If you ask what exactly she's looking for, Tang Cuihong doesn't really know. She only knows that this family is not good people; they injured her sister, and it's unforgivable.
Although her family hid everything at her place, it didn't mean she didn't know where ordinary people hid their treasures.
Why does she have so many high-quality pearls in her space?
Wasn't it just a matter of feeling that I found it?
Ah, it was this innate treasure-hunting ability that brought her countless rare and precious items.
Standing in the center of the main room, I closed my eyes and sensed for a while before entering the room of the elderly couple, Liu. I took a flashlight and observed for a while before searching everywhere that might contain treasure: under the bed, in the cracks in the walls, on the floor tiles, and even on the bed board. In the end, I did find some loose change, but it only added up to a little over a hundred yuan.
She didn't believe that the old woman had only hidden such a small amount of stuff; even she, being selfish, wouldn't hide things in someone else's house.
So she started tapping on each part. Although she couldn't hear the sound, she could tell whether it was hollow or solid by touch.
However, they eventually found the locked little compartment hidden behind the wardrobe by the marks left by the wardrobe on the floor.
With her great strength, Cuihong easily broke the lock with a gentle pry. Once unlocked, she discovered that the hidden compartment was quite spacious, about one square meter in size.
The items included bankbooks, various coupons, paper money, gold, silver and jade artifacts, pearls and agates, silver dollars and copper coins, and even a few ancient books and rolled-up calligraphy and paintings.
Tang Cuihong raised an eyebrow and took everything without any hesitation, including the seal on the bankbook. She had seen it; there was a full three thousand yuan in the bankbook. She wondered what the Liu family did to earn so much money; it didn't seem normal at all.
After taking everything, she reattached the lock, restoring the wardrobe to its original state.
She then went to Liu Hongtao's house, thinking that his collection was definitely not as much as his mother's, but she found that the boy had dug a pit under the bed and covered it with floor tiles. Inside were also gold, silver and jade artifacts, and various women's jewelry, which looked like his ex-wife's dowry.
Liu Hongtao had over two thousand yuan in his savings account, which wasn't a small amount. In particular, he had more gold and silver ingots than the old lady had, all stored in a mahogany box. If the old lady didn't know about these things, they were very likely his ex-wife's.
His sister was already married, and the other room was full of miscellaneous items. In other words, after walking around, she hadn't found any valuable clues. Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly caught sight of a pile of old books and newspapers in the corner, and as if possessed, she squatted down.
Half an hour later, she held a hospital medical record, her eyes narrowing dangerously...
When Tang Cuihong returned safely to the hospital, it was already three o'clock in the morning. The reason she knew this so clearly was because she brought back two watches from the Liu family, one for men and one for women. The men's watch was under Liu Hongtao's pillow, while the women's watch was in a mahogany box. The reason it was placed there was obviously because he had taken everything from the woman.
Having not slept all night, Zhao Lingli brought food to the two of them as soon as it was light, and then hurriedly went back to work.
"You should focus on recovering. The factory will have a meeting today to discuss this matter. Once the police have their findings, the factory will also provide their results. Just wait patiently."
Over here, Cuihong and the other nurses gave Cuilian an injection, settled her in, and then spoke to her softly.
"You stay here by yourself for now. Call the nurse if you need anything. I'm going out for a bit and will be back in a little while."
Before leaving, she gave the nurses on duty a handful of candy and asked them to look after Tang Cuilian.
At nine o'clock, she disguised herself and went to the savings bank. With her seal and passbooks in hand, she went to four different savings banks in the east, west, south, north and south, and withdrew a total of 5,820 yuan from the two passbooks. Instead of depositing the money back, she transferred the cash directly to her personal space.
Orcs operate on the principle of the survival of the fittest; if you are weak, you are to be bullied, and if you are strong, no one can touch you.
She didn't feel that her actions yesterday constituted theft, nor did she feel that this was ill-gotten wealth that she didn't deserve. She only knew that since she had brought it back, it should belong to her.
Nowadays, savings banks only look at the passbook and seal. As long as you bring these two items to the savings bank to withdraw money, they have no reason not to give it to you.
This gave her an opportunity.
Judging from Cao Xiaomei's medical record, she was indeed beaten and hospitalized, which led to premature birth, postpartum hemorrhage, and death during childbirth.
The case file serves as evidence of Liu Hongtao's crimes and also proves that she had visited the Liu family home, so her absconding with all their money can be considered a punishment for them.
Besides the five or six thousand yuan, there were also dozens of kilograms of grain coupons and other miscellaneous vouchers. She would have to take a good look at them later, lest they expire before she could spend them.
It just so happens that my third sister is in the hospital, and with the food coupons, we can give her a good chance to recover.
Unexpectedly, around noon, a man who called himself Cao Xiaoyang came to the hospital ward.
“I am Cao Xiaomei’s younger brother. I heard about your affair with Liu Hongtao yesterday, so I came here today to warn you: never marry Liu Hongtao. He beats women. If it weren’t for the wounds on my sister’s body when she died, we would never have known that my sister had suffered so much. She never mentioned it when she went back to her parents’ home, and she and Liu Hongtao seemed very loving. Now we know that it was all an illusion.”
Cao Xiaoyang was still in college at the time, majoring in chemistry. Now he works at the No. 1 Chemical Plant in Luo City, and his job is very good. He has also brought his parents to live with him. He came back this time to attend a relative's wedding and heard about Tang Cuimei and Liu Hongtao's affair. After thinking it over, he decided to come and expose the man's true colors.
“My sister was beaten to death. It’s not that we didn’t want to expose his hypocritical face, but my parents were absolutely unwilling. They didn’t want my sister to be brought up and talked about even after she died. As long as everyone knows that she died because of domestic violence by Liu Hongtao, then whenever he tries to arrange a marriage, people will bring up my sister. Their thinking is outdated, and I can’t change it. I can only swallow my anger and take them away from this sad place.”
It's clear that this young man named Cao Xiaoyang, though young, is very well-mannered. This suggests that his parents are also cultured and educated people. They care about their reputation and are heartbroken by their daughter's fate. It's understandable that they don't want their daughter to be talked about after her death. Therefore, Tang Cuilian was very grateful and saw Cao Xiaoyang off.
After everyone left, Cuilian slowly told Cuihong the whole story. After hearing that Cao Xiaomei's dowry had also been embezzled by Liu Hongtao, she had an idea.
She couldn't directly ask Cao Xiaomei how much dowry she had, but she could offer the Cao family some compensation.
So she chased after Cao Xiaoyang out of the hospital gate, grabbed him, pulled him to a secluded place, and handed him a cloth bag.
"Take this. I got it from the Liu family. You should take it."
"Alright, let's go. Thank you for making the special trip. Please give my regards to your uncle and aunt."
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