Adored Koi in the ’70s

Chapter 85

Everyone was stunned when they heard the call of help. Soon they recovered and ran towards the river.

The adult trio ran very fast and overtook the children at once. When they arrived, they only saw a child's head bobbing up and down in the river. As if there was no more struggle.

Everyone's heart went cold. They estimated that the child was probably beyond saving.

Still, Qiao Zhen Min and Du Zhuo Cheng jumped in one after another and worked together to rescue the drowning child.

The unlucky child who drowned was Fang You Rou. He had drowned once before. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be him this time.

Last time, he was rescued early. Although he had a high fever in the end, he still managed to save his life. This time, he wasn't so lucky. When Qiao Zhen Min and Du Zhuo Cheng pulled him out, he had no breath.

Although Qiao Zhen Min hated Fang Family, this was a life after all. He used the rustic method of saving people in the countryside; pressing his stomach and then ran back and forth with the person on his shoulder hanging upside down.

Still, Fang You Rou never woke up.

Wang Shui Sheng arrived. He reached out and probed the child's nose. His heart instantly became cold. The child was dead.

At the side, Xiao Qiao was frightened. It was only after it happened, she recalled Fang You Rou had drowned in her last life.

Because she didn't care about Fang Family, she didn't even think about it before. Forget about thinking of reminding Fang Family to avoid this misfortune.

Of course, her mom, Fang Xiao Juan didn't remember either.

Old woman Fang and Fang Fu Gui arrived one after another. When they saw a breathless Fang You Rou lying on the ground, they exploded.

Old woman Fang did her same old act. She sat on the ground and opened her mouth to wail like in mourning: "My poor You Rou! My little grandson! What happened to you? Quickly wake up... My God, I can't live..."

Fang Fu Gui's face was ashen. His eyes swept across Qiao Zhen Min and others. He viciously spewed out: "Who pushed my son into the water? Say it! If not, I will kill you all!"

No one answered. The group of children turned pale with fright. Some of the children started to cry.

Seeing saw that there was no answer, Fang Fu Gui bent down and picked up a stone from the ground. Glaring at everyone, he declared, "Not answering, eh? Okay, then I'll kill you one by one and let you pay for my son's life!"

As soon as these words came out, the villagers immediately boiled over. Especially the families of the children. They kept their children behind them. If Fang Fu Gui dared to make trouble, they would fight him.

Wang Shui Sheng glared at Fang Fu Gui and shouted, "Put the stone down. If you dare to be impulsive, I'll arrest you and take you to the police station!"

Fang Fu Gui remembered the last time he was criticized. Fear and hate filled his heart. In the end, under the angry gaze of everyone, he threw the stone away: "Who pushed my son into the water, you'd better confess!"

Old woman Fang wailed to the sky. Seeing no one answer, her eyes fell on Qiao Zhen Min and accused, "It must be Qiao Family! Qiao Family has a grudge against our Fang Family. It was old Fifth Qiao who pushed my grandson!"

Qiao Zhen Min wiped the water from his face. He stood up and responded in a cold voice, "So I save your son and end up with your hatred? Fine. Since you say I pushed your grandson, let's go to the police station now!"

Chu Sheng Mei angrily added: "Old woman, you're so unreasonable. We ran over when we heard the call for help. If Fifth Brother Qiao and my fianc hadn't jumped down to save people, his body could have been gone! Fifth Brother Qiao, don't worry. If she dares to go to the police, I will testify for you!"

Qiao Zhen Min smiled gratefully at her.

Old woman Fang was so frightened that she didn't dare to speak again.

Wang Shui Sheng frowned and asked the children, "What happened just now. Tell me the truth. If you don't tell the truth today, all of you will be taken to the community!"

The children look at each other. Then an older child stood up and told: "We were fishing here at the time. Fang You Rou and his elder brother, Fang You Liang were at the other end. Not with us. Later, we heard someone yell. When we looked over, we saw Fang You Rou was struggling in the water and Fang You Liang ran that way."

The other children nodded and echoed: "Got nothing to dot with us. Fang You Rou was with his elder brother at the time. If you want to ask, ask Fang You Liang."

When the villagers heard this, they couldn't help but start discussing.

"Could it be that Fang You Rou was pushed into the water by his elder brother?"

"If this is the case, that child's heart is really dark. He can actually do that to his younger brother. This is the real white-eyed wolf!"

"Now that you say this, I remember when Fang You Rou fell into the water last time, he was also with his elder brother. When something happened, Fang You Liang disappeared without a trace!"

