When Chen Defu and the branch secretary came back, the accountant hurried to greet them.
He asked anxiously, "What happened? Did you see clearly who it was?"
Zhang Hongyang threw a bag of corn on the ground and said, "He ran away, but the corn he stole didn't get taken away. I brought it back."
When the accountant saw such a large bag of corn, he angrily said, "This damn thief is so bold!"
The Party Secretary said, "I guess the thief didn't guess that he would encounter a dog from our village today. If it weren't for those two, he might have succeeded."
The accountant looked at the two dogs at Chen Defu's feet and said, "They are really useful. It seems that our village should have a few dogs so that thieves won't dare come here."
His idea was good and everyone thought it was feasible.
After returning to the village committee office, Chen Defu immediately called a meeting of the villagers.
On the radio in Chenjia Village, after a burst of electric sound, Chen Defu's voice was heard.
He coughed twice before speaking.
"Uh-huh."
"Villagers, villagers, it's an emergency, an emergency, everyone, please gather at the threshing ground quickly. I have something to discuss with you."
Then he repeated it again.
The reason they didn't tell everyone on the radio was that they were afraid the loudspeaker would be too loud and could be heard by people from other villages. If it got to the commune, they would definitely be criticized. Anyway, it hadn't been lost yet, so they kept it a secret if they could.
Just because their village has a sugar factory, several neighboring villages are dissatisfied with them. Now they can't let anyone find fault with them and laugh at them.
The village originally had a militia, but several of its leaders felt it was a waste to keep a few laborers without them working, and they were also afraid that the villagers would be dissatisfied.
No matter who worked more or less, or who did not work at all, people would not say anything but would be unhappy about it. It would also affect the amount of food distributed in the village, so they withdrew the militia organization in the past two years.
It was past ten o'clock in the evening and there was no entertainment activity. Most of the villagers were asleep. When they heard the sound from the loudspeaker, they quickly got dressed and went out to find out what had happened.
Zhou Xiuying had just brought her eldest grandson to sleep with her when she heard her husband's voice calling out on the radio, so she quickly got up and put on her clothes.
Jiang Baige also heard it, put on her clothes and came over to ask.
"Mom, has something happened? Dad called a meeting in the middle of the night."
Zhou Xiuying said, "You stay home and look after the child. I'll go over and take a look."
Seeing her mother-in-law getting up and getting dressed, Jiang Baige said, "Mom, I'll go! You stay home with Dandan and sleep."
Zhou Xiuying thought about it, then said, "Okay, then you should drive slower and hold my flashlight."
Chen Jiaojiao got up in a daze and went to her mother's room.
He asked, "Mom, what happened?"
Zhou Xiuying said: "You are just a child, it is not your turn to deal with anything, go back to sleep!"
Chen Jiaojiao was very tight, so she said "oh" and went back to the room to continue sleeping.
Seeing her sister-in-law leave, Jiang Baige took the flashlight handed to her by her mother-in-law, closed the door and left.
The threshing ground was piled high with corn, and the villagers gathered together. Some of them, tired from working during the day, sat on the corn.
They chatted in groups of three or five, asking what had happened.
Jiang Baige arrived late and saw several educated youth in the crowd, so she walked over to greet them.
Seeing her approach, Wu Lili quickly smiled and asked her to stand with her. She lowered her voice and whispered to her, "Bai Ge, do you know? I heard that there were thieves in the village. All the corn in the fields was stolen."
"ah!"
Jiang Baige was a little surprised and shook her head obediently.
"I only found out after listening to you. What happened? Was the thief caught?"
Wu Lili also shook her head: "Probably not!"
At this moment, the village chief was heard saying, "Fellow villagers, something big has happened in our village tonight! We have discovered a serious problem. Our corn is still in the field, and there is a daring thief who dared to steal the corn!"
"I'm here to remind everyone, no matter if they are from this village or outside, if we catch them, don't blame us for being rude. We will send them directly to the Public Security Bureau or the commune and let them handle it!"
As soon as the village chief finished speaking, the people below began to talk.
"Oh my! Who on earth is this? They're trying to destroy our lives!"
Someone else echoed, "This guy has such a bad heart! If he's caught, he'll be beaten half to death and then handed over to the police."
The thief aroused public anger, and the villagers were indignant and were thinking about how to deal with him if he was caught.
Seeing that his two dogs were still lying on the ground obediently, Chen Defu wanted to talk about what happened tonight.
"Today! Fortunately, I have these two dogs. They have very sharp ears. They discovered the thief."
The villagers didn't expect that there were two dogs. When they heard that they had discovered the thief, they all praised them.
"It's amazing that they can actually tell who the bad guys are."
Sun Zhaodi listened to what the people around her said and quickly praised: "Don't underestimate this dog Siyan. He and Jianguo have been in the armed forces before. He is a villager."
Hearing the villagers talking about the dog, Chen Defu said what he had to say. "As the saying goes, 'A thief can be a thief for a thousand days, but you can't be on guard against thieves for a thousand days.' Several of us cadres have already gone through the grain trade. We have to hurry and harvest all the corn these days to prevent those bad guys from taking advantage!"
"Starting tomorrow, everyone should work harder, start early and leave late, and you'll get two more work points."
The people below were suddenly in an uproar, and there was a lot of discussion, all about the processing points.
Wu Lili angrily said to Jiang Baige, "This thief is truly despicable! We worked so hard to wait for the crops to ripen, and this thief came straight over to steal the fruits of our labor."
Jiang Baige sighed helplessly and replied, "Alas, there's really nothing we can do about these thieves. They're really hard to guard against! We can only rely on everyone's efforts. Once we get the corn back, we won't have to worry."
At this time, the village party secretary stepped forward and interrupted, "For now, we can only arrange for a few people to take turns guarding the fields until all the crops are harvested. If anyone is found behaving suspiciously, no matter who they are, they will be immediately apprehended and we will call a meeting to deal with them."
I would also like to remind everyone here that if you have nothing to do at night, don’t run around, otherwise you will be caught as a thief.
Of course, if someone is caught and there is solid evidence that he is the thief, then don't blame us for being rude! No one's plea will be of any use at that time."
After hearing this, everyone was very indignant and expressed their willingness to take turns guarding the crops and defend the fruits of their village’s labor.
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