In the main hall of the Li family, the 50-watt light bulb was swinging under the beam.
A pot of cabbage and tofu stew had long lost its heat and was covered with a layer of solidified oil.
Li Mingyuan was busy shoveling rice from his bowl, his chopsticks clanging against the edge. Li Guifang sat at the top, her chopsticks occasionally poking at the pickled cabbage.
Wu Xiaomei sat at a corner of the octagonal table, eating with her head down, tears falling into her bowl.
She wiped her face with her sleeves from time to time, and the cuffs were already wet.
As soon as Liu Wei stepped into the Li family's door, he felt that the atmosphere in the house was not right. But now is not the time to talk about this!
He told everyone what he had learned at the police station. When Wu Xiaomei heard Liu Wei mention Wu Sangui, she stood up with red eyes and said, "I knew it was them. I'm going back to Wujia Village now!"
She ripped off her apron and said, "I must tear Wu Jinhua's mouth!"
"Sit down!" Li Guifang grabbed her daughter-in-law's arm. "Do you think we're going to the market?"
Li Guifang used her hidden strength to push the man back onto the stool. "If you go and make trouble now, won't you fall into their trap?"
Liu Wei took a bite of rice and continued, "Old Zhang said the key to this case is finding evidence. Now that I think about it, I should have informed the police station before coming over there!"
"What are you looking for!" Li Mingyuan interrupted, stiffening his neck. "Just take people to capture Wu Sangui..."
"Shut up!" Li Guifang yelled, sending dust flying off the beams. "Everyone, be quiet. If you can eat, eat. If you can't, get out!"
Li Guifang and Liu Wei put their heads together and whispered to each other for half an hour.
"Okay, let's do it." The old lady finally made the decision, her voice very low.
Seeing that it was getting late, Li Guifang asked Liu Wei to go back first. Before Liu Wei left, he gave Li Mingyuan and the others a meaningful look!
Li Mingyuan felt uneasy when he was looking at him. Just when he was about to ask more questions, Liu Wei had already lifted the cotton curtain and left.
After Liu Wei left, Li Guifang began to make arrangements. "Xiaomei, your repair shop will be open as usual tomorrow."
Wu Xiaomei looked incredulous, gesturing back and forth between herself and her mother. "Mom, I can't even tell the difference between a wrench and a wrench, how am I supposed to fix this car?"
"You're stupid!" the old lady poked her forehead. "Who told you to actually fix cars? Open the door, take the kids into the shop, and eat some sunflower seeds or mend some shoe soles."
"What if someone really comes to repair the car?"
"Just say the parts haven't arrived!" Li Guifang rolled her eyes. "Have you been running the store for nothing for the past two weeks? You need me to teach you how to make up a lie?"
Then he rushed Wu Xiaomei into the house, "Hurry up and take the child to bed!"
She turned to Li Mingyuan and the others and said, "You guys, go hide by Highway 221 tomorrow night."
Li Mingyu was about to ask why when Li Guifang glared at him, "Why are you asking? Just squat when I told you to! Bring a flashlight and put on an extra cotton jacket."
Li Mingyuan understood what I was saying. I was just waiting for the rabbit to come to me and then I caught the turtle in the jar!
But is there any other way? No, all we can do is give it a try!
It was late at night. Li Jianghai crouched down and went into his house. He rubbed his red, frozen hands and looked at Li Guifang with an embarrassed look on his face. "Wife, am I really going to spend the night on the highway?"
"Why, you can't go?"
"How can that be possible? Even if I'm worried about not having the energy to go to work the day after tomorrow!"
"What's the big deal? Now that the job is done, you can sell your job and retire early. How about that?" Li Guifang crossed her legs and squinted her eyes at the hesitant Li Jianghai!
When Li Jianghai heard this, his eyes lit up and he said, "Really?"
"When have I ever lied to you?" Li Guifang rolled her eyes at him and lowered her voice, "But there's one more thing..."
"Wife, just tell me, I promise to do it for you!" Li Jianghai had been retired early and was in a daze. He had long wanted to quit his job as a boilerman. It was okay in winter, but in summer, as soon as he went in, he thought he was going to be cooked!
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At eight o'clock the next morning, Li Jianghai walked out with panda eyes and a drooping head. He deliberately wore his work clothes askew, with the buttons in the wrong place, and his trouser legs were stained with mud from somewhere.
As expected, this dead look quickly attracted the attention of a group of old men and women who got up early and chatted!
"Ouch! What happened, Master Li?"
Mrs. Wang was cracking melon seeds, her eyes flicking over at him. "Your face is covered in soot!"
"What's going on? Is your Minghua's problem so serious?"
A group of people pointed at Li Jianghai and talked about her. Although they were all asking questions out of concern, they were more there to enjoy the show. During this period, her family had opened one shop after another, and she had long been resented by others.
Yesterday, Wu Xiaomei called back and said that Li Minghua had been arrested. As soon as the news came out, a lot of people were waiting to see what would happen in the Li family!
Li Jianghai sighed heavily, a sigh so heartbreaking that it startled even a few sparrows in the treetops and sent them flying: "Alas... What a sin..."
This "Ah" was like the opening gong of a big opera, instantly drawing the souls of seven or eight old men and women around.
Aunt Zhang even threw her vegetable basket on the ground and ran away in small steps.
"Is it your...that Minghua..." Aunt Zhang lowered her voice, but her eyes were frighteningly bright. "I heard that the police station gave..."
Li Jianghai saw that the situation had reached a critical point and suddenly grabbed Wang Pozi's arm. He lowered his voice and said, "Auntie, you are very knowledgeable. You said..." He paused deliberately, "How many years of imprisonment is it for spreading nails on the national highway to harm people?"
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