"Why did you come to me?" The suppressed roar was slightly trembling, and it was the voice of their next-door neighbor Liu Dazhu, who was about to get married.
Before the second brother Gu could be surprised, another unfamiliar voice came: "What are you doing? Do you want me to help you publicize the good things your mother and Wang Mazi have done in the brigade?"
This sentence made Gu Erdi's eyes widen. Gu Mingdong didn't need to say anything. He covered his mouth to keep from making any sound and continued to listen.
Liu Dazhu's expression also changed drastically, and he looked at the thin, sallow-skinned woman in front of him in horror.
Wang Mazi's daughter-in-law is a landowner's daughter, her name is Du Pingping. Before marrying Wang Mazi, she was also a beauty like a flower, but after so many years, she has no trace of her beauty left.
She stared at Liu Dazhu fiercely and sneered: "I didn't expect that I would know. That beast thought he had concealed it well, but how could he deceive me about something like that?"
Du Pingping said, her body trembling slightly. She had endured the humiliating days for so many years, and now she finally had hope.
Liu Dazhu panicked, but quickly calmed down: "What on earth do you want to do? It won't do you any good to tell this matter."
Du Pingping sneered and said: "Wang Mazi has already gone to reform, and I am a landlord's daughter with questionable background. My reputation in the production team is so bad that it stinks. What do I have to be afraid of?"
Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes, especially since Liu Dazhu is about to marry a wife, how dare he really let this matter get out of hand.
Liu Dazhu's eyes turned cold, and he wanted to strangle the person in front of him, but he suppressed his anger and asked: "You didn't come to me just to vent your anger, right?"
Du Pingping snorted coldly: "You are also involved in stealing food, right?"
"Don't slander me. That matter has nothing to do with me." Liu Dazhu quickly denied it.
Du Pingping didn't believe this: "I know Wang Mazi. He beats his wife at home and is a coward outside. How could he dare to steal food if someone didn't instigate him."
Liu Dazhu calmed down after panicking: "Do you have any evidence?"
"You are a bad element of the landlord class. No one in the production team will believe what you say."
Du Pingping's eyes dimmed. She really had no evidence in her hand. Because of this, when Wang Mazi's incident happened, she was filled with hatred but did not come forward to expose it.
However, she sneered and said: "I have no evidence for this matter, but your mother's slut hooked up with Wang Mazi and gave birth to a son for him. Your brother is living proof."
Liu Dazhu's face was very ugly, and he hated his own mother for not being able to protect her. During the years when his father was paralyzed in bed, he hooked up with Wang Mazi, and even gave birth to an evil child.
In the past, when Wang Mazi was still alive, seeing that Liu Xiaozhu was his only descendant, he would send any delicious food to their house in private, and occasionally he could be of some help.
It was really difficult for their family at that time. Liu Dazhu looked down upon him, but he still ate and drank.
But now, Wang Mazi has gone to reform a long time ago, and he doesn't know when he will come back, but Liu Xiaozhu has become the handle of his life.
"Fart, Xiaozhu was born to my parents, and he has something to do with Wang Mazi." Liu Dazhu hated his brother very much, but he would not admit that he was Wang Mazi's son.
Du Pingping sneered and said: "Oh, really, then I will go to the production team and give a shout-out to let everyone take a closer look at whether Liu Xiaozhu's eyes and nose are carved in the same mold as Wang Mazi."
"By the way, let your unmarried daughter-in-law keep her eyes open and see what kind of family she is marrying into. Before she became a widow, she hooked up with others and gave birth to a scoundrel. I think it's you who are going to be raped. !"
Liu Dazhu's face turned pale, his lips trembled and he was speechless.
The second brother Gu, who was hiding behind the wall of the vegetable garden, was so surprised that he forgot to breathe.
Liu Dazhu struggled for a while and saw that Du Pingping looked crazy, fearing that she would really make a fuss.
No wonder she came here in broad daylight and chose this place specifically. Whenever she shouted loudly, someone in Gu Mingdong's house would hear her. This woman was so scheming.
