Chapter 71
After receiving the report, the comrades from the county public security bureau immediately set out to the Liujiawo production team.
The Liujiawo production team is a large village with about 200 households. They have lived in the countryside for generations and live together as a clan.
The old farmer's former son-in-law is called Liu Chengchun. There are three brothers in his family. The family has no enemies in Liujiawo. When they heard that the public security bureau came to his house to investigate the case,
the villagers in the village all ran to see what was going on.
The Liu family is a very ordinary thatched house with a fenced yard, a mud yard and a well. There are sparse vegetable seedlings planted in the vegetable field next to the wall. Because of the hot weather and poor care, the seedlings are drooping and the leaves are yellow and dry, just like the Liu family in the yard. Lifeless.
There were two thatched sheds in the Liu family's yard. One was piled high with firewood, and the other was used as a livestock pen, where chickens, ducks, and geese were raised in peacetime.
The comrades from the Public Security Bureau issued a certificate and dug three feet into the ground of the newly built thatched shed of the Liu family. There was nothing underneath. The
old lady of the Liu family jumped three feet high, and said with her hands on her hips as if she was wronged, "What! My family is innocent! You police officers wrongly accused good people without any reason, you have to give us that...compensation fee!"
"Yes, the Public Security Bureau cannot bully the common people!"
"Don't think about leaving without paying!"
Several daughters-in-law of the Liu family also shouted, and the two brothers of Liu Chengchun even reached out to push the eldest grandfather who reported the case.
The eldest son also had four sons. When the four strong men walked forward, the two sharp-nosed and monkey-faced brothers of the old Liu family retreated in fear.
The Liu family yard was noisy, but Liu Chengchun stood aside, looking uneasy.
As for the widow who had just given birth, she didn't even show her face, using the excuse that country women had never seen the world.
The eldest son who reported the case insisted that his daughter's disappearance was related to the Liu family. Xu Xiangqian brought several police officers to the village to investigate and took notes from house to house.
Gu Shi'an observed the Liu family yard. The Liu family dared to act wildly in front of other police comrades, but they ran away when they saw him.
What a joke. This Deputy Director Gu is not someone you can easily mess with. The third son of the Liu family wanted to bully the younger one by grabbing the granddaughter of the eldest grandfather and wanted to punch her. Before the others could do anything, Gu Shian punched the third son of the Liu family and made him gasp. The
Liu family huddled together in fear, watching a group of police officers coming in and out of the yard.
The Liu family yard was shabby, except for the newly built straw shed and the newly dug cellar in the backyard.
In the 1950s and 1960s, almost every family in the countryside had a cellar to store food.
The red cellar is dug deep underground, with a sharpened and strong wood as the roof, a square hole as the opening, and a fence made of sorghum stalks as the door. Because the cellar is dug deep underground, it is very warm even in the cold winter, which is convenient for storing coarse grains such as sweet potatoes, cabbage and potatoes.
Now is a year of famine, so there is naturally no grain in the Liu family's cellar.
The strange thing is that other people's cellars are only dug enough to store grain.
The Liu family's cellar is dug deep and large. When it is opened for ventilation, it is dark and deep inside. It is really scary at first glance.
What is even more puzzling is that there are a lot of old wood piled in the corner of the Liu family's cellar.
Old Liu explained that this was good wood stored in the family, waiting for his eldest grandson to make furniture for his wedding. Xu
Xiangqian smiled playfully, "Your family is really strange. Good wood is not stored in a cool place, but in the cellar. It's okay in winter, but the cellar is rainy and humid in spring and summer, and the wood will rot."
A policeman said, "You don't have to worry about mice chewing it in the cellar."
Old Liu wiped his sweat and nodded, "Comrade Public Security is right, we will move it out in two days."
Gu Shian, who was flipping through the notes in the room, suddenly stood up and said in a deep voice, "No need, we will help you move it."
Old Liu's legs went weak and he almost knelt down.
Everyone in the Liu family was also terrified.
They were thinking about trying to stop them, but five or six guys from the Public Security Bureau had already rushed out, let go of the cellar rope, and jumped down with iron shovels to dig.
The old man and his family surrounded the entrance to the cellar.
Twenty minutes later, a voice came from the cellar.
"Found it, Deputy Gu, there is a female skeleton inside."
As soon as these words came out, the Liu family members were like eggplants hit by frost and couldn't get up. Liu Chengchun tried to jump over the fence to escape, but was pinned to the ground by the public security comrades who had been watching him for a long time.
The female skeleton was covered with a white cloth and lifted out of the cellar. The old man saw the copper bracelet sticking out of the right hand bone and couldn't help crying.
"My dear daughter, Daddy has finally found you! My dear daughter, look at Daddy!"
"Sister!"
"Auntie!"
The eldest family cried together. The four brothers cried. The eldest brother of the Liu family saw Liu Chengchun not far away and roared, "Son of a bitch!"
