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

Huang Xiaojuan returned to the village for a few days and secretly told Huang Meihua the whole story.

Huang Meihua was shocked. She rethought the inferences of Zhu Xiaomin and others in her mind. The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. In her capacity as the director of the Women's Association, she went to visit Grandma Li several times. Finally, when she was conscious, she asked her about the coin.

Grandma Li burst into tears when she heard the question, holding her hand tightly, crying vaguely, mumbling intermittently, and finally pieced together complete information.

The coin was an ordinary Guangxu Tong Bao coin, and it was not obtained from the temple. It was originally owned by Grandma Li and was sent to the temple for consecration.

The rope used to hang the money was made by Grandma Li using ordinary embroidery cotton thread, with a total of eight strands.

Li Changzheng wore that coin from the age of three to nineteen. He changed the rope several times, but he never took it off. The originally old coin became shiny.

When Grandma Li saw it that day, the coin was no longer shiny, but the rope she had twisted with her own hands was still recognizable at a glance even after more than 20 years.

After hearing what Grandma Li said in detail, Huang Meihua was even more shocked. She told her not to tell anyone else and then came out.

Afterwards, Huang Meihua began to secretly look for the people who went to find Li Changzheng that year.

After Grandma Li suffered a stroke, everyone in the village knew that she was just trying to get by. When people talked about her, they would sigh and easily bring up Li Changzheng.

Xia Laogen himself talked about the time when he went up the mountain to look for Li Changzheng: "There were more than a dozen of us at the time, and we searched from morning till night. We didn't dare to separate at night for fear of encountering wolves, let alone him being alone."

Upon hearing that Xia Laogen was one of them, Huang Xiaojuan hurriedly asked and finally found out that Qian Er was among the people who went to find Li Changzheng that year.

Qian Dashuan’s birthday was easier to find. Although people in rural areas did not celebrate birthdays, it was registered in the brigade’s household registration, and it was more than seven months after Li Changzheng’s death.

As for the economic situation of the two families, it goes without saying that the Qian family has lived in Liushu Village for generations. Although the mountain life is poor, generation after generation, they have always been better off than the Li family who fled here. This is known to everyone in Liushu Village.

"Also, Uncle Lao Gen said that the people who found Li Changzheng at that time had almost all their bodies eaten away, leaving only some bones. His head was connected to a shoulder and half an arm, and half of his face was still recognizable. People who knew him could recognize him." Huang Xiaojuan's voice trembled unconsciously when she talked about the tragic and heroic life of Li Changzheng back then.

Therefore, no one dared to let Grandma Li see it. Instead, they tried their best to collect the remains. After returning for burial, they filled the place of the body with other things and did not dare to tell the whole truth.

Putting these bits and pieces together, we can almost piece together the truth of what happened back then.

After hearing what Huang Meihua and Huang Xiaojuan had said, Zhu Xiaomin and the other two looked at each other in surprise.

After a long pause, Chen Xudong whispered, "That is to say, after Aunt Qian Er and Li Changzheng got engaged, maybe because of family circumstances or people, she got together with Qian Er? She wanted to marry Qian Er, but she didn't choose to break off the engagement. Instead, she teamed up with Qian Er to kill Li Changzheng, and married Qian Er as a widow. Whose child is that?"

At that time, Aunt Qian Er and Li Changzheng were still an engaged couple, so it was possible that they had a relationship. But if the child was not Qian Er's, how could Qian Er not know about it when Qian Dashuan was seven months old?

Qian Dashuan is dead, Li Changzheng is also dead. No one can give the answer except Aunt Qian Er herself.

Zhu Xiaomin sighed, "After Li Changzheng died, Aunt Qian Er took everything from him, including the coin. Afterwards, Li Changzheng disappeared, and Grandma Li asked the villagers to look for him. Since they couldn't find him, Aunt Qian Er had no reason to remarry, so Qian Er and the search team led the people to Luozijian."

Xie Chengzhi was surprised: "It sounds like Second Aunt Qian is in a hurry to get married, otherwise, canceling the engagement would be the normal thing to do."

Yup!

Several people looked at each other again.

It would take time to cancel the engagement and then discuss it again. If the Li family refuses, they will have to argue again. In this way, other people can wait, but the child in her belly cannot.

Zhu Xiaomin sneered: "If this is really the reason, then the child would not be Li Changzheng's."

If it belongs to Li Changzheng, just let Li Changzheng know and get married earlier.

Huang Meihua nodded: "At that time, Second Aunt Qian was also a young girl. She had heard Li Changzheng talk about the origin of this coin, but she had only a vague understanding of its use. This time when Qian Zhuzi was getting married, she wanted to give this coin to her future daughter-in-law, but it accidentally fell out and was seen by Grandma Li."

Xie Chengzhi frowned, "This happened more than 20 years ago. No trace of Luozijian or the slope has been found. And given Grandma Li's condition, there is no way to confront her. How can we help Li Changzheng get justice?"

Yes, even if they already knew the truth, how could they make Qian Er and Aunt Qian Er pay the price?

The five of us looked at each other, speechless for a moment.

There is no way to help Li Changzheng get justice, but since I already know about this case, I would feel bad if I did nothing.

Huang Meihua pondered for a while and shook her head: "It's been more than 20 years since Li Changzheng's incident. We can't do anything about it for now, but if something like this happens, the Qian family can't enter. I'll go find that girl first and persuade her to think about it more."

Huang Xiaojuan agreed: "No matter how good Qian Zhuzi is, such a family is too terrible."

After seeing Huang Meihua off, Zhu Xiaomin asked Huang Xiaojuan, "Have you asked about the accounts at the base?"

Huang Xiaojuan nodded: "I have seen it, there is no big problem in terms of quantity. I just heard from several sisters-in-law in the base that there was a period of time when Qian Ersao wanted to enter the base, but was later blocked by Lao Chen."

"Qian Zhuzi doesn't care?" Zhu Xiaomin asked.

Huang Xiaojuan was helpless: "We know his mother, how can he control her?"

Zhu Xiaomin shook her head: "Family is one thing, but the base is work. If he can't control it, it will be the collective interests that will be lost."

Huang Xiaojuan thought about it and nodded: "I'm not in the brigade headquarters now, so it's not easy to tell you directly. I'll report it to Uncle Lao Gen in private later."

Zhu Xiaomin explained: "It's not because we built the base that I want to be in charge of everything related to the base. I'm afraid that if I make a fuss about her, it will be unfair to others and dampen everyone's enthusiasm for work. Over time, the base we worked so hard to build will gradually fail."

Huang Xiaojuan was surprised, thought about it carefully, nodded and said, "I will explain everything."

Everyone was concerned about the Qian family, so Huang Xiaojuan went back the next day and said, "I heard that the girl's family is discussing breaking off the engagement, and the coin has been returned."

Zhu Xiaomin breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the girl's family listened to the advice."

Chen Xudong advised: "Since Director Huang and Sister Xiaojuan know about Li Changzheng's matter, they will pay attention to it in the future. We can't help much if we stay, so we should go back early."

A few people have been out for a week, and there are two children at home.