Reborn as a landlord!I can

Chapter 125 Follow-up

"Boom bang bang..."

"Who is it? Visiting on a hot day..."

Hearing the knock on the door, Widow He, who was hiding under the eaves, opened the door. When she saw a group of unknown villagers and a few soldiers outside the door, her heart skipped a beat.

"You are?"

Widow He stepped aside halfway and hid behind the door and asked guiltily.

Village Chief Liu looked at this woman and knew that she was Zhou Lao Er's outside lover, a woman with a bad reputation in the next village, and he said angrily:

"It's none of your business. Get out of the way. Is Zhou Laoer at home today?"

Widow He didn't pay attention to the village chief's dislike. Her eyes never left the soldiers, paying special attention to the guns they carried.

"Yes... yes, he has been at home for the past two days and has never been out. He is now in the kitchen."

Widow He was a woman who knew current affairs. As soon as she heard this, she knew that these people were coming for Zhou Lao Er. Zhou Lao Er must be causing trouble outside, so she pointed out the direction directly without any concealment.

Seeing the soldiers making gestures, a few people went to the left and right sides of the house. The remaining three soldiers led the village chief and walked directly in. They heard a suspicious noise in the stove.

Village Chief Liu looked back and glanced at this woman with good skills. She was able to let Zhou Laoer, who was extremely lazy, cook by himself. It was indeed extraordinary.

It was Zhou Laoer himself who committed a crime. His hard-working wife didn't feel sorry for him, and his life was not easy. He insisted on finding a romantic widow to mess around. Now it's better. His gentle and honest wife is gone. He has to do it himself when he brings a widow home. , so shameless.

The soldiers pushed open the door of the stove, but did not see Zhou Laoer's figure, only the hot fire crackling in the stove.

"Hey, there's no one there. Could it be that he was scared away? It seems that he did commit something."

"It must be, otherwise why would he run away?"

The villagers who followed looked in and didn't see the soldiers arresting Zhou Laoer, so they guessed that he ran away after hearing the noise.

After searching around the kitchen and finding no one, the soldier retreated to the yard and looked at Village Chief Liu.

"He also has a son at home. Do you know where he is now?"

Liu Wenhao didn't know if Zhou Maodan was at home, so he looked at Widow He.

"Yes, he is the same. He has been at home for two days and should still be sleeping now."

Widow He pointed at Zhou Maodan's room, feeling even more frightened. Wouldn't she be arrested too?

The soldiers rushed in, pinned down Zhou Maodan who was sleeping on the bed and pushed him out of the room with his hands behind his back.

"Who are you? What do you want to do when you come to my house? Let me go. Let me go."

When Zhou Maodan woke up, he was jumping and struggling, cursing indiscriminately, without even taking a closer look at who was holding him.

Seeing the crowds of people inside and outside his courtyard, he belatedly realized that something was wrong. When he turned around, he found that the man holding him was a young soldier wearing a military uniform. He was so frightened that he almost peed his pants.

Looking at the village chief next to him, he hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Village Chief, Village Chief, what's going on? Please help me, help me talk."

Liu Wenhao looked at his anxious expression and suddenly softened his heart. Thinking that he was still young, only sixteen or seventeen years old, he was still a teenager, so he tentatively spoke to the little warrior.

"Comrade, you see, he is still so young, so he probably hasn't made any big mistakes. Can you be accommodating?"

"You believe him when he says he didn't commit any crime. Can you guarantee that it will be okay to let him go? Can you take responsibility?"

The soldier's rude question made Liu Wenhao choke. How could he guarantee that this guy was a good guy? What a joke, he still took the responsibility, could he bear it?

At this time, there was a commotion in the crowd, and they saw Zhou Laoer being escorted in in the same posture. It seemed that he was unlucky and did not run away.

"You, come with us too."

A soldier glanced at Widow He. Because she was a woman, he did not intend to tie her up, but only asked her to follow her voluntarily.

"I...do I...want to go too?"

Widow He's calves were trembling. She didn't want to go, she was afraid.

"Of course, you are the daughter-in-law of this family, so you must know something. As long as you are frank, lenient and honest, you will be fine."

"I, I am not his wife. His wife just died the day before yesterday. I, I came here. I, I was what he wanted."

Widow He regretted that her intestines were green. How could she blindly choose such a person? It killed her, so she had no choice but to tell her identity honestly.

She said she was married to Zhou Lao Er. Hehe, what a joke. There was no matchmaker and no wine and dinner. It was not a wedding at all. It was just a way of living together.

The soldier looked at Village Chief Liu, and Liu Wenhao nodded reluctantly.

"His wife died of a serious illness yesterday. Many people saw him going to the mountain to bury someone in person. This woman was a widow from Shanglin Village next door. I heard that they had been in contact."

After hearing what the village chief said, the soldiers all looked at this charming woman who lived alone with contempt, with naked contempt in their eyes.

"That's enough. If you have a relationship with them, take them away together."

Widow He had no choice but to follow her. Fortunately, she knew that she had not committed any crime and could probably escape unscathed.

The village chief watched the group of people walk away, and his already hot and impatient heart became even more irritable. A few years ago, a boy from the Zhou family got together with the bandits. He finally managed to save him, but he didn't expect to be taken away again so soon. gone.

This time, the people who came to lead the people were soldiers from the army. Who knew what they had committed. It seemed that we had to hold a meeting to discuss whether to expel their family.

Thinking of this, Village Chief Liu asked people to inform the clan elders and make plans early to avoid being implicated.

The Zhou family and his son were taken to the county interrogation room for separate questioning, and the results were quickly obtained. After comparing the handwriting, it was confirmed that the report letter was written by Zhou Maodan.

I also learned from Zhou Maodan that some people took advantage of the special situation of land reform to maliciously slander innocent people with grievances and achieve the purpose of making ill-gotten gains.

They have become a gang and have been following the army. Whenever an area is liberated, they will mix among ordinary people, inquire about some wealthy families, and either maliciously report or threaten to steal privately during the land reform. Got some ill-gotten gains.

Zhou Maodan's friend was such a person. Their gang came to Guangtian County. However, due to various reasons, the land reform in Guangtian County was not carried out immediately, and they were forced to stay here.

As for Widow He, she was indeed uninformed and was released after the results of the interrogation came out.

Widow He hurriedly returned to Zhou's house. She didn't know anything about the villagers' questioning. She said in a frustrated voice that they were still locked up, then took her things and ran away.

The other villagers got her affirmative answer. Seeing that she came back alone so quickly, they knew that the Zhou family and his son must have done something bad to be detained. Some villagers hurriedly informed the village chief. this matter.

Originally, the village chief and clan elders didn't want to see Zhou Laoer and his son, and they tolerated it for the sake of fellow villagers. But now that they saw that they had caused trouble, they all agreed to drive them out of the village even if they were released. .