Chapter 247: Choice
"She's pretending to be crazy! Whoever is crazy she can't go crazy! Shen Guodong said affirmatively.
"Looks like she did it!" Zhou Chen was more sure than Shen Guodong.
Zhou Xia has been so frightened that she has to rely on pretending to be crazy to escape punishment, and this is the most obvious evidence.
Everyone didn't believe that Zhou Xia was really crazy.
"What the hell did she do? Are there any accomplices? Zhou Yang is also sure that this matter is related to Zhou Xia.
"I have to ask Lao Zhou's family to go!" Dunzi couldn't sit still, and he was about to go back to Tunzi when he raised his legs. There are two crazy people here, and there will be no result if they entangle with them again, so let's find some new clues first, maybe there will be a new breakthrough.
Zhou Xia and Liu Maniac were locked up in an empty house. Yang Gaozhi, a commune public security officer, also specially found four militiamen to take turns guarding them.
Several people returned to Yangtun to continue the investigation.
This time, it didn't take any effort, and there was rapid progress in the Zhou family.
Zhou Hongying took the initiative to confess that Wang Fengying and Xue Shuiqin had already discussed, and when Zhou Xia reached the eighteenth, she would marry Xu Dali, and arrive at the bride price owed by Zhou Fu to marry Xu Chun.
The condition is that Wang Fengying will let Zhou Chunxi and Li Guizhi work for two years, and let them work for Zhou Chunliang's family for two years.
Over the years, Xu Dali's debts Wang Fengying's family have not been repaid, and the profits are even more than the original.
Zhou Chunfa went to prison, Zhou Fu and his wife went out separately, Zhou Juan and Wang Fengying ran between the commune and the production team every day, and they could only take half of the work of others.
Zhou Qiang has become more and more sloppy and lazy, and in recent years, he has been even more reluctant to work in the field, so he has found a job herding cattle for himself. Not as much as a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child. The scar on Zhou Ling's face has always been bad, and she refuses to leave the house even if she is killed, and she has been staying at home.
Wang Fengying's mother's wages will be enough for their rations. But before it was time to distribute the food, Xu Dali and Xu Yidao went to wait early.
The captain was afraid that the family would starve to death, so he was only willing to give half of the food to the two families. However, this grain can't even pay off the interest, and the debt snowballs bigger and bigger, and it is really unable to repay, and finally Xu vigorously asks for repayment.
Zhou Juan has been tempered by all these years of hard work and from time to time to fight big and small, and her sharp-beaked monkey's cheeks are black and yellow, and she can't find the beautiful and vivid shadow of the year at all.
She is willing to follow Xu Dali. Xu Dali disliked her for being old, ugly and a broken shoe, and refused to ask her.
Zhou Ling is fourteen years old, a normal little girl. She was the freshest and loveliest age, but she had a few red marks on her face, was malnourished, and was dry and thin. Xu Dali didn't like it either.
Xu Dali set his sights on fifteen-year-old Qian Yan and twenty-year-old Zhou Hongying.
Qian Yan is in her second year of junior high school this year. I've been studying very hard, and I look more energetic than ordinary rural girls, and I dress neatly, which looks very much like the same thing.
Although Zhou Hongying has been working with Mrs. Zhou all these years, and she is darker and thinner than ordinary rural girls, there are always some attractive things about a twenty-year-old girl, "I can do it with her." Xu Dali smacked his lips a few times, and smiled and talked to the Zhou family about the conditions.
Qian Yan and Zhou Hongying are the lifeblood of Mrs. Zhou's mother and daughter. Of course, Xu Dali's request must not be granted.
But Xu Dali pressed hard, and their family was at a loss. Playing a scoundrel is not Xu Dali's opponent, and in a hurry, Zhou Hongxiang saw Zhou Xia.
Xue Shuiqin was very satisfied with sending Zhou Xia out in exchange for Zhou Chunxi and his wife's two-year work, otherwise Zhou Xia would not have been able to hand over the bride price to her as a stepmother.
