Chapter 438 Covering the sky with one hand
After buying the popsicles, the three of them originally wanted to walk back, but the village chief was afraid that they would be exposed to the sun, so he asked He Zhu to come and pick them up.
When they arrived at the village chief's house, the village chief gave them some chilled loquats. Seeing that He Zhi's face was a little red from being exposed to the sun, he quickly took out the electric fan in the house.
The sun is high in the countryside and it is not yet time to go to work.
The village chief smoked a cigarette, his dark brows furrowed like mountains. He was even more worried when he heard that Zhang Cai was locked up: "You don't know, the county magistrate's son has forced people to death. Even if he is locked up, he will find an excuse to release him as soon as you leave."
“Has anyone ever been forced to death?” Chen Tang knew that Zhang Cai must have committed other crimes, but he didn’t expect that someone was killed.
Village head: "There are people from our village working in the police station. Zhang Caike has committed more than one crime of forcing someone to death, but this is the most serious one.
Three years ago, there was a 17-year-old girl named Cen in the neighboring Longshui Village. When she came back from high school on vacation, she and her friend bought some things on the street. Zhang Cai took a fancy to her and took her home.
The family felt sorry for their daughter, and when they saw that she had not returned for a long time, they went to the county to look for her themselves. They searched the school and her classmates' homes, but couldn't find her.
Just when the family was about to call the police, their girl came back, and was personally brought back by Zhang Cai's men. Her clothes were torn and it was obvious that she had been bullied.
As you all know, County Magistrate Zhang is a very powerful person in our county. It was useless for them to call the police. Later, I heard that Zhang Cai wanted to marry the girl, but she didn't want to, so she jumped into the river and committed suicide.
The girl's parents were heartbroken and knelt outside the government office holding their daughter's body. The county magistrate was forced into a corner and immediately locked Zhang Cai up. However, within two days, someone took the blame and said that it was not Zhang Cai who bullied her, but her classmate's brother.
The family certainly didn't believe it, so they wanted to go to the provincial capital to report the case. The investigation team from the provincial capital ate and drank in the county for three days, but in the end they gave an identical conclusion to the case. The girl's parents were directly sent to the cowshed for framing and spreading rumors."
At this point, the village chief couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity for the Cen family. I heard that they had a little son who fell ill in the cowshed and died without medicine."
"I also specifically asked the young man who works at the police station in our village. He knew some inside information and said that the girl was pregnant when she jumped into the river. I guess it was a boy, otherwise Zhang would not have wanted to marry the girl."
Chen Tang knew that where there are people, there will be injustice, but he was still trembling with anger at the plight of that family: "Is there no one who stands up to expose them?"
The village chief shook his head and said, "Who would dare to do that? It's useless to expose it. Officials protect each other. Who would be willing to offend the county chief for a stranger?
However, County Magistrate Zhang did suffer a loss once. That was several years ago. Before Zhang Cai married his third wife, he also took a fancy to a girl and wanted to bully her. Who knew that although the girl's family was not as powerful as Zhang Cai's, she had some power in the Revolutionary Committee.
The girl was not bullied, but Zhang Cai was thrown into prison. I don’t know how long the two sides played the game, but Zhang Cai was imprisoned for almost half a year before he was released. After that, his mother quickly married him a third wife.”
"How did his three wives die?" He Xu asked.
"They said he died of illness, but in fact he died of domestic violence. I heard that his first wife was his classmate, and her family was quite powerful. After she was beaten to death, the Zhang family paid a large sum of money to the girl's family, so this case did not cause any trouble.
The second wife was also deceived by Zhang Cai. She was the daughter of a worker in the meat processing factory. Like the first one, she was beaten to death and a sum of money was paid to settle the matter. The third one was bought by his mother in the countryside, hoping to give birth to a son. Unfortunately, the Zhang family did many evil things and they were not destined to have a son. Since then, the girls in the county have avoided him and no one is willing to marry him. "
"People like this really deserve to die!" Chen Tang said coldly, "Don't the Public Security Bureau care about anything?"
"Well, at the beginning, Zhang He was not all-powerful in the county. The director of the county public security bureau was still in charge. Unfortunately, the case was reported to the higher authorities and was suppressed. Everyone then knew that Uncle Zhang Cai was still a high-ranking official in the city. After the previous director of the public security bureau offended someone, he was directly transferred to the commune on some charge. The current director is the one who turns a blind eye and doesn't care about the matter anyway."
"But don't worry, we in Hejia Village are not afraid of those people with the surname Zhang."
Other people in the village didn't know, but every Chinese New Year he would call his old leader to report the New Year.
He would not ask the old leader for help unless it was absolutely necessary, but if County Magistrate Zhang really wanted to target them, he would not be one to tolerate it.
After the village chief finished speaking, he looked at the time and called Aunt He to take them to the room to rest.
Aunt He cleaned up a second bedroom facing south. The room was very clean. It was originally for her eldest son's family to live in, but her eldest son didn't come back, so she usually used it as a storage room and stored some things there.
The village chief's family has seven or eight people, and they have to sleep on the floor because it is so hot on weekdays, but the only electric fan in the house was moved into their room.
He Xu was touched. Uncle He was really good to their family.
Fortunately, he and Shen Tang planned to stay here for several days, so they bought a large electric fan in the provincial capital in advance. He was busy in the morning and had no time to bring it over.
It is very hot now, but He Xu is used to the scorching sun, so he went straight to the car and carried the electric fan over.
There are three people in their family, and he is not afraid of the heat. Chen Tang and He Zhi can just use a small electric fan, and the big one can be given to He Bo's family.
The village chief was so moved that his eyes were filled with tears. Before he went to sleep, he was still sighing with Aunt He. In the past, the leader always complained to him that his children were disobedient, but now he realized that He Xu was a very filial child.
Aunt He also sighed: "He Xu is really generous. Among the gifts he brought, many are clothes and shoes for children, and toys. Even the two of us old guys and the son and grandson who haven't come back yet have some. Now he even bought an electric fan. Wow, how much money does this cost?"
At first, their family wanted to buy an electric fan, and it was only after their eldest son sent them the ticket and half of the money that they were willing to buy it.
"It's worth it that you spend so much time taking care of their ancestral home."
It's such a big house, and her husband would go there whenever he was free. They used to quarrel about this in the past few years, but now it seems that she was short-sighted.
The village chief rolled his eyes at her, a hint of pride on his face: "It is my honor to clean the house for the chief. You are such an ignorant woman, you only care about those little benefits. He Xu bought so many things for me, because he respects me as his uncle."
Aunt He was disgusted by his dead look: "Yes, yes, you are so beautiful. I am going to sleep now. I have to go to work in the afternoon."
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