Chapter 60 Should I stay in the army and become a military wife?
Qiao Xingyue was sized up by Zeng Xiuzhu.
Looking at her thin arms and legs, she was indeed as thin as a bamboo pole, but she was quite pretty. I had never seen such a beautiful girl in the village.
Apart from her fair skin and resemblance to her chubby daughter, she bears no resemblance whatsoever; they are completely different people.
I don't know where Xie Zhongming found this person to pretend to be her chubby daughter.
Zeng Xiuzhu also used some tricks when she married Liu Pangya and Liu Dazhu's father.
She herself was dark-skinned and ugly, a well-known ugly woman in the village. When she saw that Fatty's father was fair-skinned and handsome, like a scholar going to the capital for the imperial examination, she used the same veterinary drug to sleep with him and forced him to marry her.
So her daughter's skin was just as fair and tender as her father's.
Looking at Qiao Xingyue's fair skin and beautiful appearance, Zeng Xiuzhu felt that she looked somewhat familiar.
Where have I seen this before?
I can't remember it for the time being.
Never mind that, she had to hurry up and grab the money from that box.
For the past few years, Xie Zhongming has been sending money back to Chadian Village every month. In addition, Zeng Xiuzhu and the village chief had previously tricked Xie Zhongming by saying that Pangya had caused trouble in the village and needed to pay compensation. Xie Zhongming then sent back even more money.
Zeng Xiuzhu used half of it and saved the other half, so there are still almost three thousand yuan left in this box.
Three thousand yuan is considered a fortune in this tea shop village.
Qiao Xingyue found it just like that; I don't know how she knew that her box was hidden under the bed.
"You brat, are you going to give it to me or not? If you don't, I'll chop your hand off in a minute."
Qiao Xingyue looked at Zeng Xiuzhu's fierce appearance. When she bared her teeth, there were food scraps stuck to her yellow teeth. When she spoke, saliva flew out everywhere. It was extremely disgusting.
Qiao Xingyue quickly took two steps back while holding the box.
The villagers who were watching were spittled on by Zeng Xiuzhu. They wiped their faces and retreated in disgust.
Some people were retreating while simultaneously trying to persuade others to stop.
“Xiuzhu, this is your chubby girl, no doubt about it. You kicked her out in the dead of winter, and she was pregnant and had nothing to eat, that’s why she’s so thin.”
“Xiuzhu, the money that Commander Xie has sent back to Chadian Village over the years has all gone to Pangya. You should return this money to Pangya.”
Zeng Xiuzhu glared fiercely at the crowd, "Get out of here."
The villagers who lived nearby were even kicked viciously by Zeng Xiuzhu.
Immediately, no one dared to offer any more advice.
"Dazhu, grab that brat and get the box back for your mother. It contains all our family's possessions."
Jin Hua quickly shoved Liu Dazhu, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and get our money back! There are still several hundred yuan in there."
Zeng Xiuzhu spent money with Jin Huaqian, and there were still several hundred yuan in cash at home.
After marrying Liu Dazhu, Jin Hua always wanted to be in charge of the household, but she didn't know where Zeng Xiuzhu had put the money. Today was a good opportunity to get Zeng Xiuzhu to hand over all the money to her.
Otherwise, she would abort Liu Dazhu's child.
Liu Dazhu saw that Qiao Xingyue was fair-skinned, thin, and beautiful. If she really was his sister, he might extort a dowry from Xie Zhongming and then keep the fat girl with him.
After Xie Zhongming leaves, they can sell Fatty to a rich man in the city and make another fortune.
Liu Dazhu quickly stepped forward to hold Qiao Xingyue down so that Zeng Xiuzhu could snatch the box back.
A tall, straight figure blocked Liu Dazhu's path.
That was Xie Zhongming, who was much taller than Liu Dazhu, with an iron-willed and ruthless demeanor and icy eyes.
"You dare to lay a finger on her, just you wait?"
The voice wasn't loud, but it was resounding.
His voice was loud and clear, full of energy, and carried a cold, intimidating quality.
Liu Dazhu's rubber shoes came to an abrupt halt, and he quickly took half a step back, looking timidly at Xie Zhongming.
Xie Zhongming's iron-blooded aura intimidated Liu Dazhu so much that his eyes trembled.
Zeng Xiuzhu glanced at Liu Dazhu sideways and said, "Go for it, what are you waiting for?"
Liu Dazhu immediately looked timid and said, "Mom, I'm afraid he'll hit me."
“He’s a soldier. It’s illegal for a soldier to hit civilians. If he dares to touch you, just fall to the ground, and he’ll definitely not dare to do it again.”
Liu Dazhu has learned many bad habits from Zeng Xiuzhu.
If you can't beat someone in a fight, just fall to the ground, then falsely accuse the other person and extort money from them.
They've long been used to using this trick to extort money from people.
