Chapter 247 The Child Drowned
"Li Huan, mother, where is little Cheng Li?"
"It's a coincidence. Don't worry. Little Cheng Li is at Uncle Ye's place. Uncle Ye knew you were going to be discharged from the hospital today, so he took Little Cheng Li away and told you to take good care of yourself during the confinement period. Little Cheng Li will live with him this month."
Hearing that Xiao Chengli was with Ye Jun, Cheng Qiao felt relieved. Although Ye Jun was old, for a man like Li Huan, it was not a problem for him to beat two people at once. And if he met someone like Fenqiu, he would surely win even if there were five or six of them.
Seeing that Cheng Qiao was relieved, Li Huan also smiled. The second child had already been born, and he had to consider when the third child would come out. Yesterday he specially went to ask the doctor, who said that it would be best to have children one to two years apart.
After a woman gives birth, she will go through a period of weakness. She must take good care of her body before she can conceive the next one. Otherwise, her body will be hollowed out and the woman will be the unlucky one.
How could Li Huan bear to let Cheng Qiao's body be exhausted, so before being discharged from the hospital, he spent money to buy condoms. However, the hospital was too stingy, and the few condoms they had were not enough.
The doctor was speechless. There are ten condoms in a box, and I promised to give you three boxes every month, but you still said it was not enough. You are so awesome that you work so hard. Really.
Aunt Wang and a group of aunts were distributing red eggs door to door. Cheng Qiao gave birth to another son, and as usual, they should wait for Cheng Qiao to come back to distribute the eggs.
But Mother Li was really busy, so she gave the eggs to Aunt Wang and asked her to help dye them red and then distribute them to the villagers. Of course, Aunt Wang could take ten more eggs.
"Aunt Wang, why don't I have red eggs at home?"
Zhaodi saw Aunt Wang carrying a basket on her back passing by their house without stopping, and she couldn't help but become anxious. She saw clearly that every household had two red eggs.
Those who had divided the family also received red eggs. They all said that Cheng Qiao was very lucky as she had given birth to two sons in succession. Her position in the Li family was secure.
“You, haha, does your family deal with the Li family?”
Aunt Wang glanced at Zhaodi and sneered triumphantly. Zhaodi was so angry that she wanted to snatch the basket from Aunt Wang and step on all the eggs in it.
Aunt Wang and Zhaodi had fought each other many times and were already familiar with each other. Seeing Zhaodi's eyes, Aunt Wang proudly lifted the backpack up to her body.
Your man is no longer an accountant. Not only does he not get paid, he doesn't even have a share in the embezzlement. If he breaks a basket of eggs, I'll see how you compensate him.
Besides, these are the red eggs of Li Huan's son. Who is Li Huan? He is a ruffian village chief. Even the leaders of the county commune are very enthusiastic when they see him. How dare you, the mother of a small murderer, rebel?
"I'm seriously warning you. These are the red eggs of the village chief's youngest son. Don't dare to touch one of them."
Aunt Wang screamed at the top of her lungs, calling out Wang Xiangyang and her husband who were weeding nearby. The two of them quickly ran over with hoes in hand.
Chen Weimin was scared on the spot. His wife could still be invincible against Aunt Wang, but Wang Duocai was a man who protected his wife, and Wang Xiangyang was a loyal dog to Li Huan.
Chen Weidang also walked over and looked at Chen Weimin coldly. He now looked down on this younger brother more and more. He had always been hiding behind his wife, taking advantage when there was an advantage and hiding when there was trouble.
"Weimin, you are a member of the Chen family. You should be responsible, especially as a man. It is too useless to always hide behind your wife and take advantage of others."
Zhaodi was enlightened. She turned around in astonishment and looked at the man she had relied on for decades. It turned out that the man was relying on her. This answer shocked her deeply.
Just when Zhaodi was about to lose her temper, a villager came running over in panic. He was a member of the Xiangyang Village Security Team. Today it was his turn to patrol with another villager. He saw a child soaking in the river at a glance.
The child was lying on his back, and was already dead when they fished him out. Although his body was swollen, they could tell at a glance that he was Chen Dazhui's son.
Chen Weidang's eyes suddenly became sharp and said, "Chen Tiezhu, you're really great. Don't tell me that you have nothing to do with the death of this child."
"Is the village chief back?"
"I'm back. A bullock cart just passed by and went to the back mountain."
"You told him."
The villager shook his head. The whole family was happily taking their young son home, but he went there to report that a child had drowned in the village. He was just asking to be abused.
"Come on, take me to see it."
Aunt Wang also became curious, so she turned around and followed Chen Weidang. Wang Xiangyang grabbed her and said, "You are here to deliver red eggs. It's so unlucky to go and see a dead child."
Aunt Wang thought it made sense, so she took the backpack down and let Wang Xiangyang carry it. She said, "This glorious and arduous task is now given to you. You have already delivered the food to all the families ahead, and all you have to do is deliver the food to the next dozen or so families."
Wang Xiangyang had no choice but to take the basket handed to him by Aunt Wang. For him, he was really willing to give the red eggs. It was because he hated Xu Laidie and Chen Dazhui so much. Whether their children lived or died had nothing to do with him.
A small corpse was lying by the river, its entire body was swollen, and it was obvious that the child had been drowned for a long time. The villagers wondered why the child was not washed away by the river, perhaps he felt wronged.
"Someone go call Chen Tiezhu over."
"Uncle Chen, I've seen it."
Chen Tiezhu was shocked when he saw his nephew lying on the ground. He had always lived separately from his wife. His wife lived in Dazhu's house with her son and nephew, while he lived in the old house.
Because my nephew has a broken leg, he usually stays at home and doesn't go out. My daughter-in-law has to work in the fields, so she takes her son with her.
"Go call Tiezhu's wife over."
Juhua and Niqiu were so scared that they hid behind the crowd and dared not make a sound. She kept abusing Xu Laidie's child and sometimes even forgot to feed him. He often went hungry for two days.
But if she was asked to drown the child, she would not dare to do so even if she was beaten to death. Besides, she had forgotten to feed the child for two days, so she really didn't know when the child was drowned.
"Report it to the police."
After Li Huan settled Cheng Qiao, he ran over in a hurry. Someone had died in the village, even if it was a child, and as the village chief he must take responsibility.
The comrades at the Public Security Bureau were not too surprised to hear that a child had drowned in the river. There were indeed many villages where children drowned every summer, but this year it seemed to have happened a little earlier.
People here still need to wear thin jackets in March and April, and no children would go into the water. Moreover, Li Huan also said that the child was a cripple and could not walk at all. This was clearly a murder.
However, no matter how the police searched for clues, near the house at the entrance of the village, the only footprints left were those of Chen Tiezhu and Juhua and those of Loach.
Aunt Wang patted her chest. Fortunately, she did not go to give red eggs to Chen Tiezhu and the others, otherwise she would definitely leave her footprints behind, and she would be suspected of being a murderer.
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