Chapter 75 Chapter 75 Showing him a big…
Xiao Tiancai can especially empathize with having a group of excellent relatives.
But just because he can understand, he particularly looks down on those who have to give in and compromise because of blood ties and allow themselves to be exploited by their so-called family members.
For example, the original Qiu Ling.
In his opinion, Qiu Ling's situation was better than his original situation. It was just that the Huang family didn't raise her or pamper her. Even if it was difficult for her to leave, there was still a way out.
In the end, she did nothing and let the Huang family get more and more aggressive, and was instead oppressed and bullied even more severely.
If it were in the past, he would not even want to take a look at the hustle and bustle at the Huang family. He would only feel aggrieved when he saw it. But it was other people's business, so he could only feel aggrieved. Qiu Ling could not handle the matter on her own. Even if someone stood up for her, she would only bow her head and return to the Huang family in shame to be bullied again.
So he didn't want to make things difficult for himself, so in such a lively place he would definitely run as fast as possible, but he would not run towards where the excitement was happening but would turn around and run in the opposite direction. The faster he ran the better, as he didn't want to miss even a word of the excitement.
It was the same this time. When he heard what happened to the Huang family, he lost all interest in learning how to make clothes. He packed up his things and left, preferring to embroider randomly at home rather than listen to another word.
The result this time was completely different from what he had imagined. The disturbance was not because the Huang family had done something immoral again, but because Qiu Ling brought a group of outsiders from somewhere and said they wanted to sue the Huang family!
Oh my Big Daddy, how could he not come to such a heart-warming event?
He turned and ran towards the Huang family. He ran so fast that he squeezed to the front and occupied the best viewing position. He was watching with great interest. When he heard someone asking a question, he spoke with great enthusiasm, "Did you see that? Those people wearing military caps are the police from the commune. The other two unfamiliar female comrades are... people from the Women's Federation. The Huang family is really fierce. Aren't they very fierce on weekdays? They either beat or scold Qiu Ling? Now they shrink their heads and dare not even speak, just like a turtle."
Ma Dongliang was surprised, "Sue the Huang family?"
Xu Mo was also shocked and opened his mouth wide, "What did she sue?"
What did you sue for?
There are quite a few complaints.
Otherwise, the police and the Women's Federation wouldn't have been attracted all at once. If it was just to solve some family problems, there would be no need for the police to be here. Usually, the Women's Federation would help to enlighten the people first, and only resort to tough measures if they really couldn't handle the problem.
But now even people from the Public Security Bureau have come to our door, so this is definitely not a small matter.
It was clear from the moment they were going to bring the Huang family back to the police station. None of them looked as ferocious as before, and they were huddled in their beds like quails in fear.
Xu Mo hesitated for a while and was about to continue walking forward, but he happened to see Qiu Ling looking at him, and she shook her head slightly at him.
With this signal, he had no choice but to stop. Before he could make any other reactions, he was pushed from behind and a person squeezed out from behind.
It was the team leader who came. After the autumn harvest, the situation finally got quiet. In addition, with the sale of a few wild boars in the name of the team some time ago, the amount of money in the team's account was getting more and more. Although the money did not belong to him personally, with this money, life in the entire Changnan Brigade would get better and better.
So he was very happy in his heart, so happy that the smile on his face never faded, and he wanted to hum a few songs.
But at this moment someone suddenly came to tell him that the Public Security Bureau was here to arrest someone!
This gave him a great fright.
He rushed over, barely catching his breath when he asked, "Public security comrades, what happened?"
"Captain, help us, you have to explain to us, we haven't done anything illegal."
"It's unfair, Lord. I really didn't do anything."
"Oh my god, Captain, please take care of this vicious woman. She actually brought people from the Public Security Bureau to arrest us, and we didn't do anything!"
"Shut up, all of you!" Xu Guodong glared at them. As a group of people, how could he not know the character of the Huang family?
