Chapter 438 Poor people get together and become relatives
Gu Xiangfang would never refuse Gu Ning's request.
He patted the back seat of the Erba bicycle and whispered, "Come up here and I'll take you there."
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Lang family.
The old Tongzilou corridor is in full swing.
However, most people's New Year's Eve dinner has been prepared, and a few still have stews simmering on the coal stove.
The white smoke adds fog to the entire corridor, giving it a fairy-like air.
At this moment, Lang Jingshan and Sun Shanghe were busy working in the corridor. One went to the next door to borrow a coal core that was burning red and was almost burning, and the other was cutting vegetables on the chopping board. The small corridor was crowded with people.
Need to turn sideways.
The two of them were busy and sweating profusely.
When Gu Ning came, he saw this scene. It was already late, it was already eight o'clock.
The Lang family hadn't started eating yet. Gu Ning frowned slightly. She took a step forward and said, "Xiao Jing, Brother Sun, are you here too?"
She was a little surprised that Sun Shanghe was also at home in Langjingshan.
Hearing the sound, Lang Jingshan was startled, and the kitchen knife in his hand fell down with the sound, hitting the round chopping board with a clang, "Sister!"
He thought he heard wrongly.
Sun Shanghe next to him also raised his head. He was burning coal on the stove, and he was obviously not very good at it. He was sweating profusely and there was a lot of black soot on his face, like a miner coming out of a coal mine.
It's not surprising that Sun Shanghe didn't know how to use a coal-fired stove. He used to use a stove, but after his mother passed away, he rented a house in the countryside with a stove in the kitchen.
As for Langjingshan and the others, they lived in a Tongzilou in the city. They cooked in the corridor and used round coal stoves.
"Gu Ning? You're here!"
Sun Shanghe was also a little surprised.
Gu Ning couldn't help but laugh as he looked at the young and old, "Why are you cooking so late?"
Look, it hasn’t been done yet!
The coal stove is not even burning.
As she finished speaking, she placed the roast chicken she bought from the back door of the state-owned restaurant on the chopping board.
There was also an aluminum lunch box, which contained braised pork. It was a whole box of braised pork without any other vegetarian dishes. This box was taken from Anjia Kitchen.
She first sent meals to Wu Xiuling and Zou Minghui. This box was reserved for Lang Jingshan and the others, thanks to the An family's strong foundation.
Ordinary people wouldn't even be able to eat enough for themselves, let alone taking it.
Lang Jingshan's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw what Gu Ning was holding, and then he felt a little embarrassed, "Isn't it the Chinese New Year today? Everyone has been cooking for a long time."
Cooking in the corridor and kitchen of Tongzilou takes turns.
After your home is done, I will come home.
There are no parents in Langjingshan's family, so naturally they can't compete with those aunts and uncles.
Normally, the neighbors would let him go, but this Chinese New Year, every household has guests, and the emphasis is on a reunion year.
Lang Jingshan thought, usually everyone gives in to him, but now it's his turn to give in to everyone.
After Gu Ning listened, she didn't say anything, but looked at Gu Xiangfang.
Gu Xiangfang understood immediately and stepped forward to take the coal stove from Sun Shanghe's hand. He fired three strokes, five divided by two, and the briquettes soon started to burn red.
Gu Ning rolled up her sleeves and asked gently, "What are you going to eat tonight?"
The dish under the lid of Langjingshan smiled shyly, "Brother Shanghe, I brought pork belly. Yingying and I prepared eggs, as well as the radish and cabbage I bought at the vegetable station."
This can be said to be the most fruitful year in his memory.
Carrots and cabbage are all rationed, so you can buy them with a booklet.
There are gold bars in Langjingshan, but he is not willing to spend them. He wants to keep them. Yingying is older and has more places to use money.
Gu Ning thought for a while, then poured the pork belly cut into pieces from the aluminum lunch box into the red-hot pot. There was a stinging sound and smoke filled the air.
It's not like ordinary people don't make pork belly, but every household is reluctant to part with the oil. Then they want to fry the pork belly in a pot. After frying the oil, they put the lard in the pan and fry the remaining oil for cooking.
But Gu Ning is different. She uses aniseed, star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, etc. The most important thing is that the oil is not taken out. It is locked in specially. The pork belly is boiled in water and the juice is collected over a high fire.
This kind of braised pork is extremely fragrant.
As soon as I got off the pot, the aroma suddenly came out of the locked doors of several families.
Everyone poked their heads in and asked, "Jingshan, what are you doing at home?"
So fragrant.
Lang Jingshan also has vanity. At this moment, he just feels that Gu Ning's arrival has suddenly added a colorful color to his life.
He smiled proudly, "My sister came to cook braised pork for me."
In fact, Gu Ning was away from home, so there was no need for her to cook!
However, he regards Lang Jingshan as his biological brother, and it makes him feel sad to see him and Yingying dependent on each other.
Gu Ning, who was next to her, was busy stir-frying. When she heard this, she raised her head and said, "Uncle and aunt, it will be ready in a while. You guys should come over and have a taste. This is also a way for me to thank you all for taking care of our little scene."
