ding Ermei was in the wrong in today's incident. If she continued to make trouble, she would only be more embarrassed.
After all, they are relatives, and Chen Yufeng doesn't want everyone to laugh at Ding Ermei.
Besides, it was a lot of effort and effort to stop a fight. Chen Yufeng missed the tea and newspapers in the brigade office.
Unfortunately, Ding Ermei refused to let Zhao Zhenzhu go.
"Eggs aren't only found in my house. I have several chickens at home, so I can catch up with them in my lifetime." Ding Ermei said with her neck stiff.
"Aunt Ding, don't say anything careless." The smile on Chen Yufeng's face disappeared.
"I...what did I say?" Ding Ermei was a little confused.
"You said that Zhenzhu stole four or five eggs today. How many chickens do you have at home? Can they lay four or five eggs a day?" Chen Yufeng stared at Ding Ermei sharply.
These days, you can’t just raise as many chickens as you want.
It is stipulated that each household can only raise three chickens.
Three chickens were definitely not enough. The family's oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, matches, candles and other necessities were all purchased with the money from selling eggs.
So the villagers came up with a solution.
Even if the family had not been divided, the married son was counted as a separate household. When the village registered the number of chicken-raising households, it was falsely reported.
The same is true for Zhou Fugui's family.
If the higher authorities don't come to inspect, the village cadres won't keep a close eye on this. After all, they are all from the same village, and raising a few more chickens is nothing bad.
When the higher-ups come to inspect, the village cadres will notify everyone to hide the extra chickens.
Although everyone knows about this kind of small private action, it cannot be discussed openly.
The household registrations are all in the same household register and they live under the same roof. You say there are only a few households? Are you kidding?
There are so many people watching the fun today. Who knows if there are people from other villages among the crowd?
If the number of chickens raised by Ding Ermei's family were to be made public, it would definitely lead to targeted inspections from above.
By then, not to mention Chen Yufeng, the women's director, even Chen Yufeng's husband Zhou Dazhui, the party branch secretary, and all the village cadres in Zhoujia Village will be in trouble.
"My family raises... three, three chickens." Under Chen Yufeng's murderous gaze, Ding Ermei changed her words.
In fact, Ding Ermei's family has eight chickens and can collect five or six eggs a day.
Before going out today, Ding Ermei had already picked up four eggs from the chicken coop.
There can be no more than two eggs left in the chicken coop.
Could it be that Jiaxiang really saw it wrong? Did Zhao Zhenzhu eat two eggs instead of four or five?
Ding Ermei blinked her eyes, her head felt dizzy, and the feeling of heartache was inexplicably relieved a lot.
Chen Yufeng breathed a sigh of relief.
She was scared to death, but luckily Ding Ermei was not that stupid.
"Your three chickens can lay five eggs a day? The eggs Zhao Zhenzhu ate today must have been given by her brother." Chen Yufeng made the final decision and cleared Zhao Zhenzhu of the charge of "stealing eggs."
"But she also beat my Jiaxiang!" Ding Ermei was not giving up and wanted to get involved and get Zhao Zhenzhu to pay her money.
"I did hit Zhou Jiaxiang, but I didn't hit him for no reason." Zhao Zhenzhu admitted it before Chen Yufeng could speak.
"You vicious woman, you almost deafened Jiaxiang's ears, you have to pay compensation." Ding Ermei jumped up.
"Zhou Jiaxiang didn't get to eat the egg custard, so he slapped Yunyun. I was so angry that I slapped Zhou Jiaxiang back." Zhao Zhenzhu said.
Zhao Zhenzhu is well versed in the art of speaking.
After she said this, many people thought that Zhou Jiaxiang slapped Zhou Yunyun first, and then Zhao Zhenzhu "returned" a slap to Zhou Jiaxiang.
Since her daughter was beaten by Zhou Jiaxiang in front of her, it would be reasonable for Zhao Zhenzhu to hit Zhou Jiaxiang.
"Ding Ermei, don't be too partial. Zhou Jiaxiang is your grandson, and Yunyun is also your granddaughter."
"Zhou Jiaxiang is eight years old, right? Yunyun is only three. An eight-year-old boy is beating up his three-year-old sister for a bite of food. He's really capable."
"Zhou Jiaxiang beat Yunyun in front of Zhenzhu, so he deserved to be beaten by Zhenzhu."
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Everyone began to speak up for Zhao Zhenzhu and her daughter.
Ding Ermei was so angry that she was speechless.
I wanted to say that what Zhao Zhenzhu said was wrong, but I didn't know where to start.
At this time, a loud roar sounded from outside the "human wall": "Mrs. Ding, you dare to bully my sister, believe it or not, I will make Zhou Bingchen take off that clothes and go home to farm?"
This roar was full of momentum.
The onlookers couldn't help but look back.
Zhao Tianyu was seen standing outside Zhou Fugui's house with a bicycle in his hand, looking angry.
It’s not that Zhao Tianyu didn’t want to go in, there were just too many people and Zhao Tianyu couldn’t get in even if he wanted to.
Half of the people in Zhoujia Village came to Zhou Fugui's house today to watch the fun.
Those who came early entered Zhou Fugui's house, while those who came late could only listen to the people inside passing messages outside. They passed messages to one another without feeling tired.
Zhao Tianyu squeezed for a long time before he got to his current position.
Zhao Tianyu was anxious, but he could only stand outside the door on tiptoe and look around.
Zhao Tianyu felt anxious because he couldn't see Zhao Zhenzhu and Zhou Yunyun.
Ding Ermei's voice was faintly heard from inside. Zhao Tianyu was afraid that Zhao Zhenzhu would suffer a loss, so he quickly shouted to let the people inside know that he was coming.
"Oh my! Pearl finally has someone to back her up."
"Everyone, please make way and let Director Zhao in."
"Director Zhao, please come this way."
Villagers who knew Zhao Tianyu quickly helped clear a passage for Zhao Tianyu to enter.
Zhao Tianyu is the deputy director of the Taohua Town Supply and Marketing Cooperative. In the hearts of the villagers of Zhoujia Village, his status is one or two points higher than that of the village party secretary of Zhoujia Village.
When villagers go to town, besides going to the purchasing station, their favorite place to go is the supply and marketing cooperative.
The purchasing station sells agricultural and sideline products for money, and the supply and marketing cooperative spends money to buy daily necessities. These two places are must-go places.
The supply and marketing cooperatives were very powerful at that time.
If you take money to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy something, the salesperson may not like you and will send you away with a simple "out of stock". If you have acquaintances in the supply and marketing cooperative, it will be convenient to buy anything you want.
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