By the time the police arrived, the sun was already high in the sky.
Two policemen arrived on bicycles, one of whom was the old policeman who had borrowed Yu Qiuying's bicycle.
The moment the police officers entered the village, they attracted the attention of the villagers.
"What's going on? I saw several police cars heading towards Tutang Village yesterday evening. I don't know what happened. Why are the police here in our village today?"
"Wisteria Yu must have called the police. She borrowed a bicycle from the team yesterday evening to go to the police station."
"Why didn't the police come yesterday? I didn't hear anything last night, I thought the police didn't handle these kinds of things, why did they only come today?"
"How could we ignore it? More than ten of their chickens were poisoned to death. That Lu Sanmei has broken the law!"
"Widow Yu really called the police? Won't Third Sister get arrested?"
"This widow Yu is going a bit too far. We're all neighbors. Why not just have Third Sister compensate us? There's no need to call the police."
"You're really talking without understanding the hardship. You don't know the suffering until it happens to you, do you?"
"That's right, since you're so biased towards Lü Sanmei, why don't you help her pay the compensation!"
"No, I'm not on her side at all. I just think we're all neighbors, we see each other all the time, so let's not make things so awkward."
Believe it or not, these days, very few ordinary people report things to the police unless someone dies.
News of Yu Qiuying reporting the incident to the police spread quickly, and many people went to Yu Qiuying's house to see what was going on.
Unfortunately, Lü Sanmei wasn't home. After verifying the situation, the police went directly to the hospital to arrest her.
Zhou Jianbin was working in the field when he heard that the police had gone to the hospital to arrest Lü Sanmei. He was so frightened that he immediately dropped his hoe and ran home.
When he returned home yesterday evening, he heard that Widow Yu had gone to the police station to report a case. He was extremely anxious and kept an eye on what was happening at Widow Yu's house.
As it turned out, only Widow Yu returned after dark. He thought the police wouldn't get involved, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
He was just thinking that after lunch, he would go to the hospital to call Lü Sanmei back, and the two of them would take some things to apologize to Widow Yu, and also give her the money for the chickens, hoping that she would be magnanimous and forgive Lü Sanmei this time.
Who would have thought the police would arrive today? This widow Yu is really something, we're all neighbors, why is she making such a fuss?!
As Zhou Jianbin ran home, he grumbled inwardly about Yu Qiuying.
After running home, he didn't even bother to wash his hands before riding his bicycle to the hospital.
When he arrived at the hospital, panting, he saw Lü Sanmei clinging desperately to the ward door, wailing and crying, "Don't arrest me! Don't arrest me! I didn't mean to! I'm willing to pay her compensation, any amount is fine, please don't arrest me, boohoo..."
No matter how domineering Lü Sanmei was in the village, she was still just a rural woman who had never seen much of the world, and she was illiterate and ignorant of the law. She never thought that Yu Qiuying would report the case. She was still cursing and swearing before the police arrived. She felt that it was all Yu Qiuying's fault. If Yu Qiuying hadn't hit her with the carrying pole first that day, she wouldn't have fought with her, and none of this would have happened.
She was stunned when the police arrived, then turned pale with fright. When the police told her that she had broken the law and they were going to take her back to the police station, she was terrified.
So when the police said they were going to take her away, she was so scared that she clung tightly to the doorknob of the ward and refused to let go.
The corridor was crowded with onlookers, all discussing the spectacle.
Zhou Jianbin, still breathless, hurriedly pushed through the crowd and went over, "Officers, could you please be lenient? We're willing to pay compensation; could you let us settle this privately?"
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