1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 963 Apology
The reason she called Xiao's father out was because the matter of borrowing the dog was discussed with him at the grain station, and she couldn't very well confront him right away.

When Mr. Xiao heard the shouts, he wondered: Who would be looking for him at his daughter's house?

As soon as he came out, he saw the people coming from the grain station, and his face immediately darkened: "You're looking for me?"

The man who had come to him earlier to borrow the dog looked embarrassed: "Brother Shanliang, no, Brother Changsheng, I apologize in advance."

Mr. Xiao said coldly, "What did you say when you borrowed the dog? And Zhui Feng has been missing for several days now. You're telling me you're sorry? You're supposed to be a public institution, how can you do things like this?"

The man quickly put on a smile and said, "Brother Changsheng, I'm so sorry, it was our oversight. We started searching everywhere the day Zhuifeng went missing, but we couldn't find it. We wanted to contact you, but we didn't have your address in the city. I'm really sorry, look at the mess we've made."

They were initially worried about how to explain things to the family, but unexpectedly, they received a message from Willow Village that the dog had found its owner by following the scent.

While feeling relieved, I also felt uneasy. I hadn't even had a proper New Year because of my worries. I never expected that Zhuifeng would go straight home to reunite with his family: "Brother Changsheng, I know you're angry, but we didn't lose it on purpose."

Before Xiao's father could speak, Chu Xue interrupted, "I'd like to ask, what was your promise regarding lending the dog?"

The man coughed lightly, his face full of embarrassment: "I know, we really didn't take good care of Zhuifeng."

First Snow stopped him from continuing: "Did you manage to do it?"

As the man was pondering how to respond, he heard Chuxue sarcastically say, "Your grain station is really something! You almost starved my Zhuifeng to the point of being skin and bones. Forget about good food and drink, even basic sustenance was a problem. I just want to ask, where did its food go?" Hearing this, the man knew that the other party had probably heard something, and he sighed heavily, "Nizi, I know that even if I explain again, it will be in vain, since Zhuifeng really suffered here. But I still want to say that the person in charge of taking care of the dog embezzled Zhuifeng's food."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xue immediately retorted, "This dog got thinner day by day from starvation, not in a single day. Are you trying to fool me?"

The man knew people wouldn't believe him: "Nizi, that guy is also a treacherous person. At first, he showed us the dog food every day, and we saw that he was feeding Zhuifeng on time and in the right amount, so we were relieved and thought that he was an honest person at work, and then we didn't pay any more attention to him."

A few days later, we noticed that the dog wasn't as lively as before. He joked that it probably missed its family. That night, Chasing Wind even caught a man near the grain depot. We thought it was just in a bad mood because it seemed quite clever.

Later, a few people from the grain station were sent to the region for training, and the remaining people were not quite up to the task, so the matter of Zhui Feng was entrusted entirely to the person who was taking care of Zhui Feng.

After the trainees returned from the region and the shift schedule became regular again, someone wanted to take Zhuifeng out for some fresh air. That's when they noticed that Zhuifeng had lost a lot of weight, and they rushed to the front to tell everyone about it.

The person taking care of him said that Zhuifeng had not had an appetite, so the stationmaster quickly had someone call a veterinarian to take a look. The veterinarian said that the dog was not sick at all, but was just hungry.

That's when we realized that the man had been lying to everyone. He had been stealing Zhui Feng's rations. At first, he didn't dare to steal too much, but as no one noticed, he became bolder and bolder. In the end, he even mixed bran and a handful of coarse grains with the dishwater from the house, and that was Zhui Feng's rations for a day."

(End of this chapter)