Chapter 278: Two large bonuses received at the same time
"Why, you know him? Longyue Village is quite far away, have you been there?" The father-in-law looked at Liang Ziqiang and asked with a little surprise.
"Huh? I don't know him! How could I have been to Longyue Village? And I have never seen him!" Liang Ziqiang was confused for a moment, and his mind uncontrollably emerged with the image of the left chest with dried blood and the face covered with grass leaves on the small broken island.
Liang Ziqiang was telling the truth. Before landing on that small broken island, he had never seen You Zhichuang, nor had he ever heard of the name You Zhichuang.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been completely unfamiliar with her on the island that day.
Facing his father-in-law's inquiring gaze, Liang Ziqiang's brain turned over and over, and an explanation popped out: "It's like this, didn't a smuggler sneak into the mountains a few days ago, and then villagers from all villages went to search the mountains? At that time, I heard someone in the village say that the smuggler hiding in the mountains was named You Zhichuang. I was surprised when I suddenly heard you say this name, Dad. The person the village is looking for in the mountains, could it be Liu Mei's nephew?!"
Put this way, it makes perfect sense and is a simple cover-up.
"Oh, so that's how it is. The one we were searching for on the mountain was Liu Mei's nephew!" Apparently his father-in-law believed his story and revealed to him, "I heard that You Zhichuang was killed by his own accomplices while he was escaping. I also heard it from Liu Mei's son. Dog bites dog, how unlucky he is!"
Liang Ziqiang was surprised again.
He didn't know whether Liu Mei's son spread the rumor and didn't explain it clearly, or whether this was the version of the story when it was passed down.
Anyway, this explanation is pretty good.
Although You Zhichuang did not die at the hands of his accomplices, he did die at the hands of the robbers. It is not wrong to say that it is dog-eat-dog, when gangs eat gangs.
The father-in-law and son-in-law chatted for a while, and the mother-in-law Li Jinju had already returned from the orchard with half a basket of plums.
Seeing that Liang Ziqiang wanted to go back to Changwang Village early, Li Jinju started cooking dinner early.
There were more than a dozen yellow chickens, and Li Jinju caught two of them and had them directly as dinner dishes. She also steamed a large scallop.
Liang Ziqiang felt that the fish and shellfish he had specially picked had all gone into his stomach...
And my mother-in-law is a pretty good cook.
When they were about to leave Huagu Village, Liang Ziqiang finally steeled himself and asked his father-in-law, "Oh, by the way, Dad, you mentioned hemorrhoids earlier. How are you doing recently? Have you had hemorrhoids again?"
"She's been fine recently. Your mother and I are in good health. Tell Xiangbei not to worry and to take good care of the pregnancy and prepare for the birth of the baby. Her mother and I will go to see her later!" His father-in-law answered him nonchalantly.
The yellow croaker that he brought with him turned into plums, and Liang Ziqiang returned all the way back to Changwang Village.
When she got home, Chen Xiangbei saw him carrying plums:
"Why did you bring back so many plums? It would be better to let mom keep them at home and sell them for some money. I don't like sour food anymore..."
Before he could finish his words, a figure jumped up and took the basket away: "Give it to me, sister-in-law! You don't eat sour food, but now I like sour food!"
Liang's mother was startled and quickly corrected her: "You silly girl, that's not what I meant! You have always liked sour food since you were a child, but don't tell anyone outside that you like sour food recently!"
"Aren't they all the same?" Litchi couldn't really tell the difference. She thought it didn't matter, so she picked up two plums and started to chew them.
Back in the house, the couple was alone together. Liang Ziqiang looked at his wife and asked her:
"Two pieces of news. Do you want to hear about hemorrhoids first, or do you want to hear about the existence of hemorrhoids first?"
Chen Xiangbei blinked her black eyes for a long time and asked: "What are you talking about?"
"Let's talk about your dad first. He's been doing well lately, and his hemorrhoids haven't recurred."
