Chapter 108 I'm not reporting this
"I was not allowed to participate in the family meeting directly, but they talked too loudly later, so I still heard a little bit. It seems that Ding Nianjun took the family's money to buy some goods, but was discovered by the red armbands. She was afraid of being caught with evidence, so she hid the goods. When she returned after the investigation, the hidden goods were gone." Ding Tao concluded in a low voice, "She was engaged in speculation and profiteering and lost more than a thousand yuan. Among the more than a thousand yuan, she returned a few hundred to the old man's family a few days ago. Do you think the old man and the old woman are not destined to be rich? Before, because the old woman secretly gave the family's money to Ding Nianjun, the old man was so angry that he was sent to the hospital. Later, Ding Nianjun was sensible and asked her husband to remit the money, and she returned it to the old man and the old woman. I don't know how, the old man and the old woman gave the money to Ding Nianjun to participate in speculation and profiteering, and ended up losing everything."
Ding Guo was speechless after hearing this: "Do your uncle and aunt know what Ding Nianjun did with the money?"
If I had known that and still given the money to Ding Nianjun, I can only say that he deserved it.
Ding Tao: "I should know what they meant from what they said. Ding Nianjun was crying and apologizing. Auntie also said that she couldn't be blamed. My cousin also defended Ding Nianjun, saying that this kind of thing is inherently risky. Since she chose to participate in something, she can't be blamed if something goes wrong." She poked Ding Guo's lower back, "Sister, you said that they went out to find an old Chinese doctor that night. Could it be that they went to discuss this matter? After Ding Nianjun's husband left, she didn't live at home. She has been staying in a guesthouse outside."
When they arrived at the paper mill, Ding Guo stopped the car and Ding Tao jumped out. Ding Guo said, "It's not impossible. They wouldn't dare let you hear them when discussing such things, so they would naturally avoid them. Now that something like this has happened in your uncle's family, they must be in turmoil these past two days. Don't get angry with them and hold back. Don't let them know you're watching them."
Ding Tao: "Don't worry, I know what's going on."
Ding Guo dug into his bag and took out a raincoat: "Here's the raincoat for you. Don't wear the fertilizer bag when it rains next time."
Ding Tao was stunned for a moment, and rarely reached out to take it without being polite, saying, "Sister, this, this is a little rare, I can't have it."
Although the things that Ding Guo casually took out during this period were rare items for her, and she could not easily eat them in the countryside, this raincoat really made her feel like her heart was stabbed hard, and her eye sockets felt a little hot.
Her family didn't have a complete rain gear. When it rained, her parents would either cover themselves with a dirty plastic sheet or a fertilizer bag when going out, and at most wear a torn hat on their heads. Such a nice raincoat, neatly folded, obviously never opened, so new, she was a little afraid to take it.
Ding Guo stuffed it into her hand and said, "You have been keeping an eye on Ding Nianjun for a while. If she knew, she would hate you. Not to mention Ding Nianjun, even if your aunt knew that you were on my side, I don't know how she would retaliate against you. You took such a big risk, I can't let you lose, take it!"
"Thank you, sister!" Ding Tao took it and held it in her arms, laughing, "Then I won't be polite."
Ding Guo waved goodbye, rode away on his bike, and hurried to Zaohua Lane to work.
Shi Guanghui and his team worked very quickly. The two kangs had been completed and the construction of the bread kiln had begun.
Although Ding Guo gave them the drawings, this was the first time they took on this job, so they were more comfortable with making the kang and were afraid that the result would not meet Ding Guo's requirements, so the progress was slow.
After Ding Guo came in, he greeted them and answered a few of Shi Guanghui's questions about the bread kiln. Then he put on cotton gloves and carried the garbage out with a basket.
The place to dump garbage is a bit far away. You have to walk to the entrance of the alley, turn a corner and walk a little further. There is an open space over there, and the residents nearby dump their garbage there.
Ding Guo doesn't mind it being far. If it were too close, or there was a big garbage dump at the doorstep, she would hold the system accountable.
After dumping out two loads of garbage, when Ding Guo was doing the third load, she was walking back with an empty basket. She heard hurried footsteps behind her. She turned her head and saw a young man wearing a wide-brimmed hat with the brim pulled down very low, running towards her with his legs almost swinging out a shadow.
