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Chapter 38 Peripheral Interview
Wen Mengran and Lu Beicen analyzed it for a long time, but the mystery is just a mystery. Everyone has their own ideas and perspectives. In the end, the two of them unanimously decided to contact Yuan Li's eldest sister Yuan Fang first.

Wen Mengran made a phone call according to the list: "You said that the couple have the same surname, or a surname that is rare in our place, isn't it strange?"

Neither of the two thought that the couple not only had the same surname, but were also from the same place, and were even distant relatives of the same clan. However, they were not related by blood, but according to their seniority, Yuan Li would call him Uncle Yuan Qiang.

Yuan Li's eldest sister, Yuan Fang, is very talkative, not to mention bitter. Under the shade of a tree in a street park in Xiangcheng, Yuan Fang recalled the life of her poor little sister. I believe that Yuan Li's suffering began when she eloped with Yuan Qiang despite her family's dissuasion.

When Yuan Li eloped with Yuan Qiang to work in the south, she didn't even have enough time.Both of them graduated from junior high school, and they don't have any special skills. They work outside, and they can't make much money after suffering a lot.

The two didn't go home for four or five years. Later, Yuan Li gave birth to a child. The couple had to consider the issue of the child's household registration and schooling, so they returned to Lixi. The raw rice was not only cooked into cooked rice, but also fermented. Drinking wine, having children, what else can the family say, let the two get married.

But after all, their awkward clan relationship is not easy to treat in Yuanjiaji, especially Yuan Li's family has six sisters from top to bottom and a younger brother. The younger brother is better, and the six sisters are often pointed at by others.

Yuan Li's family tried their best to collect some money, and asked Yuan Li and Yuan Qiang to open a small shop near Xiangcheng Railway Station, selling some tobacco, alcohol and drinks. The family of three lived behind the small shop, and later Yuan Li Yu.

At the door of the house, the sisters of Yuan Li's family discovered that Yuan Qiang actually beat Yuan Li often.Yuan Fang remembers very clearly that one summer, when Yuan Yu was four or five years old, she went home and told Yuan Li that Yuan Qiang took him to a massage parlor and hugged an aunt very tightly. That night, Yuan Li Just after arguing with Yuan Qiang, Yuan Qiang beat Yuan Li, who was only wearing an underwear vest, until she couldn't stand it, and ran to the train station square, Yuan Qiang was still chasing and beating her.

At that time, the sisters of the Yuan family made up their minds to divorce Yuan Li and Yuan Qiang, but the children were still young and Yuan Qiang was unwilling to divorce. When the trouble was at its worst, the four brothers of Yuan Qiang's family together gave Yuan Hai, the youngest brother of Yuan Li's family, to Yuan Hai. He was beaten up and threatened that if he wanted a divorce, Yuan Hai would have to live in peace.

Marriage just didn't work out, people always have to save face, they were chased and beaten around with barely any clothes on, people around the train station didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, and Yuan Li didn't want to go back to the train station either, husband and wife The two transferred the store out. With the help of his brother, Yuan Qiang took over a small slag factory in a neighboring city and became a small boss. Yuan Li took her children and rented a house in Chengguan District, Xiangcheng City. kids go to school.

Later, the husband and wife also stumbled. Yuan Li did not be beaten. She often cried in front of her elder sister Yuan Fang, saying that Yuan Qiang had always had a good thing outside. As long as she mentioned this, she was raped by Yuan.

At this point, Yuan Fang wiped away her tears, and sighed helplessly. Wen Mengran saw that she had almost regained her composure, so she asked, "Then Yuan Qiang's affair, has your family actually done it?"

Yuan Fang shook her head and said: "So what if you are sure, in our family's situation, the old parents and younger brother are still living in Yuanjiaji, and my sister has no skills herself. The two children are still young, so she is reluctant, let alone can. If you can't get a divorce, once the divorce becomes an enemy, you say that this big family will not be able to survive?"

At this time, Wen Mengran suddenly changed the topic: "I heard that Yuan Qiang is going to divorce your sister recently, why doesn't she want to leave?"

Yuan Fang sighed and said: "Why don't you say that my sister's life is miserable, and there is such a conscientious thing that a dog eats at the stall. When Yuan Qiang went outside to support the slag factory, we used our sisters to chip in for them to open it. The money transferred from the commissary, and the little savings my sister saved from living frugally, and later he made money there, transferred that factory out, and opened a bigger factory in Lixi in return. It became like their home."

"Although our sisters said they would give the money away, and didn't expect to get it back, they always hoped that my sister would live well, but now that the child is grown up, the place is going to be demolished, and Yuan Qiang is about to become a millionaire. I have become the big boss, and I want my sister to leave the house, do you think this is not as good as a beast?"

"But I say these words, you must not broadcast them to the outside world. If the brothers of Yuan Qiang's family hear, my parents and my brother's family will be another disaster. When this happened, people in their family They rushed to my parents’ house and smashed the house, my parents were so frightened that they went to the hospital together, and they called the police at that time, so they didn’t do anything to my brother.”

The panic on Yuan Fang's face made Wen Mengran and Lu Beicen couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, and Wen Mengran said softly, "Okay, we won't intensify the conflict between your two families."

"Then what is the relationship between Yuan Fei and her mother?" Wen Mengran changed the subject again.

Yuan Fang shook her head: "I'm really not very clear about this. Yuan Fei didn't like to come to our house to play since she was a child. She prefers to go to her grandparents' house, but Yuan Yu is closer to our aunts."

"Then Yuan Fei said her mother had an affair, do you know what happened?"

Yuan Fang immediately shook her head and said firmly: "That's impossible. She told me many times that she has suffered from men in this life. If there is a next life, she will definitely not get married. She also said once or twice that if Yuan If she is forced to death, she will live alone, and will never find anyone again..."

"Under what circumstances were these words said?"

"Basically, when you are beaten with bruised nose and face, or when you have large bruises on your body, you cry while talking. I know how pitiful it is. Which of our sisters has never shed tears. Hey, among the sisters in our family, she is the most difficult to live alone. ..."

At such a time, both Wen Mengran and Lu Beicen felt that they were at a loss for words to comfort them, so they could only wait silently for Yuan Fang to calm down. After a long time, Wen Mengran asked again: "Auntie, I don't know you Is it convenient for us to meet grandparents?"

Yuan Fang, who was still wiping tears, felt as if she was going to leave when she heard this, and shook her head quickly: "That's okay, the old people are old and can't stand the trouble, and besides, they almost don't have anything. You know, we hide many things from them, and their health is not good..."

Wen Mengran hurriedly comforted her: "Okay, okay, don't worry, Auntie, we just don't see you."

Yuan Fang checked again and again before she felt relieved: "If I have nothing else to ask, I'll go back."

Wen Mengran thought for a while before asking: "Is the demolition payment the confirmed amount?"

Yuan Fang shook her head and said, "I don't know much about this either. I only heard that that area is going to be developed. It's been three or four years, and my sister can't explain what's going on."

(End of this chapter)