Jiang Linfen's hometown house is indeed very dilapidated, it is an old-fashioned earthen embryo house, it looks crumbling, and it is not easy to hold on to it for so many years without falling. To the left of the old house is a two-storey building, which contrasts sharply due to its proximity.

For Cheng Jiaxuan and Bai Yifan, they came here mainly to investigate some of the situation of Jiang Linfen's family in their hometown, and this old house, at most, they just went in and walked around, and it was actually of no value. What is really valuable is to see if you can know what kind of person Jiang Linfen used to be from the mouths of the people in this place, and whether she had a grudge against someone and so on. Cheng Jiaxuan walked to the building on the left, a yard had been built in front of the house, and some trees were planted around the yard, which seemed to form a kind of protection. In the courtyard, there is an old grandmother holding a child, the child is about a year old, sleeping in the arms of the old man, the sun is sprinkled in the courtyard, this picture looks very pleasant.

Cheng Jiaxuan walked in and greeted politely, "Hello, old man." ”

The old grandmother held the child, stood up and looked at the stranger in front of her, everyone in the village knew each other, and it was rare for strangers to come here, she asked vigilantly, "Who are you?" ”

Cheng Jiaxuan took out his ID and introduced his identity, and then a young woman came out of it, who seemed to be the child's mother, she politely brought two chairs, and then explained Cheng Jiaxuan's identity to the old man, and then several people sat down.

The young woman said to the old woman, "Mom, put the child on the bed, he will probably sleep well." ”

The old woman went in with the child in her arms, and the young woman turned to them and smiled, "I'm sorry, there are few strangers in the village, and my mother is a little wary." ”

"It's okay, it's a good thing for the elderly to have a sense of prevention." Cheng Jiaxuan said with a smile, perhaps because women will exude a soft glow of motherhood after becoming a mother, so the woman in front of her also gives people a very gentle feeling, "We came today mainly to ask about Jiang Linfen's family next door." ”

"I guess you also came to ask her, Yaoyao came back yesterday, I haven't seen her for many years, and I almost can't recognize that girl." This young woman was married to Dawan Village, but she knew Su Yao when she was a child, but after Su Yao's father died, she followed her mother to Linhua not long after, so she rarely met later. "But when I got married, Yaoyao and her mother were no longer here, so I didn't know much about their family."

Before Cheng Jiaxuan could speak, the old grandmother came out of the house again, her hair was gray and she was walking slowly, and said to the young woman, "The child is estimated to wake up and have something to eat, you go get it first." ”

The young woman was very smart, and knew that the old man had something to say, so she obediently entered the house, and the old woman sat down slowly, looked at Cheng Jiaxuan and Bai Yifan, and sighed deeply, "That's my daughter-in-law, she is young and ignorant, and she doesn't know some things." I have been neighbors with the Jiang family for life, if you want to know anything, just ask me. ”

Cheng Jiaxuan glanced back at the house next door, "After Jiang Linfen left, have you been back for so many years?" ”

The old grandmother shook her head, "I never came back, but her daughter Su Yao sometimes came back to see, but every time she came back, she was alone, and every time she came back, she bought me something." ”

"That means that after Jiang Linfen's husband died, she didn't have any contact with here after she left?"

"No, her parents didn't come back on their death days, and Su Yao occasionally came back to light incense and burn paper, and sometimes we would go to help sweep the tomb." The old grandmother also glanced at the old house, "If she comes back, her house will not be like this." ”

"Do you know about Jiang Linfen going to Linhua to remarry?"

"Everyone in the village knows that we originally belong to Linhua City, although this is a village, but it is not particularly far from the city, and many people work there. People, everywhere they go is a circle, walking around are just those people, she didn't inform us when she got married, but there is no impermeable wall in this world, some villagers know about it in Linhua City, and when they come back, they tell everyone, we all know. ”

"When Jiang Linfen was here before, how was her relationship with everyone?"

