Yu Sui circled the three people, frowned and looked at them for a while, then she was a little confused. Three people with an average age of 67, it was impossible for the police to not be able to get anything out of them. They could only get the answer right with one question. So, why couldn't they get anything out of them?
With such questions in mind, Yu Sui couldn't sleep in the first half of the night. She only felt sleepy when the roosters crowed in the distance.
So when I got up the next day, it was already nine o'clock.
Looking at the flickering sunlight outside, Yu Sui asked Yu Hemiao, who was washing clothes by the well, "Sister, didn't I tell you and mother that I was going to the Xia family early this morning? It's so late, why didn't you call me?"
Seeing that Yu Sui was a little anxious, Yu Hemiao wiped his hands and stood up:
"Well, it was mother who said, what are you doing so early? Look at that stepmother, she won't even cook you breakfast. You must be very tired after coming all the way here, so she'll let you sleep and eat whenever you get up. There's porridge in the pot for you, eat it when you're full, so they won't leave you hungry. I'll serve it out for you."
Hearing her sister say this, Yu Sui smiled bitterly:
"Mom, what a fool! I was afraid they'd be out of work and I wouldn't be able to get in. After all, I've never been there officially, and I'm worried I'd gone the wrong way. If they were home, wouldn't it be easier for me to recognize them? But now, everyone's busy, so what should I do?"
Yu Hemiao: "It's easy to find. I know where it is. I'll draw you a map later. It's right next to the big river pond. Since you missed it this morning, you should come before lunch. Mother also said that Xia Lin'er's stepmother came at our lunch time last time."
Yu Sui laughed even louder: "Mom remembers this incident so clearly."
Yu Hemiao also laughed: "Mom said that after what happened to me, she will never try to curry favor with these in-laws again. We must be a little more modest so that they won't think we are easy to bully."
"No one can bully me. Sis, please sit down for a while. I have something to ask you." Yu Sui held up a bowl of porridge and pulled Yu Hemiao to sit on the stool next to her. "Do you still remember when the batch of crispy candies that contained rat poison was made? I need to ask you something."
Yu Hemiao rubbed his hands nervously. "Even if I don't remember, after being questioned by the police a few times, I remember everything. Alas, even thinking about this now, I feel sad. It was us who failed to protect the factory."
Yu Sui patted her sister's shoulder to comfort her: "Things have come to this, there's no point in talking about this. Do you still remember who were the people who were packing that day?"
"I remember. You know, making crispy candies involves frying various ingredients, which is a lot of work, so we made them every five days. That day was the day before Qingming Festival, and everyone was talking about tomb sweeping early that morning. So I remember it very clearly. There used to be four people in the packaging workshop, but that day, three of them showed up, all old men: Old Zhangyu, Yang Shuiyan, and Yu Laojiu."
Yu Sui was stunned. This was not the case on the attendance list. It seemed that there was still a problem.
Yu Sui: "Where is Yu Zhushi?"
"Yu Zhu... I heard from Yang Shui-yi that she came for a moment and then left, saying she suddenly remembered she needed to buy some fresh fish for the ancestors."
"Then why is it that the factory attendance sheet for that day lists Yu Zhushi, Yang Shuiyan, and Yu Laojiu, but not Old Octopus at all?"
"Isn't it on the attendance record? I remember it clearly. Old Octopus came that day. The three old men were talking about the women in other production teams. They were saying very unpleasant things. I didn't pay much attention to them!"
Yu Sui didn't want to tell Yu Hemiao that she was going to investigate the rat poison incident, fearing she might worry. She didn't want to appear overly concerned, so she just asked in a normal tone, "Who recorded the attendance sheet during that time?"
Yu Hemiao shook her head. "I don't know about that. Attendance isn't something I should be asking about. I also remember what you said, 'Working in a factory, there are many people and things are said. It's not your business to manage. Don't ask directly. You can talk to Zhang Caifeng privately. Things like attendance that can easily offend people are best left uninformed.' Sister, I didn't care. What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I just feel like the rat poison incident has something to do with the person who packaged it, so I'm asking."
"Oh, when the incident first happened, Tang Zhaodi and I also secretly said this. But later the police came to investigate and couldn't find anything, so we didn't dare to discuss it anymore. After all, we didn't want the incident to happen in our factory. Who knew that in the end, we would still be blamed on our factory."
"Speaking of which, when the Public Security Bureau came to question you, did you tell us who were the people who packed it that day?"
"Hmm..." Yu Hemiao tilted his head and thought for a moment. "I think I did say it... I should have said it. Later, the Public Security Bureau also questioned Old Zhang Yuchen."
"Did you ask Old Octopus afterwards what the police asked him?"
"No, the old octopus is suffering from dementia. Don't you know that?"
"Old Octopus" was the nickname of an old man. When he was young, he was very quick with his hands and feet, as if he had many limbs, hence the nickname. However, as he aged, his back became severely bent, and he could no longer work. Zhang Caifeng, remembering that he had been a key member of the production team when he was young, invited him to work at the collective factory to earn some money.
Yu Sui: "Alzheimer's? When was this confirmed? I haven't heard of it before!"
Yu Hemiao: "That's how we found out. Before, we just thought he was a little disorganized and always spoke as if he was joking. Later, they said the police asked him a lot of questions, but he didn't answer any of them coherently. He was so scared that he fainted in the police station. When he woke up, he was drooling, wet his pants, and crying like a baby. Because he was 68 years old, the police were a little worried, so they sent him to the hospital. The hospital said he had Alzheimer's disease."
"Is that so..." Yu Sui fell into deep thought.
Yu Hemiao grabbed her arm and said, "Sister, do you want to investigate this?"
Yu Sui neither admitted nor denied: "After all, I put a lot of thought into this factory. I definitely want to know where the problem lies."
Yu Hemiao was already starting to worry. "Sister, the factory is in such a state now, with nothing left. I think you shouldn't investigate. Yu Fugui is so proud of being the team leader. And Yin Xiao'e, ever since she brought a lot of people to rob the factory of flour and sugar, she's been bragging about it every day on the ridges of the fields. Those who have profited from it are flattering her, saying they want to elect her as the director of the Women's Affairs Office. If you investigate, aren't you going against them? We can't defeat these unreasonable people."
Yin Xiao'e is Tang Zhaodi's shrewish sister-in-law.
Yu Sui looked into Yu Hemiao's worried eyes and slowly asked, "What about Zhang Caifeng?"
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