"What, now you want others to be lenient with you?"
"If you want to be beggars, go now, and I'll find someone to take your picture right away to record this happy and joyful moment for me."
Seeing that Xie Mingzhu remained unmoved no matter what, the four became somewhat anxious.
He Caixia gritted her teeth in anger.
“We are your elders, after all. Even if we didn’t treat you well in the past, we still raised you to adulthood, didn’t we?”
"If it weren't for the two of us, you would have been dead somewhere long ago. We have done you a favor, after all. You will be punished by heaven for repaying kindness with enmity!"
"yes."
Song Yongfu echoed this sentiment.
“Our village is most wary of filial impiety. Aren’t you afraid that if something happens to either of us, and we die from anger because of you, we’ll come after you in the dead of night to take our lives?”
"If all else fails, just tell us how many times the two of us need to kowtow to you, and we'll do it right now! Even if we're half-dead from kowtowing, we'll finish it, okay?"
As they talked, the two of them began banging their heads against the ground again and again.
Huang Meiling and Xie Wenyuan had never seen anything like this before.
Xie Mingzhu smiled.
Having lived in the village for so many years, how could she not understand what the two of them meant?
They were truly at their wits' end, so they resorted to using the supernatural stories circulating in the village to pressure her.
There's an old saying that elders who kowtow to younger generations will shorten their lifespan, and the people of Duanqiao Village are particularly superstitious about this.
Therefore, when elders kneel down and kowtow to younger people, the younger people are often at a loss and can only quickly help them up.
but……
Xie Mingzhu gave a cold laugh.
"This trick might work on others, but it didn't work on me."
The idea of shortening one's lifespan is, frankly speaking, an attempt to emphasize the so-called order of seniority, filial piety, and to prevent younger generations from disrespecting their elders.
However, as these stories were passed down, the ignorant villagers began to believe them to be true.
Filial piety has been distorted and no one follows it anymore, yet this mysterious rumor has been taken as truth.
Others might believe it, but Xie Mingzhu didn't.
If there really is any divine retribution, it should first fall upon people like Song Yongfu, He Caixia, Cui Lanhua, and Zhou Dazhu.
But after waiting for so many years, she never saw any divine retribution. Instead, suffering came one after another to her, a person who had never done anything evil and who was kind-hearted.
Xie Mingzhu didn't even bother to glance at them, letting them kowtow on the ground as they did, and walked straight past them towards Lu Qunli without any expression.
“Officer Lu, there’s one more thing I forgot to mention. Later, you should focus your investigation on Cui Lanhua and Zhou Dazhu’s pillows. They often hide money in them.”
"Also, there's that big cabinet on their bed; it has hidden compartments. Please search it carefully."
"By the way, please make sure to search Song Yongfu's house thoroughly."
"As far as I know, they have been swindling and stealing over the years, secretly saving a lot of money for their son, all of which was intended for Song Yaozu to use to get married."
Please search carefully and confiscate everything without missing a single item. That way, you can use some of it to compensate Zhu Chunhong.
To avoid Song Yongfu and He Caixia from feigning poverty and claiming they can't afford to pay when it comes time to seek compensation.
Zhu Chunhong was utterly incredulous upon hearing this.
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