Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 514 513 This Family
"Ms. Liu Zhang, on December 12, you called the police and reported that you had lost 1 kilograms of food coupons. However, your food grain book clearly stated that your family bought more food in December than before. Where did the extra money come from? Tell the truth!" The public security comrade slammed the table at the end.

Liu Zhang was frightened, shivered, hesitated, and replied in a mysterious way: "It wasn't me, I don't know, it was all my daughter-in-law who did it."

The public security comrade was amused: "Are you sure?"

"Yes, it's absolutely true." Liu Zhang's eyes were a little evasive, but when she saw the public security comrade smiling, she was not so scared anymore.

"Ms. Liu Zhang, you are really stubborn. I'll give you one more chance. Think it over before you speak." The public security comrade smiled playfully, but his tone was not harsh.

Perhaps because she saw that the police officer didn't get angry, Liu Zhang became a little bolder. She was determined to give up the idea she had just come up with: "Yes, it's her! I don't manage the money at home. She takes care of it all."

"Did you write it down?" The public security comrade was too lazy to talk nonsense with her and turned to ask the female public security comrade next to him.

The female comrade beside her nodded, understanding what her colleague meant. She took the confession in her hand and read it to Liu Zhangshi, asking her, "Is what I read consistent with what you said?"

"No, no, you are all good people, can I leave now?" Liu Zhang shook her head, wanting to go out very urgently.

"Sign your name first. If you don't know how to sign, just put your fingerprint on it." The female comrade placed the pen and ink in front of Liu Zhang.

"I can't read, I'll press my fingerprint." Liu Zhang hurriedly pressed her fingerprint at the designated location, and then did not bother to wipe off the ink residue on her hand, and asked again: "Can I leave now?"

"Why are you leaving? The matter hasn't been investigated clearly yet. Just stay here." The man picked up the confession, glanced at it, then walked out of the interrogation room with his colleague and locked the door.

On the other hand, Old Lu is in a terrible situation.

When the people in the unit heard that something happened at home, they automatically thought of the worst and did not even bother to run to the workshop to inform Lu Dexian.

When Lu Dexian heard that it was Jiaming, he guessed that Liu Zhang was up to something again, but he couldn't guess what exactly she was up to.

Since the matter had been reported to the police station, it meant it was a serious matter, so Old Lu immediately called Liu Chengzhi to run home.

A bicycle was almost sparked by Liu Chengzhi's pedaling.

When they arrived at the police station, they first met Chu Chunxue. The young woman had just cried, and her eyes were still red and swollen, looking very pitiful.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? What's going on?" Liu Chengzhi was a useless man. When he saw his wife like this, he felt so distressed. Although he had a bad temper and would occasionally get violent, it was comfortable at night!
This question made Chu Chunxue feel aggrieved again. She tearfully recounted the whole story: "...My mother insisted on putting the blame on me for the food coupon issue..."

"This matter can't be resolved by just clarifying it." On one side is his biological mother, and on the other is his biological daughter-in-law. Liu Chengzhi was caught in the middle and didn't know what to do for a moment. In his heart, he blamed his biological mother for not being clear-headed, and also blamed the public security comrades for meddling in other people's business and mistaking a hammer for a needle.

Lu Dexian stood aside and listened, but he had other thoughts in his mind. He was a security guard and usually had to participate in some meetings of the police station. He was familiar with the police station and knew some rules here.

If it is an ordinary case, it will not reach the level of the interrogation room. Once it reaches the interrogation room, it is not easy to get out.

Lu Dexian had a lot to say, but he couldn't express his thoughts in front of other public security comrades, so he could only glare at Liu Chengzhi.

As the saying goes, if you want to be pretty, be filial.

Chu Chunxue was in tears at this moment. Liu Chengzhi only had eyes for her at this moment. He wished he could take her home and give her a good rub. Didn't he notice that the master was winking at him?
Lu Dexian was helpless. He couldn't rely on his apprentice, so he had to do it himself. He forced a smile and asked other comrades, "Comrade, which comrade handled the case of Liu Zhang?"

"Look, come in." They see each other at least three or five times a year. The other person nodded towards the office door and gestured to Lao Lu to show the two colleagues who had just come in.

Old Lu gritted his teeth and greeted the young man who had just come in: "Comrade, I'm the security guard of the Liu Zhang area. Can we go out and talk for a while?"

The man glanced at Lu Dexian, nodded, and turned back out the door.

As public security officers, they have limited manpower, and the assistance of security guards is indispensable whether it is public security or criminal cases, so generally speaking, they will not deliberately make things difficult for the other party.

