Chapter 148 Reporting to the Police
"You remember, he asked the village chief to wait this morning."
"Yes, yes, that's what I think I said."
The villagers began to talk about it.
"Damn Li Ergou, why did he set fire to my house? Did my family provoke him?" Duan originally thought that her child had accidentally started the fire, so even though she was sad, she couldn't say a word of blame.
But now that they know that it was someone else who set the fire maliciously, can Duan still tolerate it?
He looked around and picked up a half-burned pillar on the ground and walked towards Li Ergou's house.
He was still shouting as he walked, "Li Ergou, you son of a bitch, get out of here!"
Although the Li family had many members in Taohua Village, the Gu family had even more. Besides, it was Li Ergou who had been responsible for all the evil. So, fearing that the Duan family would suffer, everyone hurriedly followed.
The members of the Gu family were holding sticks, some were leading the charge, and some even followed with sickles.
"Li Ergou, come out!"
He shouted as he walked, and the noise was so loud that the sparrows in the forest were frightened and flew away.
Li Ergou's parents were working in the fields. When they heard so many people calling Li Ergou's name, they immediately felt uneasy. They quickly dropped their farm tools and went home.
A quarter of an hour later, the two groups met in front of Li Ergou's house.
When Li's mother saw the village chief and his men about to break into her house, she quickly blocked the door with her hands. "What are you doing? What are you trying to do? Breaking into a private house in broad daylight. Do you have any respect for the law?"
The village chief looked at the two old men and felt that they were both pitiful and hateful! If they hadn't spoiled him without asking right or wrong since he was a child, Li Ergou wouldn't have become like this.
"Where's Li Ergou? Call him out!"
Father Li looked at the faces of the people across from him, wondering if Ergou had done something bad again. He wanted to step forward to ask, but Mother Li jumped up first. "Gu Huangping, what do you mean? How great are you? You brought all these people to look for my Ergou. I want to ask him the extent of his crime!"
She has lived for so many years, she has seen all kinds of things. She wants to bully others by taking advantage of her power? No way!
The village chief was so irritated by her unreasonable behavior that he almost laughed. "Due to our age, I'll call you sister-in-law. We live in the same village, but did you hear the villagers calling for help just now?"
Mother Li's eyes nearly rolled to the sky. "So what if you heard it? Are you going to come after my Ergou just because he didn't go put out the fire? How ridiculous."
Li Ergou, who helped put out the fire, heard people talking about the arson incident, and Li Dagou, who ran over with everyone, could no longer bear it.
He rushed forward and grabbed his mother. "Mom, stop talking! Ergou set fire to the village chief's house. The whole house was burned down!"
Mother Li, who was originally full of confidence, suddenly widened her eyes after hearing this, "What did you say?"
Seeing that his mother still refused to accept the fact that Li Ergou was a bastard, Li Dagou could only repeat, "Li Ergou started the fire. Because the village chief didn't allow him to enter the workshop, he set fire to the village chief's house."
Mother Li could no longer hold the sickle in her hand, and it dropped to the ground with a clang. She turned to look at the old man, only to see that Father Li was even worse off than her. He rolled his eyes and fainted.
The village chief was too lazy to watch their show. He waved his hand back. "Go in and search!"
Everyone walked past the two old people of the Li family and pushed the door directly into the yard.
The Li family's yard is not big and can be seen at a glance. The three houses not far away are all closed.
Although Gu Huangping was the village chief, he couldn't bear the charge of leading people into a private residence. He pointed at Li Dagou and said, "Dagou, although you've separated, Li Ergou is still your brother. You're not responsible for his evil deeds, but you have an obligation to help us catch him. Go in and see if he's here. If he is, find him!"
Li Dagou has been an honest and obedient person all his life. The first time he rebelled was when the family split up last time.
Unexpectedly, Li Ergou caused such a thing not long after the separation.
At this moment, he was extremely grateful that the family had split up. Otherwise, he didn't know how he would be implicated this time. "Don't worry, Village Chief. I'll go in and take a look. If he's there, I'll drag him out and make him kneel down and kowtow to you."
After he finished speaking, he went forward to push the door.
Mother Li suddenly regained her strength and howled heartbreakingly, "Li Dagou, that's your own brother!"
Li Dagou paused as he pushed the door. Then, with a determined effort, he pushed the door open. "Mom, when he did this evil thing, did he ever consider that I was his brother?"
Li's mother collapsed on the ground, crying loudly and shouting, "What a sin!"
When the door was opened, no one was seen. Li Dagou did not stop, but walked over the threshold and went to Li Ergou's room.
No one. No one. No one in every room.
Li Dagou also carefully looked for places in the house where people could hide, but he did not find Li Ergou.
"Village chief, there's no one." Li Dagou was a little anxious, afraid that the village chief wouldn't believe him. "How about I take you in to look for them?"
The village chief looked at Li Dagou and saw that he didn't look like he was lying. "He's not at home, so he must have run away."
The world is so big that if someone wants to run away, he will not be caught in a short time.
But if he were asked to give up the pursuit, he would feel unwilling.
He hesitated for a moment, then looked at the old couple from the Li family who were still crying, and hardened his heart. "I'm going to the newspaper office!"
Burning down someone else's house intentionally was a serious crime in Dagan, and could generally result in exile. If casualties were caused, the person would be executed in exchange for their life.
The people in Taohua Village were not well educated, but they knew that if this matter was brought to the county government office, Li Ergou would be badly injured if not killed.
Was Li's mother still as arrogant and domineering as before?
She got up from the ground, trembling, and looked at the village chief. "Village chief, we are all from the same village. There's no need to be so ruthless, right?"
The village chief snorted. "I'm ruthless? When your Li Ergou set the fire, did he ever think about my daughter and grandson back home? And my house has been burned to the point of being uninhabitable. Tell me, who's more ruthless, me or Li Ergou?"
Mother Li subconsciously wanted to retort. "Isn't it because you don't agree to Ergou entering the workshop?"
Yes, if the village chief had agreed to let Ergou enter the workshop, wouldn't all this have happened? Ultimately, it's still the village chief's fault.
We all live in the same village, but the village chief is so ruthless.
At this point, Li's mother could still say such words.
The village chief opened his mouth, but for a moment he couldn't find the words to refute. It wasn't that he thought what Li's mother said made sense, but he felt that this family was mentally ill.
There were thousands of people in Taohua Village, and although Gu Huangping couldn't claim to be absolutely fair and impartial, he had never singled out anyone for personal gain. Li Ergou was the first to do so.
And no one in the village had any objection to his decision.
But from Li's mother's perspective, it was his fault.
"Boss, why are you still wasting time talking to her? Let's go report it to the authorities! The county magistrate will decide the right and wrong!"
Mrs. Duan was almost going crazy. She thought about her daughter who almost died, and her little grandson, who was frightened by this incident and didn't know what the future would be like for them.
She was able to resist the urge to tear Li's mother apart because her husband was the village chief and she couldn't afford to embarrass him.
"Let's go! Report to the police!" The villagers also agreed to report to the police.
After all, they live in the same village. If Li Ergou is not punished this time, who knows what he will do next time?
The village chief shook off Li's mother's hand and strode forward. The villagers followed him.
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