Zhu Lao Si heard this and turned to look at Wu Gu Di, who was sitting on the ground, and her belly. He said to his helper, "Arrange for someone to send her to Gangcheng. The child in her belly might be the only bloodline of my third brother."
As for his third brother's daughters, they were with other families. Only sons were the roots of their Zhu family.
The subordinate acknowledged, stepped forward to explain the situation to Wu Gu Di, stating that they would take her to Gangcheng to give birth safely and leave a bloodline for Zhu Lao San.
Upon hearing that she had such an important mission, Wu Gu Di immediately stopped crying. She stood up, bid farewell to Zhu Lao San, and left. After only a couple of steps, she stopped and said to Zhu Lao Si, "Zhang Liu Nian killed Xiao Zhu Zhu. You must avenge him."
"Don't worry, I won't let Zhang Liu Nian live to see the New Year," Zhu Lao Si promised, clenching his fists and pounding his chest.
Seeing him say this, Wu Gu Di finally left with peace of mind.
She would not let Zhang Liu Nian off easily for killing her Xiao Zhu Zhu. If Zhu Lao Si couldn't kill Zhang Liu Nian, then after she gave birth to her son, she would have him avenge her.
Zhu Lao Si was unaware of her thoughts. He had someone carry away his third brother, intending to bury him next to their parents.
The four Zhu brothers had lost their parents when they were young and had struggled together until now. With his third brother dead, he certainly wouldn't let Zhang Liu Nian off.
So, that night, as Zhang Liu Nian was lying alone at home, he heard the sound of someone smashing his door and windows. When he got up to look, he found that the words "a life for a life" were written in blood inside and outside the house.
Zhang Liu Nian knew it was Zhu Lao Si's doing because he was the only one in the provincial capital. No one else could have reacted so quickly.
What surprised him was that this person only made a small move instead of directly attacking him.
Zhang Liu Nian had truly misunderstood. Zhu Lao Si naturally wanted to attack him, but he was busy burying his third brother and didn't have time.
After he arranged his third brother's funeral, he would make his move. But at this moment, he wouldn't let Zhang Liu Nian have an easy time.
The next day, upon hearing the news of Zhu Lao San's death, Uncle Yi immediately returned and found Zhang Liu Nian, asking, "Did you do it?"
Zhang Liu Nian did not admit it, only saying, "He died by the hands of his own people. It has nothing to do with me."
Uncle Yi was amused. A major pest in the provincial capital had been eliminated. It was good.
"No matter who it was, Zhu Lao San's death is good for everyone. You don't know, but in the past couple of days, we've investigated many individual businesses that were bullied, extorted, and robbed by him. One-third of them went bankrupt because of it, and the other two-thirds have been looking for an opportunity to get rid of him. Now that you've helped them eliminate Zhu Lao San, they will be grateful to you."
After Uncle Yi described Zhu Lao San's actions in the provincial capital, he felt that such a person should die sooner rather than later, to prevent him from harming countless others.
He hadn't expected that just as they finished their investigation, they would receive news of Zhu Lao San's death. It was truly good news.
However, with Zhu Lao San dead, Zhu Lao Si was likely to come after Zhang Liu Nian. Thinking of this, he specifically reminded Zhang Liu Nian, "Be careful. I heard Zhu Lao Si is back. He even took Zhu Lao San's body away yesterday. The four brothers have very good relationships, and he won't let you off."
"I know," Zhang Liu Nian replied. He also knew about this, so he had asked Xiao Zhou to find some people to protect him.
Although he wasn't afraid, it was tiring to always act himself.
"Should we change our investigation direction now? With Zhu Lao San dead, his evidence is completely worthless," Uncle Yi said. It was the first time he had encountered a situation where someone died just as they began investigating them.
"Zhu Lao San is dead, but Zhu Lao Si is not. You should start investigating this person now. Also, I suspect that the white powder issue is related to all four brothers. Send people to continue investigating the source of the white powder and its distribution channels. You might be able to eradicate the Zhu family brothers root and branch."
Zhang Liu Nian had thought about the whereabouts of the four Zhu brothers. With a little thought, he could connect them.
"I also suspected that. We will continue to investigate this matter, and we will immediately investigate Zhu Lao Si," Uncle Yi said, then got up to carry out the task.
Seeing him leave, Zhang Liu Nian fell into deep thought. Afterwards, he made a phone call to Uncle Zhao.
"How is the preparation for the pickled vegetable factory?" Zhang Liu Nian had entrusted the management of the food factory in Nancheng to Zhao Zhi Jie. He was calling this time to inquire about the progress.
"Production has already begun. We can produce one hundred thousand bottles a day," Zhao Zhi Jie's voice was loud, and there was a hint of excitement in his words.
"Good. You can try to increase the effort. I plan to start selling our Zhang Family Pickled Vegetables in the provincial capital as well. We'll supply the goods directly from Nancheng."
Zhang Liu Nian stated his plans for the pickled vegetables.
"That's great! Then I'll continue to recruit more workers for production. When do you need the goods?" Zhao Zhi Jie strongly supported him selling pickled vegetables in the provincial capital.
After all, the provincial capital was a more prosperous place and certainly much better than Nancheng.
"Let's send ten thousand bottles tomorrow as a trial run."
"Okay, I'll arrange it."
"..."
After the conversation, Zhang Liu Nian hung up the phone and then called the pig farm in Nancheng.
The one who answered the phone was Zhang Qian. He was now the factory director at the pig farm. He learned that everything was going smoothly.
"It's good." Zhang Liu Nian made quite a few phone calls and received only good news. He breathed a sigh of relief.
But at that moment, Supervisor Gu ran over in a panic, "Boss, it's bad! Someone reported that our department store is selling white powder, and they're already searching for it."
What? White powder?
Zhang Liu Nian stood up abruptly, "What's going on?"
"I don't know either. Just now, a group of police officers rushed in, saying that there was white powder being sold in our department store, and then they started searching with a warrant."
"The department store just opened yesterday, how could there be white powder?" Zhang Liu Nian saw that he also didn't know anything, so he could only walk downstairs. Halfway, he said to him, "Give the order for people on the second and third floors to check. If you find any, immediately have them taken out."
"Yes," Supervisor Gu acknowledged and immediately went to make arrangements.
Unfortunately, by the time Zhang Liu Nian reached the first floor, white powder had already been found in the department store.
"Are you the owner of the department store, Zhang Liu Nian? Please come with us." After finding the white powder, the police immediately asked to arrest Zhang Liu Nian.
Zhang Liu Nian remained silent and looked at Xiao Zhou, who had just arrived, "Xiao Zhou, please take care of the department store matters."
"The department store just opened. How could it be selling such things? Officers, isn't this a misunderstanding?"
Xiao Zhou, receiving a look from his boss, stepped forward to speak for him.
"The evidence is conclusive. We must accept the investigation," the police officers were impartial.