After dinner, Huo Qianli and his group did not stay long and returned to the village.
When they got off the motorcycle, the group of people were already stunned by the cold wind.
Liu Xiaoyu stamped her feet and rubbed her face, "Let's pool our money together and buy a van!"
Huo Qianli nodded, "That's great, it will be convenient for you to go anywhere."
Liu Xiaoyu pointed and said, "A van should only cost about 20,000 or 30,000 yuan. There are nine of us, and each of us will contribute..."
"Wait a minute." Huo Qianli stretched out his hand to stop them, "Why are there only nine?"
Liu Xiaoyu turned her head and looked at him, "Don't you count?"
"goodbye!"
Huo Qianli left quickly and decisively.
On the way back, Jiang Qingyue smiled and said, "Don't deliberately make Sister Xiaoyu angry."
Huo Qianli chuckled, "This kind of arrogant lady's temper needs to be properly treated."
Jiang Qingyue didn't say anything more. The two of them walked together quietly, walking under the moonlight, walking in an unspoken ambiguity.
Huo Qianli went back, washed his face, soaked his feet in hot water, and finally recovered a little. He got into bed and sat at the head of the bed to work.
At half past twelve, he put down his work notes, stretched, tidied himself, turned off the lights and lay down in bed.
The lower half of the quilt was like an ice cave. When his feet went down, Huo Qianli couldn't help but shiver and quickly curled up into a ball.
He didn't know how long it took him to finally warm himself up. A rare sleepiness finally came over him, but it was driven away without a trace by a sudden shout.
"Cadre Huo! Cadre Huo!"
By the time Huo Qianli put on his clothes and went downstairs, Gu Daqiang had already gotten up. Gu Haitao, who loved to join in the fun, was also huddled aside, shivering, with his coat on.
There were three old men standing in the room, one of whom was Gu Chao's old man, Uncle Yong.
Seeing Huo Qianli, Uncle Yong hurried forward and said, "Officer Huo, I'm sorry to have disturbed your sleep!"
"It's okay, it's okay. What's wrong?"
Uncle Yong looked worried. "My son Chao said he would be back at eleven or twelve, but he hasn't come home yet. I heard you guys went to town at night. Did you see him?"
"That's right, the guy in my room hasn't come back either."
"My roommate hasn't come back yet!"
The other two old men also spoke.
Huo Qianli took out his cell phone and took a look. It was past three in the morning.
He asked in confusion: "No one came back?"
Gu Daqiang frowned, pulled Huo Qianli aside, and whispered, "Maybe he was called to play cards!"
Huo Qian was puzzled. He didn't know when he touched Gu Haitao beside him and whispered, "There are some bastards in town who specifically pick these migrant workers to play cards with. They play big. When they team up, outsiders basically lose their pants."
Huo Qianli's expression changed immediately, "Is there such a thing?"
Gu Daqiang nodded, "There have been quite a few in recent years. I didn't expect that our village would be in such a bad state."
"No, we need to take care of this!" Huo Qianli said immediately, "It's not easy for them to earn a little money throughout the year. We can't let them get cheated at the poker table like this."
Gu Daqiang shook his head. "Playing cards is something that we both agree to. Why should we interfere?"
Gu Haitao also muttered: "Brother Qianli, why bother with them? They actually wanted to find someone to deal with you for such a small matter at night. In my opinion, they deserve it."
Huo Qianli smiled and rubbed his head, "Don't act on impulse."
He pondered for a moment and walked up to Uncle Yong. "Grandpa, you just said that Gu Chao called and told you that he would be home at eleven or twelve?"
"That's right! The third guy from the commissary told me personally."
Huo Qianli nodded and whispered a few words to Gu Daqiang, who then took him to the store, knocked on the door, and asked carefully, and it was indeed the case.
Huo Qianli listened silently and said to the three old men, "Don't worry, we will go to the town to find them. They are so old, they must be in trouble."
After sending the three old men away, Huo Qianli ran to the village committee and knocked on the door to wake up Liu Xiaoyu.
Liu Xiaoyu, who was sleepy, wrapped herself in a coat and opened the curtains with a strong morning mood, "You are going to kill me in the middle of the night!"
Huo Qianli was speechless. If the unrestrained scenery before him wasn't too magnificent, do you believe I would have turned around and left?
"I have something to do. I need to go to town. It's up to you whether you go or not. Don't say I didn't call you!"
After saying that, Huo Qianli resisted the temptation and resolutely turned away.
Within ten minutes, four people from the crew rushed out the door in disheveled clothes, carrying their equipment.
Apart from anything else, the professionalism of these people who are willing to come here to shoot this documentary is impeccable.
When the seven people stood outside Gu Daqiang's door, they suddenly realized a problem.
It's nearly four in the morning and there's only one motorcycle. What should I do?
Gu Daqiang thought for a moment and said, "Haitaowa, go borrow the fire tricycle from your fourth uncle and take the rest of the people. Officer Huo and I will go first."
Huo Qianli thought for a moment and said, "The camera is with us."
Gu Daqiang got on the motorcycle, and the photographer was about to step forward, but Liu Xiaoyu took the camera and said, "I'll go first."
Huo Qianli had no objection, but just asked: "Do you want to be in the front or the back?"
Liu Xiaoyu finally reacted, but it was not a good time to retreat. After hesitating for a moment, she sat in the middle and put on her hat.
She was overthinking it. Wearing such thick clothes in the middle of winter, what could be the problem?
The three of them headed straight for Qianfu Town.
Halfway through the journey, Huo Qianli took out his cell phone and started calling Wang Anquan. When he called the seventh number, Wang Anquan answered with a strong anger, "Who is it? You didn't even look at the time when you called!"
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