But he really didn't expect that the Public Security Bureau would come to his door.
He quickly took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and tremblingly handed it over, "Comrade Public Security, I wonder what crime they have committed?"
"No need for cigarettes." Zhang Kangping waved his hands and said coldly, "This family has committed many crimes. You are the captain, right? It just so happens that we have something we want to talk to you about."
"He has committed so many crimes?!" Xu Guodong was shocked.
He knew a little about the Huang family's affairs. It was true that they were not kind to Qiu Ling, but he couldn't intervene unless the matter between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law got out of hand.
To put it bluntly, with so many families in the brigade, there are conflicts between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law in almost every family. In some cases, the mothers-in-law oppress the daughters-in-law, and in some cases, the daughters-in-law put themselves above the mothers-in-law. But no matter which case, it is their own business.
As the captain, he could only interject when things got too noisy, or threaten with a fierce look, that was all he could do.
He is indeed the captain, but he really has no power to impose penalties.
If the other person really turns a blind eye and refuses to listen, he actually has no way to control him.
He only knew that the Huang family was not very kind to Qiu Ling, but with Xu Mo's care, nothing serious happened. But he really didn't know that the Huang family had actually committed a crime.
I couldn't help but start to imagine.
Not only Xu Guodong, but also the villagers nearby couldn't help but think about it when they heard the words of the public security comrade.
"A bunch of idiots from the Huang family actually committed a crime?"
"Hush! Don't yell too loudly. Some people may look friendly but they are actually cruel. The police have come to your house. Maybe the Huang family has killed someone before. Don't let them target you."
"No way? They've killed people?"
"But no one in our team was killed. So they killed... Could it be Dazhu?! I was saying that even if Dazhu was sick, he couldn't have died so quickly. Could it be..."
"What are you thinking about!" Zhang Kangping rolled his eyes helplessly. He just said that one sentence and this group of people started making random guesses in front of him.
If you keep guessing, you don’t know what the result will be.
He quickly explained: "No one was killed or set fire, but Comrade Qiu Ling, accompanied by the Women's Federation, came to the Public Security Bureau to report the crime, saying that the Huang family was engaged in the crime of buying and selling women, daughters and children..."
Not only women, girls and children are being sold.
There were also cases where the Huang family secretly dug up someone else's sweet potatoes, picked up someone else's clothes that were blown away by the wind, climbed over the wall to someone else's house to peek at someone taking a bath, and so on.
It was obvious that Comrade Qiu Ling must have hated the Huang family. No matter whether it was a big or small matter, even if the Huang family picked one extra grain of rice and took it home, she would report it.
The Public Security Bureau came in the morning and took them an hour to write down every crime committed by the Huang family.
It took up two full pages.
Most of them were trivial matters. Even if they were reported to the public security bureau, it would be impossible to punish him, and there would not even be a need to send police.
But the trafficking of women, girls and children cannot be dealt with simply through verbal education.
If the truth of this matter is really to be found out, the Huang family will have to spend several years in jail.
"Sell?!" Xu Guodong suddenly raised his voice and turned to stare at the Huang family. "You sold Qiu Ling and her daughter?"
The five members of the Huang family shook their heads wildly.
"It's unfair that we didn't sell her! She was just staying here, how could we sell her?"
"You have really misunderstood, my Lord. It must be that bitch Qiu Ling who deceived you. You should arrest her and put her in jail!"
Old man Huang walked over tremblingly. He didn't cry out for injustice or accuse Qiu Ling of deceiving people. Instead, he covered his chest with one hand as if he had suffered a lot of grievances. "Comrade from the Public Security Bureau, Qiu Ling must have misunderstood us. We thought it would be hard for her as a widow at her age to get by, so we wanted to find a good family for her to marry into. If she didn't want to, why didn't she tell us directly? Why... why did she call the police to arrest us?"
