Li Ying went to the small village to look for Yan Biao again early in the morning because she felt that this person must be related to her older brother's disappearance.
But they were still disappointed and couldn't find Yan Biao. When they arrived, one of Yan's children was gnawing on a bone, eating with great relish.
Li Ying didn't want to disturb the peace, so she turned to leave.
A burly old woman stormed into the yard wielding a stick as thick as an adult, cursing and shouting, "Fine, it's one thing for that Yan guy to steal chickens and dogs, but to raise a bunch of little bastards who steal chickens and dogs, I'll teach you a lesson today!"
As he spoke, he swung the stick in his hand and smashed it down on the children.
At this moment, Yan Biao's wife rushed out of the house and grabbed the old woman's stick.
"Aunt Cao, what's going on? Why is it making such a fuss as soon as we entered the yard?"
"What's going on? Look at you, you little beast! My daughter-in-law is in her postpartum period, and the pig's trotters and ribs I exchanged with the supply and marketing cooperative haven't even been given a bite to her yet, and they've all been stolen by your bunch of brats. Tell me, how are you going to resolve this?"
Yan Biao's wife glanced at the children who were still licking their lips, her anger flaring. She grabbed the oldest child and demanded, "Tell me, who stole the footnotes and ribs?"
The child who was asked the question trembled with fear and stammered for a long time, unable to utter a coherent sentence.
"I asked you to speak, are you mute?"
In a fit of anger, Yan Biao's wife raised her hand and slapped her daughter across the face, causing the child to stagger and fall to the ground. Her little face was immediately swollen and red, and she couldn't even cry, her shoulders shaking incessantly.
The other children, seeing this, were terrified and stared at their mother in fear, not daring to utter a word.
Who says that the law doesn't punish everyone? They all stole the food, so it's impossible for a mother to interrogate only one child.
Yan Biao's wife was also angry. She grabbed another boy and demanded, "Speak! Who stole the pig's feet and ribs?"
"Mother, we haven't eaten meat in so long, we're craving it." The son said, wiping away tears and choking back sobs.
"Haven't eaten meat in a long time? What kind of noble status do you have that you dare to eat meat?" Yan Biao's wife said, snatching the stick from the old woman's hand and hitting her head with it.
Several children wailed and cried, filling the entire yard with their sobs.
"Alright, your child stole some, can he spit it out? I don't care, anyway, I got the pig's feet with ten tickets, your family has to compensate me with ten meat tickets!" The old woman wouldn't let it go.
"Aunt Cao, look at our family's situation. We can't even afford one grain coupon, let alone ten meat coupons."
"You can't produce the ticket, but you must have the money, right? I heard that your old Yan made a fortune outside, losing two hundred and thirty in one night. Then give him the money to settle it." The old woman didn't seem like an unreasonable person.
"Aunt Cao, Lao Yan hasn't come back for the past few days. Where did he get the money?"
Yan Biao's wife grabbed the girl who had been beaten and made her kneel down: "Kneel down to your Grandma Cao until she forgives you. Otherwise, I'll beat you to death with this stick!"
After she did that, Aunt Cao couldn't continue to pursue the matter, otherwise she would have endangered someone's life.
"You Yan family members are all shrewd people! Fine, being your neighbors is just bad luck for this old woman!"
Aunt Cao stormed off in a huff.
After listening for a while, Li Ying heard from Aunt Cao that Yan Biao had been gambling recently and had lost more than two hundred yuan.
Li Ying caught up with Aunt Cao.
"Auntie, please wait a moment."
Hearing someone call out, Aunt Cao stopped, turned around and glanced at Li Ying, as if she recognized her.
"You're that relative who came to Lao Yan's house yesterday, right? You heard what they said just now; their family is awful."
Li Ying smiled, took out a few banknotes and a few meat ration coupons from her pocket, and stuffed them into Aunt Cao's hand.
"Here, take this and buy some more good food for your daughter-in-law."
Aunt Cao took the money and meat coupons with a beaming smile.
"You're clearly a straightforward person."
"Aunt Cao, I just want to ask, when did Yan Biao lose more than two hundred yuan?"
Aunt Cao thought for a moment and said, "Three days ago. He's a gambler. He can gamble all day with a few good-for-nothing guys in the village. I remember that day I went to Zhang Qi's house to borrow a winnowing basket. I heard them talking about Yan Biao making a fortune. At the time, I thought Yan Biao was just bragging. Guess what? That night, someone saw Yan Biao being taken away by two people."
Yan Biao made a fortune, lost money, and was taken away by someone.
"Thank you, Aunt Cao. Could you tell me where Zhang Qi's house is?"
"What do you want to see that scoundrel for? What do you want to know? I'm an old woman who knows everything, and I can definitely find out the truth for you."
"I want to know where Yan Biao is now?"
"Does he owe you money?"
"Um."
"I always said Yan Biao was a scoundrel. He has a bunch of kids at home and doesn't care about them at all. The youngest one is only a month old, and he doesn't even bother to provide anything good for the family. He just wants to have fun outside. Oh, and I remember he told someone that he joined some kind of organization where you can make a lot of money by providing information to the other party. I don't know if it's true or not."
Li Ying took out two more banknotes and stuffed them into Aunt Cao's hand.
"Thank you, this information is very important to me. If you have any further news, please feel free to find me here."
Li Ying left her address with Aunt Cao.
"Don't worry, I'll definitely do a great job!"
When Li Ying returned, Jing Chi drove over to find her.
Jing Chi stopped the car and got out, clearly displeased that Li Ying was traveling alone: "Why didn't you tell me you were coming?"
"I'll naturally investigate my brother's affairs."
My second brother is too busy with work and can't get away, so we can't ask our father, who is so old, to come out and look for news of our eldest brother.
“Sometimes, acting rashly won’t get you anywhere; it can only lead to trouble. From what I know, your older brother is still safe. The other side just doesn’t want the machinery factory to fall into the hands of the Lu family.”
Jing Chi did not protect the Jing family. "It seems to be related to the Jing family, but I have limited manpower and there are still some things I can't find out."
"Jing Chi, if Leng Yan did this, what would you do?"
Li Ying pressed for an answer.
Jing Chi said very seriously, "I don't like Leng Yan. His methods are too insidious. But I can also tell you that he definitely did this."
Li Ying was surprised.
This person's statements are simply contradictory.
“Leng Yan has always acted in a self-serving manner, but this matter is clearly very bad for him. Your elder brother is missing, and it’s easy to guess that it’s him. He wouldn’t do something so foolish.” Jing Chi’s analysis based on the current situation was very objective and unbiased.
This is completely unlike the ignorant and incompetent Jing Chi; he's more like Ye Jingchi.
"I really don't know if you're Jing Chi or Ye Jingchi now?"
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