When old woman Fang heard everyone's words, she was stunned at first. Once she regained her senses, she jumped three feet high: "What do you mean? Do you want to say that my eldest grandson pushed his younger brother into the water? You're talking nonsense! Talk any more nonsense and I... I'll hang at your door!"

Everyone: "..."

Alright, this trick was deadly enough!

If she told everyone, she'll fight them to no end, no one would be afraid of her. But if she threatened to hang herself at the door of someone else's house, no one would want to provoke this crazy woman.

Wang Shui Sheng spoke with a sullen face: "What is the truth of the matter, we can only find out after talking to Fang You Liang!"

When old woman Fang heard this, her heart beat like a drum: "This... is our family matter. We just need to figure it out by ourselves."

Although Fang You Liang was a bit naughty in the past, he still had feelings for his own younger brother. After his mom died, his temperament changed greatly. He often beat Fang You Rou to tears. A few time, he almost strangled him to death.

When old woman Fang thought of his past record, she already knew in her heart that it was mostly her eldest grandson who pushed her little grandson into the water.

It was just that Fang Family only had this bloodline left. She can't let him meet with mishap no matter what!

When everyone heard old woman Fang's response, they became more and more suspicious. However, they were afraid of old woman Fang going to their house to hang herself. They didn't dare to speak out.

Wang Shui Sheng said: "It's a matter of a human life. Not just a matter of your family affairs now. Carry him. I'll go find Fang You Liang with you and ask him directly!"

Old woman Fang wanted to resist, but a few cadres rounded up together and asked if they wanted to call the police immediately, or if they wanted to find Fang You Liang to get to the bottom of it. Fang Family had no choice but to pinch their noses and agree.

Once Fang Family left, the crowd dispersed.

Xiao Qiao glanced at Huo Chi before following Fang Family.

Da Qiao caught this scene. She raised her head and pointed out the strange part: "Elder Brother Huo Chi, why do I feel like Younger Sister was looking at you?"

Huo Chi frowned and replied, "Ugly people act up a lot. I don't know what bad things she plans to do!"

When Da Qiao heard this, her brows also wrinkled: "Elder Brother Huo Chi, then you have to be careful!"

Huo Family was responsible for raising pigs and planting Chinese herbs. These two things were very important to Huo Family and the production team. If something goes wrong, Huo Family will be severely punished and may even be sent back to the farm!

She didn't want Elder Brother Huo Chi to be sent away.

Seeing that she was worried about him, Huo Chi poked between her eyebrow with a finger and said, "Don't frown. It will make you ugly!"

Da Qiao was surprised when she heard this, and quickly relaxed her eyebrows: "Elder Brother Huo Chi, since it's summer vacation now, I've called my elder cousins to join me the next few days and go to the private plot to inspect. This way, Younger Sister won't have the chance to do bad things!"

Huo Chi took in how she didn't forget about beauty even though she was worried about him and found it very amusing: "En, but you don't have to worry. Them mother and daughter will soon leave the production team. If they are smart, they wouldn't cause trouble at this time."

Da Qiao also felt it makes sense. But it was still necessary to guard against them.

...

Back to Qiao's old house.

Qin Xiao Mei and Dong Xue saw that Da Qiao came in with little Wan'er. Their eyes lit up at the same time.

"My sweetheart, come here to Godmother!" Even though she had already met Da Qiao earlier, Qin Xiao Mei was still very excited.

Da Qiao Jiao's delicate and soft look really pierced her heart. It made wish to hold her in her arms and rub her at the sight of her.

Dong Xue's temperament was relatively reserved. However, seeing little Wan'er at this moment made her excited.

She walked to little Wan'er. Due to being afraid of scaring her, she didn't stand too close: "Wan Wan, do you remember Godmother?"

Little Wan'er was about to subconsciously hide next to her elder sister. At this moment, Chu Tian Bai came over and called her softly. She stopped and turned to look at him.

Seeing her reaction to him, Chu Tian Bai was agitated and happy. He stretched out his hands towards her and coaxed, "Wan Wan, how about coming to Godfather?"

Xiao Wan'er stared at him with black grape-like eyes. She didn't move for a long time. Just when everyone thought she wouldn't move, she tentatively walked over and put her arms around Chu Tian Bai's neck.

Chu Tian Bai hugged little Wan'er tightly. His heart was extremely thrilled.

Dong Xue's eyes were already red. She wiped her eyes with her hands and remarked, "I was worried that this child won't remember us. Never thought..."

