It was almost noon when we arrived in town. Zeng Haoze invited everyone to dinner and asked them what they wanted to eat.
Xiang Jin said, "When we get to town, where can we go to eat somewhere else? Let's go to our house to eat. I guess my uncle and aunt have already prepared the ingredients!"
Zeng Haoze turned his head and looked at Yan Chen, and Yan Chen nodded towards him, so Zeng Haoze turned his head and started driving again, "Which way are you going?"
Xiang Jin said, "Go straight to the opposite side of the town!"
When they arrived at the shop, Xiang Jin's mother and uncle were busy. After Xiang Jin and the others briefly greeted everyone, they led everyone inside to find an empty table and sit down.
"Girl Jin, the food is half done. There are still a few vegetables that haven't been fried. Why don't you go stir-fry them yourself?" Her second aunt said to Xiang Jin as she passed by them carrying two baskets of hot buns.
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"Oh, okay, second aunt!" Xiang Jin responded and stood up, "You guys sit down for a while and I'll go take a look in the kitchen. Also, if you want to drink water, you can pour it yourself?"
"Well, you go ahead," Yan Chen stood up, took the kettle on the side and poured a glass of water for everyone.
Xiang Jin went to the kitchen and washed his hands, and found that what had been prepared was a steamed pork ribs, a steamed pork ribs with rice flour, and a fish stewed with tofu.
The three dishes seemed a little not enough? Xiang Jin turned sideways and looked at the chopping board next to him, and saw some prepared vegetables waiting to be stir-fried there.
Okay, let’s stir-fry some vegetables and make some soup!
After Xiang Jin made up his mind, he washed the pot and went to light the fire, but at this moment Yan Chen walked in with his sleeves rolled up, "Is there anything I can do to help?"
Xiang Jin looked at him and nodded, "Are you good at cooking vegetarian dishes?"
Yan Chen hesitated and nodded, "Yeah!"
Xiang Jin hurriedly took an apron from the wall not far away and handed it to him, "Okay, you can fry this vegetarian dish later, and I'll cook the pot!" According to his mysophobic personality, he definitely didn't want to cook the pot to light up the fire.
Yes, so she didn't force him.
Seeing the apron she handed over, Yan Chen did not reach out to take it, but said, "No need!"
"Okay," Xiang Jin turned around and hung up the apron again, then walked behind the stove to light the fire. Yan Chen went to wash his hands and came back and asked, "Are we just going to stir-fry vegetables?"
"Well, let's make some winter melon and meatball soup later."
"good!"
"Is four dishes and one soup enough? Oh no, five dishes and one soup. Let my mother and the others cut plates of braised beef for us later!"
"That's enough! Do you want to go find them after dinner?"
"Today? There's no need for today. Your brother and Yan Fei are both here. I think it's better not to let them know about this?" Xiang Jin hesitated for a moment and then said.
Yan Chen said, "Okay, then when you come to the street another day, tell me and I will go with you."
"It's okay, I can handle it myself when the time comes!" Xiang Jin put two more twigs into the stove.
"You are alone, what should you do if you encounter danger? Should I come with you?"
Xiang Jin said, "Probably not. There are Little Curly Hair and Little Yellow Hair."
"Do you believe them too?" The pot was hot, and Yan Chen poured a little oil into the pot.
Xiang Jin said, "There are three of us here, how can we be considered to have strength in numbers?"
Yan Chen asked back, "How do you know that there is only one person there, what if there are several people there? Besides, the man named Wang is not a good person, so you'd better be careful!"
"But?!" Xiang Jin hesitated.
Yan Chen said, "I know what you are worried about, but it's nothing, that's settled! Don't worry, no one will know about this, and it won't implicate me!"
"Okay," Xiang Jin finally agreed after hesitating for a moment.
Yan Chen put the green vegetables into the pot and began to stir-fry them in an orderly manner.
"Girl Jin, do you want some more fried rice noodles? I'll bring some for you. If you want to eat, just fry it yourself?" At this moment, Xiang Jin's second aunt came in with a small bamboo basket.
, seeing Yan Chen cooking, she was stunned for a moment, and then said.
Xiang Jin looked at Yan Chen and said, "It's been a long time since I've had fried rice noodles? Do you want to eat it? If so, let's fry one?"
Yan Chen put the dishes on the plate, "Have you eaten so much?"
