Chapter 69 Chapter 69 Son
The Security Department is responsible for all the messy things in the factory. As the head of the Security Department, it is natural for Liu Jianshe to step forward and take charge of the overall situation at this time.
He glared at Old Lady Liu and said, "Mom, it's cold outside. Take Lei Lei home and don't make trouble here."
Old Mrs. Liu listens to her son the most, and she wanted to take Liu Lei away after hearing his words.
She had just poured a basin of dirty water on Jiang Ling's head. Even though it did not cause any substantial impact, it did not mean that Jiang Ling would endure it.
She is not a worker in a steel plant, so she has to consider her leader's face.
Jiang Ling raised her hand, "I think the murderer is Aunt Liu, for three reasons. Aunt Liu had pursued Grandpa Sun in the past but to no avail. She may be resentful of Aunt Fang for stealing her lover, and she may be resentful of her rival and the child."
"Secondly, when Aunt Fang was pregnant, her grandson once wanted to harm her, but thanks to the child's good fortune, he failed to succeed. Their family has a criminal record."
"Besides, because of that incident, Grandpa Sun kicked the three of them out of the yard, so she had no choice but to move to Chief Liu's house."
Finally, Jiang Ling concluded word by word, "If we were to say who is the most likely person, it would have to be Aunt Liu."
She has written many criminal investigation stories and her analysis is very logical.
The people around were really fooled by Jiang Ling and felt that what she said made sense.
In an instant, the look in everyone's eyes towards Old Lady Liu changed.
Old Mrs. Liu had been warned by Old Man Sun not to set foot in their yard, so she didn't even enter their yard today.
I have not done anything wrong, so I feel very confident.
Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to make sarcastic remarks from the sidelines.
Old Mrs. Liu was just there to watch the fun, and she wasn't afraid even when Jiang Ling said she had a motive for committing the crime.
It wasn't her who did it, so what is she afraid of?
She said confidently, "I didn't go into Old Sun's house today."
"There are so many people here today, who can be sure that you didn't go in? Is there anyone who can serve as a witness to your time, and stay with you the whole time, and prove that you never left for a moment?"
Jiang Ling is not a reasonable person. When she starts to act unreasonable, most people can't match her.
Who can prove it? Not even those who were eating at the same table could prove it. The old lady was not a clean hand. She either stole money or food. When she saw the delicious food just out of the pot, she secretly took some and hid it in the cupboard.
While others were eating, the old lady was always busy.
Jiang Ling pointed out several people in the crowd who were at the same table with her. "I was having dinner when the incident happened. These comrades can testify for me that I did not have the time to commit the crime."
The few people who were called out nodded, "Indeed, Comrade Jiang is having dinner with us."
The person who testified for Jiang Ling was not even someone she knew, which eliminated the possibility of collusion.
She tilted her head and looked at Old Lady Liu, "Where is the person who testified for you?"
Section Chief Liu wanted to drink during the meal, so he sat at the table with the man. He asked Han Ruixue to sit with Old Lady Liu and the two children.
Since he didn't sit with Old Lady Liu, he had no way to testify for her mother.
Of course, he is Old Lady Liu’s son, so even if he wanted to testify, he couldn’t.
Section Chief Liu looked at Han Ruixue, "Ruixue, you and mom were eating at the same table, you come and prove it."
Han Ruixue had fashionable curly hair, and part of her bright red lipstick had been rubbed off while she was eating. Just now when Jiang Ling and Old Lady Liu were confronting each other, she took out her lipstick and put it back on. She was still radiant when she stood in front of the crowd, instantly attracting most of the attention present.
Her salary as a salesperson is higher than Liu Jianshe's, but she is unwilling to take the salary home to support Old Lady Liu and Liu Lei and Liu Tong, the three grandmothers and grandchildren.
Her younger brother lives on campus and does not eat or sleep at home.
Every month when she got her salary, she would give some money to her younger brother Qingzhu first, telling him to spend it, saying that it was a period of growth and he should not treat himself badly.
She used the remaining money to dress herself up, do her hair, buy clothes, jewelry, and cosmetics...
After all, it is said that women should make money. When she didn't make money before, Han Qingzhu didn't have that much pocket money.
It's not just that he is stingy and reluctant to give money to his brother-in-law, but he has a whole family to support and has to give gifts to his superiors on a regular basis, so he has many places to spend money.
Han Ruixue spent all her salary on herself and her brother, and the Liu family didn't get a penny.