Zhou Xia was sold to Xu Dali in this way, and the two sides discussed it, and they would get married when she turned eighteen. At that time, Xu Dali was almost fifty years old.
As for Zhou Xia's own wishes, "Raw rice is cooked and cooked, let's go out and preach it again, if she doesn't marry Xu Dali in this life, she will have to be a broken shoe!" She dares not to marry?! How dare she sue?! Zhou Juan pinched out purple crescents of her arms with sharp nails, admiring them with satisfaction as if she didn't know the pain.
"Fame? Does our old Zhou family still have a reputation? Hurry up and earn some benefits for yourself! Zhou Juan sneered at Zhou Hongxiang's mother and daughter, she could sell her niece to an old bachelor, and she was still talking about her reputation here? It's ridiculous!
Zhou Hongxiang and Mrs. Zhou think about reputation, of course, not for Zhou Xia, Zhou Hongying, Qian Yan and Qian Tie will have to marry their daughters-in-law in the future!
But the current situation no longer allows them to think about this, and they can only get through the difficulties in front of them first.
With the acquiescence of the Zhou family, Xu Dali began to frequently go in and out of Zhou's house, looking for every opportunity to do anything to Zhou Xia, everyone pretended to be deaf and dumb, and almost cooked raw rice several times.
"Wait another two years?" Xu Dali grinned and sat on the kang head of the Zhou family with big yellow teeth, "Lao Tzu can't wait!" If she doesn't work, she will change someone else! ”
The Zhou family didn't say anything anymore.
Zhou Xia's life was even more sad. Eventually, she thought of going to her grandmother's house for help.
Zhou Yang and their brother and sister have had a very close relationship with their grandmother's family in recent years, if grandma can be soft on her and make peace with her, maybe Zhou Yang can recognize her, she can get out of the sea of suffering and follow them back to live a good life.
Zhou Xia had just gone to Li's house twice, and at that time, Mrs. Li still ignored her completely, Wang Liqin didn't know much about Li Xiuhua back then, and she didn't dare to ask the Li family, so she pulled Zhou Xia over to inquire.
Zhou Xia was really cornered at that time, and mistakenly took Wang Liqin's curiosity as a concern, she asked what to say, and the two talked very speculatively.
In the end, Wang Liqin said, "Look at you, what is the difficulty?" Tell your cousin! It easily opened Zhou Xia's heart defense.
She is desperate, and even the slightest care from others can hold on to her like a life-saving straw.
Moreover, if Wang Liqin can pass on a message to her in the middle, grandma will see her pitiful, and she will definitely not ignore her, and Zhou Yang will not die without help.
"Oh mama! What's going on! Don't tell your grandma! She didn't want to see you in the first place, and if you get into this kind of dirty thing again, she won't have to cut you out with a big broom pimple right away!
Besides, we can't afford to lose this person with you! Who's good little girl can do this? That fly doesn't bite the egg! You can provoke such a person by walking the right path yourself? Your family already has a broken shoe. Don't you have this root (tradition, inheritance), right?! ”
Wang Liqin's words scared Zhou Xia into a cold sweat, and she immediately dismissed her plan to tell Mrs. Li about it.
But she didn't wait for her to think of anything else. One evening a few days later, Xu Dali pressed her into the Zhou family's wheat straw stack.
"Sooner or later, it's my daughter-in-law, what's the place for me to sleep early for two years?!" Xu Dali put on his pants and left.
Zhou Xia lay alone in the wheat straw stack with her eyes open for the night.
The next day, she went to Li's house again. This time, she didn't go for help, she went for revenge.
That's all Zhou Yang can hear.
That night, Xu Dali was pressed to his home and beaten half-disabled. The next day, he was arrested by the county public security bureau with **.
