Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Look, what an honest father and daughter...

The people present looked at Cao Mei and Tian Fang with a strange look in their eyes.

I thought, no matter how tight the food was, it was much better than it was in 1958, 1959, how could they be so hungry? It turned out that all the food had been borrowed, and the family had been without food for several days... If they didn't eat for a few days, they would be hungry.

"No, everyone's family is short of food, how can they ask for a loan from others? If they want to borrow, they should borrow from the production team, and then deduct the money back when the food is distributed. Borrowing from others and then having no food to eat, this, this is a big deal!"

"Oh, you say it's borrowing, but you've never thought about paying it back, right? This is not borrowing, it's clearly robbery, right?"

"I'm not surprised at all that Cao Mei did such a thing, but I didn't expect that Tian Fang has something to do with this."

"Tsk, I told you a long time ago that it was just a nice talk, just a treat without serving food, but you didn't believe it."

Most of the people working in this field are elderly and children. To be precise, except for the children, most of them are aunts. The aunts always said what they wanted to say, not to mention that there were a few who didn't get along with Cao Mei and Tian Fang, so they started to talk at once.

Cao Mei was immediately angry: "What nonsense are you talking about? I didn't say I wouldn't return it, so how can it be considered as stealing? Besides, it's not your food that I borrowed, is it necessary for you to be here and meddle in other people's business?!"

She pushed Shen Moer away with all her strength, and said righteously: "There are many people in our family and not enough food. Your family has less burden and we are all relatives. It's no different from you. "What's wrong with borrowing some food from your family? How can you be so stingy? If you don't have food, just go dig some wild vegetables and grass roots to eat. Everyone has this experience. Why are you the only one who is making such a fuss?!"

The others were immediately shocked by her shamelessness. The always enthusiastic Aunt Chen immediately said, "Why don't you go dig some wild vegetables and grass roots to eat when your family is short of food?"

Shen Moer was pushed by Cao Mei, She staggered and fell to the ground, crying, "But I don't want to borrow it. My father is not at home. You just took away all the food. You didn't even leave us a potato... Woo, I dug wild vegetables, but they are not filling. Woo, I'm so hungry. I'm not going to die of hunger, am I? Woo... "

Shen Shaoyuan supported the girl, his face flushed with anger: "Sister-in-law, you took away all the food when I was not at home, but now that Mo'er is like this, you still scolded her and pushed her. You, you, you are going too far! Are you trying to force us to death?!"

The others also understood. It turned out that Cao Mei took away all the food from Shen Laoqi's house while he was not at home.

Both the father and daughter of the Shen family were timid and cowardly, and they probably didn't dare to ask for it. Or even if they did, Cao Mei wouldn't return it - everyone thought that Cao Mei was capable of doing such a thing.

As for the situation of Shen Laoqi's family, there were two laborers and no other burdens. They should be able to be self-sufficient, but they probably couldn't ask the team for food, so the family ran out of food.

If Shen Moer hadn't fainted from hunger, the father and daughter might not have dared to mention it.

After figuring out the whole story, everyone looked at Cao Mei with even more contempt. What kind of person is she!

Zhou Peijun was even more furious: "Aunt Cao, they didn't want to borrow it at all, but you just took it away. If this is not robbery, what is it?! Don't glare at me. If you are not convinced, let's call the comrades from the police station to come and talk to them. Let's see whether they say that you, Aunt Cao, did

the right thing, or put you in jail for a few days!" Cao Mei was originally glaring at Zhou Peijun unconvinced, but when she heard that she was going to be arrested and put in jail, she immediately weakened: "No, it's just a small matter, why do we need to call the police?"

She didn't think she did anything wrong, but she knew that Zhou Peijun's brother-in-law was a police officer, and she was afraid that her brother-in-law would be instigated by Zhou Peijun, her brother-in-law, and really be arrested.

Zhou Peijun didn't really want to call the police. Cao Mei was definitely wrong, but rural people were used to solving problems in the brigade. Otherwise, if the incident went viral, the entire brigade would be embarrassed.

He angrily said, "Why don't you give the food back to them?!"

Cao Mei was naturally unwilling to take out the food that had fallen into her own pocket. Moreover, she didn't feel bad about the food she had stolen. The family had been eating dry food every day these days, and they had almost eaten it all.

Cao Mei muttered, "There's no food at home. We've eaten it all."

Shen Moer sobbed softly, "There are more than 40 kilograms of food and more than 20 kilograms of potatoes. How can they be eaten up? Wuwuwu..."

The others took a breath. It added up to 60 or 70 kilograms. It was really a lot!

They despised Cao Mei even more. Even if it was a temporary emergency, at most she would borrow one or two kilograms. She just rushed to rob so much. What kind of person is she!

Zhou Peijun said directly, "I don't believe that your family has no food at all. Let's go now and take a look together."

The nature of this matter is really bad. If Shen Laoqi and his daughter are really hungry, their Yangliu Brigade will be famous, infamous.

Zhou Peijun made a prompt decision and headed for Shen Laosan's house.

Cao Mei followed closely, shouting in injustice as she walked: "Okay, okay, my family still has some food, but their food was not taken by my family. It was divided equally between Tian Fang and my family. You can't ask my family to pay it back, right?"

Tian Fang had been silent, trying to get away with it. After being yelled at by Cao Mei, she was annoyed but knew that she couldn't escape. She immediately chased after her and explained: "Old Cao did give my family some food, and I left it there. I'm going to take it now."

Cao Mei felt that this was not right, but she was indeed the one who took the food and gave it to Tian Fang. When Tian Fang said this, she couldn't find any words to refute it. Then she thought that everyone else scolded her instead of Tian Fang, and Tian Fang didn't say a few words to help her, so she glared at Tian Fang angrily. As for Tian Fang, she just pretended that she didn't know.

Naturally, other people followed suit. After hearing this, many people thought that Tian Fang had accepted the food that Cao Mei had distributed without knowing it. They felt that Cao Mei was really abominable. Not only did she steal other people's food, but she also gave it to others as a favor. She was simply shameless.

Aunt Chen helped Shen Shaoyuan to support Shen Moer and muttered, "The Tian family is really clean. Maybe she came up with the bad idea."

Shen Moer and Shen Shaoyuan looked at each other and thought that Aunt Chen was a rare wise person in the village. Tian Fang was sweet on the outside but bitter on the inside. Wasn't it her who came up with the bad idea?

A group of people walked all the way from the entrance to the village. After more than ten minutes, they finally arrived at the place.

There are four brothers in the old Shen family, the eldest, the second, the third and the seventh brothers. The first three all lived together in a row of green brick and tile houses, which were built when the old man was still alive.

Before the old man passed away, the houses were divided among the family, and Shen Laoqi actually had a share. However, he was not married at that time, but the first few nephews were a little older than him, and they felt that it was too crowded to live in after getting married, so they "borrowed" the house.

When Shen Laoqi got married, the nephews did not ask to return the house, but just pooled some money together, bought a collection room from the village, and repaired it casually and handed it to Shen Laoqi, which was considered to be returning the house.

It's easy to imagine how solid a utility room can be