Chapter 11 Chapter 11 (Revised) Cook
This is Lai Tong's family.
Lai Tong has four children, and his youngest son, Wenshan, is only ten years old.
His wife was seven years younger than him. His eldest and second sons were daughters who were already married. He had a son in his old age, and his wife gave birth to Wenshan.
Lai Tong can be said to be the most hardworking person in Mangzhai. The house he built is big and beautiful, which is quite different from Min Wen's family.
One looks like a poor household, and the other will only be considered a local feature.
Fang Xiaoman looked at the small courtyard that was filled with things but not messy, and pondered: "Although there are a lot of things, I can see them all at a glance. Where can they be hidden?"
Lai Tong looked at Sang Baiyu blankly, "What are you looking for?"
Fang Xiaoman said seriously, "Looking for meat."
Lai Tong: “…Ah?”
Fang Xiaoman: "Find lots of meat."
Fang Xiaoman's request sounded presumptuous. Lai Tong hesitated for a moment and said, "My family is not very well off. We only eat meat once every two weeks. I may not be able to treat you."
Fang Xiaoman said, "Bones are fine too."
Lai Tong: “…”
Big bone sticks also cost money.
Fang Xiaoman said, "We're not asking you to treat us, we just lost some meat and bones. Can you help us find them?"
Although Lai Tong didn't understand why their meat was left at his house, he nodded involuntarily when he saw that Fang Xiaoman seemed very anxious.
Fang Xiaoman dragged Sang Baiyu around, "Did you smell it? Where is it? Could it be Min Chun? Does Lai Tong have a grudge against Min Chun? Why would he hide Min Chun's body at home? Let's call the inspector first. Hey, could it be that we smelled it wrong?"
Although Sang Baiyu would not lie, Fang Xiaoman still couldn't believe her when she said she could distinguish tastes. This was beyond her cognitive scope.
Sang Baiyu said: "But sister, you are not good at academic subjects, but you can make a receiver."
Fang Xiaoman grabbed Sang Baiyu's hand and said, "So this is how it feels. I understand!"
This is the mutual admiration between geniuses.
Lai Tong on the side: "..."
Wen Shan asked, "Dad, who are they?"
Lai Tong said, "The sisters may not be very smart, you need to take better care of them."
The largest piles of items in the yard were farm tools and firewood.
There is not much wood, just enough. The coldest temperature in Longxinggang in winter is only about 15 or 16 degrees Celsius, so there is no need to burn fire to keep warm.
Sang Baiyu asked curiously, "He doesn't seem to mind us looking for the body. Doesn't it look like he has anything to do with the murder?"
Otherwise, it should be stopped at least.
Fang Xiaoman shrugged.
She wasn't lying, they were just looking for meat and bones.
It's just that the man's bones haven't been peeled out yet.
Sang Baiyu: "..."
She asked, "Will he be angry when he knows the truth?"
Fang Xiaoman said, "I can help him peel it out. Isn't it just meat and bones? Oh, and add some offal."
Sang Baiyu: "..."
The Bully Sister lives up to her reputation.
Sang Baiyu walked back and forth, his eyes falling on the snakeskin bag under the stilt house.
She walked to the snakeskin bag, and even Fang Xiaoman smelled a strong stench without her saying anything.
Sang Baiyu was about to open the snakeskin bag when Fang Xiaoman got there first and said, "How can you do this kind of work? Let me do it!"
A fair and tender little girl should be taken good care of.
Lai Tong followed curiously, "This is..."
Wen Shan grabbed Lai Tong's clothes and said nothing.
Fang Xiaoman opened the snakeskin bag and several flies flew out.
Fang Xiaoman saw a pile of messy meat, but there were really no bones.
She was horrified, "You actually!!"
They actually removed the bones?!
Lai Tong covered his nose and took a look. "It seems that this meat... seems to have been forgotten to be dried? I was wondering why the amount of dried meat is so little. Who left the meat here?!"
He thanked me repeatedly and said, "Why do I keep smelling a rotten odor these days? I thought a mouse had died in the house, and I looked everywhere but couldn't find it."
Fang Xiaoman asked Sang Baiyu suspiciously, "He didn't lie?"
Sang Baiyu shook her head slightly and whispered, "It's not this smell. That smell is still there, mixed with the fragrance of flowers."
"Huh? Wearing flowers on a corpse?"
The murderer is quite interesting!
Sang Baiyu: "..."
She looked towards the small warehouse she hadn't found yet.
Lai Tong saw that she was staring at him and explained, "My wife is a bit delicate. She used to complain that she was embarrassed to bathe in the river and that the water was cold. So I bought her a hot water bottle and let her bathe in it. In the summer, she complained that the water was too hot and insisted on going to the river. Sigh."
Longxinggang does not have a unified water supply system, and even bathhouses are very rare.
Most local people go to the river to take a bath. The climate here is hot, so the demand for hot water is not high. There are very few people like Lai Tong’s wife who like hot water.
It was very thoughtful of Lai Tong to build a "shower room" for his wife.
Sang Baiyu didn't quite understand what a hot water bottle was, so she kept staring at the ceiling.
The so-called hot water bag is actually a solar-powered water bag, black in color. The one Lai Tong’s family owns is two meters long and can be used by six or seven people.
It is perfect to use a hot water bottle in winter. Lai Tong's two daughters, son-in-law, and children all follow their mother in using this thing.
Lai Tong rubbed his head sheepishly and said, "I traded it with someone in Changxia City. When I brought it back, everyone in the village came to see it and said we were being special... Actually, it doesn't cost much, and it makes my wife happy, so that's good."