"What on earth do you want to do?"
Du Pingping snorted coldly: "I want money, you give me a hundred yuan, I will leave Dahe Village with the money and I will never come back from now on."
"One hundred yuan!" Liu Dazhu took a breath of air, "You didn't even get a hundred yuan when you sold me. Our family doesn't have that much money."
Du Pingping sneered and said: "How could it not be? You are getting married soon. I know your mother has been running around looking for money from many people, and since your wife is from the city, her family will always give her some dowry. "
Liu Dazhu said with a dark face: "You are like a lion, and you don't leave any way for me to survive."
Du Pingping said with a cold face: "Have Wang Mazi and your mother ever thought about leaving a way for me to survive?"
"I have worked hard all these years, and all the work points I earned were used by Wang Mazi to support that bitch bastard. I only want a hundred yuan, which is considered polite. This should be my money in the first place."
Liu Dazhu was so angry that he was trembling, but he did not dare to refuse directly. He could only say: "Auntie, our family really can't afford so much money. You also know the situation of our family..."
"Don't tell me this. Either you give me money or you end up in trouble. If I don't make it easy for you, you won't be able to make it easy either." Du Pingping interrupted him coldly.
Seeing that she didn't leave any room, Liu Dazhu clenched his fists: "I really can't take it out now, even if you kill me, you can't take it out."
"Okay, then I'll go find the captain now." Du Pingping turned around and left.
Liu Dazhu was anxious, and he stretched out his hand to hold her down.
Who would have thought that this woman, who had been suppressed and beaten by Wang Mazi and pitied by the villagers, reacted very quickly and actually dodged: "Do you want me to shout louder now?"
"Can you give me some time?" Liu Dazhu begged.
Du Pingping said: "I will give you a month to give me the money before your wife comes in, otherwise your mother will be beaten and you will be a bachelor for the rest of your life!"
Liu Dazhu looked at her back gloomily, his eyes cracked: "Bitch!"
He was afraid that he would be discovered if he stayed too long, so he hurried toward home.
Only then did Gu Erdi let go of his hand: "Brother, did you hear it? Aunt Liu's youngest son is actually Wang Mazi's!"
He recalled Liu Xiaozhu's appearance. Liu Xiaozhu seldom went out on weekdays, and when he went out he often lowered his head and did not dare to look at people.
But thinking back carefully at this time, Gu Erdi was surprised to find that Li Xiaozhu was not very similar to his elder brother and sister, with Wang Mazi's shadow in his nose and eyes.
"Aunt Liu has such a good reputation in the village, and she's secretly getting along with Wang Mazi."
The second brother Gu couldn't believe it. Widow Liu had taken care of her paralyzed husband for several years. After her husband died, she raised her three children by herself. Everyone said that the widow had a lot of trouble at home, so she never said a word to the men in the village. She had a very good reputation. good.
Although Wang Mazi has a bad reputation, he is actually much younger than Widow Liu. If you carefully calculate, there is still a generation gap between the two of them.
But now, he actually heard that Widow Liu not only hooked up with Wang Mazi while her husband was alive, but also gave birth to a son, which really opened his eyes.
Gu Erdi's young mind was shocked, and he began to doubt life for a while.
Gu Mingdong reached out and patted the back of his head: "Is this what you heard?"
The second brother Gu exclaimed: "This is not enough, this is a big deal."
Gu Mingdong rolled his eyes at his stupid brother: "Liu Dazhu was also involved in stealing food last time."
Only then did Gu Erdi suddenly come back to his senses: "Yes, I can't tell that Liu Dazhu is such a person. But if he also steals food together, why wouldn't Wang Mazi call him out?"
"Liu Xiaozhu." Gu Mingdong reminded.
The second brother Gu also understood: "Yes, Wang Mazi's family has no children, and his only son is in his hands."
"Brother, should we report this bad guy who stole food?"
Gu Mingdong shook his head: "We have no evidence."
