Chapter 115 Wishful thinking

Originally, the second brother Lu's voice was not loud, and the second sister-in-law Lu was afraid that her parents-in-law and others would hear it, so she kept her voice down. As a result, when Lu Cuicui shouted like that, Fang Dihua outside heard it .

The first day of the new year is for celebration, whether it is stolen or quarrels and fights, it is a matter of concern.

Fang Dihua was just congratulating Lu Lao Da that her family was fine, and suddenly she heard Lu Cuicui screaming.

Fang Dihua's face sank on the spot.

She raised her foot to scold the second daughter-in-law, but was stopped by Lu Lao Da.

Lu Lao Da whispered: "Have you prepared the New Year's money? When the children come to pay New Year's greetings later, give them two cents."

Don't scold your daughter-in-law on the New Year's Day, wait until after the New Year.

Fang Dihua listened to the old man's advice the most, so she didn't mention it for the time being.

Soon, there were shouting and clamoring on the street, shouting for the director of public security, Deng Daba, and going to the commune to find the militia to solve the case. For a while, the commotion diluted the atmosphere of the New Year.

Brother Lu came over while buttoning his shirt, and called Lu Shaotang and the second brother Lu, "Second brother, third brother, are you up? Come with me to check it out."

He was the accountant of the brigade and also a cadre of the brigade, so he had to go and see what was going on.

People like to join in the fun, whether it's good or bad, they like to join in. Haven't you seen that a large group of people gather at the scene of a fire, a car accident, or a drowning?

At this time, the several houses that were robbed and the streets were full of people. Even the members of Houtun came to watch the excitement. They didn't even

visit each other to wish each other a happy new year. They just met on the street and asked "Happy New Year, how many dumplings did you eat?"

Many families came out to watch the excitement, and the elderly and children came out. Even the chimneys were not smoking.

Lu Shaotang didn't go. It was just an ordinary theft case, so naturally the director of public security and the commune militia were responsible. He didn't like to join in the excitement.

Everyone in the family, from Fang Dihua to the two children, ran out, leaving only him and his wife at home.

On the first day of the new year, men cook, and women don't have to go to the kitchen. He was listening to his wife's instructions to light the fire.

After a while, Lu Xiuxiu brought Tiantian and Panpan back.

Panzai'er's face was tense, he threw himself on Lu Shaotang's shoulder and whispered, "Dad, I suspect Lu Changfu is a thief!"

Lu Shaotang: "He doesn't have that ability."

It's not that he believes in Lu Changfu's character, but he can see at a glance that Lu Changfu doesn't have that ability and courage.

Breaking into a house requires not only courage, but also skills.

Panzai: "He wanted to rummage through my big suitcase last night." He turned around and pulled Tiantian, "Tiantian, right?" Lu Xiuxiu

was puzzled: "He rummaged through my big suitcase last night?"

Tiantian: "Yes, if he didn't want to rummage through the big suitcase, how could he be pinched by Panpan?"

Last night, Lu Shaocai brought his children to visit the house for the New Year. The house was small to begin with, and the Lu family was crowded. It was naturally more crowded when they came in.

No one really saw what Lu Changfu was doing when he stood in the back.

After all, most people would not have thought that a nephew would secretly open someone's big box behind so many people when visiting his second uncle's house for the New Year.

Lin Shu did not see it either, because she never paid attention to Lu Shaocai's family.

However, the original plot did not mention the collective theft of the Lujiazhuang team, and it had been two years since the Lu family was robbed.

It is said that she did not affect other people, and the objective events of the original plot should not be changed at will, right?

It can't be because she traveled through time and space that the Lujiazhuang team was collectively robbed, right?

Lin Shu thought about it and felt that this matter could not be blamed on herself, it was all the fault of the thieves.

Seeing that the two boys acted like little detectives, suspecting Lu Changfu, she smiled and said to Lu Shaotang, "I'll cook, you take them to solve the case."

The two boys immediately became excited, "Dad, let's go!"

Lu Shaotang: "I have to cook first. Women don't do housework on the first day of the new year, and men have to do the work."

Panpan turned to Lin Shu and Lu Xiuxiu and said, "Mom, sister, you don't have to do it either. I'll see my uncle, second uncle and eldest brother later, and ask them to come back to cook."

After that, he and Tiantian threw themselves on Lu Shaotang, hooked his neck and shoulders, and asked him to solve the case quickly.

Lin Shu: "Okay, you go."

