That night, when they were having dinner, the aunt talked about Zaohua. The girl listened to Lu Jiaxin's advice and went back to bed. She didn't eat lunch or dinner, and she said that she would rather die than marry a fool.

The eldest aunt said with some distress: "I don't know what Dagen's wife is thinking? This son is a treasure, isn't the daughter also the flesh and blood that fell from the body? How can you bear to let your daughter marry a fool for the sake of your son?"

Mrs. Lu also heard about this in the village: "I heard that he is not a fool, and he still works at the Second Machine Factory. He is just not smart and is a step slower than others in doing things."

But the eldest aunt did not believe this nonsense: "If you are just a step slower than others and work in the Second Machinery Factory, how can you worry about not being able to find a wife?"

"They said that the family wanted to find a smart daughter-in-law for their son so that their children would be smarter too."

When it comes to intelligence, no girl in the surrounding area can compare to Zaohua. Well, only Xinxin from their family can compare to her.

On the afternoon of the second day, Uncle Lu received a call from Captain Sun, who was in charge of the case. He came back and told Lu Jiaxin, "There's news from Jinshi that Hu Ermei did return to the ancient capital more than two months ago. She was there to visit her eldest grandson who was studying in the ancient capital, and she went back after seeing her grandson."

The police were leaning towards Lu Jiaxin, because she had no reason to slander Mrs. Hu. But the problem was that there was no other definite evidence except her words, so the case was a bit difficult to handle. Although he didn't say it directly, Captain Sun implicitly expressed this to Uncle Lu.

"Is that all?"

Uncle Lu frowned and said, "She said that she did meet a little girl on the train, but since they didn't know each other and didn't talk to each other, they separated after getting off the train."

Many people in Yang Jun's colleagues and the family compound in Jinshi knew that he bought a ticket for Mrs. Hu to go back to her hometown and even sent her on the train. If he said he didn't go back to the ancient capital, it would be easy to be exposed.

Mrs. Hu would completely refuse, which was within Lu Jiaxin's expectations: "When will she come back?"

Uncle Lu said, "Today's train will arrive in three days. Don't worry, I will accompany you once she arrives in Feng County."

Lu Jiaxin asked, "Did the police in Jinshi interrogate her?"

Uncle Lu tapped the pipe in his hand, shook his head and said, "We called her in for questioning, but we didn't get anything out of her. But as long as she did it, there are so many capable people in the police department, they will definitely be able to pry her mouth open."

Lu Jiaxin was not so optimistic. "Uncle, her youngest son Yang Jun is a cadre, and her eldest grandson is a college student. They have a bright future. Unless we can find my lost watch from her, and the evidence is irrefutable, it will be extremely difficult to pry her mouth open."

If she pleaded guilty, her youngest son would never be able to climb the career ladder, and her eldest grandson would not even be assigned a job after graduating from college. For the sake of her youngest son and eldest grandson, the old woman would never plead guilty.

Uncle Lu was silent. If it were him, he would rather die than drag down his children and grandchildren. It was the same. Uncle Lu was worried that Mrs. Hu would commit suicide to avoid being held accountable. But the old policeman said that if Mrs. Hu did this, she would commit suicide out of fear of crime. In the absence of evidence, it was stupid to do so.

Uncle Lu comforted her, "I will discuss this matter with your father and your elder brother. Don't worry, we will make her confess her crime and be punished."

The Lu family soon found out about this matter. Everyone was outraged, but they couldn't think of any good solution.

Seeing that Lu Jiaxin was depressed, the aunt comforted her and said, "Xinxin, don't worry. God will definitely punish the wicked."

Many people in the flower-growing family believe that good will be rewarded with good and evil will be punished with evil. It's not that there is no retribution, it's just that the time has not come. However, Lu Jiaxin doesn't believe this. If God really has eyes, there won't be so many injustices in the world.

"Xinxin, that old woman almost killed you. Even if the police can't punish her, God won't let her go."

When saying this, my aunt's attitude was very pious.

Lu Jiaxin didn't want to make her worry about herself, so she agreed against her will.

When she went to bed at night, Xiao Qiu saw that she was absent-minded and comforted her, "Aunt, the old people in the village often say that if you have done nothing wrong, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door. That old woman did such a bad thing. Even if the police can't punish her, she will definitely be haunted by ghosts in the future."

Lu Jiaxin had been thinking about how to pry open Mrs. Hu's mouth all day. Ordinary methods would definitely not work, but radical methods were illegal. Now, hearing Xiaoqiu's words, she suddenly had an idea.

The next morning, Lu Jiaxin went to Uncle Lu and said, "Uncle, can you help me find out if Old Lady Hu is also superstitious?"

Not only the aunt, but even Xiao Qiu said that the other party would be haunted by evil spirits in the future, which shows that people here are quite superstitious. Perhaps it can be said that people in the countryside are generally superstitious at this time.

"What?"

"I'm just afraid of ghosts."

Uncle Lu said with a straight face: "Jia Xin, you are a high school student and an intellectual, how can you believe this?"

Lu Jiaxin waved her hands and said, "I don't believe this, but my aunt and Xiaoqiu both said that she would be punished, so I want to know if Old Lady Hu is also afraid of ghosts."

Uncle Lu didn’t know about this, but based on his many years of experience as the branch secretary, few of these old women were not afraid of ghosts.

"Uncle, I have an idea, what do you think?"

Lu Jiaxin's idea was to pretend to be a ghost to scare Old Lady Hu. As long as Old Lady Hu was afraid of ghosts, she would make herself look like she woke up on a rainy night. Old Lady Hu would be scared to death when she saw her miserable appearance. People could not keep their sanity when they were frightened, so she could pry open her mouth at this time.

Uncle Lu thought this idea was not a good idea: "She knows you are not dead, so why would she be afraid?"

Lu Jiaxin said, "Uncle, my watch was on me before I held my breath, but it was gone when I woke up. She must have taken it away only after she was sure I was dead. Before she saw me, she must have been skeptical."

She used Xiao Qiu's words about the ghost knocking on the door in the middle of the night: "She killed me and robbed me of my money. When I appear in front of her in the middle of the night, do you think she will be afraid?"

Uncle Lu thought about it and thought that even if it was him, he would be scared, not to mention Old Lady Hu. It was a good idea, but he couldn't implement it: "You are practicing feudal superstition, the Public Security Bureau will not agree."

Lu Jiaxin said without thinking: "If they don't agree, you call my dad and ask him to solve it. If you are not willing to even do this little bit of work, I will just ignore you from now on."

(End of this chapter)