Li Ermei didn't dare look at Aunt De and Zhang Zongde, keeping her head down, "Besides the third son's family, I don't know who else I can ask for help..."
So, she had no choice but to come to her.
"I don't even have a bicycle at home, why are you asking me for help?"
Fang Yan showed her no mercy and even gave her a clear answer: "You can go to the village chief to borrow a bicycle now; there's still time."
"Oh, as long as you don't wail like a banshee, you won't disturb the village chief's mother."
Fearing that Li Ermei would use this excuse again, Fang Yan preemptively shut her down.
Li Ermei knew that if she simply carried the child and went to the village chief to borrow a bicycle, he would definitely lend it to her. However, that was not her purpose.
Her goal was to get Fang Yan to take Qi Bei with her to help her borrow a bicycle.
"Third brother's wife, I'm begging you, please come with me, okay?"
Li Ermei would sometimes look at the child in her arms and cry anxiously, pleading for help.
“Little Fish is still sleeping. I’m really worried about leaving him alone in the house. I can’t exactly hold the baby and go with you to borrow a bicycle in the middle of the night, can I?”
Fang Yan thought to herself, "Our relationship isn't that good."
Li Ermei was so worried about her son's condition that she didn't care about putting on an act anymore and knelt down directly before Fang Yan, pleading, "Third brother's wife, I beg you, please save my son Congming!"
Aunt De couldn't stand it anymore, "You feel sorry for your son, but doesn't the third son's wife feel sorry for her son?"
There's a saying in rural areas that children should avoid going out at night to prevent them from attracting unclean spirits.
“Since you insist on having someone accompany you before you go to the village chief's, then I will go with you.”
Li Ermei's purpose was to lure Fang Yan and Qi Bei away; she didn't need anyone to accompany her at all. "No need, I just want the third brother's family to help me."
She knew that if she said that, others would definitely be suspicious.
But she really didn't know what to do.
Her son really did faint.
She feared that if she didn't get things done quickly, her son would never wake up again.
She was anxious, and her mind just wouldn't work, so she had no choice but to speak directly.
"That's really strange. I don't own a bicycle, I'm not a doctor, and I'm not a fortune teller. You keep asking me to save your son, so tell me, how am I supposed to save your son?"
"Does that mean that if I leave home and go with you to borrow a bicycle, I'll save your son?"
As Fang Yan spoke, her eyes were fixed on Li Ermei.
Fortunately, the Mid-Autumn Festival had just passed, and the moonlight was still very bright, at least enough for Fang Yan to clearly see that Li Ermei stiffened slightly when she heard this.
This confirms that Fang Yan's guess was correct.
Zhang Zongde had obviously noticed Li Ermei's behavior and, knowing Fang Yan's words, inadvertently guessed Li Ermei's purpose for tonight.
His face darkened. "Zhou Dashu's family, what exactly are you trying to do? To lure the third son's family away, you're willing to debase your own child. Have you lost your hearts?"
"Waaah..." Li Ermei suddenly burst into tears, "My child, my poor child..."
Fang Yan: ...
Just then, the sound of police sirens gradually approached.
Zhang Zongde turned and walked towards the village entrance.
Li Ermei, who was wailing loudly, suddenly remembered something, picked up her child, and quickly ran after them.
"What a tragedy!" Aunt De sighed, watching her flustered retreating figure. "The Zhang family...sigh..."
All the sympathy for that poor child Zhang Congming could only turn into a long sigh in the end.
Being born into such a family, with parents like Zhou Dashu and Li Ermei who are dishonest, lazy, incompetent, and weak-willed, is perhaps Zhang Congming's fate.
Fang Yan didn't want to get involved in Zhang Laowu's family's affairs, but she did want to see what the police cars were doing in the village.
However, Little Fish was still sleeping, and she was definitely worried about leaving him home alone.
In the end, I didn't go with them.
"Let me sit with you inside for a while longer."
Aunt De was worried about Zhang Laowu's side, and that someone else might come over soon, so she simply went into the house with Fang Yan.
Aunt De is getting old, and Fang Yan wouldn't dare let her stay up all night with her.
Fortunately, her bed was big enough. After moving the little fish to the side, she let Aunt De lie down with her. "Don't sit, let's lie down and talk for a while."
This person is old and can't stay awake any longer. Before she could say two or three words, Aunt De fell asleep.
Zhang Zongde knew that Aunt De was with Fang Yan, so he didn't come to call her.
So Fang Yan only found out early the next morning that the police cars from the previous night had actually come to arrest Zhang Weicheng and Zhang Laowu.
Oh, I heard that they also took Li Ermei and her son to the county town.
"I heard that Old Zhang's family tried to sneak around last night to get rid of Zhang Weicheng."
"It was also his destiny; he ran into the police as soon as he left the village."
"Even Zhang Laowu was taken away."
How did these two get together?
"What bad things have they done this time?"
...
For the small village of Gouzi, what happened last night was a major event.
When Fang Yan woke up early in the morning, almost everyone in the village was talking about it. All she could hear was this kind of talk, and even on the way to the county town, everyone was discussing it.
Without even asking around, from the village to the county town, from everyone talking at once, Fang Yan knew everything that happened last night clearly.
She frowned slightly. According to the timeline, they should have arrested Zhang Weicheng tomorrow. Why was it suddenly brought forward?
I wonder if Zhang Weicheng said anything to the Zhang family.
The police suddenly arrested him. I wonder if it will affect what that person is doing?
Fang Yan decided that she would go to the police station to ask what was going on after she finished selling the braised food.
Business today was just as Fang Yan had predicted—it was booming!
"Xiao Fang, I heard you had an accident yesterday? You couldn't set up your stall yesterday, and without your braised rice, my grandma didn't have a good appetite. Are you alright now?"
"It's alright, it was just a misunderstanding," Fang Yan said with a smile, busy serving meat and braising sauce to customers.
Talking doesn't interfere with working.
"Xiao Fang, give me five skewers of pig's head meat and six skewers of pig intestines. I was too hasty yesterday. I told you to rest for a couple more days, but the boys in my family have already started to rebel after just one day without eating your braised food."
The one speaking was the same fan who had told Fang Yan to rest for two more days yesterday.
"Ha ha……"
The fans queuing around to buy braised food laughed, "It's the same in my family. Now, if we don't eat it for a day, the food doesn't taste good anymore."
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