It's not easy for the members to share some money during the New Year, and it's too pitiful to be robbed.

She had confidence in Lu Shaotang, and he would definitely help solve the case.

Fang Dihua said that Lu Shaotang was smart since he was a child. His elder brother was cheating and taking pocket money because of him and his second brother, and he could solve the case in no time.

He is now a special operations officer who is carrying out secret operations. How could he not catch a few thieves?

Lu Shaotang went out with the two children in each hand.

At this time, the brigade secretary was in charge of the overall situation.

There were a total of six families in the village who had lost a theft, including a five-guarantee household who lost two kilograms of meat. The half-blind old lady cried as if the old man had died again.

In addition to money, several other families also lost clothes and shoes.

Farmers really don’t have any good things. The most valuable things in the family are mission pigs and food.

The new clothes and shoes made this year are all valuables!

The secretary was really angry, his face was livid. The brigade under his jurisdiction was robbed on New Year's Eve, it was simply shocking!!!

He had never encountered such a thing in all these years.

They came to steal things on New Year's Day, was this a slap in his face or something?

He asked his son to ride a bicycle to the production team below quickly, and other villages were not robbed, but Lujiazhuang was robbed. If this is not a deliberate targeting, what is it? The members of the cooperative

were talking about it:

"They must be in the same group as the ones who stole our crops."

"Are they the educated youth? They don't work hard. They either steal our chickens and ducks or our vegetables. They've been caught several times!" "Maybe they are thugs from other villages?" Panpan said to Tiantian and Lu Shaotang, "How could thieves from other villages know the situation in our village? And they specifically steal from these few families?" Tiantian: "Maybe they came to take a look first like the brazer did?" Lu Shaotang: "That's called scouting." Panpan: "Yes, they must have come to scout the area. There haven't been any people from other villages sneaking around in our village these days."

They usually play on the street, if a stranger comes in and wanders around, they will know it soon.

Tiantian: "That means there is a spy!"

The comic book says that the Japanese will find a spy to ask when they enter the village.

Panpan: "Lu Changfu is the spy, he went to our house to scout the place and even rummaged through our big suitcase."

The two kids were analyzing here, and someone saw Lu Shaotang and greeted him.

"Shaotang, you are at home, help the team solve the case and catch the thief as soon as possible."

"Yes, it's too scary. It happened out of the blue, and I won't be at ease in my life in the future."

Lu Shaotang asked which houses were robbed. I don't know if he was too sensitive, but he found that the houses of the members who were related to his father were fine. The ones

who were in trouble were all those who had a general relationship with his family or had nothing to do with him.

Did the thief know that he was at home and didn't dare to steal, or was he afraid that Father Lu would stand up for his own people?

The families of the thefts were relatively small, with five people at most and only two people at least, but the family conditions were not bad, and the men in these families were either not at home, or liked to drink and sleep, or had a bad temper and liked to beat their wives.

Zhang Xiuying's husband worked in the county town

and got a salary. He was still on duty on New Year's Eve and didn't go home, so only the woman and children were at home. The old couple of the family with five people lived with their son and daughter-in-law, and they only had one grandson. The family was very frugal and liked to take advantage of small things. It was said that they were used to visiting neighbors to wish a happy new year after dark, eating and drinking at other people's houses and trying to eat less at home, and always said that they were saving money to build a house for their grandson to marry a wife.

There was another young couple, and neighbors said that they separated not long after getting married. The couple was sweet and sweet one moment, and quarreled the next. Last night, on New Year's Day, they quarreled again. Instead of making New Year's Eve dinner, the man went to his eldest brother's house to have dinner, and the woman cried at home.

In another family, the man was an alcoholic. He had to go to work on weekdays, and was suppressed by the party secretary, the team leader, and others, so he didn't dare to drink too much. During the New Year, no one cared about him, so he drank as much as he wanted. He must have drunk unconsciously.

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Zhang Xiuying cried with snot and tears all over her face, "Damn thief, don't let me know who it is, I will bite you to death!"

Deng Daba asked Brother Lu to help record it, and he was responsible for asking questions, such as when did they find out what was missing, how did the thief get in, whether the lock was broken, how much property was lost, etc.

Zhang Xiuying didn't want to let anyone know how much money her family had lost, but the yard was full of members who were watching the excitement, so she had no choice but to tell them.

When they heard her say that she had lost 228 yuan, some members were shocked.

"When we distributed food, we asked her to pay, and she cried and said she had no money."

