Chapter 51 Justice (Part 3) The innocent woman finally got her...

Yao Zhizhi is debt-free and feels free.

I went to a state-owned shopping mall and bought some new workbooks. After I came back, I made a savings plan.

She accepted the four thousand yuan given by her parents, but she also knew that her father was about to retire and her mother was unemployed.

When they really moved here to be with her, she couldn't let her parents bear the expenses themselves. They were already old, and she couldn't bear it.

Of course, she also knew that her father would have a pension, but that was his own money.

They have helped her so much, how could she be so selfish and only care about her father's wallet.

Therefore, you still have to save more money and work harder.

Then you can buy whatever you want for your parents, wouldn’t that be great!

There are three types of savings projects:

1. Stable income from manuscripts, her serialized revolutionary novels, and Qi Changxiao's illustrations.

2. News releases that are occasionally adopted.

3. Some small surprises when the two people signed in. This money may not seem like much, but it adds up to a lot.

In short, she excluded the bamboo products made by her brother.

Over the past year, my brother gave her his wages every time he got them, but she didn't touch a single cent.

Now I've done the math, wow, it's several hundred yuan.

She planned to go to the street outside the alley to see if there were any shops. She would find a proper shop and ask her brother to hang up a business license so that she could become a legitimate individual craftsman.

I can earn more than I do now and it will be more respectable.

Of course, she wanted to persuade her brother to go to Beijing to get married, but her brother disagreed and there was nothing she could do.

The next day she went out for a walk and actually found two shops.

However, the business seems to be poorly managed and gives off a sense of bankruptcy and desolation. If I rent it, I will have to go to great lengths to clean it up, and the cost may not be low.

There was a dispute in another family, and when Yao Zhizhi went over, her mother-in-law was there trying to mediate.

Aunt Mao happened to be there, so Yao Zhizhi asked about it.

"Oh, what a mess!" Aunt Mao was heartbroken. She pulled Yao Zhizhi aside and explained the whole story. "This shop is owned by Director Hu's brother-in-law. Because of his sister's relationship, Director Hu got him a license to sell tobacco and alcohol. We only have this one unique individual store in Yicheng. I don't know how many people envy it. And now, someone has come to our door to make trouble."

"Didn't his sister die?" Yao Zhizhi had specifically inquired about this two years ago. The woman's death was quite strange. The person who knew the truth hesitated for a long time and didn't dare to say anything more.

Aunt Mao sighed. "That's right. He's been dead for several years. I heard someone originally introduced Director Hu to a young woman from the countryside, but then for some reason, she changed her mind. Director Hu ended up marrying the younger sister of his previous wife."

"Sister-in-law marrying brother-in-law?" Yao Zhizhi immediately perked up. This kind of thing was too melodramatic, and she loved to hear it. She quickly asked, "Were they in love before they got married?"

"Who knows? Anyway, my sister-in-law is very young, only 30 years old this year, and she's not married. But she has a child and claims to be adopted. No one knows if it's true." Aunt Mao got to the point, carefully looking around, and whispered, "It turns out that this child's identity is a bit special."

"Then what does this have to do with Director Hu's brother-in-law?" Yao Zhizhi was confused, her imagination exhausted, and she had no idea what was going on.

Aunt Mao was also sighing, leaning over to whisper in her ear, "How come it's no longer a relationship? Isn't this a relationship? Nine years ago, Director Hu's brother-in-law raped a girl from his relative's village and had a child. The child was originally thought to be dead, but for some reason, the child raised by the sister-in-law looked more and more like the daughter of this family. So, the family didn't dare to go to the government compound to claim the child, so they came to the brother-in-law to make a scene."

Oh, so, Director Hu's brother-in-law raped someone's daughter, and when the girl was born, he lied to her that the child was dead. In fact, the child was hidden and given to Director Hu's sister-in-law to raise. The sister-in-law married Director Hu, and the child became Director Hu's legal stepson.

It was naturally difficult for the victim's family to ask Director Hu for the child back, so they could only come here.

It just so happened that most people couldn't run this tobacco and alcohol store, so the victim's family planned to make some noise and scare Director Hu. If they pushed him too far, they could sue him for abusing his power for personal gain, and he would lose his job.

This incident is simply outrageous.

Yao Zhizhi couldn't help but be curious: "Is Director Hu's brother-in-law married?"