"Yes, yes, this bastard has a black heart." Old Mrs. Huang spat fiercely, staring at Qiu Ling who was silent beside her, and she wanted to tear her apart.
"What are you staring at? The police are here, do you still want to bully others?" Director Liu of the Women's Federation stood in front of Qiu Ling and asked, "Then let me ask you, did you ask for money from the so-called good people?"
"This... no, no!" Old Mrs. Huang denied it immediately.
But Old Man Huang knew at a glance that some things could not be hidden. Rather than being unable to explain himself after they found out, it would be better for him to admit it directly.
He pushed the old woman away and yelled at her fiercely, "Shut up right now, you damn bitch! How dare you tell lies in front of the police? If I hear you talking nonsense again, I'll beat you to death!"
He roared fiercely, and when he turned around, his face was honest again, "Comrade, you must have made a mistake. The other party gave money, but that was a betrothal gift. It's impossible that Qiu Ling married him for nothing without giving him any betrothal gift, right?"
Actually, I can't really fault it if I say so.
Just like he said, it's not possible for a gay man to marry a wife without spending a penny, right?
Old Man Huang added hastily, "I was thinking that once I got the betrothal gift, I would give it to Qiu Ling as a dowry. My son had a bad fate and died early, but she has been the Huang family's daughter-in-law for several years anyway, and as a father-in-law, I cannot treat her badly."
That's a nice thing to say.
But this is so fake that it makes people laugh.
But it’s hard to say anything about something that didn’t happen.
It's hard to say whether Old Man Huang had killed the others or not, but the matter was ultimately a failure. If that brat from the Xu family hadn't intervened, not to mention Qiu Ling, even the granddaughter who lost money would have been sold out long ago.
Fortunately, even if someone brought up the matter after it fell through, he couldn't be convicted, because he didn't take any money. Even if a price had been agreed upon at the beginning, he could say it was a betrothal gift from the other party, and he would "kindly" give this betrothal gift as a dowry to let Qiu Ling take to her new family.
Thinking of this, he felt more at ease.
What about the public security comrades?
If he hadn't done anything wrong, would the other party force him to be taken back?
If it was someone with power and influence, it would be fine, but what kind of connections and influence could a lowly person like Qiu Ling have? How could the public security comrades listen to her nonsense?
He wiped his face hypocritically, and continued to act, "I didn't expect Qiu Ling to misunderstand me so much. I was not kind to her on weekdays, but our life is hard, isn't it enough to provide them with food? If this happened to a cruel family, they might starve to death!"
"What nonsense are you talking about, old man Huang!" Xu Guodong glared at him. "What do you mean by starving to death? There is no such thing in our team. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will directly deduct your work points!"
Old man Huang was not panicked at all.
Just deduct the points if he wants to. If he dares to deduct the points from their family, he will just go to Xu Guodong’s house and make a scene. He will cry, make a fuss, and even threaten to commit suicide. He will eventually make him return the points that were deducted.
Zhang Kangping looked the old man straight in the eyes and confirmed again: "So you admit that the other party will give you money?"
Old man Huang was stunned, not quite understanding why the police officer was so sure.
But thinking back, what I just said seemed to have no loopholes, so I nodded confidently, "What I negotiated with the other party was the bride price, not the price of buying and selling women and children."
"OK."
When Old Man Huang heard this, he couldn't help but smile. But before he could smile, he heard the police officer say, "Take all the Huang family members back to the police station!"
Old Huang froze in his tracks. He didn't care whether they were happy or not. He took a few steps back when he saw someone was coming to arrest him. "Public security comrade, you must have made a mistake. We are talking about the bride price! The bride price!"
Zhang Kangping glanced at him and said in a cold voice: "When you talk about the bride price with ordinary people, it's not the bride price when you talk about it with a trafficker."
"What... human trafficker?!"
The Huang family was all confused, but they didn't have time to figure things out as they were arrested by the police. They were handcuffed one by one and taken outside. They shouted in panic from time to time, but the police who were restraining them ignored them and made it clear that they were going to be detained and taken back to the police station.
