Zhang Caifeng said, spreading her hands:
"Old Octopus committed these evil deeds when he was young. His sons disliked him, and his daughter-in-law also disliked him. Now that he's mentally retarded and causing trouble, they're even more angry. The sons are blaming each other, saying they're on duty and just want to give Old Octopus a bowl of rice so he doesn't starve to death.
A few days ago, it was the youngest son's turn. He said, "This old man who does nothing but cause trouble is still being fed. I'm so angry! Why doesn't he just die?" His wife said, "It's easy to kill him. A packet of rat poison is enough!" The youngest son said, "He'll just say, 'If you have the guts, go ahead and do it.'" His wife said, "If you dare, I'll do it." Yu Sui, you see, discussing killing a person is worse than killing a dog!"
Yu Sui: "So, that daughter-in-law really bought rat poison and put it in the octopus rice for him?"
Zhang Caifeng looked into the distance with a look of pity for all living beings and shook her head:
"Oh, no. People like them have their own ways of shirking responsibility. Section Chief Meng told me that my daughter-in-law bought rat poison and mixed it into the rice, but she didn't give it directly to me. She put it on the corner of the stove. She knew that when Old Octopus was hungry, he would sneak into the kitchen to eat.
It can be said that when they bought the medicine, they had already thought about how to evade suspicion in case of any consequences. Then they deliberately took the medicine from their relatives. But they were still worried. In the middle of the night, the daughter-in-law came back to check whether the bowl of rice had been eaten.
When they saw that it had indeed been eaten, they tried to hide again. They had originally thought they could do this without anyone noticing, thinking that even if Old Octopus died, no one would speak up for him. But someone still saw Old Octopus's daughter-in-law appear in the early morning, so they reported it, and Secretary Zou called the police.
Yu Sui continued, "Yes, it was me. It was me who found the secretary and urged him to report the case. Because I had a vague feeling at the time that this case might not be a single case, and that it might lead to something else."
"Thanks to you, we finally got it out!" Zhang Caifeng patted Yu Sui's shoulder in appreciation:
"Section Chief Meng said that Yu Laojiu was deceived by Chen Xiaofeng's nonsense, so they pulled Yu Laojiu in for questioning. Everyone in the Public Security Bureau didn't expect that as soon as Yu Laojiu saw them, he took the initiative to admit that he had indeed instigated Chen Xiaofeng to buy rat poison.
He also said he would tell everyone everything, but I was wrongly accused, and as long as the police released me, he would tell everyone everything. He also confessed that he had killed his wife. He described it in great detail, saying that he had put a little rat poison in her food every day, and within ten days or half a month, she started losing her hair and vomiting, and eventually died. Until her death, no one suspected that he had killed his wife.
Yu Sui sighed heavily: "It seems that this time, he really wants to die."
"Yeah, probably in his mind, if he killed his wife and the old octopus, there would be no need for him to live anymore."
After the two women said this, they remained silent for a while.
After a long pause, Yu Sui said, "Everyone is guilty. I think if you hadn't taken good care of him these days, given him work points at the collective factory, and always shared some food with him, he might not have come forward to admit it even if everyone in the production team died."
Zhang Caifeng looked at the fields in the distance and nodded:
"Indeed. He was indeed grateful to me for taking the blame at the last moment, but your help was also involved. If you hadn't urged Secretary Zou to report the case, Old Octopus would have died. Yu Laojiu wasn't so conscious as to go to the Public Security Bureau and surrender himself in exchange for my release!"
"Yu Sui, I've been wondering why this happened. Let's not even talk about how Yu Laojiu drugged Old Octopus to kill him. Let's just talk about the situation. You say I did my best for everyone, but when something goes wrong at the factory, these people didn't think about protecting the interests of the factory, but instead took advantage of the situation to rob us of all our equipment and belongings. Why?"
She squinted her eyes, and there were deep wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.
Yu Sui knew that she was still hurt.
"Sixth Aunt, why have you been thinking about this for so long? Why do you think it is?"
Zhang Caifeng: "I think...it's because their lives are too hard. If everyone's life were better, I guess this wouldn't happen."
"Haha!" Yu Sui sneered.
She thought Zhang Caifeng would say something cynical, but in the end, this woman was still willing to believe that people like Yin Xiao'e were inherently kind.
Yu Sui shook her head. "Sixth Aunt, there are people in this world who, even if they have mountains of gold and silver, will still feel that they lack too much and must take what others have for themselves. On the other hand, there are always some people who are kind by nature. Even if they are at the end of their rope, they will still feel that they can lend a hand to others.
So there's a saying that's true: good people never think they're good enough, and bad people never think they're bad enough. People like Yin Xiao'e will always exist. They won't disappear just because life gets better; they'll just reappear in a different form.
I thought Zhang Caifeng would start to express her grievances at this point, but Zhang Caifeng said:
"I know. What I mean is, because life is so hard, their eyes are always fixed on the small benefits in front of them, and they can't see the greater benefits in the distance. People like this, in fact, will work hard as long as they are given a little benefit. Therefore, people like this are the best to use. If we open a factory again in the future, we won't use those old people, but these people. Give them a little benefit, and they will work hard!"
"Uh..." Yu Sui was speechless for a moment. She didn't know whether to say that Zhang Caifeng thought too simply or that she thought too complicatedly.
Zhang Caifeng looked at her expression and burst into laughter: "Come on, Yu Sui, I know you must think I'm stupid. Yin Xiao'e and the others are already like this, and I'm still thinking about the future. Hahaha, don't worry, I won't open a factory in the future. I was just talking."
Having said this, Yu Sui felt very sad: "I'm sorry, Sixth Aunt, it was my suggestion that caused you to go through all this trouble and suffer so much."
Zhang Caifeng smiled and waved her hands:
"No, no, Yu Sui, you're wrong. I don't think it's a big deal. On the contrary, I'm quite grateful to you. I should say that you made me realize that many things I never even dared to think about are actually achievable as long as I work hard. If you hadn't encouraged me, I would never have thought of becoming a team leader. If you hadn't suggested it, I would never have thought of opening a factory!"
Because of these things, I had the opportunity to meet people outside and learned a lot. I even met a few thugs in the detention center. They knew a lot about my black market life. Hahaha, it was fun. I won't be a captain in the future. I'll have the chance to join the black market!"
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