Mr. Cao felt like he was being cuckolded, and his eyes turned red with anger. "More than ten years ago, there was a snowstorm and five widows appeared in the yard. Do you remember that incident? Haha, you all think it was an accident? This incident should be blamed on him."

"Enough of Cao Zhongxiang!" Master Ma was completely furious. He came up and covered Master Cao's mouth, gritting his teeth and saying, "Do you think you can get away with pulling me down? Can you get away with it?"

Only then did Mr. Cao come to his senses, as if he had been hit by a stick. He stood there in a daze for a long time, and suddenly hit himself on the head.

He raised his head and looked at the people around him, wishing he could swallow back what he had just said, "Well, I was just impulsive, don't think too much about it."

This is simply a case of trying to cover up one's own guilt. When he said this, everyone couldn't help but speculate. What is the blizzard incident? What does it mean that all the widows in the yard should blame Master Ma? Wasn't that an accident?

The onlookers all looked confused. Some people moved in later and had no idea what happened more than ten years ago. They asked people everywhere: "What does it mean? What is the blizzard incident? What happened?"

"More than ten years ago, there was a heavy snowstorm in the north city, which destroyed the power lines in the villages on the outskirts of the city. The power supply bureau sent several teams out to repair them, but out of the seven people in our alley, only two came back. The husbands of widows like Aunt Xu and Aunt Xia in the yard were killed in that accident."

The man took a deep breath and became even more curious, "Why did this happen?"

Another recalled: "It seems that in order to hurry home, he took a shortcut on the ice, but he stepped on the thin ice and fell down. He was washed away by the water and drowned when he was found."

Lin Minjun was curious: "What does this have to do with Master Ma?"

Erwa patted his sister's arm and said on tiptoe, "I know this. I heard it before. Grandpa Ma was the leader of the team. It is said that Grandpa Ma was walking in front and the people behind him fell in. Grandpa Ma immediately turned back to save people, but he only saved Grandpa Cao. The two of them turned back to save others, but they were injured and no one was saved. Because of the rescue, Grandpa Ma and Grandpa Cao were both commended. Grandpa Ma was praised for his meritorious service in saving people, and Grandpa Cao was injured at work and received compensation."

"Since he is the leader of the team and led someone into the river, he is still being commended?" Lin Minjun found it unbelievable.

"It was said that it was Aunt Xia's husband who was anxious to get home and encouraged others to take a shortcut, which led to the fall. It was not Grandpa Ma's fault. The main reason was that who could have thought that the ice would crack as soon as it was stepped on. But just now Grandpa Cao said that this matter was related to Grandpa Ma. What's going on?"

The more they talked, the more confused they became, and the more they felt that what happened was not simple.

But it has been so many years since the incident happened and there is no evidence. Who can give an answer?

Goudan's mother was standing next to Lin Minjun knitting a sweater. After winding the yarn for a while, she suddenly slapped her thigh and said, "Oh, do you think that Master Ma might have embezzled everyone's pension? I remember that the pension was a lot."

"How is that possible? Didn't you hear what Master Cao said just now? He meant that this was not an accident."

They started arguing again, with each of them talking back and forth, and the more they talked, the more outrageous and creepy it became.

But the people in the alley didn’t know at that time that the reality was even more terrifying than they had imagined.

Yan stood in the crowd and listened for a long time without saying a word. Everyone was talking and guessing, but he still didn't say a word. After listening to what Master Cao said, he pushed through the crowd and walked out.

Less than ten minutes later, Yan Li came back, followed by several police officers.

When the police arrived, no one dared to argue anymore. Some people even hunched their necks and said, "Could it be that the police came to arrest people because we spread rumors?"

Everyone was a little scared and tried to get away quickly, so a path was made through the crowd.

In fact, the police didn't even look at them. Led by Yan Li, they walked to the door of Mr. Cao's house and asked a few questions to the group of people who were still arguing, asking their names, hometowns, and work units.

After confirming the identity, Yan Li said: "We are now going to restart the investigation of the Blizzard case from more than ten years ago. Please cooperate and come with us."

Master Cao looked at Yan Li in front of him, his lips trembling, and he was completely unable to speak.

Yan Li didn't waste any more words with him. He confirmed their identities and took the people away directly. Several people were taken away at once. The one walking in the front was Grandpa Ma, followed by Grandpa Cao, followed by Aunt Xia and Aunt Cao. The police acted swiftly and arrested all the quarreling people at once, ending the dispute.

After they were taken away, the yard became quiet, but the alley was in turmoil.

Because this happened more than ten years ago, everyone finds it strange and curious that something in the past has been brought up again.

The people in the courtyard felt panicked and wanted to know the truth of the matter. In the evening, after work, everyone visited each other in the alley and talked about this incident.

Several days have passed and those people have not been released yet, so everyone needs to think about this matter more.

