Siheyuan: I just want to live

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Qin Huairu felt tremendous pressure and she didn't dare to tell the truth.

After a moment of silence, Qin Huairu finally raised her head, tears glistening in her eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "I did bring back a plate of meat dishes from Chen Feng's house yesterday. My mother and her family had the accident after eating that plate of meat dishes..."

At this point, Qin Huairu couldn't help but choke up and tears rolled down her cheeks.

However, Qin Huairu did not tell the whole truth. She did not know why Chen Feng put the meat in the bucket at first. It was not until Jia Zhang's accident that she realized that there was something wrong with the dish, but it was too late.

When everyone heard Qin Huairu's words, they all showed shocked expressions and looked at Chen Feng with strange and puzzled eyes. They really couldn't understand why Chen Feng wanted to kill the Jia family.

Was it just the trivial quarrels that happened every day? Or was there a deeper reason? For a moment, everyone was talking about it and speculating on various possibilities.

Some people think that Chen Feng may be jealous of the Jia family's good living conditions, so he feels resentful; others suspect that Chen Feng was instructed or used by someone to deliberately frame the Jia family. But no matter what, no one can understand the motives of Chen Feng's behavior.

Chen Feng was also very surprised when he heard Qin Huairu's words. After he argued with the Jia family yesterday, he closed the door and went to eat. Didn't he hear Qin Huairu knocking on his door?

I have never met Qin Huairu, so how can I lend him the meat and vegetables?

So Chen Feng turned to Jin Ling and asked, "Jin Ling, did you see Qin Huairu come to our house to borrow vegetables yesterday? Did you lend them to her?"

Jin Ling said to Chen Feng in a clear voice, "No, no one came to our house last night, and no one came to borrow food!"

Chen Feng felt relieved when he heard Jin Ling's words. As long as Qin Huairu didn't borrow the dishes from his home, it didn't matter what the Jia family ate.

But Jia Zhang didn't think so. Because Qin Huairu didn't tell the truth, Jia Zhang always thought the food was from Chen Feng's house, so today she planned to ask Chen Feng for compensation.

When Jia Zhang saw that Chen Feng did not come forward to accuse Qin Huairu, she admitted it immediately.

So Jia Zhang said, "What do you think, Chen Feng? What else do you have to say? My daughter-in-law has already said that she borrowed the meat and vegetables from your house, and you were the only one who ate meat yesterday."

"I think you should just admit it! If you admit it, we can talk about how to compensate you and then deal with this matter. This will be good for everyone!"

Chen Feng ignored Jia Zhang's words and continued to ask Qin Huairu, "Qin Huairu, you said you borrowed meat and vegetables from my house. When did you borrow them and what meat and vegetables did you borrow?"

Seeing that Chen Feng ignored her, Jia Zhang still asked Qin Huairu questions, so she said angrily, "Chen Feng, what do you mean? You are still planning to deny it, right?"

"That's fine! I'll make you give up today!"

"My daughter-in-law went to your house at about six o'clock yesterday to borrow some food, and you lent her a bowl of stir-fried pork and beans."

"What? How can you deny it now? You won't say you didn't cook this dish yesterday!"

As soon as Chen Feng heard that Qin Huairu brought back fried beans and pork to the Jia family, he immediately understood what was going on.

So Chen Feng said with a half-smile, "Ms. Jia Zhang, I did make the dish of stir-fried beans and pork, but how did this dish end up on your Jia family's table? I think you should ask your good daughter-in-law!"

Jia Zhang heard Chen Feng asking her to ask Qin Huairu, but she didn't care and continued to yell at Chen Feng, "How else can we get it? Didn't you lend it to our family?"

"Since you admit it, it's easy! I won't ask you for more. You almost poisoned our whole family this time. I think this is it."

"You can compensate us with the house you live in now, and then compensate us with 3,000 yuan, and let this matter be over. What do you think? I'm not asking for too much, am I?"

When Chen Feng heard what Jia Zhang said, he rolled his eyes at her, ignored her, and continued to speak to Qin Huairu.

"Qin Huairu, are you still not going to tell the truth? I advise you to explain everything clearly now, otherwise, the consequences will be very serious, do you know?"

Seeing Chen Feng said this, Qin Huairu still looked pitiful and said, "Chen Feng, I've already said that the meat and vegetables are given to me by you, what else do you want me to say!"

Seeing that Chen Feng was still questioning her son and daughter-in-law relentlessly, Jia Zhang thought that Chen Feng just didn't want to compensate her family.

So he said again, "Chen Feng, I think you don't need to waste time anymore. Hurry up and compensate me, and let's get this over with."

Chen Feng still ignored her, but stared at Qin Huairu, seeing that she was determined not to tell the truth.

So Chen Feng decided to trick her, so he turned around and shouted to Xu Damao who was watching the fun in the crowd.

"Xu Damao, go to the police station now and report to the police. Just say that someone in our courtyard couldn't stand the oppression of his mother-in-law, so he poisoned the whole family and wanted to kill his mother-in-law and her entire family!"

Xu Damao, who was watching the fun in the crowd, did not expect Chen Feng to call him suddenly. So he was stunned when he heard Chen Feng's call and did not respond to Chen Feng immediately.