Aunt Mao was indignant. "He's married! You said he already has a wife, so why are you trying to harm him? His daughter was already engaged, and this... this is such bad luck. I was planning to call the police, but my brother-in-law paid two hundred yuan, and the girl's family was afraid of Director Hu, who was behind him, so they had to keep quiet. And the girl was pregnant with her first child, so they didn't dare to abort it and just gritted their teeth and gave birth to it. Who would have thought it was a boy! And this brother-in-law's wife had given birth to three daughters, and they were worried about not having a son, so this brother-in-law got evil intentions and bribed the people at the clinic."

No wonder the girl’s family came to make trouble. Yao Zhizhi really didn’t know what to say.

My brother-in-law and his family are simply beasts. As for whether my sister-in-law is a good person, it’s hard to say.

She glanced at her mother-in-law who was surrounded by the victim's family and sighed silently.

It is difficult for grassroots police officers, and it is difficult for honest officials to judge family affairs, not to mention that this matter involves Director Hu.

Does the mother-in-law dare to intervene?

If I intervene, Director Hu will be jealous of me and I'm afraid I will be bullied in the future. If I don't intervene, the victim will be really pitiful.

Yao Zhizhi could almost hear her mother-in-law sighing, so she quickly pulled Aunt Mao over to the crowd to help comfort her.

When Tang Fengyuan saw his daughter-in-law coming, he became a little anxious and made faces, hoping that Aunt Mao would persuade her to leave quickly.

This matter is not easy to handle. If you are not careful, you will be in a difficult position and get yourself into trouble.

Aunt Mao understood what was going on and quickly grabbed Yao Zhizhi, preventing her from going forward.

But Yao Zhizhi couldn't ignore such a big thing, because this was her husband's mother and her child's grandmother.

There is no blood relationship between her and Tang Fengyuan, but a little star binds them together forever.

They are the closest relatives that you can never give up in this life.

Even if the mother-in-law wants to take the blame herself and sever ties with her, no one will believe it.

Instead of being afraid of everything, it’s better to face it together. It’s no big deal.

She pried Aunt Mao's hands apart, gave a comforting smile, turned around and squeezed next to her mother-in-law.

Aunt Mao was so anxious that she just followed. Fortunately, she was short and skinny, like a nimble loach, and she squeezed in easily.

At this moment, Yao Zhizhi smiled with relief.

Look, there are still people who can see how hard my mother-in-law works. Aunt Mao cares about her so much.

She quietly looked at the victim's family and asked a question: "Uncle, is your daughter married now?"

"How to get married? Tell me who is willing to marry her?" The uncle's surname is Zhang, and he is a farmer in the rural area of ​​the western suburbs.

Zhang and Li are the two most populous surnames in the local area. Yao Zhizhi speculated that this Uncle Zhang should have nothing to do with Uncle Zhang in North City. Otherwise, Uncle Zhang would have come to help persuade them in such a big matter.

Seeing Uncle Zhang's grief-stricken expression, Yao Zhizhi couldn't help but think of Yao Mengmeng who got pregnant before marriage.

If it hadn't been handled in time, that guy might be suffering at Zhao Hesheng's house right now.

Yao Zhizhi always felt a pity for these girls who didn't fight back. She looked at the woman who was quietly wiping her tears and called her across the street, away from the crowd, and then spoke: "I'm the daughter-in-law of that policewoman. If you have any requests, you can tell me and I'll find a way to help you."

The woman wiped away her tears and looked at Yao Zhizhi pitifully: "You are not lying to me, are you? If your mother-in-law is a police officer, she will definitely side with Director Hu."

"Well, that's your fault. You don't even know what kind of person my mother-in-law is, so how can you jump to conclusions? Come on, let's talk first. Tell us what you want, then we will know how to help you." Yao Zhizhi held the poor woman's hand, speaking softly and gently.

The woman looked at her doubtfully, hesitating for a long time before she spoke: "I want them to return my son to me. My life is ruined, and I can't get married. Give the child to me and I'll raise him myself. At least I'll have someone to rely on when I'm old."

"It's their duty. The child is yours, and you've suffered so much injustice. They should apologize to you and compensate you. However, I still want to ask, do you have a job? After the child is returned, can you afford to raise him or her? Don't worry, I'm not saying that you shouldn't have a child. But only after asking clearly can we know how to negotiate with them, whether to ask them to pay child support or use some other method. Let's find a targeted solution, okay?" Yao Zhizhi was rarely so patient, for fear that she would say something too harsh and scare the poor woman.

The woman was smart enough to know that the young wife was speaking from her perspective, so she told her whole situation.

"I'm a teacher at a village primary school now. My salary isn't much, but it's enough to support myself and my child. But..."

"Don't be afraid, I won't laugh at you, just tell me what you have to say."

