Rebirth 90: The Long Road to Finding a Son

The village needs to share the money, and in order to reduce unnecessary trouble, this matter cannot be made public.

Shen Yuzhu made this decision while looking at the dozen or so villagers patrolling at the village entrance and several village cadres in the yard.

He asked the accountant to recopy the list of households that had just been counted and participated in the money distribution, writing the names of about twenty households on each sheet of paper. He then distributed the papers to the dozen or so villagers present and asked them to notify these people privately according to their names early the next morning and ask them to go to the brigade headquarters after eight o'clock in the evening.

He emphasized: "This matter must be explained clearly to the villagers. It must not be made public. Each family should send one person to go, so that those families who will not get any money will not know about it and make a fuss. If the matter gets out of hand, no one will get a share."

As for Old Lady Zhan and Zhan Baoku who are now locked up in the woodshed, they are also a big problem.

After settling the money issue, Shen Yuzhu had the mother and daughter brought out.

Shen Yuzhu asked: "Tell me, where did all this money come from? The villagers have been oppressed by your family and can no longer live happily. Your house has been ransacked, and you still hid so much money. You are really capable!"

That money was the last straw for the Zhan family and their son. If it was taken away by the villagers, it would be as good as gone. The mother and son were now heartbroken and wanted to cry but had no tears.

Seeing that the two men were gritting their teeth and not saying anything, Shen Yuzhu continued, "This is the blood and sweat of the people that Zhan Dayou has extorted from the village over the years, right? You still dare to use this money, aren't you afraid of extinction of your descendants?"

One villager said directly: "They have already lost their descendants, what else can they be afraid of?"

These words pierced Mrs. Zhan's heart and she burst into tears.

Two of her three sons have died, and she doesn't know if her youngest son can live to old age like his father. None of her sons gave her a grandson. Is this old Zhan family really going to be extinct?

The old lady became more and more sad as she thought about it, and her cries became louder and louder. Finally, she just lay on the ground and rolled around crying.

The more she did this, the happier the villagers were.

This old lady is not a kind person. She seems to be talkative and cheerful, but in fact she is a smiling tiger, cruel and ruthless, but she is Zhan Dayou's right-hand man. Now that she has ended up like this, how can the people not be happy?

Zhan Baoku looked at his mother like that, lowered his head with a vicious look in his eyes, and clenched his fists tightly.

His behavior did not escape the eyes of the villagers around him. They raised their feet and kicked him to the ground, cursing: "God bless you, you are a dead end, and you still don't accept it, right?"

Now that the other side has more people and more power, he knows that if he confronts them head-on he will only suffer physical pain again, so he can only endure it.

Shen Yuzhu signaled the villagers to stop beating people, and then asked: "Did Zhan Dayou embezzle this money from the village? The higher-ups are now investigating Zhan Dayou's embezzlement. You know where the money is hidden, so you must have participated in the embezzlement.

I will call and report this matter at daybreak. When the higher-ups come to investigate in detail, you and your mother will be put in the cage again.

As for the human trafficking case, I believe you two know better than anyone whether you two are innocent or not. We didn't have any evidence in that case, but in this case we caught the person with evidence. Do you think you can still be as lucky as last time?

Over a million, you have a big appetite. That's enough money to execute a few people, right?"

Shen Yuzhu's "analysis" completely frightened the mother and son of the Zhan family. Yes, the money was originally hidden and dirty. If the higher-ups knew that they came back to collect the dirty money, they would have to go straight to jail!

Originally, they wanted to discuss it with these people and divide the money among them while others didn't know, leaving some for the mother and daughter.

Now they dare not mention it. They know how much the villagers hate their family.

That money was embezzled from exploiting the interests of the villagers. If they dared to ask for some of it back, these people would only make their deaths more miserable.

Even if the people in the yard planned to divide the money secretly, there would be no chance for them and their daughter to get any.

