Zhao Kelan put the grain into her basket, pushed open the outer gate, and the people watching outside hurried over, as they were already impatient with such a long wait.
Before they could speak, Zhao Kelan handed them the basket of grain.
"Brothers, the grain in this basket was given to me by my contact. I told him that another family wanted to exchange grain, and our leader gave it to me."
The leader was surprised to see that the basket was full of high-quality rice. He thought to himself, "It seems we're all going to make a fortune now that we can get such good grain."
The leader grabbed the items and prepared to take them, since these were things that money couldn't necessarily buy.
"By the way, where's your money? You sell things to them, don't you get paid? Are you trying to pull a trick?"
"Brothers, think about it. I'm just the middleman in charge of selling the goods. All the money is in my hands. Where would I get the money? This old lady's house is just a place for exchanging goods."
"So you're selling things without charging money? Don't you get any benefits? I don't believe it."
“Brother, what’s the use of money these days? I still need food. Our boss settles accounts with us every five days. We all exchange food for it.”
As soon as they walked away, the old woman started looking for them, fearing that something might have happened to her home.
"Brothers, can I go now? Here's the food for you."
“I ran out of food to sell later, and my whole family was going to go hungry. I even shed tears to make them believe me.”
The group believed her, but they had no intention of letting her go. "Stop talking nonsense and come with us."
"Brother, are you going to let me leave without saying you'll give me food?"
"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up, go up and slap Zhao Kelan."
Zhao Kelan was dizzy from the beating; it was quite forceful. She thought to herself with resentment, "Just you wait, you might be in trouble soon." She had just seen the old woman leave.
By the way, do you know what that woman who went out did?
This is how it is, guys. This is our contact. She can only come back to collect the money after the transaction is completed and it gets dark.
The group planned to take down this guy that night, and then deal with the rest after they got some money. Even if they suffered a loss, they wouldn't dare say anything, since they were all cut from the same cloth.
"He's over here, quick, a commotion is coming."
Zhao Kelan felt she was saved and prepared to run away quickly, taking advantage of their momentary lapse in attention.
When the group saw her run away, they realized something was wrong and ran as fast as they could, cursing inwardly, "You bitch, just you wait."
Carrying so much stuff, he was definitely not as fast as Zhao Kelan, and was quickly caught and pinned down.
"We've got him! We've got him!" People around heard the commotion and came out to see what was going on.
The old woman was secretly relieved to see them arrested, knowing she couldn't keep an eye on her own house anymore. She turned around and didn't see the pretty young girl, so she knew she had run away.
"Speak quickly! Based on the report, you've been exposed for speculation and profiteering. Who else is involved? Tell us immediately!" Li Chao shouted.
"We met a girl selling things door-to-door today, and we started to take a liking to her."
"Later she said there was grain, so she told us to go to that old lady's house. She took out the grain and you came shortly after, and then we were arrested."
"She must have run away. We had to chase after her! She said this was one of their transaction locations, and we believed her."
"Bring me the old lady who made the report, and let's see what's going on," Li Chao shouted.
"For so many years, there have been people selling large quantities of high-quality grains. This is no small matter. We've never caught them before; they've all been small fry. Let's see if we can catch them this time."
"Sir, this is what happened. The young girl came in and knelt down, saying that someone was trying to harm her and begged me to save her. She hoped I would report it and save her life."
“This group of people shouted that it was impossible, that you were connected with them, that we hadn’t seen any grain at first, and now there was grain, and that you were lying.”
The old woman was also anxious: "I didn't lie, that's how it is. When you find her, you can ask her yourself if that's the case."
Hearing their words and seeing their excited faces, Li Chao, who was also suspicious, wondered if someone was lying, or...
We need to catch the woman they're talking about first, then everything will become clear.
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