Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 791 - 0791: Reap What You Sow6_1

Chapter 791: Chapter 0791: Reap What You Sow6_1

Cui Shaoyuan said in a deep voice, "Comrade Qi, what do you say?"

"I have nothing to say, I’m willing to cooperate with any investigation by the organization." Qi Gang responded, "Whether it’s corruption, bribery, or extravagance, all are behaviors that I despise. Please, Comrades Lu and Cui, handle it according to the rules."

Cui Shaoyuan nodded, indicating Ding Aihong and Hu Zehong to inventory the valuable items in the room.

So far, Hu Zehong had only opened one trunk, and other suitcases and cabinets have not yet been inspected.

"No! No!" Chen Ju rushed over to stop Ding Aihong and Hu Zehong, her arms wide open. "You can’t raid our home like this; we’re not criminals. Why are you searching around? Instead of searching the Lu Family’s house, why are you coming to raid ours?"

Hu Zehong pushed her aside and sneered, "Were it not out of respect for Comrade Qi, and because we don’t want to create a fuss and alarm others, causing anxiety among the border troops, we would have burst in here and turned everything upside down. Do we need the pretence of borrowing clothes to secretly inspect your trunks?"

She’s dealt with corrupt officials before, and her approach today was already quite mild.

Qi Gang snapped, "Comrade Chen Ju, stand still, I want to see how much we actually have in this house."

Chen Ju’s face turned pale.

Hu Zehong and Ding Aihong first took out the new clothes and new fabric from the first trunk, revealing coarse wool, corduroy, wool, Hangzhou Silk Factory satin, polyester cardigans, wool trousers, mixed-spin pants, labor cloth, cotton, and more. All of the materials were of high quality, with cotton being the least in quantity. None of the items had any form of defect and could not have been processing fabric.

While Hu Zehong performed the inventory, Ding Aihong took record. Nothing was left, apart from their underwear, even a handkerchief packet containing a significant quantity of grain tickets was dug up from the bottom.

"Those are the grain tickets I’ve saved over the years!" Chen Ju protested.

Hu Zehong snickered, "The country operates under a planned economy; shouldn’t everyone’s wage and grain tickets be counted? You earn nothing. Relying on the urban household supplies, where did you get so many grain tickets? Aihong, open the suitcase, there must be something in it."

As she expected, besides clothes and fabric, there was a gold pocket watch and two pairs of brand-new Blue Begonia shoes in the suitcase.

It was clear that Chen Ju had a fondness for Blue Begonia shoes.

The cabinet was filled with high-priced goods: sweets, biscuits, egg cakes, malt essence, luncheon meat, yak jerky, milk powder, canned fruit, preserved fruits, dried fruits, etc. The variety and quantity were several times that of the Lu Family’s.

Qi Gang’s salary could certainly afford these, but the supply was insufficient!

Therefore, the source of these goods was highly suspect.

Cui Shaoyuan looked at Qi Gang, "Doesn’t Comrade Qi know about the food at home?"

A look of shame flashed across Qi Gang’s face, "I did know about these. Some of the soldiers below couldn’t afford or didn’t want to spend money, so they didn’t use their supplies. It would be a pity to let them just expire. As we have a child at home who needs feeding, I would ask these soldiers for their unused tickets and buy food with my own money."

Paying out of your own pocket, using other people’s unwanted tickets to buy things wasn’t a big issue. Many people did it, and some even exchanged tickets without involving financial transactions—it was just owing a favor.

"We will investigate carefully." Because the accusations in the denouncement letter were explicit, Cui Shaoyuan and others remained skeptical of Qi Gang’s words.