"You, you, you, your man fell into the well and drowned."
When Zhang Yulian heard this, her body immediately became weak and she could no longer stand.
She didn't have a good rest last night. From this person's perspective, Zhang Yulian was so frightened that her legs became weak when she heard the news.
"Mom Qiangzi, are you okay?
Go and take a look quickly, your men are all soaked in the well water."
Zhang Yulian's face was frighteningly pale. At the critical moment, she could only pretend to faint.
Many people rent this house, and everyone uses this well. At this moment, the landlord is even more anxious than Zhang Yulian.
You know, this well can feed an entire yard of people.
There are people dead inside in the morning. How should people in this yard use water in this summer?
The landlord called the police first. When the police arrived, Zhang Yulian was still asleep.
She didn't sleep well last night, and she was actually very sleepy right now. Her dazed look didn't look fake at all.
Liu Qiang stood in the yard and watched as the police came, fished out Liu Ergou's body and covered it with a white cloth.
Liu Qiang was young, and when he saw Liu Ergou's death, he did not shed a single tear.
Liu Ergou beat them at every turn, and now that he was dead, although he couldn't be happy, he wasn't too sad either.
The landlord and the police comrades walked up to Zhang Yulian. Zhang Yulian was expressionless at the moment, sitting on the bed in a daze, looking at her in despair.
The policeman asked: "Are you Liu Ergou's woman?"
Zhang Yulian nodded, and the landlord on the side said: "Comrade police, her man is an alcoholic. Yesterday afternoon he sat under the eaves in the yard and drank all afternoon. After we fell asleep at night, he was still sitting there drinking. I'm sure
He drank too much and accidentally fell into the well."
When Zhang Yulian heard this, tears immediately flowed down.
What she was thinking about was that this damn man was finally dead. She slowly shed tears when she thought about the suffering she had suffered over the years.
From the perspective of others, she was crying about Liu Ergou's death, but only Zhang Yulian knew in her heart that she was resolving the hatred in her heart at this time.
The police comrade asked: "What were you doing when the deceased was drinking last night?"
Zhang Yulian did not dare to raise her eyes, her eyes were lowered, looking a little empty.
"When he was drinking, I was cleaning the room and cooking. I didn't want him to drink either, but if he didn't drink, he would beat the child. I couldn't persuade him even if I wanted to.
Who knows, I drank too much last night."
The policeman continued to ask: "Since you knew he was drunk, why didn't you call him into the house?"
Before Zhang Yulian could speak, the landlord standing by said: "Hey, comrade police, you don't know. When her man drinks, he disowns her. Who dares to interrupt him while drinking?"
He is usually very vicious, let alone his wife, we are the only ones who are afraid to say hello to him."
After the landlord finished speaking, the police comrade glanced at the landlord, and then the landlord shut his mouth.
Zhang Yulian said: "I did not call him. I was afraid that he would hit me, so I carried the child into the house and fell asleep early."
The policeman asked again: "Did you hear anything?"
"No, if he had heard any noise, he wouldn't have died in the well."
The policeman took a look at Zhang Yulian's pale face, and her haggard look made people look sympathetic.
Another policeman asked everyone in the yard, but no one noticed anything unusual last night. Zhang Yulian didn't seem to know anything. After the policeman finished taking notes, he asked Zhang Yulian to watch and dispose of Liu Ergou's body.
Zhang Yulian looked at the landlord and said: "Everyone is dead, and we orphans and widowers don't know what to do. This matter will cause trouble to the landlord."
The landlord's mouth twitched, and she couldn't say much in front of the police comrades. After all, the matter happened in her own well. If she doubted them, it would be troublesome.
The landlord was smiling but the policeman said: "You can figure it out yourself, the body must be disposed of anyway.
Also, if you have any clues, please contact us as soon as possible."
The policeman said that he was about to leave. Zhang Yulian's eyes were red, and she knelt down and said: "Comrade, you can't just leave like this. All the men in my family have drowned, and only two of us, orphans and widows, are left.
What should we do?
It’s okay if you don’t give us any explanation for this matter. The child’s father is dead, how can I support my two children?”
The police asked: "You have to be mentally prepared. The possibility of your man's death was an accident. I know it's difficult for you, but you still have to pay attention to your health."
Zhang Yulian glanced at the landlord and said: "I want the landlord to compensate me, some amount, otherwise my children and I will starve to death here."
When the landlord heard this, he stood up suddenly and almost went crazy on the spot.
"Hey Zhang Yulian, you are actually making plans here?
Your man died drunk in our well, and we thought it was unlucky. But you are good, and you want us to get money for you.
If I didn't see you as pitiful, I would have driven you away long ago.
You treat me like a donkey with good intentions, how can you turn around and ask us for money?
Your man fell in and drowned, can you blame us?"
Zhang Yulian said: "Someone asked you to cover the manhole before, but you never did.
Now, my men are dead, do you just want to end it with just one sentence?
We who are orphans and widowed, all the labor force in our family is dead. How do you want us to live in the future? I just want you to give me some money, and I am not blackmailing you."
When the landlord heard this, his face turned green with anger.
"Comrade police, please tell me, is this the truth?"
The policeman said: "You should discuss this matter among yourselves first, but her request is not too much. They have not sealed this well. It is indeed your own responsibility."
When the police comrade said this, Zhang Yulian felt confident.
The landlord was immediately speechless, feeling like he had suffered a loss.
"This, this, this, what should we do?"
The landlord was already panicking, and the police said: "You discuss it among yourselves first, and it will be settled if both parties are satisfied. After all, we are both victims."
Zhang Yulian heard what the police said and said: "I don't want more, I just want 3,000 yuan."
With these three thousand yuan, I can send my children to school."
When the police heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief. Three thousand yuan was actually not much.
The landlord screamed: "Three thousand yuan, are you crazy? You want so much?
You want so much, what do you want us to do?"
Zhang Yulian said: "In the past few years, you have charged us a lot of rent, and three thousand yuan is not much for you."
"You, you, you..."
Zhang Yulian arrived: "I want three thousand, but I don't want any more."
The landlord was so angry that he almost fainted. The police said: "You discuss it first and see if this matter can satisfy both of you."