Old Mrs. Liu was so angry that she asked her daughter-in-law to go out to work, risking her cheating on her. In the end, her daughter-in-law didn't bring home a penny.
No matter how you look at it, she seems to be no match for Li Jun.
Men and women have different ideas. Although Mrs. Liu is not satisfied with her daughter-in-law Han Ruixue, her son is very proud at the moment because his daughter-in-law is beautiful and attracts the attention of other men.
A good-looking wife can also bring him honor.
Han Ruixue and Old Lady Liu have always been at odds, so it is impossible for her to cover up for her. "I'm sorry, to be honest, she was not at the table for a while during the meal, and I'm not sure what she did."
Section Chief Liu looked at his wife in disbelief, "Ruixue, you..." He didn't expect that Han Ruixue would be so "ignorant" in front of outsiders.
Han Ruixue didn't care what this damn man thought. She could make money now and she was confident. "I'm telling the truth."
Although Han Ruixue didn't like this damn old lady, she didn't want to wrongly accuse her. She added, "However, based on my understanding of her, there is a high possibility that she went to steal food from other tables."
The guests sitting at the tables next to Old Lady Liu were angry.
"I was wondering why there were so few meatballs on our table."
"You guys are fine, there aren't two pieces of meat on our table."
It wasn't all done by Old Lady Liu. Old Man Sun was too stingy and was reluctant to put meat in his baby son's full moon banquet. It was almost all vegetarian, with only a few pieces of meat here and there.
Liu Jianshe was angry that Han Ruixue had told this story and thought she was ignorant, but if this could help clear his mother of suspicion, that would be a good thing.
He snapped, "Mom, did you go get food from other tables?"
Thinking that the word "steal" was too harsh, he used "take".
Seeing that she could no longer hide it, Mrs. Liu had to admit, "I saw that they couldn't finish the food and I was afraid of wasting it."
The guests at the neighboring tables were almost furious. They had all lived through an era of food shortage and no one would waste food.
Push Old Lady Liu back home and ask her to hand over the stolen food to prove that she didn't have time to steal the child.
Old Mrs. Liu had no choice but to take out a pot of food from the cupboard.
The portion was quite large, but there was barely any meat in the dish, just vegetables.
Even just this one pot of food was enough to humiliate Liu Jianshe. He was the head of the security department, responsible for protecting the people and property in the factory, but his mother was a thief.
Although the amount of theft was not large, just some vegetables and rice, the nature of this incident is extremely bad.
He said with a sullen face, "Okay, this pot of food can prove that my mother did not steal the child. She was busy getting the food and did not have time to commit the crime."
I didn't steal the child, but it was embarrassing enough.
Although he was the head of the Security Department, this matter involved his mother, and Liu Jianshe was no longer suitable to be in charge of the overall situation.
He suggested, "Why not report to the police?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he ordered his men, "Lao San, go to the police station."
The man called Lao San was none other than the man from Juxiang's family, Miao Lao San.
Even when a man is at home after get off work, he has to be assigned to work by his boss. Juxiang pouted unhappily.
The year before the New Year is also known as the end of the year. A lot of people go to the police station to report cases, some have lost things, and there are disputes among relatives and friends. In short, the main purpose is to make life difficult for the police.
Upon hearing that a child was missing, a newborn baby, two police officers from the Xihe Police Station came.
Tong Wanyue went out to do other things in the morning, and the two police officers who came were her colleagues.
It was freezing cold, and it wasn't pleasant to stand outside and watch the fun, but no one left because of the cold.
The police didn't pay any attention to the verbal battle between Jiang Ling and Old Lady Liu.
Instead, he asked Old Mrs. Fang what had happened.
Old Mrs. Fang cried and said she had to go to the toilet because she had to pee, and when she got home the child disappeared.
It was noon and everyone had gone to eat, so there was no one in the room.
There was no one to take care of Old Mrs. Fang during her confinement. Her mother-in-law had died long ago, and there were only Cui'er and Sun Min at home. Cui'er had to go to work, and could help with the washing and cleaning when she came home, but she couldn't do it that carefully. She was not even the biological mother-in-law, but just a stepmother-in-law.
When a child urinates, it must be washed immediately. Over time, the smell will be very strong, and it also smells like breast milk, which is very unpleasant.
Friends and relatives who came to visit the children smelled the odor, took a look and left. No one would want to eat in the room.
Old Man Fang, the biological father of the child, was outside bragging to his old friends about how vigorous he still was and how drunk he was.
No one thought that the child would disappear.