"You should finish eating!" Xiang Jin walked out from behind the stove, "When you finish frying these vegetarian dishes, I will make ants climbing the tree. Speaking of which, there happens to be minced meat here.
But it’s a bit of a mistake, I should have cooked the soup first. You see, after frying this vegetable, it gets cold after being left out for a long time, and the color is not good-looking either.”
Yan Chen said, "Then we won't stir-fry or cook dumpling soup. Let's just make pickled cabbage and vermicelli soup. I think this is pretty good, and it's also fast! The most important thing is that there are already so many meats and vegetables.
There is really no need to cook another dumpling soup."
Xiang Jin thought for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, I'll make ants on the tree for you next time." After saying that, she added some water to the pot and quickly washed the pot.
, then added some water into it, and then added the seasonings.
Just when they were halfway through the meal, Yan Chen saw the little yellow guy poking his head outside the shop. He immediately put down his bowl and chopsticks, saying that it was a bit boring because there were so many people in the room, and he went out to take a breather!
Everyone knew that he had a history of mysophobia, but they didn't pay much attention to what he said.
After Yan Chen went out, he led the little yellow guy to the street at the corner next to him, "How did you find this place?"
The little Huangmao said, "We have found the turtle grandson. We have been following him for several days. No, we haven't seen you all the time. Aren't we a little anxious? We can only come here to find you."
Already."
Yan Chen said, "Don't worry, since I promised you things, I won't regret it. We just came back after the exam."
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa," the little yellow-haired man suddenly felt a little embarrassed when he heard what he was thinking, and then he kept responding.
Yan Chen asked, "Where is he?"
The little Huang Mao said, "First we found him in a bathhouse over there at the Zhu'er Market, and then we kept following him, and then we found out that he always went to a teahouse over there on Xinyang Street.
Playing cards, we stay there all day, and sometimes we play all night, and my brother is still there to guard me at the moment, what do you think, do you want to go there?"
"Do you know where he lives?" Yan Chen asked without answering.
The little yellow haired man nodded his head, "Oh, I know, I know, we followed him to his home!"
"Who is in his family?"
"It seems like there are his parents, his wife and son!"
Yan Chen frowned, lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then took out two hundred yuan from his pocket and handed it to the other party, "You and your brother can use this money to buy some food.
Then help us keep an eye on him for two days, and what else?" At this point, he raised his finger at the other party.
Xiao Huangmao was very sensible and listened to him, and then Yan Chen whispered a few words to him softly. The other person's eyes widened immediately, looking a little embarrassed.
Yan Chen said, "Don't worry, as long as you do what I say, he will never find out who you are, and no one will know that it was you who did it. If you do it well, we will still be there when the time comes."
I’ll give you an additional five hundred yuan each!”
"Really, really?" A look of surprise suddenly appeared on the other person's face.
"nature!"
Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, Xiao Huangmao immediately agreed, "Okay, then it's settled? But you guys have to come quickly, this matter can't be delayed for too long!"
Yan Chen gave them a promise, "Okay, the day after tomorrow, we will take to the streets the day after tomorrow!"
"Okay! Then we'll come back to you then!" After saying that, the little yellow guy turned around and left.
After dinner, Yan Chen took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and said to Xiang Jin, "Just now Xiao Huangmao has found the person, I asked them to continue to follow, we will go to the streets the day after tomorrow!"
"Found it?!" Xiang Jin was surprised, a look of surprise suddenly flashed in his eyes, "He is indeed still in this town!"
Yan Chen nodded, "Well, I've been looking for him for several days. They have been following each other these past few days."
Xiang Jin said, "How about you go back first, and I won't go back for the time being?"
Yan Chen disagreed, "It's better to go back. What I agreed with the other party is the day after tomorrow."
"What if he runs away again?" Xiang Jin was a little worried about this.
"Don't worry, he can't run away. They followed him to his home!"
"That's good, that's good," Xiang Jin breathed a sigh of relief.
"Why is this good?" Xiang Jin and her uncle asked as he passed by them.
Xiang Jin said, "Oh, it's nothing, it's just that I borrowed a book from our library before, and it seemed to have been left where we were eating yesterday. I thought it was lost, and I would have to pay the school for compensation.
Yan Chen just said that he picked up the book."
"Oh, is that what it is? Just be careful from now on," her uncle laughed and followed.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yes, that's right!"