Then, four or five militiamen with guns came out from the back and chased the young man. A sharp shout came from afar: "Stop, or I'll shoot you if you run again."
Ding Guo's scalp was about to explode. She didn't want to get into this kind of trouble, so she took a few quick steps, turned a corner, and hurried into the alley.
She didn't want to get into trouble, but trouble still came to her. Ding Guo heard footsteps coming from behind her. She turned around in a defensive position and saw something drawing a parabola in the air and slammed into the basket she was holding.
The young man left quickly and disappeared at the corner of the alley ahead.
Ding Guo wanted to curse.
But she didn't have time to curse now. She quickly looked behind her, listened to the footsteps getting closer and closer, and quickly bent down and pressed her hand into the basket, first putting this sudden disaster into the space.
Be a good kid and hand it in?
Ding Guo was worried that if she acted like a good girl, she might end up turning herself in, so she ate whatever was in the bag.
The militia turned around and didn't see the young man. Instead, he saw Ding Guo, who was so scared that he looked like a white flower and was standing against the wall, not daring to move.
"Comrade, did you see where the man who just ran over here went?"
Ding Guo pointed ahead and said nervously, "At the first alley, turn right and he's gone. Comrade militia, who is that person?"
When the militiaman was questioning her, he looked her up and down, glanced at the basket she was holding, and carefully observed the area within a distance of one or two meters where she was standing.
Ding Guo wore a sweater with a blue cloth jacket on the outside, sleeves on his arms, and a pair of cotton gloves on his hands.
He was wearing a pair of army green pants and a pair of dusty black cloth shoes. He looked simple but...couldn't hide anything.
The basket in his hand was empty, with only some broken bricks and soil stuck at the bottom.
Behind her was an ordinary wall, and within two or three meters on either side of her body there was no place to turn her head, let alone a place to hide anything.
While one militiaman was asking questions, several others had already rushed out and chased in the direction Ding Guo mentioned.
The militiaman who stayed behind asked Ding Guo whether she was a nearby resident and what she was doing there. Ding Guo cooperated and told the truth. The militiaman even went back home with her, which scared Shi Guanghui and others who were working at home.
The militia left only after they were sure that Ding Guo was fine.
After the militia left, Ding Guo breathed a sigh of relief and said that it was right to hide the things first.
If she had handed the things over just now, it would be like yellow mud falling into the □□, which would be shit if not shit. Even though she had a relationship with Uncle Xiao, she would still be in trouble after finally explaining it.
"Xiao Ding, what happened just now?" Shi Guanghui asked fearfully.
The workers who worked with Shi Guanghui also looked over, looking nervous.
Ding Guo narrated the whole incident fearfully, and finally said: "I didn't expect to be so unlucky. It would be fine if that person was caught. If he wasn't caught, who knows if he would cause trouble to me next time we meet. And you also saw it just now. The militia suspected that I was that person's accomplice."
Shi Guanghui said, "Why don't you just not come over for the next two days? We can clean up the garbage together after we finish our work." Then he comforted her, "Don't worry about being suspected. You have a job and follow normal activities. Didn't you just get off the night shift this morning? You came back after work and started working as soon as you walked in. We can't testify for you about your situation at work, but we can testify for you about your situation at home. If you really have any trouble, just let us know and we can testify for you."
"Yes, Comrade Xiao Ding, the militia has just investigated and found out that you were just unlucky to have run into this incident. There won't be any other involvement later. Don't worry, if anything really happens, we can testify for you." Other workers also said.
Whenever Ding Guo cooks at home these days, he would share some dishes with them or make them a bowl of soup. Comrade Ding Guo is a good person, and they remember this kindness.
At noon, Ding Guo made kelp and tofu soup and scooped a lunch box for each of them.
Ding Dayong also came back at noon. After hearing about what happened in the morning, he was also worried: "Sister, why don't you go back to the guesthouse for a few days and don't come here for the time being? This little work at home is not heavy, and it won't affect my arm."
Ding Guo didn't want to act too fearless, so he said, "I'll go to the garment factory after dinner and ask Xiao Hong to find out who was arrested today and whether they were caught. That way I can have an idea."
