Li Erbo smiled, "I said it before, how you deal with the four children has nothing to do with us. What I want to say is related to your eldest aunt and your mother-in-law. I want to invite them to be present."
"Certainly," Tian Jing nodded, shouting to Damai by their courtyard gate, "Damai, lock the courtyard gate, bring your younger brothers over, and go to the hills to call your third aunt back."
"Alright!" Damai responded loudly, turning to lock the gate and pulling his four younger brothers over.
Tian Jing then called out to Sister Guilan on the outer perimeter, "Sister Guilan, please invite Eldest Aunt Li and Second Aunt Li over."
"Alright."
Li Erbo was startled. Why did Tian Jing call his wife?
Li Zhengguo looked at Ouyang Lei, "Brother Lei, please call the police. I want to sue Zhang Fangcao for defamation and accuse some members in Kushan of murder for wealth."
This was a big deal!
Ouyang Lei looked at his uncle.
Ouyang Guoliang put away his notebook and pen, his eyes sharp, "Li Zhengguo, are you sure you are not misreporting?"
"No, there is definitely a human life, though it was a long time ago."
"I'm going back now to bring the police myself. Lei Zi, drive me."
"Okay."
The Ouyang uncle and nephew left.
The lively village road was surrounded three layers deep, yet it was so quiet that even breathing seemed to cease.
Who dared to commit murder for wealth?
Li Erbo sized up Li Zhengguo, wondering what was in his nephew's plan.
Li Zhengguo calmly met his gaze.
Tian Jing soothed the four children beside her.
"They're here, they're here!" Second Aunt Li arrived the fastest. "Why did you call me here?"
Li Erbo glared at his wife, "Wait a moment."
Wu Huidi stayed quietly by her husband's side.
Seeing that Eldest Aunt Li and his mother had also arrived, Li Zhengguo gestured to Li Erbo, "The people you wanted to invite are here. You can speak now."
Li Erbo hesitated slightly. Li Zhengguo and Tian Jing were too calm, but the arrow was already on the string.
He looked at Mother Li, "Third sister-in-law, your eldest son Yaoguo is alive."
"What?"
Mother Li's surprise was genuine. She had been busy non-stop, planning to finish planting the watermelon seedlings on Rongguo's hill today. Couldn't these people choose another time to cause trouble?
Li Erbo misunderstood Mother Li's surprise and continued, "Yaoguo is alive, but he lives a humble life."
"Oh."
Li Erbo didn't understand Mother Li's calmness, but he had to continue, "In fact, Yaoguo is Rongguo."
The villagers finally understood.
So Li Zhengguo had an elder brother? They had never heard of him.
Right, Mother Li seemed to have lost a child in infancy.
No, not in infancy, he was alive, it was Li Rongguo.
Then that was even more incorrect. Where was Eldest Aunt Li's eldest son? Sudana Novel Network
Listening to the villagers' discussions, Li Erbo was satisfied. "So I said Zhengguo's reason is far-fetched. Because he and Li Rongguo are brothers, it's also possible that Zhang Fangcao's four children resemble their paternal uncle."
Eldest Uncle Li was not pleased. "Second brother, what nonsense are you talking about? Rongguo is my eldest son."
"No, Rongguo is the third brother's eldest son. Your eldest son died in infancy. If you don't believe me, you can ask eldest sister-in-law."
Eldest Uncle Li suddenly turned to look at his wife beside him. "Second brother, is what he's saying true?"
Unfortunately, his wife did not shake her head as he wished.
"Yes, Rongguo is Yaoguo. Back then, the third sister-in-law and I gave birth to our eldest sons one after another. Mother was happy and insisted on taking care of Rongguo herself."
"Third sister-in-law had severe bleeding, and Yaoguo was also with Mother. I was worried Mother couldn't handle two children and wanted to take Rongguo back, but Mother refused."
"A few days later, Mother said she was pulled over the quilt at night, and Rongguo suffocated. I was furious and wanted to strangle Yaoguo, who was also sleeping beside Mother but didn't suffocate, but Mother forbade it."
"Mother said to switch Yaoguo, and say that Yaoguo was the one who suffocated. I certainly disagreed, but Mother threatened me with past incidents, so I had to compromise."
"Later, Wu Huidi told me that Mother had suffocated my eldest son, in order to make Third Sister-in-law's eldest son the eldest grandson of the Li family, who could inherit everything in the Li family. You know what that 'everything' refers to."