The police asked Mrs. Fang, "When you returned home from the toilet, did anyone come out of the house?"
Old Lady Fang seemed to have remembered something and went up to hit Sun Min, "Well, you are so good, I knew you had disliked our Yaozu for a long time, you were afraid that Yaozu would compete with you for the family property. Where did you throw him, tell me, you black-hearted bastard, it's so cold outside, if anything happens to my Yaozu, you will die."
Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu stretched out their hands and grabbed Chen Xiangyang's clothes on the left and right. As expected, they were not wrong. This man still wanted to go forward to help Sun Min.
Because of Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu's accurate prediction, he was unable to take off successfully.
Chen Xiangyang looked back aggrievedly, and met two similar pairs of eyes, which were also full of warnings. He shrank his neck and did not dare to stand up for the poor little girl.
Sun Min’s biological mother Cui’er was also present and she would protect her daughter.
A violent fight broke out at the scene, and the police beat a weak little girl. They couldn't stand it and said, "Stop beating. Do you still want to get your child back?"
The problem now is no longer to find the person who abandoned the child, but to get the baby back as soon as possible. A baby who is only one month old will be frozen to death at any time in the snow.
The leading public security officer took Cui'er and Sun Min to the empty west wing and discussed with Sun Min in a friendly manner, "Little sister, can you tell your uncle that it was you who did it?"
Sun Min shook his head silently.
He then asked, "Why did you go back?"
"I want to go back and get a bowl of hot water to drink"
"Even if you did it, it doesn't matter. Uncle knows that you just had a distracted thought. You can secretly tell uncle where you put the child. Uncle won't tell anyone else that it was you who did it."
Cui'er was very worried, and she was also afraid that this girl had done it.
Being misunderstood was not pleasant, and Sun Min burst into tears. "I didn't do that. It wasn't me."
Seeing that he couldn't get any information, the police patted the girl on the back and said, "Okay, uncle believes it's not you."
Sun Min was asked to stay in the room, and the police called Cui'er out. They appealed to her emotions and reasoned with her. The main idea was to let her talk to the child in a good way, and try to get her to tell them where she had abandoned the baby.
We can't just rely on the child to have a change of heart. The most important thing is to mobilize everyone to look for him.
So, the guests who stayed to watch the fun, under the mobilization of the police, started looking everywhere with Old Man Fang's house as the center.
The police considered Sun Min a suspect, so her supervisor thought she threw the baby away to vent her anger.
I never thought that the murderer might have contacted a kidnapper, or was a kidnapper himself, and took the child away to sell for money.
Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu followed the large group. Since they had nothing to do, they decided to go look for them too.
It would be better if the child was thrown on the side of the road. It would be easier to find him at a glance. But if he was stuffed into a haystack or placed in a jar, it would be difficult to find him.
Song Guanshu and Jiang Ling were not as hard-working as Chen Xiangyang in looking for someone, so they followed the crowd and searched around.
Song Guanshu pinched Jiang Ling's fingers and said, "You still have a manuscript to write, and your company needs it urgently. Go back and write it. I'll help you find it here."
Jiang Ling shook her head and decided to give up. It would not be good for her to go back alone while everyone else was out looking for the person.
Besides, their family is renting a house from Old Mrs. Fang, and they can’t afford to offend the landlord.
The guests were all relatives and friends of the Fang family, so it was very careful in selecting them.
But the person was never found, and the area of the search became larger and larger.
They even used a radio to notify the entire steel plant's family quarters, and when they heard the broadcast, everyone ran out to help find the child.
The later the child is found, the lower the chances of survival.
Around three o'clock in the afternoon, a strange woman came over with a child in her arms and said that she saw the child near the pigpen at home and asked if the child was lost from their home.
This kid is really lucky, he was almost eaten by a pig.
Old Mrs. Fang held the blanket covered with pig manure, her heart filled with joy at having recovered what she had lost.
After hearing that it had been found, Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu stopped joining in the fun as they still had manuscripts to write.
There was not much meat in the lunch, so Song Guanshu stewed the chicken that Chen Xiangyang brought from the countryside and asked him to come for dinner in the evening.
According to Chen Xiangyang, although Sun Yaozu was not eaten by the pigs, the child was young and was left outside in the cold for several hours. He was sent to the hospital with a high fever.
Chen Xiangyang didn't know what happened in the hospital, as he didn't go with them.
Because the pigpen where Sun Yaozu was found was far away from the Sun family, and Sun Min was a small child, it would be difficult for her to walk that far carrying a swaddling cloth weighing more than ten pounds, so she could be preliminarily ruled out as a suspect.
