Zhou Niannian listened to the conversation between Third Uncle Xiang and Uncle Xiang Jingshan's nephew, and couldn't help but be happy.

Uncle Xiang's misuse of idioms, if it is used in court, it is estimated that the opponent will be angry enough by him.

In the afternoon, only two uncles and nephews from the Xiang family came to sign up, and it was almost time to get off work, so Zhou Niannian packed up his things and prepared to get off work.

Gao Zhiyong came back from outside, poured himself a glass of water first, drank it with a goo, sat down and took a breath, and then snorted: "It's too chaotic to do things in a small county like Zezhou, and there is no order." ”

"What's wrong? Isn't it going well for the newspaper and TV station?" Zhou Niannian stopped to pack his things when he saw him talking.

Gao Zhiyong sighed, "It's okay at the newspaper office, it's been negotiated, but on the TV station, I didn't see the person in charge, and I asked several people to find out, saying that there was a murder case handed over to the county today, and the person in charge led a team to interview." ”

He muttered a little dissatisfied, "Even if there are important cases, they won't all run out, right?"

"To do things in a small place is to lack a charter. ”

Zhou Niannian was noncommittal, and the county-level TV stations were only established at the beginning of this year, and it is reasonable that there is a lack of manpower and a lack of work experience.

And the most important thing is that TV is not something that every family has, so the county-level TV station, said to be a TV station, has a more main function of broadcasting.

But when she heard Gao Zhiyong talk about the murder case, Zhang Peilan's desperate face suddenly flashed in her mind, wouldn't it be so coincidental?

Within two days, Zhou Niannian heard Zhang Peilan's news on the radio.

Because it was a homicide case, the Jinchuan Town Investigation Office transferred the case to the Zezhou County Investigation Bureau.

In the news, it was reported that the Investigation Bureau had found out that the deceased Zhang Dong was killed by Zhang Peilan hitting the head with a hard object.

Zhang Peilan was taken into custody by the Zezhou County Investigation Bureau on charges of intentional homicide.

Zhou Niannian heard the reporter report in a serious voice that what awaited Zhang Peilan would be the verdict and severe punishment of the law.

She frowned, and for some reason, Zhang Peilan's desperate look before she was taken away always flashed in her mind.

She has an inexplicable intuition that she always feels that Zhang Peilan doesn't act like a murderer.

Zhou Niannian hesitated for a moment and decided to go to the Investigation Bureau to meet Zhang Peilan.

She went to the Bureau of Investigation, but was denied visits.

The person from the Investigation Bureau said with a serious face: "The person you applied for visitation has not yet been sentenced and cannot be visited, and in addition, you and her are not related to each other, so they do not fall within the scope of the visitation allowed." ”

Zhou Niannian came out of the Investigation Bureau disappointed, ready to return to the dormitory, but before she had gone far, she heard someone behind her call her, "Niannian!"

"Comrade Xiao Zhou!"

Zhou Niannian turned his head and saw Li Yuanjia and Meng Sanqiu coming out of the Investigation Bureau, Li Yuanjia was still holding a two-year-old child in his arms, biting his fingers and crying lowly.

She greeted her in surprise, "Uncle Meng, Yuan Jia, why are you here?"

"The Investigation Bureau notified us to cooperate in the investigation of Zhang Peilan's case, and the village chief and I came over today to make a confession, and the recording was completed. Li Yuanjia said.

Meng Sanqiu looked at next week's thoughts, and then turned his head to look at the investigation bureau behind him, with a thoughtful expression.

Zhou Niannian hit the child in Li Yuanjia's arms, "This is....?"

Li Yuanjia's eyes fell on the child he was holding, and the child subconsciously shrank back, looking at it with a somewhat timid expression.

Reaching out and rubbing the child's hair, Li Yuanjia whispered, "This is Zhang Peilan's daughter Xiaoxin." ”

Zhou Niannian was a little surprised, and didn't understand how Zhang Peilan's daughter could be picked up by Meng Sanqiu and Li Yuanjia.

She looked at the child's swarthy eyes and was obviously afraid, but she bit her fingers and forced herself not to cry, and she couldn't help but feel soft in her heart.

I raised my hand and looked at the time, it was almost six o'clock.

"There is no car back to Jinchuan Town now, you can stay here for one night in the guest house tonight and then go back. Zhou Niannian helped Meng Sanqiu, "Let's have dinner together, just have a chat." ”

Li Yuanjia looked at Meng Sanqiu, Meng Sanqiu groaned slightly, and nodded, "It's okay, let's stay for one night and then go back." ”

Zhou Niannian accompanied the two of them to a nearby guest house to book a room, then found a stir-fry restaurant and ordered a few dishes.

Zhou Niannian asked Xiao Xin for a bowl of millet porridge again, sandwiched some vegetables for her, and prepared to feed her.

Xiao Xin took the spoon and whispered in a thin voice, "Eat it yourself." ”

Zhou Niannian was stunned, and realized that she meant that she could eat it herself.

handed the spoon to Xiao Xin, but saw her holding the spoon and eating it by herself, although she ate slowly, she rarely spilled the food, and it could be seen that the little girl used to eat by herself.

is really a painful little girl, Zhou Niannian couldn't help but reach out and rub her hair, and said with a smile: "Tell Auntie what you want to eat, and Auntie will help you pick up vegetables." ”

Xiao Xin glanced at Zhou Niannian timidly, and nodded obediently.

"Girl, do you want to inquire about Zhang Peilan when you go to the Investigation Bureau?" Meng Sanqiu habitually touched the dry tobacco stick on his waist, and after touching it, he remembered that he didn't bring it when he went out from home, so he had to smack his lips.

Zhou Niannian didn't hide it, and nodded, "I've been thinking about this matter for the past two days, so I thought about asking to see if there was anything I could do to help." ”

Seeing that Meng Sanqiu took the initiative to bring up the topic, she also asked straight to the point: "What happened to Zhang Peilan's case?

As if hearing her mother's name, Xiao Xin stopped eating and turned to look at Zhou Niannian.

Zhou Niannian realized this action and lowered her voice a little, "Did you see her today?"

Meng Sanqiu sighed and shook his head.

Li Yuanjia took over the topic, "Let me talk about the situation." ”

It turned out that after Zhang Peilan was taken away by the people of the Jinchuan Town Investigation Center, the investigation center conducted an interrogation on the same day, but no matter how she was interrogated, Zhang Peilan did not admit that she had killed Zhang Dong.

Zhang Lixian and his family have been crying and rolling at the police station, asking the investigation office to sentence Zhang Peilan to death as soon as possible, and asking Zhang Peilan to pay for Zhang Dong's life.

But Zhang Peilan has never admitted it, and the investigation office is helpless.

Zhang Lixian and his family made a fuss for two days, and when they saw that the investigation center did not act, they gathered many relatives of the Zhang family to go to the investigation center to cry, and even pulled up banners, demanding that the deceased be returned to justice as soon as possible.

The investigation office had no choice but to apply to the Zezhou County Investigation Bureau to transfer the case to the county for disposal.

"Zhang Peilan is an employee of the Rainbow Factory and a villager of our Mengjiang Village, so the Investigation Bureau asked me and the village chief to cooperate with the investigation. ”

Li Yuanjia's eyes fell on Xiao Xin when he said this, and his voice was lower, "The child is too young to be detained with adults, the town investigation office asked the Zhang family to bring the child back, but the Zhang family refused, and what they said was very ugly." ”

Li Yuanjia paused when he said this, and he was a little vague, Zhou Niannian knew in his heart that it must be the Zhang family who cursed Xiao Xin with ugly words.