Lu Wenying had no choice but to run to Ma Xiulan's house every day, but she always came back empty-handed. Suddenly, she had an idea and began to ask her neighbors about Ma Xiulan's workplace.
Liang Cui'e also felt that something was strange next door recently. There was no movement during the day, and there was occasional movement at night, but the dog kept barking. Until Lu Wenying said that she came every day but never knocked on the door.
She realized that there might be no one next door. If she poisoned the dog, she might be able to climb over the wall and steal some things.
She was too old to do anything, so she told her sons about this idea. Her sons immediately refuted her:
"If I get caught, I'll lose my job. I can work for a lifetime. But the divorced old lady next door has a son and daughter, and she spends all her money on delicious food and drinks every day. How much wealth can she have?"
"Mom, you must put an end to this dangerous idea of yours."
Liang Cui'e was unwilling to accept that Ma Xiu Lan lived next door, and her plan to anger Old Man Zhang and Old Lady Zhang to death and occupy their house was thwarted. She didn't want Ma Xiu Lan to have an easy time.
As she walked on the road, she was thinking about how to cause damage to Ma Xiu Lan's family without harming her own family. If she set a fire, she was afraid that it would implicate her own family, after all, it was too close.
Coincidentally, Li Shulan went out to buy vegetables and saw Liang Cui'e. She knew this person and was Ma Xiulan's neighbor. She couldn't help but want to ask how Ma Xiulan was doing recently.
Liang Cui'e had already learned about Li Shulan, the new daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, from the old ladies' intelligence center on the streets. She was the ex-wife of Ma Xiulan's ex-husband. The two had had the same man and their relationship should not be good.
So she exaggerated and said that Ma Xiulan was living a good life, wearing a tweed coat and small leather shoes, riding a bicycle and wearing a watch, and often bringing back large and small bags of shopping.
Li Shulan could hardly conceal the hatred in her eyes. This was the life she should have lived, but it was all taken away by Ma Xiulan. Everything changed from the moment she went to her school to ask for the 2,000 yuan.
Liang Cui'e took it to heart and continued:
"And there's always that delicious smell coming from next door, either chicken soup or stewed meat, three times a day, it's really tempting. Luckily, their whole family is away on a trip lately, so we don't have to smell that torturous aroma. But the dog in the yard keeps barking, which is really annoying."
"I wanted to rush over the wall and beat up the damn dog, but that's just a thought. Ma Xiulan raised the wall of her house and covered it with cement and glass shards. I don't know what valuable things she has in her house that would be worth such a precaution. What can we honest neighbors do to her family?"
Li Shulan knew too well how much money Ma Xiulan had, so she took 2,000 yuan from her. Moreover, she had been thinking about it these days, and always felt that the 3,000 yuan that Zhao Youcai took was not taken by Zhao Youfu, but by Ma Xiulan.
After all, Zhao Xingguo and Zhao Xingmin, whom Ma Xiulan took away after the divorce, were admitted to university, while the ones she didn't want seemed to be doing well now. She felt that this woman was a bit shrewd.
How could she go to Ma Xiulan's house to find some money?
When she got home and was thinking about it, her mother-in-law, Aunt Zhao, hit her head hard:
"Why aren't you cooking yet? My son will be home soon. If the meal isn't ready, I'll skin you alive."
Li Shulan had tears in her eyes. If she wasn't afraid of going to jail, she would have poisoned the old hag with a packet of rat poison. At night, she pestered Zhao Youjie and told him that Ma Xiulan had a lot of money.
As long as they took Ma Xiu Lan's money, they could redeem their big house from Wang Erni.
They can also use money to make Wang Erni hand over the child. After all, Li Shulan will not have children anymore, and they will not be able to support themselves in their old age without a child.
Zhao Youjie recently passed by his former home every time and saw Wang Erni and the children having fun together. He felt very uncomfortable. He privately met Wang Erni twice and wanted to remarry her, but was rejected by Wang Erni both times.
Now Wang Erni used the family savings to buy a job. She earns her own money and spends it on her own. Her life is so comfortable. Zhao Youjie wants to come back, but she is afraid that Zhao Youjie will be seduced by another woman one day and want to harm her.
Zhao Youjie was also very angry, but after hearing Li Shulan's advice, he impulsively agreed.
It just so happened that he liked climbing up and down when he was a child, so he thought it would be more feasible to climb up to the roof from the back of the house using something as a cushion, then poison the vicious dog and jump down to steal things.
He took a day off the next day and went to scout the area near Ma Xiulan's house. He then bought a strong rope and asked Li Shulan to put rat poison in the meat buns.
That night, he and Li Shulan appeared behind Ma Xiulan's house together, and he asked Li Shulan to keep watch outside.
But Li Shulan was afraid that he would find the money and hide it away. After all, they were a couple who got married later in life, and after the passion had worn off, there wasn't much sincerity left.
If she could do it alone, she wouldn't have asked Zhao Youjie to join her.
Seeing that it was late at night and there was no one around, she decided not to go out for a walk. She followed the scaffolding that Zhao Youjie had just set up and was about to go up when she suddenly heard a scream that sounded like Zhao Youjie's.
Sweat broke out on her forehead. She didn't know what was going on inside and didn't dare to make a sound for fear of exposing herself.
After Zhao Youjie poisoned the barking dog on the roof, he landed safely. He entered the room and started rummaging around. In Zhao Xingguo's room, he found a pen and half a piece of ginseng, which were good stuff.
He was excitedly about to go clean other rooms, but when he went out, Ma Mingqiang hit him with a stick and he let out a scream.
Ma Mingqiang hit him with the stick again, knocking him unconscious completely.
But he did not dare to be careless. He hid in the dark with a stick, fearing that there were accomplices. It was not until dawn that he relaxed and tied up Zhao Youjie.
He received a message from his sister, asking him to help look after the house at night. After he arranged for a reliable aunt to accompany his daughter, he came over at night these days. Nothing happened in the past few days, but he didn't expect to catch a thief tonight.
After Zhao Youjie regained consciousness, he saw that it was Ma Xiulan's brother and begged for mercy: "Please let me go, and I will give you money."
"50 yuan, okay?"
Ma Mingqiang snorted coldly: "Dare to steal from my sister's house? Can I bribe you with 50 yuan?"
"100 yuan."
Seeing that Ma Mingqiang was still unmoved, Zhao Youjie reluctantly said:
"200 yuan is enough. This isn't your house, why are you being so critical? Besides, I didn't take anything, did I? Ma Xiulan doesn't know. You got 200 yuan for nothing, and you're still unwilling to pay it."
"I don't want the 200 yuan. I'm going to call the police. Robbing my sister's house is even worse than robbing mine. It's so hard for my sister and her widow."
Seeing that he couldn't convince this stubborn person, Zhao Youjie begged him not to call the police right away, thinking that maybe Ma Xiulan would be willing to accept the 200 yuan.
If I delay and don't go back for a long time, Shulan will definitely find a way. As long as Ma Xiulan doesn't come back, there will be a chance for things to turn around. If I can run away, then no one will be caught red-handed and this matter will not exist.
Ma Mingqiang didn't know what his sister was thinking, so he had to stay with Zhao Youjie first.
Time passed quickly and there were sounds of people coming outside.
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