The police could not give an accurate account of who had thrown Sun Yaozu away.
If the child was not sold, we can basically rule out the possibility that the child was trafficked for money, and the only thing left is hatred.
The police asked Mr. Fang to think carefully about who his family had enemies with, and to be careful when taking care of his children in the future so as not to give his enemies any chance to take advantage of him.
Since the child has been found and is still alive, there is no need to go to great lengths to look for him.
Chen Xiangyang was so excited about talking about other people's family affairs that he didn't notice that Jiang Ling only hummed in agreement occasionally and nodded perfunctorily the rest of the time.
The chicken and mushroom stew was so delicious that she couldn't speak.
After Chen Xiangyang finished telling the story about Old Man Sun's family, he turned around and found that only the chicken was left in the chicken stew with mushrooms.
Q: Where did all the mushrooms go?
Answer: All in Jiang Ling’s bowl.
Seeing that Jiang Ling loved eating it, Song Guanshu kept putting food into her bowl.
Chen Xiangyang was very dissatisfied when he saw this, "Brother, you are too biased."
Song Guanshu refused to admit that he was biased. He said calmly, "I know you like chicken, so I saved it for you. Eat more, you're welcome."
He is not a person without self-awareness, does it mean that he likes to eat chicken? Jiang Ling likes mushrooms more.
The mushrooms that have absorbed the soup have the aroma of chicken as well as their own fragrance.
Chen Xiangyang curled his lips and put the largest chicken leg into his bowl.
"Okay, don't worry about me, just eat by yourself." Jiang Ling also felt that he was a bit annoying. She had her own hands and feet and could pick up the food by herself.
After entering the Little New Year, the festive atmosphere becomes stronger and stronger.
But whether this year has been good or bad, the anticipation for the New Year is the same.
Compared with other families, Old Man Sun and Old Lady Fang are hardly in a good mood.
Sun Yaozu was frozen outside for several hours and luckily managed to survive. The child was weak and had an intermittent fever, which eventually led to pneumonia.
It may not be a big deal for an adult, but this is a baby who was just born not long ago.
The needle that penetrated his body was thicker than his blood vessels. Jiang Ling heard this from Cui'er when she went to the hospital to bring some clean clothes to Old Lady Fang.
Although the police have told everyone that it was not Sun Min who abandoned Sun Yaozu.
When one is alive, one always has a specific enemy to hate. Old Mrs. Fang only thought that Sun Min had harmed her precious son, and she never treated Cui'er and her daughter well.
Cui'er now has a salary and can support her and her son. But she had no place to live, so she had to continue living in Old Man Sun’s house.
He could only shamelessly curry favor with Old Man Sun and Old Lady Fang, and talked to Jiang Ling about Sun Yaozu's current situation, which inevitably brought out his worries about the future.
Jiang Ling smiled and said to her, "It's easy. If Grandpa Sun wants to drive you and your daughter away, you can cry for your husband and your mother-in-law, cry for your panic and pity, and cry for how miserable your life will be after they are gone."
Cui'er is not a smart woman. She has been living in a muddle-headed way for many years. Before she got married, she listened to her parents, and after she got married, she listened to her husband.
If her husband were still alive, she might not have taken this detour.
Not smart, but obedient. Chen Xiangyang said Cui'er's team leader said that she has strong execution ability and will do whatever she is told.
Leaders like employees like her very much. They will not add their own "little ideas" to work, but instead feel that they are being innovative.
After receiving Jiang Ling's advice, she knew what to do and she was very grateful.
Jiang Ling shook her head, "It's okay, just don't let anyone know that I told you." If you cause trouble in the future, don't mention my title as your teacher.
The Beicheng Daily Chemical Factory was on holiday, and Song Guanshu did not go to the factory either. He left everything to Li Gui and his representative Chen Xiangyang.
Jiang Ling was very curious about how much Chen Xiangyang's monthly salary was, and got a number from Song Guanshu.
"No wonder Chen Xiangyang's parents brought us so many local specialties." Jiang Ling said, "If someone offered my son such a high salary, I would even bring you a pig."
Song Guanshu smiled and asked, "Where is your son?"
Jiang Ling pouted and pointed to the back, "Isn't that behind?"
I'm talking about Chen Xiangyang.
Sometimes Chen Xiangyang is Jiang Ling’s troublesome son, and sometimes he is Song Guanshu’s. It is hard to tell whose son he is based on how stupid he is. When he is not stupid, he is Jiang Ling’s son.
