Yang Changnian was walking and talking with his colleagues. The two of them had cigarettes in their mouths and seemed to be talking about some very happy topic.
Then, Yang Changnian saw a notice posted on the telephone pole next to the noodle shop diagonally across the street. He and his colleagues went over to take a look. This was to remind kind citizens to be careful of "children reading letters, a scam."
Yang Changnian glanced at the bottom of this new notice and saw three drops of ink that seemed to have been accidentally dropped on it.
He took out his cigarette case and handed a cigarette to his colleague, "You go first. You don't have to wait for me. I'm going to the toilet."
Colleagues inevitably complained, saying that Yang was always lazy and had a lot of excrement and urine, so he took the lead with a cigarette tucked behind his head.
Yang Changnian went into the toilet and pretended to squat in the bathroom.
About two or three minutes later, Li Hao came in.
"Brother Shi, you are doing well lately." Li Hao said with a smile.
"Brother Li, don't be so eager." Yang Changnian smiled bitterly.
"Brother Shi, I'm not in a hurry." Li Hao said, "Brother Fan asked me to ask you, what did you find?"
"I don't know exactly." Yang Changnian smiled bitterly, "I only know that one day a man came into the prison cell and met Wang Kangnian. After that, Wang Kangnian's life became easier." "Do you know who went to see Wang Kangnian?"
Li Hao asked.
"I don't know." Yang Changnian smiled bitterly, "I was separated that day."
Li Hao nodded. He saw Yang Changnian saying in sign language at the same time: It's probably Li Cuiqun.
Yang Changnian is a veterinarian by training. When he was in school, he had a mute classmate named Gage who was a good hand. In order to learn this craft, he taught himself sign language.
As for Haozi, Haozi, who was born as a beggar, knows many skills to make a living.
The two of them continued to talk about the topics they could talk about, but in fact they communicated secretly using sign language.
…..
Li Hao: Is the enemy planning to attack Shanghai Station?
Yang Changnian: There is no sign.
’ As he spoke, he showed a thoughtful look and said in sign language: Cao Yu often goes in and out of Jisi Feier Road these days. I don’t know what he is busy with.
Li Hao showed a surprised expression: Are you familiar with Cao Yu now?
Yang Changnian: Slightly familiar.
Li Hao: Where is Tong Xueyong?
Yang Changnian nodded and said, "Mr. Cheng has been kind to me, and Mr. Shi knows how to repay his kindness." He gestured with his hand: "Slightly familiar."
…..
The noise from the arresting hall on the first floor was heard upstairs, as if someone was quarreling.
Cheng Qianfan frowned and mouthed to the patrolman who came into the house to bring him a kettle, "Go and see what's going on, it's such a mess."
Soon, the patrolman came back with a strange expression on his face.
"What's wrong?" Cheng Qianfan asked with a frown.
"Report to Vice President Cheng that an old woman is causing trouble in the arresting hall."
"What a mess, get rid of it." Cheng Qianfan said impatiently, "Let it be quiet down there."
"That grandma said she is your neighbor, Vice President Cheng." The subordinate said quickly.
"Neighbor?" Cheng Qianfan was surprised. He opened the door and walked out. The noise downstairs became clearer. When he listened carefully, it turned out to be Aunt Ma's voice.
Cheng Qianfan shook his head and smiled, "Aunt Ma is indeed my old neighbor. Go and invite her up."
"yes!"
Hearing what Vice President Cheng said, the patrolman was relieved. Fortunately, he was more cautious and said a few more words. If he went downstairs to chase people away without thinking, he would definitely be killed in the end. Soon, Aunt Ma came up.
To be precise, the voice had arrived before the person arrived. "Hey, you are so young." Aunt Ma cried loudly, "Brother Fan, Aunt Ma, this is my coffin..."
The patrolman who brought Aunt Ma up burst out laughing.
Cheng Qianfan glared at him, so frightened that he quickly closed the door and went out.
"Aunt Ma, don't be anxious, come on, sit down and talk slowly." Cheng Qianfan helped Aunt Ma and said, "If you have anything to do with me, Brother Fan will make the decision for you."
"Allah knows that Brother Fan is serious and will not ignore it.
Old lady." Aunt Ma heard this and immediately wiped her tears and said.
Cheng Qianfan was amused. He knew that Aunt Ma was waiting for his words.
He opened the cupboard, took out a box of snacks, poured a cup of tea, and invited Aunt Ma to eat while she talked.
I finished eating a box of snacks.
The tea cup was refilled twice.
Aunt Ma has just finished telling the story of the 'tragic thing' she encountered.
…
Aunt Ma was deceived. To be precise, the old woman fell into the "children reading letters" scam that has just emerged in Shanghai:
Passers-by will see a young child on the side of the road, holding a letter in his hand. He will come up to chat with people he meets.
A child will claim that he is too young to read and ask someone to read out what is written in the letter.
