Chapter 98: Counterattack

Wow!

A pair of sharp eyes like knives fell on Liu Chunhong.

The middle-aged man stepped forward, approaching her unhurriedly, carrying a pressure that made people's hearts jump.

At the same time, the curtain of the supply and marketing cooperative shook, and an old person with a dark, aged face and a tired expression appeared silently.

Sensing the atmosphere in the supply and marketing cooperative was wrong, he wanted to go out quietly, but remembering something, he didn't move, shrinking silently into the corner to be a background board.

"Where is the evidence?"

The man's eyes were too cold, Liu Chunhong's heart trembled, and she subconsciously stepped back.

There was no turning back now.

She clenched her fists, stabilized her pounding heart, turned around, opened her cabinet, and took out a notebook from inside.

"This is the account book I kept; it records everything clearly. Lin Zhao falsely reported the number of eggs sent by the villagers, classified top-grade eggs as secondary-grade eggs, lined her own pockets, harmed the interests of the masses, and enriched her own pockets."

"Team leader, like this kind of borer, must be eradicated."

Liu Chunhong raised her right arm high, looking righteous and awe-inspiring.

Lin Zhao almost laughed.

She didn't expect a person could be this stupid.

The one doing this was herself, right.

Truly iron-headed.

Liu Chunhong was really impatient to beat herself to death.

Unfortunately, she also had an account book.

Not only did she have an account book, but she also had witnesses.

Lin Zhao caught a glimpse of the old man shrinking in the corner, the corners of her mouth curled up, and she felt even more at ease.

She wasn't in a hurry to speak.

Let the storm come more fiercely!

Director Jiang secretly looked at Lin Zhao, noticed the smile that flashed across the corners of her mouth, and inexplicably, his heart completely relaxed. His expression unfolded, and he watched the situation unfold with ease.

Li Fen saw Liu Chunhong take out the notebook, her face turned slightly dark, and she whispered to Lin Zhao: "The one who reported you must be Liu Chunhong. Look, she was even prepared."

"I only thought this person couldn't be befriended deeply before, but I didn't expect her to be so sinister, even reporting colleagues who work together day and night. This person is too terrifying!"

Wang Ju nodded vigorously.

There were also people in her courtyard who were reported; that person was taken away and hasn't been released yet.

She really didn't know what kind of mentality these people who reported others had.

Lin Zhao was silent.

In special times, the evil in people's hearts would be magnified several times.

It had only just begun.

Later.

There were countless cases of fathers and sons turning against each other.

Li Fen saw Lin Zhao didn't speak and thought she was in a bad mood.

Also, who could be in a good mood when reported?

"Zhao Zhao, no one believes what she says. Everything depends on evidence. You were framed by a villain; the investigation team will find out clearly. Even if they can't find out clearly, they can report it to the top. Don't be afraid. If you are really taken away, I will go to the Harvest Brigade immediately to report to your husband. He is a soldier who protects the country and belongs to the military system; we can always find a place to reason."

Li Fen comforted Lin Zhao, and her voice wasn't small when she said this, just enough to reach the ears of everyone in the investigation team.

She didn't care what identity these people had; they had to act according to the law and shouldn't think about framing good people.

The investigation team's faces didn't look good.

At the same time, they all glanced at Li Fen in unison. What did they think they were? Flood dragons and wild beasts? They also look at evidence when they work, okay?!

The middle-aged man ignored her and quickly flipped through the notebook in his hand.

It was obvious.

The quantities and prices didn't match.

He walked toward Lin Zhao and handed the notebook over, "Regarding what is recorded here, what do you have to say?"

Lin Zhao took it, her fingers flipping through it quickly, reading it in a flash, and it was just as she thought.

It was nothing more than: on such and such a date, how many eggs were actually received, how much money was paid, and she, as the egg receiver, deliberately classified first-grade eggs as secondary-grade eggs and took kickbacks in the middle.

"Coincidentally, I also have an account bill." Lin Zhao said.

Her gaze swept over Liu Chunhong, and her eyes suddenly turned cold.

"I not only have an account bill, but I also have witnesses."

While speaking, she turned back to her counter and took out her own record book.

Fortunately, she had grown an extra heart.

Going out to work, it was too easy to be blamed!

"Leaders can take a look." Lin Zhao handed over the record book and said: "I haven't been working for long, the record book isn't thick, but how much stuff I sell every day and how much money I receive is written clearly."

"As for what's on this..." Her finger tapped lightly on the so-called account bill provided by Liu Chunhong, sneering, "I don't recognize it."

At this point, Liu Chunhong was a bit nervous; she didn't know Lin Zhao actually had such a hand.

