"Haha, Uncle Wu, look, as soon as you arrived, Wu Di tried to run away. Did you beat him up last night?"
“Yes, Uncle Wu, this won’t do. No wonder Wu Di didn’t want to go home after going to Hangzhou. If it weren’t for Beiping, he probably wouldn’t even want to come back for the New Year.”
...
Upon hearing Ye Beiping and Ye Xiaoxin's words, Wu Guangfa was already puzzled and even wondered if he had been too harsh on Wu Di.
But Hou Baolin's last words instantly ignited his anger. Pointing at Wu Di, he said, "You little brat, not coming home for the New Year? You think you can fly to the sky?"
Wu Di shuddered and said aggrievedly, "Dad, you're listening to this monkey talking nonsense. When have I ever said I didn't want to come back for the New Year?"
As he spoke, he glared fiercely at Hou Baolin.
The latter laughed so hard he almost lost his balance and fell off the small stool.
Wu Guangfa realized that everyone was joking, and smiled when he looked at Ye Beiping: "Beiping, there's news today about the thing you asked me to do before."
Everyone who heard this perked up their ears to listen.
Seeing so many people, Wu Guangfa opened his mouth but didn't say anything.
"It's alright, Uncle Wu, just tell me what's on your mind. It's not a secret," Ye Beiping said calmly.
"good."
Wu Guangfa organized his thoughts before speaking: "Just now, the two children I had watching Ye Sheng's family came over and told me that Jiang Enhua went to buy meat again today, and... he bought four or five catties, as if he was preparing to eat it for the New Year."
This is not surprising to anyone.
It's the end of the year and everyone's work points have been settled. It's normal for some families to use the money to buy meat to prepare for entertaining relatives and friends during the Lunar New Year.
I don't understand why Wu Guangfa reacted so strongly.
However, only Ye Beiping understood that Wu Guangfa's visit was definitely not to discuss the matter of Jiang Enhua buying a few kilograms of meat.
"And..." Wu Guangfa glanced outside the courtyard, as if afraid someone was eavesdropping, and lowered his voice to say, "The two children discovered that Jiang Enhua always goes out at night. They are too young to follow him, and it seems he is heading in the direction of the educated youth settlement."
"The main thing is that I found that there was a big difference between what they told me and the work points they settled with Ye Sheng's family."
This immediately piqued everyone's interest.
Although Wu Guangfa made small talk, everyone understood that the amount of work points a family could earn in a year was definitely fixed.
In other words, Jiang Enhua spent more money than his family earned work points, and there are many tricks involved in this.
Hou Baolin's first guess was: "Uncle Wu, is their family doing some shady money-making scheme?"
"Possibly." Wu Di, standing beside her, nodded and stroked his chin like a detective. "I've heard there are some ancient tombs nearby. Could it be that she went tomb raiding and got some antiques to sell?"
His words drew glares from everyone in the courtyard.
Wu Guangfa gritted his teeth, cursing Wu Di countless times in his mind: What kind of thing did I give birth to? His thought process is really... indescribable.
"If there were any antiques around, they would have been dug up and smashed long ago." Ye Xiaoxin was a bit older than them, so she naturally understood some things.
During those turbulent ten years, even when some elderly people passed away, just because they had the label of "capital" attached to them, people would be dug up and searched to see if there were any items buried with them.
Not to mention the ancient tombs in Pingba Village, a poor and remote place; they were already excavated long ago.
Ye Beiping and Su Xinyi exchanged a glance, seemingly thinking of something, but neither said it aloud.
Because of three words: "educated youth settlement".
Going to the educated youth settlement late at night, Su Xinyi knew all too well what was there. After all, she had lived there for nearly three years; how could there possibly be any ancient tombs?
It's nothing more than some houses and beds for sleeping.
Given that Jiang Enhua's spending exceeded her work points earned, someone must have been giving her money.
Although the two couldn't guess exactly who it was, one thing was certain: she... had done something as ancient as drowning a pig in a cage.
However, Ye Beiping did not confirm anything. Some things should be seen with one's own eyes. Speculating without verifying such things could cause trouble later.
Thinking of something, he said to Wu Guangfa, "Uncle Wu, have those two children keep an eye on things. I'll get to the bottom of this."
With the year-end approaching, everyone is busy, so hiring two children is the most convenient option and won't attract attention.
"Okay," Wu Guangfa replied.
He then glared at Wu Di, as if to say: You brat, just you wait until tonight.
He turned around and left.
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