Mrs. Zhou, Zhou Hongxiang, Wang Fengying, Zhou Juan, Xue Shuiqin, and Zhou Chunliang were also arrested for persecution of women.
Zhou Yang and Zhou Chen stood in front of Zhou Xia and told her about it with mixed feelings.
Zhou Xia grabbed a handful of feces and threw it at them, smiling hehehehe. There was no reaction at all.
Whether she is really crazy or pretending to be crazy, Zhou Xia has completely given up on herself.
"Don't tell me otherwise!" Shen Guodong was very impatient when he saw Zhou Yang's expression, and he was so angry that he walked around Guan Zhouxia's courtyard.
"I don't feel sorry for her! She has brought her own land to this point! Poisonous, stupid and ruthless, it's no wonder she can have a good end! Shen Guodong did not sympathize with this emotion. Yes, there is. He wouldn't give it to people like Zhou Xia.
"If you pity her, what will you do? Who did she recruit and provoke whom? Why do you suffer this sin? Zhou Xia was **, so all the sins can be wiped out? ! What about Nannan? Who will give her justice? I'm telling you, it's not over! She had to pay for her sins! ”
"Big brother, one yard is one yard." Zhou Chen also did not agree to let Zhou Xia go.
"She hasn't said whether she has any accomplices yet, what the hell is going on, just holding back and waiting to hurt again!" Dunzi craned his neck and didn't look at Zhou Yang.
Zhou Yang analyzed for a long time, and it was impossible for Zhou Xia to complete this matter alone. She must have complicity. This accomplice must be found, or Zhou Wanwan will be in perpetual danger.
The bitterness on Zhou Yang's face did not fade. His eyes were clear and firm, "One yard to one yard!" We have to figure it out! ”
But Zhou Xia didn't cooperate at all.
Zhou Yang sat outside the door and talked to her alone for a few hours. As long as she can atone for her sins and make Zhou Wanwan's murder clear, they can consider treating her lightly.
Zhou Yang even promised, "I won't leave you alone in the future." ”
It's a pity that Zhou Yang was answered by a piece of feces that fell on the door with a snap.
Shen Guodong has a way to deal with her, but he can't let go of his hands and feet to do it.
He couldn't kill or maim her, her tolerance for pain was simply shocking, and she pretended to be crazy and stupid, and her body was full of stench, so that people didn't want to come near at all.
"I'll go see Zhou Xia, see you alone." Zhou Wanwan thought about it for a few days before she solemnly made this request.
Shen Guodong used a water hose to completely flush Zhou Xia, changed the room, and tied her tightly to the pillar in the room before letting Zhou Wanwan go in.
"Zhou Xia, I will never forgive you for what you have done. Even you're a poor person. Zhou Wanwan looked at Zhou Xia coldly, this sibling sister who had been entangled with her for so long in her past life and this life was suddenly full of exhaustion.
Zhou Xia looked at Zhou Wanwan with a smile, with a strange smugness and provocation in her eyes.
"Zhou Xia, if I die, your life will not be easy. It could be even worse. You live, you die, it doesn't matter to me. Have you seen this? ”
Zhou Wanwan ignored Zhou Xia's attitude and continued, "I will never forgive you, and I don't want to see you again." I don't want to have a shadow of you in my life, let alone let me influence my brother, so you have a chance now, this may be your last chance in this life, you must think about it carefully. ”
Zhou Wanwan looked at Zhou Xia with heavy eyes, and the momentum on her body was cold and indifferent, which was very different from her usual appearance.
"I'll say it again, you think about it before you answer me." Zhou Wanwan paused for a while before continuing, "You explain everything about my kidnapping, and in exchange, we will send you away." Let you go to a brand new place and start your new life. ”
Zhou Wanwan wants more than just the truth. It's an attitude of Zhou Xia.
She wants to let Zhou Xia go, provided that she is willing to cooperate with herself and disappear into her life forever. If she is let go, but the tiger is returned to the mountain, then she is too stupid.
