She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

The brigade leader naturally agreed. Their brigade's accountant, Li, was an expert at bookkeeping, with clean ledgers and clear accounts, which even the commune had praised.

"Please follow me, both of you," the captain said, leading the way.

Li Zhuang twisted his fingers like a pretzel behind him. He knew perfectly well where the money had gone, but he dared not say, especially not in front of the police.

He couldn't help but resent Chen Xianghong. He had originally thought that Chen Xianghong was an easy person to manipulate. She was beautiful when she first arrived and cooked well. He had been watching her silently for a long time before deciding to choose her as his wife.

To his surprise, his confession of feelings to her was rejected, which fueled Li Zhuang's resentment, and he began to stalk her every day.

After Chen Xianghong noticed this, she started going back and forth with the other educated youth, rarely leaving alone.

Li Zhuang stared at the scene for a long time and was even threatened by other members of the educated youth group, almost leading to a fight.

Finally, one day, he found his chance. Chen Xianghong went back to the educated youth center to take a shower while everyone was watching a movie, and he secretly watched her.

Although Chen Xianghong had already covered most of her body with clothes by the time he knocked on the window, so what? At this time, the tolerance for such things was extremely low.

Sure enough, he said he would announce his relationship with her to the outside world. After a few days of persuasion, she finally agreed to marry him, but said she needed to inform her parents first.

Li Zhuang was dismissive of her parents in the city. They thought she was a daughter abandoned by her parents, who never gave her any financial support, so how much they could care about her?

Therefore, Li Zhuang did not wait for her parents' reply and immediately asked his mother to prepare the betrothal gifts.

Unfortunately, thinking about this, Li Zhuang slapped his hand hard. How could his luck be so bad?

Officer Zhang was walking with the captain to the office when he suddenly stopped and looked towards the back mountain.

This person...

He touched Officer Cui's hand and gestured with his chin to show him.

"Isn't this the same scoundrel from Zhao Family Village that we failed to catch the other day?" Officer Cui took a closer look and realized that this was quite an achievement. He had only been accompanying an old lady on a visit out of boredom, but he had unexpectedly made this discovery.

They quietly told everyone to be silent and secretly followed them.

Zhao Erlaizi had planned to take advantage of the calm these past few days to retrieve all the money they had hidden in that dilapidated house behind the mountain.

He deliberately avoided Zhao Family Village and instead took a long detour to Chen Family Village.

Firstly, it was to cover his tracks. His reputation in Zhao Family Village was already ruined, and although he had run away when the police raided gambling dens last time, his name was already on the police's register, and everyone was watching him. These past few days, he had been living cautiously, afraid of being discovered.

Secondly, I heard that Lijia Village has been very lively these past two days, and everyone has gone to see what's going on, so who would be watching him?

After much deliberation, Erlaizi finally decided that the road leading to the back mountain from Lijia Village was his chosen path.

Once he got the money, he ran away. The world is vast, isn't there a place for Zhao Erlaizi to hide?

So what if he doesn't have proof? He can just sneak onto the train with the money and go to some remote place. As long as he has money, why would he be afraid of starving?

Zhao Erlaizi was very confident. He kept his eyes open and his ears open, and sure enough, the Lijia Village brigade was bustling with activity!

He had just reached the foot of the back mountain when he saw a large group of people coming over, chattering away. Among them, Li Zhuang's mother had the loudest voice.

Wherever his mother is, there's no shortage of excitement to watch; no one else even notices him.

If he didn't have important business to attend to today, he definitely would have gone up to join in the fun.

He turned around with relief, ready to go up the mountain.

As soon as he stepped onto the muddy path behind the mountain, he suddenly realized that the voices behind him had disappeared.

Logically speaking, Aunt Li, that troublemaker, should have gotten into a fight, and then the onlookers would have started trying to break it up or cheering loudly...