After Xiang Jin also got out of the car, Yan Chen and his cousin gave Yan Chen a funny look in the rearview mirror, and then asked, "At that time in town, you and that girl Xiang Jin were talking about something.
What?"
Yan Chen said, "It's nothing, I just said a few words!"
Zeng Haoze glanced at him again in the rearview mirror, and then sighed, "Hey, they say that girls can't be admitted in college, and this boy is also worrying when he is older. Do you like that girl?"
"Yeah!" Yan Chen didn't hide anything and admitted it generously.
Zeng Haoze was surprised for a moment, then the smile on his lips grew deeper, "Good taste!"
The corners of Yan Chen's lips curled up, and then he asked, "What about you?"
"What me?"
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
"No, I'm not in a hurry. I'm only twenty now. I won't consider this matter until I'm at least thirty!"
"So late?"
"I'm a soldier. The army encourages late marriage and late childbearing. What about you? You really don't plan to join the army?"
Yan Chen said, "I'm not interested in being a soldier. I have my own life plan."
"Be a world-renowned painter, do business, or go into politics?"
"I'm not interested in being in politics or being a famous painter, let's go into business!"
After hearing this, Zeng Haoze nodded, "Well, as the pace of the country's reform and opening up continues to accelerate, there will be many opportunities in the future. With your mind and ability, I believe you will definitely carve out a vast world of your own.
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"Thank you bro!"
"Why are you thanking me? We are brothers. Although I am just your cousin, I have always treated you as a real brother!"
"I know!"
The car drove into their yard, and the two got out of the car. Yan Chen and his grandparents came out of the house to greet them, chatting and laughing with the family of four.
"Have you eaten yet? If not, I'll make dumplings for you. I made them with your father at that time?" Yan Chen's grandmother looked at the two brothers with a smile in her eyes.
Yan Chen nodded, "Yes, I ate. I ate at Xiang Jin's shop."
Yan Chen and his grandmother said again, "Oh, are you eating at their shop again? This kid invites you to eat at their shop every time. Your father and I are always sorry. You said this shop is not only
Their family, as well as her two uncles and aunts."
Yan Chen comforted her and said, "It's okay. Xiang Jin is there to pay living expenses for her uncles every month, and I often treat them to dinner at school."
"Is that so? That's good, that's good! I'm afraid that if we always make others suffer, they will feel uncomfortable," Yan Chen and his grandmother added.
Yan Chen said, "No, Xiang Jin and her family are not that stingy."
"That child is!" Her grandmother nodded again.
Yan Chen went upstairs to put the bags, and Zeng Haoze asked his grandparents again, "Are you done making the dumplings? How about I join you?"
Grandma Mo hesitated for a moment, then looked at her old man and said, "How about we pack a little more, now that the children are back and the manpower is fast, let Chen Chen get some for Jin Yatou and the others.
Her mother is busy doing business on the street every day, so she probably doesn’t have time to make dumplings?”
Grandpa Zeng nodded, "Okay, then I'll mix the stuffing, and you can make the dough!"
Zeng Haoze rolled up his sleeves and said, "I'll make the noodles. Grandpa and grandma, you go and mix the stuffing."
The old couple hesitated when they looked at their handsome grandson. Zeng Haoze comforted them and said, "Don't worry, I will do this when I am very young. My parents were very busy at that time and could rarely take care of me.
So I take care of myself, and sometimes I make some dumplings for them and freeze them in the refrigerator for them to cook and eat when they are free."
Grandma Mo immediately smiled and rolled her eyes. She reached out and stroked his head and said with heartache, "Oh, my eldest grandson is really capable!"
Zeng Haoze said, "What is this? In fact, I think it is quite interesting to take care of myself."
"Okay, okay, then you make the noodles, and your grandpa and I will mix the stuffing!"
Yan Chen came down from upstairs and saw everyone busy working, "Do you still need to pack it?"
Grandma Mo waved to him, "Chenchen, come here quickly, give these to Jin Yatou and the others first, let them cook and eat them at night, otherwise they will have to put them away tomorrow."
Yan Chen nodded slightly, and then took the basket from his grandmother's hand.
When Yan Chen went there, Xiang Jin was really accompanying her grandfather in sorting out the dishes for dinner.
"Xiao Chen is here?" Xiang Jin and her grandfather saw Yan Chen first.
"Hello, Grandpa Yang!"
