Chapter 51: Guaguaguaguagua screaming at the top of my lungs
After finally sorting out the whole matter amidst all the chatter, Xiang Yao felt a little tired.
I don't know if these old men and women are smart or forgetful, and sometimes they even falsify the amount...
Fortunately, she has a good memory and is never in a hurry to write down the data. She always confirms the data with the people present before recording it.
There were many people present at the time, and there must be someone who remembers how much money others were cheated out of. Xiang Yao also thought it would be better to verify it, so that those who made false reports would have nothing to say.
Sometimes, as a little girl, she inevitably makes people feel unconvinced. If there are cunning people, they might even accuse her of playing tricks, which would be bad.
Holding the counted number, Xiang Yao said goodbye to all the grandparents and then walked towards the brigade headquarters.
Halfway through her walk, she saw a tall figure coming towards her, and suddenly she remembered—
Oh no, she still has something very important to do!
I went to the Nie family and was so busy watching the fun that I forgot about this matter.
I don't know if they were looking for me and came up empty-handed...
The young man was tall and had long legs, and he quickly came close.
As they got closer, Xiang Yao actually felt a slight sense of oppression for no apparent reason.
She thought to herself that it might be because the other person was too tall. Tall people are naturally more imposing.
Unlike her, after growing to this height, there is no sign of moving forward.
Even when arguing with others, he lacks the energy!
Nie Baichuan stopped in front of Xiang Yao and said in a low voice, "My dad told me you were home. I went to your house again to look for you, but I didn't see you."
Xiang Yao scratched his head and explained rather awkwardly, "Hey, I went to watch the fun, and after that, I helped the captain with some things. I was supposed to go to the brigade headquarters, so I forgot..."
Nie Baichuan curled his lips imperceptibly and said, "Then let's talk while we walk."
Xiang Yao nodded quickly: "Yeah."
The two of them walked towards the brigade headquarters together. They didn't speak for a while and it was quite quiet.
Xiang Yao thought for a moment and said, "I've already chosen the location for our transaction."
Nie Baichuan turned his head slightly and signaled her with his eyes to continue.
Xiang Yao: "Do you know that there used to be an old man named Li who lived in the valley north of our production team?"
Nie Baichuan thought for a moment and said, "Yeah, I have some impression."
Xiang Yao smiled and said, "After the old man passed away, the house was too remote and fell into disrepair. I went to take a look today and I think it's a good place."
Nie Baichuan raised his eyebrows: "Aren't you afraid?"
He remembered that there was a large pond in the valley where people had drowned before, and there was a legend that there were water ghosts.
Not long after Old Man Li left, someone reported that they saw something running into the Li family's house at night.
The story sounded very convincing, and as time went on, it became more and more mysterious, and not many people dared to go to the valley alone.
Xiang Yao had just exposed a case of feudal superstition, and at a time when his heart was filled with righteousness, he immediately shook his head and said confidently: "I'm not afraid. There's nothing to be afraid of."
Nie Baichuan studied her expression for a moment, and seeing that she truly wasn't afraid at all, he nodded nonchalantly, "Okay then, let's meet around seven, okay?"
Xiang Yao thought about it and realized that it was not completely dark at that time. If she walked all the way from Old Xiang's house to Old Man Li's house, she would definitely be seen. It would be better to go in the dark.
So he said, "Eight o'clock, it's a dark and windy night, it's a good time to do this kind of thing!"
Nie Baichuan: ...
For some reason, he actually felt that Xiang Yao's words didn't seem like a transaction involving delivery, but rather a "big deal" of murder and robbery...
But he had no objection. Seven o'clock was fine, eight o'clock was fine too, no problem.
So he nodded: "Okay, see you at eight."
After confirming the time, Nie Baichuan asked again, "How much can you provide?"
This determines how much tools he should bring and whether he should bring others to help with the lifting.
Xiang Yao silently counted the fruits and vegetables that had been harvested in the melon field and said, "There are quite a lot..."
"There are about thirty watermelons, several hundred tomatoes, and lots and lots of peanuts..."
She didn't have a scale, so she didn't know how many pounds it weighed.
Picking tomatoes was the easiest, so she picked a lot. As for peanuts, they fetched a high price, so even though it was difficult to dig, she still gritted her teeth, picked up the hoe, and dug hard.
For a moment, Nie Baichuan's eyes flashed with confusion. So many...
He thought so and asked, "This is a lot. How are you going to get it over there?"
Xiang Yao waved his hand: "Well, don't worry about how I get there, I have a way anyway."
Nie Baichuan nodded hesitantly, a hint of deep thought flashing in his eyes, and did not ask any more questions.
After the two reached an agreement, they parted ways at a fork in the road.
Nie Baichuan didn't know what he was doing, but Xiang Yao still had to go to the brigade headquarters to report.
When she arrived at the brigade headquarters, she saw two young men tied to a pillar. They had no idea what they had done wrong, but they were tied back to back in such a blatant display, which looked rather ridiculous.
The sky was very bright at this time. Xiang Yao looked carefully and saw what the two people looked like.
