The mother and daughter talked for a long time and did not fall asleep until late at night.
Old Mrs. Xia couldn't fall asleep for long. She tossed and turned, thinking a lot, and finally made up her mind to stick to her previous idea.
She must get Xiang Hong back to the city, even if it means giving up her job.
How can a girl survive in the countryside? No wonder Xiang Hong passed away so early in her previous life.
She must send Li Zhuang to labor camp.
However, Xiang Hong's innocence cannot be used to report the case. Although Xiang Hong is sensible, she is afraid that this child will get stuck in a rut and cannot get out of it.
Old Mrs. Xia sat up from the bed and watched the sky outside the window slowly brighten.
When Chen Xianghong woke up, it was already daybreak. She found her mother sitting there in a daze, and her heart ached. She felt so unfilial, causing her mother to worry even at such a young age.
"When we wake up, let's have breakfast and then go report the case." Old Mrs. Xia seemed to have made up her mind.
Old Mrs. Xia violently called Chen Xiangnan and took the two of them to have a local breakfast.
It was still a state-owned restaurant. Old Mrs. Xia ordered a bowl of wontons and bought a bowl of glutinous rice balls for Chen Xianghong. Chen Xiangnan, with huge dark circles under his eyes and tears in his eyes, ordered a bowl of pork chop noodles.
I was tickled by Old Lady Xia, and even though I wasn't awake yet, I already knew how to eat the most expensive food.
Finally, Old Mrs. Xia ordered another serving of Shengjian.
The wontons tasted fresh and tender, the pan-fried dumplings were crispy, and the glutinous rice balls were soft and glutinous. The mother and daughter were very satisfied with the meal.
Chen Xiangnan also thought his noodles were delicious: the noodles were chewy, the broth was rich, and the pork chops were generous, worthy of being a state-owned restaurant. But he didn't dare say it, because Old Lady Xia was in a bad mood today, and he didn't know if it was just him or something else.
After the three of them finished their meal, they asked for directions along the way and finally found the Public Security Bureau.
Old Mrs. Xia gathered her emotions and started crying and shouting as soon as she entered.
"My Lord, I want to report a crime."
The police officers on duty immediately gathered around and helped Old Lady Xia up. "Auntie, there's no master around now. If you have any cases to report, please tell me first."
These days, not many people come forward to report a case on their own initiative. Most of the time, other departments discover something and transfer the case to them.
Unless it is a murder case or something like that, which the brigades or factories cannot solve, people will come to report the case. However, it is their brigades leaders or factory leaders who come. It is extremely rare for people to report the case as individuals in their small town.
It seems that this lady has suffered a great injustice.
Old Mrs. Xia tearfully talked about the quarrel yesterday and the betrothal gift, without mentioning the threat to Chen Xianghong. She just kept saying how pitiful she was, being bullied without her parents around.
Chen Xianghong, who was standing by, was trying to persuade Old Lady Xia, but she was crying so sadly that Chen Xianghong started crying too.
Chen Xiangnan burped. He had indeed eaten too much just now. He was afraid that he would affect their performance, so he turned around and walked to the gate, looking at the tree silently.
This tree is so big!
While everyone was comforting the two poor women, they glanced sympathetically at Chen Xiangnan, who looked very depressed outside the door. This man must have been crying too, his shoulders were shaking.
This family loves their daughter, otherwise they wouldn't have come all the way to see her. They must be angry and sad to find out about this.
Chen Xiangnan outside the door: Damn it, why can’t I stop hiccuping?
Old Lady Xia drank some water from the Public Security Bureau and, after their consolation, she stopped crying. She clutched Chen Xianghong's hand tightly, trembling slightly, looking pitiful and bewildered.
Chen Xianghong: It was the first time she realized how much her mother loved her. Woohoo—
Old Mrs. Xia: I was crying so hard just now that my hands are shaking a little.
In the end, in order to prevent them, a few outsiders, from being bullied by the villagers, the two police officers decided to accompany them to the Lijia Village Brigade to find out what was going on with the betrothal gift.
When he was going out, Chen Xiangnan was patted on the shoulder by one of the policemen and was so scared that he stopped hiccuping.
"Don't be sad, we will definitely handle this impartially." The police felt that Chen Xiangnan was a grown man and wanted to save face, so he was embarrassed to cry in the house, but he must still be sad, so they comforted him.
Chen Xiangnan: "...Thank you."
He was scared to death.
"Captain, this is bad—"
"Captain, this is bad—"
At this time, everyone in the Lijia Village team was working in the fields, discussing what happened in Li Zhuang's family yesterday. When they heard the voice, they all looked up. Some of the smart ones had already dropped their hoes and ran after him.
At this time, the team leader was talking to Uncle Li Wu in the office about their family's troubles, and he was also feeling upset.
If that old woman really makes trouble at the commune, their team will not be included in future performance evaluations.
Just now, Uncle Li Wu was telling him that that bastard Li Zhuang really lost all the betrothal money, not a penny left, and Chen Zhiqing had indeed never seen the betrothal money.
If Chen Zhiqing's mother had not come, with Chen Zhiqing's gentle personality, the marriage would probably have been arranged if Li Zhuang had said a few nice words.
But yesterday's fight turned out like that, two people who should have been relatives in harmony ended up fighting each other, and Li Zhuang even beat up his brother-in-law.
His parents and brothers are all workers, different from these peasants. Maybe he has someone above him.
No matter what happened yesterday, they were unreasonable. Even he, the team leader, might get into trouble for trying to smooth things over.
If the people from the commune really come to uphold justice, he probably won't be able to be the team leader next time.
Thinking of this, the current team leader of Lijia Village scolded Uncle Li Wu harshly again.
Uncle Li smiled apologetically and begged the captain to think of a solution, after all, they were from the same clan.
The team leader sighed heavily. "We team leaders have always been united. I told them yesterday that if anyone from the commune comes, they are not allowed to say anything they shouldn't say."
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