Su Tao ran over quickly and saw an old lady with white hair on her temples being supported by someone and crying with tears streaming down her face.
Su Tao had never seen such a cheerful old lady like Grandma Cen cry so miserably, so she quickly went over to hug her:
"It's okay, it's okay. There are still vegetables. I'll take you to pick them later. Don't cry, oh, I promise to catch the thief, so before that, you can't be angry. It's not worth it to get sick from anger."
Grandma Cen was really sad and upset, and it took a long time to comfort her.
Tang Qingshu, the wife of the military couple, was also present and briefly explained the matter to Su Tao:
"At first, Auntie Cen put the vegetables on the kitchen windowsill and opened the window for ventilation. Who knew that the vegetables were gone when she turned around? This thief is getting bolder and bolder. Before, he only dared to steal things in public areas, but now he dares to climb through windows."
Other tenants nearby also confirmed this statement.
Someone had 5 kilograms of bacon hung out on the balcony and it was stolen.
With the current price of meat, the loss is a huge amount of money and contribution points.
Su Taoguang felt sorry for the tenant as he listened, and his face became increasingly gloomy.
Tang Qingshu said, "Everyone, let me say something unpleasant. The only person who could commit such frequent thefts could be one of our tenants with dirty hands. It's impossible for an outsider to have the opportunity to enter the apartment building so many times."
What he said made sense, but it was also direct enough to quiet the situation.
Su Tao naturally didn't look happy: "Let's all go back. I will investigate this matter thoroughly. I won't wrongly accuse anyone, nor will I release the wrong person."
Dinner still had to be eaten, so Su Tao personally accompanied the heartbroken Grandma Cen to the sunroom and picked a basket of the best-looking lettuce like a child.
Grandma Cen felt a little better, but she still felt itchy when she thought about it. She took Su Tao's hand and said:
"Tao girl, you have to catch the thief, or I'll smash his head with my chopping board!"
"Okay, okay, I'll do what I say."
In the end, everyone enjoyed Grandma Cen’s oyster sauce lettuce in the cafeteria.
The lettuce was crisp and the oyster sauce was fresh and fragrant. I kept eating with my chopsticks and finished it in a few minutes.
The quality of the lettuce is acceptable, and the rest can be sold internally.
Su Tao asked Qian Lin to pick, weigh and pack the ripe lettuces by hand tomorrow, and she would handle the sales issues then.
After finishing the dinner and returning to her room, Su Tao immediately opened the hidden store, which was the defense building materials store.
It not only had electric fences and stone walls, but also bulletproof glass, smoke alarms, fire extinguishers, and the very surveillance cameras she needed.
The price of surveillance cameras is not expensive, 600 federal coins each.
Su Tao bought 40 at once and installed two on each floor of the three apartment buildings, leaving almost no blind spots.
In addition, two are installed on each floor of the cafeteria, four are installed in the office building, and the remaining two are installed diagonally in the central park.
After the installation was complete, Su Tao opened the system again and entered the smart housekeeper management interface. She immediately saw forty surveillance screens, filling her field of vision.
It is indeed convenient not to need to prepare an additional display screen, but she still tried to connect it using the office computer, and sure enough, she could view the surveillance on the computer.
Now we just have to wait until the thief is caught in the act next time he commits a crime.
She just couldn't believe that with forty cameras covering almost all public areas, they still couldn't find out who it was.
After thinking about it, Su Tao bought another 10 cameras, switched the map to Panliu Mountain, and installed five cameras at the foot of the mountain and five on the mountain.
After opening the smart housekeeper interface and selecting the map, you can clearly see every corner of Panliu Mountain.
The camera's clarity was so high that even the worms crawling out of a rotting corpse in an abandoned garage could be seen clearly.
Su Tao quickly looked away.
We need to find someone to clean this place up quickly, otherwise I’ll have to prepare myself mentally every time I watch the surveillance footage.
In order to prevent the wandering zombies around Panliu Mountain from breaking into her management area and causing damage, Su Tao ordered high wall electric fences from the defense building materials store to enclose the entire area at the foot of Panliu Mountain, spending more than 80,000 federal coins.
Money was spent like water. Su Tao carefully checked her balance.
It was indeed tragic.
The original deposit of 710,000 has shrunk to 230,000 without me noticing.
