Chapter 17 Questioning the truth about jumping into the sea
Zhang Caihong quickly changed her expression and smiled: "Le Ni, I have an appointment and it's almost time. Let's talk privately when we are free."
"Heh." Yu Zhile sneered twice, walked straight to her and pulled off the red rope around her neck.
The round pink and white pearls sparkle in the sun.
At first glance, many people could tell it was worth a lot of money.
Zhang Caihong reached out to grab it: "Yu Zhile, are you a robber? Give me back my pearl."
"Say it again, whose pearl is it?" Yu Zhile asked back.
Zhang Caihong answered loudly without blushing or panicking: "Mine, mine, mine, give it back to me!"
"That day, in order to snatch this pearl, you pushed me into the sea, and my forehead hit the reef. Do you think I have forgotten everything?" Yu Zhile stared into Zhang Caihong's eyes with sharp eyes.
Her words were like oil dripping into a hot pot, causing an uproar.
The old branch secretary frowned and said, "Le Ni, please explain clearly."
"On March 29, 1970, in Xiaodonghai, Haiyu Village, Zhang Caihong wanted to steal my pearls because of her wealth. She pushed me into the sea and hit me on the rocks. It was murder." Yu Zhile recounted the incident word by word. "That day, you were wearing a pink top."
Everyone was talking about it.
She was the only one in the village who had pink clothes, and Tang Guihua showed off about it for several days.
Zhang Caihong stammered back, "You, you, who saw it? Don't slander me."
Seeing her reaction, the old branch secretary knew that Yu Zhile was telling the truth, so he turned around and looked for Yu Erye and said, "Old Er, pull the ox cart over here. Le Ni, Zhang Caihong and I will go to the town police station to report the case."
His words had already expressed the difference between close and distant relatives, which made Zhang Caihong feel even more guilty.
Master Yu nodded, turned and left.
Seeing this, Zhang Caihong turned pale: "Grandpa Zhang, I didn't do it. I won't go to the police station."
"The police will not wrongly accuse any good person." The old branch secretary made the final decision.
Some village cadres had solemn expressions and looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.
Tang Guihua suddenly winked at someone she knew in the crowd.
The man spoke up boldly: "Secretary, this is just Le Ni's one-sided statement. If we bring this to the police station, it will be embarrassing for everyone in Haiyu Village."
"Yes, our village's harvest was not good. We only paid off the debt we owed to the commune the year before last this year. If this matter gets out of hand, how will the commune leaders view us?" A village official named Zhang stepped forward to agree.
Yu Haiyao pretended to be a generous adult and said, "I think Le Ni is fine now. Why don't we just treat it as a joke between children?"
"That's fine. I'll go play some kid-like jokes with Yu Fu tonight." Yu Zhile's tone was as flat as if he was describing what he had eaten for lunch.
"Le Ni, can you think about the villagers? If we lose face in front of the leaders, how will our village develop in the future?" Yu Haiyao acted like an elder and grilled Yu Zhile with every word.
He led the public in a different direction, and many people reacted as he expected, and began to persuade Yu Zhile not to make a big deal out of it.
"Stupid! This is murder for money!" Zhang Wenxin criticized angrily.
Normally, everyone would give her some face because she was the granddaughter of the old branch secretary. But now that their own interests were involved, they stopped pretending and rolled their eyes and sneered.
"What's stupid or not, eating is the most important thing."
"Xinni, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're just talking without any pain in your waist."
"That's right, what girl is like you who can get married but has never been to the fields?"
Everyone suddenly pointed their criticism at Zhang Wenxin, who looked extremely embarrassed.
"My Ni'er has three older brothers to support her, so she can do whatever she wants!" Zhang Wenxin's mother has a big waist and a loud voice. "I want to see who dares to make up stories about my Ni'er! Stand in front of me and say it!"
Wen Rou was a notoriously fierce woman within a ten-mile radius, and everyone fell silent.
