At eleven o'clock in the morning, at this usual time, Rutang had already followed Yu Yaoyang out of the stall to the train station.
But at this point, there was still no sign of anyone.
"Mom, I'll go back to the village and have a look." Rutang looked at the time passing by and felt that she couldn't just sit at home and wait for death.
"Why don't you wait a little longer? Maybe Yangzi has too many things and was delayed on the way?" Hao Mei asked.
Rutang shook his head.
"Brother Yaoyang knows what he's doing. He can't possibly delay our time at the stall. Something must have happened."
Rutang didn't want to delay and was anxious, fearing that something big would happen to him, so she borrowed a bicycle from Li Hua, used it as a hot wheel, and pedaled back to the village.
Along the way, Rutang looked around, focusing on whether there was any traffic accident on the road, but unfortunately he found nothing.
The scorching sun was shining on her face, and Rutang was sweating profusely from the strenuous exercise. The clothes on her back were all wet because she was riding a bicycle so hard that she was still a little out of breath, but she couldn't care less.
It was originally an hour's journey, but she arrived in less than forty minutes as she rode quickly and slowly.
As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw several women chatting together. Rutang wanted to go over and ask them about it, but when the women saw Rutang, they quickly ran away as if they had seen something dirty.
This attitude made Rutang feel ominous.
She and Yu Yaoyang had been collecting seafood in the village during this period, and their popularity had improved a lot. How could they be suddenly ostracized by the villagers?
Rutang was about to ride to Yu Yaoyang's house when a female voice came from the left:
"Sister Rutang, you are back!"
Rutang turned around and saw a teenage girl running towards her. The girl looked a little excited when she saw her.
This is Chen Guilan's younger sister, Chen Guining. She has had a good relationship with Rutang since she was a child. Among the younger generation of the old Chen family, she is the only one who is close to Rutang.
"Guining, what's wrong?" Rutang got off the bicycle and asked.
Guining cried and said: "My brother-in-law was arrested by the police! I was still thinking about how to inform you. My father will not let me enter the city and will not give me money."
"What?!" Rutang was shocked.
The brother-in-law mentioned by Guining is Yu Yaoyang.
"I don't know exactly what happened. I passed by Lao Yu's house at around nine o'clock and saw several policemen escorting my brother-in-law out of the house. Your mother-in-law and brother-in-law were also taken away. When my brother-in-law was taken away,
Shout to me and let me tell you so you don’t have to worry."
When Yu Yaoyang was taken into the car, she only had time to say something to Guining. After being entrusted with the important task, Guining's first reaction was to go home and ask her father for money to go to the city, but Chen Yun slapped her in the face.
Seeing that half of Guining's face was swollen, Rutang guessed that her cousin had been beaten because of her, and touched the little girl's face distressedly: "Good sister, I know what happened. I'm too busy now. I'll come to you when I'm done."
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Guining didn't know why Yu Yaoyang was taken away. Rutang rode her bicycle straight to Xiao's house at the east end of the village. She wanted to ask Xiao Li's brother about the situation.
Hearing that Yu Yaoyang was taken away, Rutang's heart felt like fire.
She didn't know what happened, but she believed him, there must be some misunderstanding.
I met many villagers along the way. Some people hid when they saw her, while others saw her eyes full of sympathy and stood there whispering.
Rutang vaguely heard a few keywords: "Street sluts eat guns", "Rutang is so pitiful", "Is she a coward?"
These words could not have any impact on Rutang, because her heart was filled with Yu Yaoyang.
Before arriving at Xiao's house, she met a young man riding a bicycle and saw the man Rutang calling her out.
"Niece-in-law!"
"Uncle!" Rutang recognized that this man was Xiao Li's younger brother, Chopin.
I don’t know why my grandpa was so good at naming him after the musician.
"I was about to go to the city to find you, and you came just in time!" Chopin's face was full of sorrow, but his expression improved a little after seeing Rutang.
Chopin was particularly worried. He only heard what Yu Yaoyang said that Rutang rented a house in the family area of the candy factory. He didn't know the specific location, and he thought about asking after he went to the city.
"What's going on?" Rutang asked.
"Don't mention it, that's what happened..." Chopin said softly.
Yu Yaoyang was taken away too suddenly. He was not at the scene. He went to the village chief to find out. He said that there was a girl in the next village who was raped the day before yesterday. It was said that Yu Yaoyang did it, so
He was taken away for investigation.
"Impossible! That's nonsense!" Rutang reacted extremely fiercely, "How could my man do such a thing? He and I were setting up a stall in the city the day before yesterday. Where would he have the time to ruin other girls?"
"My nephew-in-law, please don't get excited. Calm down. Our family doesn't believe it either. The superiors are investigating. If the investigation is clear, he will be released." Chopin saw that the little girl was so angry, and he felt more favorable towards her.
Chopin is an old man, more than ten years younger than his sister Xiao Li, and he is about the same age as Yu Yaoyang. Yu Yaoyang looks a bit like his uncle. The uncle and nephew grew up together and have a very good relationship.
Chopin was not very optimistic about the marriage between Yu Yaoyang and Rutang before. Rutang had been hiding from Yu Yaoyang since she was a child. She had a noble and pedantic attitude of intellectuals in her body. She always felt that she looked down on Yu Yaoyang. Chopin was worried about his nephew shaving his head.
The burden is hot at one end.
Now seeing Rutang so angry and fighting against Yu Yaoyang, Xiao Bang believed that his sister was right and that the young couple had a really good relationship.
"Uncle, I want to go to the police station to testify for Brother Yaoyang. He is with me during the day and has no time to commit crimes. Who is slandering him? I must find an explanation for Brother Yaoyang!"
Chopin nodded, that was just right. He planned to accompany Rutang to the city to see what he could do to help.
The two of them were about to get on the bicycle when a man ran over screaming and kicking. The man had gauze wrapped around his head, his face was pale, and he looked like he was seriously ill.
"Chen Rutang, you dead girl, stop here!"
The man ran up to him, panting. It was Rutang's scumbag father, Chen Fu.
"Give me the money, the betrothal money, and the money you made in the city! Give me all the money you made in the city! I know you made money!" Chen Fu spread his hands and blocked Rutang in front of the bicycle to prevent Rutang from leaving.
"I don't have time to argue with you about this now, get out of the way!" Rutang said angrily.
This old man fell into a manure bucket and didn't even wake up. Her mother had already run away from home. The old guy didn't ask any questions and just asked for money when we met.
"Don't even think about leaving without giving me money! What, you still want to be with that rapist? Let me tell you, Yu Yaoyang is useless! Who in the ten miles and eight villages now doesn't know that Yu Yaoyang is a rapist who wants to be shot?
Criminal? He will have to be shot sooner or later! Then you will still have to beg me to find your in-laws again, so hurry up and get the money!"
When Chen Fu mentioned that Yu Yaoyang wanted to take a shot, his whole body became energetic, and his old face burst out with a kind of morbid joy.