Wei Zhangcheng had no choice but to send someone to find Tang Niannian, but it was Mrs. Tang who was brought there.
"Thanks to the leader for thinking highly of my granddaughter, but this girl can't hold herself up to the wall. She's too weak. She didn't cover herself with a quilt last night. She had a fever early in the morning. Her parents can't even recognize her. She's so pitiful!"
Mrs. Tang sighed and offered herself up: "This girl is not lucky. She can't earn even the money she puts in her mouth. Leader, what do you think of my old lady? I have been married for forty or fifty years, and this mountain is better than me." My granddaughter is much more mature.”
Mr. Zhou looked serious and asked with a smile: "Are you really sick?"
"You can still take time off when you are sick. Leader, you are really good at joking. Everyone in the village knows that Nian Yatou in my family has been weak since she was a child and loves to get sick. Alas, it is our fault that we adults are incompetent. Nian Yatou was born in 1959 and her mother was pregnant with her. At that time, I didn’t even have a meal.
My daughter-in-law was so hungry that she was skin and bones. When she was born, she was smaller than a mouse. She didn’t have the strength to cry. She grunted like a kitten. We all thought she couldn’t survive. But this girl has a long life. After being raised, the body and bones are weak. "
Mrs. Tang rambled on, starting from when Tang Niannian was born, to the famine, and then to the good times now. She then praised the policies and the leaders above, rambled on, and finally asked: "Leader, what are you doing?" If the girl is of no use, let me do it. How much is the salary per day? I will definitely be better than that girl!"
Mr. Zhou's face was as dark as water, and his ears were buzzing with the old woman's voice.
This was the first time he saw such a chatty old woman. Her mouth was like a motor, and she didn't even need to breathe. It made his head hurt.
"Why are you joining in the fun, old lady? Go home!"
The commune cadre interrupted Mrs. Tang in time and asked her to continue reading until it was almost dark.
"Didn't you call me here? I was chopping pigweed. I chopped half of it and you called me here. It's really funny. I thought I wanted to come. I couldn't finish the work at home. By the way, what was yesterday's salary? Time to pay? There are four people working in my family, and we only have eight yuan!"
Mrs. Tang's face immediately darkened. She was not afraid of the cadres. She was upright and clean. The old man even beat up a kid. She was afraid of nothing!
"Yes, it's been a day since the wages were due. You are the big leaders, you can't default on your debts!"
The other villagers were astonished and asked all kinds of questions.
Mr. Zhou's face was visibly darkened. As soon as his grandson died, these people asked for wages and did not understand his grief for losing his grandson.
No wonder they say that out of poverty there are unruly people, and it’s true!
"Tang Manshan!"
The commune cadres were angry and frightened. They called loudly to the brigade captain, hoping that he would stop him. However, after calling for a long time, the brigade captain did not show up. He did not know where he died.
The villagers' emotions became more and more excited.
"My man is working overtime, so don't try to default on your debt!"
"The landowners have never defaulted on their debts before!"
"You are cadres in the capital, so you can't be more ruthless than Landlord Xuan!"
The villagers' voices became louder and louder, but Mr. Zhou never expressed his position. They thought they were going to default on their debt. If they weren't afraid that the other party was the leader, they would have beaten him with their fists.
The captain hid in the bushes, bending very low to minimize his presence. He didn't want to do this.
"I'll give you the money when I get down the mountain soon. I, Mr. Zhou, will definitely not default on the payment!"
Mr. Zhou finally spoke out. He gritted his teeth tightly and his face was gloomy.
He remembered all these unruly people in the mountains. When he found the treasure, he would think of a way to punish these unruly people.
The captain came out with his belt in hand, a smile on his face.
"Where have you been? You haven't answered my call for a long time?" the commune cadre said angrily.
"I'm so hungry, what does the boss want from me?"
The captain fastened his belt and asked with a smile.
The commune cadre took a step back, his eyes disgusted, and he could smell it even from a distance.
"Go and make statistics. Those who worked yesterday were paid today." Mr. Zhou said coldly.
"I'll go now!"
The captain agreed wholeheartedly and ran down the mountain in small steps.
The villagers also dispersed.
When Mrs. Tang returned home, she saw Tang Niannian sitting in the yard eating breakfast. She dragged her into the house. After closing the door, she whispered: "Don't go out these days. The old man from the capital is eyeing you. You Stay at home and I’ll tell the outside world that you’re sick and can’t get up.”
"oh."
Tang Niannian agreed obediently, she was good at pretending to be sick.
Mrs. Tang hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Tell me the truth, the cave collapse has nothing to do with you, right?"
"Mom, if I were so capable, I would level the mountain behind. Grandpa said everything under the mountain is gold."
Tang Niannian denied it flatly and even made a joke.
"Listen to your father's nonsense. There is no gold under the mountain. Okay, don't go out!"
Mrs. Tang was relieved, as long as she had nothing to do with her granddaughter.
She must have had a seizure just now. How could this girl be so capable of causing a landslide in such a big cave? It was definitely not this girl's fault.
It was struck by lightning, those people's lifespans are up!
Mrs. Tang went out. The smile on Tang Niannian's face faded and her eyes turned cold.
Old man Zhou must have suspected her, but it didn't matter. There was nothing he could do to her without evidence.
She had to think of a way to slowly wear this old man to death.
He definitely couldn't die in Zhucheng. He had to die after returning to the capital, so that no trace could be found on her.
Tang Niannian's eyes lit up, she had a solution.
In the past few days, she had been staying at home, never leaving the front door, and relying on Mrs. Tang to inquire about the situation outside.
"Everyone in the village has asked everyone, but nothing has been found, so I said it was a waste of effort!"
During dinner, Mrs. Tang talked about recent developments.
Several more people came to the capital, claiming to be experts in investigating crimes, but they still found nothing.
"It was struck by lightning. Who has the ability to collapse a mountain?" Xuan Zhenzhu also said.
Everyone else nodded in agreement, not even a wild boar could do this.
That's a mountain, not a thatched house.
Tang Niannian ate with her head down and didn't get involved. She was thinking about her actions tonight.
Old man Zhou lives in Tangcun, and he takes action when it gets dark.
In the previous life, the Zhou family caused so much misery to the Tang family and her biological parents. In this life, the debt must be paid with blood!
It was late at night, and everyone in Tangcun was asleep.
Tang Niannian put on night clothes and a hood, only her eyes were exposed. Even if Mrs. Tang stood in front of her, she wouldn't be able to recognize her.
Old man Zhou lives in Qi's house, arranged by the captain.
Qi's family members all died, and the house became vacant. It was tidied up and quite spacious, making it suitable for old man Zhou and his party to live in.
Mr. Zhou lives in a single room, which is the same room that Qi Guohua lived in before. It is the best room in the family.
There were no lights on in the room and everyone was asleep. Tang Niannian didn't dare to be careless. The old man was surrounded by bodyguards who were very skilled. She had to be careful.
After successfully arriving at Old Zhou's room, the old man was lying on the bed, his breathing was slow, and he was obviously asleep.
She found the teacup with a small cup of water inside, poured a small packet of black powder into it, and stirred it evenly.