The old branch secretary took a deep puff of his pipe, which made a gurgling sound and a strong smell of tobacco spread.
He tapped his pipe against the wall and said, "This case must be reported. I will never allow murder for money to happen in Haiyu Village."
Everyone looked at each other and stopped talking. The old branch secretary's words still carried a lot of weight.
"Uncle Zhang, this——"
Yu Haiyao had just started to speak when he was cut off by the old branch secretary's deep gaze.
"The leaders of the commune have always been fair and strict. These things will definitely not leave a bad impression on our village, nor will they affect the development of the village. You can rest assured." The team leader comforted.
Zhang Caihong's face was pale and she felt weak all over. She had to cling to Tang Guihua to avoid collapsing on the ground.
"Cai Ni, I'll ask your brother to go to the shipyard to find Liu Mingcong."
Tang Guihua's voice was as soft as a mosquito's, but the dizzy Zhang Caihong still managed to recognize Liu Mingcong's name.
She seemed to have been injected with a dose of cardiac stimulant, and her complexion gradually returned to normal.
The old branch secretary glanced at the embarrassed Huang Da Niang and others, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone who came to cause trouble today will have 100 work points deducted from them to compensate Le Ni."
As soon as these words were spoken, Aunt Huang and her group were furious.
They were all lazy and procrastinating at work, and the whole family only earned 100 work points after working for four or five days.
They were not happy about having to pay all the compensation to Yu Zhile at once.
"Why do you want to deduct centimeters from my family?"
"That's right, it's not fair, we didn't take anything from her!"
Facing the angry people, the old branch secretary raised his eyes and said, "It's okay if you don't want to compensate me. I will pay you with work points to find someone to go to your house and make trouble day and night, so that you can have a taste of what it's like."
"Grandpa Feng, I'm the first to sign up." A child who was sitting on the wall of Yu's house with his legs crossed raised his hand actively.
A group of little kids responded one after another, and some even started howling on the spot.
Everyone showed an unbearable expression when hearing the evil sound, and the child's parents laughed and scolded him to shut up.
The few people who resisted most fiercely were defeated, and after a while of pushing and shoving, they gave way to the old bald man to negotiate with the old branch secretary.
The old bald man hesitated: "Brother Feng, one hundred work points is a bit too much, can you pay less? Fifty?"
"One hundred and fifty." The old branch secretary raised the compensation in a flat tone.
The old bald man continued to struggle: "Brother Feng, you see, it's not easy for all of us, so just pay 80 yuan, right?"
"Two hundred." The old secretary took another puff of his cigarette.
Why do we talk more and more?
The others panicked, pushed the old bald man away, and agreed to the proposal of 100 work points.
The group lost both their wife and their troops, and they hung their heads in despair.
Yu Zhile found it funny, and when he looked at the old branch secretary, he saw a hint of smile in the other's eyes.
At this point, the farce officially ended.
Yu Erye's shouting was getting closer.
Yu Zhile turned around and was about to tell Yu Yue something, but found that he had a gloomy face and was gripping the armrest of the wheelchair so hard that his fingers turned white.
The warm palm covers the back of the hand.
"Xiao Yue, take good care of Xiaobao at home." Yu Zhile said softly.
Yu Yue forced a smile and replied, "Okay."
Suddenly, there was a noise outside the yard.
Yu Zhile looked outside and saw a tall girl rushing towards the courtyard, followed by a few people.
"Laidi, Songdi, hurry up, we can't let the people who bullied Yaozong get away." The girl's voice was so loud that everyone could hear her.
Hearing her voice, some people trembled and covered their mouths and noses unconsciously.
Zhang Yaozong jogged behind her to catch up with her, panting.
"Zhang Zhaodi is here, comrades, retreat! Retreat!" The child with his legs crossed shouted at the top of his voice.
In an instant, the sounds of "dong dong dong" of feet falling to the ground were heard one after another, and all the children growing on the wall disappeared.
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