When Wu Cui Ling was taken away by Liu Dong Lai, someone saw it.

It was like a thunderstorm had been thrown into the village and everything blown up. The neighbors ran out of the door in horror to see. They couldn’t believe it.

They looked at an honest and responsible woman with such slender wrists. She would have to be helped to kill a chicken every New Year’s festival, dare not watch the scene of slaughtering pigs from the side-lines, how could she do such a heartless thing.

The gossiping women in the village began to talk more vigorously than doing farm work.

“I really can’t tell, Xiao Wu has studied for many years, went to university, can write poetry, is very knowledgeable, and is hardworking and capable. I didn’t expect that she could even kill her own mother-in-law and she was not afraid of being struck by lightning.”

“That’s right, we often say that she is filial, virtuous, and sensible. She can take care of her mother-in-law, take care of the house, and take care of everything inside and out. In ten miles and eight villages you can’t find a second such good daughter-in-law with lantern.”

“People’s hearts are unpredictable. Everyone these days, you don’t know whether the other person’s heart is black or red.”

“Aiyo, just thinking about how she usually talks and acts when we’re together makes me cringe.”

“Me too. It’s terrible. She hides so deep.”

“Wang Yue Mei died so badly. According to my boss, she was stabbed to death. There was a big hole in her neck, and all the blood was drained. It’s like killing a chicken.”

“So, to be a human being, you should be more generous and tolerant. Don’t worry about everything. Always pick the bones in the egg. If you treat people incorrectly, it will be easy to attract people’s resentment.”

“What are you talking about? Xiao Wu was only taken to the police station for questioning, but didn’t say that she did it.”

“It must be her. Otherwise, there are dozens of people in this village. Why is it that others not taken by the young man , but only her?”

“Hey, tell me, is Da Gui’s death have something to do with it?”

“Don’t talk about it, I’m so panic stricken in this day and night, that kind of femme fatale woman should be beaten to death with a stick!”

Huang Dan and Chen Jin Hua stood in the crowd, the gossip went in their left ear, out of their right ear, endlessly. They were all spitting on the word Wu Cui Ling, wishing they could take off their pants and pee, in passing, mentioning dead Wang Yue Mei, saying that she was too mean and looked down on people, so she lost her life.

Chen Jin Hua spat, “We have been neighbors for decades, and now Yue Mei is dead. Are not you talking too much?

“Aren’t we just talking casually? What’s the big deal? When she was alive, no one knew what she was doing. She did everything, and she was afraid of people talking about it?” A woman said in a strange way, “Jin Hua! , you have smashed a lot of things at Yue Mei’s place over the years, now that she is dead, you have no one to fawn on, so you are feeling uncomfortable.”

Chen Jin Hua didn’t get angry, they were all from the same village, who didn’t have one or two things in their hands, “Da Hu mother, when it comes to flattery, I can’t compare to you, you gave yourself away to get semi-tractor tiles.”

The woman’s face immediately turned green.

Although it hadn’t been a secret for a long time, some years had passed since the incident, and when she was brought out again, her face was hot and she was slapped in public.

“You’re still the best. Yue Mei said in front of you that you are not good enough for Lao Li, and you are worthy of living with someone like Ma Zi. But you can still walk around behind her ass like a normal person.”

Everyone else was whispering while watching the excitement, everyone was idle as if they had nothing to do at home.

Huang Dan pulled Chen Jin Hua, “Mom, let’s go back.”

He didn’t understand that kind of war where both sides are women, there is no smoke of gunpowder, only spittle, which can drive people to death.

Chen Jin Hua laughed, “Da Hu Mom, I just remembered one thing when you mentioned the past. When you had the vasectomy, I was the one who accompanied you, but you ran away halfway so I had a hard time looking for you and I finally found you in a ravine, and you were holding on to a man’s waistband, and now I can’t remember who it was, but I remember that his face was as dark as a coal ball.”

There was laughter all around, full of ridicule.

Who in the village doesn’t know that the widow Zhang is a coquettish woman, she was when young, but she hasn’t changed much when she gets older, and she puts stickers on men’s bodies all day long, and no one is allowed to tell.

Widow Zhang jumped over the wall in a hurry, and opened her mouth to curse, “Damn it, Chen Jin Hua, try saying it again?!

Huang Dan’s brows frowned suddenly, why is this aunt’s mouth so dirty, he wanted to brush it a few times with a toilet brush.

Chen Jin Hua is not the one who suffers the most. She is not repaying an eye for an eye, but paying back double.

Widow Zhang was so angry that she grabbed Chen Jin Hua.

At that moment, Huang Dan blocked Chen Jin Hua, and five scratches were scratched on his face. He let out a cry of pain, bent over to cover his face and kept hissing.