Xu Guodong was also stunned by this scene. He didn't know how to react for a moment. Chen Kangping patted him on the shoulder and said, "Since you are the captain of Changnan Brigade, you need to go to the bureau for routine questioning. However, your brigade must have some things to arrange. I will give you some time to explain. You must come to the bureau tomorrow morning."
"Okay... okay, okay." Xu Guodong responded repeatedly. He didn't know how to react except to respond.
After being the team leader for so many years, this was the first time for him... No, it was the first time in his forty-plus years of life that he saw the Public Security Bureau come to their team to arrest people.
Or arresting people in front of him.
How could the Huang family be so bold? They were capable of such shameless acts as trafficking women and children. They deserve to be arrested!
After Chen Kangping gave Xu Guodong instructions, he said to Qiu Ling, "You have to come with us as well."
"Can you wait for me for a few minutes?" This was the first time Qiu Ling spoke after such a farce. However, there was no panic or confusion in her tone. One could even vaguely hear a hint of excitement.
She was quite happy this time.
It was the first time that she realized that she didn't have to do anything. She only had to stand there and there would be countless people standing in front of her to protect her.
She said: "There is no one at home, I am worried about my daughter staying at home alone, I want to ask someone to help look after her."
"Okay, we'll wait for you outside for ten minutes."
"Thank you, I'm really grateful." Qiu Ling bowed deeply, and then found Xu Mo's side.
However, she did not speak to Xu Mo, but spoke to Ma Dongliang beside her, "Brother Ma, can you ask your sister-in-law to help take care of Daya? I will pick her up when I come back."
"Sure, sure. Of course." Ma Dongliang would not refuse. Just as he saw his wife joining in the crowd, he waved to her and went into the house to pick up Daya.
As soon as the person left, Xu Mo asked anxiously, "Are you okay?"
Qiu Ling smiled and shook her head, "This is the most relaxed time I've felt since leaving Dazhu."
After he finished speaking, he paused for a moment, his eyes moistened instantly, "Xu Mo, thank you so much, and especially thank Lizhu, because she made me realize that I don't have to hold on to you forever."
"You...if you need any help, just tell me. I promised Dazhu that I would take good care of you." Xu Mo opened his mouth and was about to say something else when he was interrupted by Qiu Ling. "You know what? The thing I hate most in my life is that I can only look for you when I encounter problems."
She grinned. "But now it's better, because I found that I can find someone else to help me besides you."
The outside world opened her eyes.
She hesitated all night that day, and finally asked for leave despite the Huang family's scolding, went to the road crossing and went to the city with Zhao Lizhu.
They walked quite a distance, taking a bus for two hours heading east. When they arrived, they did not wander around, but sat in front of the Women's Federation for two full hours.
At first she just felt confused.
But she didn't ask, and just sat on the steps with her legs tucked in for two hours.
She was a little nervous and scared at first, but then she realized that no one seemed to care about her, so she bravely looked around secretly, especially the people who walked up the stairs and entered the door.
I didn't notice it at first, but later I discovered that some of the women comrades who came in looked very similar to her.
He is always timid and likes to pull his sleeves when walking, or cover his face with the brim of his hat to avoid the sight of people around him.
Sometimes she was beaten and would behave like this when she went out to meet people.
He pulled his sleeves to cover his face because he didn't want people to see the injuries on his body, and he avoided people's eyes because he felt guilty.
Sometimes I think it’s quite strange. She was the one who was beaten, but she felt guilty about being seen by others, as if she had done something wrong.
Because she had had this experience many times, as soon as she saw the thin lesbian, she knew that she must have been beaten as well.
It is hard to describe the emotions in my heart at that time, or perhaps before I could figure out what I was thinking, the person who had gone in a short while ago came out again. Unlike when she went in alone before, the lesbian was surrounded by several people when she came out.
