Chapter 11 Chapter 11 I didn’t say we wanted to be friends, I just wanted a…
Kong Laosan died. Hongguo and Aunt Liu's families from the village were at the scene. Many people came together to ask what happened. Changzong even had a disdainful sneer on his face. After all, a villager died, and this couldn't be done. Jiang Hongguo was afraid that the villagers would see it and say that Changzong was cold-blooded, which would be bad, so she asked him to stay at home and not go out.
It just so happened that Aunt Liu had misunderstood, so she helped to explain, saying that Hongguo was frightened by the bloody scene, and that Gu Zhiqing loved his wife the most and was at home with her.
Aunt Liu was the one who saw with her own eyes how Kong Laosan was stabbed three bloody holes by the idiot. She described the scene and said that Kong Laosan relied on his father-in-law's relationship to show off his little power just after arriving at the grain station. Before he married into the family, he was also a farmer. Why was he making things difficult for poor people?
The fool saw his father kneeling down, so he picked up the fork and stabbed him. Kong Lao San lost his life inexplicably.
"The mute girl cried without a sound, and her tears flowed all over the floor. She was so pitiful."
Aunt Liu really felt sorry for the mute girl. Her parents were gone, and she found a son-in-law, but he died again for unknown reasons. She then had to take care of his adopted father-in-law and mother-in-law.
When Aunt Liu heard that Aunt Wang was seriously ill, she was struggling over whether she should go and see her. She wanted to look for Hongguo, but Jiang Hongguo was bedridden and hadn't gone out yet. Aunt Liu was heartbroken by Aunt Wang and decided not to mind her own business.
But soon, what happened next to the Kong family left the whole village dumbfounded.
The second Kong was working in a factory. He was unfamiliar with the machines and was sucked into them, where he was killed. The old man Kong could not bear the blow and died of a cerebral hemorrhage. The second Kong's wife had nightmares in the new house and kept yelling at the second Kong not to take her away. She went crazy and fell into the river and drowned. The eldest Kong family was the only one left alive in the Kong family.
Mr. Kong was so worried that he couldn't sit still or sleep. He asked his wife to take the children back to her parents' home, and he went out to the city to work.
In less than half a month, both houses of the Kong family were empty. Aunt Liu had no choice but to go to the county town to visit Aunt Wang. She left early in the morning and came back in the evening. When she came back, she sighed to Jiang Hongguo:
"Auntie Wang's hair is completely white, and her eyes are hollow. She asked me why my eldest son didn't visit her. I said he had gone out to work. She asked me how my second son's two children were doing. What could I say? Orphaned children living with their uncle wouldn't have it easy. I comforted her, saying that when my eldest son made money, he would take care of his nephews and nieces. Auntie Wang cried until her tears dried up and she couldn't cry anymore."
Aunt Liu was a kind-hearted person after all. She put aside her past disagreements with Aunt Wang and stayed with her for most of the day.
Jiang Hongguo couldn't understand it. She thought the mute girl was continuing to repay Kong Lao San, but among Aunt Wang's family, only Kong Lao Da's family survived.
On the day Kong Laosan died, Changzong said that she got what she wanted and there was no need to pity her. The mute girl was not repaying a favor but seeking revenge.
The autumn wind was very cool. Hongguo wrapped himself tightly in his clothes and asked, "Aunt, is the mute girl good to Aunt Wang?"
"She's fine. She takes care of her food and clothing. When I went there, she was wiping Aunt Wang's body. The mute girl looked so haggard and skinny, but she still took care of Aunt Wang like her own mother. She's a good person."
Jiang Hongguo felt a piercing cold. No matter whether it was Meng Qingdai or the mute girl, when they loved, they wanted to take their hearts out, and when they hated, they would really dig out people's hearts for revenge.
She looked at Changzong chopping firewood for the winter in the yard, and she was in a trance. If she treated Changzong badly one day, would he be well, or...
Jiang Hongguo shuddered all over, and Gu Changzong happened to look over. Jiang Hongguo controlled the urge to turn her head away and smiled sweetly at Gu Changzong, hoping that he didn't notice her worry.
"Guoguo, are you cold?"
Gu Changzong threw away the axe for chopping wood, ran into the house, took a coat and put it on Hongguo's shoulders, then hugged her tighter in his arms to warm her with his body temperature.
In fact, it was very comfortable to hug her like this, but Jiang Hongguo didn't understand. She didn't save Changzong, so why should he be so kind to her without reservation?
She was very sure that Changzong had climbed up from the ruins at the bottom of the pit by himself, and Jiang Hongguo just rushed up to him and hugged him, crying her heart out.
Changzong is so powerful now that she has no chance to save him. Jiang Hongguo was depressed. She looked up at Gu Changzong, blinked her beautiful big eyes and asked: "Gu Changzong, if someone saves you in the future, will you treat that person like this?"