Seeing Xu Damao still in a daze, Chen Feng raised his voice and shouted, "Xu Damao! Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and report the crime! Otherwise, the criminal will get away soon!"

Xu Damao came back to his senses when he heard Chen Feng's call again.

Then he quickly responded to Chen Feng, "Ah?...Oh!...I understand, Chen Feng, I'll go right away!"

After saying that, Xu Damao started to squeeze out of the crowd and ran out of the yard.

At this time, the three uncles sitting at the Eight Immortals Table began to get restless, so they stood up and shouted to Xu Damao in unison, "Xu Damao, stop right there!"

Xu Damao was also shocked by the shout behind him and stopped for a moment. He then turned around and looked at the three old men. Although he didn't say anything, his expression clearly asked, "Why?"

In fact, although the three uncles called out to Xu Damao at the same time, they still had other thoughts.

Among them, Yan Fugui had the simplest idea. He felt that if Xu Damao really reported the case, no matter whether the matter was true or not, the civilized courtyard house would definitely be affected next year.

Without the sign of civilized courtyard house, the street office will certainly not give rewards. If there is no reward, won’t your property be lost?

That's why he called Xu Damao, thinking that he should wait until the matter was investigated thoroughly before making any further decisions.

Liu Haizhong also wanted to investigate it first, and then tie Qin Huairu up and go to the police station. At that time, he might be able to get a commendation or something, which would be helpful for his future as an official, so he couldn't let Xu Damao take advantage of this.

Yi Zhonghai's mood now is much more complicated. He really can't understand it. There is irrefutable evidence that Chen Feng poisoned the person.

Why did it become the story that Qin Huairu couldn't stand the oppression of Jia Zhang and poisoned and killed the entire Jia family?

However, he certainly couldn't let Xu Damao report the case now. He had to wait until he had investigated the matter thoroughly. As for what to do if Qin Huairu really poisoned him? Yi Zhonghai hadn't thought about that yet.

But he believed that there must be some misunderstanding here. Based on his understanding of Qin Huairu, Qin Huairu did not have the courage to do so.

Yi Zhonghai saw Xu Damao stopped, so he said to Xu Damao, "Xu Damao, don't rush to report the case. Let's investigate it first."

After hearing what Yi Zhonghai said, Xu Damao returned to the crowd, but he stood at the very outside of the crowd to prevent himself from running away as quickly as possible when he went to report the case.

Yi Zhonghai didn't say much about this. He turned to Chen Feng and asked, "Chen Feng, why do you say Qin Huairu poisoned me? Do you have any evidence?"

Seeing Yi Zhonghai asking this, Chen Feng ignored him and continued to say to Qin Huairu, "Qin Huairu, why don't you tell the truth now? If the police come later, it will be too late!"

Seeing that Chen Feng ignored him, Yi Zhonghai's face showed some anger, but he knew that now was not the time to get angry. The most important thing now was to find out whether Qin Huairu had poisoned him.

So Yi Zhonghai asked Qin Huairu again, "Qin Huairu, tell me the truth, where did that dish of stir-fried beans and pork come from? Otherwise, I can't save you!"

Qin Huairu was also a little confused now. She didn't understand. It was clearly Chen Feng's fault, so how did it become like she was the one who poisoned him?

So when she heard Yi Zhonghai's question, Qin Huairu immediately said, "Uncle, I really didn't poison my mother-in-law! I did borrow the dish of stir-fried pork with beans from Chen Feng's house!"

Seeing that Qin Huairu still refused to admit it, Chen Feng continued to ask, "How did you borrow it? Who did you borrow it from? Tell me!"

Seeing Chen Feng asking this, Liu Haizhong slammed the table and said sternly, "Qin Huairu, are you going to tell me or not? If you don't, I'll take you to the police station. I'll see if you can still keep your word!"

Qin Huairu was also a little scared when she heard Liu Haizhong say this. She knew that Liu Haizhong might really tie her up and take her to the police station to stay overnight.

Finally, Qin Huairu timidly looked at Jia Zhang beside her. Jia Zhang was a little surprised why Qin Huairu suddenly looked at her. She still believed that Chen Feng had poisoned her.

Only Chen Feng said that it was Qin Huairu who poisoned her. In Jia Zhang's view, that was just Chen Feng's quibbling, because she knew that Qin Huairu would not dare to do that. Qin Huairu did not have the courage.

When Qin Huairu saw that Jia Zhang didn't react, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then slowly said: "The meat and vegetables I brought back did come from Chen Feng's house, but I didn't borrow them from him. I took them from the bucket under the window sill of his north room!"

The others were still confused and didn't understand the reason. But when Xu Damao heard Qin Huairu mention the location of the bucket, he subconsciously blurted out: "The bucket under the north window sill of Chen Feng's house? Isn't that Chen Feng's swill bucket?"

Because Xu Damao said this subconsciously, his voice was quite loud and almost all the other neighbors present heard it.

In fact, when Chen Feng heard the words "stir-fried beans with meat", he understood everything. It turned out that these dishes were picked up by Qin Huairu from her own swill bucket.