Chapter 36 is almost a cold case (Seeking monthly votes)
Wang Xiuzhi has no money or ration coupons. She eats wild vegetables picked from the fields or goes to Xu Qingmo's place to mooch some food.
But most of the time, he was driven away by Xu Qingmo.
She was upset that her own daughter had secretly hidden so much money from her. When she was rich, she had saved up a lot of money for Xu Yuanyuan's dowry.
However, it was later taken away by Xu Qingmo and Wang Jing.
At least she was thinking of Xu Yuanyuan, but Xu Yuanyuan was an ingrate.
"Xu Yuanyuan, come here and explain what's going on!" Wang Xiuzhi demanded.
Xu Yuanyuan hesitated, unsure of what to say about the matter.
Wang Xiuzhi immediately became angry, "I told you to speak, don't you understand?"
Xu Yuanyuan growled in annoyance, "I don't know, I don't know anything, can you please stop asking me?"
"This money is clearly yours, why didn't you give it to me to keep safe? Do you think Xu Qingmo is more reliable than me?" Wang Xiuzhi was furious and couldn't help but grab Xu Yuanyuan's ear.
She deliberately used gravity to make Xu Yuanyuan remember this moment.
Wang Hao also questioned her about the money. Xu Yuanyuan, in a moment of anger, growled, "Actually, I was lying to you. I didn't have any money to give Xu Qingmo."
Wang Hao was stunned, and Wang Xiuzhi was also taken aback.
The atmosphere at the scene became eerie.
Xu Yuanyuan had had enough. She had been living in fear and anxiety at Wang Hao's house these past few days. In order not to be disliked by that family, she did all kinds of dirty and hard work.
But what I received was still disdain.
Wang Xiuzhi didn't let her off the hook, even though she thought she would have a better time at her parents' home.
"You're lying to me! That's not what you said before! If I had known you had no money, I would never have married you." Wang Hao made no attempt to hide his true feelings.
Xu Yuanyuan's eyes reddened with anger. "It's because you don't want to marry me that I lied like this. After we got married, I tried my best to be a good daughter-in-law and a good wife, but what about you? You often go out with your friends and don't come back until the middle of the night."
Feeling increasingly aggrieved, Xu Yuanyuan finally let out the pent-up frustration she had been holding in.
Wang Hao pointed at Xu Yuanyuan's forehead and said angrily, "You should know why I don't want to go home. It's because I don't want to see your ugly face, and I don't want to see your bloated figure. You have no idea how smelly you are. I'd rather sleep on the floor in the yard than sleep in the same room as you."
Xu Yuanyuan twisted her fingers, tears streaming down her face. "Wang Hao, you've gone too far."
"I'm going too far? Aren't you going too far? You're clearly pregnant with another man's child, and you still want me to take care of it. I've become the laughingstock of the whole village." Wang Hao roared back.
Wang Xiuzhi was immediately displeased, grabbed a basin of water from the side, and splashed it at Wang Hao.
"You little bastard, how dare you slander my daughter's reputation! I'll fight you to the death!" Wang Xiuzhi rushed into the kitchen to find a cleaver.
Wang Hao realized something was wrong and immediately turned and ran.
As he ran, he shouted at Wang Xiuzhi, "I don't want you anymore, you daughter who got pregnant with another man's child. I'm sending you back now, don't go to my house."
After saying that, Wang Hao ran away without looking back.
Xu Yuanyuan cried so hard she could barely breathe.
Wang Xiuzhi was agitated and shouted, "What are you crying for? I'm not dead yet! Stop crying!"
"Mom, Wang Hao doesn't want me anymore, what should I do?"
When Wang Xiuzhi met Wang Jing's eyes, she felt ashamed and forcibly pulled Xu Yuanyuan into the house, closing the door behind her.
Taking advantage of the fact that only the mother and daughter were left in the house, Wang Xiuzhi asked in a low voice, "Wang Hao said that you had a child with another man, is that true?"
"Mom, why don't you even believe me?"
Wang Xiuzhi had no choice but to suppress her suspicions; Xu Yuanyuan's attitude was probably untrue.
"Since you didn't experience this, why did Wang Hao say that?" Wang Xiuzhi wanted to find out the cause and effect.
Xu Yuanyuan stopped talking and simply took off her pants.
Her buttocks were oozing pus and were a bloody mess, even worse than when she was first injured a month ago.
Wang Xiuzhi finally understood why Xu Yuanyuan walked with a limp.
"What...what happened? Why are you injured like this?" Wang Xiuzhi finally couldn't hold back her heartache.
“After I married into Wang Hao’s family, I was always assigned to work. I could only drink a bowl of wild vegetable soup to fill my stomach every day. I was not allowed to buy medicine to treat my wounds, so the wounds became so festering.”
The more Xu Yuanyuan talked, the more she felt that she had been suffering during this period.
Wang Xiuzhi was furious. "These damn bastards! I wouldn't even use your things at home, but they're using you like crazy. They clearly don't respect our family. I won't let them get away with this!"
"Mom, my bottom hurts so much, can you take me to the barefoot doctor's house?"
"Alright, let's get your injuries treated first." Wang Xiuzhi suppressed her anger for the time being, led Xu Yuanyuan out the door, and headed straight for the barefoot doctor's house.
Two policemen were taking notes at the barefoot doctor's house.
Er Gou died at the barefoot doctor's house a month ago, but the murderer has not been found. During this time, the police have been conducting interviews and gathering details.
Wang Xiuzhi burst into the barefoot doctor's house, demanding that Xu Yuanyuan's injury be treated immediately.
After the police finished taking notes, they left the barefoot doctor's house. Wang Xiuzhi had been back for four or five days and had heard some things about what had happened in the village from her neighbors.
For example, Er Gou died; for example, Wang Erdan divorced his wife.
For example, Xu Yuanyuan married Wang Hao, so why didn't her biological mother come back to take charge of the arrangements?
Wang Xiuzhi immediately felt humiliated, thinking that the other party was deliberately mocking her. She stood with her hands on her hips and argued with the other party for an entire afternoon. Only after winning did Wang Xiuzhi triumphantly return home.
Wang Xiuzhi watched the police leave and asked curiously, "Old Zhang, haven't you found out who killed Er Gou yet?"
"No, they said they couldn't find any evidence. If they can't find anything further, it'll probably be classified as a cold case," the barefoot doctor said.
"It's better for someone like Er Gou to die than to be left to cause trouble." Wang Xiuzhi didn't have a good impression of Er Gou.
The barefoot doctor didn't say anything, but told Xu Yuanyuan to take off her pants while he went to get the herbs.
Wang Xiuzhi warned the barefoot doctor, just as before, not to look at the wounds too much.
The barefoot doctor handed the medicine to Wang Xiuzhi, saying, "Why don't you take it?"
Wang Xiuzhi: "If I knew how to heal, would I have come to you? To see the fragrance in your hands?"
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Grandma Liu has excellent cooking skills and works quickly. Before long, she brought out three meat dishes, three vegetable dishes, and a soup, and then served everyone a bowl of egg and vegetable noodles.
Xu Qingmo handed a pair of chopsticks to Wang Jing, and then handed another pair to Shen Jiang.
"Mom and Dad, let's eat." Xu Qingmo said.
It took Wang Jing a while to react, "Mo Mo, is this what you usually eat?"
"I usually can't eat more than six dishes. The most I can eat is three dishes by myself. By the way, I've eaten wolf meat before. It has a lot of lean meat, but it's not as good as wild boar meat. Wild boar meat is fattier. I'll treat you to wolf meat sometime."
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