Seeing that Song Zhi led the two police officers to arrive, the villagers were in an uproar.

Everyone knows why the police came.

Ruyi Village is remote and isolated. Although it is already a new socialist countryside, the clan concept that has been followed for thousands of years has been deeply engraved in the bones of the villagers.

In a large village of about 500 people, more than 300 people have the surname Bai. Of course, it is true that the village committee and the production team lead everyone in peacetime, but the leaders of the village committee and the production team of each team and each group were originally selected based on their influence in the clan.

Ruyi Village is rated as a civilized village every year because most disputes are settled under the mediation of the village (zong) committee (clan).

Bai Zhenzhu committed crimes and knocked down the elder Bai Zhenggan; she also bullied children and threw children who were only a few years old like that, which is really annoying...

But no one thought that Bai Zhenggan\'s family would go to the police.

All the villagers turned to Tang Liren.

——Bai Zhenggan is not here, Tang Liren is the pillar of the family.

Tang Liren was also stunned when she saw Song Zhi leading the two police officers. Think about Song Zhi\'s stickiness to Tao Tao again? Tang Liren asked Taotao, "Did you send Song Zhi to the town to call the police?"

Only the town has a police station.

Tao Tao replied: "I asked him to go to the town hospital early in the morning to find my father and my brother Dongsheng, and only after they agreed could Song Zhi go to the police station to report the case. Now that he has brought the police, it proves that my father and I My brother also agreed to call the police."

Tang Liren was hesitant for a while, and turned to look at the white pearl lying on the ground, "After all, it\'s still a family..."

Taotao said seriously: "Mom, what are you going to do with this? If you forgive Bai Zhenzhu, have you considered the feelings of my sister-in-law and Hongdou? When Baizhuo smashed Hongdou, she didn\'t know what she did, Hongdou. Is it possible to die? If you can forgive even a would-be murderer, what if others want to bully us in the future if they follow suit? Or if others in the village follow suit, what should I do?"

"...Mom, think about it again, if you don\'t want to forgive Bai Zhenzhu, what will happen to the brother relationship between Dad and the third uncle? Is it a dilemma?" Taotao threw out several hypotheses in succession.

Tang Liren: ...

Yes, it\'s really a dilemma.

Tao Tao said: "As the old saying goes, it is difficult for an honest official to cut off housework. Since he is in a dilemma, why don\'t he solve this matter in accordance with the law? If Bai Zhenzhu did something wrong, he will be punished. As long as Red Bean is fine, and White Pearl will not risk her life. When she pays the price in accordance with the law, it will not be too late for you to forgive her according to her character."

"Mom, the most important thing is that we are doing this for the whole village to see. For trivial matters, you can listen to the mediation of the village committee, but once you have the intention to kill people... whoever protects her is harming her. She is also harming the whole village!" Tao Tao said word by word.

The villagers present were mostly good people.

After listening to Taotao\'s words, they also thought about it.

——As Taotao said, someone in the village quarreled and made a small mistake. It is acceptable to listen to the mediation of the village committee and the clan, and everyone to take a step back.

Pearl was usually honest, and no one believed that she would commit such an evil act.

But she did just that.

If this time is not severely punished and she is not taught a lesson, who knows if she will do it again in the future? Who will suffer next time? Will other people follow suit?

Besides, if the village committee is to mediate, what is the level of "severe punishment"? Is it really fair and just? As fair as the laws of the state?

Everyone fell silent.

At this time, Song Zhi had brought the two police officers to the crowd.

Taotao was very happy, holding Huangdou\'s hand, ran over and asked him, "Song zhi, have you met my brother Dongsheng? How are my father and Hongdou?"

Everyone at the scene immediately pricked up their ears, and everyone wanted to know how Bai Zhenggan and Hongdou were doing.

Song Zhi said: "The doctor said that your father\'s condition is not bad, he is awake, and his lumbar spine is fine, but the rib that was broken before and the rib that has been connected is misplaced, and it is recommended to be hospitalized for half a month, and the condition has improved. Get out of the hospital again."