After dinner, Ding Guo left. He didn't rush to the garment factory. After leaving Zaohua Lane, he found a corner to slip into the space and opened the bag.
When the man threw the bag over to her in the morning, she felt the force and knew that the bag was not light. She also didn't know what was in the bag. Now that she opened it and looked over the things in the bag, she was stunned for three seconds.
Watches, dozens of watches, several bundles of great unity and...
Ding Guo reached out and took out a few things wrapped in newspaper. After opening them, his breathing suddenly became tight and his eyes were fixed on them, unable to move away.
Gold bars, six gold bars.
It is the yellow croaker often mentioned in literature of the time.
Gulp, Ding Guo swallowed his saliva, his heart pounding.
System: "Host, did you get a payout?"
It was quite a fortune, wasn't it? The bag contained more than 6,000 yuan in cash, 54 watches, and six gold bars.
Ding Guo threw his hand, which had cramped from counting money, and said fiercely, "Only one of me and that guy can survive!"
This shit... No, since this yellow mud has gotten on her body, she is not going to pick it off.
Ding Guo took this unexpected money calmly.
Wasn't that person trying to harm her by throwing the bag at her?
What if she doesn't have room?
If the militiamen saw such a big bag of things in her hands, she would be investigated again and again, and asked again and again why she didn't go out to take out the garbage earlier or later, and why she went out to take out the garbage at that time, if it wasn't to provide support, what was it?
It might even alert the factory leaders. Even if she is found innocent in the end, her reputation will be ruined.
The absence of this package is another explanation. Even if the person was caught and said that the thing was given to her, the militia had already checked and there was nothing on her. The only place where something could be hidden was behind the wall. Maybe it had been turned upside down by the militia by now. Of course, nothing would be found.
She has a track of activities, and the time is connected, but the influence she has is completely different from the influence of something.
Besides, Ding Guo felt that if that person was caught, he would never confess even if he was killed. He might even think of coming out to get his things later. Humph, dream on!
After coming out of the space, Ding Guo hummed a song and went to the garment factory.
Xiao Hong was also terrified when she heard this, and said, "The city has been cracking down on black market swindlers these days, but there's no black market in the area where you live. How come people are still going there?"
Ding Guo asked hurriedly, "A strict investigation of the black market? What's going on?"
Xiao Hong took her arm and walked to the side, whispering: "The cows in the village below were stolen. Not to mention Fengning, several surrounding counties are investigating strictly..."
Ding Guo's heart skipped a beat.
In those days, tractors were not common and the old ox was the greatest help to farmers in farming and was the treasure of every village. What kind of people were so unscrupulous as to steal even the farmers' oxen?
Ding Guo never thought that there was anything wrong with Zhao Jinbao's speculation, and never thought of reporting him, even if people she hated were involved.
The last time I reported Ding Nianjun, it was revenge on one hand, and on the other hand, Ding Nianjun's behavior was to pass off a good person as an inferior, which has gone beyond the scope of simple speculation.
If Zhao Jinbao was just doing ordinary reselling, getting some agricultural products from the village and selling them on the black market in the city, it wouldn't be a big deal, and it would be considered as helping the local villagers to generate income. But what if he was involved with the cattle thieves?
Ding Guo said, "Come with me to make a phone call and ask your uncle if we can find a place to meet. I have something to tell him."
Seeing Ding Guo's serious expression, which was like presenting a grade to her uncle, Xiao Hong did not ask any more questions and said hurriedly, "Wait for a moment. I'll go to the office to call you."
Ten minutes later, Xiao Hong came back breathless and whispered an address. Ding Guo asked her to go back to work and rode his bike to People's Park.
After not seeing each other for a long time, Xiao Haifeng became more and more energetic.
"Qi Guangming's ending has been decided, but he is involved in too many cases and the case has not been fully investigated yet." After seeing Ding Guo, Xiao Haifeng first told her about the progress of Qi Guangming's case.
Ding Guo waved her hands. Although Qi Guangming was still alive, he was dead in a sense. Ding Guo no longer paid attention to him. Now she was paying attention to Zhao Jinbao and Ding Nianjun.
She briefly talked about Zhao Jinbao and Ding Nianjun's activities during this period, without mentioning Ding Tao. She only said that she had seen Zhao Jinbao and Ding Nianjun whispering together more than once.
