A winding mountain road connects the shop of his wife Hu Meixiang (pseudonym) and the ancestral home of her husband Che Gang (pseudonym). Every weekend in the past, my wife would set foot on this mountain road, which takes half an hour to drive, and return to her ancestral home to help her husband with farm work. However, just as the last weekend of March 2019 was approaching, her husband found that Hu Meixiang had been killed in his canteen in Wulong Township, but it was three minors who killed Hu Meixiang.
The road leading to Chejia ancestral home is rugged and steep.
According to the notification from the Public Security Bureau of Baoxing County, Ya ‘an, Sichuan, on the morning of March 28th, the police received an alarm that there was a female body in a pavement opposite Wulong Township Primary School in Baoxing County. It was confirmed that it was a 48-year-old woman who died of homicide. The suspects are three minors, two men and one woman. The youngest is 14 years old and the oldest is a 16-year-old girl. It is understood that the three suspects ate fried artichokes in the shop of the deceased on the day of the incident, but did not give money, claiming that they would "get married together at night". They went to the shop to eat and drink on the night of the incident, but because they didn’t have any money with them, they were robbed. When the deceased resisted, they choked to death. At present, the case has been transferred to the local procuratorate and entered the stage of review and prosecution.
It was just discovered that the day Hu Meixiang died, her 21-year-old son with congenital mental retardation saw his mother lying on the ground across the road, and the whole person was out of control. On the 30th, the ancestral home on the mountain had set up a flowing water mat to entertain relatives and friends who came to mourn, but there was no photo of the deceased. Because of the sudden incident, this family can’t even find a photo with Hu Meixiang. As the hostess of this family, it is the pillar of the family, but the only photo left by Hu Meixiang is the wedding photo, which has always been brought with her, and now it has become a case-related item, not in the hands of her family.
After going down the mountain, I found my wife lying in the shop, thinking she was sick and fainted.
On March 28th, the car that Pingsu lived in the ancestral home on the mountain with his old mother and eldest son just got off the mountain early in the morning. "I went down the mountain to get my mother an ID card, and then I had to buy some seeds. I originally wanted to ask my wife to go with me to choose seeds, but I couldn’t find anyone. "
Che Gang remembers very clearly that after calling his wife many times and being told that he couldn’t answer, he went to the canteen where his wife opened diagonally opposite the central school in Wulong Township at 9 o’clock that morning, less than 20 meters away to check the situation. "When I came, I saw that the store didn’t open, and the merchants next door also asked me why my wife hasn’t opened the store yet."
Che Gang thought his wife had other business to go out, or something delayed the opening of the store. Che just called and went to their new house in the village, trying to find the whereabouts of his wife.
After several searches, I can’t find my wife’s car anywhere, and I’m getting more and more anxious. "I called her parents’ brothers and sisters, and they also started to help find them in a hurry, and there was no news. I don’t know how many calls I made, but it’s still’ unable to answer’. " In desperation, Che just stopped the auxiliary police patrolling around and pried open the shutter door of his shop together with the auxiliary police.
Che Gang said that when he and the auxiliary police smashed the door, he felt that there was something wrong with the door. "It seems to be stuck." The door just pushed up for 30 or 40 centimeters, and suddenly it could not be pushed. At the same time, through the gap where the shutter door was pushed open, Che just saw the situation in the store. "The room is very messy. The toys, stationery and books of 7788 fell to the ground, and my wife was lying on the ground not far from the door."
Che Gang told the Beijing Youth Daily reporter that when he saw this situation, his first reaction was "something bad, is it sick and fainted?" However, after several calls, no one answered, the auxiliary police on the side also felt that things were not simple, and Hu Meixiang might have died.
"I tried to go in and drag her, but the auxiliary police stopped me and called the police." Che just said.
The police came quickly, and when they arrived, they blocked the scene to check the situation and found that Hu Meixiang, as the auxiliary police guessed, had already lost her breath. Subsequently, more police and forensic doctors also came to the scene to take photos and collect evidence, and made a rough view of Hu Meixiang’s body. After the autopsy, the forensic doctor concluded that Hu Meixiang died of homicide. "They (police and forensic doctors) said that my wife was strangled."
