Soon, the daughters-in-law cooked the food and brought it all to the table.
There were both meat and vegetable dishes, rice porridge and white flour buns.
Qian Shulan also called Deng Xingming over.
Except for Du Damei, everyone else sat down to eat.
Because of what happened, no one was in the mood to exchange pleasantries.
After dinner, several men began to ask Deng Xingming what had happened.
Deng Xingming combined the excuses Qian Shulan had made for him, "I was sleepwalking last night, and when I woke up I found myself at the entrance of the pig farm. A man threatened me and asked me to admit that I raped Du Damei, otherwise he would tell everyone about my secret meeting with the bad guys in the middle of the night. I was about to argue with him, but he knocked me out. When I woke up, I found myself lying under the bridge with Du Damei, and there were a few villagers standing next to us."
Qian Shulan was stunned. It turned out that Deng Xingming was not that stupid. She was wondering why Deng Xingming would stay where he was and not go home.
Sun Daqin was a little surprised. "Why didn't you tell everyone that you were sleepwalking? And you even admitted that you did it."
Deng Xingming rubbed his face and looked at Qian Shulan, "I just don't want my mother to worry about me." He turned his head to look at Fang Yonglin, "Didn't you mention a case similar to mine a few days ago?"
Everyone else looked at Fang Yonglin. Sun Daqin's eyes sparkled. She stared at Fang Yonglin and asked, "What case?"
Fang Yonglin sighed and said slowly, "Just two months ago, a rape case happened in our county, which was somewhat similar to this one. A woman was raped, and a worker happened to be passing by after get off work and was caught by the police. The worker refused to plead guilty, and the judge did not accept his testimony and sentenced him to rape. He was later shot."
Everyone hissed and took a deep breath. This guy was so unlucky.
Deng Xingming lowered his head, somewhat helplessly, "That man was shot because he refused to plead guilty. If I plead guilty, maybe Director Ma will give me a lighter sentence because of my sincere attitude."
In this era, due to the lack of legal basis, conviction and sentencing are very arbitrary. Different people will be charged with different crimes.
They don't believe in the so-called evidence, and think that evidence can be forged. As long as you are the only suspect, you are the murderer. It's really ridiculous.
Qian Shulan didn't know what to say. So Deng Xingming was able to come out this time, on the one hand, because of Du Damei's confession, and on the other hand, because he was the relative of County Magistrate Jiang. Both are indispensable.
Wang Shouzhi was still curious about the real criminal, "Who was the person who raped her? Seventh brother, you have no impression at all?"
Deng Xingming lowered his head and thought for a long time. "His voice was a bit deep. He was a young man, about 30 years old. He was a little strange. He spoke with a bit of majesty. It might be my own illusion."
Wasn't it that he was almost scared to death when he was caught meeting with bad guys? It was quite good that he could remember these.
Wang Shouli touched his chin and said, "Your range is too broad. There are at least 200 men like him in our production team, if not 300."
Fang Yonglin gave up directly, "We can't find out anything about this, so let's just forget it."
Although other people were also willing to investigate, they really couldn't find anything with such few clues.
Qian Shulan said to everyone, "This incident should serve as a warning to everyone. You must be careful in the future, don't walk alone at night, and don't get involved in this kind of thing again." The latter sentence was purely an expectation.
It's just that when people are unlucky, even drinking cold water will cause a toothache. It's unavoidable to encounter such things.
Qian Shulan said to everyone, "Everyone, go to bed early. You still have to go back to the county to work tomorrow. You are all exhausted after a long day."
After saying that, she took Xiao Min and Deng Xingming away.
At night, the stars are shining and the surroundings are quiet.
Qian Shulan took out the crystal ball and walked forward in the direction of the spiritual energy.
She arrived at a military camp stationed in the suburbs.
She sat in the space and looked at the man in front of her.
He was about thirty years old, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, single eyelids, a square face, dark skin, and strong muscles, which made him look particularly strong and upright.
