Chapter 35 Eavesdropping
The largest one was a marinated pork leg. Gao Xiulan took a look at the meat and guessed it was a wild boar leg.
There were also four cans of meat, two boxes each of braised beef flavor and luncheon meat, and finally a large bag of dried seafood wrapped in oil paper.
Seeing this, Lin Xiaotong's eyes lit up and she squatted down to watch Gao Xiulan open the blind box.
Gao Xiulan opened it and found a small bag of dried shrimps, a large bundle of dried kelp strips, a small bag of dried scallops, and a small bag of small white silverfish.
"This is good. It's hard to buy here in Beijing."
Seeing these seafood, Lin Xiaotong thought that Xie Yi was serving on the southern islands.
"Put it aside for now. I'll buy a duck in a few days and add some seafood to make soup."
Gao Xiulan put the things away neatly with satisfaction, then remembered that her husband Xie Dajiao had not returned yet.
"It's already this late, why hasn't Lao Xie come back yet?"
"It should be here soon."
Lin Xiaotong took a sip of water and walked to the gate of the yard to peek out. Gao Xiulan also went to the room to get a flashlight and peeked out the door.
It was already dark and there were not many people at the entrance of the alley.
All I could hear was the crisp clatter of dishes colliding as families ate, the voices of parents scolding their children, sometimes loudly and sometimes softly, and the low barking of cats and dogs.
Xie Da Jiao and his team had to work overtime today due to a sudden notice. After finishing their work, they hurriedly rode their bikes home.
He was riding a bicycle with a small flashlight tied to the handlebars. It was not very bright and flickered and went out from time to time. Combined with the lights from other people's doors and windows, he could barely see the road clearly.
When I rode to the second-to-last alley, the flashlight suddenly flashed several times in succession and ran out of battery.
The road was too dark, so he had to get off the bike and push it along the wall.
As I was walking, I heard a few people talking, but it was vague and unclear.
Xie Da Jiao could only barely hear a few words.
"tonight"
"Do something big"
"Third brother, are you still a man?"
"Get your stuff"
"Old immortal"
The sound became fainter and fainter, and finally could no longer be heard.
The more he listened, the scarier it became. He took a deep breath, held it, quietly picked up his bicycle, walked lightly, and left quickly while no one was around.
The faster I walked, the more anxious I became. I kept thinking about what I had just heard. The more I thought about it, the more scared I became, and my heart was pounding.
"Old Xie, what's wrong with you? We're already home, aren't we? Why are you still going inside?"
"Dad, where are you going?"
Gao Xiulan and Lin Xiaotong at the door looked at Xie Da Jiao with strange eyes and wanted to rush into the alley.
"Xiu Lan! Come home quickly."
Hearing Gao Xiulan's voice, Xie Da Jiao came to his senses. He lowered his voice and urged the two to go home.
Gao Xiulan and Lin Xiaotong looked at each other in confusion, then obediently followed Xie Dajiao back to the yard.
After returning home, Xie Da Jiao pushed the bicycle into the main room and put it away, then turned back and closed the door of her house.
Looking at Gao Xiulan and Lin Xiaotong under the lights, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Old Xie, what happened?"
Gao Xiulan had never seen her man like this in all these years, so flustered.
How should I put it? It was like someone with red armbands was coming to search my house.
"Dad, have some hot food. You look pale from the cold."
Lin Xiaotong didn't think much about it and thought that Xie Da Jiao was cold. The temperature has dropped recently and it is very cold at the entrance of the alley at night.
Son, your dad is scared.
"Xiu Lan, Xiao Tong, please be careful these days. I just heard..."
Xie Da Jiao quickly took a few mouthfuls of hot rice, and his stomach instantly warmed up.
"hiss--"
"Ah, is there such a thing?"
Gao Xiulan and Lin Xiaotong were particularly enthusiastic, making startled noises as they listened.
"Anyway, you better be careful recently. That group might be targeting our compound."
A few years ago, a family in their compound was reported and their house was searched that same day. Later, the family had no choice but to move away.
Xie Da Jiao still remembers the horrifying scene on the day of the house search. The people with red armbands were like crazy, and the evil hidden in their hearts was aroused.
That night, he discussed with Gao Xiulan and decided to let Xie Yi join the army after graduating from high school. In those days, the status of military dependents was legitimate.
"Why!"
Gao Xiulan and Lin Xiaotong are both people who listen to advice.
At Jin Qiaofeng's house in the north of the front yard, mother and son were also chatting.
"Oh my god! Son, I'm scared to death."
Jin Qiaofeng rushed into the house, holding a handful of toilet paper in her left hand and patting her chest, which was panting, with her right hand.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Er Nengzi was cutting her hair in front of the mirror with a pair of scissors, but her hand shook and she cut the hair crookedly.
"Son, you don't know this, but I just saw a dark mass on the manhole cover at the entrance of the alley."
"Mom, could it be the thief who stole the manhole cover last time?"
"Eh, maybe it's true. How heartless! This kind of person can't even have a son..."
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"Third brother, can you do it?"
At this time, most of the people in the compound were asleep, and the entrance to the alley was pitch black.
Two people were squatting next to the manhole cover, one of them holding a small flashlight and shining it down.
"If you don't come down, stop talking nonsense."
A muffled sound came from the bottom of the cave.
"Keep your voice down, you're doomed if someone sees you!"
"Alright, alright, big brother, pull me up quickly."
"Ugh... Third brother, you stink too much."
"Don't dawdle, come and give me a hand, hurry up, ugh...put the things away and run away. Come back and get them after the storm has died down."
When people came up, a foul smell spread.
"Brother, put it away. I'll tie it to the sewer pipe with a rope. It's very tight, and I guarantee no one will notice it."
"Brother, you're really smart. You thought of hiding the stuff in the sewer. Who else but us would know that there's something good hidden under this manhole cover?"
Another round of flattery.
"Okay, stop nagging and retreat quickly-"
"Close the manhole cover, hurry up."
If you don't leave now, you can't keep these clothes. They are too smelly.
"Walk."
The three dark men sneaked away with a foul smell on them.
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"Who emptied the chamber pot last night? Why is it so smelly outside? Ugh..."
Diao Yulian felt that she was really unlucky. She had finally gotten up early and was the first one to open the door and occupy the toilet.
Unexpectedly, I stepped on a tattered garbage bag next to the manhole cover, and the foul smell immediately hit my nose.
"You're asking for death! I just changed my clothes, damn..."
Diao Yulian shouted a few times, but seeing that no one came out, she had no choice but to consider herself unlucky and went to the toilet cursing.
"Oh my god, Diao Yulian, did you fall into the cesspool?"
Wu Shengli was still asleep and curled up in the quilt in a daze. When he turned over and exposed his nose, he was awakened by the smell of Diao Yulian who came in to change clothes.
"I don't know which bastard it was, but the manhole cover stinks. I'm so unlucky."
Diao Yulian had no choice but to change the new clothes she had put on this morning. She had no choice but to change them, as Wu Jiabao was also woken up by the smell.
"Ooooooooooooooo, that stinks."
The sound of Wu Jiabao crying loudly came from the innermost part of the bed.
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