Chapter 162 Rescue
"Girl, try it! This is an old method passed down from our ancestors. The fruits are picked from the trees in advance and stored in the cellar with layers of straw. They can last for a whole winter!"
"Look at you! You told me the old method passed down from our ancestors just like that!" Su Tong said with a smile.
The old man waved his hand nonchalantly, "Many people know how to do it, but there are rules for picking the fruits when ripe, how often to water them, how much to water each time, and how to pile and arrange them. Otherwise, the fruits will rot, wilt, or taste wrong. These are not easy to learn."
"Tsk!" Su Tong sighed, "As the saying goes, every profession has its own top talent!"
The old man laughed.
When he started to pick oranges, Su Tong realized that he came out empty-handed. There were no plastic bags in those days, so people had to bring their own baskets or net bags when buying things.
She thought for a moment, pointed at the two baskets and said:
"Uncle, I didn't bring my net bag. I'll buy all the rest from you, and then you can help me deliver it to the guesthouse across the street, okay?"
Since you are buying, you might as well buy more and take some back, and let Qin Yi and the others try it too. They may not have time to come out and buy fruit when they are busy.
The old man was so happy that he started weighing the items skillfully.
"Okay! If you buy more, I'll give you a discount. There are still 36 pounds of oranges, including the baskets. Minus the 6 pounds of the two baskets, there are still 30 pounds. I'll charge you 15 cents per pound, and you just need to give me 4.50 yuan."
"good!"
Although these oranges are more expensive than in season, they are still within a reasonable range.
Su Tong took out a five-yuan bill and handed it over. The old man took the money and then shakily took out a handkerchief from his pocket, which contained a pile of scattered bills, ready to give Su Tong change.
Su Tong was just about to say that he didn't need the change when he saw two people walking hurriedly side by side. Somehow they didn't know how to avoid and just walked between Su Tong and the old man, knocking the change in the old man's hand to the ground.
"Oh! Oh! What...what is this for..."
The old man hurriedly tried to pick up the money, but the two men kept walking forward without looking back, not realizing that they had bumped into anyone.
Su Tong became angry and glanced back, she saw a military green figure with shawl hair and high heels, half hugging and half supporting a man walking towards the depths of the alley.
Why does this back figure look so much like Hu Ling?
Su Tong subconsciously helped the old man pick up the money, but he felt something was wrong thinking about the scene just now.
When I looked back, the two of them had already disappeared quickly into the depths of the alley hand in hand.
After a pause, she stuffed the money she picked up into the old man's hand and followed him.
"Girl! Your orange!?"
The old man shouted in confusion.
The alley turned almost at a right angle in the depths and led to another street.
Su Tong chased along the alley and soon reached the exit. He looked at the busy street in front of him...
There was no sign of the two people anywhere. After thinking for a moment, she turned around decisively and turned into the alley again.
Nowadays, even couples walk upright when they go out and will not walk half hugged and half supported by each other. What's more, the green military uniform, shoulder-length hair, and high heels, all these features clearly identify her as Hu Ling.
She came all the way from Beijing to Hubei Province following Qin Yi, and she would never fall in love with someone else as soon as she arrived.
That's the problem.
If it was really Hu Ling, but she was half-hugging and half-supporting another man and deliberately attracting her attention, that would be extremely abnormal.
She was most likely being held hostage.
Similarly, if Hu Ling was being held hostage, the man would never risk taking her to the busy street. It is very likely that they are still in this alley.
Su Tong analyzed calmly, his eyes quickly looking around the alley in front of him.
It is narrow and winding, but there are no branches and few pedestrians. The doors in the alley are dilapidated and narrow, and it seems that they are the back doors of the residents' homes facing the alley.
But the doors were all quietly closed, and there was nothing unusual to be seen at first glance.
There was dust on the road, and the footprints were numerous and messy, and there was no clue to tell where the two people had gone.
Su Tong walked back in silence, carefully looking at the doors on both sides of the alley, while listening attentively to the movements inside the doors on both sides.
I just walked through one door after another and almost reached the corner of the alley, but still didn't notice anything unusual.
Turning another corner is the street where the old man selling oranges is - she saw the two people turning the corner, so if they wanted to hide, they could only hide in the section of the road after the turn.
Beads of sweat had already appeared on Su Tong's forehead. If her judgment was wrong, she would lose the best time to rescue Hu Ling.
Just as she began to get anxious, she saw two long scratches on the wall near a door.
The wall was made of lime, so it was easy to make a scratch on it. There were many other scratches beside that scratch, but these two scratches were whiter and longer, and looked more like they were just made.
Su Tong squatted down and took a closer look at the base of the wall. She could still vaguely see the fallen white ash. She bent her fingers and compared them to the two scratches, then reached out and pulled out the dagger from her calf.
This should be it.
Su Tong pushed the door, but it didn't move because it was locked from the inside.
Looking to the side, the door was opened on a square courtyard wall. The wall was quite high. At the corner of the wall, a narrow flower bed was built with bricks along the street. There were a few dead vines in it, which should be the crops such as gourds planted there before.
Su Tong stepped onto the flower bed, raised a few bricks, and reached out to climb up the courtyard wall. Before climbing up the wall, he thought for a moment, exerted force with his toes, and pushed the raised bricks outwards. Two of them rolled to the middle of the road, very conspicuous, and then he climbed into the yard.
This is someone's backyard. It's not very big, just a small space, and there's no one there.
Su Tong couldn't help but sigh in her heart. If she made a wrong judgment and the owner held her accountable later...it would be hard to explain.
The door from the yard to the house was ajar. Su Tong was afraid of alerting the enemy, so he didn't make any noise and just carefully looked inside. But as soon as he entered the house, he smelled a faint musty smell, as if the house hadn't been ventilated for a long time.
When I entered, there was an empty room with a bed frame placed at the corner of the bed. There was no bed board or bedding. I was immediately certain that this place didn't look like anyone lived here.
Beyond this room was a small living room with three or four pieces of shabby furniture, also covered in dust.
Su Tong quickly checked several rooms and saw no one. She hurried to the door of the house, which was ajar. When she opened the door, Su Tong paused. She saw something piled in the corner of the door, but the light was too dim to see clearly.
When I picked the thing out and took a look, it turned out to be a green military uniform.
Now she was sure that her idea was correct. The man who kidnapped Hu Ling did enter the room. He must have been afraid that her military uniform would be too conspicuous, so he took it off.
Su Tong took a few steps out of the gate. Facing the gate was also a street, but this street was not as lively as the street at the entrance of the alley. At first glance, it was straight and empty. Only a few pedestrians could be seen in the distance, walking leisurely.
I can’t find the target… I have no way to chase it.
Su Tong quickly calmed down and rethought her thoughts. It had only been more than ten minutes since she discovered the situation and chased here. No matter how powerful that person was, he couldn't kidnap someone and disappear so quickly...
Su Tong suddenly realized something, paused, and turned back to the house.
As soon as I stepped through the door, a gust of wind blew towards me.
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