Before she could speak, Wang Ju, who was standing next to Lin Zhao to support her, muttered, "Then... Comrade Liu's account book is forged, right?"

"Why forged...?"

"I think, either you intended to frame her, or you have done this yourself?"

Li Fen gave her an appreciative look and said loudly: "I think it's recorded quite carefully. Ordinary people can't think of it. Comrade Liu, you didn't really do it, did you?"

She wasn't blind; she knew Liu Chunhong had done many bad things in secret over the past few years, but she was an old employee, and the accountant who kept the books was on Liu Chunhong's side. The job of receiving eggs was firmly controlled by her, so there was no way to catch any evidence.

It was only after a newcomer entered the supply and marketing cooperative that there was a breakthrough.

Eliminating borers is everyone's responsibility.

Today, she must beat her to death!

Liu Chunhong's eyes turned red, "You're talking nonsense!"

"Whether I'm talking nonsense, you know it in your heart!" Li Fen raised her head, staring at her.

"I'm also an old employee of the supply and marketing cooperative. Since I came in, the job of receiving eggs and other agricultural and sideline products has been your responsibility. Others can't intervene at all. Even if someone proposes to help, you guard against them."

"I don't believe there's no trickery in this."

"I felt you had ghosts in your heart early on, a belly full of bad water..."

Liu Chunhong was so angry she could barely stand it; she shoved her shoulder heavily, and sharp, explosive sounds spilled from between her lips.

"Who has ghosts in their belly, who has a belly full of bad water? Just touching the upper and lower lips, splashing dirty water on people, don't talk nonsense without evidence."

Li Fen put her hands on her hips, louder than her, "Do you have evidence? What evidence do you have to report Comrade Lin? Relying on the account book you made secretly? Who knows if you wrote it randomly!"

"You also report colleagues casually; you are truly terrifying, truly dark."

She forcibly pulled the topic back.

"I didn't write it randomly; there's even the accountant's signature on it." Liu Chunhong certainly wouldn't admit it.

Li Fen poked through her, "Who doesn't know the accountant is your own nephew!"

Lin Zhao: "..."

How come she, the person involved, seemed to be excluded?!

The people from the investigation team looked at the two arguing and looked thoughtful.

Don't really say, sometimes the truth is argued out.

The middle-aged man in the lead finished reading Lin Zhao's accounts, already had a plan in mind, and suddenly patted the table, "Take them all away! Investigate clearly before releasing people."

Judging a case requires evidence.

Director Jiang gave Li Fen a gesture, Li Fen nodded in return, curled her lips kindly at Liu Chunhong, and went out to call people.

Don't think she didn't have colleague love. When she first came in, Liu Chunhong relied on coming early and having strong connections to arrange her work for her. The director at that time protected Liu Chunhong, and she did a lot of work outside her own duties until later that director was transferred, and she completely took over the work, which got better.

Adults, who doesn't hold grudges? Seeing the person who bullied them fall into bad luck, they can't wait to go over and step on them twice.

Li Fen wouldn't do the stupid thing of returning evil with good.

Liu Chunhong clenched her hands into fists.

So much time has passed, it's fine, no need to scare yourself.

Accountant Liu came in from the back hall, saw several strange faces, and even Director Jiang was there. The atmosphere was so stagnant that it made people's hands and feet cold.

He paused his steps, feeling a bit panicked in his heart, and looked at his aunt without a trace, wanting to get some reminder from Liu Chunhong's face, but didn't want... Lin Zhao to take a step forward, just blocking him.

She smiled, revealing white teeth.

"Everyone is here, so don't think about winking."

Accountant Liu's face turned black.

No wonder his aunt cursed Comrade Lin all day; she was truly wickedly bad.

"No, you think too much." Accountant Liu fake-smiled.

Not paying much attention to Lin Zhao, he looked at Director Jiang, "Director, you called me."

Director Jiang ignored him and pointed to the one who looked the most difficult to mess with.

Accountant Liu gritted his teeth secretly, facing that person.

"You're looking for me?"

As soon as the words fell, a notebook was handed over.

"Take a look." He said.

Accountant Liu lowered his head and flipped through it.

He didn't understand what had happened here before he came; Li Fen wouldn't kindly remind him.

He thought his aunt was acting according to plan.

So he said: "The data in the account book is correct; there are indeed people taking kickbacks."

Li Fen sneered, and suddenly interjected: "The one taking kickbacks is Liu Chunhong, and you..."

Her hand almost pointed at the tip of Accountant Liu's nose, "is that accomplice!"

Lin Zhao drank water leisurely, as if the person being reported wasn't her.

She even nodded in agreement, echoing: "Indeed, it's been at least several years!"

