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Chapter 19 My name is Gao Cuihua, and I don't have a boyfriend yet.
"Comrade, don't worry, I will definitely pass on this message, and I guarantee that the inspection team will be in Xicun to investigate this matter first thing tomorrow morning."
The person on the phone said this very solemnly.
Li Mu then smiled with satisfaction and replied, "Good, I believe the organization will not let our military families down."
After finishing his business, Li Mu hung up the phone.
Little did he know the storm his phone call would unleash.
Within ten minutes, the leader of the inspection team received a call from his superiors, who repeatedly instructed him to thoroughly investigate the matter.
The inspection team immediately sent someone to the post office to investigate all the mail delivery and payment slips. Only then did they discover that Gao Ga Zi had served in the army for five years.
In the first three years, I mailed a total of 5,620 yuan home.
That's a lot of money; even the top leaders in the most profitable local businesses might not be able to earn that much. In addition, there were as many as 158 different kinds of grain coupons and cloth coupons.
The total amount is enough to reach tens of thousands.
Tens of thousands! What does that even mean?
Back in the 1980s, how many households in the country could have earned 10,000 yuan?
The loss of tens of thousands of yuan in assets is a major case.
But this is just the beginning; it's like pulling up a radish and bringing out the mud along with it.
After an investigation, the inspection team discovered that the items that had been fraudulently claimed and stolen included not only banknotes but also university admission notices.
However, that's a story for another time.
Li Mu left the post office and went straight back to Grandpa Gao's house.
Just to be on the safe side, Li Mu specifically arranged for Gao Xiaohu to stay at the county town guesthouse in advance, so that if the inspection team didn't make any moves, he could bring the people over.
So, when Gao Shanzi arrived with his men the next morning, only Li Mu was at the Gao family home.
However, this time, in addition to Gao Shanzi, there was an old man and a young man who came to the Gao family.
The old middle-aged man, you could tell from his appearance that he was Gao Shanzi's father.
As for the younger one... he was wearing a dog-skin hat and a large scarf, and his round body was like a ball.
From the moment she entered the room, a pair of round eyes kept staring at Li Mu.
The way he looked was like someone who had been starving for a long time looking at a piece of fine mutton.
This made Li Mu hesitant to stand up, and also made him more wary.
"I've already written the note. If you take a look and it's okay, you can sign it and put your fingerprint on it to get the money."
Li Mu avoided the fleshy ball's gaze and directly took out a note from his pocket and handed it to Gao Shanzi.
However, just as Gao Shanzi was about to reach out to take it, the fat woman stopped her.
"Oh dear! Nephew, it's not right for us to come all this way in this freezing weather and not let us come inside for a cup of hot water, is it?"
Enter the house?
Li Mu glanced at the fat woman whose eyes were full of calculation, and a cold smile immediately appeared on his lips.
"Do you want a drink of water, or are you trying to trick me?"
"Nephew, what are you saying? How could we possibly cheat you!" the fat woman said, feigning surprise.
But as soon as he finished speaking, he turned to look at Gao Shanzi beside him.
"Yes, what do you have to offer us to rip us off? Let us come inside and warm up, and we can talk about the money later."
Gao Shanzi shouted and started to walk into the house.
Li Mu stood still, saying, "You can stay warm and do whatever you want, but I need to stay out here and look my best."
"Maybe if I get too excited, I might not pay this money. After all, I'm not related to the Gao family, and there's no need for me to waste five hundred yuan for someone else."
As he spoke, Li Mu simply turned around and jumped onto the millstone in the yard, tucked his hands into his sleeves, and squatted down there.
The fat woman glared at Li Mu hatefully, gritted her teeth, and was about to reach out and pull Li Mu down from above.
The man following closely behind her spoke up, "Stop wasting time with him, let's get the money first."
The fat woman turned and glared at him, but she also felt that what he said made sense.
He immediately put on a smiling face, walked up to Li Mu, and said with a grin, "Nephew, what are you saying? Signing without seeing the money is unacceptable..."
Li Mu had anticipated their response, so before the fat woman could finish speaking, he pulled out five hundred yuan from his pocket.
With a flick of his wrist, it transformed into a small fan, which he proudly patted onto his other hand.
"Five hundred yuan, no more, no less, brand new."
The brand-new bills made a crisp, clean sound when patted in your hand.
The fat woman and Gao Shanzi's eyes widened instantly, and they wished they could grab it right now.
However, as soon as the fat woman reached out, Li Mu shoved the note he had written into her hand, saying, "Sign this first, and the money is yours, so you can't run away with it."
Li Mu smiled and said, noticing that the four people in front of him were still staring at the money in his hand, he then added a sentence.
"Also, you need to find the village chief to be a witness."
In the village, no matter what the issue, going to the village chief is much more useful than signing a document. However, when it comes to the inspection team, they will definitely value a signed and sealed note more, with witness testimony only serving as supplementary evidence.
"I'll go find him, I'll go get the village chief right now," the fat woman said impatiently, turning to leave the yard.
But halfway there, he stopped, turned around and pulled Gao Shanzi over, raising his voice as if deliberately saying, "Shanzi, go find the village chief. The road is slippery in the snow, so be careful and don't rush."
As she spoke, the fat woman tugged hard at Gao Shanzi's arm again.
Gao Shanzi immediately turned his head to look at Li Mu and the fleshy ball that had somehow gotten close to him, and a slightly lewd smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.
Li Mu couldn't help but shudder at the sight, turning to look at the fleshy ball beside him, swallowing hard, and asked, "Excuse me, are you a brother or a sister?"
Meatball chuckled, and a slightly rough yet shrill voice followed, "My name is Gao Cuihua, I'm eighteen years old, and I don't have a boyfriend yet."
"Brother Xiao Mu, you can just call me Hua Hua."
After saying that, Gao Cuihua covered her face with her hands, looking very shy.
But when she stomped her foot, the ground made a loud "bang" sound, which shook Li Mu's thin body.
Uh... what a load of rubbish.
The Gao family's abacus beads are practically jumping off his face.
He remarked that the moment this fleshy blob walked in, she stared at him with the look of someone eyeing meat. The fat woman and the others insisted on coming inside to talk.
Fortunately, he was experienced in being tricked in his previous life and didn't fall into the trap.
Thinking this, Li Mu quickly got up and moved to the other side of the millstone, wanting to get further away from Gao Cuihua.
However, as soon as he moved over, Gao Cuihua squeezed in front of him, pulled off the scarf covering her face to reveal a round face with a black, fuzzy beard.
Li Mu immediately got goosebumps and quickly jumped off the millstone, pointing at Gao Cuihua with a look of resistance, saying, "You, you stay away from me."
“Nephew, how can you say that? My Cuihua is so beautiful and well-off. If you marry a wife like Cuihua, I guarantee you will be blessed with good fortune and your life will get better and better.”
The fat woman noticed Li Mu's disdain for Gao Cuihua, but she had brought her daughter along today, hoping that Li Mu would actually be able to come up with five hundred yuan.
They could just marry Cuihua to him directly, and the five hundred would be considered a bride price. In the future, the Gao family would have more money than they could ever spend.
Unfortunately, Li Mu was a slippery fellow.
The methods they wanted were completely ignored by him.
"No! Don't try to trick me with that. If you want money today, keep this meatball away from me. Otherwise, I'd rather burn all the money in the stove than give you a single cent."
As Li Mu spoke, he had already darted to the doorway.
He kicked open the half-closed door and roared angrily at the stove where a little fire still lingered.