Chapter 55 Slapping the Shameless Clan (2)
Ling Huanwu used the excuse that the evidence was in the guesthouse, and as she entered the room, she also entered her spatial dimension and took out the savings book records left by her grandfather for nearly twenty years, showing how he had sent money to his two uncles every month.
There's also an account book that records all the money Grandpa has given to Ling's parents over the years.
She stormed out, spread out her grandfather's savings book and account book, and showed them one by one to the aunts, grandmas, uncles, and elders who were watching, before finally handing them over to the police officers.
The onlookers looked at the astronomical sums on the bankbooks and ledgers, and then at the group of men who had cheated their father and brother. Their expressions turned to one of utter contempt. Some even threw vegetable leaves at them, saying, "So they're a bunch of gigolos who beat women!"
The two uncles, cousins, and Ling's parents were all shocked. They never expected that Old Master Ling would keep this evidence and give it to Ling Huanwu.
What they didn't expect was that Ling Huanwu actually carried these passbooks and ledgers with her, which was a slap in the face to them.
The group was so ashamed that they couldn't lift their heads.
Ling Huanwu, however, had no intention of letting them off so easily.
"Now that it's proven I didn't fabricate anything about you, how do you settle the score for your fabrication and rumors that I had three children?"
She took the opportunity to pull out the household registration booklets that the children carried with them when they went to see a doctor, and spread them out with her own household registration booklet for everyone to see, proving that it was just a rumor spread by these people.
The police officer looked at the evidence she submitted again, nodded, and signaled Ling Huanwu to go for a medical examination. He then arrested the two uncles and Ling's parents, a total of five people, and took them to the police station.
Along the way, the group cried and wailed, as if they were about to be dragged away and shot.
As the crowd gradually dispersed, Lin Xiaoqin and the children gathered around her, crying, and asked her if the wound on her head hurt.
The group encountered a series of unpleasant events in the city, unaware that the island was also in complete chaos.
As usual, Zhou Jiuzhen was enjoying the sea breeze by the beach, gazing at the other side of the sea and missing his wife, when he heard villagers rushing towards him in a panic, panting heavily, "Commander Zhou, hurry up and see, your wife's childhood sweetheart has come looking for you!"
"Child adopter?"
Zhou Jiuzhen felt extremely uncomfortable, as if his heart had been twisted. He hurried home, only to see two completely unfamiliar faces.
In the family compound.
Qin Jinshen and Ma, the bodyguard, pretended to be uncle and nephew.
The two were quite satisfied with their unfamiliar appearances after their disguises.
Qin Jinshen pulled out a marriage certificate and handed it to Zhou Jiuzhen, pretending to be rustic in his newly learned local accent, saying, "My name is Zhao Ergou, and I'm here to fulfill my marriage contract with Comrade Ling!"
Zhou Jiuzhen was struck dumb with the marriage certificate, and almost tore it up in a moment of excitement.
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After Ling Huanwu took Er Ya back to the guesthouse after her acupuncture treatment, she went out to buy supplies.
She asked many vegetable farmers in the market and learned that the local produce was mostly loofah and water spinach.
Although planting in early September will slow down growth, the climate here is different from that in the north, so it is still possible to plant here.
The elderly people from the commune were very welcoming when they heard she came from the island. They taught her a lot of vegetable growing techniques and told her that it would be even better if she could grow vegetables on the island in September, because the summer typhoons would be almost over and the crops would not be damaged.
So, Ling Huanwu took notes of the elderly people's experiences in her notebook and spent twenty yuan to buy a lot of seeds and seedlings.
For vegetables, she bought loofah seeds, spinach seeds which are high in zinc, and some side dish seeds such as celery and green onions.
For fruits, she chose apples, which are relatively easy to grow and contain zinc.
For rice varieties, she chose the Pearl Dwarf variety, which was successfully bred last year and is resistant to lodging and fertilizer.
She bought a lot of organic fertilizer, chemical fertilizer, and bio-fertilizer.
Following the soil improvement methods he had learned in his previous life, he purchased a large quantity of fertilizers such as ammonium sulfate and superphosphate to improve the soil.
She had her shop employees deliver the goods to the warehouse she had rented in advance, and then she packed these large items into the warehouse one by one.
Commissar Hao said that the relevant experts would not be able to come to the island until next year. Ling Huanwu wanted to try out the feasibility of the method for improving soil alkalinity that the expert she had seen on TV in her previous life had mentioned.
