"He drank rat poison. To be honest, Old Yang took things too hard. It's sad that he has no children, but there's still the government, right? I've already registered him as a low-income household, and he'll get a monthly allowance from the government. A living person won't die from holding his pee in. He just took things too hard. We're all sad. "The village chief's eyes were filled with sadness.
"Why would he drink pesticide out of nowhere? Did they do an autopsy? It was suicide. Wasn't it premeditated murder? "Huo Mien didn't believe it, so he asked the main point.
The village chief was slightly shocked. "Murder? That's impossible. He must have committed suicide. "
"How are you so sure?" Qin Chu asked again.
"Because he went to the pesticide store in town to buy the rat poison. The store owner admitted it herself. He said that he bought it because there were many rats in his house. Who knew that he drank it himself? Sigh …" The village chief sighed heavily after he finished speaking.
Qin Chu and Huo Mien looked at each other in tacit understanding.
"After he died, did his niece come back?" Qin Chu remembered that Uncle Yang had a relative.
"I told her, but I don't think she'll come."
"Why?" Huo Mien asked.
"To be honest, Uncle Yang went to the south for many years. We thought he was there to retire, but we heard that his niece's marriage changed. Her husband cheated on her and they divorced. His niece had no choice but to remarry. However, the family she remarried to had only one request. They could take care of the children, but not the old ones. I heard that they were very strict with his niece and didn't even give her money. She didn't even have travel expenses, so how could she return? Old Yang's body is in the hospital's cold storage. Tomorrow morning, I'll get someone to take his body away and cremate it. The cost of the cremation was raised by the villagers. How pitiful. "
Now, Qin Chu and Huo Mien understood why Uncle Yang suddenly came back from the south.
It turned out that his niece's family changed and she remarried. She couldn't tolerate him, so Uncle Yang didn't want to delay her remarriage.
She came back to the North alone, but there was no reason for her to commit suicide.
After coming back, it wasn't like they couldn't live anymore. The country treated lonely old people pretty well, and they could maintain their livelihood.
He had only been back for less than a week, and yet he had committed suicide. Huo Mien felt that it was a little unreasonable.
"Chief, has his body been examined?"
"Yes, it's the rat poison."
"Have the police investigated the scene? Are there any traces of other people? For example, footprints or fingerprints, "Huo Mien asked again.
"Miss, isn't your question funny? Since it was already confirmed that she had committed suicide, what was the point of doing that? Besides, Huo Mien and Old Yang get along very well. He has no grievances with us, so why would anyone want to harm him? Also, there's no benefit to be gained from doing so. Don't bully me because I'm a farmer who doesn't study much, but there's still a motive to kill, right? "The village chief felt that Huo Mien's question was a little ridiculous.
"I'm sorry, I'm just asking. After all, we don't feel good if we can't find Uncle Yang."
"Ah, it's okay, I can understand. By the way, judging by your clothes, you must be from the city, right? Where are you from? "
The village chief didn't know if he asked this intentionally or not …
Qin Chu pressed down on Huo Mien's hand and said, "We're from T City. We're just running a small business in the city."
"Oh … Old Yang is really unlucky. If you guys had come earlier, if he knew that he had relatives, he wouldn't have killed himself," the village chief said slowly.
Qin Chu quietly took out his wallet and took out ten thousand yuan and handed it to the village chief. "Chief, take this as the cost for tomorrow's cremation. Use the rest to find a good grave for Uncle Yang. I hope he can rest in peace."
"This …?" The village chief seemed to be shocked by the ten thousand yuan.
"Take it, chief. Sorry for troubling you. We still have things to do, so I'm afraid we won't be able to attend the funeral tomorrow," Qin Chu added.
"Okay, okay. Don't worry, I'll take care of it properly." The village chief took the ten thousand yuan with trembling hands and promised again.
When they left the village chief's house, it was almost ten at night.
The village chief was very enthusiastic and asked his wife to cook a few dishes for them. However, Huo Mien and Qin Chu didn't eat.
After getting into the car, Qin Chu asked, "Honey, how much of the village chief's words do you believe?"
"Half," Huo Mien replied calmly.
"What, do you suspect that there's something wrong with him?" Huo Mien looked at Qin Chu and continued to ask.
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