Chapter 56: They were all captured, not one was spared! (Two chapters combined)
Gu Shu heard the noisy shouting and cursing coming from Li Dahu's side and was a little anxious, but she didn't dare to go out. Gu Hua was okay, but Gu Le was too young. If something happened, she wouldn't be able to run away. She could only pace anxiously back and forth in the yard.
Hearing footsteps outside the door, followed by the old woman's voice, he hurriedly opened the door, glanced at everyone, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that no one was in trouble. Then he asked in confusion, "What happened over there? Has an outsider entered the village?"
The old lady glanced at him, then sighed and went inside.
Seeing this, Gu Shu pulled Gu Yin aside: "What's wrong?"
Gu Yin briefly explained the situation over there.
Gu Shu was first surprised, then shocked, and then furious: "This is outrageous! Uncle Da Hu must have had the worst luck to run into these people!" Then, thinking of Feng Ni, she sighed: "Feng Ni is really something, why did she ruin herself for those rotten people? Her mother isn't human either; she always seemed so gentle, but who knew she was like this! So filthy, so shameless!"
Gu Yin shook her head. She couldn't guess what Feng Ni was thinking. But if she were in Feng Ni's position, she might have done even more ruthlessly!
In her previous life, the last time she came back before she died, she seemed to have heard that Fengni had married a family in town and was beaten every day. Li Dahu died on the spot when Gu Yin was in the third year of junior high school because he fell at home due to excessive drinking. But judging from what just happened, the experiences of these two people seem to be more complicated than they thought.
Moreover, Li Genzi was still alive and well until the day she died. His son not only bought a house in the city, but Li Dashan's two sons also bought houses in the city. The two of them built a five-story house in the village. Everyone in the village knew how much land they owned, but with so much money, there must have been someone in the village who knew something was amiss, but no one dared to say anything.
Sure enough, when she woke up the next day, she heard the old lady say that someone from town had come and found five gold bars and 80,000 yuan in cash under Li Genzi's bed. Li Dashan didn't have any gold, but he had 50,000 yuan in savings. The whole family was called to town.
In 2005, in this small village, it was considered incredibly rare for a family to save 10,000 yuan a year. Unless they were migrant workers, they could easily feed themselves with their few acres of land, let alone have that much surplus. Gu Yin looked at the old lady and asked, "Did she say where the money came from?"
The old woman shook her head: "After those people came and found the money, they took everyone away without saying a word. But I heard from everyone that last night, before Officer Wang left, several families went over, and everyone said that those people were the ones who reported him. Li Genzi is gone, and Li Dashan, as a cadre, is definitely done with his inappropriate relationships. Those who have been bullied are definitely taking advantage of his weakness. Humph, as the old saying goes, 'If you don't want people to know, don't do it in the first place.' Who in the village doesn't know what he did? Every year, the county and town give our village some subsidies, and your school gives quotas for poor students. Who wouldn't have to go through a lot of trouble to get Li Genzi and Li Dashan to sign off on those? There are other subsidies that we didn't even know about; they all went to their family! If it weren't for the village chief's family, our village would be even worse off than before liberation! The emperor is far away, and nobody can control us!"
That's true. In their previous life, there was only one adult in their family who couldn't work. The school asked the students to go home and write an application, and get a certificate from the village committee. Each person would receive a subsidy of 350 yuan. All three children in their family applied, but their applications were rejected. The eldest uncle went to ask, but when he came back, he didn't say anything and just told them to study hard and not to worry about anything else. Later, when the school announced the quota, all of them were children from Li Genzi's relatives' families. Only one or two families without houses received the subsidy. Even Li Li, an orphan, didn't receive any!
From then on, she, Gu Shu, and Gu Hua never applied for any more poverty-related applications at the school, because they knew it would be useless even if they did.
Even the old village chief and Li Sen, the village chief, couldn't beat those people. Li Genzi was too good at monopolizing power. He used to be not only the secretary of Li Family Village, but also the secretary of the entire commune, which had seven villages under it. Even if the villages agreed to the poverty alleviation applications, the commune wouldn't approve them because almost everyone there was one of his people. Li Dashan, on the other hand, didn't have any real skills. If it weren't for Li Genzi's help, he probably wouldn't have accomplished anything significant. Li Dashan was just a tool in Li Genzi's hands. Wherever Li Genzi pointed, he would strike. Li Genzi had lived a long life in his previous life and hadn't become a cripple or suffered any mishaps, which is why Li Dashan had achieved such great success.
In this life, Li Genzi's kneecaps were shattered by Gu Yin, Feng Ni successfully resisted, and with Li Li's testimony, she believed that Li Genzi and Li Dashan's family were not far from collapsing.