This was said openly.
The neighbors also laughed, "No, Jingshan is lucky to have you as a sister."
Eat what you naturally wouldn’t eat.
Every household has a ration of meat, and even if there is an unlimited amount of meat on the market, they would not part with it.
Who is willing to eat expensive meat?
Lang Jingshan became more and more proud, and Sun Shanghe also stopped, stared at the boiler, and swallowed hard.
Yingying, who was sleeping in the room, smelled the fragrance, rubbed her eyes, and looked for the smell drowsily, "It smells so good!"
Even the child Yingying was awakened by the fragrance.
One can imagine.
When Gu Ning saw Yingying, her heart almost melted. No matter what, Yingying was so beautiful, with a fair and tender face, dark eyes, and bright red mouth. Her milky voice and milky words made people unable to help themselves.
Loving.
She picked a piece of braised pork from the pot and handed it to Yingying, "Be careful when it's hot."
Yingying was so hot that she sucked it. She held the pork belly and her mouth was full of oil as she ate, "It's delicious!"
Lang Jingshan looked at her and wiped her mouth, couldn't help laughing, and then started to work, taking the roasted chicken out of the paper bag and putting it on the plate.
After thinking about the sliced pork belly, he said, "Sister, I'll save this pork belly for tomorrow!"
He is someone who knows how to live a good life.
Gu Ning naturally did not refuse, "Have you made the dumplings?"
Lang Jingshan nodded, "It's guaranteed."
Dumplings were naturally made. When Gu Ning heard this, he collected the braised pork soup and put it on an enamel plate.
Just put the radish and cabbage prepared in advance into the pot and it will be ready soon.
After Gu Ning put everything in a bowl, he handed over the rest of the battlefield to Lang Jingshan, "Place the dumplings on your own, not as a share for Brother Xiang Fang and me. He and I have already eaten."
Lang Jingshan advised, "Would you like to eat some more?"
Gu Ning shook his head, "I was too full at night. I won't be able to eat anymore. You guys can eat!"
She had no intention of entering the house, so she stood at the door. After watching them finish cooking, she said, "You guys eat then. I have to go back. I'm waiting for you at home to celebrate New Year's Eve."
This time.
Lang Jingshan was a little disappointed. He thought his sister was spending the New Year with him!
But Sun Shanghe could understand, "Be careful on the road and don't let your family members wait in a hurry."
Gu Ning is different from them. Gu Ning still has a family.
And they have no home.
Gu Ning hummed, pinched Yingying's face, and thought for a moment, "It's the first day of the Lunar New Year tomorrow. If you don't go to your relatives' house to pay New Year's greetings, you can come to my house to pay New Year's greetings tomorrow!"
"I'll be at Anjia in the morning and go back to my home in the afternoon."
She also knew that they were a little uncomfortable letting them settle down.
It's better to go to their small courtyard and be free.
Upon hearing this, Lang Jingshan and the others' eyes suddenly lit up, "Sister, I will lead Yingying over in the afternoon."
Where does he have any relatives?
My father has long since passed away, and when my mother was ill, all the relatives regarded them as a plague.
It was true that he had family members of Lang before, but after Lang Hongwei was sent to prison, he had no relatives at all.
All in all, the only contacts are probably with my sister's family and Brother Shang He.
Gu Ning hummed, "Okay, then I'll wait for you at home." He paused and looked at Sun Shanghe, "Brother Shanghe, if you have time, you can also come over. We just have a table together and we can play cards."
Compared with Langjingshan, Sun Shanghe is a loner.
At least Langjingshan had a sister. Sun Shanghe had left his hometown and his mother was gone, so naturally he was a naked bachelor.
He couldn't help but nodded, "Then I'm welcome."
Gu Ning smiled and said, "I wish I could!"
Gu Xiangfang also nodded to several people, and then left with Gu Ning.
Lang Jingshan and the others were not in a hurry to go in, but followed them downstairs together, waiting until Gu Ning and the others were completely out of sight.
They then went upstairs and saw the hard dishes on the table. Sun Shanghe sighed with emotion, "After meeting Gu Ning, I always take advantage of her."
First, Gu Ning brought him supplies in the market, and then he got the appreciation of the person in charge, Chen Qingyuan.
Now, when he is in the market, others still call him Brother Sun.
Lang Jingshan paused Yingying's hand holding the spoon. He lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "Me too."
He knew how favored his sister was at home. Whether in the Gu family or the An family, it was not her turn to cook.
However, when my sister came to their palm-sized Tongzilou, she didn't mind it and rolled up her sleeves to help him cook.
He owed Gu Ning more!
The two looked at each other and sighed together.
Yingying next to her was holding a roasted chicken leg and gnawing on it, and suddenly announced, "I will marry the fairy sister in the future!"
Fairy sister, it’s so wonderful!
These words made the two gay men who were dull at first burst into laughter, "Your fairy sister will not marry you, a glutton!"
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Zhou family.
After Zhou Zhiyuan left Anjia, he did not go back directly, but went to the house first.
