The educated youth was reborn and wanted to disappear, but he was locked into a military marriage.

Aunt Qian!

Zhu Xiaomin's face darkened instantly, and she tried to ask, "What's the matter?"

Mrs. Chen shook her head slightly: "It seemed like she was talking about something about Grandma Li's son. We didn't understand it either."

Zhu Xiaomin was surprised: "Grandma Li's son? Hasn't he been gone for more than 20 years?"

Grandma Li's son went into the mountains alone and had half of his body eaten by a wild boar. When that happened, the educated youth had not arrived yet and did not know what had happened.

Mrs. Chen nodded: "At that time, I hadn't married yet, so I heard about Grandma Li from other people."

Zhu Xiaomin turned around and asked, "Chunhua, do you know?"

Xia Chunhua shook her head: "I was not in the village that day. I only found out that Grandma Li fell down when I came back. I only knew that it was Second Aunt Qian who pushed her."

Zhu Xiaomin shook Mrs. Chen's hand and said, "Sister-in-law, let's not sit down anymore. Let's go see Grandma Li first."

Mrs. Chen understood, nodded, and sent a few people out.

After leaving Chen Dasao's yard, Zhu Xiaomin glanced diagonally across and saw that the door of Second Aunt Qian's house was closed and there was no one in the yard. Aunt Qian next door was sitting in the shade washing clothes. She heard someone passing by outside the yard, looked up, saw Zhu Xiaomin, and there was some resentment in her eyes, but she quickly lowered her head.

Zhu Xiaomin walked straight into the village, and when she was a little further away, she whispered, "Guihua is in the factory now, why is she still washing clothes?"

Xia Chunhua couldn't help but curl her lips: "But Guihua comes back every few days and counts the beans. She says that if she earns enough, she will get enough food. If she doesn't earn enough, not only will she get no food, but she will also be beaten."

Xie Chengzhi was surprised when he heard this: "It's just some beans. There are so many people in the Qian family. Just help a little."

Xia Chunhua shook her head and sighed, "The Qian family is not the same as before. They blamed each other for Uncle Qian's case and had countless fights. Guihua was brought in to marry Baldy Qian, so why wouldn't they blame Aunt Qian? Not to mention helping her, it's good enough that she didn't deliberately find fault with her."

Indeed, the matter of Bai Guihua was the root cause. Otherwise, even if the matter between Qian Yuanfei and Shi Meijun was exposed, it would only be Qian Yuanfei who was shot in the end.

This is really a tit-for-tat situation.

Zhu Xiaomin felt relieved, nodded, and didn't ask any more questions.

Grandma Li's house was close to the entrance of the village. The door was not closed and a curtain was hanging. Zhu Xiaomin called out "Grandma Li" and lifted the curtain to go in.

The room was filled with a mixed smell of herbs and feces and urine. Grandma Li was lying on the kang by the door. She was so thin that she was just a bag of bones. She was covered with a sheet and had almost no movement.

There was a sister-in-law who was arranged by the brigade to take care of Grandma Li in the room. She was a little surprised to see the few people coming in. She stood up and greeted them in a low voice. She looked at the people on the kang and whispered, "Grandma Li is not awake very often. Even when she wakes up, she is dazed and her mind is not clear. You just need to take a look at her."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded and called out to her side a few times: "Grandma Li, Grandma Li..."

The old man was sleeping soundly and seemed to hear a "hmm" sound, but he did not open his eyes. After a while, there was no movement again.

Zhu Xiaomin felt a little sad. She touched her exposed hand and asked her sister-in-law, "What happened?"

The eldest sister-in-law shook her head and said, "I also heard from the villagers that Grandma Li was very excited that day and she said that Second Aunt Qian was hurting people. I don't know why."

Zhu Xiaomin asked: "Has he been sent to the health center?"

The eldest sister-in-law nodded and said: "The team sent a tractor to the town. They said it was a stroke. There is no other way, just to endure the day." Then she sighed.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded and continued, "When two people quarrel, someone will see it. What did Second Aunt Qian take? What were they quarreling about?"

The eldest sister-in-law shook her head and said, "It was the time when the fruits from the mountains were harvested. There were not many people in the village. Although a few people heard it, they vaguely heard that Grandma Li said something belonged to her son, and Aunt Qian scolded Grandma Li for harming people, so she pushed her down."

"What is it?" Zhu Xiaomin asked, feeling very confused.

The eldest sister-in-law shook her head: "I don't know about that. Later, when the brigade asked about it, Aunt Qian said only that it was Grandma Li who went crazy."

Zhu Xiaomin was about to ask again when she heard Grandma Li on the kang suddenly burst into tears. She lowered her head and saw that she had woken up with tears streaming down her face. She quickly held her hand and whispered, "Grandma Li, I'm Xiaomin, do you recognize me?"

Grandma Li clenched her hands tightly, her hands trembling a little, and she struggled and shouted, "Hurting people, harming people, my Changzheng..." Her hoarse voice was full of unwillingness.

"Grandma Li." Zhu Xiaomin called again, "What do you want to say? Speak slowly."

Grandma Li's mind was confused again. She looked at the other people with a distracted look. She forced a smile before her tears dried: "Changzheng, you're back. Go burn incense for your father first."

Zhu Xiaomin felt a pang in her heart. She whispered to comfort the old woman for a while, then held the old woman's hand, slowly pulled her hand out, handed the food in her hand to her sister-in-law and said, "Give her some when Grandma Li is awake."

The sister-in-law nodded and took it.

After coming out of Grandma Li's house, Zhu Xiaomin looked back at the drooping curtain and felt sad again.

Grandma Li is an old lady who loves cleanliness very much. When has the house ever smelled like that?

Li Wenzhe looked at her and whispered, "Director, this matter is beyond our control. We just need to do our best."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded, but then shook her head and whispered, "You don't know, when we first arrived, there were few people at the educated youth site and we didn't know anything, so we were often bullied. It was Grandma Li who stood up for us with her crutches..." When she said the last sentence, her throat was blocked again and she couldn't continue.

Among these people, Xie Chengzhi came here at the same time as her. Thinking of the difficulties he had faced when he first came here, he felt something and nodded silently.

As they were talking, they walked out of Grandma Li's yard, turned around and walked towards Grandma Xia's house at the village entrance, but they bumped into Nie Yifei head-on.

Nie Yifei's leg was still a little lame, and he was leaning on a wooden stick as a crutch. On his back was a basket filled with freshly picked vegetables. When he saw Zhu Xiaomin, the expression on his face changed instantly, and he finally lowered his head and silently moved to the wall to make way.

When Zhu Xiaomin saw him, she just paused. When she saw him make way, she walked straight past him and walked a few dozen meters forward into Grandma Xia's yard.

However, Nie Yifei slowly raised his head again after a few of them passed by, his eyes always following her back. When he saw her enter the yard and the house, she didn't even look at him again. He couldn't help but pursed his lips, with unwillingness in his eyes. He stood there for a while before slowly turning around and walking away.

When Grandma Xia saw Zhu Xiaomin, she was indescribably surprised. She quickly pulled her to sit down and poured her some sugar water.

Zhu Xiaomin stopped her and said, "Grandma Xia, stop busying yourself. We'll just sit for a while and leave." She pulled the old woman to sit down and asked about her health.