"I\'ve also chatted with your dad, and his mood is fairly stable, but he\'s worried about Hongdou, and he also misses you." Song Zhi glanced in the direction of the police, and said, "I asked I passed your brother and your father, and they both agreed to call the police."

——I heard that Bai Zhenggan is not a big problem?

The villagers breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Bai Zhenggan was still very influential in the village.

——I heard that Bai Zhenggan also agreed to call the police on this matter?

The villagers thought again that Bai Zhenggan was the secretary of the party branch in the village, and he was originally the leader of the village. When something happened to his family, it was really hard for him to handle it himself. So the alarm processing is also normal. The crowd was not as conflicted as before.

Bai Zhenzhu, who was lying on the stretcher, heard that the uncle was fine, and cried again, "I\'m sorry, I\'m sorry..."

Tang Liren also breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly became anxious again, "Song zhi, what about my red beans?"

Song Zhi\'s expression was a little dignified, and he said softly: "When I went, Brother Dongsheng said that the doctor had already checked Hongdou, and the initial diagnosis was a severe concussion, a ruptured spleen, and a ruptured eardrum, and the treatment has now begun. However, when I came, Hongdou...was still awake. The doctor said that if the child can wake up within three days, it will not be a big problem."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

White Pearl bit her lower lip tightly, only to feel that a heart was being grabbed fiercely. She regretted it so much that her heart was broken, and she was in so much pain that she couldn\'t get any more.

Hearing that Hongdou had not woken up yet, Tang Liren only felt that the world was spinning for a while, and she couldn\'t help but stumble...

The women standing beside her quickly supported her and said—

"Sister-in-law Zhenggan, you can\'t fall at this juncture!"

"Hongdou Jiren has a natural appearance, she will be fine!"

"Yes, the child\'s vitality is very strong, and she will wake up soon!"

"Auntie, my uncle is in the hospital again, you should be fine..."

White Pearl burst into tears.

"Auntie, I\'m sorry for Hongdou! I\'m also sorry for Uncle... I know, if I die, it\'s me who will get cheaper! I\'ve lost a hundred times, but Uncle, Hongdou and sister-in-law all suffer because of me! Auntie, speak up, You said, what do you want me to do? I want to live or die, kill or cut, I agree... as long as I can atone for my sins!"

On the other side, the two police officers first asked the village chief, village cadres, production team leaders, and team leaders about the surrounding circumstances of the family case.

Second Aunt Bai went to get two small stools, put them in front of Bai Zhenzhu\'s stretcher, and asked the two police officers to sit down.

Immediately, one public security officer took out a pen and a notebook to record, and another public security officer began to inquire.

The police asked, "Girl, tell me your name, age, and what you\'ve done."

Bai Zhenzhu replied: "My name is Bai Zhenzhu, I am 18 years old. I went to my uncle\'s house to **** something... My uncle stopped me, I just... pushed my uncle to the ground and threw my cousin\'s niece. now..."

She has a great attitude and is very cooperative.

The police asked, "What did you steal?"

White Pearl replied, "An old piece of clothing."

Including the police, the scene was silent.

She hurt two relatives just for a piece of old clothes, how stupid this girl is! How unworthy it is!

The police asked again, "Then why are you going to rob someone\'s old clothes?"

Bai Zhuo didn\'t shy away, "I want to dress up beautifully, go on a blind date, and marry myself..."

The onlookers were deeply sighed when they heard Bai Zhenzhu tell the whole story with their own ears.

Because Bai Zhenzhu cooperated abnormally, the process of extracting the confession by the police was also very smooth.

Bai Feicui and Aunt Bai had already left in anger, but they only ran back when they saw the police coming from the village from a distance.