"I saved so much money with great difficulty, and I was reluctant to spend it on food and drink, but it was stolen."

Zhang Xiuying's son was a little angry. He hated the thief and his mother for lying to him all the time.

She told him every day that the family was in financial difficulty, and every time he paid tuition, she said that the family had no money.

He couldn't openly blame his mother, so he blamed his sister, "What's wrong with you? You slept so soundly that you didn't even know there was a thief at home?"

Zhang Xiuying's daughter felt very aggrieved. Her eyes were swollen from crying, and her face was also covered with marks from her mother's slaps. Zhang

Xiuying was very distressed that her money was stolen. In order to make a few more dollars, her husband was still on duty at the factory on New Year's Eve and didn't go home. As a result, this damn girl was lazy and didn't keep watch.

If she didn't go to bed so early, would she still be robbed?

She cried and started to beat and scold the girl again.

Wang Lijuan, the women's director, could not stand it any longer. "The thief didn't steal from your family, so how can it be the child's fault? Why do you always beat and scold her? Besides, on New Year's Eve, men should stay up all night to burn incense and change candles, and she is a girl..."

"I went to the grave and cleaned the house, so I'm not tired? I just took a nap, why are you blaming me?" Zhang Xiuying's son suddenly exploded. He usually didn't do much work after school. He felt guilty and always felt that people were pointing fingers at him. He subconsciously thought that the women's director blamed him for not taking good care of his house, which led to the theft.

Zhang Xiuying also started to scold Wang Lijuan, saying that she didn't catch the thief quickly and made trouble. The women's director was so angry that she didn't care.

Deng Da Laba and Brother Lu went to ask questions at other families.

Lu Shaotang had already carried his two children to check several houses.

He directly told the brigade secretary: "It was done by someone from the village."

The secretary was also suspicious. It was too obvious. People from other villages could not have known so clearly.

But he was a little self-deceiving. He didn't want to believe that the village under his rule was so bad. He obviously paid so much attention to the atmosphere. He patrolled every day and didn't allow the members to play cards or gamble. How could someone steal things during the New Year?

Was this a deliberate demonstration against him?

Lu Shaotang had already briefly understood the situation, and said to the branch secretary: "Has the branch secretary investigated the new son-in-law in the village? What is his character like?"

The branch secretary said: "Bald? He looks okay. Although he has not been here for long, he works hard and is warm-hearted."

Lu Shaotang: "What did he do before he came to our village? Does he have a criminal record?"

There must be a reason for a young man to marry a remarried woman with three children.

After all, this is a very abnormal thing.

It's not that young men can't marry a remarried woman with children, but most men won't. If they do, they must have a convincing reason.

The woman is particularly rare, the woman is particularly rich, the woman has done him a favor, the two had feelings for each other before, the man is particularly poor, etc.

The secretary hesitated, "Bald used to have a bad reputation. He had a bad temper and got into a fight with others, so he was sent to labor camp for two years. His family was poor and he couldn't afford to marry a wife, so he married into the village. During the time he came to our village, he seemed to be quite honest. He never had a conflict with anyone, and he worked hard."

When Bald first came, the secretary was naturally worried about him and kept a close eye on him.

Bald never slacked off during the autumn harvest, and he also went to the production team to find work in the winter. He would take the initiative to help anyone who needed help.

He had a good reputation in the village.

The secretary was a little troubled. If it was a normal day, it would be easy to deal with it. But on New Year's Day, everyone in the village would visit each other in the first half of the night and go home to sleep in the second half of the night. It was really hard to find out who was the thief.

Panpan whispered a few words to Lu Shaotang, then got off the ground and ran away with Tiantian.

Lu Shaotang saw Lu Ping and his brother and asked them to keep an eye on Tiantian and Panpan, and he would go to check.

Just now, he could only ask casually while holding the child, but now he could look for traces and evidence.

Thieves will leave traces when they climb walls, pry doors, and break into houses.

It has snowed heavily in the past two days, and thieves will leave footprints at the crime scene.

Panpan held Tiantian's hand and found Huzi, Huahua and other young women soldiers, and soon came to Zhang Xiaoliang.

Panpan told Huahua and the others about the New Year's money and eating candies, melon seeds and peanuts, "My mother also said that she would make candied haws for us."

Huzi and the others immediately drooled, "Panpan, can you let us have a taste?"

Panpan: "Then I have to see if you listen to me."

Huzi and the others immediately showed their loyalty and wanted to be little lapdogs.

