At noon, Ma Dali led a group of workers to clean the ground. They were busy with shovels, raising dust.
Chen Jixing couldn't help but look across the street again: "This is weird! Why hasn't Lingling come here so late today?"
Liu Peiyun on the side was twisting a bamboo basket filled with incense and candles.
"She doesn't usually sleep in, so maybe she was delayed by something at home. What did you say to her yesterday?"
Chen Jixing shook his head: "She didn't say anything, she just said she would bring Gu Yi's wife with her. Aqi is on a business trip, and she seems to be alone at home."
"There's one less adult at home." Chen Sanshui exhaled smoke and murmured, "She has to do all the work by herself, and she might be too busy to handle it. Why don't we wait a little longer, wait a little longer."
Chen Daxing came over carrying a hoe and suggested, "Dad, Mom, the sun is getting up, why don't you go out first? It would be faster to let the fourth child drive you out on a motorcycle."
"No." Liu Peiyun suddenly felt a little worried: "Let's wait for Lingling. She... usually doesn't let me down, why is she so late today? Why don't we go to the north of the city to look for her?"
Chen Jixing was also secretly a little worried and asked, "Maybe he fell down while riding his bicycle?"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Chen Sanshui scolded with a sullen face: "How can you talk nonsense in such a big day! Lingling has been riding a bike for many years, there is no way he could fall!"
Liu Peiyun also glared at her son fiercely and cursed: "Shut your stinky mouth!"
Chen Jixing could only hold back his laughter.
At this time, Master Mo came over with the design drawings and asked Chen Jixing about the specific directions of the electrical wires and water pipes.
"Our boss said that we might need to add an extra budget to build a wall around the perimeter, about one meter high."
Chen Jixing asked awkwardly: "What's the use of a one-meter-high building? Isn't it a waste of money?"
Master Mo explained: "Lingling said that it can prevent floods and insects. The grass in the outer area has been removed temporarily, but it will grow back soon. There are many insects and water snakes in summer. Building a wall can prevent these and also have some defensive functions."
"It's quite difficult." Liu Peiyun said, "You can only see neighbors after walking for a while. There are no neighbors nearby to take care of each other. Such a large piece of wasteland must be surrounded by a wall."
Chen Jixing nodded in agreement: "Okay, then listen to me."
Master Mo looked around and asked, "By the way, why haven't we seen our boss today?"
"She hasn't come yet." Liu Peiyun replied.
Master Mo looked suspicious: "This is weird! How could she be so late when work starts today?"
Chen Sanshui and his wife looked at each other and couldn't wait any longer.
"Let's go and look for it in the Three Gardens in the north of the city."
Chen Jixing took his parents on the motorcycle and met Chen Xingling who had arrived halfway.
"Little sister! Are you okay?"
Chen Xingling was sweating and shook his head: "No! Let's go to the factory first!"
So, a few people just walked forward.
Ma Dali boiled a large pot of water with hay and poured a few bowls of water over.
"Come on! Drink some water first!"
Chen Xingling took off the kettle, poured some hot water into it, and then started drinking it.
Liu Peiyun whispered distressedly: "Slow down...why are you so thirsty!"
Chen Jixing asked suspiciously, "Where have you been? By the way, where is Gu Yi's wife? Why didn't you bring her with you? Isn't she the one who prepares the meals for you?"
"I can't come today." Chen Xingling exhaled and answered tiredly: "Gu Yi and his wife were defrauded of their money. I took them to the police station to report the case. Now they are both still there."
"What?! A scam?!"
"What? What's going on?"
"How did you get cheated? How much did you get cheated of?"
Chen Xingling waved his hand and said, "Don't ask so many questions at once. Let me explain slowly. They were looking for a house to buy. They wanted to buy an old house, but they chose two not-so-old bungalows in the middle of Shuiyue Road. Aqi and I asked them to wait and find out more before buying. But they were so eager to buy that the other party took the opportunity to cheat them and defrauded them of three hundred yuan."
"Oh my god! Three hundred dollars!"
"Oh my god! That's so cruel!"
"How did they trick us? How could we be fooled so easily?"
