When Tang Wenhao walked to the gate of the villa area, Ruan Biao was sitting in an off-road vehicle smoking. Seeing him coming, he hurriedly opened the door and got out of the car, "Brother Wenhao, were you okay last night?".[&]
"Haha, it's okay, you three are okay too!" Tang Wenhao said with a smile.
"It's okay, brother, get in the car." He said, opening the passenger door for Tang Wenhao. Tang Wenhao was not polite, threw the bag away, climbed in, and Ruan Biao also got in the car.
Li Qiang's hometown is about 200 kilometers away from the mountainous area in the north of Lang Son. The road is steep and winding along the way. It is further away than Ami's house and Ahui's house. The road becomes bumpier as it goes inward. Tang Wenhao and Ruan Biao are in good health, otherwise,
The bumpy ride to the destination made my body fall apart.
Even if it is an off-road military vehicle, the speed is still frighteningly slow. If it were in China, at Tang Wenhao's driving speed, it would take at most one and a half hours to arrive. However, Ruan Biao drove for a whole day, and the two of them took turns, resting in the middle.
, check the tires, for fear of trouble if something goes wrong with the car.
Therefore, when they arrived at Li Qiang's hometown, it was already dusk. It was past ten o'clock in the evening. Both sides of the narrow streets in the small town were silent. It was completely different from small towns in China. At night, it became even more lively with all kinds of things.
Snacks and food stalls are everywhere, and there is no such bustling scene here.
Therefore, it can be imagined that the economy here must be very backward. The two parked their car at the gate of the town government and asked the man guarding the door if he knew Li Qiang. He was told that he had never heard of this person.
The two had no choice but to knock on doors door to door along the shops on both sides of the street. After knocking on more than a dozen doors, they still didn't know Li Qiang. Ruan Biao suddenly remembered, "Brother, we shouldn't ask Li Qiang, we should ask A Qiang."
For example, my name is Ruan Biao. In my hometown, people call me by my nickname, A Biao. If you want to ask Ruan Biao, many people may not know it or are not used to it. Also, we can ask directly.
Li Qiang’s wife, ask if there is a beautiful woman who owns a grocery store in this small town, so maybe everyone will know.”
"Yes, that makes sense, then we might as well go directly to his wife! Don't ask Aqiang, there are probably quite a few people named Aqiang, and people don't know which Aqiang we are asking about," Tang Wenhao said with a smile.
"That's right, let me ask this one to see if there is a beautiful woman who runs a grocery store on the two streets." Ruan Biao said, walking to a store selling fertilizer in front of them.
Ruan Biao knocked on the door, and the door opened a crack, and a man's head poked out, and asked doubtfully, "It's closed today, can you come back tomorrow to buy something?".
"Haha, no, brother, I want to ask you about someone," Ruan Biao smiled politely.
"Who are you asking about?", the man asked.
"Is there a woman who runs a grocery store on the streets on both sides? She is very beautiful, she looks about 24 or 5 years old," Ruan Biao said with a smile.
"I don't know who you are talking about. There are more than ten grocery stores in our two areas, all of which are opened by women. Who opens the grocery stores among men? Except for two aunts who are about fifty years old, the rest of them are pretty good.
Beautiful woman, so I still don’t know who you are looking for,” the man said and was about to close the door.
"Hey, brother, slow down, I'd like to trouble you again, where are these grocery stores located?" Ruan Biao said with a smile.
"How can I tell you this? There are them on both sides of this street. You should go look at each house one by one during the day tomorrow! Everyone is closed and sleeping now. Okay, I won't tell you anymore. I still have the lights on.
Here! Pay my electricity bill!" As he said that, the man touched the ground and closed the door.
Tang Wenhao couldn't understand what they were saying and asked, "Brother, what does he mean?".
"Haha, let's search again during the day tomorrow. Everyone is sleeping now, and they said that I was wasting their electricity bills just now. There is no way, our mountainous area is still poor!" Ruan Biao said with a helpless smile.
"Haha, mountainous areas are all the same, and our remote mountainous areas in China are also similar. Brother Ruan, what should we do next? Should we find a place to sleep first?" Tang Wenhao asked with a smile.
"Well! There may not be a hotel in this town! We can only sleep in the car, but I'm a little hungry, what about you?" Ruan Biao said with a smile.
"Haha, I've been hungry for a long time. There isn't even a restaurant here, right? Look, it's dark everywhere, and no one has a light on!" Tang Wenhao said, looking around.
"Let's go, brother, whether there is a hotel or not, let's take a walk first." Ruan Biao led Tang Wenhao to wander aimlessly on the streets of the town like two night wandering gods.
"Brother Ruan, no, let's just find a grocery store and knock on the door, and then buy some food to fill our stomach first, even biscuits and bread!" Tang Wenhao was really hungry.