Panpan: "I'll reward you with a piece of candy first."

He had several pieces of candy in his pocket.

He began to share the candy, of course not giving them a whole piece, but letting them bite it open and share it themselves.

Zhang Xiaoliang over there couldn't bear to watch the excitement, he came to Panpan and wanted candy too.

Panpan: "You are not a good boy if you lie. I can't give you candy."

Zhang Xiaoliang: "I'm not lying!"

Panpan: "You said your stepfather beat you. I asked him and he said no."

Zhang Xiaoliang: "He did. He is very fierce. He scared me!"

Panpan: "What kind of dumplings did your family eat last night? How many bowls did he eat? Did he give you any if he was so fierce?"

Zhang Xiaoliang: "He and mom had pork and cabbage stuffing. My eldest brother ate six, my sister ate four, and I ate four."

Panpan: "Your family didn't kill pigs, right? Where did the meat come from?"

Zhang Xiaoliang: "The bald man brought My family only has one pig, which was sent to the commune."

Panpan: "Did your stepfather take you out to play last night? He didn't take you to stepfather's house to ask for New Year's money? My grandma gave me the money!"

Zhang Xiaoliang: "He went out to play by himself last night! It was midnight and he hadn't come back yet!"

Panpan: "How do you know?"

Zhang Xiaoliang: "I drank a bellyful of dumpling soup and got up to pee. I haven't wet the bed for a long time!"

Tiantian: "When did your stepfather come home?"

Zhang Xiaoliang shook his head, "I don't know."

After talking to Zhang Xiaoliang, Panpan gave him two candies and then took Tiantian to find his father.

Lu Ping: "What are you two running around for? It's time to go home and have breakfast."

Panpan wanted to find his father, but couldn't find him. "Where's my father?"

Lu Ping and Lu An also wondered. "He was here just now."

At this time, Deng Dalaba and Lu Da Ge asked Widow Sun and Baldy.

Deng Dalaba spoke loudly without any restraint. "Bald, this has never happened in our village before. You are new here, so we should ask you, right?"

Baldy smiled kindly, "No problem, of course no problem."

Widow Sun: "Hey, Director Deng, are you bullying people? Why should you suspect us newcomers to be thieves?"

Deng Dalaba: "No doubt, just ask. Everyone in the village has to ask."

Baldy pulled Widow Sun, "Let the director ask... " , I should. "

Deng Da Laba: "What did you do last night?"

Baldy thought for a moment, "Although I don't have any real elders in our village, I also visit those who have good relationships with me, and I also greet the new year with the buddies I know."

Brother Lu: "Did you go to other people's homes on New Year's Eve?"

The local custom is that on New Year's Eve, only the relatives will eat the New Year's Eve dinner and then stroll around to greet the elders. This is to ask for New Year's money. The formal New Year's greetings start on the first day of the New Year.

Those who are not relatives or have different surnames start on the first day of the New Year.

Almost no one will go to other people's homes to greet the new year on New Year's Eve.

The bald man casually mentioned a few families, including a few families next to the widow Sun's family at the back of the village, including Zhang Xiaoliang's uncle's family, and also stopped at the doorsteps of a few young people at the entrance of the village, including Lu Changfu. He chatted with them on the way, and then the village secretary called out the time and played with them for a while before going home to sleep.

Most families don't have watches. The village secretary usually comes out to call out the time at 8:30, and at 10 o'clock on New Year's Eve, he walks around and calls out the time. It's almost 10:30.

The last few people he met were Lu Changfu and two other young people.

If you report your name, you don't have to worry about the brigade cadres checking.

Widow Sun: "We went to bed and didn't wake up until dawn."

Deng Da Laba asked the young people that the bald man met before going home, and he did see him.

Big Brother Lu turned around to look for Lu Changfu, but he was nowhere to be found.

Lu Changfu was trembling with fear because of Lu Shaotang!

Lu Changfu did not participate in the theft last night, but Baldy kept saying that the Second Master's family had money and he knew what that meant.

He originally thought that Baldy might wait until Third Uncle was not at home to steal from the Second Master's family, but who knew they would be so bold!

That night, they stole from several families while everyone was relaxing during the New Year!

He didn't think much of it when he was thinking about the Second Master's family's money before, at most he was a little nervous, but when Baldy and his men stole from several families, he suddenly panicked.

This... this is stealing!

This was completely different from when he went to the scrap warehouse of the steel plant with others to steal some scrap to sell in the capital!