Seeing that the public security had already recorded Bai Zhenzhu\'s confession, Aunt Bai couldn\'t help but leaned over and asked nervously, "Comrade Public Security, will she...will be sentenced? Or is it okay to lose money? "

The public security comrade replied: "We still have to wait for the news from the hospital. We must first know the injury report of Bai Zhenggan and Bai Hongdou\'s grandson and grandson. If the grandson and grandson are seriously injured, this matter is not trivial... The procuratorate has to deal with it. A lawsuit will be filed, and then the court will convict her. The two charges of intentional injury and robbery should be indispensable."

Aunt Bai has never been to the town a few times, and she doesn\'t know what the procuratorate is doing. She just thinks that the "robbery" and "intentional injury" mentioned by the public security comrades seem very scary...

She wanted to howl.

But she didn\'t dare to howl when she saw the two police officers\' faces full of uprightness and awe. He had no choice but to keep his mouth flat, sobbed twice, and held it back.

Bai Feicui also stepped forward and asked a crucial question, "Uncle Public Security, are you going to arrest Bai Zhuo now?"

The police glanced at the blood-stained White Pearl lying on the stretcher, and replied: "She has not been convicted yet, so it is impossible to arrest her. Besides, her physical condition is not suitable for imprisonment. I will go to the town hospital to find Bai Zhenggan to record a confession. When the confession is complete, Bai Zhenggan\'s grandson and grandson\'s injuries will be reported. Now, let the village committee monitor Bai Zhenzhu\'s residence first!"

Next, the two police officers found several other villagers and asked about Bai Zhenzhu\'s beating, robbing, and jumping off cliffs.

After the confession was over, the two were about to leave. Tang Liren hurriedly asked Lizi to bring out two bowls of food and handed it to the police, "Comrade Public Security, our village is far from the town. Last two hours... This is the rough food in our countryside, don\'t dislike it, it\'s good to be hungry. Besides, I still have something I want to ask you..."

One of the police officers asked, "Auntie, what\'s the matter?"

Tang Liren, "It\'s like this, you two should already know the situation in our family. On this side, my daughter-in-law gave birth to a little grandson last night. On the other side, my son is accompanying my old man and little granddaughter. I\'m hospitalized in the town hospital! I want to take the newly born child and show it to the two of you. When I trouble you two to go back to town, I\'ll go to the town hospital for us to pass a message to my son, just say his wife The child is well, don\'t worry about home, let him take good care of the old and the young..."

The public security thought, anyway, they are going to find Bai Zhenggan to understand the situation, and nodded, "Yes! Aunt, please take the child out and let us have a look. Besides... We have accepted these two bowls of meals, thank you. , but we\'ll pay for the meal."

"No money, no money! It\'s not a good meal either!" Tang Liren quickly declined.

But in the end, the two police officers still gave Tang Liren a dime as food.

When the two public security comrades finished their lunch, they looked at Tan Fenghui\'s newly born baby again and were about to leave...

Bai Taotao pulled Bai Aimin and ran over, "Comrade Public Security, please wait!"

Bai Aimin told the police about Huang Er\'s trafficking of women, which he heard from Huang Village today.

The two police officers suddenly changed color - this is a big case!

At the moment, the two police officers questioned Bai Aimin again, and finally decided to take Bai Aimin back to the town police station immediately.

Bai Aimin immediately followed the two police officers away.

Next, Tang Liren discussed with the village chief about White Pearl\'s whereabouts--Aunt Bai and Bai Feicui wanted to separate White Pearl at this juncture. Very stubborn is not willing to go to the hospital.

In the end, the village chief thought of a way to move Bai Zhenzhu to the collective women\'s dormitory in the educated youth station, and arranged a shift for the women in the clan, so that everyone could come out every day and go to the educated youth station to take care of Bai Zhenzhu.

The problem of living is solved, but the problem of food remains.

There are seven or eight orphans in Ruyi Village, and the women take turns to cook for them, and Baizhuzhu will eat with them first!

When everyone was discussing the retention and accommodation of White Pearl, Aunt Bai and Bai Feicui slipped away quietly.

Bai Feicui, "Mom, is my uncle really a kidnapper?"

Aunt Bai couldn\'t figure it out herself, she just thought it was incredible, "I can\'t, I didn\'t listen to your aunt and uncle!"