At this time, it was already getting late, the office lights were still on, and Ge Weiguo was lying on the table, sorting out the day's case confessions.
These detailed and tedious tasks are the most time consuming.
Zhou Zhiyuan entered the office, took off his coat, put it on the back of the chair, and asked, "How much is left?"
He came here to help for a while, and now he is quite familiar with the language inside.
Ge Weiguo was surprised, "Old Zhou, you didn't go back to celebrate the New Year? I asked my apprentice to go back, why are you still here?"
He originally thought that he would leave once this was done.
Unexpectedly, there was another fire incident next door, and the New Year's Eve man's house was on fire. He couldn't get away from here.
Zhou Zhiyuan picked up the cup, put some tea leaves, and weighed the iron kettle. There was still hot water in it, so he made a cup of hot tea to refresh himself, "I'm not in a hurry to go back."
See him and don't go back.
Ge Weiguo was not polite and handed over the case file directly, "Look at this case. The projectionist who was examined this afternoon was set on fire when he went home."
Same person, just different cases.
"Have you been to Projectionist Li's house to check?" Without waiting for the other party to answer, Zhou Zhiyuan took the case file and looked through it carefully, "Did an acquaintance commit the crime?"
"You really guessed it right. Do you know who it is?"
Zhou Zhiyuan raised his eyelashes and said in a cold voice, "Who?"
"Speaking of it, you would never expect that he is actually a member of the Xu family!"
This case is really full of twists and turns.
Zhou Zhiyuan frowned, "Retaliation?"
Ge Weiguo nodded, "That's my guess." Then he changed the subject, "But we won't know the details until we catch the suspect."
After a pause, he stood up and patted the other party's shoulder, "Since you're here, why don't you come with me for a run?"
Where to run?
Of course, he went to the Xu family.
This is really...
Zhou Zhiyuan sighed, stood up, picked up his coat, put it on resignedly, and said in a low voice, "It's not easy to do your job."
It's like this every day, and my busy feet never touch the ground.
Ge Weiguo got in the car, started the engine, and smiled, "It sounds like your profession is easy to do!"
Back then, he wanted to join the army where Zhou Zhiyuan went, but they didn't want him!
He failed to pass the test and was dismissed, so he returned to the Anzhou City Police Station to work as a police officer.
Neither of them spoke, the car rumbled and drove through the muddy road from dawn to dusk.
When they arrived at the Xu family, the Xu family was having New Year's Eve dinner again, but this meal was more boring than noon.
They didn't even go to the table, they all squatted at the door to eat.
Hearing the sound of the car and footsteps, everyone was a little panicked. They panicked for a moment, and then Father Xu glared at him, "Why are you panicking?"
He held a coarse porcelain bowl and walked up to us, with just the right amount of panic on his face, "Comrade Public Security, why are you here?"
Zhou Zhiyuan and Ge Weiguo looked at each other, and Ge Weiguo was the first to speak, "Understand a case!"
"Are all the Xu family here??"
He glanced at the person behind Father Xu.
"Walking in."
Father Xu replied.
Just at this moment, the brigade captain came to ask, sweating profusely, "Comrade Public Security, what's going on?"
He finally regained his breath. Why did this comrade from the police come to the door again?
Does he still want to be the captain?
Ge Weiguo nodded towards the captain, "There is a case that we suspect is related to the Xu family. Now we need to ask everyone in the Xu family a few words. Captain, please help organize it."
A strong dragon will not overwhelm a local snake.
Arriving at the home court of the Xu family team, of course Captain Xu took the lead.
Captain Xu sighed, "What exactly is it?"
He asked in a low voice, but he felt that if he continued like this, he might have a myocardial infarction.
"Projectionist Li's house was set on fire this afternoon. Half of the house was burned down. I'm here to find out more about the situation."
"this--"
Captain Xu subconsciously asked, "What does this have to do with the old Xu family?"
Ge Weiguo, "I found something related to the Xu family at the scene, so -" He raised his head and scanned the faces of everyone in the Xu family, "Let's investigate."
Discover something!
When they heard these words, several people in the Xu family lowered their heads subconsciously, obviously panicking.
Now, Ge Weiguo knew something in his mind.
After looking at Zhou Zhiyuan, Ge Weiguo said, "Save a separate room for me to interrogate." After a pause, he looked at Zhou Zhiyuan and said, "Old Zhou, you are responsible for interrogating Xu's father."
This is the hardest one to chew.
"In addition, Captain Xu, please help to supervise the situation. The Xu family is not allowed to talk to each other or talk to each other in advance."
Since Zhou Zhiyuan came to help, he naturally agreed. He glanced at Father Xu.
Soon, Captain Xu helped to free up a room.
Zhou Zhiyuan was the first to go in. He looked at Xu's father who was standing aside, and he did not rush to speak, but his eyes fell on him lightly.
The longer this scene and this look go on, the greater the pressure on his heart will become. Father Xu, who was originally calm, slowly began to feel uneasy.
"Comrade Public Security, if you have anything to say, just ask first. I will tell you the truth."