This matter is big news in the alley, but it is not a big deal for Lin Minjun. She is busy with the opening of the store in the morning, and has to set up the stall in the original place in the afternoon. She is so busy that she has no time to chat, and even eating has to be on time.

However, this busyness also has its advantages. The store is progressing very quickly. Now the decoration has been completed and is being dried and ventilated. New pots, pans, and utensils have also been ordered, and three new coal stoves have been purchased, a total of four, which is enough.

The basics have been taken care of, and now we are just waiting for the ingredients to arrive.

In the morning, Lin Minjun went to the store happily to work, and in the afternoon she had to tell everyone at the stall that she was going to move soon. As for the matter of Master Cao, it occupied only one percent of her mind, so of course she had no time to care about it.

But she also knew that this was like the sky falling for the sisters-in-law and aunts in the yard.

Lin Minjun rode her tricycle to the entrance of the alley and was about to ride in, but when she reached the door and looked inside, she got off the tricycle and slowly pushed it inside, even slowing down her steps.

There was no other reason. Lin Minjun saw that several sisters-in-law and aunts who had lost their husbands were in the yard, and they were all crying.

She guessed that the results of the blizzard incident should be out.

In the alley, Mrs. Xu was walking in front, holding a basket of funeral paper. She walked forward while crying and burning paper in her hands.

"Lingling's father, the matter has been investigated clearly. You can close your eyes now." Mrs. Xu said while choking up.

Ding Ling stood beside her mother, bowing with every step. Only then did the mother and daughter seem to be dependent on each other. When Mrs. Xu cried and couldn't stand steadily, Ding Ling would help her mother walk forward.

Seeing them crying so hard that they couldn't even stand steadily, Lin Minjun was very curious about the truth behind the blizzard incident, but she had good eyesight and of course couldn't go up to ask them at this time, so she continued to push the tricycle inside.

When she reached the gate of the courtyard, she saw Aunt Xu again. Aunt Xu's husband also died in that accident, but Aunt Xu was much calmer this time. She was also burning paper, but she did not kowtow. She set up a brazier and burned paper at the gate.

The flames licked the yellow funeral paper and gradually swallowed the paper. Aunt Xu stared at the brazier in a daze.

Lin Minjun knew that the person was in a bad mood and his breathing was paused when he passed by.

"Xiao Lin." Aunt Xu suddenly spoke.

"ah?"

Aunt Xu smiled and offered, "Please make me some snacks later. I'm not in a good mood today. Just make me something and I'll pay you for it when I bring it over."

Lin Minjun said "oh", thought for a moment, and took out a bamboo basket from his tricycle. "This is the yellow croaker I just bought at the market. I'm going to make sour soup with yellow croaker tonight. How about I make some for you?"

"Just wait and see." Aunt Xu took a last glance at the brazier and walked in.

Lin Minjun immediately took the basket home, and with a sharp knife, she first killed a basket of yellow croakers, and then washed the side dishes. Vegetables were not abundant in those days, so she only prepared bean sprouts, green vegetables and tofu, which were enough for one person.

After preparing the dishes, Lin Minjun made a soup base with tomatoes and took the pot directly to Aunt Xu's house. Aunt Xu was sitting alone at the table in the main house and had already started drinking.

Seeing Lin Minjun coming over, Aunt Xu was surprised: "The vegetables and fish haven't even been put into the pot yet, how can we eat this?"

"This dish is from my hometown. We bring the stove over and cook it while we eat it. This way it won't get cold even in winter."

Aunt Xu nodded, went over to pick up the coal stove, removed the teapot on it, and motioned for Lin Minjun to put the pot on it. "You leave it there. I'll take the food back after you finish eating, and we'll pay together then."

Lin Minjun then started to serve the diced yellow croaker and other side dishes, and she would not leave until everything was ready to eat.

The room was horribly silent as Aunt Xu drank one sip after another.

Lin Minjun wanted to liven up the atmosphere, so she served the side dishes and said, "Today's yellow croaker is very fresh, and here's some tofu. You can try it later. I bought this tofu in the countryside, from a restaurant that specializes in making tofu."

This afternoon, Lin Minjun took some time to go to the countryside and found the village secretary's village. Seeing that everyone in their village knew how to make tofu, she simply ordered tofu pudding from them. She can also sell tofu pudding rice noodles in the store.

Lin Minjun thought about it and smiled, "Auntie Xia, you can come to my shop to eat rice noodles when the time comes."

"Xiao Lin, do you know why they are kowtowing at the entrance of the alley? Master Cao and his family have already confessed their crimes at the Public Security Bureau." Aunt Xu took a sip of wine and suddenly said.

offense?

Lin Minjun was stunned. "What crime? Wasn't what happened back then an accident?"

The author has something to say:

Wen is entering the second stage and opening a shop

I was rushing to work 9 a day before, but now I am back to working 6 a day. I will update from time to time.