Chapter 047: The Zhang Family’s Troubles

The two of them, carrying three children and a bucket, left without looking back and went to their uncle’s house.

“Chuanzi, did you hear? They say Zhang Caiyun jumped into the river.”

As soon as they entered the house, Wang Cuimiao asked him with concern.

Chen Mingchuan nodded: “I heard. Zhang Sijin went to my house to gossip and even tried to hit me.”

“Auntie, I have nothing to do with Zhang Caiyun.”

“I haven’t contacted her since I got married.”

“I’m a soldier. I’ll be punished by military law if I engage in improper relationships!”

That’s right.

Wang Cuimiao knew her nephew well. He was a filial son, but he had a stubborn personality.

If Zhang Caiyun was really someone he liked, he wouldn’t say that.

“She must be delusional. I know you. You were so young when you left. How could there be any romantic feelings?”

“When you came back for the first time, your parents made you marry Xinyue. You barely even interacted with Zhang Caiyun.”

“Don’t worry about it.”

“Oh, did you catch these fish?”

Chen Mingchuan immediately handed the bucket to Wang Cuimiao: “Let’s make a fish stew later. We’ll just boil the shrimp.”

“Okay, okay.”

His nephew and his wife had been giving them money, food coupons, and oil coupons. Their family had been benefiting from them these past few days.

Wang Cuimiao immediately took the fish bucket and called her third son: “Sanhu, go kill the fish.”

Sanhu’s name was Chen Minghan, and he was sixteen years old.

In the past few years, school had been mostly closed. After graduating from elementary school, he returned home.

Because he had a disability in his leg, he could only do chores like cutting grass in the production team, earning five work points a day.

Their family was poor, and Sanhu was the most obsessed with food.

Hearing that they would have fish for dinner, his eyes lit up. He immediately hopped over and took the bucket: “Got it!”

“Third brother, since you came back, our family eats better than during the New Year!”

“If you could stay home forever, that would be great!”

“Spit!”

Wang Cuimiao spat at her son.

“If your third brother stayed home, where would we get money, food coupons, and oil for you to eat?”

“Who has a good life working the fields?”

“If you say another word, I’ll smack your mouth!”

Although Chen Minghan had a disability in his leg, he had a good personality.

He immediately laughed and said: “Okay, okay, I was just kidding!”

“Third brother, I wish you a bright future in the army, a steady rise in rank, becoming a high-ranking official, and achieving great things!”

Wang Cuimiao smiled: “Now you’re talking! Go ahead. The kids will be hungry soon.”

“Got it!”

Looking at Sanhu’s figure, sometimes tall, sometimes short, and thinking about her aunt’s kindness, Li Xinyue fell into deep thought…

Chen Mingchuan saw a pile of freshly cut firewood in the courtyard. He found a saw and started working with all his might…

“Chuanzi, you don’t have to do that.”

“Just leave it alone. You’re back to rest for a few days. You don’t need to do this.”

Wang Cuimiao came out of the kitchen and immediately wanted to stop him.

Chen Mingchuan looked up and smiled: “Auntie, doing some work is good for sweating. Otherwise, I’ll have to go for a night run later.”

Wang Cuimiao was impressed: “Chuanzi, you soldiers are so diligent!”

“Okay, stop if you’re tired. I’ll pour you a glass of cold tea and leave it here.”

“Okay!”

As for the Zhang family, they waited and waited but Chen Mingchuan never came. Caiyun’s mother’s face turned as black as a piece of cloth…

“I told you before, he’s a white-eyed wolf. You wouldn’t listen!”

“You’re so foolish! Is it worth dying for someone like that?”

Zhang Caiyun, though she had changed out of her wet clothes, still had damp hair hanging down her back.

Hearing this, she cried again.

Zhang Caiyun truly wanted to die today, because she truly didn’t want to live anymore.

She had waited for five years, only to be met with this outcome. Her heart, in that moment, only wanted to die.

But when the river water filled her mouth and nose, she was afraid.

“Mom, what should I do now?”

“I love him, I’ve loved him for ten years! Wuwuwu… Wuwuwu…”

Hearing this, Wang Taoxiang also looked heartbroken and helpless: “What can you do now? He even has a child.”

“Don’t cry, crying won’t bring him back. He doesn’t love you.”

“Wuwuwu…”

Sigh!

What good is crying?

Wang Taoxiang truly had high hopes for her eldest daughter.

She had finally managed to get her a job in the commune. If she died, all her efforts would be in vain.

In this day and age, it’s hard for a rural person to get a salary!

She went outside and saw many neighbors coming over to ask what happened. She lied: “Caiyun is fine, I don’t know what bad person wanted to kill her.”

Wang Taoxiang told everyone that her daughter was off work today and had come back from the commune.

Seeing that there was no pigweed at home, she went to the riverbank to gather some. She didn’t know who pushed her into the water from behind…

Hearing this, everyone was furious.

“Caiyun’s mother, did Caiyun girl see the culprit at all?”

The one asking was Aunt Liu, a neighbor of the Zhang family.

Wang Taoxiang twitched her lips: “Not completely, she caught a glimpse of a woman wearing a peach-colored dress.”

“But it was very fast, and Caiyun was panicked, so she didn’t see her face.”

As soon as these words fell, Aunt Liu widened her eyes: “Goodness, we have to find her, see who in our team wears this peach-red dress!”

“Anyone with this color dress is a suspect, we have to report it to the police immediately.”

“Yes, yes, Caiyun’s mother, you can’t let the bad person get away!”

“If we don’t catch this bad person, it won’t be safe for girls in the future!”

“That’s right, we all have daughters, this bad person is so vicious, they must be crazy!”

The neighbors were all discussing, urging Caiyun’s mother to report it to the police.

Report it?

Wang Taoxiang secretly twitched her mouth, somewhat resenting Aunt Liu for being too nosy. This was all a story she made up!

Report to the police?

What if they said she was making a false report?

But now, she couldn’t avoid it. For her daughter’s reputation, she had to report it!

“Well, her father and elder brother will be back soon, I’ll have her father go to the commune police station to report it.”

Aunt Liu nodded repeatedly: “That’s right, you must catch the bad person!”

“Yes! You must catch them, everyone think about which woman has a peach-red dress, report it!”

When Sanhu returned home from the river, he heard this news and immediately ran back.

“Third brother, they say Zhang Caiyun was pushed into the river by someone wearing peach-red… Third sister-in-law, your clothes…”

Li Xinyue was thinking about how to help her eldest brother’s family. When Sanhu finished speaking, she looked at herself, and her brows furrowed!

“What do you mean?”

She blinked: “Zhang Caiyun clearly jumped into the river to commit suicide, now they’re saying someone harmed her?”

Sanhu immediately nodded: “Yes, everyone in the production team is saying that Zhang Caiyun was pushed into the river by someone wearing a peach-red dress!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Mingchuan’s eyes flashed with a hint of coldness…