Su Tao brainwashed herself on the spot. She thought that money can be earned even if it is lost. Money is meant to be spent. Only when you know how to spend money can you make money.
Then he calmly began to build the third floor of Panliushan Hotel.
The layout is similar to the second floor, with six single rooms and three double rooms.
I was planning to continue building the fourth floor, but when I looked up, it was almost dawn.
Su Tao had no choice but to give up, thinking that she would continue working on it tomorrow night. Construction should be done step by step, and one cannot become fat in one bite.
But she really wants to eat herself to become fat. After the hotel in Panliu Mountain is built and starts operating with a certain number of tenants, she will not only have the opportunity to meet the requirements for upgrading to LV5 system - 200 tenants, but also can bring her a relatively generous income.
Su Tao closed her eyes and began to catch up on her sleep, but she was dreaming about building the fourth floor of the hotel. In her dream, it was almost completed when the ringing of the communicator woke her up.
".Hello?"
Zhuang Wan's voice was filled with shock and anger:
"Boss! We were almost catching the thief, but he disappeared!"
Su Tao woke up instantly, looked at the time, it was already one in the afternoon, sat up and asked:
"Why is he gone?"
"Before cooking lunch today, Grandma Cen deliberately placed a pork rib where she left the vegetables yesterday. She pretended to turn around and leave, and then we saw a hook reaching in from the window and accurately hooked the rib away."
"When we followed the hook and pounced on them, ready to catch them red-handed, there was no one outside!"
"Damn it!"
Su Tao quickly put on her clothes, fed the furry child, asked Lin Fangzhi in the living room to wait for her, and quickly went downstairs to find Zhuang Wan and the others.
Grandma Cen's heart was hurt a second time. She couldn't even curse at this moment. She just stood there with a feeling of anger.
Su Tao looked at the location of the balcony, opened the system's smart housekeeper interface, and called up the surveillance. Sure enough, she saw the balcony of Grandma Cen's house in the screen of a certain camera.
She asked Zhuang Wan: "About what time was it stolen?"
"Just ten minutes ago."
Zhuang Wan lowered her voice and said, "Boss, I suspect it was the upstairs or neighbor on the left or right who used a hook to steal from their balcony, so they disappeared so quickly."
"There's nothing to doubt about Elder Mei and Xiao Pan, who live upstairs from Aunt Cen. On the right are Tang Qingshu and his wife. A lot of things were lost from their home, and they're both military men. Xiao Tang's husband is a captain. He's currently responsible for the outer security of the East District. We can't doubt the people's heroes."
"The only one left is the one on the left. Boss, you know them, they're the couple from the Grain Administration. The woman's name is Ma Ying, and the man's name is Wei Weimao."
Su Tao looked at the other tenants present. Their expressions of shared hatred clearly showed that they also suspected that it was Ma Ying and his wife.
These two people have been unwelcome since they moved in.
First, they don’t like cleanliness. Although it’s better after hiring temporary workers, it doesn’t have that much of an impact anymore.
Secondly, they don’t interact with other tenants, acting as if they are superior people working at the Grain Administration.
Just as Su Tao was about to check the surveillance footage, Grandma Cen ran upstairs angrily and banged on the door of Ma Ying and her husband's room.
Everyone followed, and Su Tao had no choice but to follow quickly.
After knocking for a long time, no one responded, which further confirmed everyone's guess.
Several tenants who had been frequently robbed immediately became furious and started banging on the door:
"We know there's someone in the house! Stop pretending! Open the door! I left my shoes outside, only worn a few times, and you guys stole them. Aren't you afraid of athlete's foot?"
"And my umbrella! I put it out to dry, and I took it!"
"The lunch box I just bought from the cafeteria was completely gone! You work at the Grain Administration Bureau, and you even steal food from other people's mouths! Pay me!"
"Pay me money!"
At this time, the door opened.
Ma Ying had a messy head, sleepy eyes, and looked at the people at the door with a confused look on her face.
Looking at her expression, Su Tao knew it was all over. The thief was most likely not them, and it was a big misunderstanding.
She quickly left the crowd and checked the surveillance video. She rewinded to about ten minutes ago and found that it was the temporary worker hired by Ma Ying who did it!
I'm hiding on the balcony and dare not come out!
Su Tao was really convinced. How could this couple live? Even hiring a cleaner would attract a thief to their home.
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