Police station chief Zhang Jianguo felt a headache coming on as he watched the old woman rolling around on the ground in the police station and the woman crying beside her. Meanwhile, the police officers and some other people inside the station were watching the old woman rolling around on the ground and wailing with curiosity.
"My God! Those bastards from Liujiatun! All I did was go to my daughter's house to pick up some things, and they beat us up! Oh, my Dabao, poor Dabao!"
Everyone looked at the pile of things on the ground with strange expressions when they heard what Granny Cai said. "You call this a little bit? You've almost emptied their place!" they thought. "And they already know what Liu Yougen just said. Not only did you take their things, but you also beat their wife! Even though your daughter is a martyr's family member, she's still a military dependent, and she's pregnant with twins. If anything happens to her, that's three lives lost. Who else would they arrest but you? And you even beat her! It's only because her husband wasn't home. If they had her in their hands, they would have wiped you all out."
Looking at the shrewish old woman Cai and the sobbing Cai Shufen beside her, Zhang Jianguo felt a flash of disgust. He recalled the first time he met the two brothers. Back then, due to the three years of natural disasters, the two brothers, who had lost their parents at a young age and were supported by the villagers, used their father's brotherly connections (who was already a martyr) to join the army and become soldiers under Zhang Jianguo's command.
Later, both brothers were admitted to better military units due to their outstanding skills. However, they remained grateful to their former squad leader who had taken care of them, and they never lost contact with him. When they learned that Liu Mingshan had been assigned to a local police station as its director after his discharge, the taciturn Liu Mingshan asked him to take care of his two children on the phone, without mentioning his wife at all. Liu Mingshan assumed Shanzi was just shy, but after learning about their family situation, he discovered that Shanzi had been tricked into marrying his current wife by this family.
You say you'll design it, fine, but if you do, then you should live a good life with Shanzi. But this woman is only concerned about her family and her good-for-nothing brother. Even after having those twins, she doesn't care about the children's lives at all. All she cares about is moving Shanzi's things to her family's house. Later, the village elders threatened this woman that if she didn't treat the two children better, they would send a telegram to Liu Mingshan, telling him to cut off the living expenses to Cai Shufen. Then the living expenses would be directly handed over to the village, and the village would take care of Shanzi's children. Only after being threatened like this did this woman treat the children a little better, and that was only to ensure that the children could live.
Knowing the situation, Liu Mingshan had no choice but to send money to the uncles and aunts who were related to him and his brother, so that they could occasionally give the two children extra meals. He also sent money to his old squad leader, asking him to help buy some fine grains when he had the chance. When the village's brigade leader came to the county, he was asked to take the grains back and have his uncle sit down and feed them to Liu Mingshan's children.
Later, Liu Mingfeng returned and married a wife. Everyone thought things would be better, because Liu Mingfeng's wife seemed to be a gentle and generous person. And reality was just as they thought. Mingfeng's wife, Wu Qiaoqiao, would occasionally cook some nutritious food and feed it to the two children. But Cai Shufen was ungrateful. After making sure the two children had food, she stopped cooking for them. Later, Wu Qiaoqiao stopped feeding the children openly, but would occasionally secretly feed them some nutritious things like milk powder sent by Liu Mingfeng and Liu Mingshan.
Liu Mingshan heroically sacrificed his life in the line of duty. The army came to his home to learn about his family's situation and planned to provide them with a pension. Later, after her persuasion, they only gave her half. The reason for giving only half was to prevent this woman from focusing solely on her family and sending all the money to them, neglecting the lives of her two children. They had agreed that the other half would be given to Cai Shufen if she was still willing to care for the two children. Who knew that this tragedy would occur so soon after the pension was given to her?
Cai Shufen, along with her mother and younger brother, not only took the compensation money, but also a bunch of things from the house, including the big iron pot on the stove. Moreover, he could clearly see that some of the things in there belonged to Wu Qiaoqiao, because there were gifts he had given her. Not only did they take the things, they even beat Wu Qiaoqiao, who is now in the hospital, her life hanging in the balance.
At this moment, Xia, who had stayed at the hospital, returned. He went to Zhang Jianjun and told him about Wu Qiaoqiao's condition. Upon learning that Wu Qiaoqiao might not wake up, Zhang Jianjun slammed his fist on the table and shouted at Old Lady Cai, who was throwing a tantrum on the ground, and Cai Shufen, who was still crying.
"Alright, stop crying here. Let me explain the situation. Wu Qiaoqiao is still unconscious in the hospital. If she doesn't wake up, your son Cai Dabao will be convicted of murder and will be in serious trouble. Even if he wakes up, he will be considered a murderer and sent to a labor camp. As for the things you took from the Liu family, they don't belong to your daughter alone. They include the things belonging to the two children, as well as the compensation money."
When Cai's wife and Cai Shufen heard that Cai Dabao might eat peanuts, they were terrified. When they came to their senses, they started crying again. This time, Cai Shufen was no longer just sobbing; she was crying like her mother. Cai's wife even ran up and slapped Cai Shufen twice, calling her a jinx.
When Zhang Jianguo was about to lock them both up for burglary, Granny Cai pinched Cai Shufen, implying that she should confess, because she still needed to run around outside to see if she could rescue her precious son. Understanding her mother's meaning, Cai Shufen reluctantly confessed to the burglary and was subsequently detained at the police station for seven days. Meanwhile, Cai Dabao had already been detained after the captain explained the situation.
After Zhang Jianguo locked up the Cai siblings, he learned that Liu Yougen was planning to send a telegram to Liu Mingfeng from the post office after being released from the police station, informing him of the situation. Upon hearing this, Zhang Jianguo stopped him, saying he could call the military region instead. With Liu Yougen's thanks, Zhang Jianguo returned to his office and made the call.
"Hello, please transfer me to a certain unit of a certain military region. I'm looking for Liu Mingfeng."
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