"Haha, okay, let me take a look! Your stomach that usually holds five or six bowls of rice must be empty already! There seems to be a grocery store over there. I'll knock on the door and have a look." Ruan Biao pointed to a store not far away.
The closed grocery store said.
"Haha, that's right! If I continue to be hungry, I will have to eat ants," Tang Wenhao said with a smile.
"Haha," Ruan Biao laughed, then walked to the door of the small grocery store, hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand and knocked a few times, but no one answered. He was about to switch to another family and knock, when someone inside finally spoke up.
"Who is it? What are you buying in the middle of the night?" It was a woman's voice, and the tone sounded like she didn't look too old.
"Girl, we came here to find someone, but it's too late now and we can't find a restaurant to eat. We want to buy something to eat and drink in your store, okay? We can give you more money, we're hungry
I really can’t stand it anymore,” Ruan Biao said.
"Who are you? Who are you looking for?" The woman inside was obviously worried and did not dare to open the door easily.
"Girl, we are coming from Lang Son, don't worry! We are soldiers, not bad people. If you are worried, just give us food and water through the crack in the door! I can give you money first."
, Ruan Biao first showed his sincerity.
"Oh, what do you want?" the woman inside asked.
"Are there any biscuits and bread? Just drinks," Ruan Biao said.
"There is no bread, only biscuits and some snacks, candies, drinks and soda," the woman inside responded.
"Okay, then you can bring us some more bags of biscuits and candies! I will give you 20,000 VND first. If I think there is less food, I will give you more money," Ruan Biao said, taking some money from the bag.
I took out 20,000 VND and waited for the woman to open the door.
Sure enough, the woman opened the door a little, and Ruan Biao quickly stuffed it in through the crack in the door. After a while, packages of biscuits and snacks, as well as several bottles of soda, were stuffed out of the crack in the door. Ruan Biao took one package and went to
Then he handed it to Tang Wenhao and said with a smile, "Brother Wenhao, eat it!".
After a while, there was no food left. Ruan Biao looked back and smiled at Tang Wenhao, "Brother, is that enough? If it's not enough, buy some more?".
"Not enough! Brother, why are you so stingy? You have to buy at least 30,000 to 40,000 Vietnamese dong," Tang Wenhao said with a smile.
"Haha, I don't know how much 20,000 Vietnamese dong can buy! Okay, I'll buy another 40,000!" As he said that, Ruan Biao took out a few more large Vietnamese dong from his pocket and stuffed them into the crack of the door.
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Perhaps it was Ruan Biao's frankness that made the woman inside relax her guard. This time, she simply packed two large bags of food, opened the door, and took them out directly to Ruan Biao.
"Brother, give it to you! The money is enough. If you don't have enough to eat, I can give you some more," the woman said with a gentle smile.
Ruan Biao couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at the woman. Through the darkness of the night, he couldn't see her specific appearance, but he could tell from the outline and her voice that this woman should be in her twenties. Ruan Biao's heart moved. She should be
You may know Li Qiang's wife! So, he quickly smiled and said, "Haha, thank you! Girl, can I ask you about someone?".
"Haha, no problem, brother, tell me! I like to deal with soldiers," the woman said with a smile.
"Haha, aren't you afraid that we are bad guys?" Ruan Biao said with a smile.
"Don't be afraid, you are not bad people. I can feel it. Brother, who are you here to see? Let me see if I recognize him?" the woman said with a smile.
"Haha, girl, we are also looking for a woman in her twenties, but I don't know her name. I only know that she is very beautiful. She looks about 24 or 5 years old. She is just like you.
Grocery stores, how many girls like you do you have here who open stores?" Ruan Biao asked with a smile.
"Ah? We have a lot of girls like this here! Are there any more specific clues? For example, is she married? Of the girls you mentioned, three of us are married, and the rest are not married yet.
I don’t even have a partner,” the woman laughed.
"Ah? Really, the girl we are looking for is married, so she is among these three. Tell me quickly, which store are they the proprietresses of?" Ruan Biao asked happily, because of this
The range is already very small, isn’t it just three companies? It can be determined immediately.
"Married? Then I am also married, and A Xin and A Hong are also married. As far as I know, they have no relatives in Lang Son? Brother, you said you are soldiers? Where are you?
Are you a soldier?" the woman asked doubtfully.
When she said this, Ruan Biao was a little surprised. Could Li Qiang's wife be the girl standing in front of her? With this hunch, Ruan Biao hurriedly said, "Girl, to be honest, we are in the special forces."
Team member, the girl we are looking for is the new wife of one of our team members, but we don’t know her name.”
"Ah? You are the special forces from Lang Son? Do you know Aqiang?" the woman asked in surprise.
Ruan Biao listened to the woman's surprised question and reacted instantly. He understood that this woman must be Li Qiang's new wife. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? Her man would also be called A Qiang? He couldn't help but respond excitedly.
He said, "Is the Aqiang you are talking about Li Qiang? If so, then the person we are looking for is you."