"These little guys still remember us?" Su Nian smiled and patted all the dogs to show encouragement.
"Of course," Hu Hongde said proudly. He invited the two of them to sit down inside and poured them some tea. "Please sit down for a while. I'll go get something!"
Chu Beichen brought gifts for Hu Hongde, which were two boxes of good wine and some Quzhou specialties. He moved the things into the house and put them down, and Hu Hongde just came out.
Hu Hongde invited the two to the table and poured the contents of the envelope onto the table. "This is it!"
With a clang, a small silver key appeared in front of the two people. The key was tied with a colorful silk thread. Over the years, the silk thread had faded a little.
Su Nian's heart was beating fast. This key was not the common flat shape, but a quadrangular prism with many serrations on the edge. She picked up the key and examined it carefully in the sunlight.
Chu Beichen's thick black eyebrows frowned: "This looks like the key to the safe!"
Hu Hongde scratched his head and said, "Fortunately, this thing can't be sold for money, otherwise I wouldn't be able to keep it!"
The three of them gathered around the key and studied it carefully, but couldn't figure out anything, so they had to put it away.
"Once we get to Beijing, we'll go ask some old pawnshops. They might be able to tell us the origin of this key!" Chu Beichen thought for a while.
"Xiao Chu is right. The layman sees the excitement while the expert sees the details." Hu Hongde agreed with Chu Beichen's statement. He himself had thought about the key, but found nothing.
Su Nian nodded: "Then I'll put the key away first!"
"By the way, how are the Su family members doing after they came back? Are they still behaving well?" Chu Beichen took a sip of tea.
"Su Jianchun has been on the move for a while now, saying his family's land is barren and he wants to go out to work," Hu Hongde took out a cigarette and handed one to Chu Beichen. "I personally went to Laowan Township and found that this guy actually had a hunting rifle hidden at home."
"This is a serious matter. The people from Laowan Township sent him to jail that same day. After interrogation, we found out that Su Jianchun had just returned and was back to his old ways. He had gone into the mountains and snagged a golden monkey. We quickly went to Su's house and found that old man and his wife had put the monkey in a bag and were about to send it away."
"It turns out that someone was buying live golden snub-nosed monkeys at a high price, so Su Jianchun took the risk."
Su Nian shook his head: "They have never thought about living a decent life!" They always think about getting something for nothing, and it's only a matter of time before they get into trouble.
Hu Hongde looked at Su Nian and said, "The Su family is in a tough spot this time. They have a criminal record. Su Jianchun was sentenced to ten years of labor reform, and the two elders of the Su family were sentenced to five years each. They were also fined 5,000 yuan. They can't pay it, so they are auctioning off their homestead and house."
"Do you want to go back and see if there's anything you want to take?"
Su Nian had been there once before, so she shook her head: "No need!"
The Su family, which had made her sad and upset, was finally destroyed, and Su Nian felt very happy.
At noon, Fan Pengjun got the news and rushed over from the area. They had a lively drink together. In the evening, Hu Hongde and Fan Pengjun sent Su Nianchu Beichen to the train.
This train is quite spacious, but the time to get off is not good, as it arrives at the station at two o'clock in the morning.
Su Nian and Chu Beichen were both young and not afraid of hard work. They fell asleep as soon as they got on the train. It was almost two o'clock when the conductor woke them up.
"Huh?" Su Nian was sitting by the small window waiting. She noticed the train hadn't moved for quite some time, and felt a little strange. "Wasn't it just a little longer before it could get to the station? Why did it stop?"
Chu Beichen had a lot of life experience. He looked outside and said, "Maybe they need to make way for the special car!"
Su Nian yawned and could only wait patiently. After waiting for more than half an hour, the train finally arrived at the station smoothly.
After entering the station, the two immediately saw Qin Hanqing waiting on the platform.
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