Accountant Liu's face turned pale instantly, cold sweat oozing from his forehead, "No, nonsense! We didn't..."

"Whether you did or not..." Lin Zhao interrupted him lightly, "Let the comrades from the investigation team check and you'll know. Don't worry, let's wait for the results together."

These words were said lightly.

For someone with a clear conscience, naturally, they wouldn't be in a hurry, but Accountant Liu—

He had ghosts in his heart.

The hand hidden in his sleeve was shaking.

Liu Chunhong saw her nephew lose his footing and cursed him for being useless in her heart.

They didn't leave any evidence, what were they afraid of?

She pretended to be calm and said sarcastically: "Comrade Lin truly has a sharp mouth, biting whoever she sees."

Lin Zhao's smile didn't reach her eyes, "Can't compare to Comrade Liu."

The head of the investigation team saw that it couldn't be explained clearly for a while, his brows locked, a bit impatient, and suddenly patted the table, "Take them all away! Investigate clearly before releasing people."

Lin Zhao's face turned cold, "I'm not going."

She looked directly at the middle-aged man and said: "Closing people up without evidence, is this your way of working?"

The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

Everyone held their breath.

This, this, this...

She actually dared to refuse the people from the investigation team?!

Crazy!

The man narrowed his eyes, his voice cold and heavy: "You say you didn't commit a crime, so you didn't?"

"We received a report letter about you. Before there is further evidence to prove you didn't commit a crime, you go inside and wait."

This was their style of doing things.

No matter who was reported, it was the same.

Lin Zhao thought to herself, you also don't have evidence to prove... I committed a crime.

Knowing that arguing wouldn't help solve the matter, she changed the subject and said: "What if I have witnesses?"

"Witnesses are another matter." The middle-aged man said in a deep voice, "As long as we verify what you said is true."

He considered their way of working... to be quite humane.

"Good." Lin Zhao responded.

She looked up at the old man at the door.

The old man who came to sell eggs heard the whole process and understood the cause and effect of this matter in the supply and marketing cooperative.

The salesperson who scolded and beat their common people at every turn wrote a report letter, and that salesperson girl with a very good attitude was also said to have taken kickbacks.

He, an old man, could guarantee that the salesperson surnamed Lin was a good girl and didn't take their kickbacks!

It was that salesperson surnamed Liu—

Not only did she shortchange them, but she also downgraded their good eggs, deliberately lowering the price, making them have bitterness they couldn't speak of.

The old man walked forward tremblingly, his voice suddenly raised.

"I am the witness! Comrade Lin didn't deduct our money!"

"Since she started receiving eggs, we can exchange for several more cents each time. She is a good comrade!"

He took out a tattered notebook and met the gaze of the investigation personnel.

"My son has records; there are records from the first time we came to the supply and marketing cooperative to exchange eggs for money!"

"Look..."

The old man's rough fingers flipped through the yellowed account book.

Every page was densely recorded:

"The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month the year before last, 20 top-grade eggs, Comrade Liu received them as secondary-grade."

"Last Qingming, 30 top-grade eggs, Comrade Liu said they were stained with chicken feces and received them as secondary-grade."

On the yellowed paper pages, there were still red fingerprints pressed that year.

"For several years before, it was Comrade Liu who received them. She received things without standards. If she was in a good mood, she would give a price that was about right. If she was in a bad mood, she would count them all as the lowest grade..."

The old man had a handful of bitter tears.

"Leader, country people are hard, there's no place to make money, only eggs to exchange. The chickens raised by old farmers with hard work, they don't even bear to eat a single egg, all sent to the supply and marketing cooperative, didn't expect to be cheated."

A young investigator asked: "Did you ever think about reporting it to the top?"

"Where to report it." The old man wiped his tears, looking helpless, making people feel sad, "The first time I was deliberately downgraded, my son wanted to find the leader, made a fuss for half a day and didn't even see the leader's shadow, and was..."

He pointed his finger at Liu Chunhong, clearly a simple and honest country man, thinking of some injustice, he was forced to have red eyes.

"Beaten and scolded by this female comrade. Her words were truly ugly. What's wrong with country people? Country people didn't steal or rob, they lived honestly by their own physical strength. Why did she say that about my son!"

It made his son unwilling to come to the county again and he didn't like to talk!

"Leader, take a look, take a careful look, my son has kept this account for several years, as long as our family comes to sell, he will record it, not a single one is false."

"Comrade Lin is a good comrade. After she came..." The old man's voice choked, "We can finally sell eggs at the real price!"

Witnessing this scene, Accountant Liu's face turned ashen, his whole body shaking.

"Finished, finished..." He muttered.

Economic crime is not a small mistake; you lose your job, you get sent to a farm.