Chen Jin Hua’s face darkened, “You dare to hit my son, I will fight with you!”

She rushed up and wave her hand at Widow Zhang.

The scene was chaotic, with fights, hands-on, and verbal ones, making a mess.

Under the old locust tree in front of the door, Li Gen was squatting on the ground smoking a cigarette. When he heard the movement, he didn’t think about it at first, but when he caught a glimpse of a figure, he immediately spit out the cigarette butt and ran.

The smell of Qixi brand cigarettes wafted in. He grabbed Huang Dan with one hand and pulled him up. He raised his arm to wipe away his tears, and his sore lips turned white.

Li Gen looked at the swollen half of the young man’s face, which was bleeding. He turned his head and roared, “Who did it?”

The surrounding became silent.

Li Gen hadn’t closed his eyes for the past two days, his eyes were bloodshot, and it was especially scary when he stared at you, “Damn it, you dare to do it but not admit it? You bastard, stand up for me!”

Everyone glanced in the direction of Widow Zhang.

Widow Zhang’s hair was dishevelled, Chen Jin Hua tore the neckline of her gown, and she was scratched a few times on the neck. She bit the bullet and said, “Dong Tian is not your wife, how is it your turn to vent his anger?”

Li Gen sneered, “None of your business!”

His face was horrified, “Apologize.”

Seeing that no one wanted to speak for her, Widow Zhang turned her head and shouted, “Zhang Da Hu, where did you die? Come here quickly, someone is going to beat your mother—”

Taking advantage of no one at home, Zhang Da Hu seized the time to do his business with a woman in the house. Just halfway through the business, he heard shouts from outside, pulled up his pants and went out, “What’s the matter, what’s the matter?”

Sensing that Li Gen’s aura was dangerous, Zhang Da Hu’s heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly said, “Ge, there must be some misunderstanding here.”

Widow Zhang hit her son’s arm vigorously, cursing in a low voice, “You unbelievable thing, why are you cowering, you have the same virtue as your dead father.”

Zhang Da Hu grabbed his mother who had no vision, and smiled at Li Gen, “Ge, you see, we are all neighbors. There is no need to tear each other face.”

Seeing that Li Gen didn’t show any signs of easing up, he said again, “Auntie left yesterday, and Cui Ling Jie  … I know you are not feeling well and in a bad mood, so just come at me if you’re angry.”

Li Gen still didn’t let it go.

Zhang Da Hu glanced at the young man beside Li Gen, and thought it was nothing serious, wasn’t it just a few scratches? Why are you still crying? His mother is best at whipping with bamboo sticks, sweeping with towels, and beating with sticks. That’s what hurts like hell.

Thinking only in his heart, Zhang Da Hu didn’t say anything, he had to turn the big thing into a small one, “I apologize on my mother’s behalf, Dong Tian, I’m sorry.”

Huang Dan’s face hurts, tears can’t stop, the eyes around him are full of contempt, he is too familiar with this kind of eyes, it means “Why are you so delicate, you are not as good as girls“.

The painful nerves are abnormal, and the Huang Dan cannot be reincarnated, so it can only be done like this.

As soon as he left, Li Gen didn’t stay long, and Chen Jin Hua left behind the two of them, and the matter was over.

The people in the village couldn’t help sighing and envious. Chen Jin Hua’s wishful thinking was well planned, and she knew how to curry favor with Wang Yue Mei, even if she died, she would still protect her. From now on, Li Gen would support her worthless son who couldn’t fart for a long time. , can walk sideways in the village.

Li Gen was going to the town to ask about Wu Cui Ling’s situation, and Huang Dan followed.

The police station was full of smog. Two people were smoking and playing cards with their legs crossed. Liu Dong Lai was sitting on the desk on the left seriously writing something and taking notes. Do some work, it will be exhausting.

After Li Gen asked, he learned that Wu Cui Ling repeatedly lost control during the interrogation process, and then passed out, and is still on drip in the hospital right now.

Liu Dong Lai pinched the bridge of his nose, “She reacted very violently, saying that she didn’t kill anyone.”

Li Gen asked, “Which hospital?”

Liu Dong said, “It’s not far away.”

He took Li Gen and Huang Dan over, “Don’t worry, I will ask her carefully when she wake up and her mood stabilizes.”

Li Gen said, “Please.”

“This is my duty, as it should be.” Liu Dong Lai patted him on the shoulder, “Can you cooperate with me if I ask few questions.”

Li Gen said yes.

Huang Dan consciously walked to the side and kicked stones.

Liu Dong Lai took out the small notebook in his pocket and an automatic pen, “You have been married twice, what happened to the women?”

Li Gen raised his eyebrows, “Is it related to the case?”

Liu Dong Lai said seriously, “The teacher said that before the facts of the case are revealed, any details may be the key clues.”