When the literate person read the letter, his eyes lit up. It turned out that the letter was about mailing a few high-quality ginseng, and he must go to a certain post office to claim it in time.
Of course, the letter may also include other valuable medicinal materials or items, such as top-quality bird's nests, etc. In short, it must be something tempting enough to tempt greed.
The child claimed that he had picked up the letter by himself and was about to go home and give it to his parents. Out of curiosity, he asked someone to read the contents of the letter first.
Since it is a found item, it means whoever holds the letter can go to the post office to collect the package.
This signed or stamped letter or note is the proof of claiming the parcel. Seeing that this is just a child who has no experience in the world, naturally someone will be greedy and use crooked ideas to send the child away with a few dollars.
Then when the person took this letter and rushed to the post office to pick up the package, he realized that it was a scam. Either the things mentioned in the letter did not exist at all, or there was really something to receive, but when he took it home, he took a look.
, it was all dried radish, not even a single ginseng hair.
Aunt Ma fell into this kind of scam. The old woman was defrauded of five yuan. For Aunt Ma, who had always been frugal and wanted to break into eight-petal flowers with a steel hammer, this was like killing the old woman.
Dead.
Looking at the heartbroken Aunt Ma, Cheng Qianfan knew that Aunt Ma was really heartbroken this time.
He opened his wallet, took out five yuan and handed it to Aunt Ma.
"Aunt Ma, it's my inability to govern you that frightens you all the time. You need this money first..."
"No, this can't be done, Brother Fan." Aunt Ma said repeatedly, 'When Brother Fan said it, the five yuan had already been kicked into his pocket.
Cheng Qianfan comforted Aunt Ma a few more words, saying that if there were any difficulties in the future, she could come to the patrol room to find him, and Brother Fan would definitely support her old neighbor.
"Brother Fan, you know that Zhu is reliable." Aunt Ma thanked her profusely, but she even muttered a sentence and wondered if she could still catch the little bastard.
Cheng Qianfan glanced at Aunt Ma and asked, "Where did Aunt Ma meet that little bastard who lied to you?"
Aunt Ma then said that she went to the Xiji Laihuoxing Street market today and rested at the bookstore. Maybe she was too hungry because of the delay, so she felt dizzy on the way back and was cheated. She didn't know where it was.
.
"You must be careful when you grow old. Scammers are hard to detect." Cheng Qianfan warned Aunt Ma.
….
After Aunt Ma left, Cheng Qianfan's face darkened and he fell into deep thought. Xi Jilaihuo Street.
Who is in the West Jiraiya Street?
Or, what happened in Nishi Jiraiya Street?
Yes, the key to Auntie Ma's visit was to give her an address: West Jilaihuoxing Street.
Of course, it's also possible that Aunt Ma came here mainly for the five yuan and sent a message.
Why is Cheng Qianfan so sure that Aunt Ma sent the address?
Aunt Ma is illiterate!
How could an illiterate old woman fall for the 'letter reading scam'?
Cheng Qianfan shook his head. He could probably guess that Aunt Ma had come up with such an excuse to see him. Maybe Aunt Ma had heard about this letter-reading scam from somewhere and used it.
Aunt Ma is a smart person.
It's just that he was clever after all, but he forgot about her
I can't read anymore.
Well--
wrong.
Cheng Qianfan's expression was serious. The Aunt Ma he knew was not just a little clever, she was a very powerful old woman.
Aunt Ma's husband died early, and an unemployed widow was able to fight with her husband's wolf-like relatives without falling behind at all, and successfully keep the house and small shop. This is not something ordinary people can do.
In addition, Aunt Ma has lived in Yandeli for twenty years, and has fought with her neighbors for ten or twenty years, and she has almost never suffered a loss.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Aunt Ma's intelligence and dexterity are unmatched by ordinary agents.
This old woman is amazing.
….
Cheng Qianfan figured it out instantly:
Aunt Ma is a smart person, and the old woman who has lived for so long is the best at seeking good luck and avoiding disaster. She was probably entrusted by someone to report the news, but she also knew that there were some things that she, an old woman, could not get involved in. She was worried that she would be harmed.
I fell into it, so I thought of a trick and used the 'letter reading scam', a flawed method to send the message.
With Brother Fan's cleverness, he knew that the old woman was illiterate, so he realized the intention.
In this way, Cheng Qianfan understood that there was a bookstore on Xiji Laihuoxing Street, and this was the purpose of Aunt Ma's trip.
A smile appeared on Cheng Qianfan's face. He still remembered that when he was a child, he secretly acted mischievously because he was scolded by Aunt Ma. When Aunt Ma came to visit, he wet Aunt Ma's briquette stove with his urine and turned around.
It's good luck to escape.
He thought that the matter was done perfectly, but he didn't expect that Aunt Ma would come to his door soon.
His father, Cheng Wenzao, beat him up and asked him if he would accept the punishment and if he knew why he was beaten.