"I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but one of them bullied me at school, and the other bullied me at home. Since I ran into them, I had to listen to whether they were plotting to harm me, and I ended up hearing some other information. I didn't care at the time, and I didn't think about reporting or retaliating. After all, it was a matter of putting your head on the belt. Maybe they would get into trouble one day without me reporting. But today, when Xiao Hong said that the cows of the brigade below were stolen, I suddenly remembered that Zhao Jinbao mentioned beef a few days ago, and then I wondered if he had any connection with those people."
"Uncle Xiao, I'm not reporting this, and I don't want to get myself involved. I don't know much about Zhao Jinbao, and I'm just suggesting that you send someone to follow them and see if Zhao Jinbao and Ding Nianjun are online, who they are online with, and whether you can follow the clues to catch the person who stole the cattle."
Xiao Haifeng just received a call from his niece. Hearing the suppressed excitement in her voice, he guessed that what Ding Guo was going to say would not disappoint him, but he didn't expect it to be so amazing.
Two thefts occurred in Suzhou County. The stolen items were two newly-adult oxen. The higher-ups took this matter very seriously. In addition to Suzhou County and surrounding counties and districts, they also received notices to investigate small markets hidden in corners and assist the Suzhou County government in arresting the culprits who stole the cattle.
And just yesterday afternoon, another ox was lost in the Yanglan Brigade under Huaishui County, south of Fengning. The murderer's brazenness is appalling.
His men had already found out that someone was selling beef in the city and were investigating. There was no clear clue yet, but he did not expect that a clear clue would be sent to him.
Xiao Haifeng: "If you can really find relevant clues through Zhao Jinbao and Ding Nianjun, you will have made a great contribution."
Ding Guo crossed his hands and shook his head, "Uncle Xiao, I just said that I don't want to get involved. Zhao Jinbao is my high school classmate after all. If people knew that I did it, wouldn't they associate me with those scums who reported my family, teachers, and friends? After all, I can't explain one by one that Zhao Jinbao bullied me when we were in school. I provided clues not for revenge, but to help the authorities solve the case!"
Xiao Haifeng said with a helpless smile: "Alright, alright, I understand. I promise not to let your name appear in the case file. But I owe you another favor."
Ding Guo smiled and said, "Uncle Xiao, we don't know if this clue is correct yet. If you work in vain, you can't blame me."
She knew that this line would definitely yield results, because she knew for sure that Zhao Jinbao had been hanging around in the Fengning black market for some time, but she didn't tell Xiao Haifeng about it.
Uncle Xiao is, after all, an official in charge of this matter, and he clearly knew that some people were speculating but kept silent. Although Uncle Xiao would not say anything about it, Ding Guo felt that it was better to leave some things vague.
After talking about Zhao Jinbao, Ding Guo told what happened in the morning.
I just talked to Xiao Hong about this matter. Xiao Hong didn't have time to say it on the phone, so she might as well talk about it in person.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Haifeng asked with concern, "Are you okay? Did the militia give you any trouble?"
Ding Guo shook his head. "That's not the case, but I'm worried there will be trouble later. Uncle Xiao, can you help me find out what crime the person arrested committed and whether he has been caught? This way I can have an idea."
Xiao Haifeng: "Recently, the most arrested people are those who engage in speculation and profiteering."
Ding Guo frowned as he recalled, "The man seemed to be holding a canvas bag... I was also scared at the time, because the militia behind me said that if the man didn't stop, they would shoot. I was afraid of being caught and taken hostage, so I walked a few steps quickly and turned. Unexpectedly, the man who was running also turned and came in my direction. I was so scared that I stood against the wall and didn't dare to move. The man ran away, and the militia chased him. One stayed to question me, and the others went to chase him."
Xiao Haifeng nodded and said, "It's just a routine investigation. Don't worry, the militia won't look for you again. I'll go back and ask someone for details. If there's a result, I'll have Xiao Hong come to your unit to look for you tomorrow."
"Then I'll trouble you, Uncle Xiao."
The next morning, Ding Guo was busy in the warm workshop when someone called her and said someone was looking for her outside the factory.
Ding Guo thought that Xiao Haifeng had found out some results, so he ran out happily and saw an unexpected person.
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