Qin Hanshu asked Zhou Chi: "What happened next? What was Lin Yue'er's reaction?"

Zhou Chi said: "I was just passing by, and I only saw Lin Yue'er nodded. But she was quite panicked when she saw me."

Qin Hanshu didn't know the specific situation of Lin Yue'er.

But that person should be someone Lin Yue'er knows.

——Even an orphan without a father or a mother will not be without any relatives.

However, a man of similar age to Zhang Lei who asks a seven-year-old girl for money is probably not a reliable person.

Besides, what money could a child like Lin Yue'er have? At most, she could only have a few cents in her pocket for pocket money.

In this case, if the man still wants to ask for money, then he must have asked Lin Yue'er's adoptive parents.

Could it be that Liu Ercui's family is being entangled by some of Lin Yue'er's top relatives?

I have never heard of such a person before. Either this is the first time he comes today, or Liu Ercui has been kept in the dark.

Qin Hanshu didn't think about it for too long and decided to tell Liu Ercui about it.

Even if telling Liu Ercui might cause another quarrel between the couple, they had to tell her because the longer they delayed, the more losses Liu Ercui would suffer.

The next morning, Qin Hanshu was waiting at the door. When Liu Ercui came with a basket to buy vegetables, he pulled her into his house.

After the door closed, Qin Hanshu went straight to the point.

However, she did not tell her own analysis first. She just told Liu Ercui exactly what Zhou Chi had told her yesterday.

Liu Ercui suddenly realized, "I thought...Yue'er was holding him and mumbling to him after dinner last night."

Qin Hanshu asked: "Who is that person?"

Liu Ercui thought for a moment and said:

"He should be Yue'er's uncle, right? Zhang Lei mentioned a long time ago that Yue'er had an uncle, but he was a useless man."

"He loves gambling. When he loses, he drinks. When he gets drunk, he beats people. The children in the family are beaten so badly that they can't speak."

"That's why he was worried about letting Yue'er stay with her uncle, so he brought her to my house."

Qin Hanshu said: "Captain Zhang is really loyal to his comrades."

Liu Ercui smiled bitterly and said, "He is kind and loyal to outsiders, but his family members have to bear all the grievances. At first, Yue'er's uncle didn't agree to him taking Yue'er away, and he gave up after paying 50 yuan. If he hadn't been like a money-spending boy, our family's life would be..."

Liu Ercui sighed.

At first I thought it wouldn't cost much to raise a little girl, but when I carefully calculated the cost, it turned out to be not that easy.

"So I guess the person who came to see Yue'er yesterday must be her uncle."

As she spoke, Liu Ercui frowned in disgust.

"At the beginning, we agreed to take the person away for fifty dollars, and now you're asking for more money. No way! Anyway, I won't give you any more money."

Although Zhang Lei's income was not low, the family's expenses had also been high in recent years, and Liu Ercui had not saved much money.

Qin Hanshu asked: "Did Captain Zhang tell you about this?"

Liu Ercui paused and said, really not.

Logically speaking, if it was really Uncle Yue'er who came to ask for money, Zhang Lei should have told her and asked her for money.

Qin Hanshu asked, "Maybe he doesn't dare to tell you? Is he afraid that you'll be angry?"

Liu Ercui sneered, "He won't do that! In his mind, he is the one who makes the decisions on all the major matters at home. I am just his housekeeper."

Why is that?

Liu Ercui suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.

Is it Yue'er's uncle who came to ask for money?

If not, who is it?

Liu Ercui went to the cooperative with questions.

While walking on the street, she met a gay man in a white shirt who was looking at her.

Just when Liu Ercui felt that the man looked unfamiliar, he came over and said hello.

"Are you the sister-in-law of Battalion Commander Zhang?"

Liu Ercui looked over blankly, "Who are you?"

"My name is Wang Xiaogang, and I was a former civil servant of Captain Zhou."

Liu Ercui slapped her thigh and said with a smile, "It's you! I heard from Xiao Qin that you were admitted to university. Not bad, you have a promising future."

Wang Xiaogang smiled shyly, "Thank you for the compliment, sister-in-law..."

The two exchanged a few pleasantries and then parted ways.

After a while, Wang Xiaogang turned his head and glanced at Liu Ercui who was walking briskly.

This sister-in-law always looks energetic and seems to have endless energy.

***

"Is everything okay at home? How are your parents?"

Everyone was making dumplings together, and Zhou Weiguang was talking to Wang Xiaogang.

"Everything is fine. My parents and siblings are all healthy." Wang Xiaogang paused and sighed, "I'm just worried about my personal problems."

Zhou Weiguang said: "It's been a long time since that happened. You should also consider finding a partner. Now that you've been admitted to university, you can find someone on your own in school."

Wang Xiaogang carefully pinched the edge of a dumpling and said, "It has nothing to do with that. I just don't have that in mind."

Qin Hanshu walked over and said to Zhou Weiguang, "They have their own ideas, so don't worry about them."

Zhou Weiguang shut up.

Suddenly, there was a shout from downstairs.

"Liu Ercui - Liu Ercui - go out and take a look - there are hooligans making trouble there -"

Wang Xiaogang wondered, "What ruffian is causing trouble? What does it have to do with Captain Zhang's sister-in-law?"

The first person Qin Hanshu thought of was the person from yesterday.

Liu Ercui and Zhang Lei had already come down and walked out.

Qin Hanshu thought about it and followed.

A lot of people have gathered at the gate of the family compound.

Seeing Liu Ercui and Zhang Lei coming, everyone made way for them.

In the middle was a middle-aged man, lying on the ground crying.

"The Zhang family is bullying me. I only let him take my daughter Yue'er away because we agreed to give me 15 yuan a month. Now they are cheating and refusing to pay me."

Liu Ercui turned to the man next to her and asked, "What do you mean fifteen dollars?"