"Comrade, that Liu Zhang is my neighbor. She is old and a little confused. Her family is in financial difficulty. There is only one person who earns a salary, and there are only two people with city household registration. The ration is not enough, so it is inevitable that she has to buy some food coupons from outside... Women are short-sighted and the food coupons are all borrowed. She will pay them back slowly. Do you think this matter can be treated leniently?" Lu Dexian handed a cigarette to someone, lit it and began to nag.

Others were confused, but Lu Dexian was clear-headed. He appealed to their emotions and reasoned with them. If it weren't for his lack of integrity, he would have said that Liu Zhang went to the vegetable store to pick up vegetable leaves to eat every day.

The comrade handling the case understood what Lv Dexian meant, but he did not fall for Lv Dexian's moral blackmail. He looked at the unfinished cigarette in his hand, patted Lv Dexian on the shoulder, and said meaningfully but without any mercy:

"Lao Lu, your cigarette is good, but it's hard to smoke.

We are old acquaintances, so I will just speak frankly.

It's you who can't figure it out. You're confused!
My family has rural household registration. Some time ago, people were mobilized to return to their hometowns. As a security guard, why didn't you mobilize them to go back? How did this difficulty come about? Can it be used as an excuse for her to do evil?

They did it, and no one in their family denied it. What basis do you have to say that Liu Zhang bought the food coupons from outside?
You are a security guard, you must always be aware of your identity and position."

Lu Dexian was speechless and broke out in a cold sweat.

"Okay, do your own job well and worry less about other people's affairs. It's easy to end up losing money." After the comrade in charge of the case said this, he patted Lu Dexian on the shoulder again. Now that the big stick has been swung, it's time to give a sweet reward.

The position of security guard is just a title and they don't get paid a penny, but this year they provided more than 17000 suspicious clues and assisted in solving nearly 4000 criminal cases. No police station is willing to have anything to do with these people.

When the comrade handling the case left Lv Dexian behind and was about to turn around and walk back inside, he saw a little head sticking out of the door, so he asked in a friendly manner, "Little boy, what's up?"

"I'm here to look for my grandma." After school, Liu Jiaming returned home but couldn't find anyone. He heard from others that his grandma had been arrested and was in the police station.

When something happened in other families, the neighbors would be eager to take care of the children's food, drink, defecation, urination and sleep. However, few people liked the Liu family. Even the person who informed Chu Chunxue was scolded by her mother-in-law when she returned home.

Liu Jiaming smelled the delicious food from other people's homes and his stomach growled. Because there were always people at home, he didn't have the key, so he could only go to the police station on an empty stomach to look for someone.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law each had their own opinions. Although the comrade handling the case knew what was going on, he still squatted down and greeted Liu Jiaming in a friendly manner: "Little boy, what's your name?"

"Liu Jiaming." Liu Jiaming walked in timidly from the gate, and when he came in he looked up at Lu Dexian.

"Is your grandmother fat?" The comrade handling the case waved to Liu Jiaming and asked him to come over.

"Yeah." Liu Jiaming walked up to him and stopped.

"Then let me test you. Who manages the money and food coupons in your family?"

"My grandma." After a few words, Liu Jiaming became much bolder and spoke more fluently.

"So is your grandma good to you?" Although the comrade in charge of the case still had a smile on his face, he had already accepted Liu Jiaming's words in his heart. With such a fat and heavy body, he didn't look like he had been hungry at all. As for Lu Dexian's claim that her family was in financial difficulties, that was a ghost. "No, she stole my peach cakes! And beat me, she should die... die!" Although Liu Jiaming was only seven or eight years old, he had reached the age of knowing what was good and what was bad. He knew that his grandma had lost face this time, so he said it with courage and without hesitation in anger.

"Hey, this unlucky kid." The comrades in charge of the case were surprised to hear such words from a child. What kind of family could raise such a child?
So he stood up and ignored him, but nodded to Lu Dexian before going back to the house.

"How dare you talk like that, kid? That's your grandma!" Lu Dexian was so angry that he hugged Liu Jiaming and slapped him on the head.

"Wow..." Liu Jiaming already felt very wronged, and after being hit like this, he stood in the yard and burst into tears.

Chu Chunxue was a mother. When she heard her son's noise, she didn't care about crying in front of Liu Chengzhi and stepped out to coax the child.

Liu Chengzhi was about to follow him out, but was stopped by the comrade handling the case: "Are you a relative of Liu Zhang?"

"Yes, I am her son." Liu Chengzhi was stunned for a moment and admitted.

"Come here, let's talk." The comrade handling the case did not let Liu Chengzhi leave, but pointed to the stool next to him and said.

Liu Chengzhi didn't have the courage to confront the powerful agency. He looked outside the door and sat down timidly.

The investigator took the confession book, unplugged the pen, and asked as he wrote, "Who did you pay the salary to?"

