Lin Tai finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Take care, sir."
Squad Leader Lin turned around and led his men out.
Old Zou breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what, these people couldn't have any problems. If they did, it would implicate him.
"Sir, there are only a few houses left. It's freezing cold. Why don't you have some tea and something to eat at my house?"
Squad Leader Lin waved his hand: "No, after we finish inspecting the last few, we can go back. If all goes well, we might even be able to rest for a while."
"Alright, business is more important."
"By the way, you're not the only one in your family, are you? Your household registration lists your wife, son, daughter-in-law, and grandson. Why didn't they come out?"
When Old Man Zou got up, he called to his wife, asking why she hadn't come over yet.
“Sir, my son, daughter-in-law and grandson are in another courtyard. We just separated the courtyards but not the family.”
Squad Leader Lin actually knew about it; he frequently patrolled this area and had checked twice already, but he still asked as a matter of routine.
"Have your wife come out too, and bring out your family's household registration documents as well."
People from other places will be investigated, and this time, people from the same family will also be investigated.
"Yes, yes, my wife isn't in good health and gets up slowly. Please don't worry, I'll call her again."
Old Zou had to go back to his house to get the household registration, and while he was at it, he called Li Cuihua again.
Li Cuihua was already halfway dressed, muttering to herself, "What's the point of investigating so late at night?"
Old Man Zou lowered his voice and scolded, "What nonsense are you spouting? Be careful what you say. This time it's unusual, something big must be going on. Behave yourself."
Li Cuihua calmed down and quickly got dressed.
Old Zou and Li Cuihua left the inner room and went to the outer room to hand over the household registration to Squad Leader Lin.
"Sir, shall I call my son and his family over?"
"No need, we need to check every house, including your son's house."
Yes, yes.
Squad Leader Lin checked the household registration; there were no problems.
Seeing that Squad Leader Lin was young and not at all fierce, and that they had even chatted during the previous inspection, Li Cuihua forgot the old man's instructions and started nagging while Squad Leader Lin was looking at the household registration.
"Sir, it must be hard for you to conduct inspections in the middle of the night. Actually, we are very timid and would never dare to commit any crimes. For example, we don't dare to take in any people on our own; we have to register them with the community director."
Squad Leader Lin handed the household registration to Old Man Zou and smiled slightly at Li Cuihua: "It's right to register. We've finally settled down, so we can't let things get messed up."
"Yes, yes, I personally checked the household registration and travel permits of these people. If it weren't for the fact that the household registration and travel permits were from Guojiatun Township, I would have thought they were from Xunwang Township based on their accents."
Squad Leader Lin's foot, which was about to leave, immediately froze.
"What did you say?"
Li Cuihua was stunned: "They didn't say anything."
Old Zou immediately pulled Li Cuihua aside and said with a smile, "This old woman just loves to ramble on, please don't mind."
Squad Leader Lin immediately straightened his face: "Where do you think those people's accents are from?"
Old Zou tried to stop Li Cuihua from speaking, but Squad Leader Lin glared at him directly.
Looking at the kind-hearted squad leader Lin, Old Man Zou was startled by his glare.
Li Cuihua also shuddered.
"You from Xunwangxiang, didn't you just say that those people had an accent from Xunwangxiang?"
Yes, yes.
Are you sure?
Li Cuihua shifted slightly behind Old Man Zou, not daring not to speak: "It sounds familiar. So, so I've been to Xunwang Township. The accent is from there."
Squad Leader Lin almost punched himself. He had already controlled more than a dozen people from Xunwangxiang, how could he have overlooked the accent problem?
Looking back, it's true that although the scholar spoke in a rather formal manner, he did have a hint of homesickness in his accent.
To be on the safe side, Squad Leader Lin asked Li Cuihua again, "Then how do you know that the accent in Guojiatun Township isn't like that?"
Since they're from the same county, their accents are similar, which is possible.
Li Cuihua tried her best to remain calm: "Sir, my son-in-law's whole family is from Guojiatun Township. Those people don't have that accent."
As the saying goes, "every ten miles, different accents; every hundred miles, different customs." Xunwang Township and Guojiatun Township are several dozen miles apart.
The accent of Guojiatun Township is closer to that of the neighboring county.
"Alright, if it's confirmed that these people are from Xun Wangxiang, you've done a good job, and we won't make things difficult for you later."
"Yes, thank you, sir."
Squad Leader Lin led his ten-man squad and knocked on the door of Lin Tai and his group's house again.
“You guys, come with us. We just received orders that anyone from out of town needs to be further investigated.”
Lin Tai and the others looked at each other, somewhat bewildered.
They were fine just now, why are they taking them away again?
However, given the current situation, it would be difficult to succeed if we didn't follow suit.
Of the group, only his nephew knew kung fu, but the other side had ten people, which was difficult to deal with. Besides, the county town was Chenxi's territory, and even if they knocked these people down, they would have difficulty leaving the county town.
"Take your household registration and travel permit with you. If everything is checked again and found to be in order, you can come back."
Ah Fei was tall and had a loud voice. He was already irritable from not sleeping well, so he shouted, "Uncle, I'm not going. I want to sleep."
His accent was very heavy; when Squad Leader Lin heard it, he realized it was similar to the dozen or so Xunwangxiang men he was keeping under guard.
In this era, it was rare for ordinary farmers to relocate, mainly because most of them lacked money.
If you are someone who longs for your hometown, you will return to your hometown this time.
According to their household registration, they are originally from Guojiatun Township, so why do they speak with a Xunwangxiang accent?
This is highly suspicious.
"Stop talking nonsense. Many people from other places went to check tonight, why can't you do it?"
One of the soldiers was already getting impatient. The weather was getting colder every day, and it was late at night, with a chill in the air.
Lin Tai stopped A Fei, who was about to explode in anger: "A Fei, you must not be rude to the officials."
Ah Fei was very indignant: "Uncle, you're an official too, why are you afraid of them?"
Lin Tai was terrified. A Fei had developed a domineering temper since childhood, and if it weren't for his good martial arts skills, he really wouldn't want to take him under his wing.
I brought him along to be my bodyguard, but who knew he would still be so outspoken.
Ah Fei had no idea why his uncle had brought them here. He was extremely grumpy when he woke up, and finally couldn't stand it anymore.
Squad Leader Lin's heart pounded. An official?
That would be even more inconsistent with the household registration!
"You're an official? What kind of official? Why doesn't it match your household registration?"
Lin Tai racked his brains for a while, but couldn't bring himself to say it.
Seeing that things were about to go wrong, Lin Cheng immediately came over with a smile to smooth things over: "Sir, there's something wrong with him."
Lin Cheng pointed to his head as he spoke: "Since he was little, his elders said that the master of the house was smart and could become a top scholar and an official. He believed it and always thought that his uncle was an official."
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