kingnovel Chapter 551 Murder in the Village
Chapter 551 Murder in the Village
In a blink of an eye, the ground turned golden.
Corn, soybeans and sesame have matured one after another, and the entire Qinghe Bay is in the rush to harvest.
From the beginning of spring to midsummer, the weather has been good and the corn harvest this year has naturally been bumper.
In addition to the bumper harvest of corn, Tong Huaqiong also had a bumper harvest of 30 acres of cotton.
Snow-white cotton flowers bloomed in the fields, like white silver waving at Tong Huaqiong.
Picking cotton is more difficult than picking corn. You need to break open the cotton husks and then pick the cotton flowers one by one.
Since there were no machines for sorting cotton in that era, cotton wool was easily contaminated with dead leaves and dirt, and subsequent sorting required a lot of manpower. Therefore, Tong Huaqiong specifically instructed the cotton picking workers to try their best not to let the dead leaves from the cotton branches get on the cotton wool.
Thirty acres of cotton need to be picked, which is quite a task.
This time, Tong Huaqiong left the task of picking cotton to the village aunts, girls and wives. Firstly, women were careful in picking cotton, and secondly, she wanted the women in the village to make money.
Picking five pounds of cotton pays one cent, and also provides lunch. This job is extremely easy for the villagers.
While the cotton workers in the village were picking cotton one by one with cloth bags around their necks, Tong Huaqiong's weaving workshop was almost ready.
After Gu Daqiao assembled and modified the first cotton textile machine, he immediately worked on assembling the second and third ones. With the experience from the first one and the help of some skillful young men in the village, he soon assembled ten cotton textile machines.
In addition, there is a cotton fluffing machine.
Of course, the most important means of production, cotton, is indispensable. In addition to the 3,000 kilograms of cotton from his own 30 acres of land, there are also 100,000 kilograms of cotton that Tong Huaqiong asked Gu Baishuang and Gu Dashu to store.
These are enough to test the waters in the cotton textile industry.
In the first year, Tong Huaqiong didn’t plan to make much money, just to avoid losing money.
The weaving workshop was built in the old house and yard abandoned by Gu Laotou’s grandparents.
This yard was originally inherited by the two brothers, Grandpa Gu and Second Uncle Gu. The two brothers had always had a good relationship before Gu Xiaoxue married Xu Dabao, and they had never had any disputes over this yard.
Both families had yards and houses, and the sons had yards and houses as well. In addition, Mr. Gu later followed Uncle Gu to the south, and this yard became the place where Uncle Gu and Aunt Gu grew vegetables and raised chickens.
The house has been uninhabited for a long time and is crumbling, but the yard is tidy and tidy.
After Mr. Gu's house was smashed and looted by the Xu family, Mr. Gu considered moving to the yard left by his parents. However, considering that the house was leaking and even worse than his own house which had been smashed and looted, he gave up the idea of moving.
Tong Huaqiong discussed the matter with Uncle Gu, who readily gave the yard to Tong Huaqiong to open a weaving workshop.
Anyway, he didn't suffer any loss at all. After the weaving workshop was opened, his daughter-in-law and granddaughter followed Tong Huaqiong to weave, and the money they earned in a year was enough to buy enough vegetables in the yard.
Tong Huaqiong happily gave Uncle Gu two bags of flour and a piglet as a reward.
The repair work of the house was given to Liu Tielian's eldest son Liu Tong, the strongest bricklayer in the village. The table and shelf for placing cotton cloth were given to Gu Xiaocao's father Gu Guangkui.
The two of them gathered a group of laborers and started work quickly.
Tong Huaqiong inspected the cotton picking situation in the cotton field and planned to go to the weaving workshop to see the progress of the project.
In the autumn in Qinghewan, every household is filled with golden corn, and the fields after the harvest are filled with the fragrance of earth.
Tong Huaqiong was walking on the road in a good mood.
When I arrived at the entrance of the village, I met Gu Xiaoxue walking towards her fields with a basket.
At this time, the corn has been harvested and brought home, and every household is cutting the corn stalks in the fields. After cutting the corn stalks, they will sow wheat seeds.
Farmers have to race against time to do their work, and a heavy rain may ruin this year's planting plans.
