Chapter 1024 This trip is worth it

Just as Jiang Duo had investigated before, the care for the sanatorium in this village is on a rotation basis.

Every three families form a group to take care of the patients for one day, cooking for the patients, washing and cleaning.

This schedule is basically fixed. Their village is not big, and basically they have to rotate once a month.

Mingzhu caught a talkative aunt and chatted with her for a long time. She even took out a photo when she took money out of her bag to pay the villagers.

She didn't pick it up right away, but counted the money for others first. Instead, a guy next to her picked up the photos for her, took a look at them, handed them to Mingzhu, and asked with a smile: "Is this a photo of your mother? It seems that you have a good relationship. You even take photos of your family when you go out."

Mingzhu took it with a smile, but her heart was already stirred. She deliberately put the photo next to her face and looked at everyone: "Do you think we look alike?"

Several people came closer to take a look, and some people casually agreed that they looked a bit alike.

But some people were more honest and said directly: "Why do I feel that you don't look like your mother? You should look more like your father."

Mingzhu smiled and put the photo back into her wallet: "It seems that most daughters look more like their fathers. Isn't it said that sons look like their mothers and daughters look like their fathers?"

How could no one recognize the person in the photo?

She pondered for a moment and suddenly thought of a possibility.

She smiled and counted out two yuan and ten cents and handed it to the other party, and once again pretended to sigh casually: "Oh, such a big basket of things, but we only sold it for such a small amount of money. It's really not easy for us ordinary people."

"It's better now. Every household has its own land and just needs to pay the public grain on time. Everyone has more free time. Wasn't life harder in the past?"

Mingzhu nodded: "In our village, apart from farming and raising children, is there no other way to make money?"

Several people waved their hands: "Hey, we all rely on this to make a living."

Mingzhu asked again: "Is there no family that was originally unknown, but is now living a better and better life?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Or it was the elder sister who had just picked up the photos for her who seemed to remember something and said to the others, "Don't say there is no such thing. The old Shan family in the east room of my house has been living well in recent years. At the end of last year, they built a large brick and tile house that is the only one in our village."

"Shan Demao's family. It seems that his son has gone to the city to work."

"Yes, what kind of job does his son do? He earns so much money. The last time I went to his house to deliver something, it happened to be dinner time. There were two meat dishes on the table for a meal. Wow, I really can't imagine it."

"His son doesn't have a good job either. I met him once when I went to the city to do business in the second half of last year. He worked in a timber factory and only made more than 40 yuan a month."

"Maybe there was a better job before."

Several people talked about it, and Mingzhu got a general idea.

When this wave of agricultural products was harvested, it was noon, and everyone went back to their homes to cook.

Mingzhu and Jiang Duo were also free, and the two handed the stall to Kang Jingzhi's people to clean up. They first found a place to take a walk, and went directly into the space when no one was around.

Mingzhu took out the photo and handed it to Jiang Duo: "Husband, you heard everything just now, what do you think?"

Jiang Duo turned the photo over and glanced at the photo of Lan Chunju.

This photo is very clear and was taken in the past two years. Jiang Duo found it from some archival materials.

If she came to live here when she was sick in the past few years, then it is impossible that none of the villagers in this village who were responsible for taking turns to take care of the patient recognized her.

But when those people stared at the photo and compared it with Mingzhu's appearance, none of them could help but think that there was only one possibility.

"Lan Chunju has never lived here."

"Could it be that there is something wrong with your investigation?"

"Uncle Zhong's buses to send Lan Chunju are not fixed every time. Several people said that they sent Lan Chunju here, so there should be no mistake. After all, they are all people from the unit, and one of the drivers is my man. There is no way there is a mistake."

"Then there is only one possibility," Mingzhu looked at Jiang Duo with serious eyes: "Lan Chunju did come here, but the villagers did not take care of her, which proves that she was quickly transferred out after she came.

But the list of Lan Chunju is indeed backed up in the treatment center, otherwise when your previous people came to investigate and inquire, they would not be able to find the list, let alone tell you clearly that Lan Chunju did live here for several months."

Jiang Duo nodded: "Maybe someone fixed it with her and replaced her on the first day she came here."

The two looked at each other and spoke at the same time.

"Do you want to check the Shan family?"

"The Shan family should have problems."

After speaking, the two looked at each other and chuckled.

"It's not hard to find this house. It's the only brick-and-tile house in the village. Let

's go take a look." Jiang Duo nodded, and the two of them left the space and walked to the village.

The only red brick-and-tile house was on the west side of the village and was quite conspicuous.

The two looked at each other, went around to the empty corner behind the house, entered the space, located it, and moved to each other's house.

It was dinner time, and there were sounds of dishes and chopsticks colliding and people chatting while eating.

The man said, "Mom, this braised pork is a little salty."

The old woman said, "It's better to be salty, otherwise the daughters of this family will only eat meat at home every day. These daughters are raised by other people and are useless. If it's salty, they will eat less."

"Mom, our family doesn't need this little money now..."

"Nonsense! I only have four or five hundred yuan left, and our Xiaowei is about to get married. If we don't save money, we will end up eating up all the money and still be poor."

The man laughed, "Oh, what are you afraid of? It's easy for us to make money. When that girl comes back to live for two months, we will have five or six hundred again."

"Look how long she hasn't been here? It's been more than half a year. She may not come again. Then you are in a blind spot?"

There was silence in the room for a long time, and then the man said, "Yes, why hasn't she come for half a year? A few days ago, my mother-in-law's cousin asked if she needed to stay at home recently. If not, she planned to stay at her son's house in the city for a few days. I didn't dare to let her go."

"Then... why don't you call and ask?"

"My mother, do you want to kill me? Didn't you hear that person's confidant say that if you dare to leak this matter or take the initiative to contact that person, our whole family's life will be in danger."

"Didn't her confidant go to the south? Oh, forget it, forget it, let's not cause trouble, let's eat less and save some money, which is better than anything else."

Hearing the word "south", Jiang Duo and Mingzhu in the space looked at each other.

This trip was worth it.