Bai Jade gave her mother a white look, thinking how could she have such a stupid mother! He said: "Then if they are true, will they still say to you, \'Yes, I am a kidnapper\'?"

Aunt Bai: ...

It seems to make sense!

Seeing the sudden realization on her mother\'s face, Bai Jade was so angry that she rolled her eyes to the sky. But after thinking about it again and again, Bai Feicui said, "Mom, we have to go to Huangcun quickly and send a letter to my uncle!"

Aunt Bai was taken aback and whispered, "I can\'t go! Aimin has already reported to the police. If we go, wouldn\'t it ruin the affairs of the police comrades?"

Bai Feicui held her forehead, "Mom, that\'s your brother and sister-in-law!"

Aunt Bai still doesn\'t understand, "What are we... going to your uncle for?"

Her eldest daughter, Panjin, was introduced to her marriage by her second sister-in-law, and she only received 20 yuan as a betrothal gift! But if someone else\'s family married a daughter, there would be 200 yuan as a dowry! Because of this, she was angry and didn\'t want to spend a penny to prepare a dowry for Panjin. Later, the second room of the big room put together two quilts, several pots, several buckets, and several bamboo woven boxes, and sent Panjin out the door.

Since then, Aunt Bai has broken off with her second brother and second sister-in-law.

Could it be that Jade meant to tell her second brother to run quickly? ?

do not want!

Bai Feicui took a deep breath, "Let\'s go to my uncle to ask for money, blackmail him, and tell him that someone wants to deal with him! If he doesn\'t give us money, then he will die!" She used the plainest words her mother could understand. way to say.

Aunt Bai finally understood, but she was a little worried, "Then if your uncle really runs away, and the police find out that it was a letter we reported to, will you... even arrest us?"

Bai Feicui was almost **** off by her mother\'s stupidity, "So let\'s go there secretly, so that no one can find out!"

Aunt Bai suddenly realized.

So the mother and daughter quietly climbed the back mountain, and left the village after turning over the mountain.

==

But it was said that after the crowd at the second aunt\'s house left, Tang Liren entered the Westinghouse and told Tan Fenghui about the situation of Hongdou and Bai Zhenggan.

Tan Fenghui heard that her father-in-law was fine, so she let go half of her heart, but after all, she was thinking about Hongdou, and cried with Tang Liren again, and finally closed her eyes and fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, Bai Dongsheng came back from town on a borrowed bicycle.

However, he didn\'t know that his wife was a child sitting at the second aunt\'s house, so he went straight to his house and called the door.

The sisters heard the movement, put on their clothes and came out to see, is the big brother back?

The sisters suddenly became excited and kept asking questions.

It turned out that the little red bean woke up!

It is because of this that Bai Dongsheng came back to report the letter. The sisters were overjoyed! Only then did Bai Dongsheng know that his wife was at the second uncle\'s house at the foot of the mountain, and Tang Liren also lived there, taking care of her daughter-in-law and the newly born grandson.

Bai Dongsheng originally wanted to go down to see his wife immediately, but was stopped by his sisters.

Taotao: There are only a few hours left until dawn. It is better to go after dawn, so as not to wake up my sister-in-law. She needs a rest now.

Lili: My sister-in-law is working hard, and our mother is also tired. Let them both have a good rest.

Xing Xing: Why don\'t you cook your breakfast now and serve it at dawn.

So the brothers and sisters gathered together in the kitchen.

Li Li is busy cooking breakfast; Xing Xing is pouring water in and out for her elder brother to wash and make tea; the sleepy little soybean is nestled in Tao Tao\'s arms, and Tao Tao is leaning on Song Zhi again.

The brothers and sisters chatted for days.

Bai Dongsheng, "Song Zhi came over to tell me about Bai Zhenzhu yesterday morning, saying that you still want to report to the police... In fact, at the beginning, our father didn\'t agree, he always thought it was a family matter, we You can solve it yourself. But Song Zhi said..."