The old grandmother thought about it, as if it was a serious memory, "It's not good, it's not bad, she doesn't like to talk, Su Chengwu is also honest, their family talks a lot about her parents, and Su Yao's personality is okay." ”

Cheng Jiaxuan looked into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking, Bai Yifan suddenly asked, "You and Jiang Linfen's parents should have a good relationship, right?" ”

The old grandmother didn't seem to expect her to ask such a question, and she was stunned for a moment before reacting, "Her mother and I are both married here, and we are neighbors, so the relationship is naturally closer." She, hey, people are very good, but her mouth is not forgiving, and her man is also a tough character, and she feels that he has the final say in everything at home, and the two of them have quarreled a lot. ”

"Are they good to Jiang Linfen?"

The old grandmother was silent for a long time, and suddenly sighed, "Now that Xiaofen is dead, there is nothing to hide." Her parents have very tough personalities, and they are bent on giving birth to a son, but they didn't expect to give birth to a daughter. I remember when she was just born, her father slapped her mother in anger, and her mother was very weak at that time, and we neighbors went to stop her. Actually, Xiaofen's mother is still very good, after all, she is her own flesh and blood, but she can't live up to the Jiang family's daily talk. ”

The old grandmother was immersed in the memories of many years ago, shaking her head vigorously, angry and regretful, "I also persuaded her mother at the time, no matter how I said it, I was pregnant and born in October, but her mother quarreled with me, saying that I have two sons and a daughter, and I have two sons, and I always say cool things next to me." I knew she was angry, but at that time, she was so young that she was so angry that she didn't care about their family's affairs. It wasn't until Xiaofen secretly came to my house that I saw her being beaten all over her body, hey, her body was all purple and blue, she was only ten years old at the time, and she didn't even dare to cry. I asked her who beat her, and she didn't dare to say, and later said that her father beat her, and her mother didn't care. ”

Bai Yifan's brows wrinkled more and more tightly when he listened to it, and Cheng Jiaxuan's face was also serious.

"In comparison, although I have scolded these children in my family, we really can't beat the children like the Jiang family. Xiaofen could only endure it every time, and after the fight, she secretly came to me, and I gave her medicine. Later, I remembered that her father found her an in-law's family, which was Su Chengwu's family, and asked Su Chengwu to be her son-in-law. However, the two of them have really bad tempers, after Xiaofen got married, they were still like that, and they always disliked Su Chengwu in every way. After that, her parents died, and she was gone. The old grandmother kept sighing when she said it, "Sometimes I think it's good for Xiaofen to leave, what are you doing in this village, I've been angry for so many years, even if it's not good to go out, it's better than listening to people gossip here." ”

"Then how did Jiang Linfen's parents treat Su Yao?"

"It's good for Su Yao. It is estimated that he was old, and when he was young, he wanted a son, but he gave birth to a daughter, and after thinking about his son for a lifetime, Xiaofen gave birth to a daughter. I don't know why, after Su Yao was born, they were very good to Su Yao, I also said at the time, I guess I am old, and old people like us are always very tolerant of their grandchildren. ”

Cheng Jiaxuan seemed to have thought of something, and continued to ask, "How were Jiang Linfen's parents in health when they were alive?" I heard that they died of illness? ”

The old grandmother nodded, "Her father's health is okay, and he is very neat when he works in the fields, but he loves to smoke, and he smokes leaf cigarettes." Her mother's body was okay when she was young, but it gradually didn't get better, and the two of them had bad tempers, and every time her father quarreled with her mother, he couldn't win or lose, so in the end, he sprinkled all his anger on Xiaofen. ”

"Well, thank you for telling us that today."

"In the past, some people are willing to listen to this, and my wife is also willing to say it. But I still want to ask, what's wrong with Xiaofen? Su Yao came yesterday to say that something happened to Xiaofen, and I don't know what the specific situation is. ”

Cheng Jiaxuan briefly told Jiang Linfen about it, and the old man sighed again, and kept asking them, hoping that they could find out the case as soon as possible. When Cheng Jiaxuan and Bai Yifan left, they passed by the old house, the earthen house in the early years was the pillar of a home, and now the roof is not half gone, and weeds grow in the house, like an abandoned place for a long time, but they insist on standing there, reminding people passing by that the story that once happened here.