The villagers in question were not involved in last night's search, so they did not know that Tieniu was the murderer of Li Xiufen.
When he asked, the villagers sighed: "She was a woman who was stoned to death. Alas..."
Tieniu looked shocked: "He was beaten to death? Who is so vicious? Have you found the murderer?"
The villagers shook their heads: "What happened in the middle of the night, no one saw the murderer. Where can he find it?"
Tieniu was relieved and murmured: "It's good if you can't find it, it's good if you can't find it..."
The villager thought he heard wrongly: "What did you say?"
Tieniu came to his senses and shook his head quickly: "I didn't say anything. I didn't say anything. I just said that this woman is so young. It's really a pity."
The villagers sympathized: "Yes, she still has two children. Without their father and mother, how will they live in the future!"
Listening to the sad cry of the child inside, Tieniu's face twitched, and a dark color flashed in his eyes:
Li Xiufen, Li Xiufen, if you want to blame me, it’s your fault that you dared to threaten me after knowing my secret, otherwise I wouldn’t kill you!
When you reincarnate in your next life, you must be smarter!
Tieniu stood in the crowd for a while, and after making sure that no one wanted to track down the murderer, he left with peace of mind, not knowing that someone had already watched his every move.
"Bah, you're so damn good at pretending!" Song Baotian spat angrily at Tieniu's retreating back. When he thought that he had been deceived by such a thing with a human face and an animal heart, he wanted to catch Tieniu and give him a beating.
Beaten.
"Steady, steady, he can't run away." Song Cai patted him on the shoulder, with a smile on his lips: "Let him be proud for two more days, and soon he won't even be able to cry anymore."
Song Baotian thought about his next plan, and the wrinkles between his eyebrows finally relaxed a bit.
The weather was hot and there was no condition to allow Li Xiufen to rest for seven days.
It didn't take long for several elders in the village to choose a burial place for Li Xiufen under the auspices of the old village chief.
As Yuan Bao cried hoarsely, several young people lifted Li Xiufen, who was only wrapped in a torn mat, and buried her on a hill outside Yangcheng.
"Yuanbao, stop crying, don't make your mother feel uneasy when she leaves." Yang Cuilian persuaded Yuanbao, who was kneeling in front of the grave and unwilling to leave, for fear that he would break down from crying.
"Auntie..." Yuanbao couldn't help but threw himself into her arms, and tears welled up in his swollen eyes again: "Auntie, I listen to my mother's words, and I listen to your words. After crying this time, I will never cry again.
I won’t cry anymore!”
Yang Cuilian was very sad and did not persuade her again.
After a long time, Yuan Bao staggered forward, took a handful of soil from the new grave and put it into his pocket. Then he pulled Tongtong and knelt in front of Yang Cuilian, kowtowing to her three times: "Auntie, thank you for taking me and you in."
younger sister!"
Now he has no way to repay his aunt for her kindness, but he will remember her kindness and when he grows up, he will treat his aunt as his own mother as he promised to his mother last night.
"Get up, get up!" Yang Cuilian hurriedly helped her brother and sister up, her eyes red again: "My aunt is not very capable. No matter how good or bad my aunt is in the future, I will never miss you."
Yuan Bao became more and more grateful and kowtowed three times.
Tongtong's attitude was much more indifferent. Yang Cuilian just thought that she was still sad about her mother's death and didn't think much about it.
Ever since she abducted Niuniu, Yang Cuilian has become less patient with Tongtong. In contrast, Yuanbao is sensible and grateful, so she can't help but feel a little partial.
The villagers in Songjiaao work hard to survive every day and have no extra thoughts to care about other people's joys, sorrows and joys.
Li Xiufen's death was like a drop of water falling on the surface of the water. After causing a small ripple, it quickly returned to its previous calm.
Seeing that there was only one day left before the second batch of resettlement lists announced by the government, Tieniu hurriedly found Zhou Taohua, Yang Cuilian, Song Baotian and more than a dozen people who had only paid half of the money, and asked them to make up the remaining half on the grounds of smoothing relations.
money.
At the same time, he quietly told his family to pack their things and follow him into the city in advance.
"Take up the remaining money? Didn't you agree to pay it after the matter is done?" Zhou Taohua, after being reminded by Yang Cuilian, already knew the details of Tieniu, and immediately questioned without politeness.
Others echoed: "Yeah, how can we change our minds about what we promised? Can you do it? If not, just return the money to us, and we will find another way!"
Tieniu's heart tightened, and he tried to make progress by retreating: "I have said that the government needs money to smoothen the relationship. Ninety-nine of the hundred steps have been taken. Do you really want to give up at this time? Okay, I will refund the money.
Yes, you can go find someone else."
Seeing that what he said was true, the insiders sneered in their hearts, but they spread their hands in response to Tieniu's sudden change in expression: "Then retreat, let's go find someone else."
Tieniu didn't prevent them from taking the bait. He was so anxious that he broke into a cold sweat and softened his tone: "When you were willing to pay the money, didn't you just trust me? The second batch of lists will come out tomorrow. Where can you find reliable people?
go?"
Zhou Taohua sneered: "We trusted you before, but you go back on your word, how can we trust you? What if you take the remaining money and run away, where will we find you?"
Tieniu was told that he had succeeded in his plan, and he looked unnatural and said: "How, how could this happen? We have known each other for such a long time. Don't you still know who I am, Tieniu?"
Zhou Taohua and others said: Yes, I really didn’t know that you were a villain who defrauded money and killed people!
Seeing that the two sides were deadlocked, Song Baotian stepped forward to smooth things over: "Tomorrow the government will announce the second batch of resettlement lists. It is just a waste of time for us to continue arguing like this. How about we each take a step back?"
Zhou Taohua, the others, and Tieniu all looked at him: "What's the best way to retreat?"
Song Baotian rubbed his hands and said to Tieniu with a calculating face: "It's true that you went back on your word first. Why don't you refund the money we paid, and we will bring you a group of people. When we enter the city later,
Let’s pay it off again, what do you think? And the cost of dredging, how can one person’s head be worth a hundred cents..."
After that, he gave Tieniu a "you know" look: "Li Xiufen was beaten to death last night. People in the village are panicked and are trying their best to get into the city. This is a great opportunity for Tieniu brothers!"
Tieniu, who had never thought about refunding the money, heard this and couldn't say any words of rejection.
He stared at Song Baotian closely: "Seriously?"
Song Baotian patted his chest and assured: "Of course it's true. Before, our old village chief's two sons wanted to spend money to go to the city. Unfortunately, the old village chief was a stubborn man and refused to let them go. This time it caused a serious incident involving human life.
He couldn't help but refuse to give in."
After hearing this, Tieniu hesitated.
At this time, Zhou Taohua added fuel to the fire: "As long as you return the money from me and Sister Yang, we will bring Uncle Wufu's family of fourteen to you. Their family wealth is much richer than ours!"
After the words fell, the remaining people said one after another: "We are the same, at least we will get you an even number of heads!"
A greedy light appeared in Tieniu's eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I will retreat!"
If you don’t want to let go of your children, you can’t trap the wolf. Although you have to refund a large sum of money, you will get more in return. Even fools know how to calculate this account!