Chapter 176
Lin Shuyue looked at Cao Manjin and saw that she was clenching her hands tightly and her eyes were full of hatred when she looked at Li Xiaohe. ⊕
The hatred was so strong that it startled Lin Shuyue. She quickly motioned to Yin Xin to look. Yin Xin was also startled when she saw it and quickly walked over to stand in front of Cao Manjin.
When Lin Shuyue saw her going over, she followed her. When Cao Manjin saw the two of them, the hatred in his eyes lessened a little.
Maybe it was because it was too cold, Yin Xin's hands were shaking. She pulled Cao Manjin and whispered to her, "Manjin, you are still young. Don't do stupid things for someone who is not worth it, okay?"
Cao Manjin didn't say anything, but he loosened his grip a little. Yin Xindao continued, "If you don't think about yourself, why don't you think about your second child? She was just born when she was sent away. Now it's been five years, and she's five years old. Don't you want to find her? Why don't you report the case to the police and ask them to help you find her?"
Cao Manjin thought of her daughter, who had never met her, and who had kicked her belly every day to comfort her when she was in the most pain, during the ten months of pregnancy. Her eyes were slightly dazed.
"Aunt, can you still find it? It's been so many years, can you still find it?" Cao Manjin had never had a good life since she was a child. When she was most sad as a child, she thought that when she grew up, she would find a man to marry early, and find a man who was good to her, so that she could get away from the family that made her miserable.
When she grew up, she met Wei Guoyong, who was eloquent, good-looking, and also worked in a forest farm. Cao Manjin had always envied the people in the forest farm since she was a child. It was said that they all got salaries, and as long as they planted trees in the mountains, they would have food to eat.
In addition, Wei Guoyong was indeed considerate and gentle at that time, and Li Xiaohe was not difficult to get along with, so she decided to marry into the Wei family.
Everything was fine before she got pregnant. After she got pregnant, she knew what it meant to give birth to a child and could see clearly whether a person was a human or a ghost.
Cao Manjin accepted the fact that she had not married the right person. She felt that her life had been miserable and that God had made her suffer. She had no idea about marrying a bad person. She was no longer at the age where she could pray to God to be better to her.
She looked after the children. She had never experienced any family love, and she longed for someone who needed her and whose heart and eyes were filled with her. Daya is the one whose heart and eyes are filled with her.
Daya died in an accident. Cao Manjin was very sad and wished she could go with her, but there was another baby in her belly. She couldn't be so cruel as to deprive her of a chance to be born.
She endured the sadness and persevered. Whenever she felt so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe, the child would kick her in the stomach. Every kick is her motivation to live.
After the child was sent away, she went down the mountain every day like a madman to look for the child. She looked for every family with a newborn baby in the mountain. But she couldn't find it.
At this time, she was pregnant again, and it was Wei Guoyong who raped her and she gave birth to the child. That day, Li Xiaohe and Wei Guoyong pressed her down on the kang, and no matter how she struggled, it was useless.
San Ya was born. Even though she was not born voluntarily, Cao Manjin still loved her. She was one of the few hopes for him to survive in this world.
But now Erya can’t be found, and Sanya is gone too, so she has no hope of living. She even felt that she was the jinx her stepmother had described her as.
Her mother was killed by her when she was very young, and her daughters left one by one.
"Yes, yes. We will help you." Yin Xin held Cao Manjin's hand tightly, her tone full of determination.
Cao Manjin looked at Yin Xin and nodded slowly. In the entire courtyard, if one were to say who Cao Manjin trusted the most, it would undoubtedly be Hang Yuhua's family. The reason was very simple. First, her family were upright people in the courtyard and would never take the initiative to make enemies with others.
Second, whether it is Hang Yuhua, Hang Jiaqing, or Yin Xin, they are all military men. Cao Manjin trusts soldiers.
What's more, that year San Ya had a high fever at night and it wouldn't go away. Her mother-in-law was indifferent. She went to knock on the door of the Hang family. After Hang Jiaqing learned about this, he rode his bicycle and took her to the clinic at the bottom of the dam late at night.
Yin Xin gave her the thickest quilt and cotton jacket in her home. The next day, I sent her
meal.
Cao Manjin was grateful to the Hang family, and the reliable shoulder in the autumn wind that night also became an unattainable dream for Cao Manjin, a dream that made his heart ache every time he looked at it.
Cao Manjin had no other thoughts, it was just that she had received too little kindness and too little warmth since she was a child, so when she was desperate, when such a reliable person appeared, she couldn't help but think about him and miss him.
To her, Hang Jiaqing was like the moonlight sprinkled on the ground, cool yet ever-present. Sometimes, just one look at him would make her feel filled with joy, and one look could satisfy her for a long time.
She also had an indescribable respect for Yin Xin. Yin Xin touched her head. This simple action made Cao Manjin feel extremely aggrieved, and tears fell down.