Tao Tao said: "Actually, I said it, he conveyed my opinion."

Everyone looked at her.

Tao Tao continued: "Our family is not lazy! There are people in the village who are not as diligent as our family, but their lives... Although they are not able to eat meat, they are not like our family before. You have to eat bean rice and wild vegetables!"

"I\'ve been thinking about it, but I still think my parents are too soft-hearted! Others have taken advantage of them. As long as you call them big brother, big sister-in-law, or big auntie, they will be soft-hearted and won\'t be held accountable."

"But this time, it\'s not as simple as being taken advantage of by others! It was Red Bean who almost died in the hands of White Pearl! If we let it go this time, and if we condone those people, we can do it in the future. Hurt us easily, because we will let it go for the sake of relatives?"

Li Li and Xing Xing nodded again and again.

Bai Dongsheng, "I think so too, so I also said that I have to go to the police. I can see that Dad means... Since you young people want to do this, then let\'s do it!"

Saying that, Bai Dongsheng sighed again, "You don\'t know, when I sent Dad and Hongdou to the hospital that day, he told me not to ask Pearl and Uncle San for medical expenses, saying that he and Uncle San are brothers after all! At the time, I was in a bad mood…”

"I want to say that the third uncle and you are brothers, so I am not your son? Hongdou is not your granddaughter? But when you think about it, he is also old, why should I fight for this! Fortunately, Song Zhi was at that time. Now, Song Zhi persuaded him for a long time before he nodded and agreed to call the police."

"How did that happen?" Xing Xing was a little angry, but more helpless, "Parents are really... They are both knife-mouthed and tofu-hearted!"

Lili also said, "That\'s right! Pearl is pitiful, but she had murderous intentions towards our red beans at the time. If you even let this go... Are you encouraging others to bully us?"

Tao Tao thought for a while, "In the future, our family will vote! If we can\'t reach a consensus, then, just..."

Song Zhi took a sip, "...it is allowed to express different opinions, and then debate with multiple parties until a consensus is reached."

The brothers and sisters all laughed and said, "That\'s it!"

No one thinks there is anything wrong with Song Zhi\'s speech, it seems that he has already regarded him as a writer?

Song Zhi sat quietly next to Taotao, feeling the friendship between the Bai brothers and sisters.

He didn\'t have such a family, and he had never felt such a brother-sister atmosphere, and he was immersed in it for a while.

Next, Xing Xing chatted again about the separation of the third uncle\'s family today.

It took Bai Dongsheng a long time to say, "There are only two unmarried girls left in the third uncle\'s family, and the family is still separated?"

Li Li said, "It\'s not that I want to repay my debt! Fortunately, the third uncle can still be sensible!"

After a while, Lili made lunch, filled it with a few pots, and the brothers and sisters went down with the pots and pots.

Soybean hadn\'t seen his father for a few days, so he insisted on hugging him; Dongsheng had no choice but to hand over a pot of porridge to Song Zhi and hugged his son.

Tang Liren was startled when she saw Dongsheng suddenly, "Why did you come back? When did you come back?"

Dongsheng smiled and said, "It\'s not long since I arrived... I borrowed Comrade Zhang\'s bicycle from the police station to ride back. Mom, Hongdou is awake, and I\'m here to report!"

Tang Liren looked surprised, "What? Hongdou woke up? Is she okay? Does her head hurt?"

Dongsheng hasn\'t spoken yet—

Tan Fenghui in the room vaguely heard her husband\'s voice, and shouted anxiously, "Dongsheng? Dongsheng... is that you coming back?"

Tang Liren hurriedly pushed her son, "Come in and see your daughter-in-law and child! Hey, the night Hui\'er gave birth to the baby, there was a lot of movement, she suffered a lot, you are not at home, hurry up, Hurry up and make amends for her!"

Dongsheng entered the house.

Tan Fenghui was lying on the bed with a towel wrapped around her forehead. As soon as she saw her husband, she asked with tears in her eyes, "Dongsheng, how is the red bean?"

