Xu Lao Er was instantly enraged. He gritted his teeth and cursed in the dark room.
"Damn Chen! I treated him like a brother, and he actually slept with my wife."
"Fuck you..."
One swear word after another poured out of Xu Lao Er's mouth.
The only light in the dark room came from the candle in Old Xu's hand.
Xu Lao Er thought for a long time before remembering Xu Li's birthday. With a dark face, he tried entering the password. To his surprise, the safe actually opened.
Xu Lao Er was shocked when he saw so much cash and gold inside!
He knew Old Chen was rich, but he didn't know Old Chen was this rich!
Xu Lao Er was initially filled with anger towards Lao Chen and Xu Li, but upon seeing so much money, his first feeling was joy. However, fear quickly followed!
What exactly does Old Chen do outside? How is he able to earn so much money?
Xu Lao Er was a little flustered and thought about just letting it go, but when he thought about how Lao Chen had slept with his wife and that the safe's password was his wife's birthday, Xu Lao Er felt like he was being cuckolded.
He gritted his teeth and stuffed all the money and gold into a black plastic bag.
When Xu Lao Er did these things, his adrenaline surged very quickly.
He looked around carefully before leaving, and only walked out when he found no one around.
It started to drizzle outside, and Xu Lao Er returned home with a black plastic bag in his hand.
He thought for a long time about where to put the money without attracting attention...
Xu Lao Er spent a long time in the house suffering from insomnia. He couldn't figure out where to put the money and gold, mainly because the area was too large and it would be very conspicuous if anyone saw it in the house!
Finally, Xu Lao Er thought of a good place.
He got up specifically to check if Xu Cuihua was asleep. Seeing that Xu Cuihua was asleep, Xu Lao Er muttered curses under his breath.
"Sleeping like a pig!"
Xu Cuihua: "..."
Xu Lao Er took his hoe and other things and went out.
He was wearing a black raincoat and had all his belongings tucked into his coat.
Not far from the Xu family's house was a plot of land, usually planted with vegetables. Now, Xu Lao Er (Second Old Xu) took a hoe and dug very deep, throwing in all the money and gold that were wrapped up tightly.
As Xu Lao Er was using a hoe to shovel mud and bury the soil, a sudden flash of lightning struck the sky.
At that moment, the neighbor got up to urinate in the middle of the night, and in the flash of lightning, he could see Xu Lao Er's face clearly.
Xu Lao Er was startled, and then angrily started shoving soil to bury it.
The man, who had originally intended to greet Xu Lao Er, saw that the rain had suddenly intensified and cursed irritably.
"Damn it, why couldn't it rain earlier or later?"
The urge to urinate was so strong that the man rushed off to pee.
When he returned from using the toilet, Xu Lao Er was no longer in the field.
The neighbor raised an eyebrow in surprise, then rubbed his eyes, wondering if he had seen wrong.
He muttered something to himself, but Xu Cuihua couldn't hear what he was saying because they were too far apart.
She sat in the room, watching everything end with a blank expression.
Xu Lao Er had no idea what awaited him next...
Perhaps because he had suddenly received so much money, Xu Lao Er couldn't sleep soundly all night.
He kept dreaming that Old Chen came back and questioned him about why he stole his money.
However, two days passed, and Xu Lao Er saw that no one from the Chen family had appeared, and that he was safe and sound.
In an instant, Xu Lao Er's heart was at ease again.
He's been playing cards every day for the past two days. At first, he played small stakes, but then he started playing bigger and bigger stakes.
But these past two days, it seems like he's been surrounded by good luck; he's won a lot of money playing cards.
People who play cards love to gamble and always think they're the luckiest one. Xu Lao Er had the same mentality! When his friend invited him to a bigger card game, Xu Lao Er readily agreed.
At first, Xu Lao Er kept losing, and his face turned ashen.
In the last few rounds, Xu Lao Er turned the tables, winning back all his previous losses and even making a profit!
Xu Lao Er immediately beamed with joy and happily made plans to play again tomorrow.
When Xu Lao Er arrived home in the evening, he found that Xu Cuihua had already prepared dinner. Surprisingly, he didn't nitpick at Xu Cuihua today.
Xu Lao Er looked at the table and saw only a small bok choy and a boiled bok choy soup.
He tapped the bowl with his chopsticks in an annoyed tone and spoke with great dissatisfaction.
"Cuihua, is there no other food at home? We just had stir-fried cabbage for lunch."
At this time of year, when stir-frying cabbage in the countryside, people are reluctant to even add oil, let alone eggs or meat.
Xu Cuihua gave Xu Lao Er an innocent look.
"Dad, you didn't go grocery shopping! We only have cabbage at home."
Xu Lao Er frowned, only then remembering that he needed to go to town to buy groceries. Xu Li used to do these things, but now that she was gone, Xu Cuihua naturally took over.
But Xu Cuihua had no money! Xu Lao Er immediately realized that he had won a lot of money playing cards today, so he simply took out a 20-yuan note and gave it to Xu Cuihua.
"Here you go! Go buy some meat, buy a lot!"
After saying that, Xu Lao Er immediately added, "Give me back the rest of the money!"
Xu Cuihua nodded and ate a bowl of plain porridge mixed with bok choy.
Xu Lao Er had been playing cards all day and was starving; he had no appetite for the meal when he got back.
He ate a couple of bites haphazardly, planning to go to someone else's house for a free meal later.
Suddenly, the sound of a tractor came from the doorway.
Xu Lao Er didn't want to do anything, so he sent Xu Cuihua to see who it was.
Xu Cuihua put down her chopsticks and walked to the door to look outside.
A cold glint flashed in her eyes as she watched several men get off the tractor, thinking to herself, "They've finally arrived."
Old Chen looks very rich, but actually none of the money is his own. He works as a driver in the city for someone who is involved in organized crime, and that person laundered a lot of money for him to take with him and leave it in the countryside.
Now that Old Chen is dead, the people who bought insurance for him will know immediately.
In her previous life, Xu Cuihua only learned about the affair between Xu Li and Lao Chen, as well as the secrets Lao Chen possessed, after her death.
Therefore, she deliberately said those things in front of Xu Lao Er, intentionally enticing him to touch the Chen family's property.
Because she knew that the person above Old Chen would send someone down to collect the money soon, but Old Chen died unexpectedly.
They should arrive early, but Xu Cuihua didn't know when.
Anyway, Xu Lao Er is finished.
Sure enough, these people went straight into Old Chen's house after they came down.
The dog in front of Old Chen's house keeps barking!
These people went in and never came out again. Xu Cuihua turned back and lowered her eyes to hide her thoughts.
She knew these people were looking for the money they kept at Old Chen's house.
Xu Lao Er frowned, "Who is it?"
Xu Cuihua lowered her eyes and replied meekly, "I don't know her, but she went into Old Chen's house."
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