In the early morning, the sun has not yet risen, it is already bright, and there is a rare coolness in the air.
Xu Zhengyang walked out of home with a cigarette in his mouth and pushing his bicycle. As usual, he was going out to exchange for millet. But today, he did not get on his bicycle and leave humming a song before leaving the courtyard. Instead, he frowned.
Pushing the bicycle slowly out of the shallow alley, came to the street, and stopped at the door of Zhao Laoguang's house.
After some hesitation, he finally sighed, leaned his bicycle against the wall, and then stepped into the courtyard.
Zhao Laoguang has made money in these years, and the house in his family has been renovated, and it is built like a courtyard. The walls are covered with bright white tiles, and a circle of tile-blue tiles is glued under the large aluminum alloy windows;
The platform in front of the house is filled with pots and pots of flowers and bonsais. The yard is paved with floor tiles and planted with several Chinese toon trees. It is elegant, quiet and yet affluent. Although it is not as wealthy as other homes, it was built after they became wealthy.
It is a two-story small western-style building, but it looks more comfortable and elegant than that building.
"Aunt, aunt, are you at home?" Xu Zhengyang shouted while standing in the yard.
"Hey, Zhengyang, what's going on?" Zhao Laoguang's daughter-in-law, Xiangqin, walked out of the house while chatting with her rice bowl, looking at Xu Zhengyang with confusion, "Zhengyang, what's going on today?"
Are you going out to do business? I was just talking about asking you to teach me how to do business in the forest."
"Yeah, it's easy to talk about." Xu Zhengyang said perfunctorily with a smile.
"Is something wrong?"
"Um."
"This child, just talk if you have something to say, hesitating..." Xiangqin walked up and smiled and tapped Xu Zhengyang's forehead with chopsticks. It could be seen that she was in a good mood, which was rare. She had known her since last year.
After Zhao Laoguang had a home outside, she rarely smiled.
Xu Zhengyang took a deep drag on the cigarette, grinned and said: "That's right, ahem, Auntie, there is something I want to tell you, but I don't know how to say it."
"Say it, look at you..."
"I told you not to be angry."
"Go and make trouble with your aunt, tell me if you have anything to do..." Xiangqin was so happy that she hit Xu Zhengyang's forehead hard with her chopsticks.
"Well, I had a dream last night. Do you know about the Earth Temple in the west of our village?" Xu Zhengyang looked at Xiangqin and nodded doubtfully, then continued: "The Earth God, ahem, it seems to be the Earth God, give it to me.
He had a dream and asked me to send you a message... He said yes, it was Uncle Guang who said that there was a bankbook buried under the west wall of your house, with one million yuan in it."
"What?" Xiangqin was stunned for a moment, looked outside the courtyard door in a panic, and then whispered: "Zhengyang, don't say this nonsense, you had a dream, it doesn't count.
It counts."
Xu Zhengyang scratched his head and said: "It should be... that's right, why don't you dig it up now and have a look." As he spoke, Xu Zhengyang noticed that the wall between the west room and the main hall room in the courtyard had been dug up.
There is a pit more than two feet wide and half a meter deep. I can't help but think, dear, has someone dug it out?
"It must be a lie. There is no such thing. Look, the roots of the west wall have been dug up. I am preparing to plant some flowers." Xiangqin became serious, and then asked anxiously: "Is it really the land?
God gave you a dream? Did you say anything else?"
"You still said, you said..." Xu Zhengyang cursed in his heart why he had accepted such an errand. Wasn't he here to ask for a beating? But after thinking about it, things still had to be done, so he gritted his teeth and said: "The God of Land still has to do it."
He said, something happened to Uncle Lao Guang. On the road from the provincial capital to Hexi Province, his car fell into a reservoir. I want someone from your family to fish out Uncle Lao Guang's body and bring him back to our village.
Son, buried in the ancestral grave..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Laoguang's son Zhao Lin ran out of the house angrily and yelled, "You bastard Xu Zhengyang, your father is dead! Why don't you bury your father in the ancestral grave!"
Xu Zhengyang frowned, bit his lower lip, squinted at Zhao Lin, stopped talking, turned around and walked out.
If it were in the past... would Zhao Lin dare to talk to Xu Zhengyang like this?
