Chapter 135 Scapegoat
It was a piece of cloth, dark red and tattered.
"This was found in the palm of a hand bone."
Captain Jiang is an expert in solving cases in the Criminal Investigation Department. He quickly took it and took a look.
After cleaning the dark red scraps of fabric, we carefully compared them and confirmed that they were made of Dacron.
If you put it under the sun, you can see dark patterns under the fabric.
"Captain Jiang, this case was discovered at the food factory. Do you think it could be related to Fu Wenlei's previous case?"
When this was mentioned, Captain Jiang fell into deep thought.
He also participated in the review of Fu Wenlei's previous enemy spy case with Dazhuang and Pingmei. When he went to the scene today and looked around, he noticed the office building.
He paced around the room and said, "The most important thing is to find the key evidence."
"That way, we can tell everyone that someone saw someone digging the grave that night."
Many employees present at the scene saw what happened today, and public opinion fermented very quickly. It is estimated that it has spread throughout half of the city today.
Instead of being timid, it is better to lure the snake out of its hole and see who can hold his temper longer.
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When Lin Xiaotong came back, she found the compound bustling with activity. Gao Xiulan, Zhang Dazui and a few others were sitting together chatting.
"Mom, I'm back."
"Oh, enough, I'm going home to cook."
Gao Xiulan and the others had only cooked the whole morning. They had been sitting together picking vegetables, but they couldn't stop talking.
As they listened, they felt like their butts were glued to the bench and no one was willing to leave.
On second thought: There is no need to rush to cook the dishes. It will taste better if you cook them and eat them at noon.
"Mom, what were you guys talking about this morning? I just passed by and noticed the aunts from the nearby compound were all gathered in groups of three or four. What happened?"
Lin Xiaotong poured herself a glass of warm water and leaned against the kitchen door and asked curiously.
Gao Xiulan was using a rice spoon to scoop a small spoonful of lard into the big iron pot, and the big spatula was pressing the white lard to give the pot edge a bath.
"You might not know this yet, but there was an accident at the No. 2 Food Factory in the city. Human bones were dug up in the woods, and the police went there early this morning."
"Isn't the City No. 2 Food Factory the factory owned by Sister Jingxiang in the front yard?"
"It's that factory. The old man from the Fu family who eats peanuts is the second-in-command of the factory's labor union."
"That's pretty scary."
"That's right. I just heard Ernengzi say that someone seemed to have seen who did it."
"What a coincidence, is this true?"
"I don't know either, I just guess, Xiaotong. Come back early from get off work these days. I'll ask your dad to pick you up at the alley entrance in the evening."
"Mom, I understand."
"Xiaotong, help mom pick a few green onions at the door. We'll have fish head stewed with tofu for lunch. Sprinkling some green onions will make it more delicious."
Gao Xiulan and Yu Afen bought fresh fish heads in the morning. They didn't buy any tender tofu, but the frozen tofu left over from home tasted pretty good.
"Hey, okay mom, I'll be right there."
Lin Xiaotong strolled to the window sill and door to pick onions.
Xie Da Jiao used the broken bottles and jars she found at the scrap yard to grow some onions, ginger and garlic, which came in handy for cooking and making incense.
The green onions are well cared for, they are lush and green and look very healthy.
She picked a few onions and washed them by the sink, cleaned the mucus from the roots, and ran back to the kitchen to hand them to Gao Xiulan.
"Mom, here."
The charming aroma produced by the fried fish head makes people's mouths water involuntarily.
"It smells so good, Mom, your cooking skills are getting better day by day."
"I'll let you taste the saltiness later. Why hasn't your dad come home yet? It's almost time for dinner."
Gao Xiulan saw that the fish head was almost fried, so she turned it over and added water to cover the fish head. After a while, it turned into a milky white fish soup.
"Maybe it's on the way. Mom, it's delicious, not too salty or bland, just the right taste."
Gao Xiulan fed Lin Xiaotong a small spoonful of fish soup. The soup had a strong aroma from the pot, so she could only drink it in small sips, nodding her head in satisfaction.
"Okay, I'll stir-fry some Chinese cabbage moss. There's also a bowl of steamed egg in the pot next to it. I put some dried shrimp and minced meat at the bottom."
"Okay, Mom, I'll light the fire."
The atmosphere of worldly life is what soothes the hearts of ordinary people the most.
Life is spent simply with three meals a day.
Just as the dishes were served, Xie Da Jiao hurried back.
"Old Xie, why did you come back so late? Hurry up and wash your hands and eat."
"Xiu Lan, you must be anxious waiting. There was an emergency meeting at the factory, so you're delayed."
After washing her hands, Xie Da Jiao sat down and explained to Gao Xiulan.
"What kind of meeting is this? It has to start right when dinner is served."
"This time it's about allocating housing to employees, so we gathered the senior members of our ranks for a small meeting."
Xie Da Jiao took a bite of rice and said in a low voice.
"Distributing housing? The factory hasn't distributed housing for over 20 years, right? Why now? Are they building new housing for employees?"
When Gao Xiulan heard this, she became excited and moved closer.
Lin Xiaotong, who was slurping a steamed egg, also pricked up her ears to listen, although the division of houses definitely had nothing to do with her.
The houses in the compound we live in now were allocated by the factory before, and there are relatively few families living in the compound.
"Is there someone coming to the house in the front yard again? A few days ago, I heard from Jin Qiaofeng that Diao Yulian went to borrow Ma Baoguo's house again."
"I guess they will be divided up."
"It's just one room, so the whole family won't be coming."
They also went to see the house in front of the front yard where the Jia family lived when the fight happened that day. The mother and daughter did not take much care of the house.
The kitchen stove was greasy and there was bird droppings at the door.
The windows and doors were also smashed by people wearing red armbands, leaving holes one after another.
If I really move in, I will have to spend money to clean up the house myself, which is really not worth it.
"This time, the first requirement for housing allocation is a dual-income family. They also consider length of service, rank, contribution to the factory, etc. I don't think the people at the front of the line would choose this one either."
After Xie Da Jiao finished speaking, she picked up another piece of frozen tofu with chopsticks. The frozen tofu had absorbed the soup and it was delicious in one bite.
Lin Xiaotong enjoyed her meal even more while listening to gossip.
"I just hope there's no troublemaker here."
"I hope so."
"Oh, by the way, Old Xie, have you heard about the incident in the grove at the food factory?"
"I listened to the lecture. I listened to it with Lao Zhou when I came back."
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"You can't even do this, what an idiot!"
Fu Zhengze heard the news he had obtained and found out that the matter in the grove was causing a lot of buzz.
"No, I have to think about it. Where is Hu Ermao?"
"Boss, what's the matter with you looking for me?"
Hu Ermao has been very happy recently because his lover has a child and he is going to be a father.
He is already twenty years old and finally has a child, which is much better than the eldest and third sons who are both bachelors.
At this time, Fu Zhengze felt even more unhappy when he saw Hu Ermao speaking easily with an unconcealable joy on his face.
The eyes behind the frame flashed: "Ermao, you're about to have a child at your age, right? The incident in the grove can't be hidden now. The police are almost investigating us."
Hu Ermao stopped talking and said, "Boss, the police can't catch us without evidence."
Fu Zhengze sighed: "Someone saw it. Someone went to the toilet that night and saw it by accident."
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