"But I have older brothers and younger brothers in my mother's family. They are all married and can't tolerate me living with my child in my mother's house. If I take the child back, I might be kicked out of the house. What a pity. I wish I could find a job in the city." The woman said, crying out in grievance.

Yao Zhizhi quickly handed her two sheets of toilet paper and asked, "Do you have any cooking skills?"

"I can do tailoring, making bamboo products, sewing shoe soles, making shoe uppers. I can also raise silkworms and have worked in a silk reeling factory. It was when I was in the western suburbs factory that I was... I don't understand why. It was clearly not my fault, but they all laughed at me and humiliated me. I had no choice but to quit my job and go back to the countryside to farm. The village primary school happened to be short of people, so I also studied a little and barely made a living." As the woman spoke, sad tears burst out, forming a whirlpool that pulled at her fragile self-esteem and almost drowned her.

Yao Zhizhi understood too well that she had no choice. Not to mention in the countryside, even in the city, when something like this happened, public opinion would always like to criticize women and neglect men. What a shitty world.

She quickly put her arm around the woman's shoulders and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, I'm here to help you. Remember, it's their fault. You're fine. You didn't do anything wrong."

"They wronged me, saying that I was the one who seduced him first, but I didn't do that at all. I don't even know him." It was the first time the woman heard someone say that it was not her fault, and she burst into tears out of grievance.

Yao Zhizhi hugged the poor woman and patted her back. When she calmed down, she gently asked, "What's your name? I'm Yao Zhizhi, the Zhi of gardenia."

"My name is Zhang Qianhui, Hui means flower. My father is not well educated, so he specially looked for a character with fewer strokes." Zhang Qianhui sobbed, sniffed, and glanced at Yao Zhizhi.

She wanted to find something from Yao Zhizhi's face.

Fortunately, she did not see any ridicule or contempt, but only heartbroken pity and heartache.

She didn't know why, but she suddenly wanted to call this woman her sister, so she mustered up the courage to ask, "I'm 28 years old, how about you?"

"My household registration says 22, but I'm actually 20." Yao Zhizhi handed her two more pieces of toilet paper. "Don't be afraid, sister. This kind of thing is actually easy to solve. If that bastard doesn't have a backer, it would be more difficult to deal with."

Zhang Qianhui didn't expect that this kind-hearted young wife would call her sister, which made her feel even more aggrieved.

Why are strangers she just met friendlier to her than her brothers and sisters?

She doesn't understand.

But she cherished this hard-earned understanding and kindness very much, and quickly asked: "I don't quite understand what you mean. Can you tell me what you mean?"

Yao Zhizhi patiently tried to comfort him, "If Director Hu doesn't want to lose his job, he'll definitely come and deal with it. When the time comes, be tough and don't be afraid. Ask for whatever conditions are necessary. A job, housing, compensation—don't miss a thing. If they ask you who gave you the idea, just say it was his brother-in-law."

"Ah? But isn't this what you taught me?" Zhang Qianhui was confused and didn't quite understand.

Yao Zhizhi smiled and said, "Yes, I taught you that, but do you want to see them working together to bargain with you? As long as you insist that it was that bastard who taught you, you can alienate him from Director Hu. After all, Director Hu has no way of verifying such private plans. Besides, there are so many people here, and Director Hu must be considerate. All you have to do is flatter him, tell him that you trust him to act in the interests of the people, and keep him under control, and he will definitely compromise."

"But everyone saw you coming over to talk to me. Is that okay?" Zhang Qianhui still felt unsure.

Yao Zhizhi thought it was easy to deal with, so she raised her eyebrows and said, "Then just have a fight with me and leave on bad terms. It's okay. We're far away, so they won't hear anything."

Zhang Qianhui looked at Yao Zhizhi in surprise, and suddenly laughed: "You are so bad!"

"To deal with villains, you have to be worse than them. Come on, push me and start a quarrel." Yao Zhizhi saw a group of people coming from a distance, and guessed that Director Hu had heard something, so she hurriedly urged Zhang Qianhui to act together.

Zhang Qianhui quickly pushed her, and Yao Zhizhi yelled, "You're crazy! You're so ungrateful!"

Zhang Qianhui gritted her teeth, turned around and walked away. After taking a few steps, she turned back and cursed, "Stop pretending to be a good person. You don't have to meddle in my business. Do I know you? You're the psychopath!"

Yao Zhizhi chased after her and tried to hold Zhang Qianhui's shoulders, but Zhang Qianhui pushed her away. She cursed and warned her a few times, then walked away.

