Chen Dazhu nodded invisibly, Xu Laidi breathed out, and sneered in his heart, Chen Dazhu, as long as you help me this time, I will make you live happily every day in the future.
After Chai Jianmin was sent to the county hospital, after careful examination and treatment, his life was saved, but one of his right legs had been comminutedly fractured. He could still walk in the future, but he was definitely lame.
Xu Laidi was also personally taken to the Public Security Bureau by the village chief. The village chief took out a thick and long hemp rope and tied her hands tightly. It hurt so much that Xu Laidi couldn't help but plead, please loosen the ties so that she wouldn't escape.
The village chief ignored him at all. The advanced title of their Xiangyang Village was completely gone from him. If Xu Laidi was found guilty of intentional homicide, then their Xiangyang Village would not become an advanced collective in the past few years.
Chen Dazhu also followed closely behind the village chief. As the nearest witness, he was obliged to give a confession. Along the way, Chen Dazhu repeatedly thought about the testimony he had already thought of, checking for gaps and filling in omissions.
The comrades of the Public Security Bureau are very responsible. Based on the principle of never unjustly accusing a good person and never letting a bad person go, they went to the place where the case occurred to investigate.
But when they arrived at the scene, several people had a headache. The place where the crime occurred had been trampled into a mess by the villagers. There were countless footprints that messed up the entire scene.
The people from the Public Security Bureau were also helpless. The villagers' habit of watching the excitement had not changed for hundreds of years. It was impossible for them to hold back their curiosity.
"Is this where the stone is?"
"Yes, I didn't see the stone at first, I only saw protruding soil on it. I wanted to dig it flat, but after digging a few times with the shovel, I hit the stone. Before I could react, the stone rolled down.
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Xu Laidi answered honestly. She really wanted to say that the stone had been tampered with, but now was the critical moment to clean herself up, and she didn't want to cause trouble at all.
The comrades from the Public Security Bureau looked around. Many people looked at each other. In their minds, it was normal for the rocks to loosen and fall. They didn't realize that the soil was already very soft.
Chen Dazhu also tried his best to express that he saw Xu Laidi shoveling the soil with his own eyes and did not even notice that there was a stone under the soil.
Finally, Xu Laidi was cleared of suspicion. Although the comrades in the Public Security Bureau still had doubts in their minds, there was no conclusive evidence to accuse Xu Laidi of intentional homicide.
On the one hand, Chen Weidang believed in Chen Dazhu. After all, this man was the most honest and dull man in his village and could never lie. On the other hand, he also helped to say good things for the honor of his village.
"Village chief, thank you and Chen Dazhu for your help in restoring my innocence. I want to learn from Cheng Qiaocheng, an educated youth, and I promise to save my life. When the waterway construction is completed, I will marry Chen Dazhu when I return."
The village chief frowned and looked at Chen Dazhu. In his heart, he did not want Chen Dazhu to marry such a woman. She had a bad reputation, was not good-looking, was also a cheater, and had almost no merit in her body.
But Chen Dazhu seemed to be possessed by a demon. In his heart, he only cared about Xu Laidi. He even saved his own food rations for this woman. He was really stupid.
"up to you."
The village chief has a lot of things to do. Seeing that Xu Laidi's things are over, his mood has improved slightly. I can't be rated as advanced this year, so let's try hard next year.
After more than twenty days of hard work, the river work was successfully completed. Everyone packed up and returned home. But on the way back, there was no laughter and laughter. Everyone was thinking about the big stone with lingering fear.
Especially the few people from other villages standing not far from Chai Jianmin were in a state of confusion. It was so dangerous, just a little bit away, and their lives would be gone.
The village chief walked home without looking back. He no longer wanted to talk to Chen Dazhu. You must know that it is useless to press the head of a cow without drinking water. Anyway, he had already persuaded him. They would live their own lives in the future, okay?
Well, it has nothing to do with him.
That night, smoke curled up from the chimneys of every house, and the whole village was filled with the smell of pork. The owner who made a lot of money came back, so of course he had to prepare some good wine and food to reward his hard work.
Chen Dazhu's family is lifeless. Ever since Chen Dazhu proposed to divide the family, the family's rations have obviously become insufficient. During the food distribution this year, Chen Dazhu alone took away one-third of the Chen family's centimeters and rations.
Of course Chen Shuigen refused and asked Chen Dazhu to take out the pension money, but Chen Dazhu pointed to the grove in the distance. He didn't get a penny from the family when the family was separated, so why should he give the pension money?
The other third belonged to Chen Dazhu's eldest brother, Chen Tiezhu, and his wife. When Chen Tiezhu saw that the situation was not good, he also proposed to separate the family and specified that he would take his cents away.
Chen Shuigen was angry. If Tiezhu also divided his family, the remaining one-third of the rations could feed several people, let alone two boys and three daughters. It would be enough for just him and his wife.
So no matter what Chen Tiezhu said, Chen Shuigen just refused to nod, but Chen Shuigen underestimated Chen Tiezhu's perseverance. He would not separate his family for a day, not work for a day, eat and sleep every day, and would not even pick up firewood.
Not only did Chen Tiezhu lie down on his own, but his wife and children were not allowed to work. They were allowed to go out and talk about how his step-mother-in-law abused him and his younger siblings after his mother-in-law died, and how his biological father turned into a scumbag.
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Chen Shuigen was so angry that he slapped Chen Tiezhu in a rage, but Chen Tiezhu turned his head and kicked his favorite son, Chen Xiaoming, hard in the waist.
That kick was definitely fatal. When he saw that Chen Xiaoming was in so much pain that he couldn't even cry, Chen Shuigen knew that he had lost the supreme right to speak in this family.
"Dad, Dazhu and I have grown up. If you dare to try it again, I will make you regret it."
Seeing her own son being kicked, the stepmother who was about to get angry saw the coldness in Chen Tiezhu's eyes, and wisely turned around and left without even looking at her little son who fell to the ground and couldn't get up.
Chen Shuigen reluctantly nodded in agreement, and Chen Tiezhu got his rations and money without saying a word, then closed the door and started eating and drinking by himself.
In the past twenty days, Chen Tiezhu took his son up the mountain. Not only did he collect a lot of mountain products, but he also caught two wild rabbits. He ate delicious food and drank spicy food every day, which made his life very easy.
What's pitiful is his two biological sisters, Big Niu and Little Niu. The Big Niu is eighteen years old and the Little Niu is sixteen, so they are both old enough to get married.
But the villagers disliked the high bride price demanded by the stepmother of the Chen family. Even if they liked her, they did not dare to say anything for fear of being blackmailed. This made the two little girls embarrassed.