Gu Shu was washing his face when he heard the old lady's words. He frowned and said, "So much infighting in such a small village? Is it really necessary?" He really couldn't understand what was there to fight over when they had only just been able to have enough to eat these past few years.
Gu Yin had thought the same way before. The village was so poor, what could they possibly scheme against? Many villagers probably thought the same way, which is why there wasn't any serious resistance.
Gu Qinglang, who was eating breakfast, laughed and said, "The more backward a place is, the greater the oppression, and the more you can earn, because no one resists, and it's exploitation generation after generation! In wealthy places, if you go too far, someone will report you. In backward places, nobody understands what reporting is. There are few educated people, and clan rules are the local laws. The Li surname is the largest surname in Lijia Village, and most of the people in the village committee are surnamed Li. Li Genzi is the most calculating and ruthless person. As long as he occupies that dominant position, basically the whole village will serve him. All policies, subsidies, and all the good land go to him first. Only when he doesn't want them will they be distributed to the people below. The term 'local emperor' didn't come from nowhere!"
Gu Shu nodded upon hearing this, then looked at Gu Yin and asked, "Now that he's dead, will the person targeting our family send someone else to monitor us? Will our family be in trouble?"
Gu Yin had also thought about this issue. Li Genzi had just died, so that person probably wouldn't react so quickly. Moreover, no one in the village knew about the Gu family's affairs. If the people on that side wanted to find someone in the village with a high status like Li Genzi who could facilitate things, then only Li Sen would be left. Li Sen was a very qualified village chief, had good character, and had a good relationship with the Gu family, so the people behind him probably wouldn't consider him.
Then the only option is to send someone in from outside. The village isn't very big, and if a stranger comes in, it will definitely attract the attention of the whole village, making it difficult to act and too restrictive. So Gu Yin felt that unless someone in their family left the village, they couldn't act at the moment. The person who would leave the village the fastest would definitely be herself. If they targeted her, Gu Yin wasn't afraid! Just come! If they came and then thought they could leave unscathed, they were dreaming!
Gu Yin looked at Gu Shu: "No, don't worry. The people over there can't come for a while. Anyway, we'll definitely know if strangers come in. Just be more careful."
Li Li was not brought back by the police until the afternoon.
After the police left, the villagers gathered around, and Gu Yin followed to take a look.
"Ali, why are you coming back with the police?" No one knew that Li Li had gone to town that morning, so everyone was puzzled when they saw him coming back with the police.
Li Li looked at the crowd surrounding him and said with a wry smile, "The police told me that the injuries on my body were inflicted by Li Chengming and two of his classmates! Li Chenggong was also involved!"
The crowd gasped in disbelief.
"What?! They did it! My God, how could they be so vicious!"
"This is terrifying! Why would there be someone like this in our village? Ali, did your family offend him? Did he say why he hit you?"
Li Li nodded: "It's because of the foundation of the land we used as a vegetable garden! I asked my grandma before, but she wouldn't change it. She said she would merge the foundations together when I get married. Because of this, they are unhappy and think my family is ungrateful, so they want to teach me a lesson!"
"Damn wolf cubs! How vicious! What business is it of theirs what other people's land is?! And this is what they call a little lesson?! They ruined people and this is a lesson?!"
“That family is truly vicious! Look at Li Dahu! Wasn’t his property destroyed too? The trees I planted grew tall and covered their land, and they didn’t even tell me. They just cut down all my trees! Not a single one was left!”
"My vegetable garden was the same; ours was growing better than theirs. That day, both of our families were in the fields, and I even gave them some to eat. But the next day, they sprayed all of our vegetables with pesticides, and they all died! I didn't dare utter a sound!"
Li Dalong happened to be there too, and upon hearing this, he grabbed Li Li: "So those three murderers that night were Li Chengming and his classmate? The two who came to our village? No wonder Li Chenggong told us not to go back to find you, saying they had guns! Damn it, it turns out they were working together from the inside! How vicious!"
Li Li nodded: "That's right!"
Those nearby, hearing their conversation, immediately asked, "So how did you find out?"
Li Li glanced at Gu Yin, then turned to look at the others. He knew Gu Yin didn't want others to know that she was the one who discovered it, so he pretended that he was the one who discovered it. In any case, he would keep her kindness in his heart.
