The captain waved his hand and called over an older man to wrap the two of them in white cloth.
They placed the tattered straw mats under Ma Da Niang and Ma Lao Er's bodies as a cushion.
Let's wrap the person up first.
Someone suggested, "Why don't we just put the person in their house?"
The captain asked the secretary, "Secretary, what do you think we should do about this?"
The old Party Secretary said, "Let's leave it here. The person is gone, so don't bother making a fuss."
But there's only a straw mat, no coffin. What are we going to do?
The captain asked Song Pandi, "Does Ma Daniu have any money saved up?"
Song Pandi glanced at Yun Ningyan secretly: "Not much, maybe a few dollars."
After saying that, Song Pandi went to the cowshed and found two yuan in some corner.
"There are only two yuan."
The secretary said, "Let all the members of the Ma family contribute some money so we can at least buy two thin coffins to bury the person."
In the end, the brigade contributed some money, and Lao Ma's fellow villagers also contributed some.
With the money given by Aunt Ma's daughters, they finally managed to bury the person.
Once the coffin was bought, it was buried immediately without any delay.
Firstly, they have no relatives or friends, and secondly, it's currently the Lunar New Year.
In addition, Song Pandi is an only child, and she is not capable of managing things on her own.
They buried the person so hastily.
With the body buried, Song Pandi breathed a sigh of relief.
After finishing her business, she called out to the brigade leader, "Brigade leader, I'm scared living alone in the cowshed. The cowshed doesn't even have a door. I'm a widow now..."
She didn't say what came next, but the captain understood.
The captain frowned. This was a problem, but the police officer had said they would lock him up in the cowshed.
If he releases the person, what if something else happens?
The captain thought for a moment.
He said, "Why don't you go back and stay for the next few days? I'll go ask around tomorrow and see how to handle things for you. Then we'll decide."
When Song Pandi heard that she was going to ask the higher-ups, she felt a little guilty, afraid that she might cause even bigger trouble.
He chuckled twice and said, "Captain, please let me go back. Someone has died here, and I'm afraid someone might have bad intentions. Wouldn't that be even more troublesome? Don't worry, Captain, I will definitely work hard from now on and won't cause any trouble!"
The brigade leader thought about it and agreed. If one of the hooligans in the brigade were to have any bad intentions, it would be difficult to explain.
This place is indeed not suitable for living. Although we don't talk about ghosts and gods anymore, they didn't die of old age.
And Ma Lao Er is so young.
He thought for a moment and said, "Then you go back first! I'll go and discuss it with the secretary and the accountant first."
Song Pandi thanked the brigade leader repeatedly and returned to Aunt Ma's house.
She entered the courtyard and looked around at the place that had once filled her with immense fear.
A cold smile curled at the corner of his lips!
Now that she has dealt with Ma Daniu and Ma Lao Er, those two can no longer beat her, starve her, or torture her.
She's free!
As long as she works hard in the brigade from now on, she will never have to suffer again.
She immediately gathered all of Ma Da Niang and Ma Lao Er's belongings out of the house, preparing to burn them all later.
On the first night, she didn't sleep a wink in the room, and she didn't even turn off the kerosene lamp.
She was terrified.
Even when he closes his eyes, the faces of Ma Lao Er and Ma Da Niang appear before him.
That night, she watched helplessly as the two slowly struggled and then slowly died.
She deliberately delayed calling for help until almost noon, just in case they weren't quite dead yet.
She got through the night safely, and after the sun came out, her eyes were so sore from staying up all night that she finally closed them and fell asleep.
Yun Ningyan has been thinking about this matter for the past two days, considering Song Pandi's current state and her past state.
It is highly likely that Song Pandi set up this scheme to get rid of these two people.
Because she suffered too much at Ma Lao Er's house.
She looks like she's in her thirties now; she looks incredibly old.
Besides lack of care, the main problems are malnutrition, heavy labor, and not getting enough to eat.
In addition, being beaten at Ma Lao Er's house every day, she would inevitably develop thoughts of revenge over time.
Yun Ningyan asked Huo Junshan, "Do you think that Aunt Ma and the other woman might have been killed by Song Pandi?"
Huo Junshan shook his head: "I don't know, Yanyan, don't worry about it! We don't concern ourselves with other people's affairs."
The main problem is that Song Pandi's story was so well-crafted that the villagers didn't really grasp the concept.
No one would have guessed that this person was murdered.
In everyone's mind, no matter how bad the people around them are, they wouldn't dare to have the thought of killing someone.
So nobody would think in that direction.
If it really was Song Pandi who killed her, then she was incredibly audacious.
I wonder if she'll be scared in Old Ma's yard.
Seeing that she had been thinking about this matter for the past two days, Huo Junshan took Yun Ningyan's hand.
"Yanyan, even if she really did something wrong, there's nothing we can do about it. Besides, we don't have any evidence. That's the police's job. And besides, I think those two people really deserve to die!"
Yun Ningyan looked at him with suspicion. Huo Junshan continued, "Think about it. The Ma family's conditions are such that Ma Lao Er is such a poor man. He was able to marry an educated youth from the city. If they don't treat her well, there's a reason for it."
"Although that woman wasn't a good person, she didn't kill them at first. She only started fighting back because she couldn't take it anymore!"
"On the other hand, who among those who do bad things can escape in the end? Didn't you say that the net of justice is vast and its meshes are wide, yet nothing escapes it!"
“If we could really find evidence, we would be duty-bound to report it, but the problem is that we have no evidence! The police won’t believe us based on mere suspicion.”
Yun Ningyan nodded: "You're right. Let's put this matter aside for now and focus on our studies. Let's ignore everything else and concentrate on our studies!"
After discussing it, the brigade leader, the old Party secretary, and the accountant decided that Song Pandi should stay at Ma Lao Er's house for the time being.
It was indeed easy for a widow to get into trouble living in a cowshed, especially since there were many widows in the brigade!
And so Song Pandi settled down in Aunt Ma's house.
Yun Ningyan and Huo Junshan have resumed their secluded study routine, while Huo Jianshe and Huo Min have started coming over to study again in the past few days.
Huo Junshan was responsible for answering and teaching any math problems that the student didn't understand.
Yun Ningyan is responsible for teaching problem-solving in Chinese language.
Aside from eating, the group spent their days studying.
That day, Yao Qingqing couldn't resist asking about Yang Dasheng, so she knocked on the door.
Huo Junshan thought she was there to cause trouble again, so he blocked the door and wouldn't let her in.
She wasn't annoyed, and asked with a smile, "Third Brother, I'd like to ask your friend where he lives and what his family's financial situation is like!"
Huo Junshan!
"have no idea!"
He was about to close the door after he finished speaking, but Yao Qingqing called out to him, "Third Brother, I just came to ask him. I think he's pretty good."
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