He clenched his fist and went over to hit Liu Chengchun twice, causing a nosebleed.
The mother of the Liu family clapped her hands and shouted, "Murder, murder!" The eldest daughter-in-law
of the eldest family ran over and gritted her teeth. She took off her shoes and slapped her several times.
"You murderer dare to scream? You killed my sister-in-law. You can wait to be shot!"
The mother of the Liu family stopped wailing.
The Liu family was handcuffed and taken back to the county public security bureau.
In the interrogation room, the family turned the tables, saying that they were innocent, that their daughter-in-law had been missing for two years, so how did the skeleton appear in their home?
The old man of the Liu family was very tight-lipped, and shook his head no matter what he was asked. The old
woman of the Liu family was not a clean-mouthed person, and insisted that her daughter-in-law had a flirt and found a strange man, who killed her and hid her body in the cellar.
The rest of the Liu family also said the same thing.
Xu Xiangqian gritted his teeth in anger, it was obvious that this was a confession made by the whole family in collusion!
Liu Chengchun burst into tears in the interrogation room: "My wife has a miserable life. She didn't have a good life after marrying me. She disappeared when she went back to her parents' home. My family has been looking for her for two years. How could she be buried in my cellar! Public Security Comrades, this is a frame-up. This has caused great suffering to our Liu family. Who wants to harm us!"
"..."
The comrades in the Public Security Bureau have never seen such a shameless person.
The evidence in their hands was not enough to convict the Liu family.
Gu Shi'an pondered for a moment, picked up the Liu family's information and looked at it again, starting with the third child of the Liu family, who had the weakest psychological defense. After a psychological game, the
third child of the Liu family's psychological defense collapsed, and he told the whole story of the case.
It turned out that Liu Chengchun had an affair with the widow two and a half years ago.
At that time, the man had a wife and the woman had a husband. Their families were doing well, and they had never thought about divorce and remarrying.
It was not until the victim discovered their affair that they argued and hit her head against the wall and died.
The crime happened late at night. The Liu family heard the noise and went out, and saw their daughter-in-law lying on the ground motionless.
Old man Liu chose to cover up the crime for his son. The family cleaned up the traces at the scene, moved the victim to a remote place and buried him, and lied to the outside world that the victim had gone to her mother's home to visit relatives and disappeared.
This burial lasted for a year and a half, until half a year ago, when the back mountain was reclaimed for terraced fields. The family was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so they hurriedly moved the victim's bones back home.
The victim's father realized that something was wrong and reported the case, which made the truth of the case hidden in the crime come to light.
The case is clear, and the Liu family will be punished by law.
It's a pity that a fresh and beautiful life has passed away and can never come back.
Today, the Public Security Bureau got off work, and the young men were all in a heavy mood. They stopped fighting and walked out one by one on their bicycles.
Father Xu said, "What are you all doing like chickens? There are so many such things! Our duty is to protect the country and the people and to fight criminals! Everyone, cheer up, or you will be scolded tomorrow!"
A group of young men responded in unison, and Father Xu let them go.
Xu Xiangqian sorted out his emotions and patted Deputy Director Gu on the shoulder, "Old Gu, smile a little, don't have a cold face, or you will scare Yaoyao when you go home."
"........"
The evening in the countryside in April was warm, and a large piece of scorching clouds rolled over the sky, shrouding the earth in the gorgeous sunset. Gu Shidong stood under the big banyan tree and looked forward.
As soon as his brother's figure appeared on the path, the bad boy ran past.
"Brother, you are back. When you were not at home, my sister-in-law missed you so much."
He fell asleep because he missed her so much.
Gu Shian's heart softened and he curled his lips and said, "Where is your sister-in-law?"
"She is sleeping at home."
Sleeping?
Isn't she missing him so much?
Gu Shian paused, clenched his big hands pushing the handlebars of the bicycle, and Dongzi smiled and tilted his head, "Hey, my sister-in-law said she was dreaming about big brother."
Gu Shian: "..."
The two brothers went home one after another.
Deputy Director Gu did not turn back until he hit the south wall. He washed his hands and went into the house to take a look.
Well, the evening sunset filled the courtyard. The bed in the house had just been dried a few days ago, and it smelled soft and warm. Lin Yao was sleeping soundly with her pillow in her arms, and Daju was curled up in her little nest, with her fat belly rising and falling. A few
wild mint seedlings had been newly transplanted in the yard. Mint leaves are very useful. You can pick them, dry them, and soak them in water, or you can squeeze the juice and apply it on your body to cool down and prevent mosquito bites.
Gu Shidong saw that his brother had washed his hands. According to his sister-in-law's instructions, he pointed to the fish in the basin and handed Deputy Director Gu a bone scraper, asking his brother to kill the fish quickly, scrape the fish meat, and make fish balls to eat.
