Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

Zengzhuang is now busy with the summer harvest, because there is a lot of good land and a wide variety of crops. Now the villagers have to go out to the mountains before dawn every day and harvest after dark.

However, despite this, everyone's enthusiasm was very low, and every day Zeng Laosan had to bring three production team leaders to force everyone to go out.

God has blessed Zengzhuang with a good harvest this year, with an extra three or five bushels of rice.

However, there was no smile on any of the villagers' faces. They worked with sullen faces and were reluctant, and their work was done roughly.

Because they were not well fed, and also because someone had heard that the amount of grain they had to hand in this year would be much more than last year, everyone was emotional, but they did not dare to express it, so passive resistance was inevitable.

This leads to a phenomenon---the fields cannot be harvested cleanly!

The situation where grandma could only dig a few sweet potatoes in half a day has changed. Even if Zeng Laosan looks at the land that has been harvested two or three times, he can still find some food.

So, the elderly people in the village who could no longer work came and searched back and forth in the fields over and over again.

Zeng Laosan couldn't do anything about it, and the soldiers and civilians were unwilling to take any real action. They also had parents, and who wouldn't want their family to have more food?

It was in this context that Zeng Youqian's family was called back by their grandmother. Zeng Youqian didn't want to take advantage of this because Zhang Xiuzhi said before she left that she would bring back food, so there was no need to do so.

But he couldn't stand his mother's shouting, so Zeng Youqian told Zhang Xiuzhi that they would take a detour to Zengzhuang on their way back and leave some food for the family.

At that time, Zhang Xiuzhi didn't know how much stuff she had to bring back, so Zeng Youqian was also kept in the dark.

Zeng Youqian brought his wife, as well as Xiaoqiang and Lai Fu, who had been freed from their homework, and followed my mother to dig the soil in a peanut field.

"Brother, I dug up another one!" Lai Fu held up a peanut, his face flushed with heat as he presented the treasure to his brother.

Xiaoqiang was not much better, his hot hair stuck to his forehead.

"Look how warm I am!" The grandmother looked up at her grandson and said distressedly, "You two should study hard. If you study well, you won't have to suffer this."

Lai Fu suddenly shuddered, as if he couldn't get over the barrier of three times three equals nine, and his face began to turn pale: "Grandma, I like being a farmer. When I grow up, I want to be a farmer and farm like you."

"What?" Grandma thought she had misheard. After confirming, her face was filled with sorrow. "What a sin! What's so good about being a farmer? Why do you want to be a farmer? Farmers have a hard life. Farmers can't even have enough to eat..."

Lai Fu, who was so young, naturally could not understand the hardships of farmers. His young mind only thought that he could do anything except studying.

Zeng Youqian said angrily, "Mom, don't bother with him. He is just spoiled. Wait for Xiuzhi to come back and deal with him. In the past few days, he can only recite the multiplication table up to three times three equals nine. Asking him to recite one four equals four is like a new bride having difficulty giving birth."

Zeng Laosan, who was squatting by the peanut field, was amused and said loudly: "Youqian, let Xiao Laifu come back as a member of the cooperative. I will find him a skilled farmer to take care of him."

"Get lost!" Zeng Youqian scolded with a smile, "If he goes to farm, does he want you to find someone to take care of him? Can't his second aunt take care of him?"

"That's right!" Zeng Lao San nodded, "Take a break, come up and talk with me. Have a cigarette. I have some good cigarettes, Da Chong Jiu."

"If you have something to say, just say it here. I still need to dig peanuts!"

"What the hell, digging is useless. I've already harvested this land five times. I'll give you two pounds of peanuts to take back to Wangcai later."

"If you are too attentive to others for no reason, you are either a traitor or a thief. Tell me what's going on?"

Zeng Laosan really had something to do and his life was not easy. The tasks assigned by the commune were a little more than he expected, so he wanted to get some good things by going to the commune to find Secretary Wang, plead for mercy, and see if he could get less tasks.

But he didn't have the good stuff, so he wanted to find Zeng Wangcai. He knew that Zeng Wangcai's troops were near Sijiu City.

"No need to go to him for this!" Zeng Youqian squatted down beside the peanut field and lit a cigarette. "Xiuzhi will be back today. She went to the army and should bring back some things. See if there is anything you can use.

