When we arrived at the outer courtyard, it was already bright.
Under the small elm tree in the courtyard, Uncle Chen was leaning against the elm tree and knitting straw sandals with his hands.
When Chen Ke walked over, Uncle Chen asked without even raising his head, "Are you up?"
Chen Ke nodded silently, "Uncle, thank you for your hard work yesterday."
When Uncle Chen heard this, he only said in a low voice, "What does it mean for a family to have a hard time?"
Chen Ke didn't say anything, he just sat down next to Uncle Chen with deep thoughts.
Seeing his appearance, Uncle Chen couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you kid? Are you worried about something?"
When Chen Ke heard this, he only said in a low voice, "Uncle, did you see that spiritual tablet? Didn't Dr. Feng say anything to you?"
After hearing Chen Ke's words, Uncle Chen's hand that was knitting straw sandals just paused slightly.
"I saw it." Uncle Chen said in a seemingly calm voice.
Then Uncle Chen didn't know what he thought of, but he just added, "This kid deserves it!"
Mentioning Chen Yuelai always makes people grit their teeth. After all, he did evil things to the people of Lulin Village, and he even disowned his own mother. As long as I think of these past events, there is absolutely no room for forgiveness.
But after gritting his teeth, he remembered that Chen Yue was once a junior in his family, and now he died outside. The ties of blood and family ties made people feel uneasy.
"You can find a place to place his tablet." Uncle Chen sighed, and then continued.
Chen Ke responded yes.
Then he just continued, "Uncle, when I tell you this, I don't mean to say anything else. I just want to say that my brother died in a strange way."
Uncle Chen looked at Chen Ke and said, "What's wrong?"
Chen Ke then told Uncle Chen everything he saw and heard in Anxi Town.
"When I went to see Mr. Jin at that time, Mr. Jin always said that my brother had gone to the county, and that he would come back a month later. I didn't think much about it at the time. It wasn't until Miss Xu took me to the back garden later that I I discovered that there was a small wooden house in the back garden, and the memorial tablet of my brother was enshrined in that wooden house."
Upon hearing this, Uncle Chen's reaction was indeed the same as Chen Ke's, "Could it be that Jin who had done something? Could it be that Jin who had you in such a mess yesterday was the one who killed you?"
Upon hearing what Uncle Chen said, Chen Ke immediately shook his head.
"In fact, I also suspected it was the Jin family at the time, but Miss Xu's guards subdued the Jin family before us. At that time, the Jin family was locked up in the small woodshed. We originally planned to interrogate the Jin family the next day, but who could I think Jin actually died under a pile of firewood."
After hearing Chen Ke's words, Uncle Chen obviously realized that things were not simple.
Chen Ke went on to say, "We already realized that something was wrong at that time, but before we could take a closer look, the thugs from Jin's house led a group of people over, and it seemed that they wanted to make people deal with it." We killed him painfully. Then he blamed Jin's death on us. From their conversation, I think Jin's death was not an accident, so uncle, no matter how outsiders come to disturb you during these days, please keep calm. Don't worry, Miss Xu and I will leave here as soon as we recover from our injuries, and we will definitely not cause any trouble to the villagers."
When Uncle Chen heard this, he said in a low voice, "We are a family, what's the trouble? Okay, I won't be able to handle this little thing. You and her can just live in the village."
Then Uncle Chen seemed to finally come to his senses. He just said, "This is wrong. Why do you keep asking that girl to do what Miss Xu? Isn't she your wife?"
"Daughter-in-law?" Chen Ke obviously didn't respond.
After a moment, he cautiously said, "Is that what she told you?"
Uncle Chen nodded, "So are you husband and wife? Why do you two have different opinions?".
Chen Ke's face turned red when he heard this. Uncle Chen looked at Chen Ke's expression and saw that there was something he didn't understand. Even if the two of them were not husband and wife, they probably had their own feelings for each other.
Therefore, Uncle Chen only mentioned something to Chen Ke, "I'm not talking about you, Chen Ke. How can you let someone be so proactive about chasing a girl? People have said so, so they must be interested in you. If you like it, just do it." You should take the initiative to chase people!"
I heard from Uncle Chen
With his eyes and ears raised, Chen Ke only said softly, "Uncle, I understand."
Then, when the two of them were about to continue talking, they heard a burst of barking at the entrance of the village.
Lulin Village is a peaceful and peaceful village. Coupled with the strict monitoring of floating population in various places, there are very few people from outside the village coming to the village.
And on weekdays, everyone is familiar with each other, so the dogs in the village naturally don't bark everywhere.
The dog barked so wildly that something bad might have come to the village, and after a while of barking, the dog let out another shrill scream.
