Chapter 66 Zheng Aqiang's Wife
"What should we do next?" Lin Qin didn't want to enter the cabin when he saw the bloodstains, but he couldn't stay away forever. He had to solve this hidden danger completely.
She remembered that in his previous life, Zheng Aqiang was a gambler. When he was drunk, he would beat and scold his wife and children and talk nonsense. His wife couldn't stand it and ran away with the children. Without his wife to clean up the mess, his life became even more difficult. In the end, he was beaten and limbs broken by gangsters and left at home to fend for himself.
No one cared about him and he was not discovered until he was dead.
It’s still several years before he gets into trouble!
Chen Wenjun looked towards the port and said, "I'll go and ask around later."
He deliberately rowed the boat to the place where Chen Yongding's fishing boats often moved.
As soon as I got closer, I heard Zhou Shuifang's voice calling out, "Wenjun, didn't you go fishing today?"
Chen Wenjun continued to paddle the bamboo pole. "Let's go to Linshuipu first to see if we can catch something else."
Zhou Shuifang waved at him excitedly, "Come here, I want to ask you something."
Chen Wenjun pretended to be curious and moved the boat over. "Auntie, what's the matter?"
Zhou Shuifang jumped over quickly, greeted Lin Qin and moved closer to Chen Wenjun. Her voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough for Lin Qin to hear.
"Did you know that Zheng Aqiang was in trouble?"
Chen Wenjun shook his head wildly, "Did he lose money and get beaten again?"
"What? What's the big deal? He was doing something unknown. I heard he lost an eye."
Chen Wenjun tightened his grip and quickly put on a worried expression, "Aunt, don't say such things! How could he go blind for no reason? No, I have to go see him."
Zhou Shuifang immediately stopped him, "What are you looking at? Do you think your life is too good? People want to stay away from such scumbags, what do you mean by getting close to them? I heard that his wife was so anxious that she borrowed money from everywhere for his treatment and sent the children back to her parents' home.
Zheng Aqiang's father-in-law scolded him harshly, asking why he didn't just die. He didn't lend him a penny, but instead took the child in to take care of him.
I tell you, building a house yourself is hard enough, don’t rush into getting entangled by leeches that you can’t tear off!”
After Zhou Shuifang finished speaking, she chatted with Lin Qin for a few more words and then returned to her fishing boat contentedly.
As soon as she left, Chen Wenjun immediately rowed the fishing boat away.
Lin Qin smiled and said, "Amazing, Chen Wenjun! You are getting better and better at controlling people's hearts. I thought I would have to do it myself, but it turned out that he said everything he should and shouldn't say.
Zheng Aqiang is so injured that he probably won't dare to come on our fishing boat again. We can dismantle the things inside and go to Shanglin Village in the afternoon. We will start working tomorrow."
This morning when she was cooking, she saw truckloads of steel bars coming in, so she mentioned the purchase of steel bars to Huang Wenlong.
Huang Wenlong agreed very readily. He said that he would have several truckloads of materials arriving tomorrow, and would send a few truckloads to their side as well.
Chen Wenjun nodded and rowed the fishing boat to Linshuipu.
Linshuipu is downstream of Qingyun Temple. The water here is wider and not as deep. There are more bamboo fish and stone snails, but fewer big fish.
It was Lin Qin’s first time here and she didn’t want to fish on the boat, so she went down to touch the snails. Unexpectedly, she also saw several eel nests.
Fishing for eels requires meat, but all the pickle jars on the fishing boat had been moved to Nanyu by Lin Yi, so there was no way to fish there.
Fortunately, the water here is clear and there are a lot of stone snails. You can get a handful with just one hand. You can scoop them up and soon fill a bucket.
Seeing that she was enjoying catching fish, Chen Wenjun gave her a small ground cage and said, "You can release it as you like. It's good to catch some small fish."
Lin Qin went ashore with a trap, intending to dig up two earthworms and put them in as bait. After taking only a few steps, she saw frogs hiding in the rice fields by the river.
The weather is hot, and the frogs huddle under the rice fields. The whimpering sound, which is similar to that of dogs, is very fast and loud, one wave after another. It makes me feel very annoyed when I hear it too much.
Lin Qin squatted down and looked around the rice field a few times and saw several of them.
She quickly sped up, dug up the earthworms, put the traps in place, and then ran to the fishing boat to get a big bucket.
As soon as we entered the rice field, we started catching frogs.
The frog is actually a tiger frog. It has a green or brown body covered with black and orange patterns. Its front legs are particularly strong and its meat is tender and delicious. I'm sure everyone will like the sauerkraut frog I'll make tomorrow.
At this moment, she had only one thought in her mind, which was to catch a lot of frogs.
She walked through rice field after rice field, and when she came to her senses, the bucket was already half full.
She quickly got the frogs onto the fishing boat and called Chen Wenjun back.
Chen Wenjun was delighted when he saw them. "Where did you find these? There are so many! The supply and marketing cooperative sells them for 1.6 yuan per pound. I think I can sell them for more than 10 yuan."
Lin Qin nodded excitedly, "Send it to Boss Zheng, and then go to Shanglin Village. Leave two buckets for me, and I'll grab some more, so we'll have vegetables for the construction site tomorrow."
Following her instructions, Chen Wenjun rowed the fishing boat back first, and then pushed the cart to the city without stopping.
As soon as he left, Zheng Aqiang's wife Zhou Meili arrived.
Seeing that there was no one on the fishing boat, he was particularly disappointed and was about to leave, but he accidentally discovered dried blood on the side of the boat. His face turned pale and he returned home with a heavy heart.
As soon as Zheng Aqiang saw her, he couldn't wait to ask, "Did you borrow the money?"
Zhou Meili did not answer, but only said, "If I save up a little more, I can give you treatment."
Zheng Aqiang was anxious, with a fierce look on his face, "I asked you how much money you have on you?"
Zhou Meili still didn't respond.
Zheng Aqiang grabbed her neck and said frantically, "Take out the money. I told you to take out the money. Do you hear me?"
Zhou Meili was strangled to the point of being unable to breathe, her face turned as red as pig liver, and she could only take out the only five one-dollar bills in her pocket.
"So little? It's useless!" Zheng Aqiang let go of his hand, cursed with disgust, and put the money into his pocket.
Zhou Meili was so anxious that she kept coughing. "This is for your medical treatment. The doctor said that you need to have surgery on your eyes, otherwise there is no hope for your life."
Zheng Aqiang didn't care. He got the money and ran away. "Don't worry about my business. Go away."
Zhou Meili was so angry that she stamped her feet, slapped her thighs with her hands and burst into tears.
There is no ability to stop it at all.
It was almost dark and Zheng Aqiang had not returned yet. Zhou Meili felt uneasy and thinking about the bloodstains on Chen Wenjun's fishing boat, she could not help but go there again.
This time, I ran into Lin Qin who was washing clothes on the deck.
She hurriedly called out, "Sister-in-law, is Brother Wenjun here?"
Lin Qin raised her eyes and found that it was Zhou Meili, so she shouted at the top of her voice, asking Chen Wenjun to move the fishing boat to the side.
After Zhou Meili got on board, she seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Chen Wenjun took the initiative to ask: "What does my sister-in-law want to see me for? Did Ah Qiang get into trouble again?"
"No, no!" Zhou Meili shook her head and waved her hands vigorously, her eyes a little red.
I want to ask but don't know how to start.
(End of this chapter)
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