Before coming, Captain Zhou was instructed by Captain Ma that when contacting the victim's family, he must pay attention to the methods and ways. When describing the cause of Li's death, he must learn to use the Spring and Autumn style of writing and not be too direct, otherwise the family members will not be able to accept it.
Captain Zhou also told everyone about this matter in advance, but no one expected this result. This woman only cared about money and had no concern for Li at all. It was like punching cotton with full force.
It was getting late and it was too late to go back. After some thought, I decided to settle down first and find out something in the village. I might come back tomorrow morning.
After finding the village party secretary, Ma Zhiyuan took the four people to a farmer's home. The house had two rooms, and only one room with a brick bed could be reserved for the four people. The brick bed was about 1.8 meters long and 2.5 meters wide, and the four people slept together.
This is the only condition. 20 yuan a night, with four quilts, and you can only use river water for washing.
After Ma Zhiyuan settled the four people, he hurried out to sell the goods. The village was small, and everyone welcomed Ma Zhiyuan's arrival. In less than half an hour, Ma Zhiyuan returned to Team Zhou and told them about the dinner.
After a hard day's work, it's good to eat some meat. The farmer who stayed here also provided hospitality. He prepared a chicken, a duck, two fish, four or five vegetarian dishes, and unlimited rice for 100 yuan. In addition, there was also unlimited local homemade rice wine. The reason why he prepared so much was that Captain Zhou planned to invite the village chief to have a meal together to learn about Li's situation.
Ma Zhiyuan came back with a piece of news. A new group of people had just arrived in the village. They looked like two hikers. The two brought professional hiking equipment and horses. They bought some fodder and water from the village and set up a tent near the village. Ma Zhiyuan said that the letters on the tent were all in English. They were two young men. The horses they rode were not rented local horses. They were obviously taller than the local horses. They looked like well-prepared travelers.
Yes, this place is so small, and people like Ma Zhiyuan not only know almost all the people around here, but also the horses... He can almost recognize all of them...
There was nothing in the village. Bai Song and Xu Tao were bored and walked around the village. It would take another hour for dinner. The village was too small. They saw the tent that Ma Zhiyuan mentioned after walking a few steps. The two college graduates studied it for a long time but couldn't figure out what the English letters on the tent meant... It was probably a foreign brand. Bai Song was basically an idiot when it came to brands. If Wang Huadong was put here, it might be better.
From a distance of several dozen meters, the two men had healthy wheat-colored skin and muscular bodies, and it was obvious that they spent a lot of time in the gym and outdoors. They were dressed very elegantly, and the brand of their clothes was... well, I couldn't tell clearly. I guess... I wouldn't recognize them even if I saw them clearly...
Two travelers set up a quick-heating pot next to the tent, using solid fuel. They were definitely not poachers. It is not a lie that when you have enough food and clothing, you will know the etiquette. If you are so rich, and you do poaching, you are simply out of your mind.
After walking around for 20 minutes, almost everyone stared at Bai Song for a long time. Maybe there were few people this tall? Bai Song thought, if Wang Liang was replaced by himself, he would definitely think that he was too handsome.
When we got back to our place, the air was already filled with the smell of burning firewood, and six or seven people had already sat down. In addition to the owner of the house, Captain Zhou, Wei Zixiang, and Ma Zhiyuan, there were three other men from the village, and everyone was drinking the local specialty, spring water tofu.
"Come on, come on," Captain Zhou greeted Bai Song enthusiastically, "You are a big man from Lu Province, we are counting on you today."
Bai Song knew that this was not a polite remark. Captain Zhou had already given instructions. Bai Song's task today was to accompany a few fellow villagers and drink more. This was almost a task!
Before this, Captain Zhou had also asked the family where the four lived, and they were basically very secretive about Li's family affairs. I don't know if there is any hidden secret. Sometimes, no matter how far away the people are, if the wine is in place, everything will be easy. In this place far away from the city, where there is not even a little signal, is there a better way?
This meal was treated by Captain Zhou, who had agreed with the host in advance that if the money was insufficient, it would be supplemented the next day, but the evening meal and drink could not be interrupted. In fact, in this remote place, 100 yuan has considerable purchasing power, and the host was afraid that he would not be able to justify the 100 yuan if the hospitality was not good enough.
The local villagers were so familiar with the local rice wine that they drank all the low-alcohol wine in the bowl. In less than an hour, each person drank more than a pound of white wine with a concentration of less than 20%. Xu Tao was the first to give up the fight and was dragged back to the house by Bai Song.
At around eight o'clock in the evening, Bai Song blocked at least four bowls of wine for Captain Zhou, each bowl weighing three taels. He himself had already started to feel dizzy, and everyone finally started chatting.
Bai Song forced himself to cheer up, and while going to the toilet he vomited violently, then went to a small river only a hundred meters away from the village to wash his face.
Once it gets dark in the village, there is basically no light. When I was drinking before, I used kerosene lamps. There is a beautiful starry sky here that Baisong has not seen for many years. There is really no light pollution.
He basically vomited out everything he had eaten and drunk, and washed his face thoroughly. The cool river water refreshed Bai Song and dispelled about 30% of the drunkenness.
On the way back, Bai Song felt that he had walked for a longer time. Sometimes, when people drink too much, a distance of several hundred meters or even thousands of meters will feel like it has passed in an instant, because at this time the sense of the body and time will become very poor. Now that I am in better spirits, I feel that the road is a bit long.
Today is the seventh day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar. The moonlight is a little dim but enough to show the way, and Bai Song soon reaches the vicinity of the village.
There were few lights in the whole village, so the lights of the tents of the two travelers who came to camp were somewhat conspicuous. Seeing this tent, Bai Song stopped to look at it for a few more times, perhaps just because it was the most modern place in the village, or perhaps out of curiosity. Bai Song stood by a house and looked at the lights in the tent for a while, not knowing whether the two were asleep or not. While looking and thinking, he saw these two people, who had just been out for some time and had just returned from outside, entering the tent one after the other.
Is it necessary to dress so neatly when going to the bathroom... This thought popped up in Bai Song's mind. He laughed in his heart, his eyes widened, and he staggered back to his residence. Seeing Captain Zhou chatting happily, he felt relieved and ran to the kang and fell into a deep sleep.
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