The boys who participated in the fight in the family compound stood out from the crowd to support them. Some of the older boys spoke eloquently about what the Hu brothers had done in the family compound before.
Old Mrs. Hu glared at the children around her, thinking they were looking for opportunities to attack her good grandchildren.
"With so many of you bullying my grandchildren, no wonder they don't want to come out." Old Mrs. Hu stood in front of Hu Xiaobao and Hu Xiaoan. "You, an adult, are still competing with children. Is it fun?"
Old Mrs. Hu couldn't argue with the crowd, and seeing the smile on Su Jin's face, she immediately took out her anger on her.
"Where are the village cadres?" Su Jin ignored Old Lady Hu and looked at Lu Shiyi and asked, "My daughter-in-law is being bullied by her mother-in-law. Where is the village women's director? Even the elders say that women hold up half the sky. How can you disobey them in your village?"
Su Jin spotted the scars on Huang Li's arm, which were covered by her clothes, and walked over to her, rolling up her left sleeve. On her left forearm, overlapping bruises appeared, some of which had been there for a long time.
"Sister-in-law, if the director of women's affairs doesn't make the decision, someone else will. You want to be beaten to death, and maybe even your daughter will be killed." Ruan Tao's eyes were red. Huang Li had been so weak in the past that she couldn't even lift heavy objects. "Is the military doctor here?"
Ruan Tao rolled up the clothes on Huang Li's right arm and found several festering scars on her forearm.
The military wives all gasped in shock. The soldiers never fought at home. Even if they got angry, they would at most kick the wall to vent their anger.
The female military doctor came out with a medicine box on her back, looked at the injury on her right hand, and touched Huang Li's forehead.
"Your wound is infected and you have a fever. Come with me to the outpatient clinic for treatment." After examining the wound, the female military doctor said gently, "Sister-in-law Hu, please come with me so I can take care of you."
"Doctor, can you wait a moment?" Huang Li heard the military doctor's words and immediately looked at Su Jin. "My daughter... is only four years old, and her father beat her like this. Please... bring her here."
As soon as the words fell, the village cadres' faces turned ugly. After Lu Shiyi dealt with the relationship with the villagers, he paid special attention to their actions.
"Hu Teng, drive to pick up your niece immediately. The child can't get hurt again because of the wound infection." Lu Shiyi pulled Lin Zitao's sleeve, and Lin Zitao understood and gave the order.
Hu Teng stood at attention and accepted the order: "Select three people and a police officer from the team to go back with me."
If we bring Erya out of the village, the Hu family will probably ask for a lot of money. But with the team members as witnesses, no one will complain.
"Political Commissar, I'll call Hu Tie and ask him to send the child over." The captain said hurriedly. If the military vehicle goes back, there will be soldiers and police on board, and something big will happen.
"The captain is right. After all, Hu Tie and I are childhood friends. It's right for us to think about Hu Tie!" When Hu Teng heard that Erya was injured, he thought of the girl who always timidly called him uncle during the holidays.
"Drive!" Lin Zitao looked at the captain indifferently, "Two officers, someone in the village is obstructing us. I just hope you can contact the local police station and handle it impartially."
"Don't worry, Political Commissar Lin, we will never let any soldier suffer any injustice," the two police officers assured.
Hu Teng ignored Mrs. Hu's obstruction and drove away with his men.
"Political Commissar Lin, the villagers have never seen the world, and the village has a bad reputation. It may make it difficult for children of marriageable age in the village to get married." The team leader saw that Lin Zitao and others didn't care, so he had to persuade them.
Su Jin focused her attention on Huang Li. Ruan Tao and the other sisters-in-law stood in front of Old Lady Hu, preventing her slap from falling on Huang Li.
"Would you like to go get treated first, or wait for your daughter to come and then go together?" Su Jin looked at Huang Li. "If you have any requests, you can speak to Ayi and the political commissar, and the village cadres won't dare to stop you."
When Huang Li heard Su Jin's words, her eyes instantly lit up and she looked at Ruan Tao expectantly.
"Second sister-in-law, you have to leave there for Erya. Do you still want Erya to follow Daya's path?" Ruan Tao persuaded in a low voice.
Daya and Erya are also twins. When Daya was 2 years old, she had a high fever that wouldn't go away. Old Mrs. Hu refused to spend money on Daya's treatment and lied to Huang Li that she was taking Daya to see a doctor. In fact, she threw Daya away on the back mountain when she was still breathing.
Huang Li heard the news from Hu Xiaodi, so she carried Erya to the back mountain to look for her and found that Daya had frozen to death in the back mountain.
"I...want to take Erya away." Huang Li muttered softly, as if to cheer herself up.
Huang Li looked at Lin Zitao, and walked over step by step with the support of Ruan Tao and Su Jin.
"Political Commissar..." Huang Li just opened her mouth, her eyes red, and told what had happened to her two daughters.
After hearing about Huang Li's experience and the reason for Daya's death, the military wives began to criticize Old Lady Hu.
Several village cadres were unable to stand, and the team leader was even unaware of the true situation. Daya was not there at the time, and the Hu family simply said that she was absent due to a high fever.
"Why didn't you tell me the truth before?" The captain looked at Huang Li and asked threateningly, "If the village cadres knew the truth, how could they not help you?"
"Help me?! You're helping the Hu family hide it!" Huang Li mocked the captain, "Didn't I tell you? If you hadn't told me I was hysterical, Daya would have been sent to the hospital, the county hospital. You even went to my parents' house to ask for 5 yuan for the medical fee on behalf of the Hu family. Captain, you haven't forgotten, have you?"
The sisters-in-law looked at the team leader in surprise. Even if there was something dirty in the village, the team leader would not get involved.
"What evidence do you have?" The captain asked Huang Li immediately after noticing the Pigeon Committee members approaching. "You can't make such nonsense without evidence."
"The villagers from my mother's family can testify, and several villagers who are married can also provide evidence." Huang Li looked up at the team leader.
"Which hospital did you go to?" the female military doctor asked immediately after hearing Huang Li's words. "My brother and sister-in-law work at the county hospital. They know a lot of people and can help retrieve the medical records."
After hearing what the female military doctor said, Mrs. Hu hurriedly stood up and went over: "How can you remember it so clearly? It's because you want the child to be better."
"Don't talk nonsense. Every hospital has medical records." The female military doctor explained, "You are yelling here. If they can't find the records, they won't send them."
Su Jin and Yun Feng sat beside Huang Li. She was too weak to stand for long.
"Sister-in-law, just call me Huang Li. I'm thinking of finding a temporary job here so I can take good care of Erya." Huang Li and Hu Tie only had a wedding banquet, unlike Hu Teng and his wife. "As long as the brigade headquarters issues a certificate, I don't need anything from home."
Su Jin saw something in Huang Li's eyes. Ruan Tao also wanted to help and wondered if Hu Teng could find a job.
"As long as I can support my children, I'll do any job." Huang Li pleaded in a low voice.
Lu Shiyi brought a kettle from home to Su Jin. After hearing what Huang Li said, he made a few gestures to Lin Zitao.
Su Jin took the kettle and took a sip, and Lin Zitao followed.
"How are your cooking skills?" Lin Zitao asked in a low voice.
When Lin Zitao came over, he heard several military wives mention that there was a job in the kitchen team. They all had to take care of their families, and this job had been vacant for several years.
"Chief, I work in the village's big pot meal team." Huang Li is well-known in the village and has always been a staff member of the big pot meal team.
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