It was a pity that she doesn't want to let her hold her. It was understandable though. It was her man who rescued the child from the traffickers. Before Qiao Family found her, the child only trusted her man.

Du Zhuo Cheng was about the same height as Qiao Zhen Min. So Qiao Zhen Min took him to his room to change clothes. He had took out a set of his clothes for him to change into.

Qiao Zhen Min came out of the room after changing his clothes. He found the already changed Du Zhuo Cheng standing in the yard as he looked up at the blue sky in a daze.

When he went over, he happened to hear the other person mutter to himself: "Isn't death also a kind of relief. It takes courage to live."

Qiao Zhen Min was stunned for a moment. But before he could speak, Du Zhuo Cheng saw him and jollily turned his head, "Fifth Brother Qiao, thank you for your clothes. I'll wash them later and let my family send them over."

Qiao Zhen Min waved his hand: "No need. If you feel bad about it, just send it here. Don't let your family make a trip over here!"

Du Zhuo Cheng nodded: "That also works."

The two weren't familiar with each other. On top of Du Zhuo Cheng had a quiet personality and Qiao Zhen Min and him weren't people on the same path. The two only exchanged some polite words and went to the main room together.

In order to thank Godfather and Godmother for entertaining her before, Da Qiao specially cooked a loach tofu soup by herself.

The loach was caught just now. It was very fresh. She grabbed the loach's head, the knife went down, and the loach's head was chopped off with a "dong" sound. She hadn't bat an eyelash.

An Ping got goosebumps when he watched this. Younger Sister Da Qiao appeared delicate and soft. How could she take action more fiercely than a man?

He whispered to Shen Tian You, who was also squatting aside, "Don't you find Younger Sister Da Qiao scary?"

With sparkling eyes, Shen Tian You watched Da Qiao chop the head of the loach with one cut after another: "I don't. I think Elder Sister Da Qiao is amazing! If I hadn't already had Boss, I would definitely ask Elder Sister Da Qiao to be Boss! "

An Ping: "..."

His second elder sister. Now Younger Sister Da Qiao. It can't be that this lad like "violent" women?

After the loach got its head chopped off, Da Qiao squeezed the loach's internal organs out by pressing the loach's body. She cleaned it up, smashed some garlic, chopped ginger, and put the oil in the frying pan.

After the oil pan was hot, the loach was add in and fried. Once it was golden on both sides, it was taken out. The garlic and ginger was added in before the loach was put back in again to fry it twice. In goes five bowls of water. Then the diced tofu was thrown into the pot. Soon, the soup in the pot turned milky white with a strong fish scent wafting up.

She sprinkled the chopped shallots to the bottom of the large bowl and poured the fish soup over. The loach tofu soup was complete.

When it was time to eat, Da Qiao's loach and tofu soup was unanimously approved by everyone. It wasn't because Xue Chuan's cooking skills weren't good, but because she was so young and her cooking skills were so good. It had surprised everyone.

Qin Xiao Mei's mouth was full of flavorful food. Her eyes greedily looked at Da Qiao: "This soup is so delicious. Da Qiao sweetheart, why are you so amazing?"

Da Qiao's went red from the praise. She revealed a sweet toothy smile: "I learned it all from my grandfather. My grandfather is the truly awesome one. Still, I'm also quite amazing."

Seeing that she didn't forget to praise herself at the end, everyone couldn't help laughing.

Qin Xiao Mei hit by her cuteness and wished she could take her home. She felt even more regretful that such a sweet and lovely girl wasn't her own daughter?

Chu Sheng Mei also liked Da Qiao very much. She leaned over and whispered to her fianc, "It would be great if I could have a child as cute as Da Qiao in the future."

Du Zhuo Cheng looked at her and smiled softly: "Only a cute mother can give birth to a cute child."

Chu Sheng Mei's cheeks heated up when he praised her. Two red clouds appeared up immediately.

When everyone saw it, they all tolerantly smiled.

After lunch, Chu Family and Shen Family prepared to leave. Especially since Chu Family had to rush back to the county town today.

Before leaving, Da Qiao put her homemade dried roses and jasmine flowers in orange cans. She gave five cans to each families.

This time, both Chu Tian Bai and Dong Xue had to sigh. At such a young age, she was sensible, considerate, and capable. This was the little padded jacket that all parents want!

Seeing Da Qiao and thinking about her own situation, Dong Xue couldn't help feeling sorry for herself. A child like Da Qiao was too rare. Even if she was given a little Wan'er, she would be satisfied.