Maybe he dares. After all, no matter how honest a person is, he will get angry when he meets a master who says that his father is dead? But if Zhao Lin dared to scold Xu Zhengyang like this before Xu Zhengyang started doing business, Xu Zhengyang would definitely not say anything.
He said that he would grab Zhao Lin and beat him severely, even though Zhao Lin was two years older than him.
Many people always like to be unyielding when in power. For example, Zhao Lin now saw Xu Zhengyang turning around and walking out without saying a word, so he had a bad temper and chased him out, cursing and shouting. Even his mother could not stop him.
The fiery red sun had just emerged from the horizon, and the sunlight was already a bit dazzling.
Hearing Zhao Lin's scolding and his mother's dissuasion, some villagers on both sides of the street came out of their homes happily with their rice bowls in hand, ready to watch the fun.
Xu Zhengyang ignored Zhao Lin and pushed the bicycle away with a dark face.
"Xu Zhengyang, don't fucking leave, tell me clearly!" Zhao Lin stepped in front of the bicycle, grabbed the handlebar, and stopped Xu Zhengyang.
Xu Zhengyang raised his head and stared at Zhao Lin, his eyes narrowed.
At this moment, a bicycle jumped up from behind Xu Zhengyang and slammed into Zhao Lin. Fortunately, Zhao Lin dodged faster, but he was still hit by the bicycle and stumbled to the door of his house.
on the steps.
The young man who bumped into Zhao Lin was called Cao Gangchuan. He looked about 20 years old, wearing a military green vest, dirty trousers, and cloth shoes. He had dark skin, broad shoulders, and a leopard-like head and eyes.
He was standing with one foot on the ground, one leg straddling the bicycle without getting off the bicycle. He raised his rough hand, pointed his index finger at Zhao Lin who had just stood up, and cursed angrily: "Zhao Lin, you fucking
What are you pulling at? Do you want to die?"
Before Zhao Lin could answer, he saw another bicycle parked next to Cao Gangchuan. A thin, short but muscular young man got off the bicycle and stood firmly beside Cao Gangchuan.
Next to him, he did not curse like Cao Gangchuan. He set up his bicycle in a hurry, took out a masonry knife from the canvas pocket hanging on the handlebar with a calm face, squinted at Xu Zhengyang and asked: "Yang
Son, train him?".
His name is Zhang Hao, and like Cao Gangchuan, they are Xu Zhengyang's buddies who grew up playing in the mud together. They were classmates in elementary school and middle school. After graduation, they hung out together for a few years. After Xu Zhengyang started to switch to Xiaomi, they also started to
Seriously, I went to work with the construction team.
"Lin Zi, go back!" Seeing this scene, Xiang Qin hurriedly pulled her son to tell him to go home quickly. Then she smiled and said to Xu Zhengyang: "Zhengyang, don't be as knowledgeable as your brother Lin Zi. His temper... I'll scold him later."
He was stunned, ah!"
Zhao Lin glared at Xu Zhengyang and the three of them hatefully, but did not dare to say anything more and returned home with his head hanging down.
"It's okay, it's okay. Auntie, just treat what I said today as if I didn't say it. You may believe it or not." Xu Zhengyang waved his hand, turned around, got on his bicycle and rode out of the village, greeting at the same time: "Gangchuan,
Haozi, let’s go!”
"Hey, come on!" The two agreed, got on their bicycles and followed.
People on the street who wanted to watch the fun were muttering and going back to their homes. It was so boring. It was only fun to fight!
However, people in the village do not despise Zhao Lin. After all, let alone Shuanghe Village, even among the young people in their twenties from several surrounding villages, how many dare to provoke Xu Zhengyang and his group? Don't look at these few
The boy is now like a prodigal son, either working or going to school. Xu Zhengyang even started a small business to exchange for millet. But everyone knows that Xu Zhengyang's group should not be messed with. Because although they are not as impulsive as other young people, they are not as impulsive as other young people.
They like to cause trouble and get into fights, but when it comes to the loyalty of their buddies, they are just a bunch of lunatics.
In the past two years, several fights that caused a sensation in the entire township and even the town were caused by a group of them.
And up to now, two of them are still in jail, and several others have been to the police station or been detained.
