Chapter 77 People are going in
At eleven o'clock in the morning, at this time usually, Rutang would have already gone to the train station with Yu Yaoyang to set up the stall.
But even at this point, there was still no sign of anyone.
"Mom, I'll go back to the village to take a look." Rutang saw that time was passing by and felt that he couldn't just sit at home and wait for death.
"Why don't we wait a little longer? Maybe Yangzi had too much stuff and got delayed on the way?" Hao Mei asked.
Rutang shook his head.
"Brother Yaoyang knows what he's doing. He can't possibly delay our stall opening. Something must have happened."
Rutang didn't want to delay and was extremely anxious, fearing that something bad might happen to him, so he borrowed a bicycle from Li Hua, and rode it like a Hot Wheels, speeding back to the village.
Along the way, Rutang was looking around, paying special attention to whether there were any traffic accidents on the road, but unfortunately he didn't find anything.
The scorching sun was shining on her face. The intense exercise made Rutang sweat profusely. The clothes on her back were wet. She also had a little stitch in the side because she rode the bike too hard, but she didn't care about that.
The journey that would normally take an hour was completed in less than forty minutes as she sped up her riding.
As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the village, he saw a few women gathered together and chattering. Ru Tang wanted to go over and ask them, but when those women saw Ru Tang, they acted as if they saw a dirty thing and quickly dodged away.
This attitude made Rutang feel ominous.
She and Yu Yaoyang have been collecting seafood in the village for some time, and their popularity has improved a lot. Why are they suddenly being rejected by the villagers?
Rutang was about to ride to Yu Yaoyang's house when a female voice came from the left: "Sister Rutang, you're back!"
Rutang turned around and saw a teenage girl running towards her. The girl seemed a little excited when she saw her.
This is Chen Guilan’s younger sister, Chen Guining. She has had a good relationship with Rutang since childhood. Among the younger generation of the Chen family, she is the only one who is close to Rutang.
"Guining, what's wrong?" Rutang asked after getting off the bicycle.
Gui Ning cried, "My brother-in-law was arrested by the police! I was just thinking about how to notify you. My father won't let me go to the city, and he won't give me money."
"What?!" Rutang was shocked.
The brother-in-law Gui Ning mentioned is Yu Yaoyang.
"I don't know exactly what happened. I passed by Old Yu's house at around 9 o'clock and saw several policemen escorting my brother-in-law out of the house. Your mother-in-law and brother-in-law were also taken away. When my brother-in-law was taken away, he shouted at me, asking me to tell you not to worry."
When Yu Yaoyang was taken into the car, he only had time to say one sentence to Gui Ning. After being entrusted with the important task, Gui Ning's first reaction was to go home to ask her father for money to go into the city, but was slapped by Chen Yun.
Seeing that half of Gui Ning's face was swollen, Ru Tang guessed that her cousin had been beaten for her. She touched the little girl's face distressedly and said, "My dear sister, I know what happened. I'm too busy now. I'll come to see you when I'm done."
Gui Ning didn't know why Yu Yaoyang was taken away. Rutang rode her bicycle straight to Xiao's house at the east end of the village. She wanted to find Xiao Li's brother to ask about the situation.
When Rutang heard that Yu Yaoyang was taken away, her heart felt like fire was burning in her heart.
She didn't know what was going on, but she believed him and there must be some misunderstanding.
She met many villagers along the way. Some of them hid when they saw her, while others saw her with sympathy in their eyes and stood there whispering.
Ru Tang vaguely heard a few key words: "the street kid got shot", "Ru Tang is so pitiful", "Is she a jinx?"
These words had no effect on Rutang because her heart was filled with Yu Yaoyang.
Before reaching Xiao's house, they met a young man riding a bicycle. When he saw Rutang, the man hurriedly called her.
"Nephew's wife!"
"Uncle!" Rutang recognized that the man was Xiao Li's younger brother, Chopin.
I don’t know why my grandfather is so good at naming things. He has the same name as a musician.
"I was just about to go into the city to find you, and you came just in time!" Chopin's face was full of worry, but after seeing Rutang, his expression improved a little.
Chopin was particularly worried. He only heard Yu Yaoyang say that Rutang had rented a house in the candy factory’s staff quarters. He didn’t know the exact location and was thinking of asking around after entering the city.
"What's going on?" Rutang asked.
"Don't mention it, this is what happened..." Chopin told the story.
Yu Yaoyang was taken away so suddenly. He was not at the scene. We found out from the village chief that a girl in the neighboring village was raped the day before yesterday, and it was said that Yu Yaoyang was the one who did it, so they took him away for investigation.
"Impossible! Nonsense!" Ru Tang reacted violently, "How could my man do such a thing? The day before yesterday he and I were setting up a stall in the city, where would he have the time to ruin other girls?"
"Nephew's wife, don't get excited. Calm down. Our family doesn't believe it either. The higher-ups are investigating, and they'll let him go after the investigation is clear." Seeing the little girl so angry, Chopin felt a little more favorable towards her.
Chopin is a late-born child, more than ten years younger than his sister Xiao Li, and not much older than Yu Yaoyang. Yu Yaoyang looks a bit like his uncle, and the uncle and nephew grew up together and have a very good relationship.
Chopin was not optimistic about the marriage between Yu Yaoyang and Rutang before. Rutang had been avoiding Yu Yaoyang since she was a child. She had an intellectual aloofness and pedantry, and he always felt that she looked down on Yu Yaoyang. Chopin was worried that his nephew would be too enthusiastic.
Now seeing Rutang so angry and standing up for Yu Yaoyang, Xiao Pin finally believed that what his sister said was right and that the couple really had a good relationship.
"Uncle, I want to go to the police station to testify for Brother Yaoyang. He was with me during the day and had no time to commit the crime. Who slandered him? I must find an explanation for Brother Yaoyang!"
Chopin nodded. This was perfect. He planned to accompany Rutang into the city to see if he could help.
As the two were about to get on their bicycles, a man came running over panting. He had gauze wrapped around his head and his face was pale, looking as if he was seriously ill.
"Chen Rutang, you damn bitch, stop right there!"
The man ran up to her, panting. It was Rutang’s scumbag father Chen Fu.
"Give me the money, the betrothal money, and the money you earned in the city, all give it to me! I know you made money!" Chen Fu spread out his hands and stood in front of the bicycle to prevent Rutang from leaving.
"I don't have time to argue with you now, get out of the way!" Ru Tang said angrily.
This old man fell into a dung bucket but his brain didn't come to his senses. Her mother even ran away from home, but the old man didn't even ask any questions and just asked for money when they met.
"Don't even think about leaving if you don't give me the money! What? You still want to be with that rapist? Let me tell you, Yu Yaoyang is a failure! Who in the surrounding villages doesn't know that Yu Yaoyang is a rapist who deserves to be shot? He will be shot sooner or later! When the time comes, you will have to beg me to find you a new husband, so hurry up and give me the money!"
When Chen Fu mentioned that Yu Yaoyang was going to be shot, he became full of energy and a kind of morbid joy flashed on his old face.
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