At a glance, Chu Tian Bai knew what his wife was thinking. When no one was paying attention, he reached out and grasped his wife's hand.

Dong Xue looked up at her husband, feeling both comfort and discomfort in her heart.

...

After Chu Family and Shen Family left, Qiao Family returned to calmness again. While Fang Family was very lively.

Fang You Rou died.

When Fang You Liang was found, he was sleeping on the straw pile. After being pushed awake and questioned about Fang You Rou by everyone, Fang You Liang wasn't panicked at all. He said he didn't know Fang You Rou had fallen into the water. When he left, Fang You Rou was still standing on the shore.

Wang Shui Sheng asked him why he left Younger Brother and ran off. He acted as if it was natural. Explaining that he didn't like tails. He also said that he didn't hear Younger Brother's call for help. If he heard it, he would definitely go back to save him.

When he said these words, he didn't feel guilty at all. His eyes didn't even blink. For a moment, the few cadres didn't know whether he was lying or not.

It was just that after hearing that his younger brother died, he didn't look sad from the beginning to the end. His cold-blood was enough to make people feel chilled!

Fang Xiao Juan was stunned when she heard the news of her little nephew's death by drowning. Like Xiao Qiao, she only remembered it after it happened.

She grieved for a moment before quickly putting the matter behind her.

Xiao Qiao told her mom about the richest man Huo. Then she asked her mom if she had any impression of the matter.

After Fang Xiao Juan heard it, she patted her thigh and responded, "Oh, you reminded me! How could I forget such an important thing?"

Xiao Qiao frowned and said, "Mom, do you mean that the son of the richest man Huo's son is really that kid from the pigsty?"

Fang Xiao Juan curled her lips and sneered, "Him? Haha, he wish. Unfortunately, he doesn't have that fate! It's not him. I remember richest man Huo's son is eleven years old this year. He is still on the farm!"

Xiao Qiao made sure: "Mom, are you sure? It's really not that family in the pigsty?"

Fang Xiao Juan impatiently replied: "Of course not! Back then, when richest man Huo came to pick up his son in his car, I happened to be visiting nearby. I went to watch. The boy was very handsome. Nothing like the one in the pigsty!"

When Xiao Qiao heard this, she finally felt at ease: "Mom, since we know who richest man Huo's son is, we should treat him well while he is at his lowest point. He will be grateful to us when he is taken back by richest man Huo!"

Since richest man Huo's son looks good and he had such a powerful rich dad, she can consider marrying him in the future. This way, she will not have to worry about anything for the rest of her life!

Fang Xiao Juan's eyes lit up. She nodded, "You are right. But he is on the farm now. We need to find a way to encounter him. That way, we can easily send him things in the future!"

Xiao Qiao shook her head and commented, "Mom, I don't think this can work. We have no relationship with him. What reason do we use to see him? Why don't we just send something to him and leave our names and addresses. Then wait for the other party to come over later. We'll say it was sent to the wrong person. Since the other party has received our benefits for so many years, he has to shoulder this gratitude!"

The smile on Fang Xiao Juan's face became even deeper: "You considered it carefully. Okay, let's go with your method!"

The mother and daughter pair were looking forward to a bright future. They had dreams of getting rich that night. One dreamed that she was married to richest man Huo, and the other dreamed that she married richest man Huo's son.

Wonder what expression they would have if they knew what each other's dreams were.

In addition to Fang Family, tragedy also struck Chen Qiao Qiao.

After Chen Qiao Qiao was fed abortion medicine by her eldest brother and second elder brother that day, she was in severe pain. What was even more tragic was that she was bleeding profusely. The blood flowed continuously. It would never stop no matter what.

What chilled her was that she was about to die and her family hesitated whether to send her to the hospital. It was because going to the hospital meant they had to spend money, which they don't want.

At that moment, she felt as if she had been pushed into the ice cellar in the cold winter. Blood frozen from head to toe.

She regretted it. She shouldn't betray Qiao Zhen Min. If something happened to her at Qiao's house, Qiao Family would definitely not let her die.

At that moment, she remembered Qiao Zhen Min's kindness to her. Her heart felt cut up by a knife.

In the end, she rolled off the bed, knelt down, and begged her family. She promised that she would pay them back the money for going to the hospital. So they sent her to the hospital.

At this time, she woke up in the hospital and felt a throbbing pain in her lower body and belly.

She turned her head and looked around the room. No family in sight.