Well, I can’t really see it clearly, after all…
The two men had probably been severely beaten, and their faces were completely unrecognizable.
Zhang Xiaoxia, the women's director, happened to be sitting in the yard knitting, so Xiang Yao asked with a smile, "Aunt Xiaoxia, what mistake did these two make?"
When Zhang Xiaoxia saw that it was Xiang Yao, she immediately smiled warmly: "It's Xiang Yao!"
She glanced at the two people Xiang Yao was pointing at, with a hint of contempt and disdain in her eyes: "Those two are not human beings, they are two beasts!"
Xiang Yao's eyes lit up when he heard this. Thinking that delivering the data wasn't that urgent, he sat down on the stone bench next to Zhang Xiaoxia and asked, "What's going on?"
Seeing that she looked very interested, Zhang Xiaoxia also became interested. She knitted with the two knitting needles in her hand very quickly and spoke very fluently:
"A while ago, a few girls from Team Two whispered to us that they felt like someone was following them. We initially thought it was a coincidence, maybe it was just the heat and they happened to be walking behind us!"
Xiang Yao opened her lips slightly and said cooperatively, "Ah! Auntie, what next?"
Zhang Xiaoxia continued, "A couple of days ago, someone came back saying this wasn't the first time they'd encountered this. They were certain someone was deliberately following them."
"Old Yang, Secretary Huang, and I discussed it with a few people and decided to lure the snake out of its hole and then catch the turtle in the jar. We wanted to see where the person who did this came from."
Xiang Yao heaved a sigh of relief when he learned that no girl had actually suffered any substantial harm, and he worked even harder to be a comedian: "Mm-hmm! Auntie speaks so elegantly!"
Zhang Xiaoxia had deliberately thrown out two idioms. Seeing that Xiang Yao had indeed praised her on this point, the smile on her face became more sincere. She waved her hand and said, "
"Oh, no, no, it's my son who's studying. I sometimes just follow along and learn a few things. After all, we have to make progress all the time, right? So I've learned quite a few idioms."
Xiang Yao's eyes lit up: "How amazing!"
Zhang Xiaoxia blushed at the praise, and quickly cleared her throat before returning to the main topic:
"We found the girl who had been frequently followed recently and told her to pass through that road as usual. Lao Yang then called a few people to quietly ambush not far away."
"Sure enough, there really is someone following us again! And there's more than one, there are actually two!"
Zhang Xiaoxia felt a little scared when she talked about it, and she even knitted slower.
"We only found out after interrogating them last night that these two bastards were just looking for a target and scouting the area!"
"Last night, yesterday, they targeted the person who was responsible for this attack and planned to kidnap him!"
Even though Xiang Yao has always been a broad-minded person, he couldn't help but worry about the girl.
Fortunately, the girls were very alert. When they encountered such things, they did not hide them but reported them in time. Otherwise, a tragedy would have happened last night.
She sighed softly, "That was a close call! Luckily we set up an ambush ahead of time, otherwise..."
Zhang Xiaoxia also sighed: "Yes, it's a blessing!"
After Xiang Yao heard the whole story, he stood up, dusted off the dust on his butt, and said with a smile, "Fortunately, the bad guys have been caught. Our team won't be in such danger anymore!"
Zhang Xiaoxia also laughed and said, "That's right, there won't be any more of them in the future. Old Yang even said he'd hold a public meeting to criticize these two people, and then make them carry manure every day! I wonder if there will still be those beasts who dare to do such idiotic things just because they have grown some weight!"
Xiang Yao waved the paper in her hand and said, "Thank you, Auntie, for telling me. I have something else to talk to the captain about, so I won't chat with you any more!"
Zhang Xiaoxia waved her hand: "Go ahead! I heard about what happened today. Fortunately, you are smart!"
Xiang Yao waved his hand modestly and turned to report.
When she entered, she deliberately walked past the two people and stepped on one of their hands that had fallen to the ground.
It was not until she heard a shrill wail that she curled the corners of her lips and went in with satisfaction.
After giving Yang Youliang the paper filled with names and amounts, Yang Youliang carefully counted the money confiscated from the Siqing wives, checked it with the data, and nodded after confirming that it was correct.
Xiang Yao humbly accepted the compliment and left under Yang Youliang's admiring eyes.
When leaving, the man whose hand was stepped on shuddered and quickly hid his hand behind his back.
Xiang Yao raised his eyebrows, of course not intending to use the same trick again.
She walked up to the two men and kicked each of them, cursing, "You beasts! If you dare to do this again, I'll castrate you!"
The two men shuddered at her words, then cried out in pain, shouting, "Someone's being beaten! Someone's being beaten! Why isn't anyone doing anything?"
But after shouting several times, no one came out to rescue him.
Zhang Xiaoxia in the yard was oblivious to what was happening outside and was only focused on knitting.
Xiang Yao suddenly remembered a line, smiled complacently, and whispered to satisfy his desire to perform:
"You scream, you scream, even if you scream your throat out, no one will come to save you!"
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