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That evening.

Baiwan Village, around the fish pond to the east of the village, gathered hundreds of people watching the fun, and the ponds around the large fish pond were almost full of people.

Twenty-four pumps rumbled and pumped the water in this fish pond into the smaller fish pond next to it.

Surrounded by more than a dozen people from Xi Dongyang and Zheng Qing, Xu Tongdao stood by the pond thirty meters away from the water pump. Standing there motionless, his eyes were deep and sad, looking at the increasingly shallow water at the bottom of the river.

Not far from him, there are official personnel such as the village chief of Baiwan Village, leaders of the township, and police officers from the police station.

And... Bai Meifeng.

She was also escorted. At this moment, she was sitting not far from Tongdao Xu, her hands were clipped backwards and she was wearing a pair of handcuffs.

Everyone is waiting.

After the pond is drained, can we see Xu Weixi's skeleton?

In places like the countryside, rumors spread the fastest.

Everyone likes to drop by, and there are often strange things that can spread all over the country in a short time.

It is also because of this that the water in the fish pond has not been drained, and there is an endless stream of people who come to see the fun.

These people have all heard that Xu Weixi's elopement with Bai Meifeng was false. Xu Weixi was killed long ago and sank at the bottom of this pond.

These people are not only curious, but also very patient.

From the morning to the afternoon, and then to the evening, more and more people gathered by the pond. Occasionally, some people left. After eating and drinking some tea, they brought more people to watch the fun.

Yes!

For these people, it's a lot of fun.

This kind of thing is rare. If you miss this time, you may never see it again in your life.

Tongdao Xu ignored those who were watching the fun. There was a chair behind him, and he never sat down. He just stood by the pond and waited.

Even, he did not call to inform his mother, brother and sister.

Because... if his dad's skeleton is really still at the bottom of this pond, then... when the skeleton comes out of the water,

It was a cruel scene for him and his whole family.

He didn't want his mother to go through that cruel scene like him.

Can……

He didn't inform his mother about them, but that doesn't mean that no one else passed the news to them.

At this moment, a roar of the engine came from far to near, and the fire suddenly stopped until it was near.

Tongdao Xu turned a deaf ear and didn't turn to look.

but……

Beside her, cousin Tan Ya exclaimed: Auntie? Xiaolu? Yuzhu? Oops! Not good Xiaodao! Your mother and the others are here, they are all here...

Tan Shi also exclaimed: Who told them? Who did you say?

When Xu Tongdao heard their exclamations, he frowned slightly and turned to look.

Sure enough, he saw a diesel-burning tricycle, his mother Ge Xiaozhu jumped off the back of the car, his younger brother Xu Tonglu and younger sister Ge Yuzhu jumped off.

Mother ran at the front, stumbling over here, crying as she ran.

Followed by her sister Ge Yuzhu, who was also crying, and her younger brother Xu Tonglu, who had a gloomy face.

He didn't inform them, but they came anyway.

Tongdao Xu closed his eyes, turned around and strode toward his mother.

The mother and son meet soon.

Tongdao Xu stretched out his hands to support his mother's slightly trembling arms. Her mother, Ge Xiaozhu, looked up at her eldest son, Tongdao Xu, who was already a head taller than her, and asked sadly, Xiaodao! This is such a big thing. , how can you not tell us? Ah? How can you not tell us? What the hell do you think?

Xu Tongdao: ...

Tongdao Xu forced a smile and whispered, Mom, I want to wait until I find Dad's body before I tell you.

Ge Xiaozhu freed one arm, stretched out his hand and grabbed his chest twice, complaining bitterly: You shouldn't hide it from us! How can you hide such a big thing from us? You ignorant thing! How can you hide it from us? Are you so ignorant?

Xu Tongdao's eyes were sad, but there was still a bit of a smile on his face.

Come! Mom, come here! There are chairs here, come and sit!

At this time, everyone by the pond looked at this side with different expressions, watching the fun! Finally, they saw a wave of excitement.

Today's excitement is destined to make them watch enough.

No, just as Xu Tongdao helped his mother to the place where he was standing, Ge Xiaozhu saw Bai Meifeng who was sitting on the ground. , asked her why she wanted to kill? Why kill Xu Weixi?

There was chaos on the spot.

Xu Tonglu and Ge Yuzhu stepped forward to protect Ge Xiaozhu and glared angrily at Bai Meifeng. Tan Ya, Tan Shi, Ge Lianghua and others came to persuade him.

The village chief, people from the police station, and so on, also flocked to persuade him.

After half an hour, the scene gradually calmed down.

Ge Xiaozhu was tired from crying and trouble.

Others were also relieved.

From the beginning to the end, Tongdao Xu stood still. He knew that there were too many grievances and sadness in his mother's heart, and he needed to vent.

Before Bai Meifeng was sent to the detention center, it would be better to let his mother vent.

Soon.

Xu Hengchun, the village chief of Xujia Village, appeared out of nowhere, squeezed in front of Tongdao Xu, looked at the shallower water at the bottom of the pond, and asked with a frown, Xiaodao, you've been looking for a while here to collect your father's corpse at the bottom of the pond. Is there anyone here? If you haven’t found it here, how many people will I call back to our village? Don’t worry! I’ll call back and I’ll definitely be able to call someone!”

Tongdao Xu shook his head slightly, No!

Then he added: If my dad is really still at the bottom of the pond, I will go down with Xiaolu to bury him in a while, and no one else needs to do anything.

This...you brothers do it yourself? This, this is not legal, right?

Xu Hengchun wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Xu Tongdao raising his hand slightly.

Village Chief, there is nothing against the rules! What is against the rules for my son to collect the body of Lao Tzu?

After finishing speaking, Xu Tongdao turned to look at his younger brother Xu Tonglu beside him, and asked him with squinting eyes, Xiaolu, do you dare to go down with me to collect the bones of Dad?

Xu Tonglu looked at Xu Tongdao, the brothers looked at each other, and both saw the sadness in each other's eyes.

Seeing Xu Tonglu nodding slightly, Xu Tonglu said, Brother, I'll accompany you down!

Tongdao Xu didn't see the look of fear on his brother's face.

He was slightly relieved.

like a man!

So, Tongdao Xu looked at the village chief Xu Hengchun again, Village chief, let's do it! Thank you for your kindness, our brothers will do it by ourselves.

Xu Hengchun opened his mouth, suddenly smiled bitterly, and nodded, Okay! Since you two brothers have such filial piety and courage, then I won't advise you. By the way, you haven't prepared the fish pants yet? I'll go back and give them to you. You got two pairs of fish pants? Otherwise, you will go down to the bottom of the pond like this, the mud is so deep, you must be too dirty to see.

Tongdao Xu did not refuse this time, but thanked him.

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