Su Tong quickly grabbed the young educated youth named Li Wang: "Young Li, Su Tie is my fifth brother! I didn't come to the countryside, I came specifically to find him! Has...has something happened to him?!"
Li Wang looked hesitant: "Don't you know? He... he's been missing for almost half a month! The village organized two searches of the mountains, but they couldn't find him."
Search the mountains!!!
Upon hearing this, both Su Tong and Su Ruyi swayed.
"Li Wang, how can you have such a foul mouth?!"
Ding Daguo appeared behind them without them noticing and started berating Li Wang, "You don't work properly, you're lazy all day long, all you do is ask for leave! Your mouth is looser than an old woman's waistband, don't ask me for leave approval anymore!"
Su Ruyi could no longer bear it. She knew that the man in front of her, Ding Daguo, was the elder brother of her fifth sister-in-law, Ding Xiuling.
What is he hiding?
Judging from his attitude, he must have been involved in the Ding family's "forced sale."
Su Tong could no longer contain his anger. He walked straight up to him, grabbed him by the collar, and demanded, "What happened to my fifth brother?! Tell me!"
Su Ruyi pressed forward: "Did your Dingjiatun persecute the educated youth who went to the countryside? Tell me!"
"Wow, she's got a fiery temper!"
Ding Daguo didn't struggle while being held by Su Tong, but his gaze shifted somewhat lewdly to Su Ruyi. "Interesting!"
Su Ruyi pulled Su Tong away.
Su Tong's chest heaved with anger: "Captain, I came here specifically to see my fifth brother! I demand an end to this matter!"
"Hmph! The result? What kind of result do you want?"
Ding Daguo glanced at the group and said disdainfully,
"That Su Tie is a fucking scoundrel!"
He raped my fourth sister just a few days after he went to the countryside!
I was going to report him to the police, but he knelt down and kowtowed to me, begging for forgiveness. My fourth sister is also soft-hearted, so I let him go and even married my fourth sister to him!
My fourth sister is a beautiful young woman, and she didn't ask for a single penny of dowry!
Su Tong and Su Ruyi were stunned by these words.
Su Ruyi blurted out, "You're talking nonsense! My fifth brother isn't that kind of person!"
Su Tong clenched his fist again.
Shen Heping and Ji Xuchang, who had just come out of the house, were also dumbfounded.
They knew that Su Tie had married in the countryside, but they didn't know the inside story.
Ji Xuchang blurted out, "Exactly, impossible, right? Su Tie, that guy, he's got eyes on his forehead, he wouldn't..."
Seeing that Ding Daguo's face visibly fell, he stopped talking.
Ding Daguo glared at him and continued, "If you don't believe me, you can come back to the brigade headquarters with me. I'll show you Su Tie's handwritten confession! He even put his fingerprint on it!"
A confession?!
What kind of torment did Su Tie go through?
Su Tong sighed, "How exactly did my fifth brother disappear?"
"Instead of working properly, you insist on running to the back mountain!"
Ding Daguo snorted coldly.
"Ignorant of my own limitations!"
Is that a place he could go to alone?
Inside, worms, wild boars, and bears were running all over the place!
The old hunters in our village only dare to go out into the mountains to get some mountain products when they go in groups of three or five!
He ran off to the inner mountain all by himself!
"He's courting death, who can stop him?"
Upon hearing this, Su Tong and Su Ruyi both turned deathly pale.
Su Ruyi asked, "Did anyone see him go to the back mountain?"
"I saw it with my own eyes! I tried everything to persuade him not to go! But this stubborn guy wouldn't listen to me!"
Ding Daguo shook his head and sighed, "You're going to take a slingshot and go hunt bears!"
"What day was it? What day did my fifth brother go to the back mountain?"
Su Tong's voice trembled slightly.
"June 9th!"
Ding Daguo blurted it out.
Su Ruyi felt the hairs on her body stand on end—June 9th was the day she was reborn!
A sense of foreboding washed over her, and the hairs on her arms stood on end.
If the price of her rebirth is the death of her fifth brother...
No, I mustn't let my mind wander!
Su Ruyi quickly cut off her thoughts.
"If you ask me, you don't need to look anymore! All the able-bodied men in our village searched the outer mountains twice for this stubborn fellow, but we still couldn't find his body! He's probably dead in the inner mountains!"
Ding Daguo said, "Of course, if you're not afraid of death and dare to go to Lishan, then go find it yourselves. Anyway, no one in this village dares to go!"
Standing under the blazing sun, Su Ruyi felt icy cold all over.
This possibility had flashed through her mind many times.
No!
Fifth Brother would never go into the deep mountains alone!
Something else must have happened to him!
Moreover, it must be related to Ding Daguo in front of us!
"Can we see my... Fifth Sister-in-law?" Su Ruyi asked.
"Come to your dorm first and put your things down!"
As Ding Daguo spoke, he led the group toward the front yard, saying, "My daughter is stubborn and heartbroken right now, so she might not want to see you, but you can give it a try."
As they spoke, the group had already arrived at the front yard.
Just like the backyard, there's a row of houses, three rooms in total.
Ding Daguo pointed to the middle room: "You can stay here. Move the other people's beds around and squeeze in some space!"
Su Ruyi walked in and immediately saw two bedding sets on the small kang (heated brick bed).
It's vertical.
The bedding is usually laid horizontally on the kang (heated brick bed) so that more people can sleep on it.
The fact that they're arranged vertically clearly indicates they don't want newcomers to join.
Su Ruyi did not make a move.
She's not stupid. If she were to move someone else's bedding, she would make two enemies before even moving in.
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