Winner in life

"Winner in Life [Quick Travel]"

The mountain is not close to Shangmei Village, and it takes thirty minutes to walk faster. Ruihe usually collects firewood on weekends, and collects it for two consecutive days to save enough for the next five days from Monday to Friday. By the time he got home, it was already the afternoon when the sun was setting. He walked in with a pile of firewood on his back. He had just heated up the leftovers for lunch when someone came to the door.

"Uncle Tiansheng?" Rui He hurriedly called for someone, and found that there were many strangers standing next to Zhang Tiansheng. He was confused, "Uncle, what are you—"

Zhang Tiansheng's face was serious and the way he held it made Ruihe's heart skip a beat and he had a bad feeling. Sure enough, Zhang Tiansheng asked as soon as he entered the door: "Xiaoshan, where did you go this afternoon?"

"I went up the mountain to collect firewood." Ruihe replied, pointing to the pile of firewood at the door.

"Didn't you go to Caihe Village?"

Rui He shook his head: "I didn't go."

"Have you met with Zhang Cuibei today?"

Sister Cuiberry? Ruihe suddenly remembered the pale and haggard Zhang Cuili that he had seen under the banyan tree at noon. He frowned and asked: "At noon, we met under the banyan tree on the left side of the supply and marketing cooperative and walked straight down the road. We chatted for a while, what happened to Sister Cuibei?" "

Zhang Tiansheng's face tensed up even more, and Ruihe's heart almost jumped out of his chest. He didn't know why he felt ominous. The next second, Zhang Tiansheng said, "Zhang Cuibei was found dead at his home in Caihe Village at four o'clock in the afternoon. This was the birthplace of Shanghe Village." Captain of the brigade, just call me uncle." He motioned for Ruihe to call someone.

Ruihe's mind suddenly couldn't digest Zhang Tiansheng's words.

Dead? Sister Cuiberry is dead?

Zhang Tiansheng reminded him again, and Ruihe followed his words and called people. After saying hello, Zhang Tiansheng continued to speak. Ruihe obviously saw that the captain of Caihe Village was about to speak, but Zhang Tiansheng intercepted him first: "Because someone said that they saw you talking to Cui Pei. Cui Pei left Shangmei Village all the way. No one saw her when she went back. You should be the last person she communicated with before she died. Cui Berry's family is a little suspicious of you, but it doesn't matter. Just tell what you know. Is there anyone there when you say you went to collect firewood? Can I testify for you?"

"How did Sister Cuiberry die?" Rui He asked this sentence with difficulty, and he still felt like he was in a dream.

Seeing that he was always out of sorts, Zhang Tiansheng frowned and asked again: "Is there anyone who can testify with you?"

Facing Zhang Tiansheng's stern warning eyes, Ruihe finally came to his senses with excitement. He realized that he was under suspicion, and the first priority now was to eliminate his suspicion. So he quickly thought:

"Someone can prove it! My third sister had dinner at my house today at noon. She went home around one o'clock. I went out at about half past one. I met Aunt Thirteen at the entrance of the village and greeted her. I walked to the right after leaving the village. On that road, I stopped by Uncle Ming’s house to exchange for tofu. I arranged to pick it up when I came back from the mountain. At the foot of the mountain, I met a fellow from Xiaogangjiao. We went up the mountain to collect firewood together. I don’t know his name. Call him Uncle Wei Guo, you have to go to Xiaogangjiao and ask..."

The more Zhang Tiansheng listened, the more relaxed he became. He quietly looked at the captain of the Caihe Village brigade next to him, and his tight breathing relaxed. After listening, he finally smiled and smiled reassuringly at Ruihe: "Okay, I've remembered everything. , this matter is a routine inquiry, you should be so cooperative, and things that have nothing to do with you will not fall on you. Let's go to dinner, stop it! Don't ask about anything else. I’ll let you know the results later.”

After saying that, he gestured to the people in Caihe Village: "Let's go! Let's go and ask together. I'm familiar with the road. I'll lead the way for my brother."