But when Liu Dazhu saw Xie Zhongming's sharp, eagle-like eyes, he felt his whole body trembling.
Just then, a series of knocking sounds came from behind Xie Zhongming.
Qiao Xingyue picked up a stone and smashed the lock on the box. In just a few hits, the lock was broken.
There were several bundles of cash inside, all of them were large ten-yuan bills.
One "Big Unity" note costs ten yuan, and they bundled it into three bundles.
There were also pieces of one, two, and five pressed together.
Qiao Xingyue estimated that there should be around three thousand yuan here.
There is also a household registration booklet.
She took out the money and household registration booklet, stood up, and walked over to Xie Zhongming.
Seeing the bundles of money she was holding, Zeng Xiuzhu slapped her thigh and rushed forward to try to snatch the money back.
Qiao Xingyue stuffed several bundles of money and the household registration book into Xie Zhongming's hands, saying, "Hold on tight. This is all the hard-earned wages from the army. We can't let Zeng Xiuzhu get away with it."
With both hands free, Qiao Xingyue slightly turned her hand to the side, raised her hand and grabbed Zeng Xiuzhu who rushed up, tightly restraining her arm.
“I told you, I am Fatty. This money is all my husband’s salary in the army, and I’m taking it all back today.”
"Nobody should even think about getting their hands on this money."
She spoke crisply and forcefully.
With a slight increase in pressure, Zeng Xiuzhu cried out in pain, "Ouch, you brat, let go of me! Ouch, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts..."
Qiao Xingyue's memories contain all of the original owner's (the chubby girl's) memories.
From childhood, Zeng Xiuzhu constantly beat and scolded Pangya, calling her "brat" every day and making her do all the dirty and tiring work, while favoring her son Liu Dazhu. Pangya had to cook when she was three years old, while Liu Dazhu was still wetting his pants until he was ten.
Fueled by the original owner's anger, Qiao Xingyue inserted a silver needle into Zeng Xiuzhu's most painful acupoint.
"Ouch, something bit me! It hurts, it hurts so much!"
At this moment, Qiao Xingyue had already let go.
Zeng Xiuzhu was sweating from the pain, saying, "What did you just use to stab me?"
"Try spouting another few more nonsense," Qiao Xingyue said calmly. "Believe me or not, I'll make you feel pain all over your body in a little while."
At this moment, Jin Hua saw the bundles of money in Xie Zhongming's arms, many of them in ten-yuan notes. She immediately flew into a rage, rushing over to Zeng Xiuzhu and pinching and grabbing her, saying, "You old hag, you told me you only had a few hundred yuan left at home, but this is clearly several thousand."
"No one should even think about taking this money," Qiao Xingyue said firmly. "This money is my husband's hard-earned salary and allowances in the army, and it's the living expenses he sends to me."
When she said the words "her man," Xie Zhongming's tightly pursed lips curled up slightly.
He smiled.
Does this mean she's acknowledging that he's her husband?
Xie Zhongming was overjoyed.
At this moment, Qiao Xingyue took two steps back, stood next to him, and rummaged in the pocket of his trousers, pulling out a stack of post office remittance slips and an IOU that Zeng Xiuzhu had given to Xie Zhongming.
This is the IOU that Zeng Xiuzhu wrote when she went to Jincheng District to ask Xie Zhongming for money, but Xie Zhongming took her to the police station instead.
Xie Zhongming told Qiao Xingyue everything on the way here.
“Fellow villagers, take a look. This is my husband’s remittance receipt, and also the IOU that Zeng Xiuzhu signed for him.”
“Zeng Xiuzhu is illiterate and cannot write her name, but she put her fingerprint on the document, which has legal effect.”
She showed the remittance receipt and IOU to her fellow villagers.
Zeng Xiuzhu's hands were numb with pain, so she didn't have the strength to grab the evidence.
At this very moment, Jin Hua, who had been deceived, started pinching and scratching Zeng Xiuzhu.
"You old hag, you dare to lie to me."
"Jin Hua, listen to me."
"I don't care, if you don't get this money back today, I'll abort your grandson."
"Jinhua, don't be impulsive. Mother really didn't mean to lie to you. This money..."
Qiao Xingyue said firmly, "None of you will get this money back."
Among the villagers, some were literate, and when they saw that Xie Zhongming gave Zeng Pangya money every month, they all talked about it.
"Zeng Xiuzhu is so heartless. She kicked her own daughter out just to pocket this money."
“Fatty’s husband is quite responsible. He sends her money every month, and that money is all Fatty’s.”
Zeng Xiuzhu's arms were covered in blood from Jin Hua's pinching, and she was in so much pain that she was almost powerless, but she still shouted, "She's not Fatty. Our Fatty isn't this thin. Do you think I can't even recognize my own daughter?"
Just then, police officers in uniform came over, having inquired about Zeng Xiuzhu's home.
Two police officers arrived in total.