[Ding~~Cao Manjin’s good and evil value decreased, 45%···30%····20%···15%·····]
Lin Shuyue breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Cao Manjin. Cao Manjin wiped away her tears and gave Lin Shuyue an extremely ugly smile.
Because she had such feelings for Hang Jiaqing, she wanted to leave a good impression on Lin Shuyue, even though she knew that her feelings could never be revealed in the sun, and perhaps no one would know her feelings for Hang Jiaqing until the moment she died.
There was a warm atmosphere among the three people here. Wei Guoyong, who was watching from the side, felt that Cao Manjin, who did not even respect his own mother, was extremely annoying.
He was about to curse, but Wanda's mother on the other side opened fire on Li Xiaohe.
"Li Xiaohe, why are you pretending? Why didn't you open the door for Sanya last night? I heard you opening the door for Sanya to go to the toilet." Aunt Wang was really sad for Sanya.
San Ya is a very well-behaved and sensible child. She is sweet-mouthed and calls everyone she sees. When she is busy, she is taken to the mountain. As long as she is given some food and toys, and a mat is spread out for her to sit on, she will play by herself for a long time. Don't cry or make a fuss.
The year before last, Aunt Wang's son gave birth to a granddaughter. She sent her back to her to coax when she was just a hundred days old. The calf was like a donkey, never stopping for a moment. When she was not around, she would go up to the windowsill, down to the mud, or into the snow. Whenever Aunt Wang felt exhausted by the calf, she would think of the sensible San Ya next door.
Because there is a sharp contrast, Aunt Wang is very kind to Sanya. Her daughter-in-law often buys delicious food from the city for her granddaughter, and she will secretly give some to Sanya. When she cooks delicious food at home, she will also call Sanya to come over to eat.
Cao Manjin was not an ignorant person. He would also bring her some food. Most of the wild vegetables in her house were given by Cao Manjin.
From the time she found out San Ya was gone until now, Aunt Wang was so sad that she couldn't even eat breakfast.
The people who came to watch were talking about it. They all lived in the same courtyard, so they all knew a little about the situation of each family.
Cao Manjin has been married for more than ten years but has not given birth to a son. Li Xiaohe and Wei Guoyong are very dissatisfied with her. When Sanya could just walk and talk and could be relieved, they took the child to sleep with them. Why? Isn’t it just to let Cao Manjin and Wei Guoyong have a son as soon as possible?
Li Xiaohe had no idea how many times she had cursed him, both openly and secretly, for not being able to get pregnant in all these years. Everyone knows that her family doesn't have a toilet at home. Even at such a young age, San Ya has to go outside to go to the toilet at night.
Who doesn’t say that Li Xiaohe is cold-hearted? Even some people who love their children are a little dissatisfied with Cao Manjin, but when they think about it carefully, they can't be angry with Cao Manjin.
Cao Manjin's life was already difficult enough. From the day she married into the Wei family, she had been working, even on the day before giving birth, and had never had a day off. Because she worked so hard, Li Xiaohe retired at home early.
She was only 40 years old at that time, and she would dress up beautifully and go to the bottom of the dam to visit her husband every day. She had never shown her granddaughter, and all she did was urge Cao Manjin to give birth to a son.
Not to mention Wei Guoyong, what a loser. A group of young men went to plant trees and each received 100 seedlings. Others had already finished planting their seedlings and went to get the second batch, but Wei Guoyong still had half of them.
If it weren't for the help from the people in the yard, the mother and daughter would have starved to death long ago. It is no exaggeration to say that the Wei family was supported by Cao Manjin over the years.
Now in this courtyard and the nearby forest farm, who doesn't say something behind the Wei family's back? When talking about Li Xiaohe and Wei Guoyong, who doesn't say that the mother and daughter eat while they hold the bowls in their hands, and curse their mother when they put them down?
Some families in the yard were extremely envious of a daughter-in-law like Cao Manjin. They couldn't find a good daughter-in-law themselves, and the Wei family didn't cherish the one they had.
Aunt Liu was one of them: "Sister Wang is right, you, Li Xiaohe, are not a good person. You might have frozen San Ya to death on purpose. You are a very cold-hearted woman."
"Manjin, if you ask me, you should just divorce Wei Guoyong. What are you doing with a man like him?" Aunt Liu openly provoked.
As soon as she said this, Li Xiaohe was unhappy. She could live such a comfortable life now because of Cao Manjin's support. If Cao Manjin left, who would take care of her daily life? Those men at the bottom of the dam?
What else are those men good for besides taking off their clothes and getting on the kang?
"Stop talking nonsense, I was sleeping soundly last night. San Ya went out to the toilet by herself. She didn't come back and waited outside for her mother to come back. Who can she blame for freezing to death? It was her fate!" Li Xiaohe didn't feel guilty. She didn't even think that the death of a little girl was a big deal.