If he was caught by the brigade, then... he would be sent to labor reform!

He was so scared that he hid at home and dared not go out, and then he sneaked out to see what was going on.

As a result, he was caught by Lu Shaotang for the nth time when he tried to peek out.

Lu Shaotang dragged him to the haystack and threw him against the wall, looking at him coldly.

When Panpan was strongly suspicious of Lu Changfu, Lu Shaotang did not take it lightly.

Lu Shaotang knew that Lu Changfu did not have the courage to steal, but he had been a gangster since he was a child, idle and liked to make friends with some bad people.

Lu Shaotang didn't care whether he was a gangster or a decent person, he had to deal with him if he cared about his family.

Lu Changfu was frightened by Lu Shaotang's cold eyes and trembled, his legs also became weak, "Third, Third Uncle, I, I didn't do it, I, I don't steal things."

Lu Shaotang: "Then who are you checking the place for?"

Lu Changfu: "No, Third Uncle, what, what are you checking the place for?"

Lu Shaotang stared at him, and grabbed Lu Changfu's shoulders with his big hands, holding him like an iron clamp, and exerting force.

Lu Changfu screamed in pain, "Third, Third Uncle..."

Lu Shaotang: "Do you want me to remind you? Go to my house and rip the boxes?"

If it wasn't New Year's Eve, Lu Changfu really wouldn't have had the chance to go to Second Master's house and rip the boxes.

Lu Changfu was not a thief, but after being frightened by Lu Shaotang, he confessed everything.

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At noon, Baldy looked outside and saw Deng Da Laba and the others were still stupidly asking everyone what they were doing and what time they were going home.

What a complete fool!

And he's still the director of public security.

He said to Widow Sun, "I'm going home for a while."

Widow Sun immediately grabbed him and said, "Don't go out now, just stay at home."

The bald man laughed and said, "I didn't do anything, why shouldn't I go home? I have to go back and kowtow to my parents on New Year's Day."

He packed his bag and was about to leave. At this time, Deng Da Laba rushed in with the militia company commander and several militiamen.

They were loaded with guns and aimed at the bald man.

The militia company commander waved his hand, "Catch him!"

Four militiamen immediately stepped forward and grabbed the bald man.

Widow Sun was anxious and rushed over, "What are you doing? Why are you arresting people randomly?"

Soon the branch secretary and the team leader and others also came over.

The secretary was innocent and scolded Widow Sun: "Our brigade treated you well, why do you turn around and harm your own people?"

Widow Sun denied it and cried that she was innocent and said she did nothing.

Bald man: "It's true that I'm a new immigrant, but I have always been honest. You can't arrest people at random!"

Widow Sun could testify that he had been sleeping at home. In theory, he should not be suspected except that he was an immigrant from another village.

He glanced at Widow Sun's eldest son and daughter. Although he was not very good to them, he was not bad either. Besides, they were all asleep when he came back and should not have known.

At this time, his two brothers, Horse Face and Short and Thin, were thrown in, and the stolen goods were also displayed.

Bald man's face changed drastically in an instant.

The secretary was so angry that he pulled out the cigarette pot from his waist and hit the bald man on the head repeatedly, "You bastard, I thought you had changed, but you came to our brigade to ruin our reputation!"

You have ruined my good reputation over the years.

I just got the advanced brigade, damn it, if I can't get the advanced brigade next year, it's your fault!

The bald man was not afraid of being stolen and stolen. It was just a petty theft, nothing serious, and he would be able to go home in three to five months at most.

Zhang Xiuying and several other families whose property was stolen rushed over and beat and hit the bald man. Zhang Xiuying did not hit the bald man, but pulled the hair and hit the widow Sun's face.

"You scum who eats at home and eats outside, your husband died and your whole family's food is from our brigade, we are all part of it! You eat my food and collude with thieves to harm us, you black-hearted and rotten little whore, today I must slap you in the face!"

How could Widow Sun be willing to be beaten?

Widow Sun's two sisters-in-law were so angry that they rushed over to help Zhang Xiuying hold her down and let Zhang Xiuying slap her to death.

The brigade cadres did not stop them for a while, and let the victim vent appropriately.

The branch secretary was really angry!

He also taught everyone not to have prejudices, and that labor reform personnel can be reformed. He also thought about applying for an activist for Baldy next year if he performed well.

This time, thanks to Lu Shaotang's timely action, he got information from Lu Changfu and asked the captain to take people to catch the two accomplices by bike.

