Confessed? The punishments in this era are severe. Li Erzuo and Wu Huidi are in a bad way.
If the Wu family has any lives on their hands, they'll definitely be sentenced.
Tian Jing reached out to Ouyang Lei. "Where's my dividend? I need money recently."
"How much do you need?"
"Why are you asking me how much I need? You owe me one-tenth of the profits from these three years. Everything you have, I have one-tenth of."
Ouyang Lei scratched his head. "But I didn't bring much cash back."
"That sounds a bit messy. Tonight, you'll talk to Li Zhengguo and have him tell you the framework for setting up the company."
Ouyang Lei was bewildered. "Company? Framework?"
"Go ask Li Zhengguo. I don't have the patience to teach you. How much cash do you have left?"
"Thirteen thousand."
"Is that enough for you to squander?"
"I don't know. I've only been back a few days, and I've already spent two thousand yuan."
"Go on, go on." Tian Jing shooed him away like a fly. "You come back here bragging, yet you don't bring back more money."
"I was afraid I'd spend it carelessly, so I kept a tight rein on myself."
Ouyang Lei was sent to the hill to find Li Zhengguo.
Tian Jing was worried. The gold bars couldn't be taken out for now. Although the gold bars weren't the Wu family's, the Wu family might make baseless accusations. Besides, the origin of her gold bars was unclear. She couldn't admit to stealing them from the Tian family, could she?
The crime of theft is not minor either.
At noon, Li Zhengguo returned home for lunch, with Ouyang Lei trailing behind him like a shadow.
He called Tiantian into the room. "Have Tiantian get another gold bar. I'll have Ouyang Lei exchange it with his thirteen thousand."
"But Ouyang Lei has already been in contact with us."
"It's alright. I'll tell him about another way."
"Alright then. Keep an eye on him. After a while, he'll guess that I've gone up the mountain."
"I'll use the company setup to trick him. Three years, and he's still working alone."
"Isn't he bringing his younger brothers over? Have him tell you the abilities of those people, and you can help him figure out some important positions."
"Okay, he owns one-tenth of our shares. I need to take this seriously."
When Tian Jing went down the mountain, Ouyang Lei was still being brainwashed by Li Zhengguo with the framework structure.
Tian Jing placed two rolled-up clothes on the table. Ouyang Lei finally looked up. "What are these?"
Li Zhengguo pushed the rolled-up clothes towards him. "Hurry back and get the money for me. I need it urgently."
"Ah? Oh, I'll go back right away."
Ouyang Lei picked up the rice bowl in front of him, finished it in two gulps, picked up the rolled-up clothes, and left.
He returned quickly, bringing news. "Sister, Wu Huidi's eldest brother wants to see you." Sudanshuwang
"See me? Why?"
"He says he has information you want to know."
"Does he have any human lives on his hands?"
"No. But many of the Wu family's relatives have accused the Wu family of fraudulent marriage property. Because the daughters married off by the Wu family did not get marriage certificates, this is direct and favorable evidence. The current head of the Wu family is him, and the Wu family members have collectively identified him as the mastermind."
What information could the Wu family have that she wanted? This was clearly an attempt at a quid pro quo. Tian Jing nodded. "I know. We'll talk about it tomorrow."
Ouyang Lei handed the two rolled-up clothes, which were much larger than before, to Tian Jing. "One is six thousand, and the other is seven thousand."
Tian Jing casually placed them on the table. "Your eldest brother and sister-in-law plan to take over your business and the matter of the large trucks. Have you discussed it?"
"We haven't discussed it. My eldest sister directly gave me orders. In a couple of days, after my eldest brother-in-law is done, he'll take over. Sister, tell me the truth, did you start planning this after you knew my eldest brother-in-law's identity? Da Mai's mother..."