His legs went soft, and he sat directly on the ground.

Liu Chunhong didn't expect that the honest country people would keep accounts, her face turned pale, and she was so scared her eyes turned red.

Suddenly she erupted, rushing toward the account book with a ferocious face.

"Fake! It's all fake!" She roared.

Lin Zhao had long expected she wouldn't give up, and hooked her toes lightly.

"Bang!"

Liu Chunhong fell heavily to the ground, her face full of despair.

The head of the investigation team closed the account book and said coldly: "Take them away!"

As the words fell.

The investigation team personnel stepped forward.

Liu Chunhong was carried out by two young men in uniforms, her arms held.

She suddenly struggled like a mad mother beast, her hair disheveled, her eyes red, roaring at Lin Zhao: "Lin Zhao, I won't let you go!"

One of the young men controlling Liu Chunhong felt she was noisy, took a piece of cloth from his pocket, and stuffed it into her mouth.

His tone was full of irritability, "Shout, shout, shout, so noisy! I hate you criminals who don't know how to reflect on yourselves the most."

Another person laughed: "Heh, I know how to reflect on this one."

The complaining young man looked over and saw Accountant Liu's head drooping, his whole body soft as if without bones, obviously fainted.

"Coward!"

The people from the investigation team left, and the solidified air in the supply and marketing cooperative finally flowed.

Director Jiang brushed the sleeve of his Zhongshan suit, his expression as usual.

He was parachuted in later, and the finance part had always been managed by the deputy director in charge of finance.

Now that two people were caught in a row, that deputy director was probably hard to escape the relationship.

"Comrade Lin was startled." Director Jiang's voice was steady, "Just happened to have a batch of defective products, you take an extra share."

Startled or something, Lin Zhao wasn't at all.

If she didn't do it, she didn't do it.

Even if the old man selling eggs didn't come, she could clear herself. There was more than one family keeping accounts; it was just a matter of time.

"Good, thank you, Director."

Finally waiting for the defective products, very good, she could let the people in the brigade eat the pie she drew!

Right now, Lin Zhao was more concerned about another matter.

"Director, after the matter is investigated clearly, can the money embezzled by the Liu family be recovered?"

Director Jiang shook his head, "Not sure."

Li Fen was only curious about one question, "Director, our supply and marketing cooperative lost a salesperson and an accountant all at once, are we going to recruit people?"

Director Jiang was noncommittal.

He turned and left.

"Zhao Zhao, what did the director mean, is he recruiting or not?" Li Fen looked at Lin Zhao.

"Not clear." Lin Zhao guessed they would recruit, just didn't know how.

She returned to her counter and greeted the old man who testified for her.

"Old man, thank you just now."

The old man hurriedly waved his hand, "Thank what, what I said was the truth, you are a good girl, shouldn't have been reported."

And.

If Comrade Lin was taken away, wouldn't their eggs not be able to sell for a good price again? This won't do!

Even for the sake of the fellow villagers, he had to stand out.

Lin Zhao smiled, skillfully checking the eggs.

The old man brought 40 eggs today, totaling 2.4 yuan.

She gave him the money, and the old man's smile was simple and satisfied.

"Thank you, thank you." Like the previous two times, he thanked her repeatedly.

Lin Zhao weighed two catties of peach cakes from Li Fen's counter and put them into the bamboo basket where the old man held the eggs.

"Thank you gift." She said briefly.

The peach cakes in the bamboo basket emitted an alluring fragrance, and the old man's withered hand trembled violently, the bamboo basket almost slipping from his hand.

He stammered: "This, this can't be... things in the supply and marketing cooperative are valuable..."

Lin Zhao said softly: "If it weren't for you appearing in time, I might not have been able to go home today. This is a thank you gift, accept it."

Li Fen grabbed a handful of fruit candies, the candy paper packaging rustling.

"Take it!" She stuffed it into the bamboo basket without allowing refusal, "This candy is my thank you gift to you. Comrade Lin is my family's life-saving benefactor; helping her is helping me."

Seeing the other party still wanted to say something, she added: "Comrade Lin doesn't like to push things with people, accept it, go back quickly."

The old man swallowed his words.

"Thank you, thank you both."

After thanking her several more times, he carried the bamboo basket and left.

After walking out of the supply and marketing cooperative, he looked back at the sign above, and couldn't help but straighten his waist.

So this is what it feels like to be treated like a person.

Song Yunjin was strolling in the family building, hearing the news that "someone in the supply and marketing cooperative was taken away."

When the two words "Lin Zhao" drifted into his ears, his face changed slightly.

In an instant, he had already rushed out of the family building. ===== CHAPTER 99 =====