Chapter 796 A Blessing in Disguise 2
The person who had the largest amount of money was Shan Qingming. According to statistics, the value of the stolen goods reached thousands of yuan. The results of the investigation in his hometown have not yet been reported, and the stolen goods of both parties can only be combined to convict him.
The ones with the second largest amount of stolen goods after Shan Qingming are Qi Gang and Chen Ju. However, because many of the high-priced items were bought with Chen Ju's own money, they have to wait for investigations in their hometown to confirm that Chen Ju relied on her power to violate national laws and purchased good goods as bargain goods. Investigators also have to visit grassroots soldiers to verify whether Qi Gang and Chen Ju forced the soldiers to buy high-priced goods for them.
Of course, Cui Shaoyuan and others also investigated whether the Lu family’s records were true.
The results showed that the Lu family's records were not falsified.
The soldiers they found all said that they were either single and without family burdens, or had better family conditions, so before other family members arrived, they would buy some candy, malted milk and other foods to entertain Xibao every month, and most of them did receive gifts from the Lu family. After other family members arrived, Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue declined their purchases more than once.
After investigation, it was found that these people did not lie. Some of them were orphans and one person's food could feed the whole family. Others came from relatively well-off families and did not need their own wages to support their families. The money to buy high-priced goods was insignificant for them.
"I just like Xibao. Anyway, the army provides food and clothing, and we don't need to use our salary on a daily basis."
"Xibao followed Sister Qingxue to the army when he was very young. I liked Xibao's chubby appearance and didn't want him to be hungry and thin, so of course I bought him some delicious food."
"My supply quota is limited. Sometimes when I have the quota, the service center doesn't have the stuff. I've only bought it for HiPP three times in total."
Other soldiers with heavy family burdens said that they had never bought anything for Xi Bao, nor had they been blackmailed by the Lu Jiang couple. Instead, the soldiers under Lu Jiang's command who had difficult family lives had received financial support from Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue. The Lu Jiang couple would occasionally cook at home and invite them to come over for a meal, because Lu Jiang's comrades would send them some wild game and dried goods.
"You can investigate. You should be able to check the remittance records, right? Every month, when Brigade Commander Lu gets his salary, he doesn't give it to Sister Qingxue first. Instead, he takes out a portion of the money and sends it to the families of the martyrs. At first, he sent it out in his personal name, but then when Gangzi's incident happened, he sent it out in the name of the army, and he also sent some food coupons. This has been going on for many years."
"Yes, Gangzi is the son of our comrade Song Dazhu. He has no parents, and his parents and fellow villagers were unwilling to raise him, so they shirked their responsibilities and sent him to the hometown of Brigade Commander Lu according to the address for sending money, food coupons and letters. After the army studied it, Regiment Commander Cao Hui and Doctor Wang Xinru adopted him. He is now called Cao Songgang. At that time, Regiment Commander Cao and Doctor Wang were on the battlefield, so it was inconvenient for them to take him to their side. Sister Qingxue raised him for several years and took good care of him. Now he regards Sister Qingxue as his mother. He was not taken back to the army until last year, and then he went to school. Look, the one playing ball with Xibao on the grass is Cao Songgang."
Lu Shuai and Cui Shaoyuan looked outside and saw a group of older boys playing football. Xi Bao stood out because he was the fattest. His fat flesh trembled when he ran. He was so young, but he insisted on playing with older kids.
After Xibao caught the ball, he held on to it tightly and refused to let go. A boy of seven or eight years old was protecting him and preventing others from snatching it away.
(End of this chapter)