Yao Zhizhi stood across the street and shouted angrily, "Auntie Mao, stop that woman! She's bullying me!"

Aunt Mao looked bewildered. Is there anyone in this world who dares to bully Xiao Yao?

The sun rises from the west?

He quickly ran over.

After inquiring about the whole story, Aunt Mao was stunned: "Sure, Xiao Yao, you are the one! Wait, Auntie will complete this drama for you!"

Aunt Mao immediately rushed across the street and started scolding Zhang Qianhui. Yao Zhizhi felt relieved and turned to go into the nearby Chengnan Xinhua Bookstore to find some books to read.

In the tobacco and alcohol store, Director Hu, with a sullen face, asked his brother-in-law, "Li Le, what's going on?"

Li Le felt very aggrieved: "Brother-in-law, I don't know how they knew it. Maybe it was the person from the clinic who betrayed us."

Director Hu looked at Zhang Qianhui with a cold face.

He was wearing a plain, dark yellow homespun shirt, and it was obvious that his family wasn't well off.

The pants were also made of coarse linen and were easily deformed. The entire trouser legs were spread out to the sides, as if two large trumpets were stuffed in the trouser legs.

If the child is really taken back by this woman, he will only suffer.

What's more, his sister-in-law treated the child as her own and obeyed his every word after marriage. She was so obedient to him that it greatly satisfied his desire for conquest and vanity.

He was willing to make some sacrifices for this woman.

Then he asked Zhang Qianhui: "What do you want?"

"Li Le said that he had no money, so he asked me to come to the store and make a scene. If everyone knows about it, you will compensate me." This was the first time Zhang Qianhui had lied in her life. She was a little nervous and subconsciously clenched her fists.

Aunt Mao saw this and, fearing she might be stage-frightened, quickly pulled her aside. "Oh, so this is why you started arguing with Xiao Yao? She actually thought Li Le and Director Hu didn't want to take responsibility. Why didn't you tell me earlier? You're really driving me crazy!"

Zhang Qianhui breathed a sigh of relief. This auntie had just started her argument. She quickly turned around and explained, "Auntie, I didn't want to argue with her. She was the one who felt it wasn't appropriate for Director Hu to take the money, after all, the child was Li Le's. But Li Le told me he had no money, and Xiao Yao thought I was protecting Li Le, so she started arguing with me."

"So that's how it is. But she's not wrong either. Li Le doesn't look like he's broke." Aunt Mao understood what she was saying and squeezed in next to Zhang Qianhui, sizing up Li Le. "If you don't believe me, look at the watches he wears. They're all higher-end than the average. I've seen people buy them, and they cost four or five hundred yuan."

"Then why did he lie to me?" Zhang Qianhui shed tears of grievance. "Director Hu, you have to make the decision for me. I know he is your brother-in-law, and you may protect him, but Director Hu, you are a public servant. You are my Lord and Lord. Please make the decision for me and ask him to return the child to me. I can't afford to raise the child, but he can open a store, so he must have money. I don't want much. He just needs to pay child support every month. As for my losses over the years, I can ask for less. Just subsidize me according to the salary I still work at the silk reeling factory."

What what what?

Not only did he want the child back, but he also wanted child support? And he also wanted compensation for her job loss?

Director Hu felt dizzy and was almost mad with anger.

He thought that he just needed to pay some money, but he didn't expect this woman to ask for such a huge amount!

Li Le, this idiot! He's going to be screwed to death!

He quickly kicked Li Le and asked him to hand over the account book of the tobacco and alcohol store.

"Do you look like you have no money?" Director Hu closed the account book and slapped Li Le in anger.

Li Le was stunned by this sudden change. After being beaten, he wanted to argue, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was slapped again.

Director Hu has some shame.

To put it nicely, what my brother-in-law did was to violate the woman's will, causing her to get pregnant before marriage, give birth to a child out of wedlock, and even steal the child.

To put it bluntly, isn't this rape?

If Zhang Qianhui's family goes to call the police, her brother-in-law will be shot.

Even he, as an insider, would inevitably be considered an accomplice.

I simply don't want this official position anymore.

Besides, there were so many people gathered around! From what this woman said, it seemed that Li Le had deliberately let her cause trouble, hoping that he would pay her!

No way!

He was so angry that he had to cut the Gordian knot and settle the matter quickly.

As for his sister-in-law…if it doesn’t work, he can just have another child with her.

He quickly picked up the abacus and did the math for Zhang Qianhui.

It has been nine years and three months since the incident, a total of 111 months. The basic salary of the operators at the Xijiao Silk Reeling Factory is 24 yuan per month, and there is a 20 yuan annual holiday bonus at the end of the year.

