Chapter 319 Are you itching for trouble?
He Sang didn't bring her suitcase, so she couldn't stay overnight. She had to go back that day and come back the next morning.
Although Liang Jing has a high status in the Liang family, she is the future daughter-in-law of the second house. If something happens when she does not return home at night, he will not be able to explain to Liang Chihui.
He didn't dare take responsibility for his sister-in-law's safety.
He Sang came out of the guesthouse and went straight to the vegetable sink. He offered a thousand yuan and said, "Auntie, can you make some dumplings with three fresh fillings? This is for food expenses."
The woman took the money with a smile on her face. "Sure! Big shrimp and wild fungus. I guarantee they're fresh."
He Sang looked around and asked, "How long has the guesthouse been open?"
"Five years."
"It's quite a long time. Are you entertaining tourists from outside the city?"
The woman smacked her lips. "Changling County is so poor, where would a tourist come from? It's a contractor, a small business owner, who came to the village to recruit construction workers. The weather was bad and the mountain roads were difficult to travel, so he just stayed for one night."
“How many times a year do you recruit?”
"No more than ten times."
"Then you don't make much money?"
The woman spoke mysteriously, "They're making a lot of money! There are over seventy villages in Changling County, with thirty to forty thousand strong men. During the slack months, they do odd jobs to supplement their family income. They flock to Lijia Village, renting beds on a monthly basis, waiting for the Guanghe Group's head to recruit them."
He Sang opened his phone's photo album and pulled up Ni Hong's photo. "Do you know this person?"
"I know her! She's one of the people in charge. She came here with Dagang from Hongxing Village to recruit workers and settle accounts. Dagang is her lackey."
"Does Dagang have any relatives in Lijia Village?"
"There's his sister-in-law." The woman whispered, "She's a widow!"
He Sang was stunned. "Is Tong Da dead?"
"It's no different from being dead. If I disappear, I'll just be a widow!"
Liang Jishen was found guilty of Tong Da and Tong Er's crimes at the end of March. In just over a month, the news had spread throughout the village.
It doesn't make sense.
Rural women are conservative and always keep "family disgrace" to themselves. Moreover, it is normal for men to disappear for several months when they go to the city to work. Tong Da's wife revealed that her husband is gone. It is not ruled out that she deliberately spread the news to confuse the public and cover up Tong Da's true whereabouts.
Xiao Gu drove a motorcycle to take He Sang to Tong Da's wife's parents' home.
Tong Da's wife is Li Xiaorong, and she is the cousin of Li Xiaohui, the wife of Dagang from Hongxing Village. Li Xiaohui has not returned home to visit her relatives for four years, but Dagang disagrees. After the Guanghe Group was sealed off, Dagang and Lijia Village completely stopped communicating. Li Xiaohui secretly called the village committee and mailed money without telling Dagang.
Her parents' home was under a big locust tree at the east end of the village. The iron gate was newly painted. A cowshed and sheep pen were built in the west room, where five oxen and three sheep were raised. To the south was a renovated large tiled house with an open door, clean windows and tiles and wooden furniture. It was definitely a wealthy family in Lijia Village.
"Li Xiaorong is quite wealthy." He Sang took off his helmet and hung it on the handlebars. "Tong Da's time out there has paid off. His wallet is bulging, and my father-in-law's family is also well-off."
"In Lijia Village, the second richest is Erya." Xiao Gu pointed to the smoking chimney at the west end of the village. "Erya's family is a self-employed business."
She stood on tiptoe to look around. "Is that Erya chasing Xiao Liang?"
"Yes." Little Gu smiled innocently, "Xiao Liang doesn't like Erya. Old Li said he wants a son-in-law who will marry into his family."
He Sang couldn't help but laugh. The sons of the four major families in Ji Province came to the village to become a son-in-law. The powerful and wealthy circles were not only shocked, but the sky was collapsing.
Xiao Gu didn't go in and rode his motorcycle back to the village committee.
He Sang knocked on the door, but there was no response.
She greeted him as she walked inside.
There is a huge stone mill in the middle of the yard, with a thick wooden frame on top and a hemp rope tied to it. The millstone is hung at the end of the rope and rotates at a constant speed to grind soybeans.
The thick slurry flowed down the edge of the millstone and into the circular groove, filling the yard with the fragrance of beans.