Song Guanshu nodded seriously, "Where's the pig year gift we just agreed on?"
"Let's talk about it when my son comes."
They both laughed out loud, and one of them didn't even realize that he had become the center of the topic.
He bought a lot of firecrackers and spent all his New Year bonus on firecrackers.
I filled up an entire tricycle and told the master to unload it in Song Guanshu's yard.
Seeing so many firecrackers, Jiang Ling was shocked. "How much did it cost to buy so many firecrackers?"
Chen Xiangyang was afraid of being scolded by Jiang Ling, so he didn't dare to tell her how much he spent. He just laughed and said, "It's not much. It's very cheap."
The New Year's goods that Jiang Ling bought included not only food, but also new clothes, firecrackers and other New Year's rituals.
But she only bought two plates of firecrackers as a token of her appreciation for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
She had bought firecrackers before and knew the approximate price. She could guess the approximate price just by looking at the quantity unloaded from the tricycle.
Jiang Ling was too lazy to expose him, so she directed several people to place the firecrackers in the room opposite the bedroom.
She and Song Guanshu lived in the east room, and the west room was used to store various miscellaneous items.
The tricycle driver put down the firecrackers but did not leave. Chen Xiangyang stood aside awkwardly, rubbing his hands, "Ling, the driver has not been paid yet."
He spent all the money in his pocket, not even a few dollars left.
Jiang Ling cursed as she took out the money. "A thief can steal a few cents from even the poorest families. If he steals money from you, he probably won't be able to find the money by the time you get home."
Chen Xiangyang was quite proud, "It means I hid the money well."
Song Guanshu added on behalf of his wife, "It means your family doesn't have a penny."
The tricycle driver who was waiting to get paid laughed out loud when he heard this. These three people were really interesting.
The master took the money and left. Before leaving, he thought Chen Xiangyang was a good candidate for tricycle riding and wanted to introduce him to a job. "Young man, you look tall and strong, and you look like a strong man."
"Our line of work may seem hard, but it's actually very profitable."
He felt that it would be embarrassing for a young man like him to not have even one or two dollars in his pocket, so he might as well take advantage of the period before the New Year when there is more work to do and earn more money to celebrate the New Year.
Jiang Ling couldn't help laughing and said, "Uncle, do you think he is suitable for this job?"
She reached out and patted Song Guanshu on the shoulder, and Song Guanshu held her rebellious hand in his backhand.
Jiang Ling didn't shake it off and let him continue holding it.
The old man was already riding on the tricycle. Hearing this, he looked back at Song Guanshu and shook his head. He was very good at speaking, "This young man is handsome and looks like a cultured person."
Without answering whether it was suitable or not, he just started praising the person.
The tricycle driver greeted the three people and rode away on his tricycle.
New Year's Eve is in two days, but Chen Xiangyang can't wait any longer and starts setting off the firecrackers as soon as he gets them home.
In fact, we can hear sporadic firecrackers in the past few days, although not many people are setting off firecrackers.
After all, firecrackers are not cheap nowadays. Only a child could do something like Chen Xiangyang, who spent all the money in his pocket on buying firecrackers.
Chen Xiangyang wanted to set off firecrackers, but Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu would not stop him.
After a burst of crackling sounds, red firecracker paper was left on the ground.
Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu stood under the eaves, hiding far away.
After the firecrackers burned out, Jiang Ling threw the broom at Chen Xiangyang and said, "Sweep it clean."
There are a lot of New Year's goods at home, and we eat meat and fish every day during the period before the New Year.
Even someone like Chen Xiangyang, who can eat a lot, couldn't stand it anymore.
He discussed, "Brother, let's not eat meat tomorrow, let's stew some cabbage and vermicelli instead."
Song Guanshu said calmly, "Don't like eating meat?"
Chen Xiangyang nodded.
Song Guanshu said, "We still have a pound of noodles at home, you can take them home and eat them."
If I have to choose between the two, "I'd rather eat meat."
It sounds like it's forced.
On the night of the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Song Guanshu asked Jiang Ling before going to bed.
"Tomorrow night, Chen Xiangyang will have the New Year's Eve dinner with us?"
"Eat." Jiang Ling said uncertainly, "Otherwise he has nowhere to go."
As expected, it was the answer he didn't want to hear. He said bitterly, "He really should find a partner as soon as possible."
After a while, Song Guanshu added, "No, he should get married quickly."
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