The investigation team stayed at the brigade headquarters for a few days, eating only vegetables and radishes every day, with the occasional taste of meat. For Officer Peng, who usually couldn't live without meat, it was quite a hardship.
As a leader, he couldn't easily suggest improving the food himself. Wang Guangming was also rather easygoing; it was almost spring planting season, so he didn't have time to take care of them every day.
This gave Li Yulan an opportunity to exploit the loophole.
She specially spent a lot of money to buy a lot of pork belly in the county town, made it into braised pork, and served it to them at noon.
Having not eaten meat for several days, their mouths nearly watered when they saw braised pork.
Seeing everyone's hungry expressions, Officer Peng coldly said to Li Yulan, "Take the meat away quickly, and no one will be pleading for Lu Wanqing!"
Li Yulan smiled sweetly, "Brother, I only thought of giving you the leftover meat because I saw you were working so hard looking at the account books all day long. I don't have much of a relationship with Lu Zhiqing, and I would never plead for her."
Both were sent-down youth, but Lu Wanqing thrived in the brigade, gaining increasing fame and accumulating a lot of money, while I was just a hardworking and unassuming sent-down youth, whose family would occasionally write to me asking me to send food back home.
Why is it that, despite being sent-down youth, Lu Wanqing is able to do so well?
She was unwilling to accept it. Only when she saw Lu Wanqing being trampled into the mud could she feel that God was fair!
Upon hearing what she said, Officer Peng's attitude immediately changed, and he kept the braised pork.
After two days, Li Yulan was able to freely enter and leave the investigation team's office and dormitory.
After a hearty meal and drinks, Li Yulan sneaked into their office, took out an account book, and altered some numbers with a pen.
The numbers were changed so subtly that you couldn't tell the difference unless you looked closely.
The next day, the investigation team naturally discovered the problem: a housing provident fund contribution of 10% should have been 1,870 yuan, but in the end, only 1,070 yuan was recorded, with 800 yuan missing!
Upon seeing this error in the ledger, Yang Hui immediately stated that it was impossible; she could not afford to make such a basic calculation mistake.
"You provided the ledger. If no one checks, you'll have embezzled those eight hundred yuan. So, is this your problem, Lu Wanqing's problem, or the brigade's problem? There has to be an explanation!" Officer Peng said indignantly, with a hint of excitement.
If Yang Hui admits to negligence and made a mistake in recording the accounts, then she has made a serious error.
I believe that she, a mere accountant, cannot bear such a heavy responsibility.
She will definitely try to shirk responsibility!
However, Yang Hui quickly found a way to retaliate.
"Officer Peng, these ledgers have been in your hands for the past few days. How am I supposed to know that you didn't change them?" Yang Hui questioned him.
“How could I possibly alter the ledgers? That’s a serious disciplinary issue,” Officer Peng said matter-of-factly.
Yang Hui did not back down: "Can you be sure that no one else has come to the office these past few days? Perhaps it was someone with ulterior motives who changed it; this kind of alteration looks very low-level!"
Now, Officer Peng felt a little uneasy. Thinking about how Li Yulan had gotten him drunk last night, he felt a surge of fear.
However, he quickly calmed down and raised his voice, saying, "Your own ledger is wrong. Don't change the subject. Now that the error has been discovered, you should take responsibility for it!"
Yang Hui wasn't easily intimidated. She immediately opened an account book, pointed to a place that had been altered, and said, "See? This is how I alter account books. After I finish, I write my name next to it, and I use a ballpoint pen."
Officer Peng then took a closer look at the erroneous ledger and discovered that it had been altered with a pen, which was indeed very clumsy.
His face immediately turned ashen.
Yang Hui sneered, "Officer Peng, you're in charge of the ledgers, yet you're using this method to frame Lu Wanqing. What will the higher-ups do if they find out?"
Officer Peng was already sweating profusely and hurriedly defended himself, "It was Li Zhiqing, she deliberately got us drunk and did it, we didn't know anything!"
"Can you really shift the blame by simply saying you didn't know?"
Wang Guangming walked in.
He was originally notified to come and deal with the accounting issues, but he didn't expect to see Yang Hui turn the tables on him.
With this incident, the investigation team has completely lost its credibility and has no face to stay here any longer.
They quickly packed up and slunk away.
But the matter did not end there.
The commune suddenly received a notice from the county committee, asking Wang Guangming to go to the county as a representative to share his experience in getting rich, which directly affirmed the achievements of the Shengli Brigade.
As for Peng's dereliction of duty due to drinking, he was dismissed from his post and will never be employed again.
Li Yulan was taken to the commune by the brigade. After interrogation, she admitted to tampering with the account books. After being publicly criticized, she was sent to the most arduous farm to keep Xu Ying company.
When Yu Guanghui heard that things had turned out this way, he was so angry that he couldn't sleep all night.
His specially written letter of denunciation had no effect whatsoever. Instead, the account books revealed Wang Guangming's abilities to the higher-ups, leading to his appointment as a representative to a county meeting.
He's clearly the Party Secretary!
Now that Wang Guangming has gotten too big for his britches, how can one not be infuriated!
Yu Meifeng also lost her temper at home. She was already in a bad mood during her pregnancy, and her plan to frame Lu Wanqing failed. She was so angry that she got a big blood blister on her lip.
"Dad, didn't you say that even if Lu Wanqing didn't die, she would be badly hurt? Look at her, she's still so carefree and happy. You're really useless!" Yu Meifeng became agitated and spoke without thinking.
Yu Guanghui hadn't slept well for two nights, and now that his daughter had said those things, he immediately exploded, completely forgetting that she was pregnant, and slapped her across the face.
Yu Meifeng stumbled and fell to the ground. Luckily, she braced herself with her hands so that her stomach didn't hit the ground, but her face turned pale and she felt a dull pain in her stomach.
Miao Hongmei quickly gave Yu Guanghui a push and helped Yu Meifeng up.
While supporting Yu Meifeng, he cursed at Yu Guanghui: "Are you crazy? No matter how angry you are, you can't hit someone! What if something happens to you?"
Seeing his daughter's pale face, Yu Guanghui felt a little guilty, but after being scolded by Miao Hongmei, he became resentful again, "What's the point of keeping a criminal's child? It's better to abort her!"
When several people are arguing and bickering, there's never a moment of peace at home.
Yu Xiaojun couldn't stand it anymore and said that they just wanted to deal with Lu Wanqing. What was so difficult about that? She had three precious children. Taking away just one of them would be enough to break her heart!
After hearing her brother's words, Yu Meifeng's stomach pain instantly disappeared. How come she hadn't thought of this before? She was just too kind-hearted.
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