In Baiwan Village, hundreds of people gathered around the fish pond to the east of the village to watch the fun. Almost everyone on the edge of the large fish pond was crowded with people.
Twenty-four water pumps rumbled, pumping water from this fish pond into the smaller fish pond next to it.
Xu Tongdao was playing in Dongyang. Surrounded by more than a dozen people from Zheng Qing, he stood on the edge of the pond thirty meters away from the water pump. The corners of his black windbreaker were constantly swaying by the wanton cold wind, but Xu Tongdao's body remained steady.
He stood there motionless, looking at the increasingly shallow water at the bottom of the river with deep and sad eyes.
Not far from him, there were the chief of Baiwan Village, leaders of the township, police officers from the police station and other official personnel.
And...Bai Meifeng.
She was also escorted, and she was sitting not far from Xu Tongdao, with her hands tied behind her back and a pair of handcuffs.
Everyone is waiting.
After the pond water is drained, will Xu Weixi’s skeleton be seen?
In a place like the countryside, rumors spread the fastest.
Everyone likes to visit each other, and if there is something strange happening, it won't take long for it to spread throughout the country.
Because of this, even before the water in the fish pond was drained, there was an endless stream of people coming to watch the fun.
These people all heard that the story of Xu Weixi's elopement with Bai Meifeng was false. Xu Weixi had been killed long ago and was buried at the bottom of the pond.
These people are not only very curious, but also very patient.
From morning to afternoon, and then to evening, more and more people gathered by the pond. Occasionally, some people left, had something to eat and drank some tea, and then brought more people to watch the fun.
Yes!
For these people, this is a big deal.
This kind of thing doesn't happen often. If you miss it this time, you may never see it again in your life.
Comrade Xu ignored the onlookers. There was a chair behind him, but he never sat on it. He just stood by the pond and waited.
He didn't even call his mother, brother and sister.
Because...if his father's skeleton is really still at the bottom of the pond, then...when the skeleton comes out of the water, it will be an extremely cruel scene for him and his whole family.
He didn't want his mother and the others to experience that cruel scene like him.
Can……
He himself didn't inform his mother about them, but that didn't mean that no one else conveyed the news to them.
At this moment, the roar of an engine came from far away, until it suddenly stopped when it was close.
Comrade Xu turned a deaf ear and did not turn to look.
but……
Cousin Tanya's exclamation came from beside her: "Aunt? Xiaolu? Yuzhu? Oops! It's not good Xiaodao! Your mother and the others are here, they are all here..."
Tan Shi also exclaimed: "Who told them? Which of you told them?"
When Tongdao Xu heard their exclamations, he frowned slightly and turned to look.
Sure enough, I saw a diesel-burning tricycle. My mother, Ge Xiaozhu, jumped out while holding the back of the car. My brother, Xu Tonglu, and my sister, Ge Yuzhu, jumped off one after another.
My mother ran at the front, stumbling over here, crying as she ran.
Followed by her sister Ge Yuzhu who was also crying, and her brother Xu Tonglu who looked gloomy.
He didn't inform them, but they came anyway.
Tongdao Xu closed his eyes, turned around and strode towards his mother.
Mother and son soon met.
Xu Tongdao stretched out his hand to support his mother's slightly trembling arms. His mother, Ge Xiaozhu, looked up at her eldest son Xu Tongdao, who was already a head taller than her, with tears in her face. She asked sadly: "Xiaodao! This, such a big thing.
, how could you not tell us? Ah? How could you not tell us? What on earth were you thinking?"
Xu Tongdao: "..."
Tongdao Xu forced out a smile and whispered: "Mom, I want to wait until I find dad's body before I tell you."
Ge Xiaozhu freed one arm, stretched out his hand and pinched his chest twice, complaining miserably: "You shouldn't have hid it from us! How could you hide such a big thing from us? You ignorant thing! How could you?
Are you so ignorant?"
Comrade Xu's eyes were sad, but there was still a bit of a smile on his face.
"Come! Mom, come here! There is a chair here, come and sit!"
At this time, everyone on the pond was looking here with different expressions, just to see the excitement! Finally, they noticed the excitement.
Today's excitement is destined to be enough for them.
No, as soon as Xu Tongdao helped his mother to where he was standing, Ge Xiaozhu saw Bai Meifeng lying on the ground. He was startled at first, and then rushed forward crying, grabbing Bai Meifeng's collar with both hands, and pushing Bai Meifeng
, asked her why she wanted to kill? Why did she kill Xu Weixi?
The scene immediately became chaotic.
Along the way, Xu and Ge Yuzhu stepped forward to protect Ge Xiaozhu and glared at Bai Meifeng. Tanya, Tan Shi, Ge Lianghua and others came to persuade him.
The village chief, people from the police station, etc. also rushed over to persuade me.
After more than half an hour, the scene gradually calmed down.
Ge Xiaozhu was tired of crying and making noise.
Others also breathed a sigh of relief.
From beginning to end, Tongdao Xu stood still. He knew that his mother had too many grievances and sadness in her heart and needed to vent them.
Before Bai Meifeng is sent to the detention center, it would be better to let his mother vent her anger first.
Soon.
Xu Hengchun, the head of Xujia Village, appeared out of nowhere, squeezed in front of Comrade Xu, looked at the increasingly shallow water at the bottom of the pond, frowned and asked: "Xiaodao, after you find it here, we can go down to the bottom of the pond to collect your father's body."
Is there anyone there? If you haven’t found anyone here yet, how about I go back to our village and call a few people? Don’t worry! If I go back and call, I’ll definitely be able to call someone!”
Comrade Xu shook his head slightly, "No need!"
Then he added: "If my father is really still at the bottom of the pond, Xiaolu and I will go down to bury him later without anyone else having to do anything."
"This... you two brothers are doing it on your own? This, this is against the rules, isn't it?"
Xu Hengchun wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Comrade Xu slightly raising his hand.
"Village Chief, there's nothing against the rules! My son is collecting my body, what's against the rules?"
After saying that, Xu Tongdao turned to look at his younger brother Xu Tonglu beside him, narrowed his eyes and asked him, "Xiaolu, do you dare to follow me down to collect dad's bones?"
Xu Tonglu looked at Xu Tongdao. The two brothers looked at each other and saw the sadness in each other's eyes.
Xu Tongdao saw Xu Tonglu nodded slightly, Xu Tonglu said: "Brother, I will accompany you down!"
Tongdao Xu did not see the look of fear on his younger brother's face.
He felt a little relieved.
Like a man!
So Comrade Xu looked at the village chief Xu Hengchun again and said, "Village chief, that's it! Thank you for your kindness. We brothers will do this ourselves."
Xu Hengchun opened his mouth, suddenly smiled bitterly, and nodded, "Okay! Since you two brothers have this filial piety and the courage, I won't advise you. By the way, you haven't prepared the fish pants yet, have you? I'll go back and give them to you
Why don't you bring us two pairs of fish pants? Otherwise, if you go to the bottom of the pond like this, you will be so dirty that you can't even see the mud."
Comrade Xu did not refuse this time and said thank you.