Seeing that Zhang Tiansheng had finished speaking, the captain of the Caihe Village brigade had no choice but to agree: "Let's go!" Before leaving, he still glanced at Ruihe suspiciously. That look made Ruihe's legs still weak after he sent these people out.

He felt that the news he heard in the evening was like a nightmare. Why did people suddenly disappear? It also attracted the captain of Caihe Village to personally come to "interrogate" him. Yes, it's interrogation. He has understood that Uncle Tian Sheng's serious attitude when he entered the door and his strong tone when asking questions were actually to protect him. If Uncle Tian Sheng hadn't spoken first, it was unimaginable how the people in Caihe Village would treat him.

How could Sister Cuiberry die?

Rui He was so anxious that he couldn't sit still after thinking about it. He couldn't even eat dinner and ran to find Li Dashui. Li Dashui was eating when he heard him shouting and ran out. As soon as the two of them met, Li Dashui shouted: "Xiaoshan, what's wrong with you? Your face looks so ugly! Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"Sister Cuiberry, you're dead." Rui He struggled to say a few words, and Li Dashui jumped up in fright: "What did you say?!"

When Li Dashui finally calmed down, his focus fell on Rui He being suspected: "It's definitely none of your business! Go into the house and let my mother come up with an idea."

Aunt Xiu'e was also shocked: "How come such a good person suddenly disappeared? How come he disappeared?"

Ruihe didn't know either. Uncle Tian Sheng didn't give details just now.

Li Dashui's father, Li Changwei, put the bowl down and touched his shoes: "Don't be afraid, Xiaoshan. It's definitely none of your business. I'll go and find out."

Li Dashui's eldest brother also said: "I will go to Caihe Village to find out."

"Sorry to trouble Uncle Wei and Big Brother." Rui He thanked him and sent Li Changwei and Dashui's brother out.

"You haven't eaten yet. Your stomach is growling so fiercely. Come here and let me serve you some food."

Rui He hurriedly waved his hands: "No, I've cooked it at home, but I just forgot to eat it."

Li Dashui sighed, turned around and filled his bowl with sweet potato porridge, and added a pickle. He held the bowl and signaled Ruihe to leave: "I'll go to your house to eat with you."

With Li Dashui accompanying him, Ruihe heated up his dinner and ate it. After dinner, they went to Li's house to wait for news. When night fell completely, Shangmei Village was plunged into darkness, with only the bean fires of various houses lit sporadically. Ruihe sat at the door of Li's house and waited quietly. Li Dashui sat next to him and suddenly asked in a low voice: "How will this happen?" Brother knows, I don’t know what will happen?”

I don't know where the bullfrog suddenly started croaking, croaking and croaking wildly. This night was destined to be restless.

"Back! My dad is back!"

Li Weiguo's figure gradually became clearer at the entrance of the alley, and Ruihe couldn't help but stand up.

The news brought by Li Weiguo was both good news and bad news.

The good news is that Zhang Cuibei's death has nothing to do with Rui He. Zhang Tiansheng has found several witnesses to prove that Rui He did spend the afternoon collecting firewood in the mountains and had no time to commit the crime.

"I don't know who is talking nonsense and messing up our hill. Isn't this harmful to people!" Li Weiguo said angrily, "I just met him in the village and said a few words, and he called a group of people to come and find him. Xiaoshan, people who don’t know think that Xiaoshan has done something bad!”

The bad news is that Zhang Cuibei is really dead, and he lost two lives.

"Yi Gu from the health center saw it and said that the girl from the Zhang family was pregnant with a child and had a miscarriage. The girl was also cruel to herself. She hung herself from the beam with a rope. I heard that it was confirmed that she committed suicide. "Li Changwei took a puff of cigarette, "This thing doesn't sound good. I know that Xiaoshan and Dashui have a good relationship with that girl from the Zhang family, but you can't get together at this time. You can think about it yourself. I can think clearly.”

