His uncle, Qiu Yuting, had to return to the county after breakfast the next day.
Guo Qing pushed his uncle's bicycle all the way to the village entrance before returning. On the way, the old chief, who was nearly 60 years old, treated Guo Qing as both a family member and a successor to his career. With a kind of love and concern, he repeatedly reminded Guo Qing," You must be very careful when you're checking the accounts and dealing with problems in the village. We can't say anything without evidence because the masses don't see you as an ordinary worker, but as a leader of the 'community' and a 'government' official. "Therefore, we have to investigate the problem and pay attention to the policy. We must not let any unjust, false, or wrong cases happen.”
Guo Qing kept nodding his head when he heard that. He didn't start walking back until his uncle had ridden for half a mile and couldn't see his shadow.
When he turned around and looked at the wheat fields rolling in the breeze, he suddenly muttered to himself in surprise,""Good heavens, one day you're in Black Diamond and you're burying your head in the cave to check the accounts. The wheat in the field is almost ripe, and you still don't know!”
At this moment, he couldn't help but think of his parents and wife. He remembered that his youngest daughter was almost half a year old. He had only gone back twice. She must be able to crawl now. Perhaps she could even learn to speak. He immediately felt a deep longing in his heart.
Returning to Uncle Geng's cave, Guo Qing took out the receipt written by Feng Lamei and studied it carefully.
Guo Qing looked at the receipt that Feng Lamei had written to Zhao Guocai and then took out the so-called "attachment" that Zhao Guocai had written himself. There were three payments written on the " attachment." One was Cao Erbao paying 329 yuan for the mill contracting fee, one was the team dealing with some persimmon wine in stock and receiving a full 100 yuan in cash, and the other was Dong Shuzhen paying 90.8 yuan for the member's current debt. These three cash income were all the money that the team found in the country of Zhao during the audit process. However, when National Day saw Dong Shuzhen hand over the 90.8 yuan that she owed to the club members, he suddenly had a question. Why would a member pay an extra 80 cents when he went to pay the debt? Did Dong Shuzhen really pay the extra 80 cents, or was it a trick played by the national talent? Something was wrong! There must be a problem here. Guo Qing immediately brought Zhou Xiaolong to see Teacher Dong Shuzhen.
After Dong Shuzhen heard Guo Qing's question, she immediately led Guo Ding and Xiao Long to his house. On the way, she said,""Our family doesn't have many work points, so it's common to owe the production team money. We have to pay the debt every year, but we always pay the whole number.”
When she arrived at her house, she immediately took down her old calendar sign from the wall and pointed to the relevant line."Look, on February 2, 1972, we owed the country 90 yuan (no receipt yet).”
After leaving Dong Shuzhen's house, Guo Qing lowered his head and kept thinking about a problem. Since Dong Shuzhen only paid 90 yuan, why did Guocai write an extra 80 cents in the attachment? What was with the extra 80 cents? Or rather, why? At the thought of this, his heart suddenly lit up. He immediately came to a conclusion in pleasant surprise. The reason why Zhao Guocai wrote "90 yuan" as "90.8 yuan" was to make up the number. This was because Feng Lamei's receipt was at the front and Zhao Guocai's "attachment" was at the back. It was obvious that the amount of 519.8 yuan on the "attachment" was pieced together from the three earnings to match the total amount on the receipt. It seemed that the so-called "attachment" was completely fake, and the 519.8 yuan on the receipt was not the three income payments written by Guo Cai. It was a completely different matter. Then, what kind of income was the 519.8 yuan on the receipt? What was the real reason why wintersweet had to write that receipt to Zhao? Perhaps this was the next step to investigate. However, Guo Qing felt that he had already caught Zhao Guocai's fox tail and was not far from discovering the truth. He could not help but feel extremely excited.
Facing the strange receipt written by Wintersweet, an increasingly clear clue emerged in National Day's mind. He felt that no matter how muddle-headed Feng Lamei was, she wouldn't casually write a receipt to someone for no reason. There must be a reason for her to personally write such an agreement for someone else. What could be the reason? Perhaps Zhao Guocai had indeed given Wintersweet a sum of money at that time. This money was indeed 519.8 yuan. But what exactly was this " 519.8 yuan "? He racked his brains to think about it on National Day, giving him a headache.
