Chapter 29 Someone's Dead
The New Year is over, and the young people who have gone out to work are about to leave again.
This time, there were a few more people who were persuaded by Huang Liye and wanted to follow her to work in other places.
With so many people leaving at once, Xiaoshi Village returned to its usual deserted state.
Lu Xing was so busy that she forgot about the New Year's celebrations and thought about the money she had received. She didn't have much need for money in her daily life.
It just so happened that when I was visiting the grave just now, I thought of my tombstone in my previous life.
Now that I think about it, her tombstone in her previous life was too small.
In the south, the stones used for tombstones are generally granite or marble.
Although there are many mountains and stones in Xiaoshi Village, none of them can be used to make stone tablets.
There is only one funeral home in the county.
Lu Xing's coffin was also ordered from his family.
When I visited him this time, I saw that his shop, which had been deserted, suddenly became busy.
"Boss, are you there?"
"Huh?" He Xuan raised his head and looked towards the door. "Who is it?"
"I came here to ask about the stone tablet."
He Xuan put down his work, looked at the old lady in front of him, and asked as usual, "Who is it ordered for?"
"Myself."
"Oh, what size do you want to order? We can also engrave it here. The styles are all in the backyard, you can take a look yourself, and tell me if you like it."
"I have some work on my hands." He pointed to the back, where an unfinished coffin was. "It's over there. Just call me if you need anything."
If it is a coffin for the elderly, it is usually ordered in advance by the family. The elderly are old and people are afraid of accidents.
Only those who die unexpectedly at a young age need to have their coffins made urgently.
"Which village has the person died in?"
"It's about that Xiaoniu Village. I heard that a father and son were stabbed, and they only rescued one of them. He wasn't that old, which is a pity."
He Xuan was painting. "We're the only family in the county that makes coffins. We've been busy with their work lately. I haven't had a good sleep for several days."
"A father and son were stabbed together? Which family? Has the stabber been caught?"
"I heard that another girl from their family married into your village. I'm not sure if you remember her name, but it's Wang Tiejun's family."
"Wang Tiejun?!" Lu Xing cried out in surprise, "Was it Wang Tiejun and his father Wang Aiguo who were stabbed?"
"That's right. How big a grudge must this be? Both the father and the son were stabbed during Chinese New Year." He Xuan didn't know the details either. He finally met someone he knew, and he wanted to find out more.
"Isn't there someone in your village who is related to their family? Haven't you received any news?"
"I heard Wang Tiejun is still in the hospital."
"Ah? So serious?" Lu Xing was a little uncertain. "Has that guy been caught?"
"No, I heard he went out of town. I only know he's a man."
Lu Xing asked, "Do you know who stabbed him?"
"No, I heard that he stabbed someone in the middle of the night. He ran away after stabbing the person. No one saw him."
The more I listen to this description, the more it sounds like Lu Jianjun.
He Xuan chatted for a while and found that Lu Xing didn't know what was going on, so he lowered his head and got busy again. The coffin had to be made as soon as possible.
Although the weather outside is cold and the body will not decompose so quickly, the family still wants to bury the deceased as soon as possible.
When Lu Xing, who was standing next to him, heard such a big thing, he no longer cared about picking up stones. He just wanted to go back and ask if it was Lu Jianjun who did it.
After returning to the village, she found Liu Hehua mending clothes at home.
"Let me ask you something. Did anyone come to look for your Zhengde after the Jianjun incident?"
"What's wrong?" Liu Hehua was mending her granddaughter's pants. Her granddaughter fell every day when she went out to play, so the pants were torn very quickly.
The family doesn't have enough money to buy her so many shoes.
The little granddaughter thought the seams looked ugly, so she secretly hid the pants and didn't want to wear them.
In the end, Liu Hehua came up with an idea and used colored threads to sew small flowers for her.
This looks much better, and her granddaughter likes to wear it too.
The only problem is that it takes too long to sew.
So Liu Hehua saved it up and would make up for it when she had free time.
Hearing Lu Xing's words, she didn't stop what she was doing. "Didn't he go out of town? He said he didn't plan to ask for money anymore."
"I went to the county funeral home today, and you know what I heard?"
"What? Someone died in someone's family? Someone we know? What does it have to do with Lu Jianjun?"
"Wang Tiejun and Wang Aiguo, both father and son, were stabbed. Wang Tiejun is still in the hospital. His father died."
"I heard that the person who stabbed them ran away to another place and hasn't been caught yet."
"Huh?" Liu Hehua accidentally pricked her hand. "Could this be related to Lu Jianjun? He suddenly said in a hurry that he had to go out of town and didn't want the money."
"I thought so too. Didn't I come to ask you after I heard it?"
Stabbing someone to death is a big deal, especially now that there are crackdowns everywhere.
If it was really done by someone from their village, this matter must be reported immediately.
Thinking of this, Liu Hehua put down her needlework, pulled Lu Xing and walked out, "This is a big deal, we have to go talk to Zhengde."
"Oh, what do you think he is thinking? Isn't this going to ruin his life?"
"When I first came to your house, I saw that he was angry but not angry enough to hit anyone. Didn't he say later that he would talk to the village chief?" Lu Xing recalled what happened that day.
"He went there within two days, but the two sides failed to reach an agreement. My Zhengde also asked him to think of other solutions."
"I didn't expect him to suddenly say he was going to work somewhere else and didn't want the money anymore. Now that I think about it, it was quite strange for him to do that."
Lu Zhengde has a small office with a broadcasting room next to it.
He would tell the villagers through a loudspeaker any policies from above.
That day, he was looking at the new documents that came down from his hair when the door was kicked open by his mother.
"Mom, what happened? Who's quarreling again?"
"Wang Aiguo is dead."
He didn't react for a moment. "There doesn't seem to be anyone named Wang Aiguo in our village. I remember he's from Xiaoniu Village. I even accompanied Lu Jianjun to his house before..."
As he was talking, he realized, "The one that cheated Lu Jianjun of his money?"
"Dead?"
"Dead. One of the father and son is dead, and the other is still in the hospital. I heard the person who stabbed them fled to another place and hasn't been caught yet."
"No way?" He was a little hesitant to express his speculation.
"We were wondering about that too, so we quickly came to tell you about it."
"What was he thinking? Stabbing someone when he couldn't get the money? He'll have to pay for it for the rest of his life."
"Why is he so impulsive? Didn't I tell him that we can work out a solution together?" Lu Zhengde paced around the office anxiously.
Lu Xing remembered the system's ability, "System, do you know where Lu Jianjun is? Did he really do this?"
[Host, according to the records, it was indeed Lu Jianjun who stabbed the person, and he hasn't even escaped from the county yet.]
"Didn't he go out to work?"
[On the day I ran away, I saw police arresting people near the bus station. I was so scared that I ran back. I didn't dare go home and now I'm hiding in the mountains.]
"Should we talk to the police about this?"
"I have to say, regardless of whether he did it or not, it's only a matter of time before the police find out about the conflict between them."
Lu Zhengde was a decisive man. "Let's go now. If we delay any longer, we don't know what will happen."
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