After Qin Ye finished eating the dumplings, Li Shuping gave him the key to the kitchen and asked him to help carry the things in the backpack back to the kitchen.
As soon as he left, Zhou Cuilan looked at Li Shuping and asked, "Sister Li, why did you let him help you collect things in the village and feel comfortable giving him the keys to your house? He is a well-known gangster in Lihua Lane who doesn't care about his life when fighting."
Li Shuping smiled and said, "You also said that he was fighting without regard for his life, not cheating, stealing or robbing. There are many reasons for fighting, and the person who fights may not be a bad person, but cheating is definitely a bad person."
Zhou Cuilan was stunned, and after thinking about it carefully, she realized that it was true.
It was said that Qin Ye from No. 23 Yard dropped out of school early and hung out outside all day. He was cruel and would fight to the death, but no one had ever heard of this kid stealing anything from anyone or robbing any child.
Li Shuping: "I only gave you the kitchen key. There's nothing valuable in the kitchen. I have nothing to worry about."
Qin Ye opened the kitchen door of Room 5 with a backpack on his back. When Yuan's mother saw him, she shouted, "Wild dog, what are you doing standing at the kitchen door of Room 5? Are you trying to steal something?"
Qin Ye opened the door, picked up the key in the room and shook it, pushed the door open and walked in, put the backpack down and came out, and locked the kitchen door.
"How come you know the key?" Yuan's mother looked puzzled.
Qin Ye: "Of course it was given to me by my Aunt Li."
After saying this, he ignored everyone's inquiring looks and went out with the key. He still had to return the key.
Liu Mingxiang: "Hey, that's weird, why did Li Shuping give Qin Yegou the key to her kitchen?"
Cui Juanzi, who was mending clothes at the door of her house, said, "Didn't you see Qin Ye carrying a basket in the kitchen? I saw that the basket was very heavy, as if it was filled with a lot of vegetables. Could it be that Room 5 asked Qin Ye to go to the village to help her collect them?"
Wang Guixiang glared, "She set up a street stall and asked someone to help her do the work? Is this considered capitalism and exploitation of people?"
Liu Mingxiang glanced at her.
Yuan's mother sneered, "She is just a street vendor, how can she be considered a capitalist? But Li Shuping is also brave. She even dared to ask Qin Yegou to help collect things from the village. She is not afraid that this wild dog will run away with all her money and things."
Cui Juanzi nodded in agreement, "Indeed, she probably doesn't know what kind of person Qin Yegou is."
Qin Rong rolled her eyes in the room. These people still had the nerve to criticize Qin Ye. They didn't know what kind of person they were.
No matter how bad Qin Ye was, he never took the initiative to provoke or bully anyone, let alone take advantage of anyone.
Today is Friday and everyone has worked an early shift. As soon as 5:30 arrived, many people came to buy dumplings.
Most people choose to eat at the stalls, while others choose to buy food to take home.
Li Shuping originally thought that beef dumplings were more expensive, but many people would be reluctant to buy them, and leek and egg dumplings should sell better.
Unexpectedly, beef dumplings are the best-selling ones.
"Mom." Lin Xiaoyu got out of school early today and only had two classes in the afternoon. As soon as school started, she ran back to help.
Li Shuping: "After school, come and wash the clothes and make eighteen dumplings for this sister."
"Okay." Lin Xiaoyu hung her schoolbag on the front of the car and washed her clothes to help.
Zhang Jiao also worked an early shift today. On her way back, she stopped at the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a pack of milk biscuits for her son.
Before I even reached the alley, I saw a lot of people in front of me from a distance.
"Sister Xiong, where are you going with the basin?"
"My neighbor said that the dumpling stall in Lihua Alley is selling beef and celery dumplings today. My grandson loves beef dumplings the most. I'm going to buy some dumplings and cook them for my grandson."
"Wow, a roadside stall sells beef dumplings? That's not cheap, right?"
"It's rare, you won't find it in state-owned restaurants. It's not cheap, 50 cents for 15 cooked ones, 50 cents for 18 diced ones, but it's still more affordable than state-owned restaurants. The skin is thin and the fillings are delicious."
"Then I'll go home and get a basin to buy some 눃놅."
The more Zhang Jiao listened, the more shocked she became. She looked at the people not far away and wondered if these people were going to her mother-in-law's dumpling stall to eat dumplings.