He had been suffering from insomnia for the past few nights. Sometimes, he would be so happy that he would wake up after falling asleep. He dreamed that he had solved the mystery, but when he woke up, it was only a dream. He felt very depressed.
One morning a few days later, when he looked at the time the note was signed again, he had another question. June 22nd, what day was this? According to Zhao Guocai, this was the day he handed over the accounting procedures to Feng Lamei. However, Feng Lamei said that the accounting procedures were handed over in May before the wheat harvest. The two of them had different accounts. Guo Qing went to visit the captain of the first team, but the captain seemed to be confused. He said, The handover procedure between the two of them happened a few days before and after the wheat harvest, so he could not remember.
Guo Qing was a local, so he was familiar with the geography, climate, and customs of this area. According to his experience, the local wheat harvesting was usually done around June 1st. By June 22nd, the wheat in the area, including Phoenix Ridge, would have been harvested and grinded. It was time to give the members a pre-distribution for the summer. Could it be that today was the day of the summer break? Thinking of this, Guo Qing quickly went to ask Guo Zhizhong, the white-haired old man who was helping the team with work and liked to keep accounts at home.
"Uncle, the IOU that Feng Lamei wrote for Zhao Guocai is June 22nd. What day is it exactly?" Guo Qing asked. Could it be that the production team gave the members a pre-score for the summer?”
Guo Zhizhong heard Guo Qing's question and also thought that it was possible. He immediately went home to check his small account book.
After a while, Guo Zhizhong brought his small account book from home, pointed to the line on June 22nd, and read,"On the night of June 22nd, 52 yuan was distributed in Feng Lamei's cave.”When Guo Zhizhong read this, he said in a certain tone,"National Day, I remember now. This receipt must have been written by Feng Lamei to Zhao Guocai on the night of June 22nd before she gave the dividends to the members in his cave. That day, I went early and sat on Eunuch Wintersweet's brick bed. During the day, Guocai seemed to have gone to the community and said that he had done some procedures on behalf of Wintersweet. Before the dividends were distributed at night, he handed a stack of cash and a slip to Feng Wintersweet and asked Wintersweet to write him a receipt.”
When Guo Qing heard this, his heart suddenly lit up. He immediately put down his work and rushed to Feng Lamei's house with Zhou Xiaolong. When he saw Feng Lamei, the first thing he said was,"Hurry up and take out the passbook of the team's savings in the credit union!”
Feng Lamei inexplicably took out her passbook and handed it to Guoqing. Guoqing saw the record of June 22nd at a glance. There were two transactions on this day. One was to withdraw 500 yuan from the credit union. The other sum was transferred to the supply and marketing cooperative to purchase pesticide: 19.8 yuan. Guo Qing nodded lightly and muttered to himself,"It's a match, it's a match." He looked at the passbook carefully again. Right above the 22nd of June, there was a red line drawn with a ballpoint pen. He asked Wintersweet,"Who drew this red line? What does it mean?”
"That red line is a dividing line. It was drawn by Guo Cai on the day he handed over the procedures to me. The business procedures above the red line were handled by Guo Cai when he was an accountant.”Wintersweet replied.
"Then the money for the two procedures on June 22nd should belong to you. Who went to the credit union to complete the two procedures on that day?”Guo Qing asked.
The confused Feng Lamei still didn't understand the meaning of the National Day question and still said carelessly,"Below the red line are all the procedures that belong to me. It's possible that I was the one who did it!”
Guo Qing did not say anything else. He and Zhou Xiaolong quickly left Wintersweet's house and rushed back to the team station. The sky was already dark, and the sky was covered with dark clouds. From time to time, faint thunder could be heard from afar. The family in charge of food had already come to call everyone to eat.
On National Day, Zhou Xiaolong was asked to pack four steamed buns and two green onions into Uncle Geng's bag from his landlord's house. He was ready to set off for the Commune's credit union. Before he left, he made simple arrangements for the other comrades."Everyone, go eat quickly. Don't go out when you're back. You might have to work overtime tonight!”After saying that, he and Zhou Xiaolong hurriedly rode away.
