Chapter 61
Director Yao faced the police with a look of numbness and vicissitudes. Why was I the one to encounter such a troublesome street resident?! Could it be that the stupid director next door really made things difficult for me?
Director Yao briefly explained what he knew.
The young policeman frowned. This matter... he looked at another policeman.
"We understand the situation now. Let's keep this guy here for now. Everyone else, go back. It's not nice for a large group of you to be blocking the police station, is it?" Faced with this situation, the veteran police officer tried to smooth things over. There were too many people, so he sent the non-essentials away first. "It's getting late, and we have to go to work tomorrow. Everyone, go home and cook dinner."
"It's okay, police comrade, we are not hungry." A simple and honest man spoke.
Police officer: "..." This work is in vain.
He looked at Xue Zhengchu and his wife. Faced with parents whose child was almost snatched away, he needed to comfort them and let them vent their anger.
"How about this, let him pay some money, and you buy something for the child to calm his nerves. Then, when he gets out, have him go home as soon as possible."
As for the man who tried to steal the child... you don't need to look closely to know he's broke and just lost his mind, which led him to this foolish move. Give him a lesson, let him learn his lesson. This honest man won't have the chance to make another serious mistake. The main thing is, he can't be locked up for a year or six months. If what he said is true, and he has a paralyzed wife at home, if he's locked up, his wife will be practically dead.
Since arriving at the police station, the man didn't say anything, just squatted on the ground with his hands grasping his hair. When he heard the police officer say that he had to pay for it himself, he showed a regretful and sad expression. He only had enough money for the return ticket. When he left the police station, he would have to walk home. He didn't know if his wife could hold on until then.
He pulled out an old, three-layered handkerchief from the inner pocket of his closest clothes and handed it to the police officer. The man opened his lips and said, "This is all I have left..."
The handkerchief was bulging, and the people around him thought that this person was quite secretive and must have a lot of money.
The policeman took the money and opened it in front of everyone, and found that it was just small change of banknotes.
Du Ling: That’s it?!
One cent, two cents, ten cents...a total of one dollar, twenty-five cents.
Xue Zhengchu curled his lips and asked, "How much is your ticket home?"
"One dollar."
Xue Zhengchu: "..."
So it's time to examine his conscience, right?
Whether to take this money or not is the question.
Xue Zhengchu waved his hand and said, "You keep it for yourself. You can't go home without a leg, right?"
Du Ling pulled Xue Zhengchu's sleeve. "Why do you care how he gets home?" It would be better to have the police escort him back. He won't have to go out after embarrassing himself, and he won't have to go out again to snatch other children.
Xue Zhengchu ignored him and said, "Then we'll go home. We're sorry to bother you, two police officers today. Director Yao, we're sorry to bother you today. We'll go home. The child is still at home and hasn't eaten yet."
Director Yao: "Okay, let's go back and eat."
Seeing that the real person had left and some of the onlookers had also left, Bi Chunliu was ready to take Bi Qiuguo home.
"Comrade police officer, please go and take a look, someone is about to be beaten to death in our yard!!" A man rushed in from outside and shouted.
Onlookers: !!! Is this a fatal incident?
The two policemen picked up their coats and ran out.
"Hey, who is that? Do you know him?"
"I don't know him."
"What's the use of saying this? Why don't we just follow and see what happens?" Those who are curious are already preparing to chase after the person.
"That's true."
"Are you going?"
"go!"
"Sister, the man just now seemed to be from the garment factory's staff quarters. I wonder what he meant by being beaten to death?" Bi Qiuguo whispered. She also wanted to go and see.
Bi Chunliu: "Do you know anyone in the garment factory's residential compound? Do you want to go and see them?"
Bi Qiuguo chuckled, saying nothing.
Bi Chunliu: "...Aren't you hungry?" She hadn't eaten since getting off work and felt exhausted.
"Then let's go eat. I'm hungry." Bi Qiuguo had just seen Aunt Qiu and the others leaving. She would probably know what was going on in the evening.
When Bi Chunliu returned home, he found that Bi Weiguo had already prepared the meal. He and Bi Xiahe had already eaten, and the food left for his elder sister and Bi Qiuguo was still warm in the pot.
"Weiguo, your cooking has improved a lot. It tastes much better than mine. You're amazing!" Bi Chunliu praised after swallowing the last bite of food. This was not something she said intentionally to ask Bi Weiguo to cook more, but words that came from her heart.
Bi Weiguo felt embarrassed by the compliment, his face flushing even under the orange light. "Really? Then I'll practice more and try to make it taste better!"
Seeing that her elder sister and Qiu Guo had finished eating, Bi Xiahe closed the book and asked, "Elder sister, what did the police officer say?"
Bi Qiuguo waved his hand. "Oh, forget it. The police originally wanted that man to compensate Xue Yong's father, but he only had one dollar and twenty-five cents on him. If they left him money for the bus ride home, he would only have fifteen cents left. Uncle Xue refused to take it, and now that Uncle Xue hasn't pursued the matter, the police will probably let him go. They'll even have to provide him with food."
Bi Xiahe: "Okay, luckily we are going home together today."