Since his little girl had spoken, Gu Shian had to kill several fat fish in the basin, scrape off the scales and remove the internal organs, remove the black film on the belly, and scrape off the tender fish meat and put it in a bowl for later use.
Dongzi held the big knife in his little hand, and chopped the fish meat with all his strength.
When Lin Yao woke up, the brothers had already chopped the fish meat, sliced the green onions, ginger and garlic, and everything was ready except Dongfeng.
Lin Yao tied an apron, washed her hands, and went into the kitchen with a bulging belly. Of course, all the work of cutting and burning was done by others, and she was only responsible for making fish balls.
Fish balls are similar to meatballs. Beat two eggs, a spoonful of salt, and a handful of flour into the fish balls, stir vigorously, and roll them into round balls in the palm of your hand. Sprinkle a handful of green tender coriander into the clear white soup, and the whole house will be filled with delicious aroma.
The family of three sat down to eat until their noses were sweating.
Lin Yao took a sip of the fish soup, "There are two fish at home. When my parents come back, let them taste them."
"Okay."
Gu Shian finished the fish balls in the bowl in a few bites, "I'll wash the dishes later," and went to change the water for the fish in the yard.
Lin Yao smiled sweetly and asked Dongzi to eat slowly.
The brat wanted to bury his head in the bowl, and just nodded "hmm".
When Zhang Cuilan and her husband came back in the evening, Lin Yao showed off her cooking skills and made a bowl of fish balls for each of them.
The couple ate the fish balls made by their daughter-in-law and kept praising them.
"Delicious, soft and chewy."
"Oh, the soup is also delicious, old man, drink more."
This time when the old couple returned to the city, Xu's mother asked her nephew from her natal family to get four pig's trotters. She kept a pair for herself and gave a pair to her mother-in-law, asking her to bring it back and keep it for Lin Yao to stew pig's trotters and soybean soup.
Gu Chunmei was pregnant at home making small clothes for the baby.
Zhang Cuilan saw the colorful bed and told the girl to spend money sparingly. Life was hard these days. Don't spend lavishly every day. There will be many places to spend money in the future.
Gu Chunmei has been nagging her mother since she was a child, and she is used to it.
"Mom, Yaoyao is not at home to make clothes for the children."
Comrade Cuilan wanted to lie with her eyes open, but when she thought of the small clothes Yaoyao made, she sighed and stopped talking. The daughter-in-
law and the daughter-in-law are all the same, what else can she say.
The old Gu family is happy, but the Sun family in the town broke out into a big war because Li Aifeng stole the rice dumplings at home.
The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and Sun's father is busy managing the factory work. The closer it gets to the end of the month, the busier the factory is. Sun's father is like a spinning top. He just hosted the factory's month-end summary meeting in the morning, and in the afternoon he had to inspect the work in the workshop...
He was busy until 9:00 pm before going home. Sun's mother loves to eat zongzi very much. She made five or six zongzi at home, including egg yolk zongzi, meat zongzi, and sweet zongzi, hoping to save one for each family member during the Dragon Boat Festival. There
are six people in Sun's family, including the pregnant Lin Hongna, so one for each person is just right.
To say that grandma was fair this time, she was afraid that outsiders would come to the house and see the rice dumplings and report that their family had bad habits, so she hid the rice dumplings in the small jar where they stored food, waiting to eat them during the festival.
Unfortunately, she was not able to stop the thief Li Aifeng!
She ate one and it was no different, but this thief was like the Japanese invaders in the village, leaving nothing alive. Li Aifeng ate all six rice dumplings by herself!
As soon as grandma stepped into the house before getting off work, she smelled the sweet smell of rice dumplings. Her heart sank, and she rushed to the kitchen with her bag.
Li Aifeng's belly was swollen from eating so much that she took off her shoes and lay on the black leather sofa at her grandson's house, burping. When she saw her grandson's mother, she even stood up to greet her.
"Hey, mother-in-law is back. The house is clean and the clothes are washed. What's wrong with you?" Her
grandson's mother didn't even look at her. She ran into the kitchen and rummaged around frantically. There were no dumplings in the kitchen, in the cupboard, under the stove, and in the firewood pile. No, nothing!
Where were her dumplings? ! ! Her
grandson's mother was looking around the house like a madman. Li Aifeng didn't know what was going on, so she put on her shoes and came over.
"What is the mother-in-law looking for?"
Sun's mother pulled Li Aifeng's sleeve, "Where are my rice dumplings, have you seen them?"
Sun's mother's eyes were about to burst into fire. Li Aifeng was slow to react. The rice dumplings made by this woman were eaten by her.
Li Aifeng's eyes rolled around. She was about to make up an excuse to pretend that she didn't know, but she hiccuped and was smelled by Sun's mother.
"Well, it turned out that you, a thief, ate my rice dumplings!"
Sun's mother was furious and slapped Li Aifeng in the face.
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