Chapter 217 Finding Hong Xiu
The military vehicle attracted a large group of people in the mountain village to watch. When Chen Tang and Su Xiaoxiao got off, many people were shocked.
Women can actually drive military vehicles!
Dahe Village is not big. It is located under the layers of mountains. There is a big tree outside that requires several people to surround it. Now it is November, the weather is neither cold nor hot, and many people are busy working in the fields.
Seeing the military vehicle driving into the village, a child boldly stepped forward to touch it. Chen Tang took out a candy from his pocket and asked the child: "Little friend, do you know where Comrade Hong Xiu's home is?"
The child looked at the big white rabbit candy in her hand and swallowed his saliva: "I know, you should go find Dai Yun's mother. Dai Yun is digging herbs in the mountains. I'll call her for you. Don't give this candy to others."
After saying that, he hurried up the mountain, calling Dai Yun's name as he ran.
The other children all gathered in front of Shen Tang, staring at the candy in her hand, and the younger ones couldn't help drooling.
Some were bold enough to ask directly: "I'll tell you where Aunt Hong Xiu's house is, will you give me candy?"
Chen Tang: "Sure, please help me lead the way, little boy."
When the other children heard this, they rushed to show Chen Tang the way. Chen Tang and Su Xiaoxiao followed them inside with their packages.
Chen Tang was wearing a military uniform and Su Xiaoxiao was wearing casual clothes. The villagers who were looking at them did not dare to come forward, but they kept discussing in private.
After walking for about ten minutes, Chen Tang looked in the direction the kids pointed and saw an earthen thatched house at the foot of the mountain.
One or two children who were close to Hong Xiu's family knocked on the door, looked through the crack, and asked quietly, "Auntie Xiu, are you home?"
At this time, the villagers had all gone to the fields, but the door of Hong Xiu's house was closed and locked from the outside. However, the child knew that someone was inside, and it was obvious that something was wrong.
Shen Tang and Su Xiaoxiao looked at each other.
She walked forward and pulled the child: "Isn't the door locked? Did he go downstairs?"
"No, I didn't. Aunt Xiu was beaten so badly. Uncle Bai must have locked her up at home again."
"That's right. My mom said that if Aunt Xiu isn't locked up, she'll run away, so she must be at home."
"My dad also said that Uncle Six beat Aunt Xiu because she didn't listen."
The children were talking to each other. Although Chen Tang didn't understand what happened, he knew very well that Hong Xiu was beaten.
Maybe there were too many people standing outside, and soon the village chief and some villagers gathered around.
One of them was a man of medium build with a dark and fierce face. When he saw Chen Tang and Su Xiaoxiao in military uniforms, his pupils shrank sharply and he was alert: "Who are you and what are you doing standing at my door?"
The child saw his fierce tone and stepped back in fear: "Uncle Bai Liu, they are here to look for Aunt Xiu."
"What are you looking for my wife for? She went back to her parents' home and hasn't come back yet." The man's triangular eyes squeezed together, revealing a fierce look.
Su Xiaoxiao frowned coldly: "You really haven't come back or you are locked in. You dare to lie in front of the soldiers. I think you are really brave!"
The man's eyebrows were raised, and he was about to hit her fiercely: "Who do you think you are? My woman has already obtained the marriage certificate with me, so she is mine. It is none of your business if I don't allow her to meet strangers!"
Su Xiaoxiao grabbed his hand and punched him, sending him flying.
The man screamed in pain, feeling as if his wrist had been crushed by her, and he laid on the ground cursing, causing all the villagers to gasp in shock.
He was a man weighing over 100 pounds, and he was knocked away by this skinny-looking girl in just a blink of an eye?
Su Xiaoxiao turned her head to look at Chen Tang, who secretly gave her a thumbs up. The corners of Su Xiaoxiao's lips rose involuntarily.
At this time, a middle-aged woman with half-white hair and a body covered in mud came out from the crowd, threw herself on the man and cried, "Laizi! Laizi, what happened to you? Who beat you up like this? If anything happens to you, what will I do as your mother?"
The man lay on the ground and cried for a long time. When he saw his old mother, he felt like he saw a savior: "Mom, my arm is broken, my arm is broken, please take me to the hospital!"
The middle-aged woman cried bitterly, and chose to ignore the last sentence: "What, your hand is broken? Who hit you? I'll ask her to pay for it!"
Bai Laizi covered his right hand in agony, then raised his left hand tremblingly and pointed at Su Xiaoxiao: "She, she..."
"You're the one who beat my son, right? I'll beat you to death, you bitch!"
Her mother pounced towards Su Xiaoxiao ferociously. Su Xiaoxiao dodged sideways and the other party fell to the ground with a thud.
Bai's mother cried out and cursed at her: "You stinky bitch, you slut, you dare to hit my son, I will go to the government to sue you. I tell you, my sister works in the government, if you dare to hit my son today, I will make you pay for it!"
"They are bullying me. The soldiers are bullying me. I am a poor peasant of eighteen generations and I am being bullied by the capitalists..."
Su Xiaoxiao scratched her ears and said coldly, "Stop crying. Your son started it first, and I didn't hurt him. It was just a dislocation. If you don't calm down, I won't be responsible if his hand misses treatment."
The woman had no idea what dislocation meant and was cursing loudly, not caring at all about the villagers surrounding her, whose voices were getting louder and louder.
"Just shut up!"
Everyone made way for a small old man in his forties or fifties who walked in.
He was only about 1.6 meters tall, with half-white hair and a rather dignified face.
As soon as he came, he kicked the woman who was crying on the ground and said, "Stop crying. Didn't you hear that your son's hand is okay?"
The woman took the opportunity to hug his thighs and said, "Village chief, you have to let me make the decision. I am your third cousin's wife. If you don't make the decision for me, I will jump into the river and tell your third cousin that you forced me to jump. I wonder how you will face the ancestors after you die."
village head:"……"
This is really intolerable.
"Shut up, everyone knows what kind of person you are. Let me go right now. You really don't want your son's hand anymore, right?"
The woman then let go, sobbing.
Su Xiaoxiao took a step forward, and as the man screamed like a pig being slaughtered, she quickly caught the man's hand.
Seeing that Bai Laizi stopped howling and even moved his arms twice, the village chief finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Are you here to look for Hong Xiu?"
Hong Xiu remarried and brought a daughter with her. People in the village talked about her all kinds of things, but few people knew that the man Hong Xiu married before was a martyr.
The village chief did know something, but not everything. Although Dahe Village was separated from Hongjia Village by several mountains, they were villages in two different cities after all, and some news was difficult to pass on.
Bai Laizi was not tall, but his facial features were okay. However, due to his lame leg and poor family, he was still unmarried at the age of 25.
Later, through an introduction, he fell in love with Hong Xiu at first sight. After marrying her, he cherished her for a long time. Finally, he found that she couldn't get pregnant, so he beat and scolded her.
Hong Xiu's parents' home is some distance away from here. The village chief tried to take care of it at first, but her family hasn't come for three or four years. Hong Xiu's personality is so weak that even if she was beaten she would only make excuses for the man. Gradually, no one helped her.
The village chief knew something was wrong when he saw military vehicles entering the village.
Hong Xiu was beaten so badly a while ago that he couldn't get out of bed. How could it be such a coincidence that a soldier came to visit him?
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