Chapter 188 187: Confused
Captain Zhou saw Aunt Zhou still crying and said angrily, "How dare you make such a scene? Fortunately, your father is sober, otherwise you would have broken the sky."
After hearing this, Aunt Zhou remembered that the old man had advised her several times before, but at that time her family had been coaxed by the good things the liar said and was so happy that she didn't listen to anything.
Thinking about how all the money had been sent to the town to be given to the nobles, bah~ to the swindlers, if the money couldn't be recovered, the villagers would tear them to pieces, and there was also their coffin money... Thinking of this, she regretted it so much that her intestines turned green.
Zhou Huaixing took out a stack of things from the house, which indeed contained a letter of authorization with a big seal, a receipt with a big red seal, a newspaper, and a receipt for purchasing the quota.
Comrade Lin and the other two also felt that these scammers were really bold, and they even gave themselves the name of a poverty alleviation committee...
After Captain Zhou returned the money, the villagers also returned the receipts. They felt relieved and some even stayed in the yard to watch the fun.
Some went to notify those who bought places two days ago.
Comrade Lin and his two companions wanted to take Zhou Huaixing and his wife back to take a statement. Aunt Zhou hurried forward to hold him back, "Public Security Comrade, don't arrest my Huaixing. He really was cheated. He didn't cheat anyone of their money. And we still have our coffin book... Woo... Woo..."
Comrade Lin looked at her and felt both pity and hatred for her. "Let's take them back to assist in the investigation and catch the scammers to prevent more people from being deceived."
"Oh!" Aunt Zhou wiped away her tears, "Huaixing, when you get to town, take the police to arrest those bastards and get our money back."
Zhou Huaixing nodded dejectedly.
"They are from the old family!" The old man pulled her away, "Let them go. When the villagers who have paid the money come, they won't be able to leave."
Aunt Zhou understood what was happening and quickly stepped aside, watching Zhou Huaixing and his wife follow Comrade Lin while Captain Zhou and the others left.
Zhou Huaishan ran home angrily and saw his mother in the backyard, "Mom, where is Qiuyue?"
"Qiuyue went to pick mushrooms." Zhou's mother turned around and saw that his face was not right. "What happened? Did you go to the police station to ask?"
"I asked... Qiuyue, that greedy woman..." Zhou Huaishan recounted what had happened in a rush.
"I was worried about Qiuyue's greedy character, but I couldn't prevent her!" Zhou's mother was furious, "Go check your family's money, how much is missing?"
Zhou Huaishan: "If it's two hundred, it's fine. But if he's obsessed with money and spends all the money he's earned during this period on buying things, what should I do?"
The mother and son closed the door and went to the front yard. Zhou Huaishan searched the house and finally found the money and receipt hidden by Li Qiuyue. He saw that she had paid two hundred yuan. He breathed a sigh of relief, but his anger flared up again.
"Mom, Qiuyue, that greedy woman, really went to buy it."
After hearing this, Zhou's mother took the list in a rage, looked at it, and found that she couldn't understand it at all:
"You're asking for death, you've been cheated after all this time. Third brother, go get your money back!"
"Oh!" Zhou Huaishan ran to the main room and saw more than a dozen people standing in the yard, surrounding the old lady and asking her to return the money.
Aunt Zhou sat on the ground holding the radio and crying loudly, but Zhou Huaixing and his wife were nowhere to be found, and she was heartbroken.
I thought to myself, "Oh no, oh no, I'm afraid I won't be able to get the two hundred dollars back."
The old man sat at the door of the main room with a frown on his face, smoking leaf tobacco non-stop. He never dreamed that in just a month or so, the eldest family had collected several thousand yuan.
Even in Fangtian Brigade and Guanyin Brigade, some people paid to buy places, and some even borrowed money to buy them.
He doesn't regret reporting the case at all now. Otherwise, if things continued like this, who knows how many people would be deceived?
Looking at those people in the yard who were asking for money, he worried whether the police could recover the money that was defrauded. If they did, it would be fine. But if they didn’t, what would Huaixing and his wife do in the future?
Zhou Huaishan walked up to him and asked, "Grandpa, where are Huaixing and his wife?"
"I went back with the police to investigate!" The old man said to him weakly, "Your father is in the back field turning over vines, go and call him back."
Seeing that he had lost all his energy, Zhou Huaishan said worriedly, "Come home with me first, I'll go call him."
Mr. Zhou waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. Go call your dad back and ask him to go to the town police station and find out what happened."
"Oh!" Zhou Huaishan put the ticket in his pocket, went to the corn field of the Dafang family in the back mountain, found Zhou Dachun, and said unhappily, "Dad, something happened in your family, and grandpa wants you to go home."
"What happened?" Zhou Dachun frowned and looked at him, muttering, "You are so old, but you can't even speak clearly. You are so confused."
Seeing his expression, Zhou Huaishan became angry and said, "I'd better not tell you yet. You can still be happy for a while."
"You are such an unruly thing!" Zhou Dachun said angrily, "Is this how your mother and father taught you to talk to your elders?"
Zhou Huaishan sneered, "The rules of your Huaixing family are so good that they even cheat their own family members!" After saying that, he turned around and left without explaining.
After seeing this, Zhou Dachun felt something was wrong, so he quickly gathered the grass into his backpack and hurried back home carrying it.
As soon as I stepped through the back door, I heard a commotion in the yard, "Give me back my money, or I'll have to pay with the radio!"
He hurriedly closed the back door, walked out of the kitchen quickly and went to the steps. He saw 20 to 30 people surrounding Li Yinfu in the yard. "What happened?"
When the people surrounding Li Yinfu saw him coming back, they all came over and said, "Zhou Dachun, you liar, return the money to my family."
Zhou Dachun was completely confused. "The money has been sent to the town, and you are returning it now..."
Li Yinfu slapped his thigh and shouted, "Dachun, it's over. Our Zhou Huaixing has been scammed by a swindler. The police have taken them to the town to catch the swindler."
"Ah~" Zhou Dachun was completely stunned. He stared blankly at the villagers who were begging for money in a threatening manner, and he was at a loss as to what to do.
The old man stood up and said, "Fellow villagers, the police have taken Huaixing and his wife to the town to recover the stolen money. Once they catch the scammers and recover the money, you can go and return the money."
One person said: "I don't care, it's his family that came to us, I want them to compensate my family."
"That's right. If Li Yinfu hadn't come to my house every day to cheat me, I wouldn't have used my savings to buy a spot!"
Zhou Dachun said bitterly, "We used our family's money to buy the quota, and we didn't expect them to be scammers!"
"I don't care, return the money..."
The old man raised his hand and said, "Fellow villagers, it's useless for you to stop Dachun and the others. I think you should take the ticket and go to the town with him to see if the police have caught the scammers? It's better to find the scammers and return the money!"
After hearing this, everyone thought it made sense and grabbed Zhou Dachun, "Let's go to the town first. If we don't catch the liar, your family must pay me money!"
(End of this chapter)
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