At this time, Clan Leader Li stepped forward. He called over the young men and carried Li Youshou back to the house. He then said to the Chen brothers, "Everyone, there must be something hidden in this matter. After I investigate, I will definitely give you an explanation!"

He called Li Wenjian over and asked him in front of everyone, "Do you know where your father bought this coat? And how much did he spend on it?"

Li Wenjian nodded. "I went to the city with my father to buy this cotton-padded jacket. I spent four taels of silver! I bought it from the thriving Xiuyun Cloth Shop in the city!"

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Chen family asked again, "How could such a big cloth shop do something like this to damage its own reputation? We always buy cotton in the city and make it ourselves. Buying ready-made clothes is so expensive. This is obviously unreasonable!"

When the villagers of Lijia Village heard what she said, they thought it made sense. They were so poor that they would rather spend every penny in half, so how could they afford to buy ready-made clothes!

Li Wenjian lowered his head and said dejectedly, "Father said that buying cotton to make clothes is not only time-consuming, but also that Mother would definitely not want to make clothes for herself. Now that the weather is cold, Dad just bought ready-made clothes for her!"

Some things are just hard to explain. Even though you are in a very difficult situation, you still want to treat your spouse who has suffered with you for most of his life to some luxury!

During the silence, Li Yan stood up and said to Chief Li, "Grandpa Chief, I think this matter is very serious. If it's really the work of Xiuyun Cloth Shop, then there must be more than one cotton-padded jacket with problems. I have an idea, but I don't know if I should tell you or not!"

Patriarch Li couldn't help but look solemn when he heard Li Yan's words. After spending more than half a year together, he was already very convinced of the child's judgment: "Hurry up and tell me, hurry up and tell me!"

Li Yan: "We can collect evidence and then report it to the police!"

Chief Li said with a puzzled look on his face, "I understand reporting to the authorities, but how do we collect evidence? Xiuyun Cloth Shop could completely deny the responsibility, or even turn around and accuse us of framing them!"

The villagers of Lijia Village nodded in agreement. How could they, who only knew how to farm, possibly compete with the wealthy and powerful? Although the villagers hated them, they did not dare to challenge the powerful easily.

Li Yan thought for a moment and said to Chief Li, "Without further delay, let me handle this matter. I'll come back later and tell you in detail about the progress. Before that, Chief Li, please tell the villagers to keep this matter secret. Don't let the news leak out and give those people a chance to destroy the evidence!"

Patriarch Li looked at the child in front of him, who was only a little over ten years old, with satisfaction, and patted his chest and assured him, "You go ahead, I'll leave this here!"

After Li Yan gave instructions to Patriarch Li, she hurried home!

After Li Yan left, Clan Leader Li said to everyone in the courtyard, "As you all just heard, no one in the courtyard today is allowed to step out of the gate!"

The Chen brothers asked anxiously, "Could it be that we are not allowed to go back?"

Patriarch Li said apologetically, "We have to make an emergency decision. You also want to find out the truth about your sister's death, right?"

On the other side, Li Youshou slowly woke up and was in great pain. It turned out that his wife left him because of the coat he bought!

Recalling how his wife had been wearing this reed-cotton coat during these windy, snowy, and rapidly falling temperatures, and how he had even scolded her yesterday for not being able to withstand the severe cold and changing into an ordinary old coat, Li Youshou felt a dull pain in his heart as if it were being cut by a knife.

It turns out that my wife has been wearing this adulterated cotton-padded jacket to keep warm these days. This is not a cotton-padded jacket at all, it’s a death warrant!