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When the team leader said Wang Ermaizi was dead, everyone was stunned for several seconds before they could react. Then someone asked, "Why did he die suddenly?"

"I don't know," Song Guangming frowned, "When I went to see him, he had been dead for several hours, and he was almost erect."

Xie Zhuo was also very surprised. He stood aside and tried hard to recall his previous life, and confirmed that Wang Ermaizi was not dead in his previous life. Although he was poor and destitute, he was still alive.

This life...

"It must have been done by someone from the Zhao family," Po-zi Qian squatted beside Wang Ermaizi and cried, "Yesterday I saw Zhao Jihou coming to find my Zhuzi, and the two of them had a few words. Today my Zhuzi became like this. It must have been done by Zhao Jihou!"

After saying that, she knelt down again to pull Song Guangming's clothes, "Please save my Zhuzi. Can you use the brigade's ox cart to send him to the city hospital? The city hospital will definitely be able to cure my Zhuzi."

Mrs. Qian was in tears.

Someone couldn't bear to see this and walked over to help her.

But she still held Song Guangming's clothes tightly and kept asking him to save him.

Zhao Jihou did not come. It was Zhao Jisheng who came out after hearing the noise. At this moment, he was staring at Wang Ermaizi's body with a grim expression. Feeling the eyes from all around looking at him, he did not move much.

Xie Zhuo walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

"Third brother, is he really... dead?" Zhao Jisheng asked with difficulty in his hoarse voice.

Xie Zhuo nodded.

The brigade's ox cart did not take Wang Ermaizi to the hospital in the end. Song Guangming covered him with a white cloth and asked someone to report the case to the police station in the city.

Not knowing when the police would arrive, Song Guangming took a puff of his pipe and said to the people he had called up, "Okay, go back. We won't be working this morning."

The customs of Qingshan Brigade.

After someone dies, every household in the brigade will send a representative to take a look.

Then when it comes to the funeral procession, the men in the team will help dig the burial pit and carry the coffin, while the women will generally help prepare some paper money, mourning clothes and some items for the wake.

Now that we have seen the person, there is nothing we can do by standing here to help, so we can only go home.

When Xie Zhuo returned home, the sky was already starting to get white. The sun hadn't come out yet, but the clouds piled up on the horizon had already taken on a hint of hue.

It looks kind of nice.

Xie Zhuo stood at the gate and stared for a long time before he scooped some water to wash his hands and face. When he entered the room, Xu Yan was still asleep. Sensing his body temperature, Xu Yan leaned towards him.

Xie Zhuo paused as he was about to embrace someone in his arms.

"Are you back?" Xu Yan was half asleep. He touched Xie Zhuo's face randomly and buried his face in his arms.

"Yeah," Xie Zhuo responded.

He stroked Xu Yan's hair soothingly for a few times, "Sleep a little longer."

The two of them were sleeping soundly in the room. Dabao and Xiaobao had already woken up on time and didn't hear any movement in the kitchen. The two kids didn't think much about it and thought that Xie Zhuo had gone out early today and didn't have time to make breakfast. As for Xu Yan...

They have long been accustomed to Third Aunt getting up late every now and then.

The two little boys went to the kitchen to get some peach cakes and ate them, then fed Kai Xin some food. After each of them took a candy, they put on their schoolbags and went to school.

Before leaving, he was considerate enough to close the door.

When Xu Yan woke up again, he was still a little dazed. He stared at Xie Zhuo's sleeping face for a long time before he reacted.

Just as she was about to get up and check the time on the small clock by the windowsill, Xie Zhuo tightened his arms, hugged her and kissed her.

Xu Yan paused and lay down again, "What happened last night?"

"Wang Ermaizi is dead," Xie Zhuo said with his eyes still closed, pinching Xu Yan's arm.

Xu Yan couldn't lie still any longer and stood up slightly. "Wang Ermaizi is dead? How did he die?"

"I don't know, but it looks like he was beaten to death," Xie Zhuo said. "Mrs. Qian said Zhao Jihou beat him. The captain reported the case and let us go back."

Xu Yan slowly lay down again, and sat up again after a few seconds.

"What?" Xie Zhuo opened his eyes.

"Guess," Xu Yan reached out to take the clothes.

Xie Zhuo blocked her hand, came over and gently bit her waist, half looking up at her, "Will you tell me or not?"

"Tell me, tell me," Xu Yan dodged for a moment and glared at him, "If you don't get up, you'll starve to death."

Xie Zhuo didn't know what she said made him laugh. He let go of her hand and lay there laughing for a long time.

After Xu Yan put on his clothes, he turned his head to look at him, stretched out his hand and pinched his nose, "Can't you afford it?"

"Get up," Xie Zhuo looked at her with a smile, "If you don't get up, I'm afraid I'll get hungry too, and then I won't be able to resist eating you again."

