Chapter 441 Setting up a trap
He Xu drove out, and County Magistrate Zhang only needed to ask to know which direction they were going.
By the time Zhang He found them, He Xu had already discussed with the factory workers how to renovate the ancestral home.
He Xu planned to repair a part of the ancestral house that had been damaged first, and leave the rest of the intact parts untouched. However, repairing the damaged ancestral house would take more than half a year, and he couldn't stay in the village to watch over it all the time, so this matter could only be left to He Bo.
After leaving the factory, they met the county magistrate's secretary who had been waiting for a long time. Zhang He originally wanted to come, but the weather was too hot. He couldn't stand riding a bicycle in the sun for an hour or two. He could only go to the state-owned restaurant to book a table for a banquet and let the secretary politely invite them to dinner.
He Xu was a rebellious person. He knew that this group of people wanted to bribe him with a banquet. He refused to give them face and refused to let He Bo get on the car to go home.
The secretary chased after him, but when he couldn't catch up, he stopped and cursed.
Officials are very particular about personal relationships, and this is the first time he has encountered such a lack of respect, which makes him very angry.
At this time, Chen Tang was also thinking about how to get evidence of Zhang Cai's crime.
After all, she is not a local and doesn't have many people she can use here. It would be easy if she could find a witness.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the weather was a little cooler. He Zhi finished his homework and pulled Chen Tang to act coquettishly: "Mom, let's go to the mountain to play."
The fields here are open, the hillsides are shady, and the ground is covered with wild grass. Many people go there to rest when they are tired from working.
Chen Tang poked his forehead and said, "Okay, do you want to call your new friend?"
"Of course."
After He Zhi finished speaking, he ran into the room and called several children from the He family. Each of them carried a basket and a small hoe.
Chen Tang couldn't help but laugh when he saw it: "Didn't you say you were going to play?"
He Zhi adjusted the big straw hat on his head, looking like a short shepherd boy: "Mom, you don't understand, you are going to play, we are not, we are going to pick wild vegetables."
The children nodded their heads: "Yes, there are many wild vegetables, bamboos, and wild grapes on the hillside. They are delicious."
Even if there were wild fruits on the mountain, they had already been picked by the nearby villagers. Chen Tang didn't want to discourage these children, so he followed them to the edge of the mountain with a fan.
The children were very obedient. They only dug wild vegetables at the foot of the mountain and did not go inside. Seeing that He Zhi was having fun playing with them, Chen Tang also relaxed a little.
Suddenly, she saw a thatched house at the foot of the mountain. Simply put, the roof was thatched, the walls were made of stone and clay, and there was a fence and yard.
The person feeding the chickens in the yard was Qin Fang, whom I saw at noon.
Chen Tang suddenly remembered that Qin Fang’s stepmother Cen Hua was from Cen’s Village.
If Qin Fang and her stepmother were asked to find out which cowshed the parents of the girl who jumped into the river because of Zhang Cai were imprisoned in, it would be much easier than for them to find it themselves.
With an idea in mind, Chen Tang did not rush over to find it. He just followed the little guys and dug on the hillside with his butt sticking up.
After digging for about an hour, Chen Tang estimated that He Xu would be back, so he called a few children to go home.
The little ones were having a great time, and He Jiutang even pulled He Zhi aside and said he wanted to take him to the well to take a bath.
He Zhi could swim and was quite good at water, but he had never seen anyone bathing in a well, so he was immediately curious.
He looked back at Chen Tang, hesitated for a moment and said, “Then wait for my dad to come back and take us with him.”
Children can't go to the river alone. The well is deeper than the river. Dad said that children can't go near the well, and he promised his father that he had to be obedient.
When Chen Tang heard that He Zhi did not agree directly, he could not help but smile softly.
When I passed by Qin Fang's house, I was suddenly stopped by a timid voice: "Madam Chief."
Chen Tang looked back and saw it was Qin Fang.
"What can I do for you?"
Qin Fang grabbed the corner of her clothes, her voice trembling, and finally mustered up the courage: "Madam, I would like to invite you to my home for a visit."
Chen Tang originally wanted to talk to her about something. Seeing He Zhi following He Jiutang to the village chief's house, she said softly, "No need. If you have anything to say, just talk here. No one will come here anyway."
Qin Fang: "Okay."
She was silent for a few seconds, took a deep breath and asked, "Madam Chief, do you think I should get married?"
Before Chen Tang could speak, she continued, “I know that the chief and his wife helped me, and I shouldn’t ask you to continue to help me. County Magistrate Zhang came to see you this afternoon. If the chief and his wife don’t want to offend people for me, I won’t complain.
I just want to know what I can do to escape this terrible fate.
It is my dream to go to university, but my father will come back sooner or later, and it will be impossible for me to have a stable environment to study. However, the only way to escape the current situation is for me to get married, but I don’t want to do that.
Looking forward is a cliff, looking backward is a thorn bush, I seem to be stuck, I can only choose a side road, but this side road does not seem to solve my current situation, it can only make me feel a little better. "
Chen Tang was surprised: "I thought you would let me help you get rid of your father and Zhang Cai directly."
Qin Fang smiled bitterly: "It's just the same thing. I also wanted to beg Madam to help me at the beginning, but after this time, there is still next time. I can't always beg people for help. But if you can point me in a direction, no matter how difficult it is, I am willing to try."
So smart.
Only then did Chen Tang truly take a look at Qin Fang.
The girl was no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, with a thin figure and a timid temperament, but her eyes were as bright as stars.
"Marrying someone can solve the current situation, but it is definitely not a good solution. If you don't want to now, you will regret it in a few years."
Qin Fang's eyes lit up. As expected, getting married was not a good place to be.
She could never accept this fate.
She had been thinking about how to make herself stand out.
After thinking about it, asking for help will only make people pity you, but asking for advice will make people appreciate you.
Only the flowers that bloom from the mud can make people feel gorgeous.
Chen Tang thought for a while and said, "Zhang Cai, you don't have to worry about it. People who do evil will definitely get their comeuppance. But if you don't want to get married, you have to endure it for a year or two. You are very smart. As long as you dare to fight and follow the policy, Qin Lao San won't drag you down for many years."
Qin Fang was full of doubts. How could a country girl like her follow the policy?
But Chen Tang did not explain it to her in detail, instead he asked her to do him a favor.
"You are still working in the county town, so you should be able to find out something. I want you to find the parents of the girl from Cenjia Village who was forced by Zhang Cai to jump into the river and commit suicide a few years ago. You need to find out which cowshed they were locked up in and what their current situation is."
"Can you do that?"
Qin Fang bit the soft flesh on her lip and said, "My mother is from the Cen family. She should be able to find out some information. Do you want to use them to deal with Zhang Cai?"
Shen Tang didn't say anything, but she could guess it.
Qin Fang's eyes showed a trace of tenacity: "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have confronted County Magistrate Zhang. This incident was caused by me. I will definitely find out everything for you."
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