The wife of Wang Erzhu's family, who keeps dogs at the head of the village, had just returned from washing clothes outside the village. They were just carrying wooden basins and clothes and were preparing to go home. They didn't want to be under the big camphor tree in front of their house, but Wang Erzhu's wife was She found out that her old yellow dog had been chopped down to the ground with a knife. When she saw this situation, the woman wanted to curse at the top of her voice, but she didn't curse in the end because she saw her man. At this time, he was nodding and bowing to welcome a large group of nobles wearing town clothes and heading to the village.
When Wang Erzhu saw his wife standing at the door in a daze like a fool, he couldn't help scolding her: "Why are you still standing there in a daze? Why don't you hurry up and make tea for the old man in the town?"
Hearing this, Mrs. Wang responded blankly, and then she just asked, "Then what happened to our dog? How did it get done like this? If he died like this, what else could our family be looking for?" Guarding the courtyard?"
Wang's husband, on the other hand, looked at Wang with hatred and said, "This dog will be gone if it is gone. Aren't you tired from worrying about things all day long?"
After saying this, Wang Erzhu only said to the other people, "Masters, please walk slowly. We will take you to the Chen family right now."
Those people just hummed when they heard the words, and then a boy threw a few coins into Wang Erzhu's hand and said, "You lead the way."
After obtaining the property, Wang Erzhu naturally became more attentive.
As soon as they saw people coming from outside, the people in the village just stared at them and followed them.
Within a short time, Wang Erzhu led those people outside Uncle Chen's courtyard. As the number of people watching the excitement increased, people outside Uncle Chen's courtyard were also surrounded by people. Wang Erzhu was not embarrassed at all. He just greeted him diligently. The person who came over said, "This is the second uncle Chen's house. If Ke Yazi of the Chen family comes back, he will definitely come here to find his second uncle."
After hearing Wang Erzhu's explanation, those people did not speak.
At this time, Uncle Chen was the only one outside the yard, knitting straw sandals under the elm tree. He saw a group of people coming inside and outside the house, some he knew and some he didn't know.
Although he didn't want to talk to these people, he still couldn't help but stand up and say, "Who are you? What are you doing in my yard?"
Wang Erzhu obviously didn't know the origins of these people, so he only said to Uncle Chen enthusiastically, "Uncle Chen, these eldest men came to see your eldest nephew! Your eldest nephew is quite famous."
Uncle Chen only sneered in his heart when he heard this. If Chen Ke hadn't told him these things early this morning, he might have welcomed these people into his house.
However, since Chen Ke had told him this, Uncle Chen had to be careful with these people. He only said to them, "Masters, I'm really sorry. Our Chen Ke said he wanted to go find his brother-in-law, so he I went to Anxi Town and haven't come back for a while. If you want to find someone, go to Anxi Town."
After hearing what Uncle Chen said, those people remained silent. One of them only stood up and said, "Old man, we are here to find you because we have been to Anxi Town before, but we did not find anyone, and your eldest nephew killed his brother and sister-in-law after he went to the town. , set fire and ran away again, this is a big deal, you can't hide the whereabouts of your nephew."
Hearing this, all the onlookers were obviously frightened, but they also thought that the things Chen Yue and his wife did were really hateful, so everyone just talked about whether Chen Ke's actions were a little bit... Overdone.
Uncle Chen didn't care whether this was an exaggeration or not. He just whispered, "Why should I hide his whereabouts? In fact, they have never come back since the last time they came to the village."
Then Uncle Chen took another look at the people in the village and said, "If you don't believe me, you can ask the people in the village!"
After hearing this, everyone in the village immediately began to testify to Uncle Chen, "Yes, then Chen Ke never came back after he left."
"That's right, that's right."
And the reason why these people, whether they have enmity with the Chen family or have a grudge, only affirmed Uncle Chen's statement.
The reason why they are so sure is naturally because when Chen Ke and Xu Zhilan returned to the village last night, it was already dark, and there were not many activities in the village. In order to save some money on lamp oil, the villagers naturally fell asleep early, so they did not know what happened last night. Uncle Chen came back with Chen Ke and Xu Zhilan behind his back.
As for the few people who knew about it, except for Uncle Chen's brother and his family, the only one who knew about it was Dr. Feng.
The Chen Bo family and Chen Ke are still uncles and nephews, so naturally it is impossible to report their eldest nephew. Although Chen Yue is also named Chen and is the elder brother of the Chen family, since he and his wife did these unpopular things, Chen Yue has been banned by the village. The name has been removed, so Uncle Chen will not take this matter to heart at all.
As for Dr. Feng, although he was curious about the arrival of foreigners in the village, he had no time to watch. As the only doctor in Lulin Village, he would naturally have to come to their home if there was any headache or fever in the village.
Therefore, Dr. Feng is almost at a loss for all his skills.
Of course, even if he had time to watch, he would not be the talkative type. Unless the other party put a knife on his neck and threatened his life, he would never open his mouth to find trouble.
