Of course, Ma Hongdou set up such a game not just for the 20,000 yuan.
The reason why he directly used his brother-in-law Chen Zhijun's relationship to alert the police and security team was to scare Zhang Dachuan and let him know the consequences of offending him.
In this way, Zhang Dachuan will definitely obey him like those thorns in the village in the future, and will never dare to offend Ma Hongdou again.
Isn't this how he, the village chief, has been here for so many years?
Thinking of his success, Ma Hongdou secretly gave his brother-in-law Chen Zhijun a wink.
Chen Zhijun nodded lightly, then took a step forward to Lin Xiaoying and said:
"Captain Lin, I think the truth about this matter has come to light. Let's take this kid into custody and bring him to justice."
When Lin Xiaoying heard this, she raised her chin slightly, looked at Zhang Dachuan with arrogant eyes and said:
"There's no rush. Our police and security team are all about fairness. Let's see what he says first."
"Zhang Dachuan, you still have the opportunity to defend yourself, so take advantage of it."
When Jiang Wantong heard this, she was surprised, happy and panicked. She turned around and was about to say something, when she saw Zhang Dachuan had already stepped forward and stood in front of her:
"Captain Lin, if you catch a thief, you will get the stolen money. They said that I gathered people to gamble. What evidence do you have? You can't just believe it."
At this time, a woman squeezed out of the crowd.
The woman's face was pale, her body was thin, her hair was sparse and nutritious, and she looked like a sick person who had been bedridden all year round.
She is Zhang Dachuan's neighbor and Zhu Yuegui, the mother of sisters Zhou Aoxue and Zhou Qingyu.
Zhu Yuegui slowly came to the venue and said to Lin Xiaoying:
"Captain Lin, I am a neighbor of Dachuan's family. I have watched Dachuan grow up. He is really not a gambler. There must be some big misunderstanding here."
Seeing this, Wu Runyuan in the crowd immediately echoed:
"That's right. To catch a thief and take away the stolen goods, the police and security team also need to provide evidence when doing things."
A few villagers also followed suit and said:
"Yes, this might be a misunderstanding. Dachuan is not a gambler."
But after all, these people are only a very small number, and more villagers maintain a silent attitude.
They were afraid of offending the village chief Ma Hongdou, so they didn't dare to speak for him at all.
Xiushan Village is a village with inconvenient transportation and poor arable land. Most of the people in the village plant a few acres of orchards in a small area and make a living by selling fruits.
However, due to the inconvenient transportation, the cost of their trip to Mingyue County is high, and there are no sales channels. Therefore, the fruits in the village have always been purchased by the village chief Ma Hongdou and transported to the county for sale.
In this way, although they were exposed to the price difference by Ma Hongdou, they still made a profit in the end.
But because of this, no one dared to offend Ma Hongdou.
Today, there was a conflict between Zhang Dachuan and Ma Hong. Even though these people knew that there was a big problem, they did not dare to openly support Zhang Dachuan.
At this moment, someone even wanted to show their loyalty by quarreling with Widow Wu and the other villagers:
"You know people but don't know their hearts. How do you know Zhang Dachuan doesn't know how to gamble?"
"That's right, I think this is most likely true!"
"How else could he get 20,000 yuan?"
"I can testify that Zhang Dachuan knows how to play cards!"
These voices quickly suppressed the voices supporting Zhang Dachuan.
Seeing this, Ma Hongdou became even more proud.
He smiled coldly and said to Zhang Dachuan:
"Zhang Dachuan, so many people have testified, why are you still making excuses?"
"Besides, your brother Zhang Xutao was imprisoned because he fought with others while gambling. You are his brother. What's so strange about gathering people to gamble!"
"If it wasn't gambling, where did your twenty thousand come from?"
"Who in the entire Xiushan Village doesn't know that your family has been extremely poor since your grandma left."
Zhang Dachuan stared at Ma Hongdou expressionlessly, only to make his spine run cold when he looked at him, then turned his head and explained to Lin Xiaoying:
"I earned the 20,000 yuan from selling peaches, which cost 40 pounds per catty. I sold nearly 500 catties before and after."
He didn't want to talk about Wang Tiebiao, firstly because he was worried about Jiang Wantong, and secondly because Wang Tiebiao's identity was naturally opposed to Lin Xiaoying, the police captain, and bringing it up would only make it more troublesome.
But after hearing Zhang Dachuan's words, everyone present was dumbfounded.
Everyone looked at Zhang Dachuan in shock, with ridiculous expressions on their faces.
Of course, everyone was not shocked that his peaches could be sold for forty, but they were shocked that he could say such a thing.
Ma Hongdou and Ma Tengyuan even let out a "cheep" and were the first to laugh.
Ma Tengyuan covered his stomach, pointed at Zhang Dachuan and laughed:
"Zhang Dachuan, Zhang Dachuan, you can be more reliable in your lies. Do you think everyone is a fool like you?"
"Who in our village doesn't grow peach trees? Do you think everyone doesn't know the price of hairless peaches?"
"Don't say 40 yuan per catty, just three yuan or four yuan per catty. That's a good price."
Ma Hongdou couldn't help laughing and laughed:
"Forty pounds per pound, are your peaches from the longevity star of the Heavenly Palace? Or are they flat peaches from the Queen Mother's peach garden?"
Everyone laughed loudly and looked at Zhang Dachuan with pity in their eyes.
They said this fool has become normal, but now it seems that he has not become normal at all, he is still a fool!
Widow Wu, Zhu Yuegui and other people who supported Zhang Dachuan also looked at him in disbelief, feeling depressed and sad:
What Zhang Dachuan said was so false that they didn't even know how to explain it to him.
No one with any sense of normalcy would believe this lie.
Faced with everyone's ridicule, Zhang Dachuan calmly said:
"Just because you can't sell it doesn't mean I can't sell it."
Lin Xiaoying finally became impatient. She frowned and scolded with disgust:
"That's enough! Zhang Dachuan! Put away your clumsy lies. I've seen too many people like you! Please use your brain a little when you lie in the future, otherwise you will only be regarded as a fool by others!"
In fact, as Lin Xiaoying is the captain of the police security, she is not required to do such trivial matters.
The reason why she made an exception and came to Xiushan Village was because Su Yun called her for help yesterday.
On the phone, Su Yun asked Lin Xiaoying to help find an address named Zhang Dachuan, but did not mention the specific reason.
Lin Xiaoying, who had handled Su Yun's case, knew that Su Yun's scumbag husband had made many bad friends.
So she naturally thought that Zhang Dachuan was not a good person.
But now it seems that his guess is indeed correct.
How can a person be a normal person who can casually dish out peaches weighing forty pounds per pound?
When she thought of this, Lin Xiaoying could no longer conceal her anger. She pointed at Zhang Dachuan and ordered her subordinates:
"Zhang Dachuan, you are now suspected of gathering people for gambling and fraud. The evidence is solid. You need to go to the team with me."
"Come here, cuff him and take him away!"