These well-dressed middle-aged women surrounded her in the middle, each of them looking extremely serious with a sullen face.
Qiu Ling didn't understand at the time, so Zhao Lizhu pulled her to follow.
What happened half an hour later surprised her so much that she can still remember it clearly.
It was also at that time that she realized that even if the person was someone she didn't know, she could still seek help from them if she had difficulties in life.
This group of respectable people will protect her and stand before her to protect her from any blows or insults.
More importantly, they will help those who have been beaten solve their current predicament.
She stood by and watched for half an hour before she realized that this was not the first time that lesbian had been beaten, and this was not the first time that the comrades from the Women's Federation had come to her house.
The last time I visited this family they promised that they would never do it again.
But the old man never changes his ways. Less than a month later, he started beating and kicking his wife again. This time, even though the man begged desperately, the beaten woman actually got divorced with the help of the Women's Federation.
What surprised Qiu Ling even more was that it was not just a divorce.
He also helped the beaten lesbian gain custody of her child and a considerable sum of money.
She doesn't care about money.
The Huang family didn't have much money, so she didn't want any.
The person she cared about most was Daya, the child she gave birth to after ten months of pregnancy, and the only bloodline left by Dazhu.
She didn't dare leave the Huang family because she knew she couldn't take the child away with her. Because her last name was Huang, the Huang family would never let her take Daya away no matter what. Even though they didn't like this "money-losing" granddaughter, they would rather let her starve to death at home than let her take her away.
It would be great if she could leave her husband's house completely like the lesbian who was beaten, and take Daya with her...
So when Director Liu walked up to her and asked her gently if she needed help, she responded with trembling lips at Lizhu's encouragement.
That’s why the scene just now happened.
Director Liu asked her many questions. At first she spoke stutteringly and her words were incoherent.
But with the help and encouragement of Director Liu, she told him everything she had experienced over the years.
After that, they didn't immediately take her back to the brigade to find the Huang family. Instead, they went to investigate some things. "The Huang family wanted me to remarry for money. They would choose whoever offered the most money. They didn't care who the other person was. Director Liu asked someone to investigate and found that the family that offered the price to the Huang family had had contact with many female comrades before. It turned out that they were just a trafficker who specialized in buying widows or children who were not valued by the family to do some dirty things..."
"How dare they!" Xu Mo clenched his fists, his eyes red with anger.
Qiu Ling was not angry at all. It was all thanks to Xu Mo's support, otherwise she would have been thrown into hell. "They deserved it. Director Liu said that the Huang family would be punished in the end if they were involved with this group of people. When the verdict comes out, she will help me and Daya separate. Then..."
By then she will be able to completely break away from the Huang family. Even if she still lives in Changnan Brigade, she can set up her own household. If the Huang family comes to bully her again, it will not be a family affair that anyone can handle. As long as she is tough enough, she can ask the Women's Federation or the police for protection.
In other words, she finally didn't have to hold on to Xu Mo so tightly anymore.
Qiu Ling pursed her lips apologetically, "Xu Mo... I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I'm a very selfish person. I know clearly that you did this because of your promise to Da Zhu... But there's no future. Without the Huang family bullying me, I can go to the fields to work. I'm strong enough to earn ten work points, and I can support myself and Daya. I... I finally don't have to hold on to you so tightly. You are a good person, and you have fulfilled your promise to Da Zhu, but... that's enough, it's really enough..."
She spoke incoherently. She was full of apologies and gratitude but she didn't know how to express herself better.
She used to feel like vomiting from time to time whenever she faced Xu Mo. That was a reflection of her disgust and disgust towards herself.
Unlike now, after taking a long breath, she showed him a big smile.
Qiu Ling is very thin, so thin that her face looks like just a layer of skin.
When she smiled, her dark face wrinkled into a ball, making her smile look ugly.
However, her eyes were shining with anticipation for the future.
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