Chen Xingling shook his head: "They were too careless and had no vigilance at all. They thought that the person living in the house was the owner of the house. When they bought the house, they had no property ownership certificate and no homestead certificate. They had nothing at all. They just signed and paid the money based on a house sale contract. The key point is that the name on the contract is not the owner's name, nor the tenant's name! It is useless!"
"There are residential plots over there!" Chen Jixing couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you remind them?"
Chen Xingling explained helplessly: "I told them. I accompanied them yesterday evening to ask, but when I went there, they had already bought it. According to the landlord, the one who sold it was the tenant, not him. The tenant was from another place. He came here to see a doctor and find business. Seeing that his house was empty, he paid more than ten yuan to rent it for more than two months. He said he would leave after the Chinese New Year. The landlord didn't know much about them. He only roughly remembered the tenant's name, but it was definitely not the pseudonym on the contract."
Liu Peiyun blinked and asked, "Then-then what should we do now? Can we catch up with him?"
"I don't know." Chen Xingling explained: "When I rushed over the house in the morning, Gu Yi was arguing with the landlord. The landlord kicked him out of the house, but he said that this was the house he bought. The landlord was very angry and even called the neighbors to beat Gu Yi, saying that he illegally occupied his house. If I hadn't arrived in time, Gu Yi would have been beaten badly. The landlord finally stopped and listened to Gu Yi's explanation after hearing my accent that I was from Taiwan."
Ma Dali frowned and asked, "What did the owner say? Is the house a homestead? Is there any proof?"
"Of course he did." Chen Xingling answered, "He immediately found the evidence, which clearly stated in black and white that it was his homestead and he built the house himself. The neighbors and the neighborhood committee leaders could all testify to this. The house purchase contract that Gu Yi brought out had nothing to do with the owner of the house and was completely invalid."
Chen Sanshui has always been a kind-hearted person and couldn't help but feel sorry for the Gu Yi couple.
"What are they going to do? They were defrauded of so much money all at once!"
Chen Xingling sighed and whispered, "After the neighborhood committee leader came, he gave them a lecture, saying that he had never heard of anyone buying and selling houses in this way. The two of them cried and were very sad. I insisted that we must call the police to solve the problem and see if we can track down the thieves. The landlord recognized the tenant's face, and he was also angry that the tenant lived in his house but did such a mess, so he accompanied us to call the police. It won't be over for a while, and I can't help much over there, so I came here first to save you from waiting anxiously."
"I've been waiting anxiously for a long time!" Liu Peiyun explained, "I was worried that something had happened to you... so I wanted to look for you."
Chen Sanshui asked with concern: "Lingling, what about Gu Yi and his wife?"
Chen Xingling shook his head: "We can only wait for news and see if we can catch the gang. But I think it's very unlikely, because the landlord only remembers their general appearance, and they are all from other places. They packed their bags and fled far away yesterday. There are so many people, and it is like looking for a needle in a haystack to find a few people without a specific address."
Ma Dali asked with concern: "Do they have any money? Are they okay in their daily life?"
"There's still about a hundred yuan left." Chen Xingling replied, "There's definitely no problem living. Both of us can make money, and we'll make it sooner or later. But three hundred yuan is not a small amount after all. It's not easy to buy a suitable home, and before I can be happy, I find out I've been cheated... It's miserable."
Chen Jixing couldn't help but criticize: "Why didn't you remind them in advance?"
"There's nothing I can do." Chen Xingling smiled bitterly. "They were too anxious. They didn't ask clearly at all and bought the house without any proof. How can they spend a huge amount of money to buy something based on their one-sided words? They bought it as soon as I turned around. What can I do?"
Ma Dali whispered, "I hope this is a lesson for me. I must be more careful in the future, or I will be cheated sooner or later with the way they do things."
Chen Sanshui sighed: "It's not easy to make money these days. Three hundred yuan... is too much. You must be careful and don't get cheated again!"
Liu Peiyun smiled bitterly: "Okay, stop talking nonsense. It's bad enough to be cheated once, I will definitely not do it again next time. Lingling, please help comfort her."
"Yeah." Chen Xingling nodded.
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