"For my mother." Liu Chengzhi didn't expect to be asked this question. He was stunned for a moment and answered truthfully.

"Who keeps the grain books, grain coupons, and meat coupons at home?"

"It's still my mother."

"Who is responsible for buying food on weekdays?"

"My mother gave the money and tickets to the child's mother, and it was usually the child's mother who went." Liu Chengzhi said, and felt that this made his mother look too lazy. After two or three seconds, he added: "My mother's legs and feet are not very agile."

"You know about your mother losing her food coupons, right?"

"I know. My mother told me when I got home from get off work. Thanks to Uncle Lu and the neighbors for lending us food coupons and helping us through the difficult times." Liu Chengzhi did not lie and insisted that the money was borrowed from others, not stolen.

The comrade in charge of the case quickly wrote down Liu Chengzhi's words, then checked them and asked, "Can you read?"

"Yes, I can recognize words." Liu Chengzhi nodded.

"Okay, if everything looks okay, please sign below and write the time. Today is December 1959, 12. Finally, put your fingerprint on it." The comrade handling the case handed the transcript to Liu Chengzhi.

Liu Chengzhi took the transcript and read it, but was reluctant to sign it. His mind was in a mess at the moment. There were two people fighting in it. Standing on one side was his mother, and standing on the other side was his wife.

"What's the matter? Is there a problem?" The comrade in charge of the case knocked on the table and urged.

"No, no, I'll sign it!" Liu Chengzhi gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and quickly signed his name below.

"Date, fingerprints." The police reminded.

After Liu Chengzhi signed as required, the comrade in charge took it and sent him away: "Okay, go back with your wife and children."

"Thank you, comrade. When can my mother leave?" Liu Chengzhi stood up and asked timidly.

"Go back and wait for news. Oh, by the way, your family hasn't received the new grain book yet. If you don't have grain at home, go back and borrow some first. It will last for two days, and then go to the street to get the grain book and grain coupons the day after tomorrow." The comrade in charge of the case remembered this and reminded.

"Okay, okay, thank you."

After Liu Chengzhi left the room, the comrade handling the case lit up another cigarette. He was different from Lu Dexian. Working in this line of work, he had seen a lot of evil in human nature.

There was a movie two years ago called "Unfinished Comedy", which consisted of several short stories. One of them was about two brothers, a fat man and a thin man, who were disrespectful to their mother.

Although these days there are many husbands who team up with their mothers-in-law to bully their wives, there are also husbands who team up with their wives to be disrespectful to their parents-in-law.

In his eyes, trivial matters are insignificant. There are many disgusting people and things. Sometimes he even doubts whether it is worth it to fight bloody battles for so many years and then turn around to protect these people.
Tang Zhitong knew nothing about this. When he got off work, he bought a copy of "Militia Military Training Manual" from the bookstore, put it in his schoolbag and took it home.

There is nothing more to do at work than the same things, and after get off work I still go home to pull corn.

"Eanzi, did something happen to the Liu family?" Seeing her son pouring down the corn, Zhang Guifang shared the big melon she had eaten today with Tang Zhitong.

"Liu family, what's going on?" Tang Zhitong washed his hands and prepared to cook.

"Liu Zhang was arrested. I heard it was because of the food coupons incident last time. She didn't lose them at all. She was trying to trick everyone!"

"Wow, he's so bold, he can do anything. Did anyone go to his house to ask for food coupons?" Tang Zhitong just remembered this after hearing what his mother said. He had been so busy recently that he had completely forgotten about it.

"I didn't see any today. I guess the boss hasn't come back yet." Zhang Guifang smacked her lips and warned, "Don't take the lead. Wait until someone else comes to ask for it before you go."

"Okay, don't worry. I won't go to the Liu family either. Mrs. Liu Zhang's stomach would have been full long ago. We have to find old man Lu." Tang Zhitong knew what was going on, and he didn't feel sorry for the Liu family.

Is the Liu family pitiful?

Although only two people in a family of four received a ration, it was not so pitiful.

Liu Chengzhi relied on his family background and took a fancy to the pretty Chu Chunxue, determined to marry her.

In the first few years, there were various markets, and as long as you had money, you could easily buy food. But since the markets were cancelled, buying food has become difficult. Fortunately, their family had stored food.

Last autumn, with the establishment of the commune, Chu Chunxue and Liu Jiaming enjoyed the benefits for a period of time. Since her and her mother's household registration was in the village, after the establishment of the commune, the commune needed to be responsible for them.

Although she and her mother did not participate in labor, they could pay money in exchange for some food at the end of the year.

But the situation suddenly became difficult in the second half of this year because there was not enough food in the commune.

Now the Liu family really began to live off their savings.

(End of this chapter)