Chapter 144 143: Greed
The young police officer stepped forward and looked at Curly who was sitting on the ground. "You idiot, you are getting more and more powerful. You even dare to rob people on the road!"
Curly and the other two scoundrels got up and said, "Public Security Officer Lin, we didn't hit him, he hit us. Look, his forehead is bleeding!"
The young police officer said with a sullen face: "If you dare to rob people on the road, you deserve to be beaten to death!"
Zhou Huaian, who was busy cleaning up, curled up the corners of his lips after hearing this.
He picked up the wooden barrel that had rolled to the side and put it in the bamboo basket. The egg cakes in the bamboo basket also fell out. He quickly picked them up and put them away. He lifted up the chicken bus and checked it carefully.
I was relieved to see that the bus was not damaged, otherwise I would have been hit by the old man's pipe on my way home.
Zhou Huaian pushed the chicken bus and followed the two policemen to the police station to explain the situation.
Because someone had reported the case, and Curly and the other two already had criminal records at the police station, the police station took their statements and let them go.
Zhou Huaian came out of the police station and pushed the chicken bus to the bridge head in one breath. He sat down on the side of the road and rubbed his arm that was hurt by the gangsters. Then he took out the kettle and drank a few mouthfuls. "Damn it, luckily I was smart!"
After resting for about ten minutes, he stopped a tractor, climbed onto the truck bed, sat against the board, and soon fell asleep.
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When Yang Chunyan passed by the brigade's dam on her way back, she saw villagers gathered in groups discussing the closure of the Ye family's gambling table.
After arriving home, they found out that Zhao Huifang and the others also knew about it. They gloated over their misfortune and went back to the sweet potato field.
The four of them worked hard for the whole morning and finally turned out most of the sweet potato vines in the field.
Everyone felt that the weather today was unusually hot and humid, and was worried that it would rain heavily at night, so they cleared the ditches again before returning home.
This is how it is in the countryside, there is a lot of work to do and it is tedious. As long as you want to do it, there is always work to do every day.
Just as Yang Chunyan was loading the thinned sweet potato vines into her backpack, Zhou's mother came to call her for dinner.
"Chunyan, the youngest one hasn't come back yet. Is it because Boss Wang doesn't want to buy eels anymore, so he's selling them himself?"
"If Boss Wang didn't want it, I would have notified Third Brother yesterday. He might not have been able to stop the tractor!"
"Alas!" Zhou's mother sighed, "The second son came back and said that two more people came to collect eels. He carried a bucket and went to several production teams before collecting more than 40 kilograms of eels. They were all sold at 2.9 cents per kilogram!"
Yang Chunyan smiled and consoled him, "Don't worry. We can buy them back at 29 cents per pound. After deducting the loss, we still have a profit of 5 cents. We still have several canteens! They sell them at 40 cents per pound."
The rice in the field has begun to head. After the ears of rice are flowering and filling with grain, the rice seedling fields will need to be dried after a while. By then, it will be even more difficult to harvest the eels.
In the past, I didn’t know how those who raised and sold eels raised them?
"Yes, thanks to those canteens that Huang helped introduce." Zhou's mother said, "After you left, two or three families in the team came to ask me about the big house paying money to buy quotas in exchange for subsidies. Someone also asked me if you were digging herbs in the mountains?"
Yang Chunyan: "We had a quarrel with the Ye family that day, so many people came. Maybe someone saw the herbs in the yard."
Zhou's mother nodded. "As the saying goes, you can seal the mouth of a jar, but you can't seal the mouth of a person. Besides, we have no right to stop others from digging herbs growing in the wild."
Li Qiuyue asked: "Mom, did they tell me how many teams have paid for their places?"
Mother Zhou shook her head. "I don't know. I heard that Li Yinfu talked to several families about this this morning. I think some people are tempted. I did give some advice to those close to my family, but I didn't dare to give more advice to others. If this is true, they will scold me to death!"
"After hearing what you said about buying the quota, the old man came back from the earthen kiln and went to the big room to remind them not to be deceived. But he came back angrily, slamming the table and scolding them for not only asking for their own death, but also wanting to hurt others."
Yang Chunyan nodded, "This is absolutely impossible to be true. Those who bought the house with the big house will definitely regret it."
After hearing this, Li Qiuyue felt that what Yang Chunyan said was too absolute. The old lady had said that it was a government subsidy, and they also gave her a letter of authorization with a big red official seal. For each household that paid the money, they also gave a receipt with the official seal.
How can it be fake if everything is complete? Everyone listened to you and didn't pay for the quota. Then when they see others get 10,000 yuan in subsidies, you will pay for it?
When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law returned home for dinner, Zhou's father mentioned the matter of the big house paying for the quota again, and strictly ordered them not to pay the money to buy the quota!
The old man said: "I have lived for decades, and I have seen and heard more than you. From ancient times to the present, I have never seen anyone giving money to poor people to help them alleviate poverty. I have only seen people taking advantage of them."
Yang Chunyan recalled that there were indeed some people who went to the countryside to help the poor. But most of them had little effect. Some people were used to being lazy. They took the breeding sheep and chickens distributed by the Poverty Alleviation Office and sold them to buy wine!
After dinner, Yang Chunyan and Zhang Xiuxiang took the dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen to clean up, and saw Li Qiuyue hurriedly going out through the back door.
Zhao Huifang came over holding the steamer, "Qiuyue must have a stomachache, she just squatted in the toilet and went back again."
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan looked towards the back door without saying much.
Li Qiuyue is a good person in every way except that she is too picky and strong-willed. If she were to stop someone who is obsessed with greed, she would not only not be grateful, but would also hate you for delaying her from making money.
Just now on the road, I had already said so much, but she still insisted on throwing money away. It would be better to let her pay for a lesson!
After the three of them packed up, Yang Chunyan saw that Zhou Huaian had not returned yet, and felt a little worried. She went to the door to check, but still didn't see anyone, so she went to get her backpack, hoe, and sickle and prepared to go up the mountain.
After the three of them had packed up, Li Qiuyue had not returned yet, so they went to get two pieces of sugarcane, scraped them clean, chopped them into pieces, and sat on a straw bench with a few children, chewing the sugarcane slowly.
Zhou Xiaoru took a few bites and said, "Aunt, my mother's sugarcane is so sweet. Can we grow it at home?"
Yang Chunyan nodded, "Yes, I will go to her house in the second half of the year to get some sugar cane to plant and plant a few ridges behind the house."
Zhang Xiuxiang finished eating a piece of sugar cane and said, "Xiao Ru, go check if your mother fell into the toilet."
Zhou Xiaoru, "I won't go, the toilet stinks!"
At this time, Li Qiuyue hurried back to the front yard, with an expression of excitement that could not be suppressed, "You are all packed!"
Zhao Huifang laughed and said, "I have already cleaned it up. I thought you fell into the toilet!"
Li Qiuyue smiled unnaturally, "My stomach feels a little uncomfortable, I'll go get my straw hat and we'll set off."
After she came out, several people walked towards the back mountain with baskets on their backs.
Li Qiuyue couldn't suppress her joy when she thought of the order she had just placed. She would be able to get the subsidy at the end of the year and would never have to worry about money again.
Zhao Huifang glanced at her and jokingly said, "Qiuyue, what good thing happened to you? Or did you find some money in the toilet?"
"Where can I find money in a toilet?" Li Qiuyue thought for a moment, "I'm just happy to think that I'll have a brick house to live in by the end of the year."
(End of this chapter)
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