Gu Changzong didn’t understand. He had to repay the life-saving grace, but the person he fell in love with at first sight was irreplaceable.
"Hongguo, I will never like anyone else except you." Gu Changzong promised.
Hongguo asked this, probably because she was influenced by the mute girl's family. They saved her life with kindness, but it caused trouble for Hongguo instead. However, her revenge was almost complete.
Jiang Hongguo was satisfied with Gu Changzong's answer and leaned on his arms, not letting him go to chop wood.
Why would Gu Changzong be unhappy? He stopped chopping firewood and carried Hongguo into the house.
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Jiang Hongguo and Aunt Liu's family went to pay the public grain tax again, and they also sold the surplus autumn grain successfully.
Hongguo and Aunt Liu went to the supply and marketing cooperative to do some shopping. Aunt Liu was very thrifty and bought only necessities. Hongguo had more money as she hadn't spent the two hundred and eighty yuan she got from selling ginseng, so she bought a lot this time and also bought some cloth to make a winter coat for herself and Changzong respectively.
Aunt Liu said she was going to the mute girl's house to see Aunt Wang. She gritted her teeth and bought a can of malted milk, which her own family couldn't afford to buy.
Jiang Hongguo was waiting for Changzong at the supply and marketing cooperative. He and Uncle Yang were going to the county high school to deliver money and food to Uncle Yang's son, and they would be back in a while.
While waiting for someone, the mute girl came. Jiang Hongguo couldn't leave, but it was also unrealistic to pretend not to see her. She could only bite the bullet and didn't avoid her.
The mute girl held a notebook and pen and gestured to Jiang Hongguo: "Hongguo, you are the only one who makes me feel what true warmth is. Thank you."
Jiang Hongguo was very ashamed. She was very cautious about the mute girl, which was not a good thing.
She said: "Sister Yunxiang, there are still many things worth doing in this world, you should be well."
The mute girl smiled and wrote on the paper: "Hongguo, I want you to hug me."
Jiang Hongguo felt aching in his heart, so he hugged the mute girl without hesitation and stroked her back gently. He hoped that the mute girl would meet a sincere person in the future who would hug her and give her warmth when she needed it.
Changzong said that he didn't want her to be friends with the mute girl, but the mute girl now didn't say she wanted to be friends, she just wanted a warm hug. How could she bear to refuse?
The mute girl left. After a long time, Changzong came back. Uncle Yang stayed to wait for Aunt Liu, while Jiang Hongguo and Changzong went home first.
That night, Jiang Hongguo told Changzong about her encounter with the mute girl in his arms.
She heard Changzong's gnashing teeth and cold words: "She is untrustworthy, she deserves to die."
Jiang Hongguo was busy stroking Chang Zong's back: "Chang Zong, don't say that, she is a little pitiful, and she didn't ask for anything, just a hug, I can afford it."
It rained for several days and Jiang Hongguo couldn't go out. She also had a strange dream.
In the dream, Meng Qingdai escaped, but died in the house of the mute girl, and the case became an unsolved case. However, Hong Guo dreamed that the two brothers-in-law of the second brother of the Kong family tied up the third brother of Kong and Meng Qingdai. After the third brother of Kong escaped, the two brothers-in-law forced money from Meng Qingdai, but she could not give them. They went to discuss with the second brother of Kong, and were heard by Aunt Wang.
Kong Laoer begged his mother, saying that Meng Qingdai had seen his and his two uncles' faces and could not be let go. She had to keep it a secret from Kong Laosan and lock Meng Qingdai up until her death.
When Gu Changzong found her, Meng Qingdai was so hungry that she was on her last breath and could not even get up. Changzong gave her a sip of his blood, which was red and no different from that of ordinary people. Meng Qingdai regained some strength, climbed out, and ran desperately to the mute girl's house.
The scene in the dream changed again. The mute girl was leaning on the bed and talking to Wang Meihua, who was too exhausted to get out of bed.
"Mom, I did so much for your family, and you didn't save me. You threw me in the cellar, knowing that I would starve to death. I gave you everything you wanted, and you actually let me starve to death?"
Aunt Wang's lifeless eyes suddenly opened wide, and her speechless daughter-in-law suddenly spoke incomprehensible words. She was not a human being!
"Who the hell are you? You're the one who killed my second and third sons, right? You evil bastard, I want you dead!"
The mute girl chuckled and said, "Not only that, my father-in-law, my good second sister-in-law, and my second sister-in-law's greedy brothers and sisters were all killed by me in revenge. Don't worry, you will be going down to accompany them soon. I am a human being, and a very blessed and lucky person. If you were not so greedy and not so bad, your family could have lived a good life."
Jiang Hongguo suddenly woke up, and the scene in her dream became clearer. Outside the house, Aunt Liu cried out, "Hongguo, Changzong, the county police station called. Aunt Wang and her mute daughter-in-law are both gone."
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