Jiang Mingda handed a black cloth bag to his aunt's parents, saying apologetically, "I know it's my son's fault. He's gone mad. I've already arranged the construction job for him. Of the 100,000 yuan for Xiaofeng's wedding, here's 50,000. I'll send the rest over tonight."

He repeatedly expressed his apologies for the incident involving Xiaoxian.

The couple were initially immersed in the pain of losing their daughter, but the Jiang family sincerely repented and continued to pester them. Their daughter could not come back, so they had no choice but to accept reality.

Xiao Xian's father tentatively asked, "Then, could you get my wife a vacancy so she can receive some salary without working?"

He has four sons and two daughters. Except for his eldest son, who is successful and got a job as a pig butcher at a meat processing plant years ago, the others either went to the countryside or just drifted along aimlessly.

Xiao Xian is dead.

But solving the big problem of both sons at once isn't a bad deal.

“I will have Baoquan make the arrangements. Don’t be smug for now, and don’t talk too much in front of others, or you’ll lose your jobs and even the mayor won’t be able to help you,” Jiang Mingda said.

"Okay, okay, thank you, Secretary Jiang!"

The couple were extremely grateful and left with the black bag.

Xu Manzhi downed a glass of water from an enamel mug.

Her hearing is incredibly good.

She heard everything he did.

She was genuinely curious about where Jiang Mingda had hidden his wealth.

He offered 50,000 yuan in one go.

He took so much money without a second thought, without even taking a meal.

Once it's unearthed, wouldn't we be rich?

Thinking of this, Xu Manzhi refilled the cup with water.

"Xu Manzhi, get over here—"

Jiang Mingda felt annoyed whenever he saw her.

I was furious.

Xu Manzhi blinked and laughed, "How do you roll? Show me first? Let me see."

"you--"

Jiang Mingda died.

He rushed towards Xu Manzhi, but before he could strike, Jiang Pengyue grabbed him.

She advised, "Dad, you're going out with Xiang Qun tomorrow. If you smash her face, it will upset her. You know that if it weren't for Xiang Qun's actions, Second Brother would have been sent to be executed."

In the case of Jiang She's murder, the evidence was conclusive, and he confessed.

Given the efficiency of the police, they should have dragged him to the field and executed him by firing squad long ago.

Mentioning this incident only fueled Jiang Mingda's anger.

Before the Jiang family could even get started, Jiang She confessed to murder, saying that he was driven to hatred by love. He claimed that Xiao Xian refused his advances, and in a fit of anger, he killed her with a knife while she was asleep in the middle of the night.

Gu Meiyun objected: "Even if my second son wanted to kill someone, he should have done it in Xiaoxian's room on the first floor. How could he have gone to my Xiaoyu's room to kill someone? This doesn't make sense—"

The police immediately questioned Jiang She.

Jiang She said that he had been silently watching Xiao Xian and knew everything about her activities... which meant that he had been planning this for a long time.

The murder was committed with a machete. Jiang Pengyue's on-the-spot testimony, along with the confessions of other prisoners, formed a closed loop.

Jiang She was found guilty of murder.

No matter how hard Zhou Xiangqun tried to mediate, he could only postpone Jiang She's inclusion in the next batch of criminals to be executed; there was nothing else he could do...

"What a tragedy—what did I do to offend her in my past life that she has to bring such misfortune upon my Jiang family!" Jiang Mingda vomited blood from holding back his anger.

He didn't dare to actually slap her.

Before she even met Xu Manzhi last time, her cheek was bleeding, and she was accused of abusing her own daughter.

"Yueyue, you should spend less time with her, lest you get dragged into this and suffer the consequences," Jiang Mingda said.

Last time, he planned to seize on Xu Manzhi's mistake of publicizing Jiang She's murder and severely curb the wicked girl's arrogance. Unexpectedly, after investigating, he found out that the news was actually reported by Old Zuo next door.

He was so angry that he smashed the fine porcelain cup.

Xu Manzhi stayed and let him run wild.

She's not interested in people going crazy.

Even if he lay on the ground rolling around or crawling in the shadows, it wouldn't stir any emotion in her heart; she might even stomp on him a couple of times.

Secretly, she smelled the scent of the banknotes in Jiang Mingda's hand.

And his scent.

I'm busy.

After seeing Xiaoxian's family off, Gu Meiyun felt heartbroken. When she returned home, she felt a lump in her throat. After thinking back, she realized that two of her three sons had already passed away.

All that's left is a blockhead like Jiang and Jun.

Her eyes lost their light.

When Jiang Mingda entered the house, she lay motionless, silently shedding tears while complaining, "Jiang Mingda, are you even a man? Such a terrible thing has happened to our family, you can't let our family line end!"

Jiang Mingda's eyes dimmed.

After a long pause, he forced himself to stay awake and said, "Why don't we find He Jun a wife? He's not getting any younger, and he's been working for many years. He can't stay single forever."

As the three sons of the Jiang family were thriving, Jiang Mingda and Gu Meiyun were overwhelmed by the choices among unmarried girls.

With bad luck piling up right now, those from well-off families might not even look at the eldest son.

"Or how about Old Liu's daughter? She went to high school, works in a textile factory, and will soon be promoted to workshop director, becoming a junior manager," Jiang Mingda said.

In the past, the Liu family would have been completely beneath their notice.

Unfortunately, things are different now.

Let's choose the tallest among the short ones.

Gu Meiyun sighed.

Old Liu's daughter is sweet-talking, pretty, and has a respectable job. Several people have tried to set her up with He Jun, but she has never agreed.

That's all we can do for now.

The Jiang family is so unlucky.

If this continues, what if it affects Yueyue's marriage as well?

The couple made the final decision.

Jiang Mingda also decided to bring back an extra bag of money that night, and send the 100,000 yuan that Zhou Yun had brought last time to the Liu family as a betrothal gift. The wedding would be arranged this morning, and the sooner the wedding, the better.

Jiang Pengyue, who was standing outside the door, happened to hear everything.

Seeing that it was still early, she stepped out the door.

Night fell.

There was no one left in the Jiang family.

Gu Meiyun disliked the Jiang family for bringing bad luck and never returned to live there.

Jiang Pengyue and Jiang Hejun were also not there.

Jiang Mingda went to work in the afternoon.

Xu Manzhi roasted a snake in the kitchen and then washed a large amount of rice from the Jiang family's rice jar and cooked a pot of rice following the order in which Xiaoxian cooked rice.

It was her first time making this, so she didn't have much experience. The bottom of the pot turned completely black, almost carbonized, and the top was dry and had formed a large clump.

You know what?

Honestly, it's pretty delicious.

She took a bite of the black bread, her mouth full of charcoal ash.

Seeing that it was almost time, she rummaged through the drawer and took out an aluminum box, chopped off half a black pancake and stuffed it in, then threw in a few pieces of dried snake, tucked it into her arms and set off.

Ring ring.

The rush hour after get off work is in full swing.

The bicycle bells rang out.

Xu Manzhi mustered all her strength and charged through the traffic, weaving through streets and alleys until she arrived at an office building. She pulled a piece of cloth from her waistband and wrapped it around most of her head.

When lying in wait for prey, one must minimize one's presence.

She knew the way perfectly and had no trouble at all.

Time passed second by second.

Until a familiar figure emerged from the office building.

Xu Manzhi was overjoyed.

In an instant, she stopped breathing and continued to keep watch. She absolutely could not let her target slip away; she had to dig out some useful information tonight, no matter what.