"Oh, okay, okay, come and sit down," said Xiang Jin and her grandfather pulled a small bench from the side.
Xiang Jin saw the basket in his hand and said, "What are you holding?"
Yan Chen said, "Dumplings, my grandparents said they would bring them for you to cook and eat at night."
Xiang Jin stood up and said, "Wait a minute, I'll wash my hands!"
"Okay," Yan Chen raised the corners of her mouth slightly, then walked over to Xiang Jin and sat down next to her grandfather.
Xiang Jin and her grandfather said politely, "Your grandparents can just eat it yourself if they have packed it for you. Please bring it to us!"
Yan Chen said, "They pack a lot!"
Xiang Jin and her grandfather nodded, and then asked him about his recent living conditions. Yan Chen said yes, everything was fine.
Xiang Jin and her grandfather nodded again, and then asked him if he wanted to go back to the provincial capital to celebrate the New Year this year, and if so, when would he leave?
Yan Chen answered them all one by one.
When Xiang Jin came back after washing his hands, he picked up the basket from the ground and said immediately, "Wow, it's so heavy. Yan Chen, how many dumplings did your family bring to our family?"
Yan Chen said, "I don't know, my grandma is pretending," and he stood up from his seat, then stretched out his hand to her, "Give it to me, I will take it to the kitchen for you!"
Xiang Jin waved her hand towards him, "No, no, I can carry this. You can sit down." After saying that, she turned around and went to the kitchen.
Yan Chen had no choice but to sit back on the stool.
On the third day, Xiang Jin and Yan Chen each found a reason to go to the town. They had just arrived at the place where they met Xiao Huang Mao and Xiao Curly Mao eating noodles that day, and Xiao Curly Mao led them to a place.
Hidden place.
The place seemed to be an open-air kiln that had been abandoned for a long time, and there were overgrown weeds everywhere.
Xiang Jin took a quick look around and found that there were no other people around, and there were no signs of being stepped on. She was immediately satisfied with the performance of these two people.
"That man is locked up in that room. Go in quickly. Don't worry, we didn't make any noise when we caught him, and we didn't let him see us."
Xiang Jin glanced at the crack in the door and saw that Wang Fugui's hands and feet were tied up, and there was a linen bag covering his head. It really looked like something out of a kidnapping story.
She couldn't help but curled her lips, and then
He handed him the two yellow thorn poles in his hands and said, "You two go and give him a good beating, and then search him to see if there is any money or bank cards or anything like that. If so,
The bank card forced him to reveal his bank card password."
The little curly hair said, "But what if he hears our voices? We will still be hanging out on the street!"
Xiang Jin rolled his eyes at him angrily, "Don't you know how to hold your nose or throat and say it?"
After saying that, she took out two more self-made ghost masks from her bag and handed them to them, saying, "Now, take this, this robe and these gloves. I've prepared them for you. I promise to cover you up."
It’s so tight that no flaws will be revealed!”
The little curly hair was a little tangled, so Xiang Jin continued to take advantage of it, "Don't worry, just use this stick to hit him on the body. As long as you don't hit the head, you can't kill him. In addition, I will give you three hundred more each."
, plus the two thousand three that each of you still owes you that day, the total is two thousand six!"
The little curly hair was a little moved, and then he looked at Yan Chen, and Yan Chen said, "Don't worry, I will certainly fulfill my promise to you!"
The little curly hair immediately became excited and agreed, "Okay! Let's do it!"
Then he hooked his finger at the little yellow fur inside, and the little yellow fur came out quickly.
The little curly boy pulled him aside and whispered a few words, and then the two of them took the mask from Xiang Jin's hand and put it on, then put on the black robe and gloves that Xiang Jin prepared for them, and then
One person took a yellow thorn pole and strode in.
The man in the sack was rolling around on the ground like a living loach that was short of water. Judging from the painful grunting, the other person had sealed his mouth.
Xiang Jin cast an appreciative look at the two gangsters, these two guys weren't stupid!
Xiang Jin also quickly took out two other ghost masks and black robes for her and Yan Chen to put on too.
The two of them opened the door and walked in, then closed the door again, and then stood at the door and stared coldly.
After beating up the man on the ground, the two went to search his body. They first found several hundred dollars from his pockets and trouser pockets, and then found another one from his underwear.
An ID card and bank card.
Did he really have a bank card on him? Xiang Jin's eyes became excited.