So, Zhou Xia must now show full cooperation before they can move on to the next step.
Zhou Xia tilted her head to look at Zhou Wanwan, her eyes were full of sarcastic smiles, as well as persistence and madness at all costs, but she didn't say a word.
"Think about it before you answer me. You have been completely ruined by yourself in the first fifteen years, and how you will live your life in the future depends entirely on how you choose now. Zhou Xia, I advise you to be sensible and don't destroy yourself again. ”
Zhou Wanwan pressed Zhou Xia with her gaze, not giving her a chance to be lucky.
"I didn't expect Madman Liu to succeed so easily." Zhou Xia slowly lowered her eyes, refusing to look at Zhou Wanwan, but no longer pretending to be crazy and stupid, "At that time, I found her, and I just told her that if I kill you, I can come back in exchange for grass and flowers, and I kept telling her for many days." ”
"Later, I found out that my uncle's family was going to find someone to beat adobe that day, and I didn't know if you would go or not, so I just wanted to try.
I found Liu Maniac the night before, tied her to a big rock in the Hetao, and went to untie it early the next morning, so that she could hide there, and when I saw a child who was a little bigger than Caohua and was very good-looking, I stoned her to death, and I could change Caohua back. ”
Zhou Xia smiled nervously again, "You are so easy to recognize, hair, clothes, appearance, as long as you say the same, no one will admit it." Didn't you expect that you would bring yourself such trouble? ”
Zhou Wanwan didn't say a word, and looked at Zhou Xia silently.
"It's gone! That's what I did! Zhou Xia began to laugh nervously again, "Crazy Liu can't stay in one place, she is flustered, and she has to walk around." She was even more afraid of people, and she didn't dare to hide in the debillet yard for so long! Someone led her over, told her to stone you to death, and told her to run away with you! ”
"Ahh That's right! And a bunch of pigs to help! She's a madman, how can she have this brain to do this! Zhou Wanwan, what kind of effort (coincidence) let her catch up, why didn't she stone you to death? ”
Zhou Wanwan looked at Zhou Xia coldly, "This is your choice?" ”
Zhou Xia lowered her eyes, and the sarcasm on her face slowly faded, replaced by incomparable solemnity and seriousness, "I'm going to a far, far away place, no one knows me, and I don't know anyone." ”
"Yes." Zhou Wanwan nodded affirmatively.
"How much money do you give me? You're so rich, you must be able to give me more, right? Zhou Xia smiled sarcastically again, "If my big trouble is gone, you will be able to live a better life with peace of mind." ”
"If you want money, you can exchange things with me."
"Come here, I'll tell you who that person is." Zhou Xia's eyes suddenly lit up, staring eagerly at Zhou Wanwan.
"Zhou Xia, let me remind you again, this may be your last chance in this life, how to choose, have you thought about it?" Different from Zhou Xia's shining eyes, Zhou Wanwan's eyes were dull and gloomy.
"Come here! I'll tell you who that man is! Zhou Xia was still staring eagerly at Zhou Wanwan.
Zhou Wanwan stared at Zhou Xia for a while, and slowly walked towards her.
"You put your ears here!" It was the first time in Zhou Xia's life to speak so gently to Zhou Wanwan's sister.
Zhou Wanwan slowly leaned her ears over, Zhou Xia's mouth slowly leaned over, slowly opened, and the light in her eyes became more and more abundant. Suddenly, Zhou Xia opened her mouth and bit Zhou Wanwan's ear fiercely!
Unfortunately, her mouth opened and she couldn't close it anymore.
Zhou Wanwan's cool fingers gently pinched Zhou Xia's chin, as light as if pinching a flower, but it made Zhou Xia's mouth numb, and she couldn't close it.
"Zhou Xia, if you choose, you can't blame others anymore. Hope you won't regret it. Zhou Wanwan's voice was the same as her hand, cold and light, but it had the power that people couldn't resist. (To be continued......)