Zhou Changsheng was arrested by the commune, and Guo Hongxia made a scene at home, attracting the attention of the entire team.
When Zhou Ling arrived home, her house was completely surrounded by people, and she realized the seriousness of the situation.
"Brother, how can you stay at home? Go to the commune and check on the situation!" Zhou Ling was furious when she saw Zhou Tianbao holding Zhou Xiaochuan without doing anything.
Zhou Tianbao's eyes narrowed, and he became anxious: "What can I do? I'm just a nobody, my words carry no weight, it won't make a difference if I go. If you're so capable, then you go!"
Zhou Ling is all talk and no action. She's someone who's been publicly criticized, so what right does she have to challenge the commune?
The onlookers even egged him on, saying, "Zhou Tianbao, if your dad gets into trouble, you should go and take his place. Maybe this bad thing will turn into a good thing!"
Yang Hui, who was watching the commotion from the crowd, curled her lip and said, "Trying to take over the job? What a load of rubbish!"
When Xu Ying, a member of the educated youth community, heard that Zhou Changsheng had been arrested, she panicked and grabbed Li Yulan's hand, repeatedly asking, "Yulan, do you think Captain Zhou's matter will implicate me?"
Li Yulan deftly pulled her hand away and said with an embarrassed smile, "How could that be? You didn't do anything!"
She was inexplicably panicked, always feeling like something was about to happen!
She slept anxiously all night, but the next day when people from the commune found her, her heart, which had been pounding with anxiety, was finally at peace.
As expected, what was bound to happen will happen!
Zhou Ling and Xu Ying were both taken to the commune to confront the stubborn old man who had reported them.
Yes, after several letters of persuasion from his old colleague Zhang Changgui, the stubborn old man finally went to the public bank to return the pipe he had received and took the initiative to admit his mistake.
Although Xu Ying delivered the pipe to him, he always believed that Zhou Changsheng was behind it, so he reported Zhou Changsheng first.
Of course, the truth gradually came to light: it was Zhou Ling and Xu Ying who did it behind Zhou Changsheng's back. He thought he could get away with it, but Yang Hui dealt him a fatal blow.
It turned out that Yang Hui, who was in charge of the accounts, discovered that after this grain distribution, the brigade's warehouse should still have 2,000 jin of grain left, but Zhang Zhong, who was in charge of the warehouse, handed her only 1,100 jin of grain.
Logically speaking, it's normal for the grain in the warehouse to be slightly damaged. However, after she became suspicious, she paid extra attention to the warehouse and discovered that Zhou Changsheng had the warehouse key and could secretly take grain from it.
He never took more than what was needed, just enough to fill a sack with twenty or thirty pounds. Even if someone found out, he could say he was taking it for research or something. The problem was that he took it too often. And once, Yang Hui even saw him and Xu Ying come out of the warehouse one after the other.
As the team leader, he was suspected of embezzling from his post and having illicit relationships with women. This time, he's completely finished!
Xu Ying participated in bribing veteran cadres and stole grain from the brigade. As an educated youth, she not only failed to play the role that an educated youth should play, but also became a parasite on society. She was sent down to the most difficult farm by the commune to repair roads.
Xu Ying was filled with remorse. Looking back, she wondered why she had done such despicable things.
No, she was instigated by Li Yulan to go find Zhou Ling.
"Li Yulan, you deliberately misled me, didn't you?" Xu Ying put down the clothes she had packed and questioned her.
Li Yulan feigned innocence and said aggrievedly, "How can you blame me? I was just saying it casually. If you hadn't listened, none of this would have happened!"
Xu Ying suddenly realized that even the discovery of Zhou Changsheng stealing grain from the warehouse was probably deliberately led to her discovery by Li Yulan.
But, as Li Yulan said, if she had no evil thoughts and no greed, so many things would not have happened.
What did she end up with? Nothing.
When she discovered Zhou Changsheng was stealing grain, he merely gave her a few dozen kilograms of millet to appease her, and she almost got labeled as someone who engaged in promiscuous relationships.
They worked themselves to the bone, and the three hundred-odd jin of grain they finally managed to get were all confiscated.
She was truly on the verge of tears, and could only watch as Li Yulan cast a smug look at her.
Zhou Ling shifted all the blame onto Xu Ying, while she herself escaped unscathed. She was already a piece of rotten flesh, and the commune was too lazy to bother with her anymore.
Of course, with Zhou Changsheng's downfall and Yu Guanghui's opportunistic actions, the entire Zhou family was like an egg left unbroken after a nest is overturned, never to regain its former glory.
Fortunately, with the approach of winter, there is less work in the team, and the Victory Brigade is temporarily without a captain, so the impact is not significant.
Yu Guanghui had already been trying to get his relatives placed in the commune, but the commune didn't have a good impression of him and didn't give him any face.
Lin Ye wanted to recommend Luo Hao, feeling that he was reliable and had a good following, and should be a good captain.
Unfortunately, Luo Hao had no interest in being an official; he didn't like managing people and preferred a carefree life.
Besides, if he really becomes the team leader, how will he earn money through side jobs?
As time went on, everyone became increasingly curious about who would be the next captain.
Although Lu Wanqing was curious, she did not stop living her life.
She's so busy right now because her ambition is to make every cotton-padded jacket and coat unique. So she puts a lot of effort into the design, often thinking about clothing styles late into the night.
The room was small, so in order to have a place to display the finished clothes, she asked Lin Ye to build a shed in the yard and put clothes racks inside, so that all the finished clothes could be displayed there.
People who came to pick up their clothes loved all the different styles. If they didn't have money to save for the New Year, they would have loved to make a few more.
Aunt Luo's eldest daughter-in-law, Kunkun's mother, Li Fang, came from a relatively wealthy brigade. With the help of her family, and Aunt Luo's family being hardworking, they lived a good life.
She never really liked educated youth like Lu Wanqing. So what if she came from the capital? She's just seen a lot and can design a few clothes, but in the end, Zhao Xiaolan still has to make them!
She held Lu Wanqing in utter contempt for making money through this.
That day, Aunt Luo had something to do and asked her to come and pick up the cotton-padded jacket she had made. Only then did she realize that she had been too hasty.
The clothes that weren't taken away are the best available right now, both in terms of style and fabric.
It costs only eight yuan apiece, looks lightweight, but is very warm to wear, and is more cost-effective than department stores in the county town.
It turns out I've always been viewing people with prejudice.
After developing admiration for her, Li Fang would often visit Lu Wanqing's home and help her out when she saw that Lu Wanqing was busy.
Because making cotton-padded jackets is quite complicated, Lu Wanqing reduced Zhao Xiaolan's workload by having her make one in the morning and one in the afternoon, and she could go out and play as she pleased during the rest of the time.
Seeing the amount of work she was doing, Li Fang exclaimed, "It's such a pity! Actually, Aunt Lan likes making clothes, she could have made more. She could have made one more by the kerosene lamp at night!"
Lu Wanqing smiled and said, "That won't do. She's my mother, and I can't let her get tired."
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