The two thieves never thought that anyone would suspect them. After breaking into the house and stealing, they went home to sleep.

They got both the stolen and the stolen.

Baldy and his two accomplices were taken away, while Widow Sun was labeled as a bad element and was disciplined by the team.

In addition to doing dirty and tiring work, the bad elements in the village had to make self-criticisms every day. As long as they did not take off the hat, they could not raise their heads and walk, and had to bow their heads.

The whole family was embarrassed!

How could Widow Sun's two sisters-in-law not hate her?

The bald man thought he could go home in three to five months, but that was just wishful thinking.

The sentencing system at that time was different from that of later generations. The communes had the right to execute

people by firing squad, and the cases with very serious impacts were always severely punished and heavily sentenced. Petty thefts might be punished with three to five months of labor reform, but they had planned to steal the Lu family's pension, and had been scouting and plotting to steal more money, so the starting sentence was five years.

Lu Changfu was not arrested, but he was scared by Lu Shaotang and hid at home and dared not go out.

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"We helped the team solve the case!"

The next day, Lin Shu and Lu Shaotang took their two children back to their mother's house. As soon as they saw their grandmother and others, Panpan and Tiantian began to talk vividly.

The whole family praised the two children to the sky.

Especially Lin's father and mother, they believed it without a doubt. It was our children who helped the blacksmith to be arrested.

Our children can earn money by selling tea eggs when they go to the hospital to accompany the patient. They may do more than grandma and grandma.

Grandma and grandma have a deep filter for their children.

Lin Xia hugged the two children and didn't let go, "How

come you two are so good." Lin's mother: "You should find a good one and give birth to such a good child."

Lin's mother talked to Lin Xia at night during the two days since she came back. It sounded like she didn't want to look for another one, but Lin's mother didn't agree.

You are only 26 years old, how can you not look for another one?

Qian Lisheng is a bad man, but that doesn't mean other men are bad too. Look at your eldest brother-in-law and third brother-in-law, aren't they all good men?

Seeing that the daughter-in-law cherishes children so much, Lin's mother thinks that she should find another one. The second daughter-in-law cherishes children the most.

Tiantian leaned in Lin Xia's arms and smiled, "Second aunt will definitely give birth to a baby as good as me."

Lin Xia laughed, "That's great."

After chatting for a while, Lin Shu wanted to take Lu Shaotang to the next door to pay New Year's greetings to her aunt and uncle, thinking that her cousin should also go back to her parents' home.

Lin's mother sighed, "No need to go. Her mother is not well. It is estimated that she will be gone in a few days. Your aunt and uncle are all there."

Lu Shaotang asked Lin Shu to talk to his parents, and he asked Lin Yue to go out with him.

The brigade cadres and Zhou's mother's family had helped Lin Yue's divorce and Lin's mother's illness. As the son-in-law of the Lin family, Lu Shaotang naturally had to visit them on behalf of his wife to wish them a happy new year.

They brought extra gifts.

Lin's mother and father were afraid of troubling him, and even said it was not necessary. This year, Lin's father had already gone with Lin Yue and Lin Xia.

Lu Shaotang: "It's my duty."

Lin Shu told his parents not to worry and let him go.

They were afraid of troubling Lu Shaotang, and Lu Shaotang didn't like socializing, but it was a good thing that he was willing to help his wife do these things.

After all, he was a person of status in everyone's eyes, and being able to visit them to wish them a happy new year would make the other party feel very face-saving.

When Panpan heard this, he also wanted to go. He wanted to go and tell others about solving the case.

Lu Shaotang didn't think his sons were too ostentatious at all. Instead, he was happy to take them out.

The three of them were very thick-skinned and were not afraid of being accused of being too high-profile.

Lin's father asked the three of them to talk in private, and he also went with Baoer in his arms.

The three of them were talking intimately when two people came in from outside. As soon as they entered the door, they shouted loudly and affectionately: "Kowtow to Fourth Aunt and Uncle, and Happy New Year!" The

ones who came were the eldest nephew and third niece of Lin's mother's family, both of whom were the children of her eldest brother.

Lin's mother's face, which was originally smiling without any defense, suddenly stiffened. She was always nervous in front of her mother's family

. She subconsciously wanted to go out to greet them, but was held down by Lin Xia.

Lin Xia: "It's my eldest cousin and third cousin, Happy New Year."

Lin Shu also went down to the field, but she didn't let her mother go down, and just let her sit on the kang.

If possible, Lin Shu didn't want to see the original owner's grandmother in this life!

