"Dad, Dad!" Gou Quangui took the person from the neighbor's hands, then put him on the ground, calling out worriedly.
"Quan Gui, your dad is still breathing! Look, look, his chest is still rising and falling!" the neighbor exclaimed, looking at the rising and falling chest.
Their village is full of elderly people; each one who passes away is one less, and the village becomes a bit more deserted with each one gone.
They naturally hope to live to be a hundred years old, and that the village will be more lively in their daily lives.
Although Gou Quangui's father was mentally challenged, he had helped them a lot when he was young and was a good man.
Upon hearing this, a glimmer of light appeared in the eyes of Gou Quangui and Gou Lao Er.
“He’s still breathing, he’s still breathing, second brother, quickly get your stretcher out and carry Dad to the village entrance. I’ll go call an ambulance,” Gou Quangui urged.
"Okay, okay." Gou Lao Er nodded and hurried home to find the stretcher he had bought from the garbage collector for fifty yuan. He then immediately called his wife to come and help.
"Second son's wife, call the third son."
"Oh, and call the fourth brother and the little sister over too. We need to settle things with them about Dad's matter today!"
When this was mentioned, Gou Quangui's tone was filled with anger.
For that little bit of money, they would do something as heinous as patricide!
As the eldest brother, he was determined to settle things with them today!
"Does Dad's affair have anything to do with the fourth brother and the youngest sister?" Gou Lao Er asked suspiciously.
They were nowhere to be seen.
What exactly happened?
And this sheet metal is really heavy. If his dad were young, he definitely could have easily lifted it.
The key point is that his father is in his seventies or eighties and doesn't have much strength. How did he manage to lift it?
"Second Uncle, it was Fourth Uncle and Aunt who tricked my grandfather into the cesspool. They thought he still had money, so they were biased and stole the money and gave it to us instead of them," Gou Suxin said simply and clearly, still crying as she spoke.
It's not worth it for my grandfather's sincerity.
"What? Your fourth uncle and aunt did this? Damn it, last time they tricked me and the third brother, saying that investing in stocks was a sure thing and that we should lend them money."
“I gave her 30,000 yuan, and the third brother gave her 20,000 yuan. In the end, we lost everything. When we went to ask for the money back, they said that it was our investment, and we couldn’t blame them for the loss. We had to share the risk. We clearly borrowed it!”
"But there was no written note or IOU; they insisted it was an investment, a partnership."
"Later, they returned 10,000 yuan each to me and your third uncle, and our relationship improved a bit. I never expected... I never expected that he would want me to lose my father?"
"I'll call Lao San and the others right now."
Gou Lao Er complained, then said angrily.
He admitted that he was tempted to lend them money when he heard that it was a sure thing and that they would receive dividends, and that he was too greedy.
They never expected that the other party would directly swindle them, calling the loan an investment, and afterwards they stopped contacting each other much.
It was only after they repaid 10,000 yuan and apologized that their relationship improved somewhat.
They not only cheated him, but they also wanted to kill his father?
What constitutes a complete family?
A home is only a home if your wife and parents are there. His mother passed away early, leaving only his father.
If even his father is gone, then he will truly have no parents.
Although his father is mentally challenged, his past actions have become muscle memory.
When he lived at their house, if there was roast chicken or roast duck on the table, his father would always give the chicken legs to him and his wife, never even giving any to his own grandson.
In his father's eyes, no matter how old they are, they are still his children. Even if they forget due to Alzheimer's, they will still remember their behavior.
"Oh right, it was the fourth brother and the youngest sister who called the third brother and me, stirring up trouble by saying that you lost our dad, that you were lazy and didn't take good care of him, and that we should all go and settle accounts with you. They said you wanted to make us lose our father," Gou Lao Er complained.
His father had just gone missing, and they were anxious.
Only after hearing what they said did they go to find him, and that's why they said they would settle accounts with them if they couldn't find his father.
"Brother, I called them, and they said they're coming now," Gou Lao Er's wife said after hanging up the phone.
Although they don't interact much on a regular basis, they have a pretty good relationship.
Now that such a big thing has happened, we should be more united.
“We’ll talk about their matter later. Let’s get Dad to the hospital first,” Gou Quangui said, then looked at the phone in Gou Suxin’s hand. “Master Jiang, thank you so much. If it weren’t for you… if it weren’t for you, my dad would definitely…”
Towards the end, Gou Quangui almost shed tears.
“Your dad did good deeds when he was young, he’ll be fine. Hurry and take him to the hospital,” Jiang Yuan’s voice came from the phone.
Hearing this, Gou Quangui and the others breathed a sigh of relief and carried the stretcher to the village entrance to wait for the ambulance.
After saying thank you, Gou Suxin also ended the live stream and went with them.
It's good that her grandfather is alright.
As for the bad things her fourth uncle and aunt did, the elders will handle it.
Hey, it's good that you're alright!
I was so worried. After they pulled the person out of the cesspool, I was afraid they were gone.
[To still be breathing after a day and a night in a cesspool, one must have done a lot of good deeds in his youth. Most people, even a strong young man, would have died there.]
Indeed, and even though the sheet metal wasn't airtight, the poor air circulation, combined with the heat, meant that a person could still breathe—it's a miracle, a blessing from heaven.
Good deeds are rewarded! I hereby declare that from today onwards, I will do good deeds!
[Master Jiang, what will happen to his fourth son and youngest sister? How will they treat them?]
[Yes, yes, murder is punishable by death. This is considered murder, won't they be punished?]
“Filial piety has always been of paramount importance, especially in rural areas. Their desire to kill their own father is unfilial.”
“Goujia Village will expel them from the list, and his brothers will also sever ties with them. Although they live in the city, the city is close to the village, and many people from Goujia Village have also moved to the city. Once the matter is publicized, they will be infamous, and even their children will be unable to hold their heads up because of them.”
"Most importantly, they lost a lot of money in the stock market, are heavily in debt, and have borrowed a lot of money from others. The debt collectors will deal with them."
Jiang Yuan replied.
Police investigations rely on evidence. Without surveillance footage or witnesses, her few words alone cannot serve as evidence.
The law can't do anything to them, but others can.
They won't have an easy time later.
For the sake of his reputation, his younger sister's husband would divorce her and kick her out.
His fourth son's debts will be exposed. Because the amount of debt is too large, his wife is afraid of being implicated, so she took the children back to her hometown and is also divorcing him.
No wonder she set her sights on her own father; it turns out she owed a lot of money.
[Is it really worth it for just a few tens of thousands of yuan? Besides, his father gave them more than his other brothers.]
Human desires are never satisfied.
You can know a person's face but not their heart; it's truly disheartening.
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