"But don't get your hopes up too much. It's going to be hard for everyone this year. I heard Xiuzhi will bring back some melons and vegetables."

"Vegetables are fine too. Meat is also a vegetable, right? How much is there?"

"I estimate it to be several hundred kilograms."

When Zeng Laosan heard that it was several hundred kilograms, he became dispirited. It was too little.

At this time, the village widow Accountant Hu came over with Zhao Hongqing and his group.

"Secretary, someone is looking for Zhang Xiuzhi!" Accountant Hu shouted from a distance. In the village, most people like to call Zeng Laosan the village chief, and a few people call him the secretary.

These two titles represent very different meanings.

"Who are you?" Zeng Laosan and Zeng Youqian stood up at the same time.

"I'm Zhao Hongqing, the head of the security department of the steel mill!" Zhao Hongqing introduced himself and said, "Excuse me, is Comrade Zhang Xiuzhi here? We have something to check with her."

"Verify?" Zeng Youqian raised his eyebrows when he heard the word, "I am Zeng Youqian, Zhang Xiuzhi is my daughter-in-law, she is not here now, you can tell me if you have anything to say."

Not in the village?

When Hu Guangyong heard this, he was overjoyed. Isn't this a coincidence? This would make it easier to muddy the water.

"It's like this. Something happened at the steel mill last night..." Zhao Hongqing immediately told the exact details of what happened, but he did not use the words to suspect Zhang Xiuzhi of embezzlement.

But he didn't say it, and that's the situation that was presented.

Zeng Youqian was furious at the time: "Are you saying that my daughter-in-law, in front of the daughter-in-law of the head of the steel mill's security section, your subordinate, stole pork from the steel mill?"

"No, no, no, you misunderstood!" Zhao Hongqing quickly said that he did not mean that, and it was Hu Guangyong who had this suspicion.

When the time came, Hu Guangyong could no longer remain silent. He said, "Whether this is true or not, we will know after we confront each other. Where was Zhang Xiuzhi last night? Is there anyone who can prove that she..."

"I can prove you!" Zeng Laosan seemed to be even angrier than Zeng Youqian, and he cursed angrily, "You are blind. Xiuzhi is a good girl. She came all the way from the countryside of Rongcheng. She would rather beg than steal. You doubt her? And you want proof? What proof do you want? We are the evidence!"

"Old man, everything needs evidence. You didn't see Zhang Xiuzhi last night, so how do you know she didn't do it?"

"I knew it, because Xiuzhi didn't need to steal. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll give you a slap in the face. Zengniu, come here!"

Zeng Laosan called the militia over.

Upon seeing this, Hu Guangyong dared not be rude anymore and immediately looked at Zhao Hongqing.

Zhao Hongqing knew that what Zeng Laosan said could not be used as evidence, so he patiently persuaded him: "Uncle, calm down. Just tell us where Comrade Zhang Xiuzhi was last night and who she was with."

"She went to see my son..."

"Your son is Zhang Xiuzhi's man!" Hu Guangyong interrupted Zeng Youqian, thinking he had found a loophole, "Your son cannot serve as a witness for her..."

"I feel like you're deliberately looking for trouble, right?" Zeng Youqian suppressed his anger. "My son is in the army. Do you want to go and ask him?"

"The army?" Hu Guangyong slapped his head and cursed himself for being stupid. He didn't even think of Zeng Wangcai being a soldier. So he softened his attitude and said, "No need, no need. Soldiers in the army can definitely be trusted." He smiled apologetically and turned to Zhao Hongqing, "Chief Zhao, no matter what, your security department is responsible for this matter. Now all the workers in the factory want an explanation. How do you solve this case?"

I’ll fuck your mother!

Zhao Hongqing secretly cursed Hu Guangyong for passing the buck, but solving the case was indeed the Security Department's job.

The best person to find in this matter is Liu Lan, but he knows that he cannot find Liu Lan because Li Huaide is behind Liu Lan.

So, solving the case was really difficult.

When the situation became stalemate, many young people in the village came running over here, shouting, "Jinhuan, Jinhuan, your sister-in-law is back with the car, and she brought back a lot of stuff..."