"So, I poured all my hatred onto Yaoguo. You know what happened afterward."
Eldest Uncle Li staggered back, his legs weak. "No, it can't be. My mother wouldn't have suffocated Rongguo. It must be a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. Rongguo, my eldest son, sob..."
Li Shengguo supported his father, "Dad, this doesn't sound right. If Mom knew early on, she wouldn't have said anything, but Second Uncle and Second Aunt knew from the beginning, why didn't they say anything?"
"Even if they felt heartbroken about you losing your elder brother, what about Third Uncle? Aren't Third Uncle and Third Aunt heartbroken about losing their eldest son?"
"Right! You're right." Eldest Uncle Li steadied himself. "Second brother, you explain why? Even if you and I are close, you couldn't just watch Third Uncle suffer like that, could you?"
"If you had secretly told Third Uncle, and Third Uncle and Third Aunt knew, they wouldn't have suffered for so many years."
Li Erbo glared fiercely at Li Shengguo. This nephew had also looked down on his third uncle's family before. Now he was speaking like this, wasn't it because his third uncle's family had prospered, and he wanted to align himself with them?
Li Shengguo, however, stood up straight, "Second Uncle, we are family with Third Uncle."
Li Erbo snorted, "Hmph, you consider others family, but do others consider you family? Didn't your family also forbid you from buying seedlings?"
"Heh heh." Tian Jing sneered, "I don't sell seedlings to certain people because I know exactly what they've done and said behind my back."
"Li Shengguo dared to speak up and curry favor. But I'm willing to sell him seedlings."
"Because he has more conscience than those who, for some purpose, use wicked schemes to frame others while maintaining a superior air, and then continue to use those wicked schemes endlessly."
"Li Erzuo, you've perpetuated a wicked scheme for over thirty years. What exactly are you after? What kind of deep hatred do you have for my father-in-law, Li Sanzuo?"
"Not only did your wife Wu Huidi suffocate the real Li Rongguo, but Li Yaoguo lived a humble life under Eldest Aunt Li."
"You also colluded with Zhang Fangcao, used Li Aiguo and Accountant Li, and caused the death of your own brother, Li Sanzuo. Your own brother! You are so venomous towards your own brother, what about others?"
Crash.
A space immediately opened up behind the Li Erbo family of four.
"Tian Jing! You, you are slandering!" Li Erbo roared, his voice full of false bravado.
"Li Erzuo! Wu Huidi!"
Eldest Aunt Li lunged at the two, "Give me back Rongguo, give me back my eldest son, sob..."
Li Erbo and Wu Huidi acted together, pushing Eldest Aunt Li down.
Eldest Aunt Li sat on the ground, beating it and crying miserably.
"Wuwuwu... Li Shengguo, may you die a terrible death. Your parents did it all for you. But why were you born so late? If you had been born when your sister was, you would have been the eldest grandson of the Li family."
"My Rongguo would have lived a good life. We didn't care about the position of eldest grandson of the Li family. You just wanted to seize the more than thirty silver dollars I have?"
"Just ask for it. For my eldest son, I was willing to give up that money. But you are too cruel, sob sob sob."
Tian Jing was right. That man was not a good person either. If it weren't for the silver dollars he gave, her life wouldn't have been so bumpy.
Those with shallow tears were already weeping uncontrollably.
Those with deep tears also had red eyes.
How cruel were this Li Erbo couple? To harm the families of their elder and younger brothers so miserably for the sake of family property?
Mother Li was also shocked by the news revealed by her daughter-in-law. "Tiantian, are you telling the truth?"
"Yes," Tian Jing nodded. She had deduced it from the idle chatter of Xiao Song from when she was little.
Initially, she and Zhengguo thought it was okay to let it go if there was no evidence, as long as Li Erbo didn't bother them anymore.
Who knew they still wanted to bring in Li Weiguo's four children? Was this an attempt to seize her property?
"Sanzuo!" Mother Li's body softened and she slumped down.
Ouyang Meihua and Li Min, who had been called by the villagers, quickly stepped forward to support her.
"Third Aunt~"
"Mom~"
Tian Jing held her son and nephew and went to her mother-in-law's side, "Mom, you need to pull yourself together. We've already called the police, and you need to testify and recall some suspicious clues from back then."
Mother Li, slumped in Ouyang Meihua's arms, straightened up with effort. "Yes, yes, I need to recall evidence that is beneficial and bring the criminals to justice."