After returning to the courtyard, apart from the Niu family who kept their doors tightly shut as soon as they arrived, the other neighbors sat together and chatted for a while.

Soon, everyone, whether they went to court or not, knew the reason why Niu Lili was killed.

Now everyone understood why the Niu family hadn't been certain before.

Those who know about this incident are quite moved, but looking back, having learned from this example, everyone secretly pays more attention to their children's education, so that they don't become like Niu Lili.

After the news spread, the Niu family was once again unable to hold their heads high because of Niu Lili's situation. People who had previously felt sorry for their daughter now looked down on them.

Those families who had been bullied by Niu Lili felt a sense of vindication.

Niu Lairen had heard these rumors before. Because of this, Grandpa Niu seemed to have aged several years, and now he couldn't even muster the leadership qualities of an old man when dealing with others.

Finally, he sighed and told everyone that he was going to resign from his position.

No one tried to stop him, and unsurprisingly, Grandpa Ma successfully took over.

It goes without saying how happy Grandpa Ma was after taking office. He immediately exercised the power of the first grandpa and held a meeting to re-elect a second grandpa.

Originally, there was one old man in the front yard and one in the back yard. Now that there is an old man in the front yard, the second old man should be chosen from the back yard.

But there are only a few households in the backyard.

The Huang family has never been well-liked and has had many problems at home, so Grandpa Huang was directly excluded. As for Su He's family, Grandpa Su and his family don't live there often, and Lin Jingyan is too young and busy with work to be suitable as the second uncle, so he was also excluded.

That leaves only the Chen family and the Ye family.

Originally, everyone unanimously recommended Section Chief Ye for the position, but Section Chief Ye found it troublesome and felt that managing such trivial matters was not suitable for him, so he voluntarily declined.

In the end, Grandpa Chen took over the matter with a smile.

He was quite resentful when he lost the election for the top uncle to Grandpa Niu, but now that he's the second-in-command, even though he's not the number one, he can still hold his head high.

And so, the new eldest and second eldest uncles of the tenement were all in place.

After Niu Lili's case was over, Chen Feng and his team took some time to come and thank her again, saying that it was thanks to the clues she provided that they were able to focus their attention on the time when they went to the countryside and find out about the relationship between Niu Lili and Chang Hong.

Niu Lili's child is Chang Hong's. She didn't know she was pregnant at first; she only found out after returning to Beijing.

When Grandpa Niu and Grandma Lü found out, they wanted her to get it done quickly.

But Niu Lili wouldn't have it; she wanted to use the child to pressure Chang Hong into giving her more benefits.

But Aunt Lü couldn't agree to it; it would be too bad for an unmarried young woman to get pregnant.

In the end, I could only lie to her and say that if she had an abortion, I could get her medical retirement, so she wouldn't have to suffer in the countryside anymore.

Niu Lili finally agreed, but she didn't dare go to the hospital for the abortion. She secretly bought an abortion pill and took it at home.

Who knew that in the end he still couldn't stay in the city.

So much so that when Niu Lili left, her mother-in-law, feeling guilty, secretly took almost half of the family's savings from her son and daughter-in-law.

After this incident came to light, the Niu family got into another fight and almost split up.

In the end, it was only because the two daughters-in-law couldn't bear to part with Uncle Niu's wages as a level seven fitter that they didn't divide it up. But now, because of this, Aunt Lü has no say in the family anymore, and neither of her daughters-in-law listens to her.

Well, I can only say they brought it on themselves.

Su He later inquired about the outcome regarding Chang Hong's brother-in-law, the county magistrate who had protected him. She was relieved to learn that the authorities had sent people to investigate and that he would likely be severely punished.

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