72: Chapter 72: Father Liu’s Arrangements 72: Chapter 72: Father Liu’s Arrangements Li Shun and others dug out a copper hairpin, which was crudely made and hardly worth any money.
Otherwise, given Old Mrs.
Li’s situation back in the day, this hairpin would not have been buried with her.
Nevertheless, Li Dajiang remembered this hairpin.
He recognized the origin of the item the moment he saw it.
Although he did not believe that Chen Hai would deceive him in searching for the grave, it was nearly impossible to be one hundred percent certain that the pile of bones in front of him was his mother’s remains.
But now, the appearance of this hairpin completely dispelled the last bit of doubt in his heart.
For this reason, he lost his composure at this moment, weeping profusely as he kowtowed repeatedly on the ground.
“Brother, I’ve made a fool of myself…”
After a while, Li Dajiang finally stood up, regaining his composure, and sighed before speaking.
“Kneeling to heaven and earth and to our parents is the righteous thing to do!”
“You lost your composure, brother, surely because the sight of this object brought back memories of your mother!”
“In my view, this shows your true nature of loyalty and integrity, and there’s really nothing laughable about it!”
Chen Hai responded, his words not merely courtesy.
In fact, he genuinely thought so.
If he were in Li Dajiang’s current situation, perhaps he would react much worse.
Li Shun and the others were still bustling about.
Around eleven in the morning, they finally cleaned up all the bones and placed them in the jar.
They searched the dug pit back and forth several times.
Only when they were certain that nothing was overlooked did Chen Hai let Li Dajiang place a radish into the pit before filling it in again.
Placing a radish in the pit symbolized that the tomb’s owner still has descendants.
Finding a radish at this season was truly not easy.
The radish that Li Dajiang prepared was almost dried out, and he managed to find it only after inquiring door to door in Yanbei Village.
Filling the pit was obviously much easier than digging it.
In just about fifteen to twenty minutes, the pit was filled, the sunshade had been dismantled, and everything was loaded onto the cart.
Li Dajiang didn’t have a fixed residence in Liuyuan County, so he couldn’t store his things in a hotel.
He planned to hire a vehicle to send the items back to Yuedong first, and then transport his mother’s remains and the blood soil back to Tai Island by cargo ship.
Just listening to Li Dajiang’s plan, Chen Hai felt it was extremely troublesome.
However, these matters were no longer his concern.
His task was simply to help Li Dajiang find his mother’s remains, and now he considered this mission perfectly completed.
In Liuyuan, Li Dajiang temporarily stayed with a close nephew, Li Tao.
He didn’t skimp on the agreed five thousand yuan payment.
At Li Tao’s house, when Li Dajiang handed over a stack of cash to Chen Hai, the others present looked on with great envy.
Their glances at Chen Hai were like those of hungry wolves!
Without thinking, Chen Hai knew that among these people, quite a few probably harbored ill intentions towards him.
Of course, what they thought and whether they dared to act on those thoughts were two different matters!
Facing this situation, Sun Jinzhong, who wore a Wang Ba Box at his waist, naturally did not forget to lift his vest to flash the handle of his gun, making a few rounds in front of those guys.
He didn’t need to say much, his action alone was a considerable intimidation to the members of the Li Family.
It had to be said that his cousin, though sometimes foolish, was quite useful on certain occasions.
After receiving the five thousand yuan reward, Chen Hai and Sun Jinzhong would definitely not continue to stay at Li Tao’s house.
Having greeted Li Dajiang, the two headed towards the center of Liuyuan County.
In the central area of Liuyuan County, inside a private villa.
Liu Jian, who had just returned from the billiard hall, had barely settled on the sofa when a dignified, imposing middle-aged man, carrying a briefcase, walked in.
“Dad, how come you’re back?
Aren’t you supposed to be in Wuyang Town?
Is there something up at the county?”
He quickly stood up and approached him.
The Liu Family of Wuyang Town was deeply rooted locally.
In the political arena, Liu Jian’s father, this middle-aged man, had held the influential position of Wuyang Town’s leader for over a decade, and his word was considered final.
In business, Liu Jian’s uncle controlled nearly all the profitable ventures in the town.
And on the street, the most influential boss in all of Wuyang Town was Liu Jian’s younger uncle.
With such backing, Liu Jian had the freedom to do pretty much whatever he wanted in Wuyang Town.
However, he preferred keeping a low profile and rarely stayed in Wuyang Town; instead, he liked staying in the county town.
“What issue could there be in the county?
I came here because of you, my boy!”
With an affectionate look, he glanced at Liu Jian and then sat down on the adjacent sofa.
He opened his briefcase, took out an ID card from inside, and handed it to Liu Jian.
“Chenjiaping Village, Wuyang Town, Liuyuan County, Xiangnan Province, Chen Hai…”
Confused, Liu Jian took the ID card and looked at the information on it.
The photo on the ID was his, but the information belonged to Chen Hai.
“Dad, what’s with this ID card?
Are you asking me to impersonate Chen Hai?”
Guessing some of the implications, Liu Jian sought confirmation.
“Exactly!” The middle-aged man nodded and explained, “This time in the Gaokao, that Chen Hai scored five hundred seventy-six points.”
“In your Wuyang Town Middle School, he ranked second.”
“Your school’s teachers reported to me that Chen Hai’s regular academic performance usually ranked within the bottom five; his scoring this high is quite suspicious.”
“As the chief authority in Wuyang Town, on my turf, any deceit or cheating on the Gaokao, I handle it immediately with no leniency!”
“Since we didn’t catch him cheating at the scene, consider it his lucky break, but you’ll take a bit of a hit, Jian, and cover for him!”
“Nowadays, the household registration information is stored locally, not connected nationwide, and I’ve already sorted out your ID and household registration.”
“Your mother’s maiden name is Chen, so temporarily changing your name to Chen Hai means you’re just following her surname!”
“Once you’re in university, maybe a year and a half later, you can switch your information back.”
“The Gaokao scores will take a few more days to be released, but knowing that Chen Hai scored five hundred seventy-six points took pulling quite a few strings.”
“This Chen Hai, just a bumpkin from the countryside, his only way to check his Gaokao score is to go to the school; he has no other means.”
“Whether it’s Wuyang Town Middle School or the County Education Bureau, I’ve already taken care of everything, that kid won’t be able to find out his scores!”
Casually, with a calm smile, the middle-aged man explained to Liu Jian.