"Yangzi, you exchanged millet outside and you didn't get picked on?" Cao Gangchuan asked, holding a cigarette in his mouth.
"No, isn't this good?" Xu Zhengyang replied with a smile.
Zhang Hao said with a smile: "I'm convinced by you. You earn more than us and it's easy. Alas..."
"Then don't go to the construction team, come with me to trade for Xiaomi, and then we'll buy a three-wheeler together. We'll travel farther and bring more, and we'll definitely make money!"
"Well, I'll think about it later, haha."
Cao Gangchuan and Zhang Hao both laughed, knowing in their hearts that they would be embarrassed to work in this field anyway. After all, it is possible to see classmates from middle school every day, especially female classmates, and at the beginning, they were so prosperous that no one dared to do so.
The master who offended me, I can’t let go of my face!
"By the way, what's going on with Zhao Lin today? Why are you two so stubborn?" Cao Gangchuan asked.
"It's okay." Xu Zhengyang smiled.
Zhang Hao said: "How about we take some time to clean him up?"
"No need, we are all neighbors. We can't see each other until we look up." Xu Zhengyang shook his head.
"I'm talking about Yangzi, you said that your temper has become... Oh, by the way, I heard that Liu Xiuyan has a lover in Fuhe City now, so you should pay more attention." Zhang Hao said.
"Haozi, you are so damn blind!" Cao Gangchuan said angrily.
Zhang Hao curled his lips, realized that he had said the wrong thing, and stopped saying anything.
Xu Zhengyang smiled nonchalantly. He had heard about this a long time ago, but he didn't care much about it. He really didn't have any unforgettable feelings for Liu Xiuyan. The two fell in love two years ago because of their brother's relationship.
They were just trying to catch up, and just talked about it, and later it progressed to hugging and occasionally kissing, but there was no real development.
It's not that Xu Zhengyang is a gentleman like Liu Xiahui, or that he has a physical problem, but that there is always another person in his heart.
As they talked, they were already on National Highway 107. Cao Gangchuan and Zhang Hao rode their bicycles south to go to work in the town; while Xu Zhengyang went north. He was going to Wangjiacun area to exchange for millet. Yesterday, there were several stores that said hello.
I want millet.
Because I had made a reservation yesterday, today's business went smoothly. Before noon, one hundred kilograms of millet had already been exchanged.
Xu Zhengyang went to the corn harvesting warehouse on the edge of the national highway to sell the corn. He counted the money and found that he had made thirty yuan just like in the past. He happily rode his bicycle and hummed a song back home.
When passing by Hanzhuang, he bought a bottle of cold beer, drank it and rode back calmly, thinking about when he would save enough money to open the market...
When he returned to the village and passed by the door of Zhao Laoguang's house, Xu Zhengyang saw a police car parked there, and Xu Zhengyang didn't think about anything else.
But I never expected that as soon as I returned home and sat there for a while, the sweat on my body was still wet, two policemen entered the house accompanied by Zhao Lin.
Seeing Xu Zhengyang, Zhao Lin stretched out his hand and pointed: "He is Xu Zhengyang."
Without saying a word, the two policemen stepped forward and took out handcuffs and cuffed Xu Zhengyang.
Xu Zhengyang asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"
"Let's talk back to the police station. We now suspect that you are related to the death of Zhao Jingguang. Please cooperate with our investigation." A policeman said seriously, and escorted Xu Zhengyang out.
Xu Zhengyang's mother, Yuan Suqin, came out of the west room and stopped her with a look of panic on her face to ask what was going on.
The two police officers were not as cruel as they were to Xu Zhengyang. They calmly and simply stated the facts of the case, and then said that they would only take Xu Zhengyang back to the police station for questioning and investigation. If he did not commit any crime, he would be released soon.
.
Xu Zhengyang figured out what was going on: Most likely, the police station had learned about Zhao Laoguang's death, and when notifying his family, Zhao Lin must have mentioned that he went to their house today to inform them of the news, so the police
Then he suspected that he had something to do with Zhao Laoguang's death...
So Xu Zhengyang calmly persuaded his mother to rest assured that he had not committed any crime and would be back soon.
——————
Next week, prepare to rush to the new book list... Haha, after midnight on the weekend night, I hope everyone can support it and collect the recommendation votes~~