Chapter 72 Zheng Aqiang's Death
Before he could say anything, Chen Wenjun and Lin Qin came over here together. It was clear from their appearance that they had just been working in the water.
Wu Agui greeted Chen Wenjun.
Chen Wenjun glanced at Zheng Aqiang's sealed house and was stunned for a long time. "I heard that Zheng Aqiang died?"
Wu Agui nodded, "They said he fell into the water and drowned. I don't know what happened. Aren't there so many boat people living here? No one saw him fall in? No one heard him cry for help?"
Chen Wenjun didn't know how to answer and his face looked a little ugly.
Lin Qin whispered, "Why don't we go and ask around? What about Zheng Aqiang's funeral? Is there anyone who will take care of it?"
She remembered that in her previous life, it was Chen Wenjun who lent a hand and helped everyone to pool money to make it happen.
Gao Lei stood up suddenly, glanced at Chen Wenjun resentfully, and walked away with his head hung.
The group of younger brothers quickly followed.
Wu Agui took a look and hurried to catch up. Before leaving, he said to Chen Wenjun, "My boss will take care of it. You don't have to worry about it."
Chen Wenjun and Lin Qin looked at each other in surprise.
What's going on? Gao Lei is handling it? Could it be that Zheng Aqiang's death is related to Gao Lei?
The two men were surprised and confused, and when they heard Zhou Shuifang's call, they boarded each other's fishing boat.
"Auntie, when did Zheng Aqiang die?"
Zhou Shuifang kept her eyes on Zheng Aqiang's fishing boat and said, "Who knows! It was probably this morning. It was fine in the morning, but it was discovered by a fishing boat returning to the port at noon."
As she spoke, Zhou Shuifang looked at Chen Wenjun and his wife. Seeing that they were carrying a bucket with some snails in it, she guessed that they were just fishing, so she asked, "Have you visited Zheng Aqiang these days?"
Chen Wenjun shook his head honestly, "I said it out loud that day and severed ties with him, so why would I go to see him?"
"After all, you grew up together, how can you just ignore it?" Zhou Shuifang disagreed.
Chen Wenjun said calmly, "You also said that we grew up together, but he could cheat me and even my son. He bullied me whenever he wanted. Did he treat me as a brother? I didn't even ask him for the more than 100 yuan I lent him. Isn't that enough? Auntie, has Zheng Aqiang ever borrowed money from you?"
This is said to others returning to the port.
Zhou Shuifang was stunned for a moment, glanced at Lin Qin, and nodded slightly, "You also know that the people who manage the money in our family are Grandpa and your Uncle Yongding. They often go out to work with cargo ships. I only have so much money in my hand. How much can I lend to Aqiang?"
Chen Wenjun did not stop talking about this topic, but continued to ask: "Did he pay you back?"
Zhou Shuifang nodded awkwardly, "I did pay back some of it."
Chen Wenjun sneered, "Look, he knows how to pay you back when he lends you money, but borrowing money from me is like throwing meat buns at a dog, it will never come back. People who don't know would think that he and I are brothers. I will be sucked blood by him for the rest of my life!"
These words were enough to slap Zhou Shuifang in the face.
She changed the subject awkwardly, "Have you eaten?"
Chen Wenjun nodded and took Lin Qin off the boat. "We are still busy, so we will leave first."
People from several nearby fishing boats popped their heads out and asked Zhou Shuifang, "Zheng Aqiang's family isn't here, who's going to collect his body?"
"How should I know?" Zhou Shuifang looked a little ugly.
Just now Chen Wenjun made it very clear that Zheng Aqiang owed him more than a hundred yuan and had not paid him back. More than a hundred yuan is not a small amount of money, and they have no way of asking others to repay evil with kindness and come forward to deal with Zheng Aqiang's affairs.
Chen Wenjun had reasons to not care, but they couldn't just turn a blind eye. After all, even though Zheng Aqiang was a rotten person, he hadn't done anything to let them down.
But if you want to take care of this matter, you have to spend money, and it's the kind of thing that has no benefit at all.
Zhou Shuifang didn't want to spend the money at all, but it was not certain about her husband and father-in-law. They valued friendship and loyalty, so they would most likely contribute money and effort.
Zhou Shuifang felt depressed when she thought of this.
Two days later, Grandpa Chen and Chen Yongding came back with the boat. When they heard that Zheng Aqiang had fallen into the water and drowned, their expressions were so interesting.
Chen Yongding asked, "Have his funeral arrangements been completed?"
Zhou Shuifang shook her head. "The body was taken away by the police, and his fishing boat is still sealed! I don't know what's going on."
Chen Yongding's eyes widened instantly. "No one went to the police station to inquire? What about Wenjun? He didn't ask either?"
Zhou Shuifang told them both what Chen Wenjun had said.
"Zheng Aqiang owes Wenjun more than a hundred yuan and bullies Ping An. Wenjun has made up his mind not to care. If he doesn't care about other people, he is even less likely to care. Dad, I think we don't need to care about it either. Just let the police station handle it. We are not his family anyway."
Grandpa Chen didn't even look at her. He was silent for a while before looking at Chen Yongding. "We'll go to the police station later to find out what happened. Even if we can help bury the person, that's fine."
Chen Yongding nodded and said, "I'll ask the others to see if there is anyone willing to go with me."
Grandpa Chen's expression finally eased a lot.
When Chen Yongding came back, there were only two people following him.
"So little?" Grandpa Chen frowned.
The Tanka people are looked down upon, so when something happens they usually go out in groups. Not to mention dozens of people, but at least a dozen or so are enough.
Chen Yongding was somewhat helpless, "Dad, I told them the situation, and they were all very angry. Almost everyone was owed money by Zheng Aqiang, some owed three or five yuan, and some owed more than ten yuan. Everyone was upset because they couldn't get their money back.
If they hadn't known that Wen Jun was owed more than a hundred, they would have definitely made a scene. Now that Wen Jun didn't want to pursue the matter, they didn't feel comfortable doing so either, but their attitude was clear: they just didn't care."
The two people who followed him were actually also owed money by Zheng Aqiang, and they were persuaded by Chen Yongding's persuasion.
Zhou Shuifang covered her mouth in shock. "My Lord Dragon King, Zheng Aqiang is really not a human being! He actually borrowed money from everyone. Is he crazy?"
Before, she thought Chen Wenjun was exaggerating, but now she had to face the facts. Zheng Aqiang deserved to be put to death. If it were her, she would not be willing to get involved in such a trivial matter.
Grandpa Chen’s expression was so wonderful.
Seeing that Chen Yongding had finally found two people, he was worried that they would change their minds and not want to go, so he quickly set off with them.
The four of them arrived at the police station and explained their purpose clearly.
A police officer brought up Zheng Aqiang's case and said, "The results of the forensic autopsy came out that day. There were no new external injuries on the surface of his body. A high concentration of alcohol was detected in his body, which is consistent with death by drowning and suffocation.
Most likely he got drunk and fell into the water and drowned. Since we can't contact his family, we've asked the crematorium to take his body away. If you have the final say, go to the crematorium and take care of it."
The four of them thanked him repeatedly. To get to the crematorium from the city, one had to take a minibus, which cost one dollar per trip, and most importantly, it took more than an hour.
The two people didn't really want to go. Grandpa Chen was old and had some taboos, so he couldn't go.
In the end, Chen Yongding had to make the trip himself.
(End of this chapter)
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