novellhall Chapter 100 She suffered domestic violence
Chapter 100 She suffered domestic violence
"I've brought you some fresh off-season vegetables and specially supplied fruits today; they should be unique on the black market."
"Starting tomorrow, you will set up stalls on the black market. I have written down all the prices on a piece of paper. We will split the daily income 20/80."
Feng Sanqiang and his group unloaded the vegetables and fruits from the car.
Seeing that pile of fruit, as big as a small mountain, made my mouth water.
Apples, pears, peaches, and even yellow apricots.
It's the dead of winter, and Qiao An has managed to get so much fruit.
There are even more kinds of vegetables.
No wonder Qiao An dared to say it was unique; even in the county town, probably no one would sell these things.
"Big sister, you're really amazing." Feng Sanqiang was truly impressed this time.
"Don't you dare sneak any. I'll make a fruit basket for each of you during the New Year, and you can eat your fill," Qiao An said, half warning and half reassuring.
"Don't worry, big sister," Feng Sanqiang patted his chest and assured her, "I'll definitely only look and not eat!"
After talking for a while, Joanne was preparing to leave.
Suddenly, I overheard Xiao Lei and Da Bao chatting.
"Still no news about your cousin? Even the police can't find her?"
"Yes, my cousin's husband is frantic. I heard they've mobilized everyone in the village, young and old, to search for her. It's almost Chinese New Year, where could she have gone?"
My cousin ran away; she's from the village.
Could it be that Da Bao's cousin is the woman who went missing in Lizhuang?
Joan turned back.
"Is the cousin you two were talking about from Lizhuang?"
Da Bao was taken aback. "Yes, my cousin married into Lizhuang. She went missing a few days ago, and my cousin's husband even called the police."
This time, Qiao An wasn't in a hurry to leave, so she decided to sit down and ask her for clarification.
"What's your relationship like with your cousin? Do you see each other often?"
Da Bao's eyes reddened. "I have no parents, but my cousin has been very kind to me. Every time she came to town, she would bring me food, and sometimes she would even give me money."
"Where are your cousin's family? Their own daughter is missing, aren't they worried at all?"
Speaking of this, Da Bao sighed, "My aunt died early, and my uncle remarried and had his own children. My cousin married into Lizhuang, and she basically lost contact with her family."
"When your cousin talks to you, does she talk about her family? Or have you noticed anything unusual about her?"
Da Bao's eyes slowly moved, and after a while, his two eyebrows were raised high.
"I don't know if this counts?"
"My cousin last came about two months ago. I noticed she had an injury on her arm, so I asked her a few more questions."
"My cousin said she fell accidentally, but we used to follow Haozi and saw a lot of that. The injury on her arm was clearly from being whipped with a belt."
Da Bao pursed his lips. "After all, it's their family matter, so I shouldn't say anything and didn't ask any questions."
Domestic violence...
"What's your cousin's name?"
"Qin Lili".
If Qin Lili really did run away from home because of domestic violence, she should have taken the children with her.
After all, men who commit domestic violence are very likely to also beat their children.
But she didn't bring it.
It's not that they don't want to bring it, but rather... they can't bring it, or perhaps they simply can't bring it at all?
A chill suddenly ran through Qiao An's heart.
Because she considered the worst-case scenario.
However, this worst-case scenario is becoming increasingly plausible.
Do you have any of Qin Lili's personal belongings?
Da Bao looked left and right, and finally took out a blue coarse cloth square from the cabinet.
"This is my cousin's handkerchief. She left it at my house when she came to visit me last time."
"Give it to me first, I need it." Qiao An stuffed the handkerchief into her bag.
After she left Dongjiawan, Feng Sanqiang felt a little hungry.
He lifted the basin that Joan had given him and froze on the spot, taking several seconds to come to his senses.
"Steamed buns!! White flour steamed buns! Oh my god!"
Da Bao and Xiao Lei heard the noise and ran over immediately.
There were more than a dozen large, white steamed buns in the basin, still slightly steaming.
Xiao Lei picked one up and couldn't resist taking a bite.
"Meat filling! Brother Sanqiang, it's meat filling! Big Sister is so kind, she's like a Bodhisattva descended to earth!"
Feng Sanqiang smacked him on the head. "All you know is eating. Take two to Grandma in the inner room first."
Xiao Lei wolfed down the bun in his hand, then quickly grabbed the bun and ran to the inner room.
Feng Sanqiang looked at the steamed buns in the basin, then at the vegetables and fruits piled up in the yard and the tricycle in the corner.
My eyes are slightly sore.
They really met some good people.
On her way home, Qiao An was uneasy, suspecting that Qin Lili was dead.
Although her suspicions were baseless and merely speculation.
But in her previous life, when her country was functioning normally, such cases happened frequently.
Every time she sees it online, it intensifies her fear of marriage.
Perhaps this is also related to why I never had a partner.
Back home, Huo Jiyun quickly noticed that Qiao An was in a bad mood.
Qiao An, who usually loves to chat and laugh, was unusually quiet today.
After dinner, Huo Jiyun finally couldn't resist and pulled her to sit down.
You seem to have something on your mind today.
"Huh? Is it that obvious?" Joan asked, bewildered.
Huo Jiyun raised the corners of her lips, "Even the child noticed. Just now, Achen asked if I had made you angry."
"It's none of your business."
After hesitating for a few seconds, Qiao An decided to ask Huo Jiyun for his opinion.
She talked about Qin Lili's matter and expressed her suspicions.
"Don't you think I'm being paranoid?"
Huo Jiyun was indeed taken aback when he first heard this, but he quickly remembered that in the backward Northwest region, it was common for husbands to drink heavily and beat their wives to death while drunk.
But Zhongchuan Province is, after all, a major province in the Central Plains, so in principle...
wrong.
There's no such thing as following a set logic.
Huo Jiyun suddenly remembered that when he was a child, he had personally witnessed a man in the village seriously injuring his wife with a knife.
If it weren't for the elders stopping her, that woman would probably be dead.
Huo Jiyun's expression was grave. "I think your suspicions are valid. We can find an opportunity to mention it to Chief Jiang tomorrow; it might help them solve the case."
"Actually, I hope I'm just overthinking things, and that Qin Lili is just being temperamental and will go home tomorrow," Qiao An sighed softly.
Huo Jiyun subconsciously put his arm around Qiao An's shoulder, "Don't think too much about it, just do your best and leave the rest to fate."
Unable to fall asleep, Qiao An tossed and turned on the kang (a heated brick bed), so she decided to enter her spatial dimension.
The sown wheat seeds are now lush and green, growing very well.
In the nearby pasture, the pigs, cattle, and sheep have grown quite a bit.
Crops in the space grow quickly, and even animals grow much faster.
It seems that before long, she won't need Mo Yuxuan to buy her meat anymore.
Joan picked a lot of freshly ripened fruits and vegetables and put them into the warehouse.
The rest area is still bare, and she plans to renovate it properly after Huo Jiyun returns to the Northwest.
The morning light was chilly, and someone's rooster began to crow.
A rooster raised its head, and it seemed that all the chickens in the house started crowing. Even the chickens that Qiao An kept in the yard began to get restless.
Qiao An rubbed her eyes and slowly sat up.
As soon as she turned her head, she saw Huo Jiyun's dark, deep eyes staring straight at her.
It was as if they wanted to see through all her secrets.