Fast-forward to the era of cannon fodder

Today is the weekend and all the workers at the steel plant are not at work. When they saw the factory director coming to the Zhong family, some of them followed him out of curiosity.

After hearing the whole story, some of the ladies exclaimed, "Tsk tsk tsk, it turns out that Yuanchun is not the biological daughter of Ma Xiaolan and Zhong Daming. I was saying that a mother would not care about her daughter's life or death and squeeze her to death. She almost squeezed her daughter dry. It turns out that she is not her biological daughter."

"She is not my biological daughter, but my niece. We are related by blood. It is too much for Ma Xiaolan to bully an orphan like this."

"I heard from the man from Beijing that Ma Xiaolan was raised by her eldest sister. Oh my, this woman is so cold and heartless when she gets cruel. Not only does she not care about her eldest sister's kindness, she also abuses someone else's daughter. Isn't she afraid that her eldest sister will be so angry that she will jump out of her grave and settle the score with her?"

Ma Xiaolan was so frightened when she heard these words that her whole body trembled. She quickly explained, "No, my sister will understand me. I have to take care of four children by myself, and there will always be times when I neglect them. I don't mean to exploit Yuanchun. Don't talk nonsense."

She suddenly knelt down, shook her head desperately, pretended to be crazy, and cried and begged.

Zhong Daming hurriedly helped her up and wanted to send her to the room. Zhong Lijing said, "Ma Xiaolan, I'll give you ten minutes to hand over my second brother's inheritance quickly, otherwise, I will send you to jail for free."

Before, when Ma Xiaolan said that the money was stolen, Zhongli Jing didn’t believe it. He was worried that Ma Xiaolan wanted to embezzle his second brother’s inheritance and said that on purpose.

He also asked Director Zheng, "Ma Xiaolan said that her family had lost money. Director Zheng, can you help me find out if the Zhong family has reported the loss of money to the police?"

By chance, the old lady next door heard this and said, "No, my family lives next door to the Zhong family. We moved in earlier than the Zhong family. I have never heard that the Zhong family has lost money. Zhong Daming and Ma Xiaolan have never reported it to the police. If the police came to her house, I would know it as soon as I heard it."

When Zhong Lijing heard this answer, he became even more suspicious that Ma Xiaolan was going to embezzle his second brother's inheritance, and he hated Ma Xiaolan and Zhong Daming even more.

Ma Xiaolan cried heartbreakingly, "Zhongli Jing, my family's money is really lost. It was my sister and brother-in-law who took it away. If you don't believe me, go to my room and look at the wall. My sister not only took away all the money in my family, but also drew a big bloody skull on the wall."

"Da Ming and I were afraid of being embarrassed and ridiculed. We were even more afraid of angering my sister and brother-in-law and letting them take revenge on us. We didn't even dare to mention the loss of money in public."

Zhong Daming also nodded. "Director Zheng, you and Comrade Zhong Li go in and take a look. I have covered the bloody skull with lime powder. You have to scrape off a layer of lime powder before you can see it."

Someone asked, "Zhong Damin, you bought lime powder from me a few days ago. Was it for that bloody skull?"

Zhong Damin said, "Yes, on the evening of the day before, Xiaolan and I went to the intersection of Taihua Road to burn paper money."

"It's true. I was coming back from my mother's house when I passed by Taihua Road and happened to see the couple burning paper money."

"Oh, so that bloody skull is real too?"

"What bloody skull? Why does it sound so scary?"

"Just go in and take a look, and you'll know."

"Then... let's go in and take a look,"

"Go, have a look."

……

A group of colleagues who worked with Zhong Daming all clamored to go into the house.

Zhong Daming let go of Ma Xiaolan, went to get a kitchen knife, and handed it to one of his colleagues, "Come on, I'll take you to see, but you have to scrape the lime powder off the wall by yourselves."