The family still owes more than 200 thousand houses because of buying a house, and it is still a rough house
On March 30th, on the third day of Hu Meixiang’s death, Che Gang set up a water mat in his ancestral home on the mountain to entertain relatives and friends who came to pay their respects. Said it was a funeral, but there was no photo of the dead. Che Gang said that even a photo of his wife could not be found at home. "It’s so sudden, there are no photos at all. We can’t even find Zhang Heying at home. The only wedding photo has been kept by my wife, and now it is temporarily detained by the police."
Che Gang is a few years older than his wife. In 1991, Che Gang married Hu Meixiang through a village matchmaker. After the marriage, they lived with Che Gang’s mother in Che Jia’s ancestral home in Shengli Village. In Pingsuli, Che Gang and his wife made a living by farming and raising pigs. In 1997, their eldest son Che Xiao (a pseudonym) was born. Not long after Che Xiao was born, he was diagnosed with congenital mental retardation. A few years later, Che Gang and Hu Meixiang gave birth to their second son, Che Yang (a pseudonym).
With the increase of age, Che Gang’s physical condition is getting worse year by year, and low back and leg pain has become a common occurrence. In severe cases, it is very difficult for the company commander to stand for a long time, let alone do heavy work. Everything in the family from the inside out had to fall on Hu Meixiang alone.
A few years ago, Che Gang and Hu Meixiang watched their two sons getting older and began to plan for their sons’ future. "The second child has been going to school in the town. When I was in elementary school, my wife rented a house with her second son at the foot of the mountain. Che Gang said that Hu Meixiang opened a canteen opposite the Wulong Central School where her second son was studying, mainly selling some stationery, toys and snacks, in order to make ends meet at home. In addition, Hu Meixiang also brought her own potatoes down the mountain and fried them in the store for sale.
In 2017, after several considerations, Che Gang and Hu Meixiang decided to buy a house in the town. "One is to go to school for my second son, and the other is to leave it to the boss in the future." In this way, Che Gang and Hu Meixiang borrowed more than 300,000 yuan from the land and bought a new house, so they owed more than 200,000 yuan. Che Gang said that because there is no money, the house has not been renovated until now. At ordinary times, his wife Hu Meixiang will just live in the new house.
The mentally retarded son saw his mother’s body out of control and bluntly said, "I miss my mother."
After the incident, Che Gang couldn’t figure out who his honest wife had offended, which led to her death. He cried over and over again, and until now, he has been unable to shed tears. Che Gang said that Hu Meixiang’s death collapsed the whole family. "Our family depends on her, and everything depends on her. Now that she is gone, what should I do with the children?"
Speaking of these things, this honest middle-aged man, with red eyes and wet eyes, tugged at his skirts tightly. At home, his wife always manages his food and clothing, and even his clothes are bought by his wife.
On the day when Hu Meixiang’s body was found, Che Xiao, the 21-year-old eldest son, was called down from his ancestral home. After seeing his mother lying on the ground from a distance across the road, the whole person lost control. The big boy, who is 1.8 meters tall, cried out "Mom" in tears, trying to cross the cordon. "Several of us held the child down together, and after holding it down, the child’s mouth kept saying’ Mom’ and’ Mom’," said Hu Meixiang’s brother Hu Shenghua (a pseudonym).
On the afternoon of March 30th, the reporter of Beiqing Daily met Che Xiao. In nearly two hours, Che Xiao only said "I miss my mother", and then stood by and kept wiping my tears. Hu Shenghua said that Che Xiao has been like this since she knew that her mother was killed. She didn’t talk and cried when she mentioned his mother. "Sometimes she cried when she heard us say (his mother)."
Because of his mother’s sudden death, Che Yang, his second son, who was in the first grade of Baoxing Town Middle School, was also called home. It seems that this teenage boy was deeply hit by his mother’s death, and he was originally very cheerful and began to become silent.
After learning that her daughter-in-law was killed, the 81-year-old mother has been crying silently and mumbling Hu Meixiang’s name.
It is understood that as of the evening of March 30, none of the guardians of the three minors had contacted Che Gang, and no one directly apologized to Che Gang and his relatives. At present, the case has been transferred to the local procuratorate and entered the stage of review and prosecution.
(Original title: "Ya’ an Minors Kill a 48-year-old Woman: The Mentally Retarded Son Lost Control When He Saw His Mother’s Body Across the Road")