Li Gen said, “Officer Liu is a good student.”

If this person hadn’t come to town, the few at the police station wouldn’t be able to find out the fart, and wouldn’t care.

He took out a pack of cigarettes from his trouser pocket. It wasn’t Qixi, which he smoked often, but Yunshan, which was much more expensive, and he opened it and handed one over.

Liu Dong Lai waved his hand, saying that he does not smoke.

Li Gen didn’t smoke either. He is a person who is convinced of one thing and won’t change it. He is used to Qixi and can’t accept other cigarettes, no matter how good they are.

“One died in the sedan chair, and the other drank pesticide on the third day after marriage.”

Liu Dong Lai pondered, he didn’t find the file, and the two families didn’t report the case.

Most of the people here have a phenomenon that their recognition of the law is too superficial.

They values face more, and lives only for that, as if face is more important than anything else.

Liu Dong Lai said, “There is a type of case in medicine, where a person who is fine suddenly stops breathing.”

Li Gen raised his eyebrows.

Liu Dong Lai said, “Why does your second wife drink pesticides?”

Li Gen couldn’t say it clearly.

Liu Dong Lai asked, “Do you not have freedom in love?”

Li Gen said, “No.”

Liu Dong came, saying that there was no basis for feelings, “Did you guys have sex before she drank the pesticide?”

That means guessing that the woman was forced to commit suicide by drinking pesticide.

“I am a person who values feelings. You must have love before you can have sex.”

Li Gen said bluntly, “Officer Liu, do you have any doubts about my past two marriages?”

“Not for now.” Liu Dong said, “Your sister-in-law is interested in you.”

Li Gen’s eyelids lifted suddenly, “Evidence?”

Liu Dong Lai turned a page in his notebook, “This is copied from your sister-in-law’s poetry collection, and it is a poem she wrote for you.”

Li Gen took a look.

Wu Cui Ling’s infatuation hidden in those few poems was already named. She dared not say it, so she expressed her feelings through writing poems.

Liu Dong Lai observed the change in the man’s expression. It seemed that he didn’t know about it, and he had no interest in Wu Cui Ling.

“Did you tell her about your lack of money?”

Liu Dong Lai continued, “As far as I know, when someone dies in the family, they will receive gift money from relatives, and the addition will be quite a lot.”

Li Gen’s pupils constricted, “Officer Liu, only a lunatic can make such an assumption as yours.”

Liu Dong Lai said, “The way your mother was killed was extremely cruel, isn’t it the work of a lunatic?”

Li Gen closed his eyes, “it is .”

Liu Dong Lai wrote it down and changed the question, “How is the relationship between Zhang Ying Xiong and your sister-in-law?”

Li Gen said, “Very good.”

After Liu Dong Lai asked a few more questions, he suddenly shifted his gaze to the young man not far away.

“A friend of mine is in a similar situation as you, so I know a little bit more about same-sex affairs than others, and it is easier to find out. This road is difficult to walk. It is best not to step on it and turn back immediately.”

Li Gen took a breath.

“The chances of people in the village accepting it are zero.”

Liu Dong Lai said, “A word of advice to you, paper can’t cover a fire. To be on the safe side, it’s better for you to leave the village.”

He clipped the automatic pen in his notebook, “Let’s go.”

When they arrived at the hospital, the three of them walked to the ward.

Wu Cui Ling was lying on the small bed, her eyes were closed, her face was pale, she looked very bad.

Li Gen didn’t go in, just stood in the corridor for a while and then left.

Huang Dan took a second look. Wu Cui Ling was awake and knew that Li Gen was coming, but didn’t open her eyes.

Don’t know if it’s because of his distrust, or because guilty of hiding something, afraid of being seen through.

When they go back, they didn’t walk on the same road as when they went . Almost all of them shuttle through the fields.

Huang Dan was tired from walking, so he took off his shoes and threw them on the grass to dry. The original owner was sweaty feet, and the sweat on that foot was covered in the shoes, making it sticky and wet.

Li Gen pinched Huang Dan’s chin, looked at the scratch on his left face, it was not swollen now, “Does it still hurt?”

Huang Dan said it didn’t hurt, “Ge, don’t touch it.”

Li Gen didn’t touch it, he leaned over, put his lips on the scratch marks on the young man’s face, and kiss it lightly a few times, “Don’t care what other people say, Ge treats you well, not because your mother keeps giving things away.”

Huang Dan said, “I know.”

Li Gen sat down, propped his elbows on his knees, and scratched in his short, stiff hair with his big knuckle hands, “Dong Tian, Ge’s heart is in a mess.”

The faces of the people around him changed, and these are extremely strange, which also made him terrified and disgusted.

