Chapter 147 Stealing
The night in the countryside is quieter and more scary.
Some crows and bobcats, in particular, always like to make strange calls at night.
Perhaps due to a guilty conscience, the few people who came out of the Educated Youth Home felt trepidatious.
“We’re here, hurry up.” When we arrived at the sweet potato field, someone whispered.
As soon as these words came out, several figures immediately took action.
Some were looking for firewood, some were digging sweet potatoes in the fields, and some were facing the direction of the village, apparently serving as sentries.
These people are well prepared and have a clear division of labor. It seems that they have been planning for a long time.
Sweet potatoes are the most convenient food. You can eat them directly, but eating too much can easily cause stomach upset. These people came out late at night and planned to bake them.
After several people dug out the sweet potatoes, they didn’t mind them being dirty. Everyone put a few in their pockets and then took a few in their hands.
For fear of being discovered, several people did not care about handling the scene and left in a hurry.
Soon, they carried firewood and sweet potatoes and came to the river not far from Zhou Ziwen's yard. Under the scattered starlight, they started roasting sweet potatoes.
By the light of the fire, the faces of several people were finally revealed.
If Zhou Ziwen were here, he would definitely know them.
Li Weimin, Huang Manqing, Fu Changming, Zhu Rundong, Tang Guoqiang.
There were five people in total, including Huang Manqing, a female educated youth.
I don’t know when she got together with these people.
After baking for about half an hour, a few people couldn't wait to check it out. Someone said it was done, so they didn't care about burning it and started to gnaw the sweet potatoes hungrily.
Everyone ate several sweet potatoes, and everyone stopped until their stomachs could no longer hold them.
Because there were a lot of sweet potatoes dug, everyone did not care about saving. They basically ate the most cooked parts and threw the rest on the ground. The scene was a mess.
A few people filled their stomachs, rested for a while, and then began to clean up the battlefield.
Their way of cleaning up was relatively simple. They threw everything on the ground into the river. As long as they didn't go down to the river to touch it, there would be no evidence at all.
And most of the things were washed away by the river and disappeared after a while.
Finally, they checked it with a flashlight and found that there was no problem before leaving as if nothing had happened.
But on their way back, Li Weimin and Huang Manqing slowly fell behind. When the others saw them, they whispered a few times and returned to the Educated Youth Yard with a sly smile.
Li Weimin and Huang Manqing, who were lagging behind, went around to the back of the Educated Youth Institute and disappeared into the darkness.
Indistinctly, you can see two figures hugging each other, not knowing what they are doing...
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Early the next morning, Zhou Ziwen was as usual We also came to the mushroom room, arranged today's work for the team members, and checked the growth of the mushrooms.
Up to now, the mycelium of the mushroom has been successfully cultivated. The rows of soil-like medium are covered with a layer of white mycelium as if frosted.
At this rate, it will take less than two days for the mycelium to mature and then enter the next stage.
"Very good, pay attention to the light intensity. The humidity of the mushroom room can be increased a little. The temperature is relatively high during the day. Be sure to close the door when entering and exiting." Zhou Ziwen gave instructions on the cultivation details.
"Okay." The members of the mushroom team nodded seriously.
For these team members, growing mushrooms is a new technology. They remember every word Zhou Ziwen said in their hearts, and even think about it when they go home and sleep.
This is a task assigned to them by the captain. Whether the technology of growing mushrooms can remain in the village in the future depends on the members of the mushroom learning team. After explaining clearly what was to be done next, Zhou Ziwen left the mushroom room.
He is going to continue building the stone jar. He almost completed one yesterday. He will make another one today. He can find time to move it back in the afternoon and then slowly work on it in the yard.
Back in his yard, Zhou Ziwen took the masonry tools and set off again on his bicycle.
Soon, he came to the river dam at the foot of Niutou Mountain, selected a stone of suitable size, and started today's construction.
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On the other side, the village guard began to patrol the production team.
Their job is very simple, which is to ensure the property and life safety of the production team and villagers.
When necessary, they can also use force protection measures.
The escorts in this era are not simple. Basically everyone has a gun in their hand.
However, because the village is too poor, most of their guns are homemade guns. If any wild beasts rush into the village, they will be responsible for destroying them.
Today they were patrolling around the village as usual. When they came to the sweet potato field, they saw the crime scene of several sweet potato thefts from the Educated Youth Yard yesterday.
At first glance, this messy scene has been ruined by someone.
This kind of situation has not happened before. After all, people are so hungry that they can do anything.
For this reason, the production team specially assigned the escort team to be responsible for inspections. Since they took over the inspection work, this situation has rarely happened.
But now it seems that another guy with short eyes has appeared.
After this happened, the members of the escort quickly reported it, and soon the captain of the escort, Wang Hongbing, appeared at the scene.
Who did this?
Seeing the messy scene, several possibilities flashed through Wang Hongbing's mind.
Is it Qinghe Village above?
Or is it Xiaobazi Village in Xiahe?
Or it would be the villagers.
Thinking about this, Wang Hongbing returned to the production team office and told the team leader and Secretary Wu about the matter.
“I think it was the educated youth who did this, but I don’t know whether it was the educated youth from our village or the educated youth from other villages.” After reporting the situation, Wang Hongbing was the first to speak.
He is the group of people who have the least favorable impression of educated youth.
As the captain of the escort team, he has seen this kind of thing many times.
Many villagers even reported to him that there was an egg missing from their home, two cucumbers missing from the field, etc.
But no evidence was ever found, and in the end it was dropped.
"This matter must be dealt with seriously. The sweet potatoes in the field are the property of the production team. No matter who it is, as long as they catch it, they must be dealt with severely." The captain said.
"We should really take it seriously. I believe that since we stole once, there will definitely be a second time. Xiao Wang, please arrange a few people to squat in the field to see if you can catch them." Wu Dagang lit his pipe and took several puffs.
"Captain Wang, I'll leave this matter to you. Are there any questions?" The captain also nodded.
"No problem, resolutely complete the task." Wang Hongbing looked serious.
The property in the village was damaged. To be honest, he must bear the responsibility. After all, his duty is to protect the safety of the property in the village.
In order to make up for his responsibility, he must take this matter seriously.
In just a few words, several big men in the village reached a unanimous opinion, determined not to let this evil trend emerge, and vowed to find out the bad elements who destroyed property.
(End of this chapter)