"That's good. There was a period of time last year when he cried out in pain whenever he sat on a stool." Chen Xiangbei was slightly relieved. "No, this is not the same news. How can there be two news?"
"Do you know You Zhichuang?" he asked.
"Who is You Zhichuang?" The wife frowned and couldn't remember even after thinking carefully.
"He's Liu Mei's nephew, from Longyue Village."
"So it was him! How would I know his name? Whenever my second aunt came to my house, I avoided her and didn't want to listen to her. She never mentioned that name to me." The wife looked at him strangely, "Why did you suddenly mention this person? To be honest, I don't even know what he looks like. He said he passed by my house several times, but I never paid attention to him? I never even looked at him!"
"Then what are you looking at?" Liang Ziqiang laughed.
"Look at that stinky shit, look at that idiot!" The wife gave him a quick look, "Why are you looking at someone else when you have a fool in your heart?"
"Wife, you are amazing," Liang Ziqiang said as he sat there with his legs swinging, "Why didn't I notice before that you are really good at saying sweet words!"
Someone who was called a stinking shit and a fool was happy to accept it, and was as happy as a fool. If the gravity was reduced by half, he could fly.
"Liu Mei introduced him to a girl in your village named Xuehua. Xuehua is pregnant, but he doesn't want to marry her. Recently, all the villages are participating in the mountain search to catch smugglers. The one they are searching for is You Zhichuang. I just heard from your father that You Zhichuang was killed by his accomplices while escaping!"
"Killed, you mean... the person is gone?" Chen Xiangbei was stunned for a moment, and felt sorry for Xuehua, "Xuehua is also stupid, she didn't even ask for details first, and followed a smuggler without knowing what was going on... It really made Xuehua suffer!"
Then he said with a bit of hatred: "He harmed Xuehua and refused to marry her. Just for this reason, this man deserves to die!"
In fact, Liang Ziqiang was feeling sad at the moment. If Chen Xiangbei had not been more resolute, or if her parents had been hesitant, Xuehua's suffering would have most likely fallen on Chen Xiangbei...
In the afternoon, while there was still plenty of time, Liang Ziqiang chatted with his wife about Huagu Village for a while, then picked up his bucket and went to the shrimp pond in the east of the village.
He called his father by the way, and then went to the old house to call his eldest brother.
As usual, the father and his two sons fished up some Artemia from the dozens of acres of wasteland and planned to feed them into the shrimp pond.
The reproduction of Artemia is quite stable and the speed is not slow. They have been fishing recently, but the Artemia has not decreased rapidly. It is obvious that they are reproducing and replenishing while they are being taken.
When he arrived at the shrimp pond, Liang Ziqiang picked up two shrimps and took a look at them. Suddenly, his eyes widened.
"They're incubating eggs! The broodstock are starting to incubate eggs!"
Seeing the dark yellow substance in the abdomen of the broodstock, Liang Ziqiang couldn't help but exclaimed in delight.
"Is it really fertilized?"
My father and eldest brother also scooped up the broodstock from their own broodstock pond. They immediately confirmed it and became happy.
Liang Ziqiang fished out several other brood shrimps in succession and confirmed that more than half of them had begun to incubate eggs!
After confirmation, the broodstock were put back into the small pond.
It will take about a month for these countless shrimp eggs to hatch, and it will take more than fifty days for them to completely leave the mother's body.
At that time, Liang Ziqiang will use a special method to collect the shrimp eggs and put them in a small pond to grow shrimp fry.
Now that the eggs have started to form, the shrimp fry have officially been settled.
After feeding the fish with Artemia as usual, I carried the bucket and prepared to go home.
On the way, he ran into Zhong Yongrui, who called him:
"A Qiang, the town called and told you and Li Liang to go to the police station tomorrow. They said it was about a fish thief!"