"Wang Mazi and his wife are witnesses." Gu Erdi shouted.
Gu Mingdong said: "If she wanted to say something, she wouldn't come to her door to extort money."
Now that they're gone, Du Pingping, who hasn't gotten the money yet, might bite back.
Gu Erdi's attention was turned to money again: "She is really a lion with a big mouth. She asked for a hundred yuan as soon as she opened her mouth. Brother, do you think Liu Dazhu can come up with a hundred yuan?"
Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows. He felt strange in his heart that Wang Mazi didn't confess before, but today he got the answer unexpectedly.
"Whether it can be taken out or not, it has nothing to do with our family." Gu Mingdong patted his brother and said, "Pull the carrots."
The second brother Gu said oh, lowered his head and started to pull out the carrots.
At this time, a sound of ghosts crying and howling came from Widow Liu's house.
The second brother Gu stood up quickly, lay on the wall and looked over there: "Brother, there seems to be a commotion over there."
"If you don't work hard, don't eat tonight." Gu Mingdong grabbed him back.
He didn't intend to take care of the mess in Widow Liu's family. It would do him no good to report Liu Dazhu now. He might as well keep this time bomb and give it to Bai Xiaohua as a wedding gift.
As for Du Pingping, this woman doesn't look like a fuel-efficient lamp.
Gu Mingdong looked through the memory of the original owner and was surprised to find one thing. Wang Mazi had been fine without his presence. It was Gu Mingnan who died in the food theft incident.
Only half of the stolen grain was recovered, and the production team's life became even worse, causing them to resent the old Gu family forever.
The remaining food was never found, but in the memory of the original owner, in the year when every household tightened their belts to live a better life, the family of Widow Liu, who was supposed to be the poorest, lived well, and all four of them made good progress.
In contrast, the old Gu family, who directly starved to death, became a negative example.
But in the winter of this year, during the Chinese New Year, Wang Mazi was suddenly found dead in his house.
When he was discovered, Wang Mazi had been dead for several days. If it hadn't been for the cold weather, his body would have stunk.
But Du Pingping, who had been abused by Wang Mazi, mysteriously disappeared.
At that time, the original owner's house was in chaos. His younger brother died first. The twins saw one after another dying, and they had no intention to pay attention to this matter. They only remembered that there were rumors that Du Pingping couldn't bear the domestic violence and killed Wang Mazi and escaped. The mountains.
In the middle of winter, if a woman escaped into the mountains, she would most likely not survive. The production team searched for her for several days but failed to find her, so it became an unsolved case.
A cold light flashed in Gu Mingdong's eyes. Now it seems that things are not that simple.
He stood up subconsciously and looked in the direction of Widow Liu's house.
Suddenly, Gu Mingdong realized something was wrong: "Who is Liu Dazhu's wife?"
The second brother Gu was desperately pulling out carrots. When he heard these words, he replied without raising his head: "Isn't it that little white flower?"
wrong!
Gu Mingdong's face darkened slightly, wondering why Liu Dazhu's daughter-in-law never appeared in the memory of the original owner.
If Liu Dazhu didn't get rich in the countryside because his family was poor, he didn't marry a wife. Then when he got rich, why didn't this person exist?
Gu Mingdong thought hard, but no matter how he searched the memory of the original owner, he could not find the figure of the woman who should exist.
How can this be?
Even though the original owner was immersed in his own world, the two families were neighbors and not far apart. After Liu Dazhu married his daughter-in-law, the daughter-in-law of the family always had to go out for a walk.
But he couldn't find any relevant memory at all.
After searching, Gu Mingdong's face turned uglier and he had no memory. It wasn't because Liu Dazhu didn't marry a wife. He must have married a wife in those ten years, but everything about the woman disappeared.
Gu Mingdong knocked his head hard, but still couldn't remember anything. It seemed that everything about that person was directly erased from the memory of the original owner by an invisible hand.
The memory of the original owner is incomplete!
This discovery made the alarm bells buzz in Gu Mingdong's heart.