Just now, Tong Huaqiong passed by the cornfield of the old house and saw Gu Ruinian, who had not been seen for a long time, also participating in the labor. It was like a knife piercing her butt and opening her eyes.
Gu Xiaoxue walked closer to Tong Huaqiong and called her "Auntie" with a smile.
The basket on her arm contained a kettle, and Tong Huaqiong knew that she was bringing water to her family members who were working in the fields.
Tong Huaqiong smiled faintly as a greeting, and she still felt disappointed with Gu Xiaoxue.
"Auntie." After walking a few steps, Gu Xiaoxue suddenly called Tong Huaqiong.
Tong Huaqiong stopped walking, and Gu Xiaoxue took out a scallion pancake wrapped in a cloth from the basket and came to Tong Huaqiong, saying seriously, "Auntie, I know who treats me well. I made this scallion pancake especially for you."
Tong Huaqiong didn't answer.
"I put a lot of oil in it, it smells really good." He stuffed it into Tong Huaqiong's hand without saying anything, then picked up the basket and walked towards the field step by step.
Tong Huaqiong suddenly felt that Gu Xiaoxue today was different from before.
Tong Huaqiong attributed all this to the fact that she was wearing new clothes, which made her braver and she was no longer as timid and humble as before.
Tong Huaqiong was very familiar with Gu Xiaoxue's new clothes. They were the clothes given to her by Gu Taohua.
The clothes fit her perfectly and no longer fit her body like her old clothes.
Tong Huaqiong felt sad when she thought that Gu Xiaoxue would marry Xu Dabao soon.
Never mind, it was her own choice.
Tong Huaqiong walked towards the weaving workshop with the warm scallion pancake.
It was not yet lunch time, and Tong Huaqiong was busy in the cotton field and did not feel hungry. At this time, the aroma of scallion pancakes aroused her cravings. Tong Huaqiong took out a piece of scallion pancake and stuffed it into her mouth. It must be said that Gu Xiaoxue's cooking skills were very good. The scallion pancakes were baked crispy and fragrant.
Tong Huaqiong stayed in the weaving workshop for a while and expressed satisfaction with the work efficiency of Liu Tielan's eldest son Liu Tong.
"Someone drank pesticide!"
"Gu Xiaoxue killed someone!"
There were hurried footsteps outside the door, and everyone was shouting and running.
What?
Drinking pesticides? Murder? Gu Xiaoxue?
When these three things were linked together, Tong Huaqiong's brain suddenly went blank.
“Who drank pesticide?”
"Who did Xiaoxue kill?"
Tong Huaqiong ignored the past grudges and grabbed Mrs. Luo.
Mrs. Luo clapped her hands, her eyes sparkling with excitement, and said, "Xiaoxue wanted to poison Xu Dabao, and the pesticide went into Qingsong's stomach."
After saying this, Mrs. Luo jumped up and down to go eat the melons.
When Liu Tong heard that the poison had entered his brother's stomach, he was so scared that the clay in his hand rolled off and he rushed to the front of the crowd with a roar.
Tong Huaqiong didn't have time to think about it and ran along.
The riverbank where the incident occurred was crowded with people.
There were loud and low crying sounds coming from inside. Tong Huaqiong felt her heart sink when she heard that the voice belonged to Liu Tielian's wife Yi. Could it be that Liu Qingsong was poisoned to death?
Everyone was surrounding a person and shouting. Tong Huaqiong leaned over to take a look.
Liu Qingsong was being held down and having water poured into his mouth. The person pouring water into Liu Qingsong's mouth was Gu Jingzhe, who had just returned from the provincial capital.
"Brother Liu Tong, please help me clamp his throat." Gu Jingzhe said to Liu Tong.
Liu Tong's legs went weak and his hands were shaking.
Gu Dahan dug Liu Qingsong's throat without saying a word, and Liu Qingsong vomited with a roar.
"Refill."
"Dunk again."
Gu Jingzhe gave the order calmly. He watched as Liu Qingsong vomited out the acid in his stomach, became exhausted and pale, and was carried back home by a group of people.
The doctor followed, not knowing whether Liu Qingsong was dead or alive in the end.
Applying pesticides is very dangerous.