In the afternoon, the brothers Zhou Chunfa and Zhou Fu came back one after another, but neither group of people found Zhou Ping.

"If she freezes to death, I will be relieved!" Mrs. Zhou said hatefully.

"Great music, two music, three music, four music! The four of you go to Dongfeng Township! Get this little ** back for me! It's against her! Wang Fengying waved her arm and commanded with full anger.

Zhou Fu and Zhou Jun sat and didn't move, so they went to rob people like this, how could they tell the Li family when the time came? If the people of the Li family are a little angry, they have to beat them down directly.

Zhou Yang and Zhou Chen simply left the East House with their sister in their arms, they were still busy teaching their sister to play chess, if Wang Fengying hadn't called them over, they wouldn't have bothered to get involved in this matter.

At four or five o'clock in the afternoon of this day, Zhou Ping, who had not been found by the Zhou family, came back. Also coming back with her were Li Guizhi's two maiden brothers and a cousin, and when the Zhou family was stunned by the few people who suddenly entered the house, Yang Gaozhi, the officer of the Township Armed Forces Department, Zheng Mancang, the secretary of the brigade, Han Laoqi, the captain of the production team, and Qiao Sixi, the commander of the militia company of the brigade, also walked in one after another.

As soon as Mrs. Zhou saw these cadres coming in the house, the momentum of raising her eyebrows at Li Guizhi's mother and daughter and preparing to scold her was immediately gone, and she sat cross-legged on the kang without saying a word, shrinking herself into a small group.

When Zhou Chunfa and Wang Fengying saw these people coming in, they knew that the matter of changing relatives was exposed. But they boasted that they were half of their father-in-law, and they were still very talkative, and they gave up their seats to everyone with shaking hands and feet. Zhou Chunfa also deliberately let Zheng Mancang, the secretary of the brigade, go to the kang next to Old Man Zhou, and Old Man Zhou quickly got up, squatted in an inconspicuous corner under the edge of the kang, and smoked his cigarette bag and pot without saying a word.

Li Guizhi's three maiden brothers didn't use the Zhou family's permission, so they sat on the edge of the north kang under the guidance of Zhou Ping. As soon as Li Guizhi saw her mother's family, the tears that had dried up after crying all day came out again, covering her mouth and crying uncontrollably.

Li Guizhi's two brothers are ordinary farmers, although their faces are full of anger, they still have an indelible honest and honest appearance.

Looking at Li Guizhi's cousin, it is completely different, his name is Li Desheng, he is a purchaser of the county transportation company, he usually travels from south to north, and is the most knowledgeable one in the Li family for several generations. The kudzu noodles that Zhou Lan ate last winter were brought back from other provinces.

Li Desheng's mother died early when he was a child, and Li Guizhi made him clothes, shoes and socks for several years when he was at home, so he remembered this cousin's love very much, and tried to help her as much as he could after work.

Early this morning, the eldest and second uncles of the Li family took Zhou Ping to the county seat to find Li Desheng. Li Desheng listened to the ins and outs of the matter, planned carefully, and the family acted separately. After a busy day, everything was figured out, and the people who should be invited were also invited, so I came to Zhou's house.

"Zhou Futang," Yang Gaozhi, an officer of the Armed Forces Department of the Commune, called Old Man Zhou solemnly, "Do you admit that your granddaughter accuses you of arranging marriages, exchanging granddaughters for grandchildren, destroying the freedom of marriage, and persecuting women?" ”

Yang Gaozhi's identity when he came to Zhou's house this time was not a lobbyist for Deputy Director Xu of the Revolutionary Committee of the Commune, but a public security officer of the Yangshugou Commune.

In the fifties and sixties, China's police force was not as strong as it was later, and there were only twenty or thirty public security officers in an ordinary county, and some small communes did not even have a public security bureau, but only one public security officer, who was often a part-time worker. Because of the special period, the functions and powers of various departments were extremely unclear, so there was a strange phenomenon that such work as arresting people and maintaining law and order was carried out by the Commune Revolutionary Committee and the Township Armed Forces.

Old man Zhou was so frightened that his hands trembled so much that he couldn't hold the cigarette pouch and pot, and said intermittently: "I, I don't know anything, you ask, ask the boss and his daughter-in-law." ”

"Comrade Yang, you can't listen to this dead girl's nonsense!" Wang Fengying also tried to mess around, "How can a cadre family like ours do such a thing!" ”

"Before we came, we all inquired clearly, the marriage of the two of you is scheduled for the twentieth day of the lunar month, and the old Xu family in Limakeng has admitted everything, Xu Chun married Zhou Fu, and Zhou Ping married Xu Dali, this is a change of relatives!

