Chapter 145 Contradiction
The detectives in the serious crime squad all had criminal investigation thinking. After listening to Gong Weiguo's words, they accurately captured several important key pieces of information.
First, the girl was only six months old and couldn't speak yet.
Second, the child was breastfed at night and cried incessantly, but after examination, there was no physical problem.
Third, grandma helps take care of the children, and there is no one else at home during the day except grandma.
Hearing this, everyone's first reaction was the motive and method of the crime.
"Is it possible that out of a preference for boys over girls, the girl's father put something in the milk powder, causing the child to be sleepy during the day and energetic at night? It's just that the hospital's conditions are limited and we can't find out."
"Is it possible that out of ignorance or unwillingness, the grandmother made some inappropriate actions when taking care of the child during the day, causing the child to be frightened during the day, so when he saw his mother at night, he would cry and make a fuss, trying to express something?"
"Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that the child may have psychological or physical problems due to not seeing his mother for a long time during the day."
In short, there may be many reasons why children cry incessantly at night.
What Xia Mufan found strange was that Teacher Lin suspected that his mother was deliberately doing something bad in order to make her quit her job and stay at home to take care of the children.
A six-month-old baby cannot speak. When he is hungry, sleepy, irritated or uncomfortable, he can only express it by crying. It is very normal for him to cry at night.
Sometimes when walking on the street, you can see a piece of paper taped to a telephone pole, which reads, "Heaven and earth, there is a crybaby at home. If a gentleman passing by reads this, he will sleep until dawn."
As a cultured and knowledgeable teacher, when you find a child crying, the first thing you should do is to find the reason and think of a solution, rather than doubting the biological mother you hired to take care of the child.
Why did Teacher Lin suspect that the mother did it on purpose?
At some point, you have to trust a mother's instinct.
Thinking of this, Xia Mufan nodded, raised his right hand, and gently turned his wrist.
The starling flew up and landed on Xia Mufan's wrist.
Xia Mufan pointed at Gong Weiguo and told Bage, "Go with him. Stay wherever he tells you to stay. Keep an eye on the child and pay attention to what the old man who takes care of the child does and says every day."
The starling tilted its head and looked at Xia Mufan, then looked at Gong Weiguo, opened its little mouth and started cackle: "Children... old people..."
Gong Weiguo knew that Xia Mufan had a good relationship with animals, and he would raise any pet to be very obedient. But now seeing Xia Mufan say such a long string of words, and the starling seemed to really understand, he couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Oh, you know what, this starling is like a human, it understands everything!"
Xia Mufan said, "Come to my house later and bring the bird cage. It will take at most three days. Send Fa Cai back in three days."
Gong Weiguo quickly agreed: "Okay, okay, no problem, I'll borrow it for three days."
Soot meowed.
[Xia Xia, I want to go too.] 】
[I'll help you keep an eye on the child's grandmother.] 】
Xia Mufan patted Meihui's head, said "hmm" softly, and stuffed it into Gong Weiguo's arms: "Don't expect the mynah bird to hear anything. After all, it's hard for a judge to judge family affairs. What can't the mother and daughter talk about openly? Why make the relationship so awkward?"
Gong Weiguo hugged Coal Ash, found a chair and sat down, put Coal Ash on his lap, and stroked the soft fur under its neck with his left hand: "Ah, you are right, every family has its own problems."
Feng Xiaoyu glanced at him and asked in a coquettish tone, "What's wrong? Are you unhappy in your newlywed life? How come you're already complaining about the difficulties of every family after only being married for a month?"
Sun Xianbing punched Gong Weiguo and said, "Don't complain for no reason. You promised to introduce a teacher to me and Yu Jing as a girlfriend, so why haven't you done anything yet?"
Gong Weiguo shrugged and sighed, "Don't mention it. In the past, I thought it was good to have a teacher as a wife. She is reasonable and educated, and she can help my children with their homework when they go to school. But after I married Teacher Qiao, I found that the teacher had a bad habit that gave me a headache."
When Sun Xianbing heard this, he immediately became curious: "What bad illness could there be?"
