Chapter 7 Mom, you spoil her too much!

On the way to the fish pond, Sang Feiwan told this to Old Lady Ma, who was in disbelief for a long time.

"How do you know there is gold in that fish pond? Are you sure?" Old Mrs. Ma asked her.

Sang Feiwan said to them, "I don't have any clothes to change into. You and Pingping can go down and fish together. There's a small black wooden makeup box in the deepest part of the pond."

Sang Feiwan didn't say anything else and just asked them to go and fish it out.

When Mrs. Ma heard Sang Feiwan talking about the black wooden makeup box, she suddenly remembered a rumor in the village that there used to be bandits living on this mountain, and when the bandits were wiped out, no money was left behind.

Everyone speculated where the money was hidden.

Some people say that it was hidden away by a bandit's wife.

"I understand. Is it possible that your family knows the woman of the bandit leader who used to live here?" Old Mrs. Ma found an explanation herself.

Sang Feiwan agreed without saying anything more.

She couldn't agree nor could she come up with any excuse, and she couldn't just say that she saw it in a book.

If she said they lived in a book, Old Mrs. Ma would definitely think she was mentally ill.

After fishing around, Mrs. Ma and Pingping finally found the makeup box.

In previous years, when her family sold fish, they would cast a net in the water to catch them and never drained the water, so they never knew that there was a makeup box containing gold inside.

Old Mrs. Ma stared at the gold until her eyes were almost blinded.

There are three pieces in total, and judging by their size, each one weighs about one pound.

Pingping also screamed in surprise, "Mom, Huang..."

Old Mrs. Ma quickly covered Pingping's mouth and signaled her not to make a sound.

Then he looked outside the small house, afraid of being seen, and quickly closed the box and wrapped it in wet clothes.

"Let's go home!"

"Wait a moment." Sang Feiwan stopped Mrs. Ma.

Then he took Mrs. Ma and took the makeup box, opened it, put the gold inside under the straw mat on the bed, and covered it tightly.

This small house is built next to the fish pond, so that people can live here and look at the fish pond.

So the house is not big and there is only one bed, so the only place to hide the gold is on the bed.

Pingping looked at Sang Feiwan in confusion and whispered, "Sister-in-law, why are we keeping the gold here instead of taking it home?"

Before Sang Feiwan could answer, Old Lady Ma reacted.

"Help quickly, your sister-in-law is doing the right thing."

"The Jiang family knows about this much gold, but they haven't told anyone. They must be planning to take advantage of it."

"If we take the gold home, they will definitely find out."

"If we don't take it home and hide it here, won't they find out and steal it?" Pingping asked worriedly.

Sang Feiwan had also thought about it. There is a saying that goes, "You're not afraid of thieves stealing, but you are afraid of thieves thinking about it."

She was afraid of both, so she planned to use a feint to the east and attack in the west, and an empty city tactic.

"Pingping, go call your second and third brothers over. But you can't mention the gold matter to them." Sang Feiwan looked at Pingping and said.

Ping Ping was puzzled, "Why did you hide it from the second and third brothers?"

Sang Feiwan didn't reply, but looked at Old Madam Ma. "You must know your own son's character very well. If you hadn't taken care of this family, I'm afraid they would have been in jail long ago."

The second son was a gangster and a loan shark. He took leave from his factory job every few days. The factory leaders came to his home and looked for Old Mrs. Ma.

Old Mrs. Ma gave the second son a good beating, and only then did he reluctantly start working obediently in the factory again.

The third brother went to work at the town's cinema, got addicted to gambling, and stole her money twice.

She had originally left some money for Pingping for food this semester, but it was all stolen by the third brother and used for gambling.

She also beat the third child so hard that two of his ribs were broken, and he was bedridden at home for a month.

She raised her two sons like this, and she didn't understand why it happened. She wondered if it was retribution for the sins she committed in her previous life.

There were several times at night when I was so angry that I wanted to drink pesticide and die.

"That's right, we can't let them know about the money yet! If they do, they'll definitely lose it." Old Madam Ma looked at Pingping and warned, "Watch your mouth and don't mention the word 'gold' to them, or I'll die in front of you and go down to find your father!"

It was so hard to find gold, and there was hope for her family's poverty. If this hope was gone, she would rather die than continue to suffer.

Half an hour later, Pingping called the second and third children over.

Pingping also brought dry clothes for Mrs. Ma, and she also brought clothes to change into.

The second and third sons rode their bicycles and as soon as they got off, they asked Mrs. Ma, "Mom, are you going to ask us to come and see the fish pond again?"

The second and third sons also heard from the villagers what happened today and knew that the fish pond would be taken back.

"No, I want to eat fish. Go catch some for me." Sang Feiwan made up an excuse.

The third brother immediately got angry and asked, "Are you sick? Why do you want to eat fish so late at night?"

"I told you to catch fish, so just go and catch them! Why are you talking so much nonsense!" Old Mrs. Ma kicked the third brother and kicked him into the fish pond.

With a 'plop' sound, water splashed everywhere.

Seeing this, the second brother rolled up his sleeves and went down to catch fish without waiting for Mrs. Ma to kick him.