"You said you didn't sleep all night, so how did you know that the child was outside waiting for her mother to come back?" Policeman Zhao Fugang had been observing carefully. Wei Guoyong was not sad about the child's death, and the child's grandmother, who had just returned from outside, was even more desperate.
They didn't even ask how the child died, they just knew he died of freezing.
It was freezing cold, and Zhao Fu didn't want to waste time talking to Li Xiaohe. He said to his colleague who came with him, "Take him away."
Li Xiaohe has never dealt with the police station at the foot of the mountain, but she knows that the forest police in their forest farm don't care about things.
She was shocked by Zhao Fu's words. Before she could react, she was handcuffed. She panicked: "It's indecent assault, it's indecent assault, why are you taking me away? I haven't committed any crime!"
Li Xiaohe knew what she had done, and she was very afraid of these policemen. If she was sent down the mountain, who knew if she would be interrogated?
"Guoyong, Guoyong, please tell me something. I didn't do anything!" Li Xiaohe quickly looked for her son for support.
Wei Guoyong didn't dare to confront the police. He looked away when his own mother gave him a look.
Li Xiaohe's heart sank for a moment, and she quickly looked at Cao Manjin: "Manjin, Jin, please talk to the police. I don't know anything. I know I'm sorry for you and didn't take good care of your child. Please be magnanimous and don't hold it against me, okay?"
When Cao Manjin heard the name Jin, she felt a little dazed and wanted to laugh. Apart from her dead mother, only Li Xiaohe called her that. She was deceived by this name at that time. Ever since she became pregnant, Li Xiaohe never called her that again.
It's been so long, it's so disgusting.
She looked at Li Xiaohe: "Why should I not care? If I could, I would kill you."
Cao Manjin didn't believe that Li Xiaohe did it unintentionally, because just two days ago, she had scolded San Ya. It was so troublesome, she might as well just die.
She didn't take it seriously at the time, because Li Xiaohe's bad mouth had been going on for a long time.
Now that I think about it, both she and Li Xiaohe deserved to die.
The murderous intent in Cao Manjin's eyes frightened Li Xiaohe. While she was stunned, she was stuffed into the jeep. After coming to his senses, he tried to struggle to get out of the car, but was blocked by Zhao Fu who came up later.
A young policeman who was following Zhao Fulai said to Cao Manjin, Wei Guoyong and Aunt Wang, "You three, come with us."
Wei Guoyong didn't dare to go, and was dragged away by the young policeman by the arm.
The jeep couldn't seat so many people, and Hang Yuhua, as the director of the forest farm, had to go too. Hang Jiabai got in her car, and Yin Xin followed. It wasn't appropriate to leave Lin Shuyue alone at home, so she went too.
The neighbors also dispersed, but they went towards one of the houses. They had to have a good discussion about today's incident.
When they arrived at the police station at the foot of the mountain, Lin Shuyue and Lin Shuyue were waiting in the lobby. Li Xiaohe, Cao Manjin, Wei Guoyong, Aunt Wang, Yin Xin and Hang Yuhua were all taken away for questioning.
The lobby of the police station was well heated and it didn't feel cold at all, but the police station was also very simple and there were few staff in the office. At this moment, all the staff had gone to take statements and there was no one in the entire lobby.
The white phone on the desk has changed color, only the big red words on the wall are still eye-catching.
Lin Shuyue and Hang Jiabai were watching and talking in low voices. As they were talking, a tractor appeared at the door of the police station and a man in his thirties, dressed in police uniform, hurried in.
He looked a little panicked and anxious. He pulled open the curtain and came in, bringing in a gust of cold wind.
"Brother." Hang Jiabai shouted loudly.
Hang Jiaqing paused. It was only now that he saw his younger brother and the pretty woman beside him. ♀
He knew that his brother would come with his girlfriend, and he also knew that they would arrive today, but Hang Jiaqing obviously did not expect to meet them at the police station.
He looked towards the interrogation room, then pretended to be nonchalant and asked, "What happened? Tell me."
After a pause, Hang Jiaqing still couldn't help but whispered, "What about her? Is she okay?"
Lin Shuyue and Hang Jiabai looked at each other in astonishment. They both knew that the "she" that Hang Jiaqing was talking about could not be Yin Xin, nor could it be Aunt Wang who was in her fifties. It could only be Cao Manjin who was only twenty-nine years old.
"Brother, you?" Hang Jiabai was a little uncertain: "Do my parents know?"
Hang Jiaqing did not answer, but leaned against the wall and lit a cigarette with his stiff hands. The smoke rose up, hiding his true expression.
Perhaps he finally came to his senses and said, "Don't tell my parents. They can't accept me doing this. They won't allow me to do something immoral."
If Hang Yuhua and Yin Xin knew that he coveted someone else's wife, they would break his legs. Hang Jiaqing was not afraid of this. He was afraid for other reasons.
"It will also change my attitude towards her. Her life is hard enough, I can't hurt her."
"Just pretend you know nothing." After a pause, he said, "Please count me out."
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