Chapter 261

Chapter 261

"Auntie, Sister, please stop arguing. We have someone here who can help you understand the situation." Xiao Song said as she ran over and pushed Bai Xiuxiu to the front.

She whispered to Bai Xiuxiu, "Xiuxiu, please help. I really can't handle this."

Bai Xiuxiu was still confused when she found herself surrounded by these people.

"Comrade, you must do something for us."

"What do you mean 'do something'? Are you being reasonable? My daughter has been tortured in Old Qiao's family, and when I try to take her home, you won't let me? How can you ask others to intervene?"

"Are you even human?"

"Let's talk about your family issues later. Comrade, you need to handle this. My son's wife is inciting him not to be filial to me. She doesn't even give me a meal at home. How bitter my life is..."

"Niuhuahua, don't be so unreasonable. Who isn't letting your husband be filial to you? You give everything to your daughter, leaving my husband, my child, and me with nothing to live on."

"Last year, Old Wu's family borrowed fifty yuan from me, and they haven't paid it back yet. A few days ago, they even stole our chickens. This morning, their child let it slip. You need to do something about this."

These people spoke one after another, filling Bai Xiuxiu's ears.

"Xiuxiu, I don't know what's going on this morning. There are so many people here. Director Wang isn't around, and Xiao Tang hasn't come yet." Xiao Song was bewildered, her face full of hope as she waited for Bai Xiuxiu to help.

Bai Xiuxiu also felt a headache, but the work still needed to be done.

If things were still chaotic when Director Wang arrived, he would be disappointed in her.

She was hoping to become the deputy director.

Going to the provincial city was a future matter. If she became the deputy director here, it might be easier to transfer there later.

"Everyone, please stop arguing. Let's take it one at a time and solve each issue. I heard someone mentioned a family that borrowed money and stole chickens.

Sister Song, can you help this uncle? The children have already admitted it. Why don't you go and investigate?"

Bai Xiuxiu looked at Xiao Song.

Xiao Song hesitated; she didn't want to get involved at all.

Usually, Director Wang handled everything, often pulling Xiao Tang and Zhao Ming along. She and the others usually hid behind them to avoid work.

Most of the time, she only dealt with writing documents.

Only occasionally did she need to step in.

"Uncle, this is Sister Song from our office. She's been here for a long time and will certainly help you. Explain the situation to her. If we can't resolve it at the street level, we can always file a report.

If we can mediate, let's do that and resolve the issue."

Bai Xiuxiu guided the old man to Xiao Song's desk.

The old man, who looked to be in his early sixties, began recounting his neighbor's debt and theft.

Although Xiao Song wanted to pass the responsibility, the old man had already started talking, so she had no choice but to listen and take notes carefully.

"Comrade, you must save me. I haven't eaten for two days. My son and daughter-in-law don't want me to live. They don't feed me and want to kick me out.

My husband died last year, and now they bully me."

An elderly woman in a blue floral jacket was crying and wailing, grabbing Bai Xiuxiu's sleeve.

A young woman standing nearby rolled her eyes in anger. Bai Xiuxiu glanced at her; her clothes were patched so much that the original pattern was barely visible.

The elderly woman, however, was dressed well.

"Don't listen to her nonsense. Since the old man died, she demands fine food at home. If she doesn't get it, she cries, makes a fuss, and threatens to hang herself. She must wear good clothes and eat eggs first.

Not only does she eat everything herself, but she also secretly gives the best things to her daughter.

She says her daughter is on her side, and since my husband married me, he's not on her side anymore.

A few days ago, she took the money my husband saved for my daughter's education and bought a hair accessory for her granddaughter. Isn't she trying to make our family suffer?

We don't want to live with her anymore, so we're talking about separating, but she comes and lies, saying we don't feed or water her."

As the woman spoke, she couldn't hold back her tears.

"Shame on you! You and my son both have jobs, while my daughter's family is struggling. What's wrong with helping her? You have no heart! How could you be a sister-in-law?

I just give them some things, and you want to kick me out.

How did the Niujia family end up marrying you?"

Bai Xiuxiu listened to both sides and recorded their statements.

"Sister, Auntie, I've noted down your issues. Please sit over there for a moment?" Bai Xiuxiu directed them to the previous storage room.

Since the storage room was cleaned out, people could use it to rest and have a drink.

Director Wang thought it was perfect for visitors, so he didn't put anything else in there.

After sending them over, only three people remained.

Among the three people, there were two elderly women and a younger one.

The younger woman looked to be in her early thirties and had been crying all along.

The two elderly women were giving each other cold looks.

"Madams, what's going on?" Bai Xiuxiu stepped forward to ask.

"It's them! The Old Qiao family doesn't treat my daughter like a human being. I want to take her back home, but they won't let me. They insist on letting her die at their place before they're satisfied. You have to do something about this."

As she spoke, the elderly woman pulled her daughter and cried.

Bai Xiuxiu glanced at the elderly woman, then at her daughter.

The woman in her early thirties didn't look moved; she kept pulling her hand back, frowning, and no longer crying as she had been.

She opened her mouth as if to say something, hesitated, and then remained silent.

Old Qiao's elderly woman was also furious, pointing at the crying elderly woman and scolding her: "Bah! Chen Guifang, are you even human? How can you have the nerve to say such things? We Old Qiao family paid two hundred yuan as a dowry to marry your daughter.

Besides, who doesn't treat her like a human?

Ask her yourself! How have we treated her?

Clearly, you just want to take her back so you can marry her off again and collect another dowry.

Do you think I don't know? A few days ago, you already made arrangements with a cripple from Shanghe Village below, demanding one hundred and fifty yuan as a dowry.

You were just waiting for your daughter to leave our house so she could marry him!"

Hearing this, Bai Xiuxiu was also shocked. She looked at the sobbing elderly woman, whose eyes shifted, seemingly guilty of being caught.

But the most shocked was the woman who had remained silent all along.

Chen Xiaolian looked at her mother in disbelief, her voice trembling: "Mom, how could you sell me again?"