After the father and son of the Qiao family died and one was critically ill, the old lady took care of the old man who was left at home, and immediately found Qiao Xinguo and Qiao Zhixia, asking them to use money to save Qiao Lao San.
Although the old lady is more domineering and cruel than the old man, she is definitely a kind person.
She was even more cunning than the old man, always playing the pitiful and good-faced role for the purpose of control. She pretended to be in a dilemma and repeatedly stood on the old man's side and asked Qiao Xinguo to compromise.
Every time the old man did something evil, she would pretend to be a good person. But she pretended very well, or rather, she simply didn't care how good she pretended to be. Like now, she made a request as a matter of course when she opened her mouth.
"Old man, your father and your brother both had accidents in your mountain. You can't take care of your brother! Hurry up and give your sister-in-law the money to go there and rescue your brother! Otherwise... your sister-in-law and Jinbao Yinbao will hate you for the rest of their lives."
Qiao Xinguo never expected that when he woke up from his sleep, his father was gone and his brother was half dead.
After all, he was his own brother, he couldn't just ignore him like Qiao Zhixia did.
Saving her life was urgent, so he prepared to go into the house and get her 500 yuan to help her out first, and then he would come back when she had enough.
But as soon as she turned around, she was grabbed by Qiao Zhixia, who stared at the old lady coldly and asked:
"You only said that the incident happened in my mountain. Why did you say that they were carrying pesticides to my orchard in the middle of the night? They wanted to spray pesticides on my fruit trees so that we would be involved in a murder lawsuit, but they got retribution and hurt themselves. Is this what they deserve?"
"What?" A look of shock instantly appeared on Qiao Xinguo's face.
"Have you ever thought before you used such a ruthless thing as poisonous pesticides? It could cost lives, and there may be more than one cause. You disregarded human lives for your own selfish desires. This is not only against morality, but also against the law. So you'd better pray that your uncle can die quickly, otherwise you will have to go to jail."
"...What?" The old lady's legs almost went weak after hearing what Qiao Zhixia said.
Originally, I just thought that the incident between the father and son happened at Qiao Zhixia's place, so she should pay for it and compensate a certain amount of money.
But after hearing what Qiao Zhixia said, she began to panic. After all, it was a fact that they poisoned her, and it was also a fact that she was abducted and robbed.
The shrewdness in the old lady's eyes was replaced by helplessness. She suddenly knelt down with a thud and said, "I am begging you to save the third child! You can't watch him go to jail!"
"Mom, what are you doing? Get up first." Qiao Xinguo was anxious. The old lady knelt down in front of him. Was she asking others to poke his spine?
But the old lady was obviously sure that he was afraid of moral accusations, and she seemed to be rooted to the ground and would not get up no matter how hard she pulled.
Seeing this, Qiao Xinguo simply knelt down as well. The mother and son knelt down at the door and communicated directly: "Mom, Dad and the third child are poisoning, and poisoning is illegal. It's useless for you to beg anyone. Let's go to the hospital first to find out what's going on!"
The old lady was silent for a moment, and seemed to want to ask for money, but was interrupted by Qiao Zhixia's cold face:
"Except for the old man's funeral expenses, we won't contribute a penny to the rest of the money. They did this, and I'm asking them to pay for it because we're relatives. If you're not convinced, go report it to the police and see whether they arrest us or you!"
The more indifferent Qiao Zhixia was, the more guilty the old lady felt. After a stalemate of ten minutes, she finally staggered to her feet and walked away.
After the old lady left, Qiao Xinguo felt as if all his strength had been drained out, and he felt extremely disappointed and upset.
"No matter what, someone has died. Will it affect your company?"
"Don't worry, Dad. It's okay. You should go and arrange Grandpa's funeral first! I have to go to the Public Security Bureau and run around..."
Although Qiao Zhixia hated to set off firecrackers to celebrate the old man's passing, she was able to ask her father to take care of the old man's funeral.
Something happened to Old Man Qiao and his son in her orchard, and it involved life. She had to take the initiative to report the case to the police and clear herself of suspicion and responsibility.
The police have two questions: Why is there a deep pit filled with water in the orchard?
Secondly, why did the Qiao family father and son use pesticides and poisons?
Qiao Zhixia answered calmly one by one.
The deep pit for storing water in the orchard was dug specifically to store rainwater for irrigation during dry days. There is only one pit in the entire orchard.
The father and son bought highly toxic pesticides specifically for poisoning, but they spilled them when they fell into the pit and then drank them when they sipped the water.
As for why they poisoned and what grudge they had with Qiao Zhixia, she also answered in detail.
The public security department arranged for people to visit Jingyang Village that day. When they talked about the personalities of Old Man Qiao and Old Third Qiao, everyone shook their heads.
They went to the orchard contracted by Qiao Zhixia and found a clear sign at the entrance to the mountain, saying that the mountain was being reclaimed and entering without permission might be dangerous.
And just as Qiao Zhixia said, there was indeed only one water storage pit dug on the mountain for irrigation.
Soon, the investigators closed the case, and the father and son were guilty of poisoning themselves and took all the consequences themselves.
When Qiao Zhixia got on the delivery truck, she found that the old driver had been replaced by a handsome young man with a righteous character.
"Master, where have we met before?" After the car started, Qiao Zhixia couldn't help but ask the question.
Yang Shuo looked ahead and concentrated on driving, but a smile appeared on his lips: "Xiao Qiao is indeed a noble person who forgets things easily."
Qiao Zhixia was stunned. This voice, this smile...
"Are you the brother Yang Shuo who sent my sister home a while ago?"
"I'm honored that the boss still remembered me." Yang Shuo finally gave Qiao Zhixia a gentle look.
"Is it really you? I heard from my sister that you went to the army. It's a pity."
"What a pity?" Yang Shuo asked.
"Really..." Qiao Zhixia looked embarrassed. She might have said some things carelessly.
She once thought that her sister would marry Yang Shuo, but later she didn't know why she married that bastard He Xuyang.
The first time she met Yang Shuo was when her sister got her period in the second year of junior high school. Her pants were covered in blood and she was sitting on a chair and didn't dare to stand up.
But Yang Shuo knew her embarrassment and kicked over her chair. After she fell to the ground and became the laughing stock of the whole class, he belatedly apologized.
He gave her his own dress and tied it around her waist to hide the blood stains.
But her stomach hurt so much after the fall that she could hardly walk home.
So Yang Shuo simply rode his bike to take her back, but her sister was afraid of gossip, so she insisted on getting off at the village entrance even though she was in so much pain that her back was bent.
Yang Shuo was more stubborn than her and dropped her off at the entrance of the village. Then he went into the village and found their home. It happened to be Qiao Zhixia who opened the door, so he asked her to go to the village entrance to pick up her sister.
At that time, Qiao Zhixia thought that this brother was sunny and handsome, and was a perfect match for her sister. When the two sisters were lying in bed at night, Qiao Zhixia had not yet joked with her sister about Yang Shuo.
"Sister, let Brother Yang Shuo be my brother-in-law?"
"You are talking nonsense. What are their conditions? What are our conditions..."
At that time, Qiao Zhixia still understood what the gap in family background meant. Like every ignorant little girl, she always had a romantic love story in her heart where true love conquers everything.
Looking back now, I was so silly and naive back then.
But now, looking at Yang Shuo's face, I suddenly thought of an acquaintance.
"Brother Yang Shuo, are you and Deputy Mine Director Yang related? You look a bit alike."
Yang Shuo: "He is my father..."