With everything gone and having to be criticized and scolded by the whole team, Zhang Fengmei felt dizzy with a shock and wished she could pass out so she wouldn't have to face such a humiliating situation.
What happened? Why did they lose what they worked so hard for?
Zhang Fengmei has been doing business for several months and has accumulated some money.
Her brother had a shotgun in his hand, and he could also use a trap to catch prey on Kamezi Mountain. He used to secretly take the prey to the town and sell it. Later, when he caught less prey, he would go to the pork dealer in the commune next door.
I made some pork to make bacon, which can be kept for a long time. Then I made steamed buns from the bacon and sold them in the town.
People in the village are so poor that no one is willing to spend money to buy meat buns to eat, but there are always people in the town who can eat, and making money by doing small business is much faster than digging food in the fields. She has never been to the county, because
It takes too long to go back and forth.
Zhang Fengmei arrived at the grain-drying field in a daze. She hunched her neck and lowered her head, looking timid.
When Mrs. Li saw her, her triangular eyes stood up, and she slapped her on the back, "Are you so full that you went to steal the melons from other people's fields? Why, the melons grown in your own fields are not enough for you.
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Mrs. Li is not stupid. She knows that Zhang Fengmei has caused public outrage this time, so she has to distance herself from the relationship to avoid being affected.
Ma Meili said bitterly: "How much can she eat by herself? I think she secretly sent it back to her parents' home!"
Ma Meili had this idea herself and was speculating on it at this time.
Zhang Fengmei lowered her head and said nothing. Captain Li shouted with a loudspeaker: "Zhang Fengmei, come to the front, Jiang Guisheng, your whole family is coming here!"
Someone from the commune came today and took away the account books. The secretary and captain were not in a good mood. Their faces didn't look good at this time, and they were even more angry than in the morning.
The members looked around and couldn't find Jiang Guisheng. Someone said loudly: "Jiang Laosan and his family are not here."
Jiang Guisheng's family felt embarrassed, so they naturally refused to come, as if Zhang Fengmei's stealing had nothing to do with them.
"Jiang Youfu, go and call someone here."
“Are you calling all the third child’s family?”
The captain replied in the affirmative.
If this family didn't humiliate someone severely, Zhang Fengmei would never remember the lesson, and the captain wouldn't believe it. Zhang Fengmei stole the melon, but the rest of her family didn't know about it, and they didn't believe that they didn't eat it either!
Captain Li was still very confused about putting the melons behind the house. He always felt that his third son was acting strange in the morning. Unfortunately, he didn't have time to ask because the younger son went back to the factory in the afternoon.
Jiang Laosan and his family all came with their heads lowered and stood under the miner's lamp.
Who wouldn't feel embarrassed to have this matter?
Jiang Baoqin was about to get married to Song Minghan. At this moment, she wanted to hide in the soil. She knew that Song Minghan was also in the crowd, and she didn't even have the courage to look at him.
If she knew who stole everything from the cave and put the melons behind her house to frame her family, she would definitely make that person look good!
The captain was very angry today. He used a loudspeaker and said: "Zhang Fengmei, are you a dog that can't change your habit of eating shit? You did it last time in front of the big guys, and now you've done it again!"
The captain's words were so unpleasant that many people even repeated bitterly, "It's just that dogs can't change their eating shit." Zhang Fengmei's face turned blue and white.
Zhang Fengmei was so embarrassed that she could not speak.
The captain directed his anger at Jiang Guisheng again, "Jiang Laosan, can't you control your mother-in-law?"
Jiang Guisheng wanted to take the opportunity to clear up the relationship, "I didn't know she was stealing melons. If I knew, I definitely couldn't..."
The captain interrupted him rudely: "Stop farting here. You two, you two, don't you know what she is doing? Your family probably eats a lot of that melon."
Jiang Guisheng was speechless and felt shameless. This was the first time the captain spoke to him so rudely, as if whatever he said next was just quibbles.
"Jiang Laosan, please don't change your family. From now on, if anyone in the team loses something, they will go to your house to look for it!" The captain did not show any face to Jiang Laosan's family.
The members of the commune also said unpleasant things.
"That's right, if I lose something from now on, I'll go to your house to look for it."
"A few eggs were lost in my house a while ago. Did you, Zhang Fengmei, steal them?"
Zhang Fengmei opened her mouth to retort, "Who came to your house to steal eggs!"
While everyone was chattering, the captain took out the list of lost things that everyone had registered before, asked everyone to be quiet, and then read them one by one.
Almost everyone in the brigade reported that this "bill" was missing. Zhang Fengmei's eyes widened as she listened.
After the captain finished speaking, Zhang Fengmei couldn't wait to say: "Widow Yuan, there are no melons in your land, you are slandering! And the old Yang family, your family's private land is full of corn and sweet potatoes, and there are not many vegetables.
If you don't take advantage of the situation, I won't compensate you. My family is very poor. Captain, I don't recognize this list. You are the captain, so you must be fair in everything you do!"
Ma Meili said: "It seems that you have looked at all the private plots in the village, otherwise you would be so clear about what other people are planting!"
Ma Meili once again aroused the anger of the members, and even hit Zhang Fengmei with pebbles.
"Our brigade cannot afford someone who steals things all day long. We live in the same brigade with her and have to guard against her every day! Who can sleep peacefully?"
Jiang Xinyu stood in the crowd and saw the angry expressions of these people, and felt happy in her heart.
The scene suddenly became chaotic. After the members had finished venting their anger, the captain used the loudspeaker to shout for everyone to be quiet.
He shook the book in his hand and said, "I know that some people may not have lost anything, and I also know that some people have reported exaggerated prices. It is probably not enough to compensate all the melons in Jiang Laosan's field, so what I mean is that after the autumn harvest
When calculating the total work points, Jiang Laosan's family deducted 150 work points, and in the past half month, his family has been asked to do the work of picking manure, which is considered punishment."
If the melons in the private plot cannot be saved, one hundred and fifty work points will be deducted, and they will have to pick manure later. Jiang Guisheng's family is a little dizzy. How can this be done? Just when Zhang Fengmei was about to express her disagreement, the aunt said angrily.
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"No, deducting 150 work points is too little! Someone in my parents' team exchanged watermelons for wheat. One pound of wheat was exchanged for three pounds of watermelon. After all, 150 work points is not worth much wheat!"
Zhang Fengmei originally thought that the deduction of 150 was a bit too much, but now she is afraid that the captain will raise it even more.
The team's exchange of work points for wheat is a fair price. Can it be compared with the private transactions below?
In the midst of everyone's discussion, the captain finally insisted on deducting only 150 work points.
If there are too many deductions, Jiang Laosan’s family will not be able to survive.
After the conference ended, the crowd dispersed, and Jiang Laosan and his family walked home dejectedly.
In the crowd, Jiang Xinyu heard some educated youth mocking Song Minghan.
"It's not embarrassing enough to find such a partner."