Zhong Yongrui was standing by the roadside, with a serious look on his face. He formally informed him of the town's notice, then his face relaxed, and he asked with a smile and curiosity: "Did you guys catch another fish thief? Which village is the thief from this time?"
Zhong Yongrui's face was full of gossip, but Liang Ziqiang was secretly excited.
"Fish thief" was just a superficial term agreed upon by the police and Liang Ziqiang and his colleagues.
They were told to deal with the fish thieves, but in fact, they were told to collect the two generous bounties! Facing Zhong Yongrui's inquiry, Liang Ziqiang smiled and said, "Uncle Rui, I don't know which village those thieves are from, but one thing is for sure, they are not from our Pomfret Village this time!"
Zhong Yongrui had no choice but to give up his desire to inquire:
"It's good that it's not our village. Tomorrow morning, call Li Liang and the others to go to the town early. Don't delay!"
Zhong Yongrui exchanged a few more words with Liang's father and then left.
In the evening, Liang Ziqiang went to Li Liang and Deng Zhaocai's homes and quietly told them not to go out to sea tomorrow but to collect the two bounties.
Deng Zhaocai's reaction was a bit exaggerated, he slammed the table and said:
"Why go out to sea? The wages are only a few dollars. This is several hundred!"
That's true. Deng Zhaocai only gets a small salary when he goes out to sea. Although he earns some money every few days, it's not always stable.
Liang Ziqiang quickly stopped him: "Can you keep your voice down? Are you afraid that the villagers won't know?"
Deng Zhaocai then quickly lowered his voice:
"Don't worry, I won't say a word to anyone outside. We are at home, and my mother is still inside, asleep!"
"Anyway, we are going to the town to cooperate with the fish thieves, so don't talk about it everywhere!" Liang Ziqiang would rather be long-winded and give more reminders.
The next morning, Zhu Tianpeng also came. He had originally planned to help Liang Ziqiang go out to sea, but he was naturally dragged along to go to the town to collect the money.
The four people went to the police station again. They thought they could just collect the money there. But they found out that it was not given to them by the police station, but was transferred from the city to the county, and then the county sent someone to bring the money, but the person had not arrived yet.
They waited for a moment and heard the sound of a jeep outside the door.
A man got out of the car and pushed the door open. Liang Ziqiang and the others recognized him. Wasn't this Liu Li?
Liu Li did not get down to business right away, but went to a room arranged by the police station first.
Liang Ziqiang and his four companions, as well as Gong Suo and Lao Xu, also came to the room.
After the door was closed, Liu Li stretched out his hand to Liang Ziqiang and the others. He glanced at Liang Ziqiang and chuckled a few times:
"Don't hide! I washed my hands this time!"
He still remembered what happened last time! Last time, it was because Liu Li had just cleaned You Zhichuang's face with both hands. Liang Ziqiang subconsciously stepped back, and Liu Li quickly withdrew his hand.
This time, he naturally stretched out his hand and shook hands with Liu Li tightly.
Li Liang and the other two also shook hands with Liu Li one after another.
Liu Li said with emotion: "On behalf of the public security organs, I formally commend you for your fearlessness in the face of danger and your courage in fighting the criminals. Although this commendation respects your wishes and will not be made public to the public, we still express our gratitude for this deed..."
Liu Lizheng was speaking in an excited tone, and then Deng Zhaocai's voice rang out: "Public Security Liu, in addition to the verbal commendation, you should have brought the money today, right?"
Liu Li: “…”
The commendation speech, which had been organized very smoothly, was disrupted by his words and Liu Li didn't know how to continue.
Therefore, Deng Zhaocai directly pressed the skip button and entered the solid hard commendation stage from the soft commendation stage.
Liu Li took out two stacks of money from his bag.
"This thick stack is the reward for the wanted robber. It's exactly one thousand. Count it. This thin stack is for finding the whereabouts of the smuggler You Zhichuang and reporting it to the police. The reward is two hundred. Count them all together!"