Mrs. Zhan had never bowed her head to anyone in the village for decades, but now she had to plead with Shen Yuzhu: "Don't, don't report it, we don't want this money..."

Shen Yuzhu smiled and said, "You don't want it anymore? This should not have been yours in the first place. You spent the villagers' hard-earned money with a clear conscience, and now your family is in ruins and this is retribution.

The law can't punish you, but there is still God. Where did the money come from? I will help you pay it back. If you and your mother don't want to go to jail, you'd better not say this out loud. "

No matter whether they talk about it or not, they won't get a cent back. If they don't talk about it, they will be treated as a fool. If they talk about it, not only will they suffer, but they will also be arrested.

Now when I think back to the days in the detention center, it was simply a nightmare. Wouldn't the prison be even more miserable than the days in the detention center? The mother and daughter couldn't help but shudder when they imagined it. How could they dare to take the initiative to run into the muzzle of a gun?

They understood what Shen Yuzhu said, and nodded like chicks pecking at rice, "We, we definitely won't tell, we won't tell..."

After the mother and daughter understood the stakes, Shen Yuzhu asked the villagers to release them. After so much trouble, everyone was tired, so he dismissed the villagers in the yard and asked everyone to go home and sleep first.

It will be dawn in another three or four hours, and everyone has other things to do.

As for the huge sum of money, it will be placed at Shen Yuzhu's house tonight. His two eldest sons are almost twenty years old, and there is a big dog in the yard. The whole family will guard the money for a few hours, and there shouldn't be any problems.

After everyone had left, Shen Yuzhu locked the door, untied the dog's leash, and let the dog move freely in the yard.

Afterwards, the front and back doors were closed tightly, and a table was placed at the door. A hoe, a shovel and other handy "weapons" were placed in the room. After all, with so much money, it was better to be cautious.

Fortunately, the night was relatively quiet, and when daybreak came, the whole family breathed a sigh of relief.

After leaving Shen Yuzhu's house, Zhan's mother and son had no money and were in pain all over their bodies. After returning, they had not eaten for almost a day. The food in the house had been snatched away by the villagers, leaving them with nothing to eat.

Now they had no phone and could not contact their two daughters. It was late at night, so there was no need to flee, and they did not have the energy to flee overnight. They could only go back to the shabby house to sleep and leave tomorrow.

After daybreak, the villagers who were assigned to the list began to notify each household according to the list, asking them to go to the brigade for a meeting at 8 o'clock in the evening and not to make it public.

When the villagers who received the notice heard that the village was going to give them money, they were so happy that they didn't know what to say.

They had been oppressed by the Occupants for so long that they didn’t even know the word “welfare” existed. This was another great benefit given to them after the village redistributed the land.

After dinner in the evening, the villagers strolled out of the house. When someone asked them what they were going to do, they all laughed it off.

When we arrived at the brigade headquarters, we found that there were about 200 people there. Everyone's face was filled with excited and happy smiles. They had forgotten the last time they laughed so happily.

Shen Yuzhu asked two villagers to maintain order outside and direct everyone to line up.

He, the brigade secretary and the accountant were responsible for distributing money and registering things.

In order to make it easier to calculate the accounts, Shen Yuzhu discussed with other village cadres that originally each household would receive an average of more than 5,800 yuan, but this time each household would be given 5,500 yuan, and the remaining money, about 60,000 yuan, would be used as a reserve fund for the village.

This village was just an empty shell when Shen Yuzhu took over, and it would take some time to get the village running normally.

As for how the money will be credited, he will discuss it with the village leadership team.

The villagers lined up, first found the name of the villager's head of household in a registration book, and asked the other party to sign. Accountant Wu then distributed the counted money to the villagers.

The money was distributed one by one. The villagers who received the money were all grinning from ear to ear. They counted the money over and over again in the open space, and finally put it in their pockets and went home satisfied.

By the time all the villagers had received their money, they looked at the time and it was almost late at night.