After the two of them had cleaned up and washed up, it was almost noon. They had gotten up late in the first place and didn't plan to make breakfast. Xie Zhuo directly started preparing lunch.

Li Aihua came over again.

As the "information intelligence officer" of the Qingshan Brigade, there is no gossip that Li Aihua doesn't know.

"Don't you know?" Li Aihua glared at Xie Zhuo and Xu Yan.

"I don't know," Xu Yan shook his head honestly and asked sincerely, "How did he die?"

"He was beaten to death by Zhao Jihou," said Li Aihua.

"Ah?" Xu Yan turned his head and looked at Xie Zhuo, who was also a little surprised.

"Anyway, that's what Old Lady Qian said," Li Aihua said, "Zhao Jihou was arrested early this morning. You didn't see how his mother cried. His grandmother almost passed out."

"Not long after Zhao Jihou was arrested, the Zhao family borrowed the brigade's ox cart and took his grandmother to the city."

After saying that, Li Aihua glanced at Xu Yan's face a few more times, "What were you two doing this morning? You didn't even know about such a big thing?"

Xu Yan curled up the fingers on the table.

She really didn't have the face to say that she and Xie Zhuo had a fight and went to bed very late last night, which resulted in her sleeping until noon today.

The team didn't hear any excitement.

"We are not as well-informed as you, sister-in-law," Xie Zhuo interrupted, "Is Wang Ermaizi still in the village now?"

"No," Li Aihua's attention was quickly diverted. "After the police came to check, they asked them to carry the body back home. Mrs. Qian cried and insisted that they send the body to the hospital, saying that it could still be saved."

Someone died inexplicably in the village, and the incident caused quite a stir, causing many people to avoid the place where Wang Ermaizi died.

Children are afraid to go to the toilet alone at night.

The situation lasted for more than a month before it gradually calmed down.

The man was not beaten to death by Zhao Jihou, and he was released. However, after he was released, he was shaking a little nervously. According to Zhao Jisheng, he now hides at home all day long and does not go out.

If he is taken out of the house by force, he will tremble.

Probably because he was frightened, his grandmother cried every day and was thinking of asking someone to come and call back his soul.

Liu Mancang came again and kept repeating the same thing about his third brother. Xie Zhuo was very annoyed, but he couldn't drive him away.

"Third brother, you are my real brother," Liu Mancang wanted to pull Xie Zhuo's hand, but he slapped him on the back of his hand. Liu Mancang then withdrew his hand embarrassedly.

"If it weren't for you, I might have been beaten to death," said Liu Mancang.

Xie Zhuo frowned, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"That's right," Liu Mancang said, "Wang Ermaizi was beaten to death because he lost too much money playing cards and gambling and couldn't pay it back. If you hadn't stopped me, I can't imagine what I would be like now."

Xie Zhuo glanced at him.

"Dear brother," Liu Mancang roared.

Dabao and Xiaobao stood at the door of their house, looking at the two people in the yard.

Finally, Dabao tugged at the corner of Xu Yan's clothes and asked, "Aunt San, is Uncle San talking to Uncle Mancang about his innermost feelings?"

Xu Yan: “…”

Xie Zhuo heard this: "..."

Without hesitation, he raised his foot and kicked Liu Mancang on the butt, "...get out."

Her only son died and Mrs. Qian went crazy.

At first she was just chatting with others, but suddenly she started crying and asked if anyone could save her son Zhuzi.

Later, he went to Zhao Jihou's house and smashed the door every day, crying and shouting for him to pay with his life.

Although Zhao Jisheng's grandmother was old, she was still very strong. She picked up a broom and was ready to fight with Mrs. Qian.

"Who are you asking to pay for your life? What does it have to do with our Jihou?"

"It was your son who was beaten to death by debt collectors for gambling, why are you running to my door and crying?"

When Mrs. Qian heard that her son was dead and dying, she rushed to Zhao Jisheng's grandmother.

Some said that Grandma Zhao hit her with a broom handle, while others said that Grandma Qian hit her head against the door frame.

Anyway, from that day on, she went completely crazy.

During the autumn harvest, Xu Yan went to bring food to Xie Zhuo and saw her lying on a ridge, picking up melon seeds and stuffing them into her mouth. When she walked back, she was gone again.

Although the people in the team usually looked down on her and thought she was a bad-mouthed person who loved to gossip about others and was very shameless, when they really met her, they would still give her a few steamed buns or other food.

As the weather gradually turned cooler and winter was approaching, Mrs. Qian disappeared.

When Xu Yan listened to what Li Aihua said, he realized that he hadn't seen her for some time.

"I don't know where she ran off to," Li Aihua said, "or maybe... she's just an old lonely woman, and no one would look for her if she got lost."

Xu Yan originally wanted to talk to Xie Zhuo in the evening, but he was too sleepy and went to bed early.