You invited the matchmaker to be your old Mrs. Zhao, and she also admitted that changing relatives is a sure fact, which you can deny with a word? If you still don't admit it, let's invite everyone in front of Yang Gong'an and confront them face to face! Li Desheng said in a deep voice, "We didn't come today to listen to your nonsense, changing relatives is feudal dross, it is persecuting women, and without my consent, it is to resell women!" The public security of your commune is also here, let's see who in your Zhou family will take this responsibility today! ”

"Oh mama! When a child gets married, can't the elders have the final say? Wang Fengying's voice lowered several degrees, and she moved her ass back weakly.

"Freedom to marry! Her parents can't make decisions for her! What a big clove of garlic are you! Li Desheng had never seen Wang Fengying's vigor, and she was angry with a few words.

"I don't know anything!" Zhou Chunfa hurriedly cleared himself.

"I don't know!" Wang Fengying also did the same, "I don't know anything!" ”

"Your own son is getting married the day after tomorrow, and you fathers don't know what you say, who believes it?" Li Desheng looked at Zhou Chunfa sarcastically, "You are still a cadre of the brigade, and you are still in charge of the account of the commune infrastructure team!" I really don't know how you got into this accountant. ”

"I, I'm busy with work, busy with revolutionary construction! I don't know anything about my family! As soon as he heard Li Desheng talk about his work, the green tendons on Zhou Chunfa's neck bulged, "It's all, it's all," Zhou Chunfa's eyes rolled quickly, "It's all done by my mother, we don't know anything." ”

"Zhao Mantable, is he telling the truth?" Yang Gaozhi asked Mrs. Zhou officially, "If you are responsible for the change of relatives, you can go with us, and let's go to the Commune Revolutionary Committee to make it clear." ”

Yang Gaozhi's attitude towards the Zhou family is very subtle now, Deputy Director Xu's son has been discharged from the army, and he failed to enter the county armed forces department in the end, no one can be sure whether the Zhou family did not speak for Deputy Director Xu or they did not have the ability to speak. Therefore, Yang Gaozhi will not take the initiative to offend the Zhou family now, nor will he slap them like before.

"I, I'm ......" Mrs. Zhou trembled and trembled, unable to say a word, if she was dragged to the Township Revolutionary Committee, squatted in a small black house, held a criticism meeting, maybe she would have to be punished for labor like the third daughter-in-law, she would have to put her head in her crotch in the future, and she would never have the face to see anyone again.

Zhou Hongying hid in a corner of the kang, her face turned pale with fright, and she didn't dare to move. The four children of the Qian family were also huddled with her, and even Qian Gang and Qian Tie were so frightened that they couldn't sit still.

"Zhou Fu, this is a change of relatives for you, do you know about this?" Yang Gaozhi asked Zhou Fu again.

"I, I ......" Zhou Fu was also afraid, afraid to say that he knew that he was dragged to the commune for interrogation, and said that he didn't know and was afraid that he would be found out in the future and the crime would be added to the first degree.

"None of us knew that this was a change of parents, my grandmother was in charge of everything in our family, and my grandmother said that if my brother got married, we would marry my brother Zhang Luo. We don't know that we didn't give Xu Chun a bride price, I gave my milk for the bride price I wanted to get married, and the money alone was 200, which was for her to marry my brother and daughter-in-law. Don't believe you ask my milk. Zhou Juan hurriedly grabbed the conversation, "All of us in Tunzi know about this, and the secretary of the Qian brigade and Captain Han can also give us this certificate." ”

"That's the case, Zhou Juan has found a good mother-in-law, that is, the second son of the Xu Yidao family in the commune, Lao Xu is willing to spend money to marry his daughter-in-law, and the glorious gift is given 200 yuan, and he took it out without any ambiguity!" Zheng Mancang smiled and took Zhou Juan's words, "Old Mrs. Zhou didn't let go of the bride price, so she gave Zhou Juan twenty yuan to buy a dowry, which all the people know." ”

Xu Yidao is also considered the number one person in the commune, and Zheng Mancang certainly can't offend his future daughter-in-law. The Xu family made a fuss about giving birth to a male grandson and the whole commune knew that if Zhou Juan married and gave birth to a male baby, then the Xu family would be her world from now on, so why not sell her a personal favor now.

Yang Gaozhi nodded and asked Mrs. Zhou: "Zhao Manbei, your second granddaughter gave you her bride price money and asked you to marry her eldest brother's daughter-in-law, you are reluctant, so you want to exchange your eldest granddaughter for relatives, don't you?" ”

"Bride price, bride price, I, I didn't spend ......" Mrs. Zhou was so nervous that she was already incoherent, and it was easy to hear a word that she could react to, so she wanted to quickly defend herself, but her mouth was trembling so hard that she probably didn't know what she was talking about.

