Chapter 249 That Jade Is Not Ours

Li Zhaodi said, "I'll tell you later! The first thing to do is to find the jade back!"

Having said that, he pulled Li Jie out the door.

Liu Lan has Li Qiang on her side, and the mother and son, including the daughter-in-law, are all vested interests. If she, a woman, goes there to make trouble, Li Qiang might really hit her, so she has to pull Li Jie over.

Zhou Qiuhe was also confused, so Xia Juanjuan pulled her over to watch the fun.

When she arrived at Liu Lan's door, Li Zhaodi went up to knock on the door and said, "Liu Lan, get out of here!"

Liu Lan was panicking. Li Zhaodi had just been taken away by Li Jie, and now he came back again. Was he going to cause trouble for her?

"What's the matter? Just tell me outside the door! I'm dizzy and I'm going to sleep!"

Li Zhaodi didn't buy it, and he kicked the door loudly, sneering, "If you don't open the door, don't blame me for kicking it down! Don't complain about the cold in the middle of winter! What a jerk! What a wicked thing you have done!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Lan had no choice but to get up and open the door.

She is different now than before. Her sons don't care about her anymore. If the door is kicked down, no one will care about her!

Liu Lan opened the door and asked timidly, "His elder sister...what do you want to talk to mom about...what do you want to talk to me about?"

Back then, she had made up a rumor about Li Zhaodi to force her to marry far away, but that was also for the survival of the whole family, right? There was a severe drought in those years, and the fields were barren. Without the betrothal money, the family would have starved to death!

Although she and her brother from her natal family embezzled quite a bit of the betrothal money!

Could it be that Li Zhaodi came back just for this matter?

Li Zhaodi said with a cold face, "Liu Lan, let me ask you, where is the jade at home?"

Because of Li Zhaodi's voice, Li Qiang and Wang Guixiang also came out. When they heard what Li Zhaodi said, they looked at each other subconsciously and felt a little guilty.

When Liu Lan heard this, her expression changed immediately.

Well, Wang Guixiang really got it right. Li Zhaodi is living a poor and unhappy life, so she came back to her parents' home to beg for money!

Moreover, he was targeting the jade in her hand!

"What jade? Where is the jade in our house? The piece you saw before was sold for money when your father was seriously ill!" Liu Lan said loudly.

Li Zhaodi sneered: "My father used it when he was seriously ill? Liu Lan, you are lying with your eyes open! Even if my father died of illness, he would never touch that piece of jade!"

Although Li Laodie later married Liu Lan, it was actually Liu Lan who took the initiative. On the other hand, he was a man with three or four children and felt that it was pitiful for the children to be without a mother. Liu Lan was also good at putting on a show.

But in terms of character, Li Zhaodi is still trustworthy.

That jade... is a token of trust left by someone, and they could come and take it away at any time! When the house was washed away by the flood and when he was begging for food on the road and almost starved to death, Li Lao Dad didn't touch it.

Even when he was seriously ill, he would never move!

Li Zhaodi continued, "Don't think I don't know. Some time ago, you dared to let your precious son Li Qiang sell the jade on the black market! He sold it for fifty yuan!"

When Liu Lan heard this, she was stunned for a moment.

Did she ask Li Qiang to sell the jade some time ago? How is that possible? The jade is still buried next to Li's father's grave at the west end of the village! She is the only one who knows the place...

Wait! She said that Wang Guixiang suddenly became rich during the Spring Festival this year. The whole family bought cloth and cotton to make new cotton-padded clothes. The family also bought five kilograms of meat for the Spring Festival!

She even shared a kitchen with them and could smell the meat coming from their house! But when she went to ask for it, Li Qiang and Wang Guixiang said there was no meat and they wouldn't give her a single piece of meat!

Now think about it, where did they get the money? Could it really be their jade...? !

Thinking of this, Liu Lan could no longer sit still and ran to the west end of the village!

That jade... is her last hope!

She had savings before, so she was not in a hurry to cash in the jade. Now, she has no savings left, and this winter is particularly cold. Her thin quilt is not warm enough, and she is freezing to death! She has been thinking about it these days. After the Chinese New Year, she will go to the black market to exchange the jade for money, buy some meat for herself, and make a new cotton quilt!

Seeing this, everyone followed Liu Lan to the west of the village.

Liu Lan dug for a long time and finally found a broken box that originally contained jade. But where did the jade come from?

"Where is my jade? How is it possible? I buried it right here! Who! Who stole my jade?"

Combined with what Li Zhaodi had just said, Liu Lan suddenly looked towards Li Qiang and Wang Guixiang!

Li Qiang and Wang Guixiang pretended to be calm.

But Liu Lan suddenly rushed towards the two of them like crazy.

"Li Qiang, you are such an unfilial son! You bastard! Together with your wife, you even dare to steal your own mother's things! Are you still a human being? You watched your mother freezing and starving, and you stole your mother's things to buy meat and cotton-padded jackets for your wife! I will beat you to death! I will beat you to death, you beast! Ahhh! My jade!"

Liu Lan cried and screamed, while Li Qiang beat, shoved and butted her head!

The onlookers in the village had not completely dispersed in the first place. From the moment Liu Lan hurriedly ran to Old Man Li's grave to start digging, many of them followed her.

Now when people see Liu Lan fighting with her son, no one comes up to stop them; everyone just watches with interest.

Wang Guixiang and Li Qiang did not fight back at first because they were justified, but when they saw that Liu Lan was never-ending, they became impatient and pushed Liu Lan to the ground, almost breaking her butt in two.

