Chapter 60: Reporting Zhou Andong

"Slap!" Zhou Andong flicked Zhou Anqin on the forehead, "What are you thinking about all day in that little head of yours? Hurry up, take the things to the yard and throw them into the snow pile."

Zhou Anqin rubbed her head, muttered with dissatisfaction, and then looked into the car, shouting in surprise, "Wow, there's so much, we don't even need to buy meat for the New Year, we can eat..."

Zhao Guifen watched the brother and sister constantly taking wild game from the car—rabbits, pheasants, deer legs, roe deer—making her eyes widen.

"Dongzi, where did all this wild game come from?"

Zhou Andong said, "Someone gave it to me."

"Gave it?" Zhao Guifen leaned over, "Who gave it?"

Zhou Andong rolled his eyes, "Is it any of your business?"

Zhao Guifen was bored, but still asked unwillingly, "The thing you moved back is a color TV, right?"

"Right!" Zhou Andong knew exactly what Zhao Guifen was thinking, and said very proudly, "21-inch picture-in-picture big color TV, imported, also given by someone, didn't spend a penny, isn't it annoying?"

Zhao Guifen was really annoyed. The flame of jealousy rose in her eyes, and she wished she could tear Zhou Andong's proud face. She snorted coldly, turned and left, walked out of the yard, looked back and spat.

Given by someone? Who are you lying to? Why didn't anyone give it to me? The money to buy a color TV must not have come from a good place. It's because he was afraid of being suspected, so he said it was given by someone, right?

Zhao Guifen felt her heart twitch with pain. The old Liu family promised that whoever could introduce a live-in son-in-law to him would get a referral fee, and there would be a red envelope when they got married, adding up to a thousand. This was all gone at once. You are a second marriage, it would be great to marry a fool, she could live with you honestly. The woman you brought back will kick you away sooner or later, and you'll have time to cry.

Zhao Guifen pushed open her own yard door and was about to walk in, but suddenly retracted the leg she had stepped out. No, I'm still watching a 12-inch black-and-white TV, why should his family watch a 21-inch big color TV? I want to report him. The money he used to buy the color TV must have been embezzled from the winery, or he stole the liquor and sold it.

Zhao Guifen turned and walked towards the village office hatefully. When she arrived at the village office, she found no one, so she walked towards the village director's house at the west end of the village.

Zhou Andong took a bundle of wires and a TV antenna from the car. He bought them at the store when he came back. It is said to be a new model, with a remote control handle. As long as you connect the wires, plug in the electricity, and press the button on the handle, you can adjust the antenna direction in the house.

Zhou Andong had a memory of this thing. It was indeed convenient to use, but it was too expensive, but he gritted his teeth and bought it.

"Brother!" Zhou Anqin said, "Do you know what Aunt came here for?"

Zhou Andong sneered, "Definitely nothing good."

Zhou Anqin said, "Introducing a partner to you."

"What?" Zhou Andong was dumbfounded, "Introducing a partner to me?"

"Yes!" Zhou Anqin nodded.

Zhou Andong frowned and said, "How did she know about my divorce?"

Zhou Anqin said, "A few days ago, Grandpa and Grandma came to see Dad and mentioned you. Mom mentioned your divorce. Grandma must have told Aunt."

Zhou Andong said helplessly, "This old lady, why does she say everything out."

Zhou Anqin said with dissatisfaction, "In Grandma's heart, except for her eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law, there is no one else."

Zhou Andong glared, "Don't talk nonsense."

Zhou Anqin stiffened her neck, "I'm not wrong, Grandma is partial."

Zhou Andong sighed, "Alright, hurry up and chop the wild rabbit and pheasant."

Zhou Anqin said, "It's frozen hard as a rock, how can I chop it."

"I'll chop!" Zhou Andong said, "You take the antenna into the house."

Zhou Anqin took the antenna, "Don't chop under the eaves of the west room, Old Four is sleeping, if you wake him up, he'll make a fuss again because of lack of sleep."

"Got it!" Zhou Andong carried the wild rabbit and pheasant to the woodshed, found an axe, put the wild rabbit on a wooden stump, and chopped it in a few minutes.

Jian Qiu was scraping potato skins with a soup spoon, looking very much like she knew what she was doing. Zhou Andong carried a basin of rabbit meat, chicken meat, and potatoes in and said with a smile, "You can cook?"

Jian Qiu said with a smile, "My mom and dad were busy with work, I started cooking for myself at thirteen."

Only then did Zhou Andong remember that for women of this era, cooking was a basic skill, the only difference being whether it tasted good or not.

Zhao Guifen ran all the way to the village secretary Zhao Quan's house, first looked over the wall into the yard, and after seeing that there were people at home, pushed open the gate and entered the yard.

"Woof, woof, woof..."

Suddenly a big dog rushed out from a shed by the door and pounced on her barking wildly.

"Mom!" Zhao Guifen was so scared that she sat on the ground, fortunately the dog was tied with a chain, so it didn't bite her.

"Dahuang, be honest." A woman ran out of the house, "Sister-in-law Guifen, are you alright?"

Zhao Guifen climbed up, patted her chest with lingering fear, "Xiuzhen, your dog is too fierce, you'd better kill it, it would be troublesome if it bit someone one day."

Jin Xiuzhen said with some dissatisfaction, "This dog is just scaring people, it doesn't bite."

Zhao Guifen knew she had said the wrong thing in her anxiety, and hurriedly changed the subject, "That, is the secretary at home?"

"Yes!" Jin Xiuzhen turned and walked back, and Zhao Guifen followed her into the house.

"Village director is here too!" Zhao Guifen was stunned when she saw Li Jiutang.

Li Jiutang was drinking with Zhao Quan, just lifted his eyelids and ignored her.

"Sister-in-law Guifen!" Zhao Quan was very polite, "Have you eaten?"

"Yes!" Zhao Guifen didn't stand on ceremony either, and sat on the edge of the kang.

Zhao Quan looked at her, running here at noon, there must be something, "Sister-in-law, you have something, right?"

Zhao Guifen glanced at Li Jiutang, hesitated for a moment, and nodded, "Yes, I want to report."

"Report?" Zhao Quan and Li Jiutang looked at Zhao Guifen at the same time.

"Right!" Zhao Guifen said, "My second eldest son, Zhou Andong, you know him, right?"

Zhao Quan said, "I know, he was the first college student in our village, how could I not know."

Zhao Guifen said, "He bought a big color TV, 21-inch picture-in-picture, imported, it costs a lot. You think about it, how much is his monthly salary, where did he get the money to buy it?"

Li Jiutang laughed, "Where his money comes from, what does it have to do with you?"

Zhao Guifen was very dissatisfied with Li Jiutang's words, "He must have embezzled the winery's money, or stole the liquor and sold it. For such a bad element who violates the law and commits crimes and digs the wall of socialism, of course I want to report it. Even if he is my nephew, I want to destroy my relatives for the sake of justice."

Zhao Quan and Li Jiutang looked at each other and said helplessly, "Sister-in-law, even if it's true, Zhou Andong embezzled the winery's money or stole liquor to sell, it's useless for you to report to me, this is not under my jurisdiction."

Zhao Guifen was dumbfounded, "Then, then who is in charge?"

Zhao Quan said, "If the winery doesn't pursue it, it's useless even if you report it to the police station."

Zhao Guifen got up and walked out, "Then go to the winery to report." ===== CHAPTER 61 =====