"Hongdou is awake! I just came back to report the letter," Dongsheng hurried over, sat on the edge of the bed and held his wife\'s hand, and said softly, "Hui\'er, don\'t worry, the child is lively, ask mother as soon as you wake up. Well, what about Soybean... and ask her where is this?"

Tan Fenghui asked again, "What about her injury? I heard Song Zhi say something about spleen rupture, eardrum damage, etc., where is the spleen? I mean, will she be deaf in the future?"

Dongsheng explained it to his wife in detail, and said that the doctor said that the red beans are still small and have strong healing power, and these will be gradually raised. The main problem is a concussion, and the doctor suggested that he should be hospitalized for half a month and observe carefully.

Tan Fenghui breathed a sigh of relief.

Dongsheng\'s eyes shifted to the newly born baby lying beside his wife.

Tan Fenghui knew that her daughter had no worries about her life, and the big stone in her heart was gently put down, and a tired smile finally appeared on her haggard face, "This child looks more like you than red beans and soybeans... He is also well-behaved, as if he knows about family affairs. It\'s like a lot of children, never actively crying, only humming a few words when hungry and peeing."

Dongsheng looked at his wife steadily, his eyes slowly turned red, "Hui\'er, I\'ve heard that you suffered a lot when you gave birth. I\'m sorry... I\'m sorry I wasn\'t by your side that day..."

Inside the house, the young couple complained to each other; outside the house, Tang Liren discussed with her daughters.

"When your elder sister-in-law gave birth, your elder brother was not there. Today, he is back, so I simply let him rest at home for a few days. Lizi Xingzi, why don\'t you two ride the bicycle borrowed by your brother today and go back to town to take care of your father and son? How about a few days, little red bean? I\'ll ask your big brother to replace the two of you in a few days!" Tang Liren asked.

Going to town by bike?

How exciting! What a sight!

Pear and Xingzi are still a little worried. This said, no one cooks at home when I leave. The one who said, I\'m gone, no one\'s doing laundry at home...

Tang Liren smiled, "Isn\'t there still me! Your eldest brother is back, and he will take care of the confinement mother and Xiao Maomao. You are not at home, how much housework can you do!"

Then he instructed his daughters, "Take a small tandoor, and bring some charcoal, a bag of rice, dried vegetables, and dried mushrooms, as well as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar! When you get there, use your own. Cook rice in a small stove, spread a layer of dried vegetables mixed with oil and salt on top of the rice, the rice is cooked, and the vegetables are cooked... It\'s better than a few of you eating there together! "

Li Li Xing Xing nodded again and again.

Taotao propped her chin, she was unhappy with something in her heart.

Xiao Huangdou squatted beside her, rubbing her **** against her leg, holding a twig and pulling ants on the ground.

Tao Tao felt strangely hot, so she moved her legs to one side.

Soybean soon found out, and didn\'t say a word. He moved his small body again, letting his back touch Taotao\'s leg, and then he continued to lower his head and slap the ants.

Taotao stared at the back of Soybean\'s head for a long time, and suddenly remembered, this child seems to be... less and less talkative?

"Soy beans?" Tao Tao called him.

The little guy turned his head and looked at him quietly.

"Your father is back, in the Westinghouse, you go in and ask your sister red bean what she wants to eat. A few days ago, she said that she wanted to eat the white sugar cake made with your milk... Go and ask, do you want to make it for her? send."

Soybean shook his head shyly, lowered his head and continued to pick up the ants.

Taotao felt a little bad, "Soybeans?"

Soybean looked back at her again, but remained silent.

On the other side, Tang Liren took Lili Xingxing to her house, about to go back to pack her things.

Tao Tao observed the soybeans for a while, then stood up and walked towards the Westinghouse.

Soybean seemed to be taken aback, stood up quickly, and caught up with Taotao...

Taotao stopped, held Soybean\'s hand, walked to the Westinghouse door and shouted, "Brother! Sister-in-law, I\'m taking Soybean to the blacksmith shop!"