The little curly man squatted down and opened the sack covering Wang Fugui's head, then lifted him up from the ground, tore off the tape on his mouth, and asked fiercely, "Say,
What’s your bank card PIN?”
When Wang Fugui saw the ferocious faces in front of him, he was immediately frightened, "Ghost?!"
The little curly hair punched him in the face, and Wang Fugui immediately stopped screaming. The little curly hair asked in a rough voice, "Tell me, what is the bank card password?"
Wang Fugui trembled and said with a frightened look on his face, "You, who are you?"
The little curly hair was clever and did not answer his question directly, but said sarcastically, "I see you playing cards in that teahouse every day, from morning to night, from dusk to dawn, you must be very good.
Money?! Come on, give me some money to spend!"
"Oh, no, no, I have no money, I have no money, really!" Wang Fugui shrank back and shook his head!
"You're not telling the truth, are you?" The little curly man rushed forward and kicked him hard, and then waved the yellow thorn pole in his hand.
The stick hit Wang Fugui firmly on the body, and Wang Fugui rolled around on the ground like an insect on the verge of death.
"Say or not?"
Wang Fugui really couldn't bear the pain, so he begged for mercy, "I say, I say, I don't have much money. If the richest person in the town is the braised vegetable restaurant across the street, they
You will make hundreds of dollars every day, you
Let’s go find them and rob them! The proprietress of the braised meat shop is very easy to deceive. Yes, she is a silly girl. As long as you say some nice words or sweet words to her, she will obediently do it.
I’ll give you the money!”
Xiang Jin's eyes suddenly turned cold. After hearing this, the little yellow hair and the little curly hair looked at each other, and then the little yellow hair shook Wang Fugui's cheek hard.
A slap in the face, "Damn it, I'm asking you, what is your bank card password? You ask me questions, do you believe it or not? If you don't tell me, I will destroy you?!"
"Yes, destroy him!" The little curly hair said, "Damn, you still asked us to use the beauty trap, disgusting!" He then kicked him hard in the arm.
"Oh..." Wang Fugui felt pain, covered his arm and hid aside, "I said, I said, 104731!"
"Is it true?" Xiao Huangmao raised his fist at him.
Wang Fugui shrank his neck and raised his hands to cover his face.
The little Huangmao took the bank card and ID card and ran towards Jin and the others, and presented them respectfully, "104731!"
Xiang Jin reached out to take it, then nodded towards him, and then heard the little curly slapped Wang Fugui again, "Damn, what are you looking at? If you look at me again, I'll pluck out my eyeballs!"
Wang Fugui quickly turned his head away, then lowered his gaze. The little curly man tore off another piece of tape to seal his mouth, and then put the sack on his head.
Xiang Jin walked over unhurriedly, and then kicked him on the arm. He heard a click, and the other person's arm hung down like a rag. The other person hugged his broken arm.
His arms were rolling over and over on the ground.
Xiang Jin looked down at the other party coldly, then picked up the two yellow thorn poles from the ground and turned around and left.
When Xiao Huang Mao and Xiao Curly Mao saw each other, they were immediately horrified. They looked at each other, and then they both saw fear in each other's eyes!
Oh my god, how powerful is she? She broke the opponent's arm with just one kick? And the way she looked at the opponent just now was like looking at an ant.
After Xiang Jin went out, Yan Chen hooked his fingers at the two of them, and they hurriedly followed him out.
"Let one of you stay here and continue to watch him, and the other of you can go with us to get the money."
The two discussed it and finally decided that Xiao Huangmao would be the guard here and Xiao Curly Mao would go with them to withdraw the money.
Several people went to a nearby rural commercial bank to withdraw money, and withdrew a total of 15,350 yuan from the ATM. There were still more than ten yuan in change that was difficult to withdraw. Xiang Jin and the others
No more.
Xiang Jin said, "When we go back later, you two will leave him at a crowded intersection while no one is paying attention."
"Why?" The little yellow hair was puzzled.
Yan Chen said, "Do you want to carry a murder case on your body? He has been seriously injured. If you leave him here, no one will know. What if something happens then?"
"Oh, okay, okay!" The little yellow haired man was frightened for a while, so he hurriedly responded.
Xiang Jin then said again, "Go quickly, we will wait for you at the place where you had the noodles. Remember, take back the mask, robe, and gloves I gave you intact!"