Chapter 150 Do you want eggs?
Aunt Hua's previous status was there, so she went there with an attitude of calling the staff who did not do their job to account.
"We have helped you catch the mastermind, but you haven't caught the accomplice for so long? What have you been doing all this time?"
The police in the bureau explained awkwardly: "They don't have a fixed residence, so it's hard to catch them."
Those car thieves were either educated youth who went home to visit their families and then secretly stayed there, or educated youth who simply stayed in the city and refused to leave.
They are all people with problematic identities. They dare not appear in public openly and dare not live at home. As long as they are reported by someone, they will be arrested.
At night, they lived in shanties in the suburbs, trying to take advantage of the situation.
After their accomplices are caught, those who escaped will not return to their lair in the short term. They will decisively move away and move to a new place.
They are all cunning and have three burrows, making them very difficult to catch.
"So you just let them steal cars? Is this how you protect people's property?" Aunt Hua asked dissatisfiedly.
Although the policeman did not know Aunt Hua, he unconsciously looked a head lower than her.
"We have been in contact with the owners who reported the case before these two days, and we can help them recover some of their losses."
"And they probably won't steal cars anymore. Those who can fix cars have been arrested, and the others don't have the ability to do that."
Aunt Hua had a wooden face, and was obviously very dissatisfied with the answer.
The police officer sighed and continued, "Qian Ming, who can repair cars, has only a grandmother and a nine-year-old sister at home. When he went to the countryside, his father was ill. He was not an only child and had no job, so he had to go to the countryside according to regulations. This year, his father died of illness, and he returned to the city to attend the funeral. He was worried about his family, so he secretly stayed in the city..."
Not all city dwellers have jobs. Many disadvantaged groups only have a glamorous city hukou and nothing else.
Qian Ming was really worried about his family, so he secretly started a car repair business and used the money to subsidize his family.
His accomplices also have their own difficulties.
However, they stole a lot of cars during this period and the amount involved was relatively large. Even though his family was in a difficult situation, Qian Ming and several others were sentenced to two years of labor reform.
Those accomplices who ran away were quite righteous. When they saw Qian Ming and his friends were arrested, they did not embezzle the money. Instead, they distributed all the money to Qian Ming and his friends' families.
Qian Ming and his family felt that the money was too hot to handle, so they handed it all over to the police.
The people whose cars were stolen received compensation, and Qian Ming and his colleagues also had their sentences reduced. The original two years of labor reform was reduced to six months.
As for those who ran away, it is difficult for the police to catch them, so they can only let them go at large.
Aunt Hua, who was originally furious, couldn't help but soften her expression after hearing the police's explanation.
Qian Ming and his friends made a mistake, but the world did not give them any other choice.
"Since the case has been closed, let's just forget it." Aunt Hua didn't plan to pursue the matter further.
After leaving the Public Security Bureau, Lin Xiangnan couldn't help but say, "I said they were a bunch of idiots."
Everyone knows that doing these things is dangerous, and no one is willing to take risks unless forced by reality.
"The guy I met today probably changed his career to sell eggs." Lin Xiangnan guessed.
Even though the car stealing business failed, I couldn't just sit there doing nothing. I had to continue doing some small business to make a living.
After knowing the details of this group of people, Aunt Hua no longer cared about eradicating the weeds and only thought about eating.
"Let's go, have lunch first, then go for a walk."
Lin Xiangnan also put the car-stealing gang behind him and wandered around in another street with Aunt Hua.
"The stone pillar at the door of that house looks quite interesting." Aunt Hua was easily attracted by those old objects.
"Do you want to buy it?" Lin Xiangnan asked.
"No. The stone pillars are too heavy and will attract too much attention if I carry them back."
"The pattern engraved on it is quite cute." Lin Xiangnan commented.
After the two of them finished muttering around the stone pillar, they were ready to move to another location. But after taking a few steps, they came face to face with the car thief holding the egg.
"Why are you still chasing me?" The car thief screamed and turned and ran away.
Lin Xiangnan didn't really want to chase after her, but she still asked Aunt Hua for her opinion, "Should we chase after her?"
"I won't chase them anymore. I'm too lazy to do it." Aunt Hua said indifferently: "They have already returned all the money they earned to the owner. There's no point in catching up with them."
Not taking the young man seriously, Lin Xiangnan and the others continued along their original route.
But this city is so small, and within two days, Lin Xiangnan and his friends met the young man again.
The young man is about to collapse.
"I just stole your car, didn't I? But we returned it. Why are you holding on to it so much?"
"Auntie, sister, please let me go. I have an 80-year-old mother and a three-year-old child. I really have no other choice..."
The young man cried so hard that tears came out, and he looked particularly miserable.
"Gao Ziqiang, right? Stop crying. How can you have an 80-year-old mother? You only have a mother with lung disease and a blind brother."
His information was given by the police, but Qian Ming and others did not give them away.
They should have made an agreement at the beginning that if anything happened to anyone, the people outside would help take care of the family.
Gao Ziqiang did not disappoint Qian Ming's expectations and took out all his savings. However, Qian Ming's family members were more aware and handed over all the money to the police.
Gao Ziqiang stopped his performance awkwardly and begged for mercy, "I really know I was wrong. Can you please stop chasing me? Qian Ming and the others are already in jail. Not only do I have to support my own mother, I also have to support Qian Ming's grandmother... There is really no other way."
Even Aunt Hua couldn't do anything to this kind of tough guy. She said with disdain, "Who chased you? We are busy, how can we have the time to chase you."
After hearing this answer, Gao Ziqiang stopped pretending to be pitiful and ran away.
When we didn’t know each other before, even if we met each other often, we wouldn’t pay attention to each other.
But after knowing the other party's name, Lin Xiangnan discovered that the two would meet each other every now and then.
The city is not big, and both sides are street urchins running around the streets, so it is not surprising to meet them.
Later, Gao Ziqiang calmed down. When he saw them, he asked, "Auntie, sister, do you want eggs? These are fresh eggs that were just taken from under the chicken's butt today."
"Yes." Lin Xiangnan took the things and took out the money.
"Sister, it's free, but you can help me look at something." Gao Ziqiang took out a jade ring stealthily and asked eagerly, "Is this thing real or fake?"
"Where did it come from?" Lin Xiangnan asked.
"I got it from a rich old man in the country."