Dongsheng raised his voice and responded, "Go!"

Tao Tao took soybeans to the blacksmith shop.

Song Zhi is very busy.

——He has entrusted the village chief to report to his superiors that he found a suspected metric fighter jet of World War II in the dense forest, so now he is desperately working overtime and has to finish the backlog of work recently.

Once the above decides to move the fighter, Song Zhi can participate in the process of dismantling the fighter as a specially invited engineer of the Red Star Machinery Factory.

So he can\'t get caught up in chores.

Tao Tao didn\'t disturb Song zhi, and just sat quietly on the small stool she usually sat on, resting her chin in her palm, watching the soybeans.

Soybean squatted on the ground next to Taotao, scribbling on the ground with twigs.

His short legs were stubborn and had to touch any part of Tao Tao\'s body, as if this would give him a sense of security. At the same time, he used twigs to scribble on the ground, and there is no trace logic, and he has been scratching repeatedly...

Song Zhi noticed Taotao\'s silence and asked, "Still thinking about White Pearl?"

Taotao gave a "hmm" and replied, "Do you also think I\'m... very impersonal?"

Song Zhi smiled, "In the countryside, sometimes human favors outweigh legal principles. I think you\'re right. When favors can no longer be measured, it\'s right to call the police."

Tao Tao, "I mean—"

Suddenly remembering that Song Zhi was not there when she talked to Bai Zhenzhu, he came back later——

She repeated what she said to White Pearl at that time.

Song Zhi was silent.

But the work in his hands kept on, raising the hammer high and dropping it heavily, hitting the broken and red-hot pickaxe, making a crisp "ding-ding-dong" sound...

"Fuck-"

Song Zhi threw the hammered iron pick into the water tank, and the hot iron was excited by the cold water with a layer of water vapor, making a sizzling sound.

He put down the hammer, walked to Tao Tao, touched her head, and said, "I can\'t say this, because I\'m biased towards you..."

Speaking of this, he blushed inexplicably, coughed a few times, and continued: "Uh, it\'s mainly because I haven\'t been in the village for a few days, and my understanding of White Pearl is limited to the fact that she has taken your sister\'s many times. things, and she did evil and hurt your dad and red beans... that\'s all."

Tao Tao thought to herself: I was only a month earlier than you.

Song Zhi continued: "The people in the village may feel sorry for Bai Zhenzhu, who is not a bad person, but committed such a thing just because of an old clothes. But I think...if the victims are their relatives, maybe they I don\'t think so anymore."

"Tao Tao, I actually envy you," Song Zhi said, "but in my opinion, your starting point is to protect your family. But I don\'t even know who you want to protect."

Tao Tao was silent.

——It was also the first time that she had a family, the first time she felt the meticulous love of her family, and the first time she was trapped in a warm and sensitive human relationship network.

Alas, human emotions are so complicated! It is completely different from the cultivation world!

Besides, as Song Zhi said, she is also partial to her own family.

Taotao came to her senses silently and left with Soybean, "Song zhi, if my mother is looking for me, you can say that Soy and I have gone to the Seventh Wife\'s house!"

Song Zhi looked at her back, smiled, and thought: You are obviously going to the Zhiqing Station to find Bai Zhuzhu.

Tao Tao did go to the Zhiqing Station.

There was no one in the educated youth station, and Jia Xiaohong was cooking in the kitchen. Seeing Taotao, Jia Xiaohong quickly pulled her aside and asked, "Tao Tao, where did Yan Naqian go?"

Bai Taotao was a little surprised, "I don\'t know."

"Didn\'t she enter the city with you that day?" Jia Xiaohong asked.

Tao Tao\'s eyes widened, "Is she not back yet?"

"No! Oops, her vacations are all deducted, Jiang Hongzhi is angry! Taotao, tell me, Yan Naqian must have... absconded?" Jia Xiaohong asked in a low voice.

Tao Tao didn\'t know what "absconding" meant, so she said truthfully, "We went to the city together that day, and Zhao Zhiqing from Jixiang Village next door helped Yan Naqian buy a ticket. After arriving at the county seat, they both left together. I don\'t know where they went."