Thinking of this, he said angrily, "Yesterday, Li Chengming and his classmates harassed me at my house. I saw the tattoo on the wrist of one of the assailants. The person who injured me that day also had that tattoo, and his voice sounded very similar to the person from that night. I told the police about my discovery, and after verification, they found that the group had planned this all along and had even discussed it on their phones. The text messages on their phones hadn't been deleted and were found by the police. They kept records of what tools to buy, where to commit the crime, the timing, and how to ask Li Chengming to help notify others. They even gave the other two assailants 500 yuan each after beating me. The money came from Li Dashan! So this time, their whole family can't escape. Except for Li Chengming, who is a minor and might get a lighter sentence, the others will probably be locked up for quite a while! We'll have to wait for Officer Wang to inform us of the specifics."
Hearing him say that, everyone became excited: "Then their whole family is going in?"
"Aren't there also Li Genzi and Li Dashan's wives?"
Li Li explained again: "Although they were not involved, they were aware of it, and they also used the money that Li Genzi and Li Dashan received as bribes. It should be recovered in time. Even if they are not imprisoned, their good days are probably over."
Gu Yin thought of Feng Ni. Feng Ni was also a minor, and she killed Li Genzi while resisting being assaulted. She wondered if that counted as self-defense. She looked at Li Li and asked, "What about Feng Ni?"
The crowd quieted down. Everyone had been there and knew why Fengni had gone berserk. Someone couldn't bear it and said, "Fengni did a good deed for the people, so she should be alright, right?"
"Yes, yes, with a mother like that and such a terrible background, she is so pitiful."
Li Li sighed: "On my way back, I asked the police. They said that although Feng Ni acted in self-defense, she killed someone, which is considered excessive self-defense. This matter is a bit complicated. Li Genzi is a criminal, and Feng Ni is his daughter. There are too many things to deal with, and the final outcome is still unclear. The police said they would try their best to help. When I came back, I saw Uncle Da Hu go to the police station. I don't know what he went there for, but I saw that he was carrying a bag of documents or something. Anyway, we still have to wait."
Gu Yin understood the complexity of the matter upon hearing this. Even in the year before her rebirth, when the law was already quite comprehensive, there was still no clear definition of excessive self-defense; it was entirely up to the judge.
After that, Gu Yin stopped listening and took the trash can home.
While everyone was eating lunch, the police arrived at the Gu family's house.
Gu Yin thought it was about Li Li, but it turned out to be about Gu Le being abducted by human traffickers.
Officer Wang looked at them and said helplessly, "Li Genzi is truly a heinous criminal! He was the one who sent traffickers to arrest Gu Le!"
The Gu family hadn't expected this to have a sequel. Gu Qinglang pretended to have just found out and angrily said, "Why did he do this? Our family has no deep-seated hatred for him at all! We always invite him and the old village chief over when we have something good to eat! How could he treat our family like this!"
The rest of the Gu family were also furious.
Officer Wang understood their feelings and patted Gu Qinglang on the shoulder: "We learned this from Li Dahu. He went to the police station today and told us that once Li Genzi got drunk and went to find Juanzi. He said that he told the human traffickers that there were children in your house but no adults, and that he must kill Gu Le. As for why he did that, Li Genzi passed out and didn't finish. We interrogated Juanzi, and what she said was the same as what Li Dahu said, but she didn't know the reason either. So I want to ask if you have any grudges against each other?"
The old woman was furious and cursed, "May he be struck by lightning! We have absolutely no grudge against him! The children would greet him and call him Uncle Li! My husband would often drink with the old village chief and him, calling each other brothers! Who would have thought he would do such a thing behind our backs! It's too good for him to die! A bad person like him should be torn to pieces!"
Even though she already knew it was Li Genzi who did it, the old lady was still very angry when she heard the result again. She got angrier and angrier as she talked. Gu Yin was afraid that she would not be able to breathe, so she quickly poured her a glass of water and gave her a rest.
Officer Wang reassured him, "He's dead, so there won't be any criminal charges against him, but civil liability can still be pursued. His legal heirs will be responsible for the costs within the scope of their inheritance. His estate will be sorted out later, and there will be corresponding compensation. Just wait for news."
Seeing that the old lady was about to start cursing again, Officer Wang said goodbye and left immediately after finishing his sentence.
After everyone left, the old lady sighed and sat down: "What's the use of that money? I'd rather my Ah Le hadn't gone through this."
Gu Le walked over and snuggled into the old lady's arms, hugging her and saying with a grin, "Grandma, don't be angry, don't be angry, give me the money to buy some meat!"
The old lady looked at her chubby grandson and chuckled, "Good, good, buy some meat, buy some meat! I don't know what's wrong with you. You never liked meat before, but now you like it so much? But it's good that you like it. Eating meat will make you grow fatter and taller!"
Gu Le turned to look at Gu Yin and saw that his older sister was looking at him and smiling. He couldn't help but smile too. Everyone was here. It was so nice.
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