Gong Weiguo blinked his eyes: "Do you know what the teacher is best at?"
Everyone gave their own answers.
"Teachers are, of course, the best at teaching."
"Teachers are all scholars, so they must be best at studying and taking exams."
"Good at speaking and good at expressing yourself?"
After listening to everyone's answers, Gong Weiguo shook his head: "No, no, no, you are all wrong. Let me tell you, the teacher is best at...finding faults!"
Finding fault? No one understood for a while.
Gong Weiguo continued, "Think about it, shouldn't teachers educate students based on their problems? Once an experienced teacher sees a student's homework or his performance in class, he will be able to find out what his shortcomings are, such as not being humble, not being serious, not being able to concentrate on studying, and so on."
"It's because their education must be targeted at deficiencies, so they are particularly good at finding problems and picking out all the faults in you. I've been married for a month, and Teacher Qiao has already criticized me to pieces."
At this point, Gong Weiguo smiled bitterly and began to list them one by one: "Well, he is impetuous, impatient, showy, vain, unwilling to admit his shortcomings, and lazy and irresponsible..."
The more he spoke, the wider Sun Xianbing's eyes widened.
After hearing the latter part, Sun Xianbing laughed so hard that he couldn't breathe: "Ah, your teacher Qiao is really good at finding faults. But don't tell me, you do have the problems that Teacher Qiao mentioned."
Gong Weiguo glared at him and said, "Who doesn't have flaws? There is no perfect person in this world. Besides, when people get along with each other, we can't just look at their flaws, we should look at their strengths!"
Feng Xiaoyu burst out laughing: "You must have some good qualities. If you didn't, Teacher Qiao wouldn't marry you, right?"
Gong Weiguo opened his mouth wide, looked at Feng Xiaoyu and said, "Hey, are you women all particularly good at making excuses? Our teacher Qiao said the same thing. She said that she affirmed my strengths with her actions and found fault with my faults with her words."
Affirm the strengths through actions and point out the faults through words.
Everyone laughed when they heard such insightful words for the first time, and the laughter echoed in the office.
Gong Weiguo's face turned red from the laughter. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, you built your happiness on my pain, damn it! Are you still comrades?"
Feng Xiaoyu's cheeks hurt from laughing for so long. She raised her hand to touch her face, trying to hide the smile on her face: "I think Teacher Qiao's criticism is quite good. With the help of Teacher Qiao, you will be able to slowly correct your bad habits and gradually become a more perfect and better man."
Gong Weiguo waved his hands in dismay: "Come on, stop trying to fool me. Picking on too many faults will make people lose confidence. It's better to stop at the right time. I tell you, Teacher Lin was picked on by her mother, and she has no confidence at all."
Sun Xianbing was originally looking forward to finding a teacher as his lover, but now after hearing Gong Weiguo say that teachers are best at finding fault, he couldn't help but feel nervous. He is from the countryside, short in stature, not good-looking, and lacks self-confidence. If he found another wife who lectured him all day long, he was really afraid that he wouldn't be able to bear it.
Feng Xiaoyu is very considerate. She knew what Sun Xianbing was thinking as soon as she saw his expression. "Don't listen to Gong Weiguo's nonsense. There are all kinds of teachers. My Chinese and math teachers in high school and my professional teachers in college were all very gentle and tolerant. Teachers will adopt different methods to educate different students. Gong Weiguo is just too proud, and Teacher Qiao is deliberately suppressing him."
Feng Xiaoyu's words made Gong Weiguo calm down immediately. He chuckled and said, "Yes, you are right. I must follow Teacher Qiao's guidance and behave myself in the future."
At this time, Yu Jing suddenly interrupted and said, "You just said that Teacher Lin's mother has been suppressing her daughter for a long time. What's going on? Could this be the reason why Teacher Lin suspected that her mother was not raising her child properly?"
Gong Weiguo nodded: "You are right, I just wanted to talk to you about this matter."
There are always a few days of rest after completing a big case. Everyone was idle, so they all dragged over a chair and sat down, intending to listen carefully to Gong Weiguo's story.