In the next hospital bed was a woman about her age. It was unknown what her illness was. She was currently leaning against the pillow with a pale face. Her husband was feeding her soup. His movements were very gentle. From time to time, he wiped her mouth.

Chen Qiao Qiao's eyes heat up from this sight. Her mind thought of Qiao Zhen Min again.

Although she took the initiative to approach Qiao Zhen Min, Qiao Zhen Min was very responsible. Since he admitted that she was his match, he would bring her some small things every time he came back from a business trip.

Sometimes it was some snacks. Sometimes it was a few headbands. Although it wasn't worth much, she was very happy when she received it at that time. It showed that he had put her in his heart.

When did their relationship start to change?

Oh, that's right. It started when she realized that little Wan'er was different from other children.

Little Wan'er didn't respond to others. She can stay in the same place all day long. From birth to three years old, she had never seen her utter a sound except crying!

They took her to the county town for an examination. The doctor said nothing wrong. The child was healthy. As for why this happened, the doctor said that the child may be born dull-witted.

In other words, the child was born stupid and had no brains!

She never liked stupid people. Before marrying Qiao Zhen Min, she imagined how smart their children would be in the future. Unexpectedly, she birth such an idiot. She was extremely disappointed at that time.

At first, she didn't want to believe that her child would be stupider than others. She forced little Wan'er to learn. She taught her to speak, and taught her to write. If she didn't obey, she whipped her with a feather duster and made her howl. Still, the child was born to collect debts. No matter how she taught her, she was still as stupid as a pig.

Of course, she whipped little Wan'er while Qiao Zhen Min wasn't at home. One time, Qiao Zhen Min came back a few days early and found a scar on little Wan'er. Although she muddled through it in the end, their relationship began to sour from that time.

If there was no little Wan'er, her relationship with Qiao Zhen Min won't change. Nor would she be with Tian Jian Min. So all this was that idiot's fault in the end!

The more Chen Qiao Qiao thought about it, the more hatred brew in her heart. If she knew earlier, she would have been killed as soon as she was born!

At this time, her second sister-in-law came in with a food box. Seeing that she was awake, there was no delight on her face: "Are you awake? Eat your meal now that you are awake. Hurry up, I have to go back to do housework!"

Chen Qiao Qiao already knew that her family was cold and cruel. But when she heard Second Sister-in-law's words, she couldn't help but feel depressed.

She sat up and wanted to bring the food box over to eat. However, this action pulled the wound in her lower body. It made her gasp in pain. Her second sister-in-law act like she didn't see it. Just indifferently twiddle with her fingers.

Chen Qiao Qiao tried several times, but it was so painful that she gave up: "Second Sister-in-law, I want to ask you a favor."

Second Sister-in-law Chen continued to pretend to be deaf.

Chen Qiao Qiao gritted his teeth with hatred: "As long as you help me go to Qiao's house to pass a message, I'll give you a yuan later!"

This time, Second Sister-in-law Chen finally listened. She raised her head: "Do you really have money on you?"

Chen Qiao Qiao nodded: "I brought back thirty yuan this time. As long as you help me, I will give you the money when I go back."

Second Sister-in-law Chen wasn't afraid of her defaulting on her debts. She nodded and said, "Okay, what do you want me to pass?"

Chen Qiao Qiao pursed her lips: "Go to Qiao's house and say I'm going to die. Before I die, I want to see Qiao Zhen Min. Tell him to come over."

Hearing this, Second Sister-in-law Chen's drooping eyes smilingly stared: "Little sister, I didn't expect you to use this trick. Okay, I'll make a trip for you. Don't forget the money!"

Chen Qiao Qiao was embarrassed by her smile: "I won't forget it."

For the sake of money, Second Sister-in-law Chen went to Qiao's house that day.

It was a pity that she didn't see Qiao Zhen Min. She didn't even enter Qiao's house. Instead, she was splashed with water by Qiao Xiu Zhi and was chased by Qiao Family's dog in the end.

Later, Qiao Zhen Min found out that Chen Qiao Qiao was looking for him. He just sneered and threw it to the back of his mind.

A month after she was discharged from the hospital, Chen Qiao Qiao was arranged by her family to marry a fifty-year-old man whose wife had died. The man was ugly and old. He looked older than her dad.

More importantly, his son was older than her. She didn't want to marry. However, she was knocked out by her family and sent to the village.

The village was very remote. She didn't even know the name and location of the village. The old man was afraid that she would run away, so he kept a dog to guard her.

She had nowhere to turn for help. At this moment, she truly realized what she had done wrong.

It was just there was no regret medicine in the world.