"Zhao Zhiqing? Zhao Fangsheng?"

Tao Tao shook her head, "I don\'t know what his name is, he\'s tall and thin, with thick eyebrows and a pair of glasses."

Jia Xiaohong showed a thoughtful expression.

Tao Tao walked into the women\'s dormitory and saw Bai Zhenzhu lying on the bed with wide eyes, staring out of the window in a daze.

Soybean followed Taotao ignorantly, and suddenly saw White Pearl——

The little guy froze, his eyes straightened, he gasped for breath... Then he turned around and ran!

Tao Tao hurried to chase, "Soybean!"

White Pearl was alarmed, and quickly stood up and shouted, "Peach! Soybean—"

Soybean ran outside and was stopped by Jia Xiaohong who was cooking, "Little Soybean, you have to be careful! Soybean? Soybean... Hey Taotao, what\'s wrong with Soybean? It used to be a small mouth. I haven\'t stopped, why is it so quiet today?"

Taotao, "Maybe I was frightened a few days ago."

She squatted down and hugged Soybean, "Xiaodou, are you afraid? Talk to the fourth aunt, okay?"

Soybean touched the corner of her clothes, kept her mouth flat, and shook her head in the direction of the bedroom, as if to say: I don\'t want to go to that place.

Jia Xiaohong said to Taotao, "Tao Tao, let Soy stay here and cook with me, I\'ll watch for you, it\'ll be fine. Soy, you follow me here, and you\'re not going anywhere. Are you okay?"

Soy nodded.

Taotao touched Soybean\'s head, "The fourth aunt will go in for a while, and come out immediately!"

Huangdou silently took out a stone warmed by his body temperature from his pocket, put it in Taotao\'s palm, and let her hold it again.

Tao Tao was stunned for a moment, and understood.

- This stone is the weapon that the little guy carries with him.

What Soybean gave her was not a stone, but a self-defense weapon.

Taotao felt a little distressed, she held the stone tightly, and whispered in Huangdou\'s ear: "Hudou, why don\'t you go with me? You take this and stand outside the door waiting for me to protect you. Me, if she dares to do anything to me, you can hit her, okay?"

Soybean suddenly showed a terrified look and couldn\'t stop shaking his head.

Tao Tao was silent for a long time.

After a long while, she said, "Then you can follow Sister Xiaohong here, I\'ll be back in a while."

Soybean said nothing.

Tao Tao got up and walked towards the female bed.

As a result, the corners of the clothes were caught again.

Tao Tao looked down-

I saw Soybean looking up at her with a concerned expression, brave and pitiful eyes.

Tao Tao smiled, took his little hand, led him to the female bed, let go of her hand, and motioned him to stand at the door.

Soybean pointed to the stone in Taotao\'s other hand.

Tao Tao nodded and walked into the women\'s bedroom.

White Pearl immediately sat up straight from the bed, "Peach!"

Tao Tao walked over and sat on an old chair in front of the bed.

Bai Zhuo looked at Tao Tao, feeling a little uneasy, "Tao Tao! Thank you... still willing to come and see me."

"Where are you hurt?" Tao Tao asked.

White Pearl lifted the quilt, revealing one leg that was thickly bandaged with cloth, and two hands, and said, "A piece of meat was ripped off by thorns on my leg, and then my hands and feet were cut by small stones. The aunt who came to take care of me has already helped me apply herbs, Tao Tao, thank you for caring about me, I\'m fine, people who are used to farm work are not so squeamish."

Tao Tao stared at White Pearl\'s forehead again.

——An old cloth towel was tied to White Pearl\'s forehead, and there were faint traces of green juice on the cloth towel, and it was estimated that herbs were also applied.

Bai Zhenzhu noticed her gaze and smiled bitterly, "This injury on the forehead...it really hurts!" As she spoke, tears flowed from her tears, "I just thought, Red Bean must hurt ten thousand times more than me. !"

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