It was already one o'clock in the morning when Guo Qing and Zhou Xiaolong returned from the Commune's credit union. As there was a thunderstorm not long after he and Zhou Xiaolong left, the road was muddy and the car was difficult to ride. It took four ditches to go back and forth from Phoenix Ridge to the Commune, which was nearly 30 miles. When they returned to Phoenix Ridge and entered Grandpa Geng's house, they had already become clay figurines. Although they were exhausted, they were very excited. Guo Qing took out the letter from the credit union accountant Ma and threw it on the table. The letter clearly stated," On June 22, 1972, Zhao Guocai, the accountant of the Phoenix Ridge Brigade, withdrew 500 yuan in cash from Team 1's passbook and transferred 19.8 yuan to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy pesticide. On that day, Zhao Guocai's private seal and his signature were on the credit cooperative's business receipt. I hereby prove it."
Guo Qing waited for everyone to read the letter and then explained the situation of his and Zhou Xiaolong's investigation and visits in the past few days. Everyone was overjoyed when they heard it. This time, they had caught Zhao Guocai's tail. Everyone requested to talk to Zhao Guocai overnight, and Guo Qing agreed. He wanted to suddenly call him in the middle of the night to at least put some psychological pressure on him, which would help to break through his psychological defense.
When Zhao Guocai was woken up from his sleep, he subconsciously looked at his watch. It was already past one o'clock. When he heard the people from the small team calling him, his heart skipped a beat and he felt that something was wrong. He put on his clothes and followed Little Dragon and Happy Xiang to the station of the small team. Along the way, none of them made a sound. There was only the rhythmic sound of three people and six feet stepping on the muddy ground.
When Zhao Guocai sat down at the table full of account books and documents, no one spoke to him. The atmosphere in the room became serious and tense. Everyone sat for a long time before Zhong Guoqing spoke. He said very calmly,"Guocai, do you still need to say anything about those three cops?”
"There's nothing much to say. It's just that I've been a little vague about these cops recently.”Zhao Guocai's eyes rolled around, and he secretly glanced at Guo Qing before lowering his head again. Then, he replied in a muffled voice.
Guo Qing immediately asked him sarcastically,""A few days ago, didn't you say that you remembered these three notes clearly? Why did he say it so vaguely today?”
"Maybe I remembered wrongly in the past. Anyway, the more I think about it, the more vague it gets!”
"Do you need me to explain these three notes to you?”Guo Qing asked with a mocking smile.
"Then help me!" Guocai said in a pleading tone.
"Let's start from June 22nd the year before last! That day, you went to the club for a meeting and helped the team do two things. One was to withdraw 500 yuan in cash from the credit union and prepare to give the members a bonus that night. The second was to transfer a sum of money from the credit union to the supply and marketing union. The amount was 19.8 yuan, and he bought a bottle of '3911' pesticide. That night, before you give the dividends to the members, you give the 500 yuan in cash and the 19.8 yuan pesticide receipt to Feng Lamei. Originally, you took the deposit booklet that was already under Feng Lamei's jurisdiction and went to the credit union to complete two procedures on her behalf. You only needed to hand over the passbook, cash, and receipt to her. However, you used the excuse of perfecting the economic procedures and asked Feng Lamei to write this receipt for you. This receipt has been lying in your drawer at home. It's already worthless. However, the squad came and found out that you had embezzled a large amount of nearly 2,000 yuan. In order to avoid your crimes, you borrowed this receipt and pushed the total amount of 519 yuan that you had embezzled to Feng Wamei's name. You framed others and let Wamei bear your crimes. However, when you forged the so-called " attachment ", you neglected one point. The amount of money Dong Shuzhen owed was 90 yuan, but you wrote 90.8 yuan on the " attachment ". If you didn't write this extra 80 cents, you wouldn't be able to make up the total amount of 519.8 yuan on the receipt. In addition, you also gave yourself away on those so-called 'attachments' that you wrote at that time. You could find a few pieces of very old paper and write three 'attachments' on them. After looking at them and seeing that they didn't look like they had been written long ago, you could put them on the ground and step on them again and again. They would be stained with obvious ashes and dust to show how old they were. However, the fresh handwriting of the ballpoint pen once again revealed their true colors. You have to know that as long as the pen's handwriting lasts for a long time, the strokes will become thicker and the color will fade. That was how you forged the three attachments.”Guo Qing took a sip of water and looked at Guo Cai, asking for his opinion."Do you still need to continue?"
