Just now, Shen Heping had already told Su Ruyi that Xia Tianxiu had knelt in front of the west room of the front yard for a long time before the Xia sisters opened the door for her.
They had no idea that the Xia sisters opened the door for Xia Tianxiu because they were hungry and didn't know how to cook, so they had to rely on Xia Tianxiu.
From the perspective of the people in the educated youth compound, the actions of these two sisters were really excessive.
But Xia Tianxiu had a submissive attitude; whenever someone stood up for her, she would shrink back.
The saying goes, "Every pitiful person has something hateful about them." If the person involved can't stand up for themselves, it's useless for anyone to step forward.
This wasn't the first time this had happened, so people were used to it.
Of course, with Xia Tianxiu covered in injuries and walking with a limp, people saw it and looked at the Xia sisters with even more disgust and fear.
"Xia Tianxiu gets up at four or five o'clock every day. Those two capitalist daughters from the Xia family are something else. They have to wash their clothes after wearing them for only one day. Every morning before cooking, Xia Tianxiu has to go to the Dading River to wash the clothes they changed out of the day before!"
Shen Heping clicked his tongue and said, "What kind of situation is this? This is a pure capitalist heiress! She comes to the countryside with a personal servant!"
"Brother Heping, tomorrow morning, get up at 5:30, find Xia Tianxiu, and tell her I'm looking for her. Tell her to come see me right away," Su Ruyi earnestly instructed.
"What do you want with her?" Shen Heping asked, puzzled.
"Brother Heping, this is very important to me. I'll explain it to you later. When you go to find someone, don't let anyone see you, and don't tell anyone that I sent Xia Tianxiu to find me, okay?" Su Ruyi's eyes were extremely solemn.
Shen Heping got goosebumps from her gaze: "Fine! I promise! But can she come to you? They're with Su Yin!"
"If she doesn't come, then tell her that what we agreed on before can't be done if she doesn't come," Su Ruyi instructed, word by word.
Shen Heping sorted through his thoughts: "The things we agreed on before... Okay, I've got it! Don't worry, I'll make sure I get this done for you!"
Su Ruyi bowed to him and said, "Thank you!"
When Shen Heping returned to the educated youth compound, the goosebumps all over his body gradually subsided.
Because he had been solemnly instructed on this matter, Shen Heping didn't dare to close his eyes all night.
Ji Xuchang got up in the middle of the night and saw Shen Heping sitting on the kang looking out the window. He was so frightened that his hair stood on end: "Heping, are you having a nightmare again?"
"No, I just can't sleep!" Shen Heping turned around and smiled.
"You just don't get enough exercise! If I worked all day like this, I'd fall asleep the moment my head hit the pillow!" Ji Xuchang said casually as he went to flush the toilet, returned to the kang (heated brick bed), and was fast asleep again in less than thirty seconds.
Shen Heping kept his eyes open until dawn. In the dim light, he saw that it was 5:30 on his watch, so he immediately got dressed, put on his shoes, and went out.
I stood at the front gate and listened for a while, but there was no sound.
He walked towards the riverbank.
He hadn't walked far when he saw Xia Tianxiu beating clothes on the rocks by the shore.
In Heilongjiang Province, people wash clothes using washboards. I don't know where this custom of beating clothes on a stone comes from.
Shen Heping called out from afar, "Xia Zhiqing!"
Xia Tianxiu stood up in alarm: "Who?!"
Shen Heping was startled by her frightened rabbit-like appearance: "Could it be a bear?! It's me, Shen Heping!"
Xia Tianxiu looked around nervously and said, "Shen Zhiqing, what...what are you going to do?!"
"..." Shen Heping was originally quite confident in his upright appearance, but now, after being influenced by Xia Tianxiu, he even thought he was a bad element.
However, he suppressed his anger and said, "Su Ruyi asked me to give you a message—she wants you to go see her now and say she has something to say."
"Now?!" Xia Tianxiu was even more surprised. "When...when did she tell you that?"
“Last night, I went to see her to take my pulse. She asked me to pass on a message to you, saying that you should come to her around 5:30 this morning.” Shen Heping said expressionlessly, “Alright, I’ve delivered the message. Go now.”
"What...what does she want with me? I'm not going!" Xia Tianxiu was clearly terrified.
Although Shen Heping didn't know what had happened between Su Ruyi and Xia Tianxiu, seeing Xia Tianxiu's appearance immediately reminded him of the gunshot incident. He frowned and said, "Ruyi said that if you don't go, her previous promise to you will be null and void, and you will bear the consequences!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
"Wait a minute!" Xia Tianxiu stamped her foot anxiously, "What about all my clothes?"
"I'll take it back for you." Shen Heping said, taking the wet clothes that Xia Tianxiu had already sorted into a large wooden basin. "Can I leave it at your gate?"
"Hmm!" Xia Tianxiu glanced at him a few more times, then suddenly turned around and ran towards Su Ruyi's house.
Shen Heping held the clothes and looked at them.
Not only did they have outer clothes and trousers, but also underwear and socks.
Shen Heping felt nauseous.
He went to the riverbank, emptied his clothes, and all his clothes were dumped into the river, where they floated away with the current.
They then pushed the large wooden basin to the middle of the river and watched it drift downstream with the current.
So, should this be considered clean?
He clapped his hands and quietly went back to his room to sleep.
Xia Tianxiu held her breath and ran to the outside of Su Ruyi's yard in a flash.
Just as I was about to push the door open, I found that the gate was ajar.
She tiptoed in.
As soon as she entered the room, her wrist was grabbed tightly.
Su Ruyi waited by the door.
Upon seeing Xia Tianxiu, she didn't say a word. She grabbed Xia Tianxiu with one hand, causing her to lose her balance and spin around, while the gold needle in her other hand was still inserted into Xia Tianxiu's Naohu acupoint.
Summer Xiu collapsed.
Su Ruyi put the person into her spatial storage and then walked towards the brigade headquarters—she wanted to release Xia Tianxiu at the most opportune moment.
Upon arriving at the brigade headquarters, she took out the key she had obtained from Ding Youliang the day before, opened the office door, and made a phone call to the Sanhe County Public Security Bureau.
At this time, naturally no one will answer the phone.
All she needs to leave is a record of the phone call.
If you call the police, someone might investigate.
Currently, the Heilongjiang Provincial Telephone Bureau's technology cannot determine the exact time a call was made; it can only record one call made within 24 hours.
That's enough.
She clapped her hands, locked the door to the brigade headquarters office, and went home to sleep.
At 7:30, a military jeep and a police car drove into the village on time and stopped one after the other outside Su Ruyi's yard.
Shen Guoliang and Yu Min were very conspicuous this time, not only hanging up sirens along the way, but also constantly using loudspeakers.
The sound attracted the attention of all the villagers in Dingjiatun, and a large group of people followed behind the two cars.
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