That night Li Dashui went to Ruihe's house to sleep with him. What happened today makes people unable to react. The person died, the child was pregnant and had a miscarriage, he was hanged... Ruihe couldn't connect these things with Zhang Cuibei, but it just happened.

In the darkness, Li Dashui asked softly: "Xiaoshan, whose child do you think Sister Cuiberry's is?"

Whose?

Rui He also said softly: "Did Brother Zhang know the news?"

"Maybe...I don't know. Shall we go to Sister Cuiberry's house tomorrow? My dad said not to go."

Ruihe thought for a while: "Don't go yet, wait...wait for the funeral."

Things took a turn for the worse the next day. Zhang Cuipei's parents carried the body to Shangmei Village, crying and asking Zhang Tianci for an explanation.

Li Dashui's second sister rushed to Ruihe's house to talk about this, and was extremely excited. There was no big news all year round in the village, and life was monotonous. Now is the time when autumn planting is over and there is more leisure. A little excitement can attract people to argue. Watching each other.

Li Dashui was not very happy: "Second sister, this is not a good thing. Why are you so excited?"

His second sister rolled her eyes: "What's wrong with me just watching the excitement? Whether you like it or not, I wouldn't have informed you if I had known it was a waste of my time. I'll go over now, Xiaocui is waiting for me!"

Rui He took the key and prepared to lock the door: "Hurry up and let's go and see why Sister Zhang's parents are like this!" Although he guessed that Sister Cuipei's child was Brother Zhang's, Sister Cuipei was already dead! I heard Uncle Li say last night that only a small number of people knew about Cui Mei's suicide while pregnant with her child. Not many people in Shangmei Village actually knew about it. After all, it was a matter in the next village. It took him a long time to find out. of.

But Sister Cuiberry's parents carried the body over so carelessly, didn't this mean that Sister Cuiberry was still dead and still let people talk about it?

"Let's go!" Li Dashui quickly put on his shoes and helped close the door.

When the two of them arrived at the alley of Zhang Tianci's house, they found that it was already crowded with villagers watching the excitement, and they couldn't even squeeze in.

Rui He stepped on his feet and looked inside. It was dark and full of human heads. He could only hear the high-pitched and harsh cries of women inside, as well as the shouts and curses of men. The noise was comparable to a New Year movie in a mine.

There are also children who climbed up other people's courtyard walls and sat on them to watch with great interest.

Really unable to get in, Ruihe could only stare. After an unknown amount of time, the crowd became commotion. Onlookers started to move out from inside, and some people came out.

Rui He almost shouted "sister-in-law", that was Zhang Tianci's new wife! Li Dashui had already shouted out. Zhang Tianci's wife lowered her head and was being held by a middle-aged woman. Several young men were pushing the crowd to clear the way. Ruihe also saw one of the men holding a large package in his hand.

Seeing this situation, it was obvious that Zhang Tianci's wife was leaving. Ruihe's first reaction was "It's broken." His second reaction was doubt. Is there really a relationship between the deaths of Brother Zhang and Sister Cuiberry? How many months is that child...?

Ruihe sighed and found that he had completely left this matter after Zhang Tiansheng proved his innocence. No matter how anxious I am at this moment, I can only watch the subsequent development of things.

"Old Song family! Are you taking your daughter back to your parents' house? Are you going back to your husband's house?"

"Old Song, did your son-in-law really cheat on you? Oh, I heard that he was hanged while pregnant with the child! Your son-in-law did this unkindly!"

"Old Song..."

Zhang Tianci's in-law family members all had dark faces. As the troublemakers in the village asked questions that looked like they were concerned but were actually looking for gossip, the family's faces became even darker. Ruihe saw Zhang Tianci's wife holding her mother and crying.

"If you're not blocked, get out of the way!"

"It's none of your business to ask! Get out of the way!"

The Yue family squeezed out angrily and soon disappeared from everyone's sight with their family members.

"Laolai Zhang's family is still inside?"

"That's right! Otherwise the Song family wouldn't come to pick up their daughter. It's so frustrating to see..."

Ruihe squeezed outside the alley, feeling extremely heavy-hearted.