After he got down, he remembered, "Mom, I didn't bring a fishing net. At least let me get a harpoon first."

"Just grab it with your hands!" said Mrs. Ma.

She remembered what Sang Feiwan had told her, that she had to make sure the second and third children were soaked before returning home late at night.

Only in this way could Jiang Tingyu think that they had taken the gold home.

"Work hard and you can take a day off from work tomorrow," Old Mrs. Ma told them.

The third child couldn't stand it anymore and cried out, "Mom! Oh my dear mom! It's not enough that this woman has my eldest brother completely obsessed with her! How come you also obey her every word?"

"She wants to eat fish, so you let your two sons catch them. It's only about ten degrees tonight. Do you want to freeze your two sons to death?!"

"She just bought some meat for the family!"

The second child also agreed: "That's right! Mom, you spoil her too much!"

"Except for the meat, your sister-in-law gave me all the money she had. She is now the great contributor to our family! You two rascals have been working for so long, but I, your mother, have never seen you give me a penny in return!" Old Mrs. Ma replied to them.

The second son spent all his money on his girlfriend, not to mention the third son, who didn't make enough money and even stole her money after losing it gambling.

So don’t say that wanting to eat fish is an excuse. Even if Sang Feiwan really wanted to eat fish now, she would go down to the river to catch them.

Old Madam Ma said solemnly with a cold face: "From today on, both of you must respect your sister-in-law. You are not allowed to call her "her" anymore. You must call her "sister-in-law"!"

"From now on in this family, you must listen to her just as you listen to your eldest brother!"

As Sang Feiwan expected, the Jiang family had been staring at them stealthily.

They stayed outside the Xiao family's door for another night, until the next morning, just after dawn, Jiang Tingyu came with a group of police officers.

The police said Jiang Tingyu called the police and said that her Xiao family had stolen the betrothal gift given to her by the Lu family.

Given the Lu family's status and position, it is reasonable for them to offer three pieces of gold as a betrothal gift.

She also described the betrothal box to the police, saying it looked just like something fished out of a fish pond.

"What betrothal gift? Who do you say stole it?" Xiao Lao Er wanted to know clearly.

He glanced at Xiao Lao San who was standing beside him. Xiao Lao San immediately raised his finger to the sky and swore, "I didn't steal! If I stole any of her betrothal gifts, I'll chop off my hands!"

"I knew you would be stubborn and refuse to admit it! Police officers, please go in and search!" Jiang Tingyu urged them.

Then she took her whole family to search on their own.

They broke in and searched the house themselves. They turned the house over inside and out, took clothes out of the closet and threw them on the floor, and even left the quilt on the bed alone.

Even the straw mat on the bed was removed and thrown on the ground.

This is like a house raid to search for hidden guns and drugs.

Old Mrs. Ma saw that they threw whatever they got on the ground. When she saw that they were about to throw away her corn kernels and soybeans, she hurried forward to stop them.

She was afraid that if the food spilled all over the floor, it would be difficult for her to clean up later.

But Jiang Tingyu pushed Mrs. Ma away. She was very strong after having eaten a full meal, and she pushed Mrs. Ma to the ground.

"Mom!" Xiao Lao Er and Xiao Lao San's eyes suddenly turned red, and they stepped forward to beat the Jiang family.

But he was stopped by the police.

The villagers were also attracted by the movement of the Xiao family, and at this time the Xiao family was surrounded by people.

Old Madam Ma sat on the ground, clapping her hands and crying, "Everyone, come and see! The Jiang family is bullying us! The daughter of the Jiang family married a powerful military officer from the city. In order to seize our fish pond, they falsely accused my family of stealing her betrothal gifts early this morning, beat us, and ruined our family beyond recognition..."

Old lady Ma is a person who can scold people for three days and three nights without getting tired of it, and her fighting ability is very strong.

Her ability to curse is enough to rival that of an entire village.

The people watching outside, after hearing what Old Lady Ma said, understood what was going on and began to speak up for her.

"Miss Jiang, you can't bully people like this."

"that is……"

Seeing this, the police looked at the Xiao family's house and saw that they had searched it thoroughly. They said to Jiang Tingyu, "You have also searched this. Did you make a mistake?"

"I'm not wrong! They were the ones who stole my betrothal gifts and my gold! You should arrest them quickly and interrogate them, then they will confess honestly!" Jiang Tingyu was also very angry because she didn't find the gold.

Old Madam Ma cried out anxiously, "Listen up, everyone! Miss Jiang wants to put our whole family in jail!"

"This girl from the Jiang family is really backed by the powerful Lu family. She treats us ordinary people like no one else. If she wants to arrest my whole family and put them in jail, then let them arrest us!"

Mother Jiang reminded Jiang Tingyu, "Xiaoyu, now the only thing left to look for is them. If we can find them, there's no need to send them to jail..."

She knew that the gold her daughter was looking for was in the fish pond, not stolen from their house.

So he just wanted to get the gold and didn't want to do anything so drastic as to send all the Xiao family members to jail.

"What do you mean it's unnecessary? I want them all to go to jail and pay the price! Dad, brother, Captain Wang, please help search those two men. Mom and I will search these three."