So this is the man who raped Du Damei
Could he be Du Damei’s fiancé
Qian Shulan originally wanted to leave, but when she turned around, she saw him take out a diary and pull out a photo from the cover.
The photo is clearly a family photo of three people. He is on the far left, a six-year-old boy is in the middle, and a very gentle-looking woman is on the right. So this person has been married for a long time
He stroked the photo, not knowing who he was looking at.
After a long while, he put the photo down and put it back into the cover. Qian Shulan noticed a big black mole on the back of his hand. Just when Qian Shulan thought he would go to bed, he pulled out another photo from underneath.
The person above is Du Damei, who looks ten years younger. She has two braids and is holding one of them with one hand. The corners of her mouth are slightly raised, showing a very shy smile. She also has a silk scarf tied around her neck. Because it is a black and white photo, it is hard to tell what color it is. But it can be seen that she must be a girl who loves beauty.
There was a lingering look in his eyes. Qian Shulan didn't want to look any further, so she activated her ring and left.
The next morning, after sending Xiaomin to school, Qian Shulan went to find Qian Weihan.
Then, when she arrived at the chicken farm, Qian Shulan noticed that many people were looking at Du Damei intentionally or unintentionally, and some were even gathered together whispering.
When she came in, these people immediately separated and pretended nothing had happened.
Du Damei kept her head down while feeding the chickens. Two older widowers gathered beside her, seemingly trying to show her their courtesy.
After Qian Shulan finished giving instructions to everyone, she immediately called Du Damei to a secluded place to chat.
She naturally couldn't tell Du Damei that she had used her spiritual power to find out the truth, so she could only use Qian Weihan as an excuse, "My eldest brother said that he saw your fiancé that night! At half past one."
Du Damei raised her head suddenly, with a look of disbelief in her eyes, "He is your elder brother, his words... "
Qian Shulan was not worried that she would be suspicious, "My eldest brother was holding a flashlight at the time, so he knew what your fiancé looked like."
Du Damei understood after a little thought. She only revealed that her fiancé was a soldier, but did not reveal his name, so it could really be him
Qian Shulan described her fiancé's appearance to her, and then said, "Your fiancé has a big mole on the back of his left hand, right?"
Du Damei was completely shocked. She let out a short, convulsive breath, and her body fell to the side as if it could no longer withstand such a blow.
Qian Shulan quickly supported the person and looked at her worriedly, "Are you okay?"
Du Damei's eyes were filled with tears of disbelief. She held onto Qian Shulan's hand tightly and said, "Aunt, you are lying, right? It's impossible. He would never do this to me. He said he would marry me after he got his revenge. We grew up together. He wouldn't lie to me, no."
Qian Shulan supported Du Damei without saying anything.
She didn't know whether telling Du Damei the news was good or bad.
"No! No! I want to ask him! Why does he treat me like this?" Seeing that Qian Shulan was reluctant to answer, Du Damei pushed Qian Shulan away and walked out.
Her steps were a little unsteady and she stumbled, falling several times, but she got up and continued walking forward.
Qian Shulan stamped her feet behind him and said, "He's already married, and his son is six years old."
Du Damei's hurried footsteps stopped immediately, she stood there in a daze, and then slowly turned around.
Qian Shulan saw a small red dot spreading from the corner of her eye and then began to expand inward.
This looked like a fairy about to be possessed by a demon. Qian Shulan quickly stepped forward, supported the person, and looked at her with worried eyes, "Are you okay?"
Qian Shulan held Du Damei's hand and realized that her skin was terribly hot. Qian Shulan touched Du Damei's forehead and then her own. It was obvious that she was sick.
"You have a fever!" Qian Shulan immediately helped her out.
When they arrived at the health station, Zhengjun took her temperature and said, "39.2 degrees. You need an IV drip."
Seeing that Du Damei seemed to be stupid, Qian Shulan quickly asked Zhengjun to hang her up.
