The man on the ground glared at Lei Li with a vicious look. Lei Li then slapped him twice across the face.

Song Xianglan walked over and handed the weapon to Qi Jun. "Keep it safe, it almost pierced my head."

Qi Jun took the gun, looked at the serial number, and his expression became even more solemn.

This Yan Xiaowu has been active in the underground antique market in southern China for the past few years.

I heard he was extremely ruthless and one of the key figures in a large gang that specialized in stealing and trafficking important cultural relics, causing major headaches for the police in several provinces. They were all trying to catch him, but they hadn't been able to find him.

This arrest, with both the perpetrators and the stolen goods recovered, has revealed just the tip of the iceberg of a massive case.

Lei Li lowered his head guiltily.

"Mom, I was careless. I didn't expect those stray dogs to be able to squeeze through the wall. If they had managed to sneak in through the northwest corner with real guns, I don't even want to think about the consequences."

"Thanks to your uncle for helping me."

"What do you mean?" Lei Li was taken aback.

Song Shiyi stood aside with his arms crossed. "Grandma said she had a dream in which my deceased great-uncle reminded her to be careful of a hole in the northwest corner of the courtyard. That's why she brought me here with a knife and a stick to guard it."

Lei Li's mouth opened into a circle.

He was a materialist: ...

"I'm a materialist, so please don't tell me these feudal superstition stories."

Song Shiyi: "Grandma, how could you believe that?"

"How can we not believe it?" Song Xianglan glanced at them sideways.

Qi Jun's men arrested people and took them away.

He smiled and said to Song Xianglan, "Aunt Song, thank you for letting us wipe out this group of people in one fell swoop."

"I think they definitely have many accomplices. They might even have stolen our treasures and taken them abroad. These people have no conscience."

Qi Jun nodded.

"I will definitely conduct a thorough interrogation."

The next morning.

The courtyard was cleansed of the bloody stench of the previous night.

Song Shiyi wore a pair of extremely neat white sneakers.

She called out to Song Xianglan and the other three elderly women who were still feeling both scared and excited.

"Grandma Big Flower, Grandma Spring Flower, Grandma Ugly Girl. Let's go out to eat today, and I'll take you to the department store."

The five women chatted and laughed.

They walked out of the courtyard house gate in a crowd.

Song Shiyan and Lei Li were responsible for cleaning up all the mess left from the fight the night before.

They also filled in the northwest corner.

Song Xianglan didn't mention a word about the old objects on the entire display cabinet in the basement.

Lei Li is reliable, but this matter involves too many people.

She handed the whole matter over to Song Shiyi and Song Shiyan, instructing them to find a secluded place to move and hide all those things.

After finishing up the remaining issues in Beijing.

Song Xianglan led Liu Chounu, Liu Dahua, and Liu Chunhua back to the village.

The incident started when Liu Chunhua's paralyzed old man, Wang Jianguo, fell down.

Wang Jianguo would lie on the mud floor of the main room for most of the day.

When he was discovered, he had urinated all over his pants, half his face was on the ground, his mouth was crooked, and even greenbottle flies buzzed around his head for a long time.

The sons and daughters-in-law live next door.

No one heard a sound.

The inner room of the Wang family's house was filled with a foul, pungent odor.

Liu Chunhua took a hot towel and wiped Wang Jianguo's face.

As she wiped her eyes, tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

"You old fool. I entrusted you with this family fortune back then, but you distributed everything to those heartless bastards long ago."

"Now look what's happened. They're staring at our old house all day long, thinking we're hiding a mountain of gold and silver."

Every time he comes back, he either accuses me of favoritism or complains that we're old and lazy. You fell and don't even know what happened, so you're finally getting some peace and quiet. What am I supposed to do now?

Wang Jianguo lay on the bed, making wheezing noises in his throat.

Those eyes, which had been cloudy for many days, brightened a little now.

He trembled as he raised his withered hand and grabbed Liu Chunhua's sleeve.

"Chunhua, I want to eat the salty rice you cook."

Liu Chunhua was stunned, and her tears fell even more fiercely.

The savory rice she cooked consisted of a spoonful of snow-white lard stir-fried with cabbage, mixed with rice and simmered until cooked.

When they first got married, they were so poor they couldn't even afford to eat.

We could only eat a bite of salty rice during festivals and holidays.

"Okay. I'll go cook you some salted rice right now." Liu Chunhua pulled the blanket over him and turned to leave the inner room.

The eldest, second, and third daughters-in-law of the Wang family waited for Liu Chunhua to come out.

The eldest daughter-in-law, Cai Xiaomei, spoke first.

"Oh, Mom. What's the use of knowing so many rich sisters? They go out to enjoy life and make money, but they don't help you out at all."

"If you truly love your children and grandchildren, you should swallow your pride and borrow 100,000 or 200,000 yuan from Boss Song. Your eldest grandson is just worried about not having enough capital to start a business. If he becomes rich in the future, you'll have face to be proud of."

The second daughter-in-law rolled her eyes. "Mom, I have to say something to you. You're practically half-buried in the ground, you don't have many years left to live, why are you still going to Beijing to enjoy yourself?"

While you're alive, you must know how to contribute to your family; only then can you peacefully enjoy the incense we offer after you die.

"You're so selfish for running off to play. No wonder Dad fell like this; it's all because you were out playing instead of staying home."

Third daughter-in-law: "Your grandson didn't get into school this year, and we're discussing going into business with someone."

"Your old friend, Boss Song, is so rich. Why don't you ask her for a loan of 600,000 or 500,000 yuan, and we can split it equally among our families? It's not like we won't pay her back. At worst, we old folks can slowly work in the fields to earn money and pay her back."

"Mom, you're still healthy. You can still earn money. Grandma Yang at the east end of the village can earn a dollar or two a day by collecting cardboard."

Go to the beach to harvest oysters and collect seashells. We can also grow vegetables and raise pigs when we get back. How can we not make money? If you work this hard, we wouldn't be living such a hard life.

Liu Chunhua turned to look at her three sons, who were squatting under the eaves smoking silently.

The three people acted as if they were deaf, squatting there pretending to be stupid.

"And what about you? Is this also your opinion?"

The eldest son threw his cigarette butt on the ground and turned his face away. "Mom, which old person doesn't plan for their children and grandchildren?"

You're the only one who can't bring yourself to do this. When we were young, we lived just as well as anyone else, so how did we end up like this?

"It's all because you elders didn't know how to plan and didn't lay a good foundation for us."

"fart!"

Liu Chunhua completely exploded, "You had a good life when you were young because your father and I worked hard from dawn till dusk to earn money for you."

I've sent you all to school since you were little, and you're all so useless.

The wives he married were all worse than the last.

Heart is higher than the sky, life is thinner than paper.

"He's incapable of earning money himself, all he knows is to rely on us, the old couple."

Liu Chunhua pointed at her three sons, "I can't borrow money, and I don't want to. This house was built by your father and me; don't even think about it."

Your father and I are out of money.

"If you think our old bones can still fetch some money, grab a knife and rip out our kidneys and livers to sell."

Upon hearing this, the eldest daughter-in-law, Cai Xiaomei, began to wail at the top of her lungs:

"You stingy old man. I must have been blind to have married into your Wang family. With my stunning beauty back then, I..."

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