A little starling that had been standing obediently on Xia Mufan's wrist just now flapped its wings and flew up, circling around the office and then landed on the desk.
It tilted its head and widened its eyes. Its serious expression looked like a primary school student listening to a lecture. It was quite cute.
In the serious crime squad, we have seen many major cases of murder and robbery. Occasionally listening to gossip about family matters is beneficial to our physical and mental health.
Xia Mufan had just solved the case of Yang Jiawei's disappearance. He had witnessed the evil of human nature and wanted to freshen his ears with some light gossip, so he listened carefully.
According to Gong Weiguo's account, Teacher Lin's name was Lin Ruxue. She was an only child. When she was three years old, her father died of illness. Since then, she has depended on her mother Sun Hanxiang.
Sun Hanxiang was born in the countryside. As a girl, she was not valued by her family since she was young. Her parents and siblings demanded more from her than they gave in return, and criticized her more than they praised her, which made her feel very lacking in inner emotions.
After Sun Hanxiang's husband passed away a few years after their marriage, she placed all her hopes on her daughter and showed a strong desire for control, requiring her daughter to obey her in everything. Lin Ruxue was a very smart child. As she grew older, she gradually developed the ability to think independently and began to rebel against her mother.
On the one hand, Sun Hanxiang continued to suppress her daughter, and on the other hand, she used the mother-daughter relationship to kidnap her, thereby achieving all-round control over her daughter.
In such an almost pathological growing environment, although Lin Ruxue became an excellent mathematics teacher, she was gentle and loving, taught seriously, and was loved by students, but her best friend Qiao Zhimin knew that Lin Ruxue was a girl who lacked self-confidence and had an almost pleasing personality.
After Teacher Lin got married, the mother and daughter separated temporarily. During that period of separation, under the warm care of her husband Yan Wenhua, Lin Ruxue had a brief period of confidence.
But with the arrival of the new life, Teacher Lin had to bring her mother over.
Hearing this, Feng Xiaoyu couldn't help but ask: "Since you think your mother's control is too strong, why don't you ask your in-laws for help?"
Gong Weiguo said: "Her husband Yan Wenhua is an orphan who was raised by the government and works as a technician in a pharmaceutical factory. The two met through a mutual friend and have a good relationship, but there is no help from her in-laws."
The only elderly person on both sides of the young couple's family is Sun Hanxiang. After the child was born, the couple was busy with work and could not take care of the child during the day, so they had to take Sun Hanxiang in.
After retiring from Huishi Towel Factory, Sun Hanxiang has been living in the old house allocated by the unit. Although she is over 50 years old, she is in good health. She usually buys groceries and cooks for herself, and chats with old neighbors when she has nothing to do. Her life is relatively leisurely.
After being taken to the teachers' dormitory of Huishi No. 1 Middle School by her daughter, Sun Hanxiang behaved relatively low-key at first. She worked diligently and efficiently, and took care of the housework thoroughly. Lin Ruxue and her husband Yan Wenhua were deeply grateful. They took the old man out to dinner from time to time, bought her new clothes, and tried their best to make Sun Hanxiang happy.
But the good times didn't last long. After Sun Hanxiang became familiar with the environment, she began her days of being the boss again.
When it comes to caring for the child, she has to listen to Sun Hanxiang in everything. No matter how much Lin Ruxue emphasizes the importance of scientific feeding, she always refuses to listen.
Because Ms. Lin is still breastfeeding, she is more careful about what she eats and wants to eat lighter meals. But Sun Hanxiang is used to the taste of heavy oil and salt. No matter what Lin Ruxue said when cooking, she always cooked according to her own taste.
In addition, Sun Hanxiang disliked everyone. She scolded her son-in-law to her daughter for being irresponsible and not taking care of the family. She also scolded her daughter to her son-in-law for being unvirtuous and not acting like a mother, making the family more and more disharmonious.
Lin Ruxue is teaching the graduating class this year. She is reluctant to leave those children, but also unwilling to leave her teaching position. But now she has to attend classes during the day and take care of the child at night. The child cries incessantly, making her physically and mentally exhausted.
Gong Weiguo summed it up: "So I say, every family has its own problems."
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