Upon hearing that there was money to be made, someone spoke up.
"I saw them. They were two women, carrying large and small bags and acting suspiciously. I asked them what they were doing, and they seemed frightened and ran even faster."
The two people speaking lived near the Xu family's house.
The woman living next to the Zhang family suddenly remembered that she had heard a noise coming from the Zhang family's house, like something falling to the ground. The Zhang mother and daughter were also very nervous.
She told the village chief what she had heard, and the person who saw the person immediately realized, "Yes, it really looks like the figures of the Zhang family mother and daughter. I didn't even remember if you hadn't mentioned it."
The village chief immediately led his men to the Zhang family's house.
"Mom, what should we do?" Zhang Xiaohua cried out in fear.
Zhang didn't know what to do either. The betrothal gifts had long been spent, but now the Li family insisted on having them. She had no choice but to come up with this terrible idea.
Thinking that since Old Man Xu was about to die anyway, and these things were useless, it was better to give them to him instead of wasting them.
"Zhang, open the door quickly, or we'll break it down!"
Left with no other choice, Zhang opened the door.
The village chief asked sternly, "Zhang, someone saw you go to the Xu family and take Old Man Xu's things. Do you know that Old Man Xu is dead? You've killed someone!"
Zhang's face turned pale. When she left, Old Man Xu was indeed making some kind of noise, but he was perfectly fine. How could he have suddenly died?
"I'm innocent, village chief! I've been staying at home the whole time, I haven't gone anywhere!"
The village chief sneered, "Someone saw it, and you're still trying to deny it!"
"Village chief, the things are definitely in her house, go in and search!" someone shouted.
"search!"
Zhou Dawei went in too, and Zhang Xiaohua sat on the edge of the bed, where the thing was hidden in the bedding.
"Brother Dawei, what you're looking for isn't here."
Zhou Dawei pointed expressionlessly at the bedding, and Zhang Xiaohua's face instantly turned pale.
She lowered her head and pleaded, "Please don't tell, Brother Dawei. If everyone finds out, my mother and I are finished. We'll be cursed to death in the village."
"You have killed a person."
"What?"
Zhou Dawei looked on with disappointment. "Old Xu is dead."
Zhang Xiaohua felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar; she could no longer utter a single word.
"The stuff is here!" The villagers who were searching immediately spotted the bulging quilt.
The village chief was furious. "Zhang, what else do you have to say?"
Zhang collapsed to the ground. Just as she was about to speak, a woman rushed in and slapped her across the face, knocking her to the ground.
"Give me back my father!"
"Cui Cui." Zhou Dawei hugged her tenderly. "Calm down."
Xu Cuicui cried bitterly in his arms, "Dawei, I have no father anymore, I have no father anymore."
"You still have me."
“Zhang, I will report this matter to the authorities truthfully, and let them decide!” the village chief said.
Zhang panicked and threw herself at the village chief's feet. "No, village chief, you can't report this to the authorities! Please, I'll kneel down for three days and three nights to atone for the Xu family's sins! Please, you can't report this to the authorities!"
She had heard that those imprisoned were whipped every day, and she didn't want to be whipped. Besides, if she went to prison, Xiaohua would definitely be implicated.
The Li family will only look down on her more.
Before the village chief could speak, she hurriedly ran towards the Xu family's house.
Everyone else chased after them and started cursing.
"You heartless murderer, even if you kneel down, it won't do you any good!"
"Exactly! If kneeling can bring someone back to life, then we should all kneel together!"
Zhang Xiaohua stared blankly as Zhou Dawei carefully embraced Xu Cuicui, comforting her in his ear. His concern and tenderness made her eyes redden even more.
These things should have all belonged to her, but now...
Her sorrowful smile was a consequence of her own actions.
Zhang thought that kneeling in front of the Xu family's door would atone for her sins, but Xu Cuicui had no intention of letting her go. She directly had the village chief take her to the government office.
"Cui Cui, the dead cannot be brought back to life. Give your father a proper burial!" the village chief sighed.
Xu Cuicui nodded with tears in her eyes. She walked into the house and bumped into Qin Shi, who looked astonished.
"mother."
"Cuicui, your father..."
"I know I will give him a proper burial."
Qin swallowed hard. "No, your father is alive."
These words struck the crowd like a thunderbolt.
The villagers crowded around, chattering and asking questions.
"Qin, you're talking nonsense! That person is clearly dead, how can you say he's alive?"
"Yes, we all went in to check, and he's not breathing."
"Could it be that Qin Shi has been possessed by Old Man Xu's spirit?"
Qin blushed with embarrassment, "I wasn't possessed."
Xu Cuicui realized what was happening and immediately thought of what Zhou Dawei had told her about Sisi being able to bring people back from the dead in the Zhao family. Without saying a word, she went into the house.
The person on the bed was holding the little one's chubby hand and smiling happily.
"Father!" Xu Cuicui cried out, "You're alive! You're alive!"
Old Xu looked at her with disdain, "Why are you crying? I'm not dead yet, am I?"
Xu Cuicui hugged him, crying so hard she couldn't speak.
"My goodness, she's actually alive! It's unbelievable!"
"Could it be a zombie? I heard there's a kind of medicine that makes someone who dies come back to life, just like a normal person, but it bites people, and the person bitten dies and also comes back to life."
"No, it's more like a final burst of energy before death."
The villagers, who were all lying by the bed, were amazed.
The village chief asked incredulously, "Qin, what medicine did you give Old Man Xu when you were in the house? Do you have some kind of life-saving medicine?"
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