The cloth bag on the man fell to the ground. Li Guihua quickly picked it up and opened it.
Oh, a whole bag full of miscellaneous grains and fine cereals.
Niu Liye helped Zhou Guoliang to arrest the man, wiped the foam from his mouth, and shouted: "Let's go, send him to the captain!"
"I'm not a thief, I'm not!"
The man argued hard and tried to break free from the two men's hands, but Niu Liye, an eighteen-year-old boy, was full of brute force.
There was no way he could escape.
"Who are you then? If you're not a thief, why are you so flustered?"
Zhou Guoliang's eyes were sharp, and he looked like he had seen through everything, which convinced everyone. In a flash, Niu Liye reached inside the man's open clothes.
"Who would go out with so much food on their backs and so much money in their pockets?"
The man couldn't help but shrink his shoulders, trying to cover his bulging clothes.
"I told you I'm not a thief! This was given to me by my sister! Let me go now, I have to go back to work."
His words made everyone suspicious, and at this moment, a young wife came running over shouting.
"Catch him, catch him!"
Niu Liye couldn't help but use a little more force in his hands, causing the man to scream.
A group of people carried bags of grain and escorted the man towards the village.
The three female educated youth who were in charge of cooking today were stamping their feet in anxiety.
The scene that just happened was like a cat's claw scratching my heart.
Even Ji Nian, who was always calm and cool, began to feel a little curious.
Wu Yu was so excited that he pulled Wen Sihe and Li Guihua to run towards the village.
While running, I was trying to figure out what was going on.
The captain was gargling with salt water in the yard when a group of people came to call him urgently. The sound was so loud that he was scared and swallowed the salt water directly into his stomach.
When he followed a few people to the brigade headquarters with his hands behind his back, Dachao's mother was sitting on the ground, slapping her thigh and crying.
Xiu'er was hiding behind Dachao and crying, with a red finger mark on her face.
The captain walked to the front with a cold look: "What's going on?"
Dachao's mother got up from the ground, crying and sobbing with snot and tears.
"What a sin! How could I have such a daughter-in-law? I was sleeping when I heard some noise outside. At first I thought the daughters-in-law had gotten up to cook.
I originally wanted to come out to help, but as soon as I came out, I saw Xiu'er coming out of the kitchen in a panic.
A figure ran out from the door. I am so unlucky.
This damned thing actually scooped out a lot of our coarse and fine grains and gave them to her family."
The more he spoke, the angrier he became, and Dachao's mother couldn't help but reach out to hit Xiu'er again.
These days, isn't taking someone's food the same as taking their life?
Dachao knew that his wife was in the wrong, so he took the initiative to stand in front of her and was slapped several times by his mother.
Captain Lu turned his head to look at the man being held down by the educated youths and asked in a serious voice, "Xiu'er, is this your mother's family?"
Before Xiu'er could reply, Dachao's mother shouted, "This is her brother from her mother's side. Oh my God, this is such a sin!"
The team leader waved his hand to signal the educated youth to let the man go.
"Okay, okay, this is Dachao's family affair, everyone should go back and cook, eat and go back to work!"
The villagers left reluctantly, looking back every few steps.
Captain Lu was a little worried. Originally, these matters should have been handled by the director of women's affairs, but last year the director of women's affairs went to her daughter's home in the city to take care of her grandson.
Their village has not elected a new women's director, so now he has to step in to mediate.
"Xiu'er, I'm not saying anything bad about you. It's been a tough year for every household this year, and you haven't split up the family. It's really a bit unreasonable to give your family's food to your mother's family."
Dachao's mother picked up a sack of grain from the ground and handed it to her eldest son.
She reached out to Xiu'er's brother's arms again. She didn't believe that he would give her just this little food.
When she found thirty yuan in the man's pocket, she was so angry that she was shaking and spitting. She pointed at Xiu'er and cursed: "You, you! How many times have you subsidized your parents' home since you got married? Huh?
Is it easy for Dachao to work? I want to earn some money and move out to live a good life with you.
What about you? Do you think you can live well with him?
If I hadn't held him back, the little money he earned would have been given to his parents by you."
Captain Lu looked at what Dachao's mother said with indignation and couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Why would she take the blame on herself? Everyone knows how she treats Dachao.
Now he is pretending to be a big shot here. I am afraid that Dachao will not even get ten dollars of the hard-earned money, as it all goes away by his mother and wife.
"Alright, alright, we've understood the situation clearly. This is your family affair. You can decide whether to give us food or money."
Xiu'er's brother looked at her pitifully and said, "Sister, we are really running out of money at home."
Xiu'er's face flashed with hesitation, but she soon became firm: "You take the things!"
She turned to look at her mother-in-law and said, "Mom, these grains are included in Dachao and I's meals.
Normally, Dachao and I get full work points, so we can at least save some food, right?
This money is what Dachao and I saved. I want to give it to my parents. You have no right to interfere."
Da Chao was so angry that he jumped up and down: "It's none of my business? You eat my food and live my house, and you still say it's none of my business?"
"Then we have to start our own business and move out. Don't you want to?"
Dachao's mother was choked. She couldn't win the argument with Xiu'er, so she could only cry, make a scene, and then hang herself: "I won't live any longer. This son and daughter-in-law are so unfilial. They even dare to talk back to me as their mother!"
Dachao glanced at his mother who was throwing a tantrum, and his wife who refused to give in.
With bitterness in his heart, he could only shout, "Mom, let's split up! There's no peace every day because of this. I've had enough!"
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