"You've made enough noise! ​​I didn't fight back, but you still want to attack me, right?" Li Qiang scolded with a dark face.

Wang Guixiang also said, "That's right! Mother-in-law, we didn't fight back because you are our elder. You are never done. We haven't even seen your jade! You are old and confused, you put it in the wrong place, or it was stolen by someone else, don't blame us!"

Now, even if they were beaten to death, they would insist that the jade was not stolen by them. Otherwise, why did Li Zhaodi come back? Wasn't he also coming back for the jade?

If they let the cat out of the bag, the thirty dollars they had worked so hard to earn would have to be divided among the whole family, and in the end, it would be good enough if his family could get five dollars!

This even includes the fare to Beijing! On what basis!

Besides, they have almost spent the thirty yuan. If they are asked to take it out now, where will they get the money?

Li Qiang also reacted after hearing what his wife said, and said, "That's right! You hid the jade next to my father's grave. Now it's the New Year. Who knows if someone found it when they came to visit the grave and secretly dug it away?"

When these words were spoken, the villagers who were watching the excitement became unhappy.

This person who ate a melon also made himself suspected of stealing the jade buried in front of someone else's grave? Isn't this a malicious person?

Someone immediately shouted, "Li Lao Er, you bastard, you can't even clean up the shit on your head, and you want to put it on the villagers? If you dare to make up a lie again, I will beat you to death!"

"That's right! You two are idle all day long, and you like to take advantage of others. You even steal people's underwear that is exposed to the sun. You are notorious for this, and you still have the nerve to pretend to be innocent? I think it is most likely that you two stole it!"

"It's hard to guard against thieves in your home! The thief is crying out, thief!"

"I said that I came back from the county town in the middle of the night a few days ago, and when I walked here, I saw two sneaky figures squatting and digging in front of the old man's grave. I thought they were ghosts at first, and I was scared to death. Now I think it was probably this couple who were thieves!"

"That's right! And Li Qiang went to Beijing a few days ago. I guess he went to sell jade..."

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The villagers talked to each other, and soon, all the evidence was collected.

After hearing this, Liu Lan came up and tried to tear Wang Guixiang's mouth: "Wang Guixiang, you bitch! It's you who instigated my son to do something bad! Give me back my jade!"

Wang Guixiang was not willing to give in, so they started fighting. Liu Lan was old, so there was no way she could win. After a while, she was pushed to the ground again.

Wang Guixiang wasn't much better off, she was also hit twice on the face by claws and it was bloody.

After hearing this, Li Zhaodi realized that the jade might have really been sold. His heart immediately turned cold and he said angrily, "You two, stop pretending! You must have sold the jade together! Liu Lan, Li Qiang, I tell you! If you don't return the jade today, I will never forgive you!"

Wang Guixiang sneered: "You are not done with us? So? Can you still eat us up? Humph! You said you are not here to beg for money, but you just want to share the thirty yuan you got from selling the jade...right? Ah! Ah! Li Zhaodi, let go!"

Li Zhaodi was quick to act and immediately grabbed Wang Guixiang's hair and started pulling it: "Thirty yuan? Wang Guixiang? The jade was clearly sold for fifty yuan, how come it became thirty yuan when it came to your mouth? You still dare to say that you didn't sell it?"

Li Jie stood in front of Li Qiang and said coldly: "Second brother, I heard that the jade was left by my father. Even if it is sold for profit, it should be Li Jie's share. You and your mother secretly took it and sold it. Isn't that unfair? If you don't make things clear today, I will report you to the commune and the town county! You and your son are teaming up to steal our Li family's things!"

Li Jie found out that Li Qiang was brought here by Liu Lan, and the remaining brotherhood between them was gone, he said coldly.

He didn't know the origin of the jade yet, so he thought that if it was really the jade left by his father, then the money from selling it should at least be divided equally among several families, right?

The eldest sister gets one share. The eldest brother is gone, but the three children are still here, so they also get one share. There is also a share for him and Li Zhan. Li Qiang and Liu Lan can also be counted as theirs.

What's the big deal if the strongest one takes it all for himself?

It's so frustrating just thinking about it! Do you think all the Li family members are dead?

Even if the money is not much, we can't let them get away with it.

After hearing this, Li Qiang was also a little scared.

People in the village saw the couple digging things in the middle of the night. Although they were their own family's things, he was not the biological son of the Li family, so he might really be convicted of theft!

"I took the jade... to sell it in Beijing, thinking I could get a good price for it, but I only sold it for thirty yuan! How could I have fifty yuan! I spent all the money on the round trip fare, and... your sister-in-law and I are used to spending lavishly..."

Li Jie sneered: "You plan to deny your debt just because you've spent it all? You wish! Just write me an IOU after you've spent it all! All your work points and income next year will be used to pay off the debt! When you've paid it off, we'll settle the debt!"

When Li Zhaodi heard that the jade was really gone, she was anxious and angry. She walked up to Li Qiang and pushed him, "You beast! Where did you sell the jade? Go find it for me!"

Li Jie was stunned for a moment after hearing this and said, "Sister, I'm afraid the jade has really been sold, and it was sold to Beijing. It is estimated that it can't be found again... If you are short of money, you don't want my share of the money. There is still fourth brother's money - I believe fourth brother and fourth brother's wife will definitely agree, and give it to you, eldest sister..."

Li Zhaodi looked at Li Jie and said angrily, "Xiao Jie, even you think your sister came back for the jade and to get the money? Who do you think your sister is! The jade...is not ours! We saved it for her! What if she comes looking for us and the jade is gone? What will we give her back?"