Xie Zhongming made the arrangements by phone as soon as he got off the train. He had reported the case to the county police station more than four months ago, and the case of Fatty's disappearance had already been filed.
Now that Fatty has been found, the case should be closed, but Commander Xie from Jincheng invited them to handle a family dispute and conflict, so they have to come.
When Zeng Xiuzhu saw that they were police officers, she rushed forward crying and shouting, "Comrades, you have to help me! This woman not only impersonated my daughter, but she also stole my family's money!"
Xie Zhongming retrieved the remittance receipts from the villagers and handed them over to the police officers.
The two police officers, one tall and one short, simultaneously saluted Xie Zhongming, saying, "Greetings, Commander Xie."
Xie Zhongming returned the salute and said, "Comrades, I have remittance receipts for the money I sent to my wife over the past few years, but my wife has been missing for several years. My mother-in-law has embezzled all of it."
The police officers examined the remittance receipt, the case filing form in Jincheng, and the IOU that Zeng Xiuzhu admitted to embezzling the money and signed and fingerprinted.
The tall police officer looked at Zeng Xiuzhu sternly and said, "This constitutes fraud. Comrade Zeng Xiuzhu, do you need us to mediate, or do you want to go to court? If you go to court, the amount involved is too large, and you will be in jail."
Zeng Xiuzhu had already been warned once before in Jincheng District.
If she hadn't signed the guarantee and IOU, she would probably be in jail by now.
Last time, she was so scared that her legs went weak.
Although she was trembling with fear, this tea shop village was, after all, her territory. Could she really let someone take her away?
She collapsed to the ground, throwing a tantrum and wailing, "The commander is abusing his power! Is there no justice? Is there no law? I don't want to live anymore..."
When the two police officers saw this shameless shrew, they couldn't help but shake their heads.
The taller of the men said decisively, "Just handcuff him and take him back."
The short comrade took out handcuffs, bent down, squatted down, and knelt on one knee to handcuff Zeng Xiuzhu.
Zeng Xiuzhu suddenly kicked the short comrade.
The tall man also came to help, saying, "Comrade Zeng Xiuzhu, if you continue to attack the officers like this, you'll be punished even more severely. Behave yourself."
When the villagers saw Zeng Xiuzhu being taken away by two comrades, they cheered.
“Zeng Xiuzhu has been stealing chickens and dogs in the village and has done all sorts of bad things. She should be arrested.”
Seeing that the police officers were serious, Zeng Xiuzhu really chickened out this time. "Comrade, can I not go to court? I'll listen to you. I'll give the money back to Commander Xie. I'll give it back. I won't make a fuss anymore."
The police officer glanced at Xie Zhongming. "Commander Xie, this is your family matter. If you want to settle this privately..."
Before the short police officer could finish speaking, Qiao Xingyue said decisively, "We won't settle this privately. If we could, we wouldn't have called you here. Comrades, thank you for your trouble. Please handle this officially. Do what needs to be done."
Zeng Xiuzhu is a cancer in the village; she won't behave unless she's locked up for a few months.
They might even go to the Jincheng Military Region to cause trouble for Xie Zhongming.
The tall police officer looked at Qiao Xingyue and asked, "And who is this officer?"
Xie Zhongming replied, "This is Pangya, my wife. We'll need your help getting a household registration certificate later. We'll go to the county police station to find you in a bit."
Even after being handcuffed, Zeng Xiuzhu still wouldn't behave, saying, "She's not my chubby girl. My chubby girl isn't this thin. She's just an imposter."
"Zeng Xiuzhu, do you want me to expose all the things you've done over the years—sleeping on the kang with Uncle Li from the east end of the village, Dazhuang and his son, and Aunt Li's husband—before you'll believe I'm Fatty?"
"You think you need to admit I'm Fatty?"
"Seven years ago, Aunt Zhong's granddaughter was almost kidnapped. Have you forgotten that you conspired with that trafficker to harm her granddaughter?"
The human trafficker failed in the end, and the Zhong family's granddaughter was rescued by the villagers. The trafficker's accomplice then came to the Liu family to ask Zeng Xiuzhu for a refund and even had an argument with her at home.
Zeng Xiuzhu was dumbfounded.
How did she know all this?
Could she really be her chubby daughter?
Liu Dazhu stepped forward and said, "Fatty, are you really Fatty? If you really are Fatty, you should quickly plead with the comrades. They can't take our mother away."
"That's your mother, not mine." Qiao Xingyue was furious on behalf of the original owner. "You've abused me relentlessly since I was a child. I don't have a mother and older brother as heartless as you. Get out of here."
Qiao Xingyue felt nauseous just looking at Liu Dazhu, who was so tough and thick-skinned.
She moved closer to Xie Zhongming. "Zhongming, let's go."
The old man who used to carry manure asked, "Fatty, you're going to join the army this time and stay there as a military wife, right?"
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