The original owner's grandmother, Mrs. Jie, was a sweet-faced but cruel person, and lived very soberly and harshly.

Her old man was an honest and poor man. He couldn't afford to marry a wife at that time, and he was thought to be a bachelor. Later, he finally married Mrs. Jie, and naturally he was controlled by her.

She gave birth to the eldest daughter and the eldest son, hoping that they would take care of her in her old age, and the second daughter and the second son were backup.

The others were a burden, and she didn't want to give birth to them or raise them.

The third son was thrown out to freeze to death in the middle of winter when he was born. The third daughter was thrown directly into the urine bucket and drowned. The eldest sister was upset about the third brother's matter, so she secretly took the younger sister out and washed her and raised her, but she died before a full month.

The fourth daughter, Lin's mother, was also the same. The eldest sister also stole her out of the urine bucket and washed her and raised her. Maybe she survived because of her bad luck.

For Mrs. Jie, except for the eldest son and daughter, the other children were just grass. They were treated like cows and horses and were often beaten and scolded.

Maybe because she was selfish enough not to spoil her children and put herself first in everything, the children were... very filial.

When it was the turn of the grandchildren who didn't have to raise their own children, she changed her strategy and became very good at pulling the children.

She likes the eldest grandson and the third granddaughter of the first wife the most, but she sows discord between the other children and their parents according to her own needs and preferences.

For example, she instigated the children of the second son to be estranged from their biological mother, and instead thought she was a good person.

Several daughters' families also have similar problems, either instigating the relationship between the daughter and the son-in-law, or instigating the relationship between the children and their parents.

Because she failed to instigate Grandma Lin, the Lin family alienated the relationship between the children and Grandma Lin. She brainwashed the prettiest Lin Shu, saying "Don't act like an old vixen like you" and "When you grow up, you can make money from your husband's family to honor your grandma and help your mother and brother." She wiped her tears and said to the little original owner, "It's not easy for your mother to survive. It's not easy to raise children in that era. Our family can survive your mother." My daughter, your grandma has really suffered a lot. Other people’s children have too many and they can’t feed them, so they just throw them out to feed wolves and dogs...”

She kept telling the children that it was not easy for her to raise several older sisters. She was so hungry that her bones were chaffed several times. In order to save food for her children, she was so hungry that she lost several of her teeth.

But in fact, she secretly ate some good things at home behind the back of other children and her eldest son.

Old Mrs. Xie never felt that she was wrong. There were so many parents who could not raise their children or even killed them. She had no choice.

She not only wanted to control her children, but also all her grandchildren, so that they would give her money and support her and her eldest son's family. Old

Mrs. Xie treated all her children except her eldest son like this: if you go to her house with gifts, she would hope that you would not eat, put down your things and leave immediately.

But she could go to your house to visit relatives with two rotten radishes, eat and drink, and when she left, she even wanted you to give her two pounds of meat as a return gift.

In the past, when Grandma Lin was in charge, the Xie family did not take much advantage. At most, they received the festival gifts set by Grandma Lin and five yuan a year as filial piety.

Many daughters of the family do not give money to their parents' home when they return home. After all, how much money can a farmer earn in a year? Everything in the family, including food, clothing, firewood, rice, oil and salt, costs money.

My second sister got married, and Grandma Lin passed away. Later, Sun Xiaohong came into the family. Because the Sun family was powerful, my grandmother's family did not get any benefits, so they did not visit her much.

Since Lin Yue divorced, the Xie family began to test and ask for more money.

Especially after Lin Yue divorced, he and Lin's father became tractor drivers to earn wages and extra money, and the Xie family became even more jealous.

Grandma Xie sent her eldest grandson to test Lin's mother several times, asking for money in various ways. Lin's mother was not good at speaking and did not know how to refuse her parents' family. It was still Aunt Lin who helped her to fight back.

Aunt Lin said that Lin Yue had to get a wife after the divorce to collect the dowry, and he had to eat, clothe and raise children all year round, so he definitely didn't have any extra money to give to others. Mother

Lin didn't feel comfortable telling her daughter about her nephew's request for money, fearing that it would upset her. She also feared that her son's divorce was not a pleasant thing to hear, and that her parents would say that she was unfilial and ungrateful, which would affect the children even more.

Today was the second day of the first lunar month, and it was the day for the daughter to take her children back to her parents' home. They didn't go to their own grandmother's home but went to Lin's mother's home, which was abnormal no matter how you looked at it.