"If you are reluctant to give a dowry, you will exchange your granddaughter for a parent. Aunt Zhou, isn't Zhou Ping your own granddaughter? You can really be so ruthless. Li Desheng's words confirmed Mrs. Zhou's crime of changing parents.

"Who else in your family is involved in this?" Yang Gaozhi asked again.

"I don't know!" Zhou Chunfa hurriedly replied, shaking his head like a rattle, "No one knows what's going on!" It's all my mother's hands! ”

"Zhao Mantable, then you can come with us! Thinking that you are old, the villagers in the village, I will not tie you up, and when the problem is explained clearly, we will see how the commune punishes you! Yang Gaozhi said and prepared to take Mrs. Zhou away.

Mrs. Zhou was so frightened that she completely spread out on the kang, and her face was gray. None of the people in the Zhou family spoke for her, and they all lowered their heads, for fear that they would accidentally get into trouble with a word.

Mrs. Zhou looked around the people in the house with a shudder, the three sons who were the most filial to her were not there, and the rest of the family was either frightened or eager to push her out to blame, and they couldn't count on any of them.

"Wait," Li Desheng saw that the people from the brigade and the commune were about to leave, and hurriedly spoke to stop him, "We are here today, there is another matter, that is, the marriage of my niece, today while everyone is there, give us a witness, we will take Zhou Ping back today, show her others, and no one in the Zhou family can interfere in my niece's marriage in the future." Li Desheng swept around the people of the Zhou family, "If anyone in your old Zhou family disagrees, tell me one, two, or three now, or don't intervene in the future." If we settle the marriage of our child, what kind of moth do you have again, don't blame us for suing him to the commune when the time comes! ”

Everyone in the Zhou family lowered their heads and didn't say a word.

"Secretary of the Zheng team, Captain Han, you have also seen today's incident, I will take this child away now, you can be a witness, don't let their Zhou family slow down in the future, feel that the matter is over, and then run to our Li family to mess around." Li Desheng said to several cadres of the brigade who had rarely spoken since they entered the house.

This kind of thing, a brigade always has to be oriented, so after several people from the Erdaokan brigade entered the house, they all sat silently and didn't say anything when Yang Gaozhi interrogated everyone in the Zhou family. Moreover, Zheng Mancang, the secretary of the brigade, is well-known for his ability to reconcile with the mud, whoever has something to ask him for comment, he doesn't see who is reasonable, but how to calm things down.

The matter of the Zhou family, according to his thoughts, since the matter of changing relatives has been poked out, it is okay if it is not changed, there is really no need to go to the commune. At that time, whoever is really sentenced to a street parade and labor reform, it is not worth it, besides, if something like this happens, this will discredit the brigade! Zhou Ping, this girl too, usually doesn't look at it, she does things with a hot brain, it's all a family, what do you say you call that real child! In the end, the reputation of the whole family stinks, and you don't have to stir the horse spoon in a pot!

But today Li Desheng said everything about this, Zheng Mancang can't help but express his position, no matter what, this kind of thing happened, it was also a dereliction of duty by him, the secretary of the brigade, if he was with the mud again, and refused to give a fair word, Li Desheng was not an ordinary peasant, and he didn't know how to make up for the loss. As soon as he went out to publicize, or when he was in a hurry, he reported him, the secretary of the brigade, saying that he was harboring criminals, persecuting women, and that his revolutionary will was not firm, so he would have to go away without food.

"That can't! Today, you can rest assured to take the child away, and I will ask the old Zhou family to be the master! Zheng Mancang said while looking at Old Man Zhou and Zhou Chunfa, watching them nod their heads in agreement, smiled with satisfaction, and then said to Li Desheng that he was familiar with, "* The chairman has said, men and women are equal, and women can hold up half the sky!" Our new China does not want to rise to those feudal dross that persecuts women! With me here today, no one wants to do this thing of knowing the law and breaking the law without realizing it! You should show your children to each other, and find a good in-law for Zhou Ping in the future, and it can be regarded as giving us the face of the captain of Erdaokan! ”

"I watched this child grow up, this child is honest and capable, and he is a good hand at planting crops," the old captain also took over the conversation, "No one thought that this could happen, you can rest assured, we didn't know anything before, but now that we know, we can't watch this child jump into the fire pit." ”

Yang Gaozhi saw that the matter was settled, so he wanted to take Mrs. Zhou away, and Mrs. Zhou spread out on the kang, trembling into a ball, unable to move, let alone leave. (To be continued.) )