Chapter 216 Crops Brought Back from the North
After entering the sewer, Xia Xiaoman went straight to the point and told the soldier guarding the entrance who was registering information about Chen Guangli.
Since drugs were involved, the soldier immediately called his companions and took her to meet with the anti-drug team.
Xia Xiaoman followed the soldier who led the way and looked around curiously. After not being in the sewer for a while, Xia Xiaoman found that the environment of the sewer seemed to be much better.
The last time I came to the sewer, every few steps I took I would step on the entrails of a steel-toothed rabbit, or the grease from scraping the skin. The sewer was filled with a fishy smell and was extremely dirty.
Now, the sewer environment is much better. There is a trash can every 5 meters to collect all kinds of domestic waste. When the trash can is full, someone will immediately change the can and take away the full trash can.
Because there are trash cans for household garbage, the aisle is much cleaner, with only some water stains from washing the steel-toothed rabbit.
In addition, there are fewer people living in the sewers, and it is not as crowded as before.
The only thing that remains unchanged is the people in the sewers who are like zombies, as if the sky falling has nothing to do with them.
"Brother, what is that? Is it the newly grown purple sweet potato?" Xia Xiaoman asked, pointing at a purple round object cooked by a woman in front of him.
The soldier took a look and said, "Those are purple potatoes. They are a new variety brought back from the north. They have a high yield and a short maturity period, but they are a bit toxin-filled. You can't eat too much."
No one in the floating city grows purple potatoes, and few people eat them.
Xia Xiaoman had heard of purple potatoes before, but had never seen one before. Today, she finally saw one. However, looking at the strange purple color, Xia Xiaoman still thought yellow potatoes were more appetizing.
"Have you planted all the seeds you brought back from the north? Can you buy them at the trading point?"
Brother Bing said, "Most of them have been planted, except for a few that take a month or two to harvest. The staple foods are sold at the trading points, and the others, such as soybeans, cabbage, radishes, etc., are sold every now and then, and the prices are relatively expensive."
Xia Xiaoman nodded thoughtfully when he heard this. When he returned later, he would go to the trading point and buy all the crops he could.
After following the soldier around several turns, we arrived at the interrogation room where I was arrested and interrogated last time.
Xia Xiaoman repeated what she had said to the soldier to the special police officer in front of him. The special police officer took the pink pig, installed the battery and listened to it. When he heard the thick dialect, he immediately winked at the person next to him.
About ten minutes later, a young woman who understood the local dialect came in. She listened to the entire recording and said, "The first half of the recording was about explaining his funeral arrangements to his family and where his family's supplies were hidden. The second half seemed to be a subtle reminder to his family to wait for a while when no one was paying attention to this matter, and to ask them to find someone."
The special police nodded and said, "Translate every word in the recording and write it down for me."
The woman responded and left the interrogation room with the pink pig.
After the woman left, the special police first thanked Xia Xiaoman for providing the information, and then stood up to see Xia Xiaoman out.
"Your report is meritorious. I will apply to the higher authorities later to help you get a 200-point reward."
"Rewards don't matter. Everyone has the responsibility to eliminate harm for the people. This is what I should do." Xia Xiaoman said these polite words.
The special police officer smiled and said, "You deserve these two hundred work points. In order to catch this group of people, we have been tracking and investigating since five years ago. During these five years, 93 of our compatriots have sacrificed their lives. Now we are only one step away from catching the big boss behind the scenes."
"The recording you provided us may help us find the person behind this. If we can really catch this criminal leader, you will have done a great job."
Xia Xiaoman asked curiously: "That Chen Guangli should be just a small fry, could he know the criminal leader?"
The special police officer smiled and shook his head. "Don't underestimate Chen Guangli. Although he is just a small fry, he has many friends. No matter who he meets, he can always chat with them. He can be said to be a know-it-all. There is nothing he doesn't know about the news on the street. It's not surprising that he knows the person behind the scenes."
"What a pity! Such a talented person has gone astray." The special police officer sighed.
When Chen Guangli first entered society, he was a good young man. He didn't smoke, drink, or commit crimes. He was the only son in the family and had no financial pressure.
Later, I got married. My wife is also the only child in the family, so I brought my father-in-law and mother-in-law to live with me. The four elderly people are all reasonable people. There are no conflicts among the six of us living together. Instead, we are happy and live happily every day.
It was not until after his wife gave birth to their second child that she was diagnosed with cancer. In order to treat his wife, Chen Guangli took a wrong path. But even so, his wife could not survive and passed away on a winter night.
After his wife passed away, Chen Guangli wanted to stop doing this. But how could he just stop doing it? There were so many eyes watching him nearby. If he dared to stop doing it, there would be another unknown corpse floating in the river the next day.
Later, natural disasters occurred frequently, and even 10,000 yuan could not buy a bun. In order to support four elderly people and two children, Chen Guangli had to work hard to make a living. As long as he could earn supplies, he was willing to do any job, even if it was a dirty job that cost him his life.
Before leaving, Xia Xiaoman asked, "If you find Chen Guangli's family, will you arrest them all and send them to labor camps?"
The SWAT officer smiled and said, "It's not a popular practice to hold people responsible for their crimes now. If his family members haven't committed any crime, we will only confiscate supplies that don't belong to them. If they are also involved in these things, then no matter how old they are, they must be held accountable for their wrongdoings."
Thinking of Chen Guangli, who had coughed so hard that his lungs bled, Xia Xiaoman sighed. Everything Chen Guangli did was for his family, but in the end it was all in vain. I don't know if Chen Guangli will regret what he did.
Of course Chen Guangli regretted it. When he was caught again and saw Xia Xiaoman chatting and laughing with the special police in the interrogation area, he regretted it so much.
"You damn girl! You betrayed me! I trusted you so much and left you so many good things, but you actually dared to betray me!"
Xia Xiaoman felt a little embarrassed when she saw Chen Guangli being caught. She had deliberately delayed for a day before reporting. If she had known that Chen Guangli would be caught today, she would have reported it a day later.
"What do you mean you left good things for me? Don't talk nonsense here. It's obvious that you want to bribe me with those gasoline and diesel. I am the successor of the motherland, how could I be bribed by you so easily?" Xia Xiaoman said righteously.
"You, you... cough cough cough..." Chen Guangli was so angry at Xia Xiaoman that he coughed violently. As he coughed, he coughed up a pool of blood.
Xia Xiaoman subconsciously dodged to the side, "It's none of my business. He has pulmonary hemorrhage, not me who vomited blood out of anger."
After hearing Xia Xiaoman's annoying words, Chen Guangli fainted from anger.
The special police officer held his forehead in silence and waved to Xia Xiaoman, "You go back first!" After that, he looked at the soldier who was supporting Chen Guangli next to him, "Please send him to the medical station. I will go there after I finish the things at hand."
Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Xia Xiaoman immediately slipped away quickly to prevent Chen Guangli from waking up and trying to get close to her again.
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