Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

Chapter 406 Waste Snacks

"Zhuang Shouren, you're a piece of good-for-nothing! Don't let it go!" Mother Zhuang was so angry at her good-for-nothing son that she rushed over to stop him.

"Bang!" The middle-aged policeman fired a shot directly into the air. "Let's see who dares to stop me! Bring the man here!"

The deafening gunshots made the villagers shrink back. They didn't expect these policemen were serious about this. Their chests that had been puffed out slightly shrank back a little. The timid ones simply hid backwards and started pretending to be dead.

Two policemen dragged the struggling Zhuang Aimin over, then threw him to the ground with force.

Mrs. Zhuang first covered her frightened heart, and then looked at her grandson who was jumping on the ground with a look of surprise. How could Zhuang Aimin be caught by them? "You arrested my grandson? What right do you have to arrest my grandson? What right do you have to arrest him! Let him go! Let him go!"

"Ha! What a joke!" The police were speechless. This unreasonable old lady was really amazing. Who did she think she was? A local tyrant!

"You dare to arrest foreign journalists and educated youth in the brigade at will, why can't we arrest prisoners who want to shoot and kill people! I tell you, old woman, be smart and release the journalists immediately, otherwise you can wait to go to jail with your grandson!"

"Okay, you want me to release him, right?" Old Mrs. Zhuang pushed away Zhuang Shouren who was untying the rope behind the man's back, and pulled the reporter's collar and said to the police, "Exchange him with my grandson! One for one, I'm not taking advantage of you!"

The police were all amused by the old lady's behavior. One of the police officers smiled and pointed his gun at Zhuang Aimin. "Auntie, you have no right to arrest people at will. It is reasonable and legal for us to arrest your grandson. Now you want to use your journalist comrade to exchange your grandson who broke the law, and you still want to say that you didn't take advantage of us? You are really shameless."

"No need to waste words with her. Why waste your breath on an old woman who knows nothing? Zhuang Shouren, you are the captain of the construction team. These two people are your family members. Do their actions represent you? You'd better think clearly. Are you sure you want to continue to go against our police? The leading policeman can't stand these ignorant villagers who think they can cover the sky with one hand just because they have more people. And the educated youth has not been seen yet. He is afraid that if he delays any further, there may be more bodies to be brought back today.

Zhuang Shouren was very anxious. He looked at his mother, then at the policeman opposite. He felt hot all over. He spread his hands, not knowing how to make his mother calm down.

Then the next second, Mrs. Zhuang was slapped aside by the village secretary who suddenly appeared. He pushed the reporter towards the police and said, "I'll give you the person, police comrade. It was that damn old woman who messed around in her old age. We didn't know she was so bold to do such a big thing and even used the homemade gun of the brigade. Police comrade, you have to believe that the villagers in our brigade are still very simple and honest. There are only a few troublemakers and rats..."

Old Lady Zhuang was caught off guard and was pushed to the ground. She cried out in pain and couldn't get up.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Zhuang Shouren was dumbfounded. He quickly squatted down to support his mother and asked nervously.

"My waist hurts..." Old Lady Zhuang's face was wrinkled like a chrysanthemum, and she kept groaning, her eyes narrowed in pain.

The three reporters were finally rescued and they all breathed a sigh of relief. They couldn't stay here any longer. The people in this village were too crazy. If they didn't leave now, trouble would arise later and they would lose their lives!

"Comrade police, please send someone to take us away from here." The reporter leader who had just been grabbed by the neck by Old Lady Zhuang pulled the middle-aged policeman and said, "Keep us here. You will go to find the educated youth later and they will have to take care of us. If we are not careful, there will be accidents. We are all reporters from the city newspaper. If you need our cooperation in the future, just contact our unit directly."

The leader thought about it and realized that if they stayed here, they would probably be targeted by the villagers again. "Okay. Huang Dayun, you and Xiao Liu, send the journalists back, then tell the station about the situation. It would be best if you send more people over. And this person, take him away and lock him up!"

"Thank you comrade, thank you comrade." The reporters' hearts were finally at peace, and they inevitably showed expressions of relief at surviving the disaster.

The man holding the camera raised his camera fearlessly and took photos of Zhuang Laotai, Zhuang Mingde and Zhuang Aimin. "I want to expose this gang of robbers! It's too much. They think they are the local tyrants in some remote mountain area. They dare to arrest people privately. They are a bunch of uneducated bandits!"

"Shh! Stop talking!" You've poked someone in the lungs. Be careful or they'll follow you! Another reporter quickly stopped his friend. He didn't even dare to look at the old woman's expression. Maybe she wanted to poke us to death right now.

The photographer snorted. He was no longer afraid. After all, there were police officers escorting them back to the city. Why should he be afraid of those two peasants? He would break their legs!

After receiving the order, Huang Dayun and his companion quickly took the three reporters and left the construction team.

Aunt Zhuang also signaled Zhuang Shouren with her eyes, asking him to arrange people to catch them, and most importantly, to rescue Zhuang Aimin. But Zhuang Shouren, under the gazes of so many policemen, did not dare to move at all.

Aunt Zhuang was angry and anxious, "Waste, you waste! You are going to kill our entire team, Zhuang Shouren, how did you become the team leader? Don't you think about the fact that if our construction team's reputation is ruined, what kind of team leader are you, Zhuang Shouren? Why did I give birth to such a waste like you! Old man, my life is so miserable, my life is so miserable, my dear grandson..." She had just fallen and stretched her waist. Now she was crying and howling. Her waist pain was even worse and tears came out in pain.

Zhuang Shouren was scolded and covered in dirt, but he couldn't do anything to his mother. He was also worried about her injury and was in a panic, not knowing what to do.

The remaining police officers stared at the villagers around them and shouted, "What are you looking at? You still want to gather together to cause trouble? Do you all want to spend the night at the police station? You are a bunch of idiots, you don't know what to do, right? Don't you need to farm the land? You have enough food at home, right?"

The villagers were stunned by the yelling and dispersed subconsciously.

Only the village cadres and Old Lady Zhuang who was lying on the ground unable to get up were left. Now the roles of the surrounder and the surrounded were reversed.

The old leader tapped Zhuang Shouren's shoulder with his gun and said, "Now, tell me, where have all the educated youth gone?"