Chapter 38 Having a record means you're not afraid to settle it.
“My sister is an innocent person. Before she married Ma Laosan, she rarely left the village and didn’t know Ma Laowu at all!”
Chen Xiaohua was very agitated. Her eldest sister was no longer alive, and now the Ma family was smearing her. Jin Shi's words implied that her eldest sister, Chen Dahua, had an affair with Ma Laowu. How could that be!
"Tsk tsk, I didn't say that."
Jin rolled her eyes. In the Ma family, the one who least wanted Chen Dahua to be divorced was her; there was no one else.
Although Jin was greedy and coveted Liniang's clothes, jewelry, and wealth, she wasn't stupid. In the end, all of these things ended up in Ma Laosan's hands, and she didn't get any benefit from them.
The mother-in-law in the family doesn't do any work. In the past, Chen Dahua was always the one to take the lead, but now that Chen Dahua is dead, all the work in the Ma family has fallen on her shoulders.
"It's all because Ma Laowu didn't avoid suspicion and insisted on helping Chen carry water."
Jin concluded that, as the saying goes, flies don't land on eggs without cracks; if Chen Dahua had no lingering feelings, she should have refused.
"Pah! That's incredibly shameless!"
Lin Yuesha spat. She finally realized that the Ma family was a den of wolves.
The river in the village is at least two miles away from the Ma family. It's such a long distance, and a young woman has to carry water back and forth. The rest of the Ma family members are all disabled.
It's true that men are responsible for external affairs and women for internal affairs, but the heavy work should be done by the men. Why are these people from the Ma family so pampered? Do they really think they're rich lords, hiring maids to serve them? This is intolerable!
"Little sister, now that our eldest cousin is gone, the most urgent thing is to find out the cause of death. As for the Ma family, heaven is watching what they do, and we're not afraid to settle scores."
Xiao Qi remained expressionless from beginning to end, exuding a cool and aloof aura. This was his true self, stripped of his protective facade.
However, Lin Yuesha was so enraged by the Ma family's shamelessness that she paid no attention to anything else.
“Scholar Xiao is right, that’s exactly the point.”
The officials nodded in agreement, emphasizing that there were priorities and that the most important matters should be addressed first.
The officials came to the village to solve Chen Dahua's murder case, not to resolve the dispute between the two families.
"Officer, what do you mean? Chen didn't commit suicide?"
Ma Youde understood, his expression changed drastically, and he retreated repeatedly until he finally sat down on the ground like a deflated balloon.
Boss Ma silently pulled his father up, without saying a word.
"So, Chen really didn't go back to her parents' home?"
Ma Lao Er rubbed his hands together. This has nothing to do with the Ma family. Chen Da Hua was murdered, and it wasn't the Ma family who did it!
Everyone looked at Ma Laosan, who waved his hands repeatedly. Although he wanted to send Chen Dahua back to her parents' home after her divorce, he never expected to kill her.
Furthermore, even if Chen Dahua stayed in the Ma family, it wouldn't prevent her daughter, Liniang, from giving birth to a son, so the two wouldn't conflict much.
"Old Ma, think carefully. What time did Chen leave the Ma family the day before yesterday? Did she take anything with her before she left?"
The head officer told Jin to go to the kitchen to make tea and found a chair that hadn't been smashed to sit down.
There are already few villagers wandering around in winter, so the Ma family, upon learning that Chen was going back to her parents' home, could not escape suspicion.
"It was right after dinner, just as it was getting dark."
Ma Laosan wiped his sweat with his hand, feeling a bit scared. He wanted to ask Chen Dahua how she died, but after opening his mouth, he didn't ask.
“Officer, that day my third brother took me back to the village. When we were having dinner, my sister saw me and got angry, which is why she threw a tantrum and went back to her parents’ home.”
Li Niang smiled slightly, her voice sweet and coquettish, which gave Lin Yuesha goosebumps.
"Who's your sister? My mother doesn't have any other daughters."
Chen Xiaohua clenched her fist, her face turning icy. No wonder when she last saw her eldest sister, her sister told her to stay a few more years before getting married, so she could spend more time with their parents.
At the time, Chen Xiaohua thought her older sister was homesick and didn't consider anything else. If they had known her older sister was suffering so much, surely their parents wouldn't have ignored it?
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