After Zhengjun had finished inserting the needle, Qian Shulan asked him, "How long do you want these two bottles of water to hang?"
"About an hour or so."
Qian Shulan nodded. After staying with her for a while, Sun Daqin ran over to her and said, "Mom, someone from the department store in the provincial capital is here. They want to get more roosters this time."
Qian Shulan glanced at Du Damei and saw that she was lying quietly on the bed without saying a word. She thought that she must be too stimulated.
Qian Shulan called Zhengjun out and said, "Watch her carefully and don't let her do anything stupid."
Zhengjun was surprised and quickly agreed.
Qian Shulan and Sun Daqin returned to the chicken farm and were busy for more than three hours.
While sorting out the accounts, Qian Shulan said to Sun Daqin, "Daqin, go to the health station and see why Damei hasn't come back yet?"
Sun Daqin was a little unhappy, "Mom, why do you care about her? She's already so old. And she almost caused my seventh brother to be sent to labor camp. Don't you hate her at all?"
Qian Shulan couldn't tell her the truth and just looked at her.
Sun Daqin didn't dare to confront her mother-in-law, so she could only agree reluctantly, "Okay, okay, I'll go!"
After the people left, Liu Yueqin came over and said, "What your Daqin said makes sense. That girl is obviously restless and she is still young and doesn't want to get married. No one wanted to take advantage of her when she was ugly, but once she returned to her original appearance, many people started to miss her. I think she deserves it."
Qian Shulan said dryly, "She is also very pitiful." She has been deceived by the person she loves the most for so many years. The most precious time of a woman's life has been wasted by a scumbag. Now even her body has been deceived by others.
At this time, if she continued to add insult to injury, she really couldn't do it.
Seeing her like this, Liu Yueqin sighed, "You are a kind-hearted person."
Qian Shulan didn't say anything. How could she be a kindhearted person? She saved Du Damei purely by accident, and she saved her because she had a high value of right and wrong.
She didn't regret what she had done, she just felt a little sad.
"Mom, mom, Du Lanqiu is missing." Sun Daqin's voice could be heard from far away.
Qian Shulan looked up and saw Sun Daqin running over quickly, holding onto the pillar of the awning and gasping for breath.
Qian Shulan stared at her, "What's going on?"
"I just asked Zhengjun, and he said that Du Lanqiu left the health station after finishing the drip." Sun Daqin walked over and sat down on the stool.
Qian Shulan put the accounting book into her bag and said quickly, "Then let's go look for it."
Sun Daqin was somewhat helpless. "Why would I go to look for her? I won't go. She's an adult already, how can she be lost?"
Liu Yueqin asked from the side, "Will she be unable to get over it?" If something like this happened, a shy girl might really commit suicide if she couldn't get over it.
Sun Daqin was stunned and quickly stood up from the stool, "Then let's go look for him. Don't really commit suicide."
So other aunties and grandmas who raised chickens also started looking for people.
Qian Shulan thought of what Du Damei said before and turned to go to the brigade warehouse. Deng Xingming felt a little uncomfortable, "She did come just now and wanted to borrow a bicycle."
Qian Shulan was anxious, "Did you borrow it?"
Deng Xingming spread his hands and said, "How can I lend it to her? The custodian must sign for it. He happened to be accompanying his wife back to her parents' home today, so he asked for a day off."
Qian Shulan nodded, "Okay then."
In the end, Du Damei was not found, and Qian Shulan guessed that she might have really gone to settle the score with her fiancé.
But until the evening, Qian Shulan still didn't wait for Du Damei to come back.
She was so restless that she activated her ring and went to the military camp again, but found that there was no trace of him in the tent.
A soldier came in to pack up his things. "Oh, our battalion commander is so pitiful. That woman was so beautiful, but she turned out to be a crazy woman!"
"I don't think so. Who knows, there might be some kind of conflict between the two. But it's hard for Xiaojun to lose his father at such a young age."
"you do not say!"
. . .