Cheng Qianfan was naturally unconvinced and said that Aunt Ma had no evidence and had wrongly accused him. His father then laughed and slapped him in the head, saying that it was nothing for a boy to be naughty. The reason why he was beaten was because he was blind and thought he was smart but was not.
Messed with the brightest woman in Yendley.
West Jilaihuoxing Street, bookstore.
Cheng Qianfan frowned and thought.
He lit a cigarette, took a puff, and two puffs of smoke slowly erupted from his nose, his eyebrows furrowed.
Cheng Qianfan's heart moved, and he realized that he had ignored the essence of the matter.
Aunt Ma is such a smart person. If you say that this old woman is greedy for money, she is indeed greedy for money. However, Aunt Ma is a very smart person. She will not easily agree to help outsiders just for money, let alone get involved in danger.
of things.
Then, Aunt Ma must know the person who asked Aunt Ma to summon her. Aunt Ma knows him.
And the most important thing is that this person should have some important relationship with himself, or in other words, in Aunt Ma's eyes, this person and Cheng Qianfan have a close relationship. And this kind of close relationship is what Aunt Ma thinks.
The reason why my mother-in-law wanted to help with this trip was my eldest brother Lu Xingge!
Cheng Qianfan had a judgment in his mind.
Lu Xingo has been to Yandeli several times in the past.
Aunt Ma has met Lu Xingge. Aunt Ma may not know Lu Xingge's name, but she knows that Lu Xingge is his sworn elder brother.
In this way, everything will be straightened out.
Yendri.
When Aunt Ma returned home, she glanced at the lack of briquettes at the door, put her hands on her hips, pointed at the door of Zhao Laolian's house next door and cursed.
Zhao Laowen, who had been fighting Aunt Ma for ten or twenty years, was naturally unfazed and decisively accepted the challenge.
When the neighbors saw this daily repertoire, some of them stuck their heads out to enjoy it. Some even held a handful of melon seeds in their hands and ate the melon seeds while watching the show. Others found it annoying and couldn't help shouting to stop the fight.
The quarrel was finally settled when Aunt Ma went to Zhao Laowen's house to rummage through the cabinets and asked for a needle and two feet of thread as compensation.
Not to be outdone, Zhao Laowen took his old coat and asked Aunt Ma to help her mend it, so that the two countries could temporarily stop the war.
The person who had the good thing shouted, "You two can live together."
These words are shocking. How can Aunt Ma, who has been widowed all her life, bear this?
Po went all out and scolded everyone and ran away. Zhao Laowen followed suit and said that he, Lao Zhao, was a serious person.
Everyone ran away, and the serious old Zhao stayed at Aunt Ma's house with a smile on his face and asked her to help sew his coat.
Although everyone was curious, they no longer dared to watch.
"Did you go to the patrol room today?" Zhao Laowen asked.
"I was asked to take a trip." Aunt Ma took Zhao Laowen's coat and mended it skillfully, and said.
"There are some things that we can't get involved with," Zhao Laowen said with a stern face.
"Don't worry, I'm not that stupid." Aunt Ma said.
As she said that, the old woman grinned and said, "If you understand what it means, then you have a good life. If you don't understand, you can't blame me."
"You just haven't given up yet." Zhao Laowen sighed, "If Brother Ninth is alive, I hope you can live a peaceful life."
As he spoke, Zhao Laowen said with a solemn expression, "Brother Fan is not an easy man, and he is so close to the Japanese now. Be careful not to get yourself involved.
"Brother Fan is what we have grown up watching," Aunt Ma said..."
"Good bamboo can produce bad bamboo shoots. Who knows these days." Zhao Laowen said with emotion.
Aunt Ma didn't speak anymore, but concentrated on mending her coat. Suddenly, she asked, "What did you find out about the incident on Kaisen Road? Did Fifth Brother and the others do it?"
Zhao Laowen shook his head, with a strange look on his face, "That thing is weird. Everyone said it was done by the Iron-Blooded Anti-Japanese Hoe Girl Group, but it doesn't look like it to me."
No. 22, Xue Huali Road.
Li Hao returned to the patrol room in a dusty state.
"Brother Fan, Shi Lei said that someone went to see Wang Kangnian, but he didn't know who that person was." Li Hao met Cheng Qianfan who was walking his dog downstairs and reported to him.
A passing patrolman heard the name "Wang Kangnian" and smiled knowingly, "Mr. Xiao Cheng, the feud with Wang Kangnian is well known in Shanghai. First I heard that Wang Kangnian was missing, and later I heard that he was captured by the Japanese."
, is he not dead yet?
The patrolman quickly walked away.
Li Hao followed Cheng Qianfan, who was walking his dog, and the two of them walked towards the secluded dog walking area.
"Brother Fan, Yang Changnian said that no abnormalities were found." Li Hao said.
"Inform Taozi, Haozi, it's time to do something." Cheng Qianfan interrupted Li Hao and said in a deep voice.
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