"Drinking rat poison, I have to say, this old Yang can't think about it. It's miserable to be childless, but isn't there still a government? I have applied for him to be a subsistence allowance, and he will be paid by the state every month in the future. It's a stipend, and a living person won't die of urination. He just can't think about it, and we are all very sad." It was obvious that there was sadness in the village chief's eyes.
"Why did you drink pesticides when you were fine? Did you do an autopsy? It was indeed a suicide. Wasn't it someone's deliberate murder?" Huo Mian didn't believe it and asked the key point directly.
The village chief was slightly startled after hearing this, "Murder? That's impossible. It must have been suicide."
"How are you so sure?" Qin Chu asked again.
"Because he bought the rat poison by himself at a place that sells pesticides in town. The proprietress even admitted it personally. He also said that he bought it because there were a lot of rats in the house. Who knew he drank it himself? Alas..." said After finishing, the village chief sighed heavily.
Qin Chu and Huo Mian looked at each other in tacit understanding...
"Then after he died, did his niece come back?" Qin Chu thought of Uncle Yang's only relative.
"I informed you, but I probably won't be able to come."
"Why?" Huo Mian asked.
"To be honest, Uncle Yang has been living in the south for many years, and we thought he was retiring there, but we heard that her niece's marriage had changed, her husband had cheated on her, and they were divorced. There was nothing she could do about her niece being a woman with two girls. , only remarried, but the family that came later only had one request, that the children could be raised, but the old man would never raise them, and I heard that they were very strict with his niece, and they didn’t give her any money, and she didn’t even have travel expenses, so she still had to return home. What? Lao Yang’s body is now in the cold storage of the health center. I will find someone to take it away and cremate it early tomorrow morning. The cost of the cremation is borne by the villagers, which is really pitiful. "
Now, Qin Chu and Huo Mian understood. No wonder Uncle Yang suddenly returned from the south.
It turned out that his niece's family had changed and she had remarried, so he could no longer accommodate him, so Uncle Yang wanted to avoid delaying his niece's remarriage.
Returning to the north alone, but there is no reason to commit suicide
After returning, it is not impossible to live. The country's treatment of the lonely elderly is pretty good and they can maintain their lives.
He had committed suicide less than a week after he came back. Huo Mian always felt a little unjustified.
"Village Chief, has his body been examined?"
"If you do it, the rat poison will be poisonous."
"Then the police came to check the scene. Are there any traces of other people? Such as footprints, fingerprints, etc." Huo Mian asked again.
"Girl, isn't it funny what you're asking? You're sure he committed suicide, so why do you do that? Besides, Lao Yang gets along very well with the people here and we have no grievances. Why would anyone want to harm him? And I won't get any benefits. Don't bully me because I don't have enough education. I'm a farmer, but killing requires a motive, right?" The village chief thought Huo Mian's question was a bit ridiculous.
"Sorry, I'm just asking. After all, we can't find Uncle Yang, an old relative, and we feel uncomfortable."
"Ah, I can understand you if it doesn't matter. By the way, judging from your dress, you must be from the city, right? Where are you from?"
The village chief didn't know whether he asked intentionally or unintentionally...
Qin Chu held Huo Mian's hand and said, "We are from City T, we just do some small business in the city."
"Oh... Lao Yang is really unlucky. If you had come earlier, if he knew that he still had relatives, he would definitely not be able to forget about it." The village chief said slowly.
Qin Chu calmly took out his wallet, took out 10,000 yuan and handed it to the village chief, "Village chief, you accept this as the cost of cremation tomorrow. The rest will be used to find a good cemetery for Uncle Yang. I hope he will be buried." For peace."
"This...?" The village chief seemed frightened by the 10,000 yuan.
"Take it, village chief, I'm sorry to bother you, we still have things to do, but I'm afraid we won't be able to attend the funeral tomorrow." Qin Chu added.
"Okay, okay, don't worry, I will do it properly." The village chief took the 10,000 yuan tremblingly and assured him again and again.
It was almost ten o'clock in the evening when we left the village chief's house.
The village chief was very enthusiastic and asked his wife to cook some side dishes, but Huo Mian and Qin Chu didn't eat them.
After getting in the car, Qin Chu asked, "Honey, how much do you believe what this village chief says?"
"Half of it," Huo Mian replied calmly.
"What, do you suspect there is something wrong with him?" Huo Mian looked at Qin Chu and continued to ask.