Since when, the Shatang village where he was born and grew up is no longer simple but has become a place that eats people without spitting out their bones.

Huang Dan understands somewhat. Li Gen spends his time studying, attending school and taking exams. During the winter and summer vacations, he works part-time to earn money. If he leaves the village, he will start a family and start a business elsewhere and will not come back.

Now Wang Yue Mei’s tragic death has broken Li Gen’s cognition of this village that has been solidified for many years.

“That Police Officer Liu is different from others. He is very responsible and will definitely find out the truth.” Huang Dan said, “Ge, regardless of whether it is Cui Ling Jie or not, aunt has already left.”

Li Gen held his hand and put it on his forehead, “Dong Tian, I only have you, you have to stay with me, I beg you.”

Huang Dan pursed his lips and patted the man on the back.

When he came home after getting off work, he met a very arrogant little boy driving a Mercedes-Benz toy car in the community, and somehow travelled here. He didn’t know if the world was frozen, but I hope it was.

Otherwise, he will be in a state of sudden death, and the housekeeper will cremate him sadly, and he will have no body to live in when he goes back.

Huang Dan’s ass stinge a little bit, he reached out to touch it, and touch a dog shit.

“……”

Huang Dan threw away the shit and wiped his hand on the grass, “Ge, am I going to get lucky with dog shit?”

Li Gen’s face twitched, “Yes.”

Huang Dan grabbed the man’s hand, “Then you should touch it too.”

Li Gen dodged, “forget it.”

Huang Dan threw a piece of shit into the man’s gown.

Li Gen immediately took off his jacket and threw the dog shit away, he yelled with a dark face, “Zhang Dong Tian!”

The corner of Huang Dan’s mouth curved.

Li Gen was taken aback, “You laughed.”

Huang Dan said, “really?

Li Gen looked over straight, “Yes.”

This time Huang Dan was stunned. He touched his face and the corner of his mouth, right, did I laugh? There is no reference to simulate, but I can laugh out loud?

But he still doesn’t know what emotion is laughing?

It was as if he didn’t understand why he was in so much pain.

Li Gen hugged Huang Dan in silence.

Huang Dan hurts a little from being hugged, this man does this every time he hugs him, he remembers that hugging hurts.

After returning to the village, Huang Dan said, “Ge, I want to visit Cui Ling Jie’s house.”

Li Gen took him in.

The things in the house were the same as Liu Dong Lai had turned over before, untidy and messy.

The Huang Dan flipped through the drawer and wardrobe, nothing left. He squatted in front of the red leather box and looked around, tilting his head and groping around the box. His eyes caught a black piece under the bed inadvertently.

Li Gen went to get the stick, stroked under the bed a few times, and drew out something, which was a pair of black trousers worn outside.

By himself.

Huang Dan said, “There are more.”

Li Gen came back to his senses and stroked stick again with a sullen face. There were a lot of things, including a few pairs of socks, sweaters, long johns, summer short-sleeved jackets, and a pair of boxer underwear, all of which had been washed and had folded marks on them.

Huang Dan think, maybe these are the things that were originally put under the box. Wu Cui Ling was afraid that Li Gen would know her dirty thoughts, so she panicked.

Seeing Wu Cui Ling’s reaction, she didn’t know that the clothes had been turned into passbooks.

Whoever replaced it had no time to take it away, so it was hurriedly stuffed under the bed.

That person knew that Li Gen was short of money, and also knew that Wu Cui Ling had an idea of using Wang Yue Mei’s passbook. She wanted to help Li Gen in her own name, so the other party frame her up? Will it be so?

A figure appeared in Huang Dan’s mind, he swallowed, his palms were sweating, “Ge, Cui Ling Jie likes you.”

Li Gen threw away the stick, “Can I  have a cigarette?”

Huang Dan said, “Okay.”

Li Gen sat on the ground beside the bed and smoked. He finished his cigarette without saying a word, got up and went out.

Huang Dan stayed in the room for a while and found a small notebook.

It is Wu Cui Ling’s account book, which records in detail where and what she bought every time she took money from Wang Yue Mei after she married Li Da Gui.

Huang Dan flip it to the back, thinking it was nothing to look at, he discovered the secret inside.

It turned out that after Li Da Gui’s death two years ago, Wang Yue Mei became paralyzed, and Li Gen came back from other places to take care of him. Wu Cui Ling spent more time with him, and then she slowly developed such feelings for him.

That is to say, if Wu Cui Ling was involved in Li Da Gui’s death, then the motive was not to be with Li Gen, but something else.

Like that child.

People’s imagination is limitless and scary, so Huang Dan was frightened by his own imagination, so he went to find Li Gen with small book.

After reading it, Li Gen smoked another cigarette.

There are so many unknown things in a home.