One hundred, that’s the money for five hexagrams!
Su Chen immediately put away the folded newspaper and said, "Let's go."
Seeing this, Lin Jingyu turned to the shopkeeper behind him and said, "Brother Biao, help me watch the stall. I'm taking Grandma to Jiangwei."
The man called Brother Biao owned a hardware store. He was a big, burly fellow with a cigarette dangling from his lips. Hearing this, he stood up and said, "Mom, help me look after the store and the stall. Ah Yu and I are going to Jiangwei."
As he said this, he walked out of the store and said, "Ayu, I'm going to call a few people to help me. The people over at the end of the river are very reckless. If we don't look back, we'll get hurt."
"Yes, yes, you're smart, Brother Biao."
After leaving West Street, a few people drove towards the red taxi parked in front of Xinhui Department Store. Ten people squeezed into two cars and drove eastward in a mighty manner.
An hour later, the taxi stopped under a big banyan tree in a village by the river.
Lin Jingyu supported her grandma, and Brother Biao led six people with sticks. Su Chen calculated the position and quickly took the lead and walked forward.
Soon, he stopped in front of a courtyard.
Lin Jingyu was stunned: "Brother, here?"
Grandma was also surprised: "This is Yingying's home, could it be a mistake?"
Su Chen said nothing and pushed the door open.
There was no one in the yard. Brother Biao took two quick steps to Lin Jingyu's side and said, "Ayu, I remember Yingying's husband, Abao, came to visit Grandma every New Year and other holidays in recent years, right? He's quite filial!"
Lin Jingyu nodded suspiciously: "Yeah, is this guy's prediction accurate?"
At this moment, Lin Jingyu also regretted that he had impulsively come here with such a large force.
To be honest, he had actually suspected that Yingying was harmed by Abao at first, but in the past few years, Abao came to see his grandmother with a lot of luggage during the holidays. He was worried that his grandmother would be sad when she saw him and thought of Yingying, so she didn't dare to go in and left her things in the front shop. Not only that, he could occasionally see him going to the police station to look for someone, so he gradually dispelled his suspicions.
If Abao really killed someone, he would have escaped long ago. Why would he do this?
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Su Chen stop by the pigpen in the corner of the yard.
Two big white pigs were grunting in the pigpen. There was a stove next to the pigpen with two big pots on it. Su Chen was pointing his hand at the stove.
"Smash it, there's someone inside."
Brother Biao and Lin Jingyu looked at each other.
Lin Jingyu gritted his teeth.
"Damn it, smash it!"
"I've already spent a hundred yuan. How much can this broken stove be worth? At worst, if Abao finds out, we can just pay for it."
He waved his hand, and several men behind him rushed forward, took down two large iron pots, and smashed them against the stove.
They were all young and strong, and in just ten minutes or so, half of the stove was smashed down.
Lin Jingyu stretched his neck and squinted his eyes to look. The more he looked, the more nervous he became. Just then, there was a sound of voices and footsteps at the gate of the courtyard, and then two men walked in. Both of them looked to be in their thirties or forties.
The leading man was stunned when he saw the people in the yard. His eyes fell on the stove and narrowed, and he became furious.
"What are you doing?"
"Abao, I'm sorry, we were fortune-telling..." Lin Jingyu just opened his mouth to apologize when he heard a scream from behind.
Brother Biao shouted: "It's bones!"
The man next to Abao was frightened by this shout. He looked at Abao in disbelief, then ran over again, took a look, and immediately ran out screaming, "Oh no, oh no, someone's dead!"
Hearing the sound, Abao wanted to chase after him, but before he could even leave the hospital, he was kicked against the wall by Brother Biao.
"You killed Yingying and you still want to run away?! Who gave you the courage? Everyone, tie him up!"
After that, people from Jiangwei Village came to watch. Lin Jingyu borrowed the village committee's phone to call the police. About two hours later, the body in the stove was dug out. Grandma recognized Yingying from the abnormal big toe bone and cried so hard that she almost fainted.
The yard was blocked. Lin Jingyu talked to the man in police uniform for a long time before trotting to Su Chen.
"Brother, let's go. It will probably take until night here. I'll take you back to the city first."
"Oh, and your money. I don't have that much on me. I have to go home to get it."
Su Chen went back in the same car with Brother Biao and Lin Jingyu. There was a moment of silence between the two of them in the car.
After a long while, Lin Jingyu finally spoke: "Brother Biao, do you regret it?"
Brother Biao didn't say anything, but Su Chen, who was sitting in the passenger seat, heard faint sobbing sounds.
When the car arrived at the West Street intersection, Su Chen looked at Brother Biao again, and he looked ferocious again.
Lin Jingyu soon received the 100 yuan he had promised. Brother Biao turned around and stuffed another 50 yuan into his pocket, saying, "Thanks, buddy!"
Su Chen patted his shoulder: "My condolences."
The one hundred and fifty yuan hadn't even warmed up in my hand before I spent it.
A pair of women's leather shoes cost 18 yuan, and two children's cotton jackets, after calculating the purchase price and bargaining, the total cost was 106. Su Chen was starving at the moment, looked at the noodle shop on the street, hesitated for a moment, and walked forward, spent 13 yuan to buy a bag of milk powder, and then took the bus to the bus station to catch the last bus.
It gets dark quickly in winter, and it was already pitch black when the car arrived in town.
Su Chen hurried over and returned to the village after crossing two mountains. An hour later.
Although the village has electricity, most people are reluctant to pay the electricity bill and basically turn off the lights early.
The lights in the Su's house were on. From a distance, Su Chen saw a thin figure standing under the eaves, occasionally standing on tiptoe to look towards the intersection.
No need to guess, it’s definitely red.
Sure enough, before Su Chen came close, Honghong shouted in surprise and ran over.
"dad!"
"Hey, Honghong, have you eaten yet?"
Honghong didn't say anything, her eyes fell on the bulging bag, and she was confused.
Su Chen smiled: "Dad went to the city today to earn some money, and bought coats for you and Apeng. Try them later to see if you can wear them and see if they are warm."
"Really?" Honghong was surprised, but soon her face darkened again and she bit her lip, "Dad, Third Aunt is back."
"Oh, isn't that good? It's okay."
After hearing this, Honghong followed him into the yard.
The noise outside naturally could not be hidden from the people inside. When they arrived in front of the house, Old Man Su came out with a hookah.
"Oh, you're willing to do that..." He originally wanted to make a mockery of his youngest son for falling down when he came home late at night, but before he could open his mouth, he saw the bag in Su Chen's hand, and was stunned for a moment, a little dazed.
Liu Chunhua's voice came from behind: "Ah Chen, you're asking for trouble. Going to the city in such cold weather, didn't you fall?"
Before Su Chen could answer, Liu Chunhua saw the bag in his hand and asked, "What is this?"
Su Chen greeted Liu Chunhua's third sister, Su Xiaoyan, who was standing behind her, and then said, "Mom, I went to the city today and earned some money. Your cloth shoes are worn out, and since it's the end of the year, I bought you a pair of leather shoes. I also bought coats for Honghong and Apeng. The little one isn't even a month old yet, so how can she drink rice porridge every day? She needs milk powder, so I bought a bag."
"This is a lot of money, right?" Liu Chunhua took the bag and flipped through it. She looked up at Su Chen nervously, hesitated for a moment, and pulled him to the side. "Ah Chen, although our family is poor, your mother has never been short of money. It's okay for us to spend lavishly, but don't steal money. It's illegal and you will be shot!"