A woman was picking winter melons in the small vegetable garden. I guess she was Li Xiaorong. The man next to her was wearing a dark blue sportswear and pure black old Beijing cloth shoes. He had been growing stubble for two days and one night, and it was thick and hard. His features looked more heroic and mature, but also shabby.
There is a handsome, rough and tough guy vibe.
He held a cigarette between his fingers, his back to the courtyard gate. A pot of scented tea and a wad of money were placed on the small plastic table.
"I won't take your money." Li Xiaorong spoke with a local accent. "Tong Da has been missing for forty-nine days. I really don't know where he is. I went to the town to report him to the police, but there's still no clue."
"Who was the police officer?"
"Xiao Wang, the three of us can confront each other face to face."
"Do you have a cell phone?"
"Yes." The woman stood up and looked over the man's head to find He Sang. "Are you looking for Tong Da too?"
Liang Jishen turned his head, glanced at her, and put out his cigarette, "How did you get here?"
"Mr. Ni sent me here because some villagers haven't received their wages."
Li Xiaorong looked at her doubtfully, "Ni Hong sent you?"
"I'm an employee of Yunhai Building." He Sang walked over. "Boss Ni asked me to take 100,000 yuan in cash to give Tong Da some hush money and hide in the south."
"Ni Hong already gave me 300,000 yuan, and now she's adding another sum?"
Liang Jishen looked at Li Xiaorong and asked, "Why did you give Tong Da 300,000?"
The latter kept quiet, then quietly changed her story. "Six years ago, there was an accident at the construction site. Three people from the project acceptance team were killed. The highest-ranking official was the deputy director. It caused quite a stir. My husband and brother-in-law were on duty at the scene of the accident. They were so frightened they had nightmares and lost their ability to work. The 300,000 yuan is mental compensation."
Li Xiaorong calmly went into the house to get her cell phone.
He Sang moved the plastic bench and said, "Xiao Liang."
Liang Jishen looked at her with disdain, unable to tell whether he was happy or angry.
She has always been smart, honest in terms of feelings, and not easily bored with the old and easily fooled. However, when she is with him, she sometimes acts "bad" and, as expected, she teases him about his "new identity".
"How many years have mom and dad died?" She sat down next to him, like a talkative flower, and comforted Liang Jishen, "You live alone, right?"
He gulped down a cup of tea and rinsed his mouth to get rid of the smell of cigarette smoke. "Does your skin itch?"
He Sang didn't say anything.
Li Xiaorong walked out of the room and handed the phone to Liang Jishen.
It's dual SIM dual standby.
"Where's the other card?"
“I only installed one card.”
Liang Jishen entered his number, dialed, and hung up.
"If you need anything, contact me. Be cautious." He stood up. "The third son of the Liang family is investigating you."
A trace of guilt flashed across Li Xiaorong's eyes, "Third brother?"
"Have you heard of it?"
She shook her head. "No."
Liang Jishen said seriously, "Old Third Liang used to work in the Municipal Procuratorate. His reconnaissance skills are very sophisticated. Even criminals tougher than Tong Da can't escape his eyes. If you're not careful, you'll fall into a big trap."
He Sang glanced at him, put down his bank card, indicated to Li Xiaorong that it was 50,000 yuan, and turned away.
He quickly left as well, "Can't stand listening anymore?"
"I can't stand it anymore." He Sang said honestly.
Liang Jishen gently touched her face with the back of his hand, wiping away a speck of dust. "Force yourself to listen."
He lit another cigarette, stood a few meters away, called Zhao Kai, and informed him to monitor Li Xiaorong's cell phone number. He also informed Gu Jianghai to conduct a strict inspection of long-distance passenger transport, trucks and electric tricycles at the border between Hebei Province and other provinces.
The junction is between Tongjia Village in Changling County and Xiawa Village in Wanxi County. Cheng Xun has been there and there are less than 20 vehicles from morning to night. Even if there is an inspection, there is no need to mobilize a large force. After all, there are too few vehicles and most of the pedestrians are villagers from the two counties. The news cannot reach the urban area.
Liang Jishen hung up the phone and unconsciously turned sideways to glance at the sheep pen in the west room. Three lambs were huddled in the corner, but the one in the middle was never stepped on, as if it was deliberately avoided.
Buried something.
Animals' sense of smell is much more sensitive than humans'.
"Brother Xiao Liang!"
A girl ran out from the cornfield in the east. She was petite, with a black ponytail and wearing a sun hat.
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