That man is gone? Qian Shulan was confused. How did he disappear? Could it be Du Damei's doing
While the two were packing up, Qian Shulan put the man's most precious diary into the space.
After returning home, Qian Shulan opened her diary.
It records trivial things.
The first page is, I didn't sleep all night after leaving Damei. For my family, I chose this path, and I don't regret it.
Then comes the training. I only remember it once every one or two months.
There is a page in the middle that says, I finally got my revenge. My leader appreciates me very much, so I decided to stay in the army and continue to serve. Damei will understand me.
A few pages later, today there was a female nurse who looked very much like Damei, and she seemed to have a good impression of me.
Another page, she confessed to me, and I chose to be with her. Damei, she and I are not the same kind of people after all. But if she knew that I was married to someone else, would she sue me for being a hooligan? I'd better not contact her. After a long time, she might think I've sacrificed myself.
The following pages all describe the sweetness of marriage, but there is no trace of Du Damei.
I turned another page and received a letter from my childhood friend. Damei was criticized and asked me to go back, but I had already started a family. How could I go back? So I refused.
Another page, I received a letter from my childhood friend, Damei was rescued. It turns out that she is not so clean, she must have hooked up with someone else a long time ago. Fortunately, I married my current wife. Otherwise, I would have been cuckolded.
Then there are several pages of daily family life.
Another page, Damei came to see me during training today. I didn't expect that she had been waiting for me. She is still so beautiful, much more beautiful than my daughter-in-law who only knows how to take care of children. A fake is still a fake after all. She is so beautiful, I couldn't help it... ...
This is the last page.
Qian Shulan closed the diary, and only two words remained in her mind: "scumbag"!
On the second day, the three children from the production team finally packed their bags and prepared to set off.
Qian Shulan also went with Qian Weihan.
Arriving at the military camp, Qian Shulan went straight to the camp she had been at last night. There were many sentinels guarding the gate, and the people inside seemed to be packing up.
Qian Shulan said to the soldier standing by the door, "I want to see your battalion commander. Could you please pass the message to him?"
The soldier looked her over and said in a somewhat cold voice, "What do you want with him?"
Qian Shulan raised the basket in her hand and said, "Oh, he helped me before, so I brought some eggs here to thank him."
The soldier's eyes turned red and he wiped away his tears, "Our battalion commander is gone."
Qian Shulan couldn't believe it. "He died in the war? I saw him the day before yesterday. Wasn't he still fine then?"
The soldier's voice was a little hoarse. "He didn't die in battle. He was stabbed in the throat by a crazy woman."
Qian Shulan's heart tightened, and she asked, "What happened to that woman?"
The soldier was stunned and looked up at her with a look that contained both scrutiny and suspicion.
Qian Shulan looked a little embarrassed. She rolled her eyes, clenched her fists, and said angrily, "I'm going to beat her up. She actually harmed such a good person like the battalion commander."
The young soldier gritted his teeth and said, "No need! She has already committed suicide."
Qian Shulan's expression froze immediately, and the basket in her hand almost slipped off. The soldier caught it steadily, "Auntie, your eggs."
Qian Shulan took the basket and refused to believe it.
Suicide? Did Du Damei really die together with that man
"How could she kill him?"
"Our battalion commander said that the woman was her cousin, and followed her outside to talk. But no one knew what the woman said, and the battalion commander was caught off guard and she cut his throat. He could not be saved."
"She..." Du Damei actually...
Qian Shulan was stunned. She turned around and left without even saying hello to the other party.
Until she returned home, Qian Shulan felt like she was dreaming.
A healthy person is gone just like that. It was such a vibrant life.
Du Damei chose to end her life so easily for a scumbag. It's really not worth it.
Qian Shulan couldn't sleep that night, she was puzzled. The next morning, she was too sick to get up.
The author has something to say: The case mentioned in the article actually happened and is not made up by me.
The tragedy of Du Damei is that she is a woman who puts love above all else. . .