Stepmother Reborn: Dad, my mom hasn't hit me for three days

The police from the police station arrived two hours later. It was already completely dark, and it was pitch dark.

After escorting the thieves back to the police station, Li Jianguo let the villagers go back to sleep.

Zhang Xiuhua went home for dinner and Li Jianguo accompanied her.

Zhang Xiuhua sighed, "These people might be shot! People from Zhangjia Village will definitely come and plead for mercy."

The crackdown lasted until 86. At that time, stealing a hat could result in a life sentence. Needless to say, they stole so many chickens. And after they succeeded once, they came again a second time. They are repeat offenders. The punishment will be increased!

The families of the thieves would not watch their loved ones die. They would definitely come to plead for mercy.

Li Jianguo nodded. He had guessed it. "There are two chicken farms in our village, a fungus greenhouse, and so many precious small animals in our orchard. If we don't kill the chickens to scare the monkeys, there will be countless troubles in the future. I know it's a bit cruel to do this, but they know that we are under a severe crackdown, but they still dare to come to our house to steal. Aren't they just bullying us because we are soft-tempered? I'm not the old village chief. I won't tolerate them again and again!"

Zhang Xiuhua was relieved to hear that he had thought it through, "Just be mentally prepared."

"I know! But I can bear it!" Li Jianguo was determined to move them. No one could persuade him!

Things turned out just as Zhang Xiuhua had guessed. Early in the morning, before she even got up, she heard people talking outside.

Zhuzhu ran over and told her that there were many people kneeling outside the door.

When Zhang Xiuhua got dressed and came out, she saw a circle of people kneeling outside, men and women, young and old. When they saw her come out, they immediately pleaded with her, "Please be kind, my husband didn't mean it. He stole chickens from your village, and we will compensate him. Please don't arrest him, we can't lose him."

The woman was holding a baby who was less than a month old in her arms. The baby looked so fragile that it seemed like he would faint at any second.

Zhang Xiuhua motioned for everyone to stand up. "It's no use begging us. The chicken farm doesn't belong to the entire village. In fact, my family doesn't have a share in it. We don't have the final say."

Although Li Jianguo said he wanted to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, Zhang Xiuhua felt that he had forgotten one thing: although he was the village chief, he was not the owner of the chickens and had no right to make decisions for them. It would be better to throw this hot potato away.

Zhang Xiuhua refused to say, "I don't know either."

The woman thought she was making excuses, "No! It must have been you."

"Really not. If you don't believe me, ask Aunt Wang. My family didn't invest any money at all?!" Zhang Xiuhua pulled Aunt Wang as an ally at the critical moment.

Aunt Wang nodded, "Yes! Her family didn't invest in the chicken farm. She doesn't have any share. It's useless for you to look for her!"

Seeing Aunt Wang testify for her, these people finally believed her and asked, "Then who can decide?"

Aunt Wang didn't shirk responsibility like Zhang Xiuhua did. "That's too much. In our village, most families have invested, except for a few of us."

These people were stunned, and finally someone took the lead to find the old village chief, thinking that maybe he could help.

After these people left, Aunt Wang whispered to Zhang Xiuhua, "Do you think the old village chief will give in?"

Zhang Xiuhua had no idea. "This matter has already been reported to the police station. Even if the old village chief pleads for mercy, the death penalty can only be commuted to life imprisonment. He still has to go to jail!"

Aunt Wang sighed, "That's how it should be. Not satisfied with stealing once, yet you dare to do it a second time! You are so bold."

After breakfast, Zhang Xiuhua went to the orchard to find Li Jianguo and told him the result of her handling.

Li Jianguo was angry last night. After calming down for a night, he felt that he had no right to punish these people. After hearing what she said, he nodded and said, "That's fine! The biggest investors in the chicken farm are the old village chief and the accountant. Let them decide for themselves."

Zhang Xiuhua helped feed the foxes. "Although this time we killed a chicken to scare the monkeys, jealousy is in everyone. If we make money from raising these foxes, there will definitely be people who will be jealous. We have to be careful and not show off our wealth."

Li Jianguo understood what she meant, "Don't worry. Ergou said he would help me sell these skins. After they are trained, I will kill all the skins."

Zhang Xiuhua carefully reminded him, "Ergou likes to show off. We can't change his personality, so we can only ask him to keep his mouth shut and not reveal how we make money."

"Okay!" Li Jianguo continued to feed the chickens.

Zhang Xiuhua thought that the theft was because the eggs could not be sold, so she said, "If they can't sell their eggs, they will have to lower the price. Then it will not be good for the eggs in our village."

"That's something the village head and accountant should worry about. We don't have any share in the chicken farm." Li Jianguo asked her to rest her mind and stop worrying too much, or she would age quickly. "It's troublesome enough to raise so many animals and plant so many fruit trees. You still have the heart to consider others. Aren't you afraid that you will age quickly if you think too much?"

He now has to do the work of three people, and all the village affairs come to him, which makes his brain exhausted. He just thinks it is better to have less trouble than more.

"I'm not looking for trouble. I just want to get eggs at a low price." Zhang Xiuhua thought of a business deal. "Now that the weather is cold, tea eggs can be stored for a long time. What do you think about me selling tea eggs on the train?"

Li Jianguo was stunned. "Does the money you sell belong to the entire train?"

"Yes! But the eggs in our county are cheap, so we can discuss with them to add tea eggs." At that time, the trains were not equipped with refrigerators. They used "earth refrigerators" with quilts and ice cubes wrapped in iron boxes, and the ingredients were limited. If tea eggs were added, sales would definitely increase.

"We don't need tickets for eggs. Selling tea eggs can generate income for the railway. I think the leaders will agree." Zhang Xiuhua thought this plan was feasible.

Li Jianguo nodded, "You can give it a try."

Zhang Xiuhua decided to give it a try first and then tell her boss. So after dinner, she went to the old village chief's house to get eggs, under the pretext of treating her colleagues to tea eggs.

The old village chief didn't think much about it and asked Song Lianhua to count the eggs for her.

Zhang Xiuhua took the opportunity to ask him how to deal with the affairs of Zhangjia Village.

The old village chief sighed, "I was so angry last night that I sent them to the police station. But when I learned that they might be sentenced to death, I felt a little sorry. They came to beg, a bunch of old people and children, crying so miserably, I felt sorry for them, so I wrote a letter of apology. They also paid for the chickens. Let's wait for the verdict. This is not something we can control."

At this time, the verdict will be handed down soon. Zhang Xiuhua estimated that it would not take long for the result to come out. She nodded, "If we don't send them to the police station this time, they won't learn their lesson and will come again!"

The old village chief understood, "I was too shameless before. That's why I was bullied by them again and again! They didn't go to other villages to steal, but came all the way to our village. Isn't it because they bullied our village because we are too kind!"

Zhang Xiuhua saw that he knew what was going on, and couldn't help but look at him in surprise. When he was the village chief, he followed the doctrine of the mean, but after being dismissed, he became more aggressive. It seemed that the position of village chief had constrained his personality!

"Come! Count them. There are two hundred eggs in total." Song Lianhua walked into the yard carrying a basket.

Zhang Xiuhua paid the money.

Song Lianhua reminded her, "When you leave, ask Jianguo to see you off. It's too heavy to carry so many eggs to town."

"Okay!" Zhang Xiuhua agreed a few times and left with the basket.