allonlinenovel Chapter 104 The Captain and His Son Talk
Chapter 104 The Captain and His Son Talk
After listening, Zhang Xiumei looked puzzled and said:
"That was stolen by her daughter. Let her go find her daughter and her unmarried son-in-law herself. Why is she coming to our brigade?"
“They said they had already looked for it, but the other party just wouldn’t admit it, saying they didn’t take the hundred yuan and wouldn’t return it no matter what. That’s why Grandma He had no choice but to come and make trouble again.”
Liu Hezhi, the brigade accountant, spoke up to explain, but then sighed, feeling helpless. He thought Old Lady He was being completely unreasonable and utterly nonsensical.
Zhang Xiumei was speechless after hearing this. Well, this old lady He was picking on the weak.
But since the matter had escalated to the brigade's gate, letting her continue crying and shouting wasn't a solution, so the matter fell to Zhang Xiumei, who was also a woman.
The brigade leader was in low spirits because of what happened to his wife at noon, but he still walked out of the office with Zhang Xiumei.
After coming out, Zhang Xiumei first spoke angrily:
"Old He's family, explain what's going on. Stop wailing. We have things to do and don't have time to waste waiting for you."
Grandma He knew she was in the wrong for making a scene here, but she was really desperate. Coming to the brigade headquarters was a last resort. If the brigade headquarters could step in and handle it, that would be great. If not, they wouldn't suffer any loss.
Upon hearing Zhang Xiumei's words, Old Lady He quickly wiped away non-existent tears and hurriedly explained:
“Director, you know my family. We had our money stolen before, and we managed to borrow two hundred yuan from my eldest daughter to temporarily ease our financial difficulties. But just a few days later, that brat stole it and gave it to Sun Tianming’s family. Now they’re denying it. What are we going to do?”
When it comes to the missing hundred yuan, Grandma He really wants to cry. That's a hundred yuan! How long would it take the family to earn that? And it's just gone like that. She feels so unwilling to accept it.
Zhang Xiumei wanted to roll her eyes. "Weren't you quite capable in the brigade? Why are you so useless outside?"
"Then it's no use even if you come to our brigade. If you can't get them, we certainly can't either."
Grandma He knew that was the case, but she still wanted the cadres to have any suggestions for her, as she was completely at a loss.
Zhang Xiumei, unable to withstand Old Lady He's nagging, could only say:
"You should either call the police and let them investigate for you."
"Call the police? This..."
Grandma He hesitated, but the onlookers saw it clearly and some egged her on, loudly suggesting:
“I think you should call the police. If you don’t, you definitely won’t get the money back. If you do call the police, your son-in-law will definitely not like you. But he’s just a son-in-law, whether he likes you or not doesn’t matter. Just think about that hundred yuan…”
After thinking for a long time, Grandma He finally decided to go to the commune police station to report the crime, because the 100 yuan had to be paid off. Her family desperately needed the money and she couldn't worry about anything else now.
Grandma He stood up, patted her bottom, and quickly returned to Old He's house without saying a word.
Well, he just uses it and throws it away. This person is really pragmatic.
But Zhang Xiumei breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Old Lady He had left. It was too unsightly for such an old lady to throw a tantrum in the brigade office.
The onlookers quickly dispersed. Several cadres returned to their offices, but the brigade leader, still worried about his wife's situation at noon, turned and headed home.
Before he even got home, he heard his wife wailing, and the brigade leader immediately felt a headache coming on again.
Upon entering the courtyard, he saw his wife sitting at the doorway of his son's room, her hair disheveled, tearing at her hair and crying loudly:
"God, I can't live anymore. I raised my son with love and care, and now he doesn't care whether his mother lives or dies. What's the point of me living? I might as well just die."
"Ah, I've been tormented so badly by that vixen, and you're still siding with her. I'm talking to you, Xiong Baoguo, if you don't give me a clear answer today, you're not allowed to have anything to do with that vixen from now on, or I'll kill myself right here."
Ye Dahua was truly furious. If she felt seven parts hatred towards Jiang Yun at noon, she now felt twelve parts hatred.
There was nothing else to it. She returned in a disheveled state at noon, and after washing up, she told her young son, who was still lying in bed, hoping to get some comfort. However, she didn't expect that when Xiong Baoguo heard this, his first concern was not for his mother falling into the latrine, but rather for expressing his dissatisfaction with Jiang Yun being slapped by his mother.
This infuriated Ye Dahua. She never imagined things would turn out this way. That was her beloved youngest son! When something happened, he sided with that vixen she hadn't even married into the family. How could she accept this? Of course, she went crazy.
Fortunately, the captain returned at that moment, otherwise who knows what kind of trouble would have ensued.
After hearing the whole story, the captain was also somewhat dissatisfied with his son. He said, "Your mother has always doted on you the most since you were a child. She would give you anything you wanted. Now, because of some unknown woman, he's treating his mother like this. Even I, a grown man, feel uncomfortable thinking about it, let alone his wife."
The captain first stopped his wife, telling her to go back to her room and lie down, saying he would handle everything else. Ye Dahua trusted her husband, so she stood up and prepared to go inside. Before leaving, she said to the captain:
“Dad, Baoguo is still a good person. He must have been misled by that Jiang Yun. You must see clearly and not wrong our Baoguo.”
Even at this point, Ye Dahua still couldn't bear to blame her son, pushing all the responsibility onto Jiang Yun. This truly shows how a doting mother spoils her son.
The captain waved his hand impatiently, telling her to go back to her room immediately.
The captain approached his son Xiong Baoguo's room. The room probably hadn't been cleaned or ventilated by Ye Dahua yet, so there was a faint smell that wasn't pleasant, but it was tolerable.
The captain looked at his son, who was lying in bed and looked pale from not being in the sun for a long time, and felt a little bad, but he still had to say what needed to be said.
The father and son had an important conversation in Xiong Baoguo's room.
Feng Qingqing was in a good mood after Zhang Xiumei left. After all, making her relationship with He Yong'an public was their shared wish, and now they were one step closer to their goal.
Feng Qingqing was thinking about He Yong'an when she heard a knock on the door. She called out, "Come in!" but to her surprise, it was He Yong'an.
When Feng Qingqing saw it was him, she waved for him to sit on the stool opposite her. She then recounted the main points of their conversation after Director Zhang arrived to He Yong'an. When she mentioned their relationship, He Yong'an's eyes lit up with surprise, and his joy was palpable. Just as they were about to continue, they heard a knock on the door. Helpless, they exchanged a helpless glance, and He Yong'an forced himself to suppress his excitement.
Only then did Feng Qingqing open her mouth and shout loudly:
"Who is it? Please come in, there are people inside."