Bi Weiguo: "Isn't it? Luckily we didn't delay today, otherwise we would have been the ones who almost got robbed. What would we do?! Fortunately, this kind of thing won't happen again in the future!"
Bi Chunliu: "Well, it should be over..." and then added, "You guys should go home after school these days." She always felt something was strange.
Bi Chunliu went out to wash the dishes and urged Bi Qiuguo to finish her homework quickly. Before she finished her homework, the people who had just gone to the garment factory to watch the excitement came back.
Bi Qiuguo filled in the last two numbers randomly and dragged his eldest and third sisters out. Bi Weiguo hurried to follow, and when he saw the fourth sister was so excited, he knew something was wrong.
"Oh my, that was such a harsh beating! The old woman was slapped twice by her in-laws, but she was still screaming and groaning. No one cared how she treated her daughter-in-law normally."
"I heard it was because of childbirth?"
"Yes, I asked a neighbor of hers. I think that elder sister had some conflict with that old woman. When I asked, she told me everything." Aunt Qiu was very proud.
"Aunt Qiu, please tell us what's going on."
"Yeah, I didn't even squeeze in. I just saw a few guys carrying things away. They said this woman was from our textile factory, working in the factory office. Tell me, what a great job! This family just doesn't appreciate it."
Aunt Qiu clapped her hands and said, "Isn't it?! Let me tell you what's going on... This little Huang clerk..."
Bi Chunliu frowned. "Director Huang from the factory office?" They weren't talking about a blind date, were they talking about the Director Huang who helped them set up the venue for the social gathering?
"This little Huang has been married to this family for four or five years, but she hasn't gotten pregnant. Her mother-in-law is a mean person, and she's been torturing her, asking her to do this and that. When she wakes up in the middle of the night and wants to drink water, she calls for little Huang to pour it for her. You see, she's not paralyzed, and not only does she not do any housework at home, but she also waits for people to serve her like a big boss. She obviously lives in an apartment building, but she lets little Huang carry her excrement and urine pot. Her husband doesn't say a word either, and he just says whatever others say. It wasn't easy for his mother to raise him, and now that he's married, it's time for him to be filial to his mother.
Bah! If you want to be filial to your mother, why don’t you just serve her yourself? Why push your wife away? What’s the matter? If you don’t have a wife, you can’t be filial to your mother. If you have a wife, you can immediately be filial to your mother?”
Bi Chunliu muttered softly, "Filial piety has been outsourced..."
"Aunt Qiu, what you said is wrong. Secretary Huang failed to give birth to a child for her husband's family. What if her family only has one son and the family line is cut off? I think Secretary Huang is not very sensible. How can a woman like her fight with an old woman and a man?" Uncle Qi expressed his opinion.
Liu Xiaoyue and Bi Chunliu, who were standing next to Uncle Qi, dodged to the side at the same time. Uncle Qi's head was covered with a foot cloth, and the disgusting smell was too much.
Aunt Qiu didn't even glance at Uncle Qi and continued, "A while ago, Secretary Huang's ex-wife found some kind of magic medicine and forced Secretary Huang to drink it. After drinking it, Secretary Huang's health got worse and he vomited every day. It seems that she fainted at work a few days ago and was admitted to the hospital. Only then did her family know that their daughter had been forced into this state.
She has many cousins from her mother's side. The day before yesterday, four or five of them came and took Xiao Huang's ex-husband to the hospital. They did some tests, and do you know what the doctor said?
Chen Dali urged, "Aunt Qiu, please hurry up and tell me. You're really keeping us in suspense."
Aunt Qiu glanced at Chen Dali with annoyance before saying, "The doctor said that men who work with Xiao Huang can't have children at all!"
"ah?!"
"Is there such a thing?"
"That's right! The doctor said that some men's wives have difficulty getting pregnant because they have some weakness or condition. For men like this, there is still a chance of pregnancy. After all, no matter how weak they are, there is still a chance. But for some men, it's not possible. Their penis is directly dead, and it is impossible for them to have children. Xiao Huang's husband is like this."
"Oh my, there's actually such a thing. It's really rare, huh?"
"Really? Ordinary people should live two more years. Only by living longer can they see everything."
"Aunt Qiu, what next?" someone urged again.
"When Xiao Huang's family saw what was happening, they asked her what to do. She said she wanted a divorce. Now her mother-in-law is not willing to give in. But Xiao Huang has her family's support and doesn't want to be bullied anymore. Her husband saw that Xiao Huang didn't want to live with him anymore and said that if she left him, no one would want her. The old man looked down on Xiao Huang. Xiao Huang's brother then hit the man with a foul mouth."
Several women who were gathered around cursed: "It really serves him right! This damn man should be beaten! He has such bad mouth." Two others cursed while looking at Uncle Qi.
Uncle Qi: ...Why are you looking at me?!
"Eh? I forgot who told me that Secretary Huang doesn't seem to be from Nanshan City. So after her divorce, did she go back to her parents' home or continue working? And her job..."
Bi Chunliu looked at the crowd and saw Deng Hong, who seemed to have discovered this fact by accident. She hesitated to speak and smiled.
Blind student, you have discovered the highlight!
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