Tian Jing waved her hand to interrupt him. "Brother Lei, only those with too many thoughts will misinterpret things. Before Zhao Xiaofang's true nature was revealed, I simply didn't want to have an extra sister-in-law. Look at how my mother-in-law and her two sisters-in-law staged a palace drama. I was just taking precautions."
"Who knew Zhao Xiaofang would be exposed so quickly, and my eldest brother would leave so soon? Otherwise, Zhao Xiaofang would have been a pawn in the hands of Li Erzuo and his son."
Ouyang Lei didn't believe it. "The timing, the time you told my eldest brother, was before my eldest brother divorced. Given his personality, if he hadn't found out his wife was seducing his own brother, would he have been so resolute in divorcing her?"
"Believe it or not, we told my eldest brother truly just to guard against Li Erzuo and at the same time not let Da Mai carry the burden of guilt. It can only be said that it was an unintentional act that yielded results."
Tian Jing impatiently sent Ouyang Lei away, telling him to go help his eldest brother-in-law plant seedlings.
Then she instructed Da Mai to watch her younger brothers and took the two rolled-up clothes to the 'toilet' again.
She re-rolled ten thousand and stored it in the wardrobe in the cave, then came down the mountain with three thousand.
Da Mai glanced up at her little aunt who had returned from the 'toilet', then looked down and continued playing with her younger brothers.
...
The watermelon seedlings on Li Rongguo's hill were also planted. The three Yang brothers then carried water to irrigate the fields on that hill.
Taking advantage of the cool evening, Tian Jing visited both hills and secretly infused her ability into the roots of all the seedlings. The seedlings quickly took root and wouldn't die.
The watermelon seedlings reserved by the commune members had already been planted in the east wing room, just waiting for the right time.
Now, Li Rongguo was free and was taken by Ouyang Meihua to the county town to find Ouyang Lei.
It was only then that Tian Jing told Li Zhengguo that Wu Huidi's eldest brother wanted to see her.
"I'll go with you," Li Zhengguo agreed to go. "I always feel like Li Erzuo is hiding something. The Wu family has too many possessions. The Wu family's relatives are all farmers; how could they have so much? Even over several generations, they couldn't have accumulated so much wealth."
"Don't forget those ten years."
"But the Wu family also had no channels. Because they were all old farmers, if they made a mistake, they would themselves be suspected and investigated."
"That's also why Li Weiguo endured and desperately wanted to get close to Lin Guangde during those ten years. Otherwise, with his cunning, he wouldn't have fared worse than Ouyang Guoliang."
"Hahaha." Tian Jing was very pleased. "Is this what they call a total loss of everything, both property and life?"
Li Zhengguo pinched Tiantian's nose. "They met you, their nemesis."
The next day, the couple took a detour through the back mountain to the county town.
Li Zhengguo felt bad for his wife working so hard. "Tiantian, let's buy a bicycle?"
"No, we don't come out that often. A bicycle would be too conspicuous and would attract commune members to borrow it. Who would it be for?"
Li Zhengguo was speechless.
When they met Wu Huidi's eldest brother, Tian Jing remained very calm. After all, she wasn't the one who had lost her freedom.
Wu Hui sized up this woman in her early twenties. A woman abandoned by her birth parents who could live so confidently and freely. It must be good luck, marrying a man who doted on her. However, it was impossible for a woman to look like her and not be doted on.
Li Zhengguo flicked the towel he was using to wipe his sweat at Wu Hui's face. "Do you not want your eyes anymore?"
Wu Hui snatched the towel and raised his hands. "Officer, he hit me and threatened me."
The police officer turned his body towards the wall, using his actions to tell Wu Hui that he hadn't seen anything.
Tian Jing sneered. "Wu Hui, your methods are too crude. My husband and I have no secrets. I was merely bored, so I came to hear what you had to say. Since you don't want to say anything, we'll leave."
"Alright, I'll talk." Wu Hui wiped the sweat from his face with the towel in his hand. "You think my methods are crude, but these crude methods have deceived many people, including Li Sanzuo."