"What's good about this? You're giving me the money, so why should I worry about it?" Liang Ziqiang quickly replied to Liu Li.
Just after I answered, I heard a voice next to me, "Ten, twenty, thirty..."
Deng Zhaocai was already lying on the table, counting seriously!
When Liang Ziqiang heard this, he broke into a sweat!
It wasn't because he was embarrassed to count the money in front of him. If he remembered correctly, Deng Zhaocai's math level was as bad as shit when he was in school. Liang Ziqiang highly suspected that he would make a mistake in counting the money while counting, and then quarrel with Liu Li in this room about the amount.
That would be an eye-opener! Li Liang seemed to be aware of this hidden danger as well. He immediately pushed Deng Zhaocai aside, took over the task himself, and began to count…
Liang Ziqiang broke into a sweat again.
Li Liang's math level is not much higher than Deng Zhaocai's. They are just two different types of shit...
Fortunately, Li Liang did not make any mistakes when paying this time. After counting, he nodded quickly and said:
"One thousand here, two hundred here, one is not bad!"
Liang Ziqiang breathed a sigh of relief, and Liu Li also breathed a sigh of relief.
Right in this room, in front of Liu Li and others, Li Liang and others immediately started dividing the money.
The two bonuses totaled 1,200 yuan. For four people, that was exactly 300 yuan each.
Deng Zhaocai picked up the three hundred dollars he had gotten, and without blinking, he started counting again while drooling.
The room was filled with the sound of counting money.
Liu Li and Gong Suo were all confused as they watched. How on earth could these four people be so brave and resourceful to defeat the murderer...
Fortunately, the news was not widely publicized. Even if it was, the public would not think that these four people had the intelligence to defeat the criminals...
This is definitely not something that can be considered brave or strategic.
It is courageous and brave...
After counting the money, each of them put three hundred dollars in their pockets. After all this trouble, it was already time for lunch.
Chief Gong and Old Xu asked them: "It's time for lunch, how about having a meal at the police station before leaving?"
Li Liang and his men were very particular about this and waved their hands hurriedly: "We won't eat the food at the police station, we really won't eat it!"
Liang Ziqiang was of course even more sensitive about this.
The four men walked out of the police station gate and ran away.
Old Xu and the others then realized that inviting them to eat was more effective than ordering them to leave?
While walking on the road, Deng Zhaocai started calculating again:
"Wait, let me calculate. How much do the three robbers weigh in total? Over 400 kilograms? Over 400 kilograms, so the total profit is 1,200 yuan, which is 3 yuan per kilogram. Holy shit, what kind of fish is this price? It's more expensive than blue grouper. These are three grouper snappers!"
Liang Ziqiang almost choked on his own saliva. How could this be converted? When did the bandits start calculating by pound?
"Wake up! Twelve thousand is not for three robbers, but for four. You missed a smuggler!" Li Liang gave a wake-up call and reminded them.
"Oh, right, let me recalculate it. Is it roughly equivalent to the price of a bull dung snapper?"
Deng Zhaocai did the calculation again. He used the little mathematical knowledge he had in his head and it was very hard.
On the way, Zhu Tianpeng also sighed: "To be honest, the first sum of money is what we deserve, because we did kill the man. But the other two hundred has nothing to do with us, because we didn't even attack him once..."
Liang Ziqiang smiled mysteriously: "We have already received it. You have listened to me and it is right. We can receive the two hundred with a clear conscience!"
Who said there have been no attacks? Liang Ziqiang still remembers that last year in Huagu Village, at his father-in-law's house, he angrily said to Liu Mei: "Your good nephew is very different. If you don't stop, you will have to eat peanuts!"
Yes, he really ate the peanuts and they went straight into his chest.
Is this considered an attack? In the final analysis, I just said something too harsh last year and it killed the person!
They killed the robbers with crabs, but he killed You Zhichuang with words.
That’s right!
(End of this chapter)
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