The man was dressed better than the officer outside the door, so he must be the leader of these officers.
"Boss, it's nothing. We are just a group of people who came to the wrong place." The officer deliberately blocked Xia Manni and others.
"Brother Constable, it's me. I'm Xia Dawa from Shizai Village."
Da Wa walked past the officers blocking their way and ran to the man he called brother.
Xia Manni thought to herself, Da Wa’s mouth could be so sweet.
However, the constable opposite did not look very old, and if you looked closely, he looked quite decent.
Constable Zhou looked at the child in front of him and thought carefully.
When he heard her mention Shizai Village, he remembered it.
Because there is indeed a connection between him and Shizai Village.
He seemed to have seen the child in front of him before.
"Are you from the Xia family in the village?"
When Da Wa saw that the constable brother must have remembered him, he hurried over to him.
"Yes, I am from the Xia family of Shizai Village. You visited my home this spring, and you brought an uncle with you."
At this time, Constable Zhou had already determined who this person was. Thinking that the matter was somewhat obscure, he pulled a few people aside and began to question them.
"Why are you here? What do you want from me?"
He looked at the five people who came. There was only one younger woman among them. He guessed that the remaining children were also children of the Xia family.
"Brother Constable, the last time we received the pension, it saved my life and my sisters' lives. I wanted to come and thank you."
Da Wa thought of Xia Manni's advice and did not dare to directly mention the issue of pension.
"Haha, you're quite polite, little kid. That's not really necessary, isn't it? Doesn't someone deliver it to you every month?"
really.
Xia Manni guessed correctly.
The Xia family's pension must have been embezzled by someone, and those people were most likely Daxiu and Zhao Ziming.
Now is the time to test Da Wa's acting skills.
Da Wa was shocked at first, and then he grabbed Constable Zhou's hand aggrievedly, "Brother Constable, no one has given us money anymore."
Constable Zhou was also a little surprised, because the money was given out every month.
"Did your parents receive it?"
After Constable Zhou finished speaking, he glanced at Xia Manni and asked, "Who is this?"
"This is my mother. She's not my biological daughter. My grandmother bought her home after my father died and my mother passed away."
Da Wa told the constable about his family situation truthfully. He felt that the constable in front of him was a good person.
Da Wa thought for a moment and then added, "The only adult left in our family is my mother."
Constable Zhou felt that this matter was a little strange. After all, it involved the noble person from that day, and he dared not be negligent.
"That's not right. I remember when I went to your house, you still had a grandmother and an aunt."
"My aunt and my grandmother severed ties with us."
When the eldest child said this, he actually choked up. After he started crying, the other three children also started crying.
Erwa was crying and wiping his tears, Sanwa was crying very sadly while hugging Xia Manni, and even Sinier was crying and shaking her body.
Constable Zhou was also somewhat moved, but also a little angry.
Could it be that the old lady from that family came to claim it?
"I still have to inform our masters about this matter. Please come with me into the mansion and explain the situation."
Constable Zhou remembered that their superiors had a different attitude towards the soldier that day.
After all, their master has never treated anyone well since he came to Xingyang County.
And that soldier was so concerned about the Xia family's situation.
You even have to deliver the relics and pension yourself.
"Come, follow me." Constable Zhou led several people from the Xia family into the government office.
"Hey, did you see that? What the fat man said is right. This woman does have connections in the government."
"Yes, tall guy, I advise you to stay away from them."
Before long, the rumor that the children who had set up stalls at the market had connections with the government spread to the ears of all the vendors at the market.
The fat man thought happily, he knew that the fortune teller was right, he had the potential to become very rich and powerful.
…
"Sir." Constable Zhou brought a few people to find their county magistrate.
Zheng Yingyan looked up at the people standing outside the door. A young woman with a few children, why did they come to the backyard to find him instead of beating the drum when they had something to do?
"What's the matter?" County Magistrate Zheng's tone was full of dissatisfaction.
Xia Manni understood what she heard. It seemed that this county magistrate was not easy to deal with.
"Your Excellency, do you remember what happened to the Xia family in Shizai Village this spring?"
County Magistrate Zheng put down his teacup and thought about the village.
Xia Family? Shizai Village?
Suddenly he remembered, isn’t this the home of his uncle’s old friend?
"What happened to their family?"
Constable Zhou was already accustomed to the county magistrate's lukewarm tone. He continued, "Didn't the court say they had to come and collect their pensions every month? How could this child come to thank me today and tell me he never received any more pension money?"
When County Magistrate Zheng heard this, he became interested. He was worried that he had no cases to handle.
That wasn't money given by the court; it was clearly money given by his uncle.
He even wants to embezzle his uncle's money. He really doesn't know what's good for him.
He shifted his sitting position and said, "Let that family in."
"yes."
Xia Manni and others were called in. Xia Manni walked in front and saluted the county magistrate first.
The four children also obediently followed suit and saluted. This was the county magistrate, and in their minds, he was already a high-ranking official.
County Magistrate Zheng did not ask them to stand up, but Xia Manni stood up on her own.
This made County Magistrate Zheng look up.
Tsk, it’s rare to find a girl like this in a remote area.
Putting aside the fact that she is good-looking, this behavior is indeed quite bold.
However, Xia Manni felt that this was not a court session in the government office, so there was no need for her to kneel down.
"Are you the head of this family?"
County Magistrate Zheng's voice was a little lazy, giving people a sense of neither closeness nor too much distance.
"Yes, sir. But I am the adopted stepmother of this family. I came to the Xia family in the early autumn of this year."
"I just asked you if you are right. You talk too much."
Xia Manni rolled her eyes in her heart. How come this guy looks so righteous but doesn't speak like a human being when he opens his mouth?
So Xia Manni just stood there like a wooden stake and stopped talking.
"Constable Zhou, you speak." It was that lazy tone again.
"Yes, sir. These children are indeed the Xia family's children. I saw the oldest one when I went there."
"The one who received me at the time was the old lady of the family and her daughter, who were the grandmother and aunt of these children."
"When I went there, there was indeed no such woman, and the child was said to have been bought. As for the old lady and her daughter, they had severed all ties with the family."
"Oh, I left the child to this unfortunate guy."
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