Li Qiumei didn't expect that the person Qian Jiaojiao wanted to see before her execution would be her.
After a little thought, Li Qiumei decided to ask her aunt to go with her. After all, she didn't know what Qian Jiaojiao wanted to do?
I’m afraid I won’t be able to explain it clearly then.
Li Qiumei returned to Beishan County and went to the prison with her aunt.
The meeting was arranged in a special room, with an iron fence separating the two sides.
Looking at Qian Jiaojiao's thin appearance in front of her, Li Qiumei couldn't help but sigh.
The oval face in my memory has become a pointed chin, with deep eye sockets and gray hair. She is in her thirties, but looks older than herself.
If it weren't for this particular place, Li Qiumei probably wouldn't have recognized her.
This woman who had been the queen of the family since she was a child now looked so docile.
Qian Jiaojiao's eyes turned red when she saw the red dress and black cotton shoes that Li Qiumei took out.
Unexpectedly, my sister-in-law also bought me new clothes and new shoes. She is still as thoughtful as ever.
Qian Jiaojiao pursed her lips and said softly, "Thank you, sister-in-law!"
Li Qiumei smiled and said nothing.
The aunt took out a few plums from the cloth bag and placed them on the table in front of her, "Jiaojiao, these are picked from the plum tree in my yard.
When you were a child, you loved to climb the wall of our house to pick plums.
I asked you to come into the house to pick them, but you refused and just liked to climb over the wall.
Many times, I stood upstairs and watched without daring to say a word, for fear of scaring you or making you fall off the wall."
As the aunt spoke, her voice choked with sobs. Qian Jiaojiao, who was sitting opposite her, also had tears in her eyes. "Aunt, I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
The aunt shook her head and said, "You haven't done anything wrong to me. The people you've done wrong to are your eldest brother and eldest sister-in-law.
Jiaojiao, you are so confused. How could you touch Dandan?
Because of Dandan, your father passed away, and your elder brother is now drunk every day.
How are you going to let your elder brother and sister-in-law live the rest of their lives?"
My aunt was crying as she spoke. She took out her handkerchief and kept wiping her tears.
Qian Jiaojiao sniffed and said, "Aunt, tell me, how did my parents die?"
Seeing her aunt crying, Li Qiumei spoke up and told Qian Jiaojiao how the old couple Chen Cuizhen died.
After hearing this, Qian Jiaojiao laid on the table and burst into tears, "Dad, Mom, I'm sorry! I was wrong!
Walk slowly on the Yellow Springs Road. Wait for me, I will come down immediately to apologize to you and serve you two."
After Qian Jiaojiao dried her tears, she looked at Li Qiumei and said, "Sister-in-law, if I had known that I couldn't keep the baby in my belly, I would definitely not have killed Dandan.
Really, I will definitely stay away and hide in a corner to survive in this world."
Without waiting for Li Qiumei to speak, Qian Jiaojiao continued to talk to herself, "In my life, God has always been teasing me, giving me hope every time, and then taking it away at the critical moment.
When I thought I could marry Liu Hua, he abandoned me.
When I killed Liu Hua and was waiting to die, the police couldn't find me for several years.
When I got pregnant and wanted to give birth to the child and raise him well, the police came and I had a miscarriage."
Qian Jiaojiao smiled bitterly, "In my life, it was because of knowing Liu Hua that I was harmed by him and ended up in such a situation. My family was truly destroyed.
I don't regret getting rid of Liu Hua, I only regret killing Dandan.
I'm sorry to my parents, to you and my brother. When I reach the underworld, I will personally apologize to Dandan."
Qian Jiaojiao knelt down while speaking, "Sister-in-law, I don't expect you to forgive me, I just want to kowtow to you and apologize."
Qian Jiaojiao really kowtowed three times to Li Qiumei. Li Qiumei looked at her with mixed feelings.
If she wasn't selfish and ruthless, how could she have come to this point today?
"Get up, I have no right to forgive you."
The tears in Qian Jiaojiao's eyes slid down her cheeks one by one.
Visiting time was about to arrive. Qian Jiaojiao said with red eyes: "Sister-in-law, can I ask you a favor?"
Li Qiumei sighed, "Go ahead."
"Sister-in-law, can you help me bury my ashes near my parents?
I want to be with them.”
Li Qiumei nodded and said, "You and Qian Dan cannot be buried in the ancestral tomb.
Don't worry, your place has been reserved for you. It's next to Chandan, very close to the ancestral tomb."
Qian Jiaojiao was taken back by the police as soon as she said "OK".
Seeing Qian Jiaojiao walking away with her head turned back every few steps, Li Qiumei felt a little heavy-hearted.
Qian Jiaojiao has a completely different fate in this life than in the previous life. Li Qiumei believes that this is the cycle of cause and effect.
Similarly, she hopes to never see Qian Jiaojiao again in the next life.
A few days later, Qian Jiaojiao was shot to death.
This time, there was no need to set up a mourning shed. After bringing the ashes back, several uncles and aunts helped to carry them up the mountain.
Days passed one by one, and one day, Li Qiumei received a call from Qian Lei.
He didn't call Li Qiumei "Mom", but went straight to the point, "My dad has been drinking heavily since Dandan left, and he won't listen to any advice.
He lived a life of drunkenness and dreams every day, and his health was seriously damaged.
I am about to take the college entrance examination this year and I don’t have the time or energy to take care of him.
I'm worried that something bad will happen to him if he continues like this. He's all alone at home, and I'm worried about him, so I want to find someone to take care of him."
Li Qiumei snorted, "Who you find to take care of him is your business, you don't need to tell me."
Qian Lei paused. "Can you lend me some money? I can write an IOU."
I will definitely return it to you when I get a job."
Li Qiumei smiled, "As expected of Qian Jinshu's eldest son, he actually worries about finding someone to serve him.
He even came to borrow money from her blatantly. Li Qiumei felt that Qian Lei was deliberately trying to annoy her.
"No money!" Li Qiumei hung up the phone.
Humph, a man like Qian Jinshu who has high expectations but poor skills, is too concerned about reputation, and is lazy and gluttonous, used to live off his parents with a clear conscience.
Now that Chen Cuizhen and Qian Xiaolai are gone, he has nowhere to go and can't find a job. Qian Dan's death just gave him an excuse to escape.
When Qian Lei can make money and start to eat it up, you will see if he is still willing to drink too much and commit suicide.
Two months later, Li Qiumei returned to Beishan County to visit Zhou Xiaopeng who was recuperating at home.
As the two were talking, Li Qiuxiang came back happily from get off work.
"Qiumei, let me tell you, just now at the park gate, Zhang Xiaoxi's grandmother and Cui Yinghong's mother had a quarrel.
"These two cousins have quarreled on the street many times. You haven't seen them exposing each other's secrets and cursing each other. It's really fun!"
Li Qiumei also became interested when she heard it, "Then who wants to be more powerful?"
Li Qiuxiang thought for a moment and said, "From my perspective, the two are pretty much equal."
On the way to the restaurant for dinner, Li Qiumei was stunned when she saw two familiar figures at the corner of the street.
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