A serving of dumplings costs fifty cents. If you sell more than fifty servings a day, wouldn’t that be twenty-five yuan?
Zhang Jiao pulled up the silk scarf tied around her neck, covering half of her face, and walked over to stand behind the crowd and watch.
In less than three minutes, she saw that eight servings of dumplings were sold, and there were still people queuing up to buy them.
My mother-in-law and sister-in-law cooked the dumplings and packed them, and they never stopped.
Zhang Jiao was shocked. Although it was embarrassing to set up a stall to sell dumplings, she didn't expect to make so much money!
After secretly watching for a while, Zhang Jiao found that someone she knew was staring at her, so she covered her face with her hands and walked away with her head down.
Gu Zhenyuan parked the car on the side of the road, and got out of the car carrying two four-layer porcelain lunch boxes, which he brought from home specially to buy dumplings.
When he reached the alley, he saw people queuing up, so he quietly stood at the end of the line. He took off his olive green uniform jacket, revealing a white shirt and a woolen vest underneath, which made him look less conspicuous.
"Have you heard? The daughter of the deputy director of the quilt factory died." A middle-aged man was bored waiting for dumplings, so he started chatting with the people around him.
Gu Zhenyuan moved his ears.
"Who hasn't heard about this? I heard that the body was found in a river outside the city. Deputy Director Zhang hasn't been to work for three days, and his wife is crying her eyes out."
"You'll cry until you go blind. Our Deputy Director Zhang has only this daughter."
"Oh, what a sin."
The middle-aged man said, "I heard that the girl eloped with someone, was raped, killed and thrown into the river."
"Ah, really?"
"Oh, no way, if that's the case, the girl deserves it."
"How shameless of a girl like you to elope with someone? You are so sorry for your parents!"
"I heard he's still in high school."
The middle-aged man replied, "I also heard people say that, but there is no smoke without fire. If it wasn't true, no one would say it. If I had a daughter like that, I would break her legs before she eloped with someone, and I would never let her do such a shameful thing."
In fact, it was just his own guess, and he felt it was pretty close.
Otherwise, why would a good girl run away from home?
The murderer must be a man, and the victim is a young and beautiful girl. He must have raped her before killing her.
"It's really shameful for our ancestors." said the middle-aged man, shaking his head.
Gu Zhenyuan's face sank slightly, and when he was about to speak, he heard a fierce female voice, "I think you are the one who is ashamed, a man like a gossiper, making up rumors about a dead girl here."
Gu Zhenyuan looked up, it was her.
Li Shuping couldn't listen anymore, and she started scolding the middle-aged man who was queuing with an iron spoon. When she scolded, everyone around her became quiet.
The middle-aged man was suddenly scolded, his face flushed red, and he asked back with his neck stiff: "How did I spread rumors? What makes you say I spread rumors?"
"The Public Security Bureau is still investigating the case and hasn't made any announcement yet, and you're saying that Miss Xiao eloped with someone and was raped and then killed. Isn't that just spreading rumors?" Li Shuping waved the iron spoon angrily.
"It's pitiful enough that a young girl was killed by a heartless villain at such a young age. Her family is already sad enough! You don't condemn the murderer, but spread rumors here, making a poor dead person bear a stigma. Even after death, she is still being talked about and scolded. This is disrespectful to the innocent dead, and it is a secondary harm to her family. Do you still have humanity?"
As an eyewitness who discovered the body, she knew clearly that the girl was not raped and then killed, nor did she elope with anyone.
These completely ignorant people's baseless speculations are blatant rumors, and they will make many people who don't know the truth believe them and discuss them wantonly. The victims have become the targets of accusations and scolding, and they cannot rest in peace even after their death.
Li Shuping had seen too many such incidents on TV news in her previous life.
Several people who were discussing this with the man lowered their heads in embarrassment when they heard this, feeling as if they were being scolded too.
After hearing what Li Shuping said, everyone felt that she was right, and they looked at the middle-aged man with contempt.
The middle-aged man felt very embarrassed, biting his groin and insisting: "I heard it from my friend in the Public Security Bureau. I didn't spread rumors. My friend in the Public Security Bureau said that she was shameless and eloped with someone, and was raped and killed!"
Li Shuping: "Bah, you have no friends here."
“……” The middle-aged man choked.
How did she know I was friends with Wu Zhong?
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