Fang Xiaoman asked: "Why are you staring at the hot water bottle? There's no one hiding here."
Sang Baiyu said, "It's right here."
Fang Xiaoman: “???”
There are only hot water bottles here!
Sang Baiyu walked into the warehouse and found the shower head.
The hot water bottle is inflated and contains water.
Fang Xiaoman asked Lai Tong, "How long has it been unused?"
"A month."
"Didn't put it away?"
"It won't get damaged by the sun. I'm too lazy to collect it."
Fang Xiaoman followed him in, and this time, without Sang Baiyu telling her, she really smelled a strange odor.
Fang Xiaoman pondered for a moment and said hesitantly, "Whose family is cooking meat?"
Lai Tong took a breath and said, "It smells good. Someone got rich."
Sang Baiyu turned on the plastic switch, the pipe made two puffing sounds, and water slid down and poured out from the shower head.
The light pink water fell to the ground, splashing.
Fang Xiaoman opened her mouth and tried to close it, but failed.
She held her head and said, "Should, maybe, perhaps, probably...it's not what I think, right?"
Sang Baiyu put down the shower head and turned to look for a ladder. "It's up there."
Lai Tong didn't understand what was going on and just looked at Sang Baiyu blankly.
Wen Shan reacted violently and tried to shake Sang Baiyu off the ladder.
Fang Xiaoman picked up Wen Shan and threw him into Lai Tong's arms, grinning, "Little brother, sister will play with you."
Wen Shan: “…”
He buried his head in his arms.
Lai Tong: “…”
Even scarier than the Flying Head God.
The hot water bottle had indeed been tampered with, with traces of being cut open and then glued shut with tape.
The tape was wrapped tightly, but the person who did it obviously didn't know how to repair things. He used ordinary tape, which kept leaking water and was just barely maintaining the status quo.
Even if Sang Baiyu didn't come, it wouldn't last more than two days.
Sang Baiyu asked Fang Xiaoman to borrow a pair of scissors and cut along the tape.
The starchy liquid gushed out, accompanied by the rich smell of broth.
When the water runs out and the height of the hot water bag slowly drops, a human shape will appear.
Someone was in a hot water bottle, and the scorching sun raised the temperature of the water, and he was boiled.
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Wu Yuanqing was disheveled in the wind for a long time.
kindness……
that is……
this……
Life...
Nata and Ruan Feng lifted the hot water bottle down, and there were a few rose petals underneath, which had become dried flowers.
Ruan Feng said, "It's cooked until it's incredibly soft, like a stew, and quite fragrant. Look, Inspector, it's almost boneless."
Wu Yuanqing: “…”
Another group of detectives leaned against the wall and retched.
Sang Baiyu continued with great interest, "I heard that the southernmost part of China likes to make soup."
Fang Xiaoman said, "Almost. It's quite fragrant. It also has flower petals as a condiment. How long does it take to stew it?"
The battle-hardened Wu Yuanqing really felt uncomfortable at the moment.
He suppressed his discomfort and asked Lai Tong, "This was found in your house. Tell me about it."
Lai Tong squatted in front of the courtyard gate, holding his head in his hands, his face full of fear.
Zuko got the news and rushed over with a large group of people.
After discovering two bodies in a row, Wu Yuanqing stopped being polite and said, "You've come at the perfect time. Let the whole village be prepared. Everyone must be investigated."
Fang Xiaoman took the initiative to act as an interpreter. "He said you must tell the truth, otherwise I will shoot you."
Zuko's face was ashen.
Lai Tong saw Zuko, and it was like he was grabbing a lifeline. He rushed to Lai Tong and tried to explain, "I really don't know. This thing hasn't been used for a long time. I don't know anything about it."
Wu Yuanqing: "It's impossible for the body to get in by itself."
Fang Xiaoman's translation was full of aura. "A corpse appeared in your house, and you dare to say you knew nothing?!"
Wu Yuanqing: “?”
Is he so arrogant?
Ruan Feng analyzed, "Although Li Rong hasn't come to identify the body yet, the clothes she described Min Chun wearing when he left home match the clothes on the body. Although it seems some flesh has been lost... Was he murdered after leaving home a week ago, and then put in a hot water bottle by the murderer?"
"No," Sang Baiyu said, "A corpse smells of decay. Don't you think the broth tastes sour? I just took a peek. Min Chun is rather plump, but there isn't much meat in the bag. And if he had been moved here earlier, exposed to the high temperatures every day, the family would have smelled the stench. I think he was just moved here, and he was already decaying before the move. He also lost a few pieces of meat during the move. Maybe we can find him in Mang Village."
Wu Yuanqing's expression was complicated. "Did you smell it too?"
Sang Baiyu criticized: "Uncle, investigating a case requires evidence. How can you just rely on smell? I analyzed it all."
Wu Yuanqing: “&%￥#@#!”
The curses were very dirty.
Fang Xiaoman frowned, "You secretly went to see the corpse?!"
Wu Yuanqing: “!”
Fang Xiaoman acts a bit like an older sister. Yes, she should be criticized!
Fang Xiaoman said: "Why didn't you call me when you were watching?"
Wu Yuanqing: “…”
All the shops on Pingxiang Street should just close down!
Sang Baiyu walked to Wenshan's side.
Wenshan has not yet developed and is much shorter than Sangbaiyu.
The two are only three years apart in age, one looks like a little adult and the other looks like a toddler.
Sang Baiyu said: "It is true that someone put them in there, but... it may not be an adult."
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Fang Xiaoman: No one told me that I could also see what a corpse looks like [bursts into tears]
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