"Don't say anymore. National Day, don't say anymore. I was wrong.”
"Do you still need me to tell you about the other two cops?”
"There's no need. It's all my fault. I admit it!”He lowered his head.
That night, with the participation of the team members, they finished their conversation with Zhao Guo. After Zhao Guocai wrote down the 1339.8 yuan that he embezzled from the three notes, he cried bitterly and wrote an inspection. He bitterly criticized his dirty thoughts and sinister intentions of trying to frame others. In the end, he promised to return all the 1800 yuan of stolen money he embezzled within ten days.
When Zhao Guocai left the team, it was already three in the morning. At this moment, the comrades of the small team had long lost their sleepiness and were extremely excited. Not only were they happy that they had finally figured out the truth of the three notes, subdued the arrogant scoundrel Zhao Guocai, who did not admit his crimes, and returned the innocence of the poor Feng Lamei, Li Jintang, and Ji Xinliu, but they were also convinced by Zhong Guoqing's diligent research, unyielding spirit, and his wisdom. Zhou Xiaolong took a bottle of Apricot Blossom Village wine from somewhere and poured some into everyone's teacup. He wanted to clink glasses with everyone to celebrate the victory. He usually didn't drink on National Day, but at this moment, he also raised his bowl and clinked it with everyone's before drinking it in one gulp. After drinking, someone suggested playing poker. Guo Qing felt that it was time for everyone to rest and relax. Everyone had been working too hard recently, so he smiled and said,"Let's fight then. I can't sleep anyway.”Then, he went to another cave dwelling with Wang Zhongyi and Li Zhongxin to discuss the next step of the plan.
After breakfast the next day, the team finally found out the truth about Zhao Guocai's three notes and the fact that Zhao Guocai had confessed to corruption. The news immediately spread throughout the entire Phoenix Ridge, and the small village was in an uproar because of this. The landlord, Uncle Geng Chongyi, became the team's volunteer publicist. He stood in the crowd and told everyone what happened at the team's station last night. When he talked about how Zhong Guoqing and Zhou Xiaolong braved the thunderstorm to retrieve the certificate from the credit union overnight, and then pulled Zhao Guocai out of bed, and how Zhao Guocai hung his head and completely vented his anger, and confessed all his corruption problems, especially when he talked about Zhao Guocai's final report of inspection and how he cried bitterly and scolded himself. The crowd around him cheered and clapped enthusiastically.
After the storekeeper Ji Xinliu and the cashier Li Jintang heard the news, they came to the team station at the same time. Li Jintang took out two boxes of "Da Qian Men" cigarettes and stuffed them into everyone's hands. He said repeatedly,"Thank you!" "Thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I don't know how long I would have to take the blame!”Ji Xinliu held a bag of fried dough twist in his hand and placed it on the table where the team was checking the accounts. He put his hands together and bowed to everyone in the team. Guo Qing stopped him and said,"Uncle, we don't dare to do this. You're going to ruin our lives!" We came here to do this! It's not worth it!"
At this moment, a mournful cry was heard. Feng Lamei entered the door. Her face was full of tears as she sobbed,"Thank you, my great benefactors! I'm so confused! If it weren't for you guys using your brains day and night to do your best to check the accounts, I wouldn't be able to clear my name even if I jumped into the Yellow River…sob!”She sobbed again.
When Feng Lamei gradually stopped crying, Li Jintang and Ji Xinliu had already left. She stood in front of Zhong Guoqing and insisted that the comrades of the squad come to her house for a meal. Guoqing really couldn't agree. At this moment, Eunuch Wintersweet rushed over. He spoke in the same tone as his daughter-in-law."National Day, please give us some face. You don't know, because of this 500-yuan note, Wintersweet has been worried sick for more than a month. She cries all day, doesn't eat or drink, and doesn't have the mood to do anything. The child's milk has even stopped. This wasn't just about 500 yuan! This concerns my child's reputation! Wuuu!" As the old man spoke, he also burst into tears.
"Uncle, we understand how you feel. However, there are rules above that we can't eat at the house of the person being examined. In order to avoid gossip, we can skip the meal. After this matter is over, we can go to your house to have a good meal, okay?”Wang Zhongyi and Li Zhongxin, the two old comrades, also came to persuade them. It was not easy for them to send the two of them away.
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