Chapter 235 Retribution
"New Village! All the people who used to live here have moved to the new village!"
"Where is the new village?"
“Just north of town”
Zhang Wei took Paris around the village, but didn't see any familiar people. He realized that this place had been completely commercialized.
This is good. No one will be trapped here and unable to escape anymore, right?
"This is truly an isolated place. As long as that intersection is blocked, people here won't be able to leave."
Paris said, looking at the cliff below him.
"Yes, so I managed to escape by dodging the people guarding the intersection."
"I don't like it here, let's leave." Paris urged Zhang Wei to leave.
The tour guide advised them to stay and watch the B&B performance, but Zhang Wei and her friends refused. She and Paris went down the mountain first.
"I never thought this place would become like this." Zhang Wei looked back at the bustling village as he left.
"Is this a good thing?"
“That’s a good thing!”
Zhang Wei said with certainty that when people here become rich, there will be fewer people who cannot get married. There will be no harm without buying and selling.
"Are you still going to look for those people?"
"Come and take a look, now that you're here."
However, Zhang Wei didn't know that her words "Since you're here now" would later directly change the future of another girl.
It was still early when they came down the mountain, so they had a quick meal in the town and then went to Chenjia New Village.
The new village looks well built, with two-story buildings neatly arranged in rows. They are relatively new and do not seem to have been built for a long time.
It is not far from the town, and only about ten minutes away from the town market.
Zhang Wei was still quite wary of the people in the village and did not ask rashly. She asked Paris to wait not far away because he could not keep a low profile and would become the focus of attention once he went there.
She saw a woman who looked to be in her forties or fifties washing clothes at the door of a house. There were two little clay children playing on the ground beside her. She adjusted her expression and started to talk to them:
"Auntie, your child is so cute!"
The great god saw that Zhang Wei looked like an outsider and immediately became wary:
"It's okay, girl, you are not from our town, right?"
"You have a sharp eye. I'm definitely not from here. Don't worry, I have no bad intentions. I'm here to look for someone!"
Zhang Wei deliberately lowered her voice a lot when saying the last sentence, as if it was some secret.
"Auntie, please do me a favor and buy some candy for the child!"
Zhang Wei took the fifty yuan note and stuffed it into the aunt's arms.
The aunt's eyes lit up and she said, "Oh, you're so polite, girl. You've found the right person. There's no one in this town that I don't know. Tell me, who are you looking for?"
Zhang Wei noticed her change of attitude and immediately asked, "Auntie, is this Chenjia Village on the Cliff?"
"Yeah, who are you looking for?"
Zhang Wei made up an excuse: "Well, one of my uncles passed away recently. He said Chen Jiumei from Chenjia Village on the cliff owed him money and asked me to come and collect it for him."
"Oh, him! I wish you wouldn't come back!"
The aunt clutched the fifty yuan bill tightly and said mysteriously, "He's in jail. He probably won't be able to leave for the rest of his life!"
Zhang Wei's expression was a bit complicated for a moment. The auntie immediately stuffed the fifty yuan into her arms and said:
"It's not my fault, but there are people at his house. Do you want me to take you there? You probably won't get your money back!"
Zhang Wei had no intention of asking for the money back and continued to ask:
"Who else is in his family?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, poor fellow!" the aunt said in an exaggerated tone:
"All that's left is a paralyzed old woman and a teenage daughter!"
"He has a wife?!" Zhang Wei asked in surprise.
"What are you talking about? How can a man not have a wife? Even though he ran away, if he hadn't, Chen Jiumei wouldn't have killed someone and ended up in jail."
Zhang Wei was frightened by these simple words.
After detailed questioning, we found out that Chen Jiumei married (bought) another woman less than two years after Zhang Wei and Qin Yuan escaped, and she used the same middleman Li Sangu.
Why mention Li Sangu? Because after Chen Jiumei's wife gave birth to a daughter and ran away, he went to cause trouble for Li Sangu and accidentally killed her during the argument.
"It's good that Old Lady Chen is paralyzed. Zhaodi is such a good girl, but she treats her like a puppy every day, either beating or scolding her. If she's paralyzed, at least she won't be beaten."
Zhao Di, Zhang Wei thought about how she had called for her brother before, it seemed that God had eyes and she would never get what she wanted in this life.
"Aren't you guys demolishing the house? Her family should be doing okay, right?" Zhang Wei continued to ask.
"Where?! I don't think you'll get the money back. The government subsidized every house. Chen Jiumei's house has a good location, and they even got over 100,000 yuan in subsidies. But unfortunately, Chen Jiumei killed someone. Old Mrs. Chen used the money to try to find a shady way to save her son, but she was scammed out of it!"
"They only have this empty house. Luckily it's government-owned and can't be sold. Otherwise, they wouldn't even have a place to live."
Zhang Wei felt complicated after finding out. It sounded like bad people never had a good ending, but she still felt depressed and uncomfortable.
"What's wrong with you? Didn't you find it?" Paris asked with concern when he saw her come back.
Zhang Wei shook his head: "Found it"
She told Paris what she had learned, and Paris asked:
"Didn't that girl call the police either? This is wrong."
Zhang Wei knew he was talking about Chen Jiumei's second wife, and she couldn't explain to him why many traditional Chinese women cared more about their "reputation" than defending their own rights.
Just as Qin Yuan would never let others know about the existence of "Laidi", this woman certainly does not want others to know about the existence of "Zhaodi". Escaping means getting a new life.
However, with the death of Li Sangu, their business should have been hit to some extent.
"Maybe she has her own considerations," Zhang Wei said.
"So you have a sister?"
"Yes, I have a younger sister." After hearing what the aunt said, Zhang Wei felt a strong sympathy for this girl who was born like her.
She herself is a person who has been reborn, so she doesn't care about these emotions, but the little girl who was really left behind, how hard must she try to survive.
"I want to go see her," Zhang Wei said to Paris.
"Come on, let's go together!"
Following the aunt's instructions, Zhang Wei found the new house in the corner of the row. As soon as he approached, he heard a familiar curse. It was from Old Lady Chen.
The door was half open, and there was a "bang bang bang" sound from inside. Zhang Wei shouted at the door:
"Is anyone there?"
A girl so thin that her sunken eye sockets could be seen poked her head out and looked at them warily.
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