After buying these, she also prepared several large baskets of vegetables that can be stored, such as pumpkin and cabbage, as well as some fruits that can be stored for a certain period of time, such as apples, pears, and citrus fruits.
In the wholesale market, the people in charge of the unified sales in the city from the rural communes all thought she was a state-employed person who came out to make purchases, and they were all overjoyed and gave her very favorable prices.
Later, she took a stack of meat coupons from her dowry and bought about 100 jin of cured meat at the food station.
Looking at the fresh pork in the factory, she felt a pang of regret, wishing the space could be kept fresh like a refrigerator.
Time flies.
Er Ya also completed a course of acupuncture treatment on her legs and feet, and now she is clearly able to stand up.
The doctor advised that with more massage and training, and by eating more nutritious food, it would be very likely that the patient could walk.
Ling Huanwu checked off all the items on her shopping list.
Thinking that her mother-in-law and Zhou Jiuzhen probably hadn't tried the local snacks, she used some food coupons to pack about ten local snacks, oyster pancakes and seaweed pancakes, and carefully put them away one by one.
When passing by the clothing cooperative, Ling Huanwu saw the children gazing at the colorful and beautiful clothes in the shop window, so she used her remaining fabric coupons to buy several more sets of clothes for the children and also picked out a few sets to give to Lin Xiaoqin.
Lin Xiaoqin refused to accept it, so she secretly bought it to give to her when she got back.
Ling Huanwu picked out several more outfits for her mother-in-law, but she ran into trouble when it came to choosing clothes for Zhou Jiuzhen.
Zhou Jiuzhen is tall and big, and there are very few ready-made clothes that fit his size.
Especially the bitter tea cakes he wore, which seemed to have been made by his mother-in-law, were enormous.
No one knows how many years he wore it; the bitter tea leaves were covered in patches.
Ling Huanwu had no choice but to pay more money to have the tailors alter the sizes, and it took her some time to finally get those few well-fitting large clothes and large bottles of bitter tea.
She carefully folded and put away her clothes and pants, thinking that this man was usually as taciturn as a gourd with no expression, and only when he was in bed would his eyes turn red and he would pant softly. That restrained and controlled expression was still unforgettable to think about.
I wonder what his expression will be when he receives her gift.
I spent a sleepless night.
When Ling Huanwu boarded the ship again, she looked at the endless sea and suddenly felt like she wanted to fly home immediately.
Waves rolled at the stern of the ship, and Ling Huanwu stood at the bow from dawn until dusk.
At the dock where the sky was ablaze with the colors of the setting sun.
Ling Huanwu spotted a figure in military green from a great distance.
As the figure drew closer, her heart inexplicably began to pound.
As soon as the anchor was lowered and the footboard was not yet placed, Ling Huanwu asked Lin Xiaoqin to hold Er Ya, who couldn't walk, and let the other two children follow. She then clumsily went to carry the shoulder pole.
Although she kept most of her things in her spatial storage, she left a small portion of each item outside to avoid attracting attention, so the two nylon bags contained quite a few things.
When she boarded the ship, she hired someone to carry the goods. Now, carrying two large, heavy bags of supplies, she felt like she was about to fall off as she swayed and stepped onto the footboard.
Villagers behind her were urging her to disembark. In her haste, her shoulder suddenly felt light, and she was lifted into the air, startling her so much that she closed her eyes and cried out.
Laughter erupted from the surrounding crowd.
Ling Huanwu felt a large hand tightly encircling her waist, and the familiar scent of soap lingered in her nostrils.
She peeked out and was met with Zhou Jiuzhen's cold, hard face, which looked as if it had been carved by a knife. Instantly, the heart that had been hanging in suspense settled back into its stomach.
Zhou Jiuzhen carried a shoulder pole on one hand and put his arm around Ling Huanwu's waist with the other as they disembarked from the boat.
She had barely settled down on the dock, nestled in Zhou Jiuzhen's arms, and hadn't even exchanged a few whispered words with him when a sudden "Wife!" came from behind her, sending chills down her spine.
Ling Huanwu turned around in surprise.
Zhou Shuyao stood with his hands in his pockets, looking at her with a resentful expression, as if he were hiding a bellyful of anger.
And standing next to him was a strange man, who was looking at her with a grin, his intentions unclear!
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