That's a total loss of 2,844 yuan.

The child support is calculated based on the standard of RMB 30 per month for urban employees. After divorce, the child support is calculated at 15% of the income for each child, which is RMB 4.50 per month.

He put down the abacus and asked, "Do you want to pay child support monthly or annually?"

"Let's do it annually. It's already painful enough to see him once a year." Zhang Qianhui didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and she felt inexplicably annoyed.

Sure enough, to deal with a villain, you have to be more shameless than him.

If she had let go earlier, she wouldn't have had to suffer so many years of grievances.

Director Hu quickly tore off two pieces of paper, pulled Li Le over, and asked him to write the agreement.

"How much cash can you take out of your store?" Director Hu was like a ferocious tiger that could explode at any time. Li Le was so scared that his neck shrank and he quickly opened the drawer where he kept the money.

After counting, Li Le muttered, "It's just over 300 yuan. I don't have more than 2,800 yuan."

"Then give me as much as you can, and you can write an IOU for the rest. I'm not an unreasonable person. If you arrange a job and accommodation for me, I'll keep quiet." Zhang Qianhui was pinched by Aunt Mao and quickly gave Director Hu a way out.

Director Hu didn't expect that this woman would actually dare to make a request?

I'm willing to pay her money to return her child, but she's still not satisfied?

He was so angry that he wanted to hit someone.

Zhang Qianhui mustered up her courage and continued to instigate, "Director Hu, don't blame me. I negotiated the terms with Li Le in the beginning. He said he had no money, so he told me to bring my family to make trouble. If things get out of hand, you'll naturally be the one to clean up after him. He also said that he's asked you for help more than once or twice, so this time won't be a big deal."

"Really? You're really good, Li Le!" Director Hu kicked him angrily.

Li Le was wronged, he never said that.

But no one believed him at all.

Who would believe the words of a rapist, especially when this person is a gangster with a backer?

Now he relies on the director's brother-in-law's face to live a more carefree life than other diligent people. Who can tolerate him?

He was immediately pointed at by the onlookers, who also cited examples of him bullying others.

Director Hu was so angry that his head was buzzing.

He had no choice but to walk to the door of the specialty store, open his hands, and press down: "Comrades, I've been wronged. I really didn't know anything. Let me put it this way. In order to express my determination to everyone and prove my innocence, I will go to the police to report Li Le for investigation. As for Zhang Qianhui's job, let's take over the tobacco and alcohol specialty store and let Zhang Qianhui be a salesperson. As for the residence, there is a small yard behind this specialty store that can be lived in. As long as they don't mind, this will be their place to settle down and they won't have to endure bullying anymore. Is this feasible?"

The onlookers were talking about it.

Aunt Mao took advantage of the situation and reminded him, "Director Hu, don't forget about the two thousand yuan. If the girl hadn't resigned and had continued working at the silk reeling factory, she might have become the workshop director by now. Calculated at the minimum wage, it's already a bargain for Li Le."

"Yes, Director Hu, the girl is a decent person, and it was Li Le who ruined her life." The others immediately agreed.

Director Hu quickly showed everyone the IOU written by Li Le.

This calmed the public anger.

Tang Fengyuan breathed a sigh of relief and asked Lao Hu to take Li Le to the police station to surrender. She stayed and persuaded the people to leave.

After getting home from get off work, Tang Fengyuan handed Yao Zhizhi a thank-you letter: "Zhang Qianhui gave it to you. She said she's avoiding suspicion these days and won't come to thank you yet. She'll come after she gets to know someone else."

Yao Zhizhi opened the letter, read it with a smile, and put it away carefully.

It’s great that the innocent woman finally got the belated justice. How wonderful.

Tang Fengyuan returned to Ning Zhengrong's place that evening and couldn't help but sigh, "Zhizhi has so many clever ideas. I was worried that Director Hu would get jealous of her for giving advice to others, but now, in the eyes of others, she's the one who's been wronged. I really need to learn from her."

Ning Zhengrong also felt that the matter was handled beautifully.

The next day, he gave Qi Changxiao a wooden box: "This is for you. Xiao Yao helped your mother solve such a troublesome case. Shouldn't I show some appreciation?"

Qi Changxiao held the box, glanced at Yao Zhizhi who was taking a nap, and replied with a smile: "Thank you, Dad. I will tell her when she wakes up."

Yao Zhizhi woke up and saw a strange wooden box in front of the bed. She opened it and took a look while yawning.

I couldn't help but gasp!

Who sent this? It’s so generous!