Lin Shu had a feeling that they were here to ask for money. When

she and Lin Xia walked to the main hall, they saw their eldest cousin Jie Jinkui and third cousin Jie Jinlan coming in one after another.

Xie Jinkui is thirty-five this year. Because he is the eldest grandson of Mrs. Xie, he has not suffered from hardships and is raised to look like he is twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old.

Xie Jinlan is in a similar situation. Because she wants to please Mrs. Xie, she eats well and wears well at home without having to work.

She is also fair-skinned and good-looking.

Mrs. Xie and her aunt-in-law praise her for her beauty. She is more beautiful than the old and young fox spirits in the fourth aunt's family. This makes her very confident and thinks she looks better than Lin Shu.

Because she had high aspirations, she wanted to find a man who was better than Lin Shu's man. He had to be tall, handsome, and able to make money. At least he had to be in the city and eat commodity food and get a salary.

With this mentality, she was picky and choosey, and she didn't find a suitable man after 21 years.

The two siblings looked at each other, and Xie Jinkui was a little scared when he saw Lin Xia.

Xie Jinlan saw Lin Shu and saw that her skin was white and moist in the middle of winter, her lips were rosy and moist, and there was no dryness or peeling at all. She looked moist and bright. How come she looked much more beautiful than before?

She was immediately jealous.

Xie Jinkui said, "My two sisters, your grandma is sick, so your fourth aunt should be at home."

Lin's mother: "Jinkui and Jinlan are here, come in quickly, it's very cold outside."

The two of them obviously didn't expect that the "idiot" Lin Xia was at home. She has been bold and outspoken since she was a child, and often makes people embarrassed.

"Fourth aunt, my grandma is sick and has an IV drip." Xie Jinkui didn't want to confront Lin Xia, and even skipped the extra greetings. He just wanted to control the fourth aunt immediately.

Lin Xia was about to retort her, but Lin Shu pinched her hand and said, "Cousin, my mother just had an IV drip a while ago, and she stayed in the city hospital for several days. The doctor said that she can't go out casually, can't be frozen, and has to be taken care of at home."

Seeing that Xie Jinkui was a little confused, she sneered in her heart, no matter whether you are sick or not, my mother has really been hospitalized, why don't you come to visit her?

Jie Jinkui didn't expect that his plan would be disrupted by Lin Shu as soon as he arrived.

He came to tell his fourth aunt as planned and took her to take care of grandma.

You must not go empty-handed, you must bring money, big steamed buns, and good things for the New Year, right?

Although Lin's mother and father went to her parents' home before the New Year and gave New Year gifts and five yuan, old lady Jie was not satisfied.

Your husband and son are tractor drivers and earn wages, your eldest and second daughters are in the city, and your third daughter and son-in-law are military officers and earn so much salary, so why don't you give money to me, your grandmother? If

they don't give it to me, they will give it to you, right? Then you have to give it to me.

Old Mrs. Xie knew that Lin Shu's husband was alive and well, and he made so much money, so she wanted to get money from her granddaughter.

She couldn't go to Lu's farm to ask Lin Shu for money, so she had to find a way from Lin's mother.

Grandma is sick, and your mother has gone to take care of her. How can you, her dear granddaughter, not go to see her?

Not going is unfilial!

No human touch for relatives!

Before Xie Jinkui came, he never thought that he would be rejected, because Fourth Aunt was soft-hearted, and Lin Shu was also soft-hearted. As long as she left her mother-in-law, she would lose her backbone.

Although they all heard that Lin Shu was praised by the commune or somewhere else, they didn't believe it was Lin Shu's ability at all, and they all believed that it was a false reputation given to her by the Lu family.

Now that Lin Shu has rejected his invitation in advance, he doesn't know what to do for a moment.

You can't just ask for money directly?

Jie Jinlan's eyes are already red, "My grandma has been feeling unwell since the New Year. She keeps saying that she misses her fourth aunt and my cousins. She said that when sister Lin Shu was little, she liked to go to her grandmother's house the most, but she doesn't like to go after she got married. Is it because of her mother-in-law's strictness? My grandma is so distressed that she cries every time she thinks of it."

Lin Shu: "I don't go to my grandmother's house often, is it because my grandma was sick and I went twice, or was it because my grandma was sick and I went to see her twice? Grandma always talks to me about fox spirits, I always thought there was a fox spirit in your family and I wanted to see it."

The brother and sister were so angry that their faces changed.