"Heizi, tell me honestly, where did you get all this money?" In the smoke-filled kitchen, Tang Juan, who has short and capable hair, asked Heizi with a straight face while chopping vegetables, who was busy lighting the fire. It was a total of 300 yuan. When Tang Juan got the money, she could hardly restrain her heart from beating violently. Tang Juan, who has been working for half a year, has not seen so much money before, but the money she has seen belongs to her boss. The 300 yuan in her pocket now belongs to her family.
"Sister, I have told you several times that the fifth brother asked me to give you this money. If you don't believe me, don't you still believe in the fifth brother? Otherwise, you can wait until the fifth brother comes back. Just go and ask him yourself." Heizi, who looked aggrieved when being questioned, answered Tang Juan with his neck stiffened, but if you look closely at his eyes, he was glancing out of the door from time to time, obviously looking forward to Tang Cheng. Appear.
"Hmph! Just ask, do you think I don't dare to ask him?" Heizi's answer obviously did not satisfy Tang Juan, and she let out a cold snort. Tang Juan put down the kitchen knife in her hand, wiped her hands with her apron, and walked toward the kitchen. Walk outside. "Oops!" Tang Juan, who had just walked to the door, was caught off guard and was bumped into by Tang Cheng who happened to come in from the outside. Their heads immediately hit each other. Looking at Tang Juan again, tears of pain came out.
"Sister, why don't you look more closely! Does it hurt?" Tang Cheng, who also had a patch of red on his forehead, couldn't care less about himself and went to look at his sister Tang Juan's head first. However, Tang Juan, who didn't want to be irritated and angry, waved her hand. Give him a blast first. "Okay, it seems you're fine, otherwise you wouldn't be so energetic." Tang Cheng, who was knocked out by Tang Juan, didn't dare to have an attack. He could only rub his head with a sneer on his face. The expression on the verge of tears made Tang Juan couldn't help but laugh.
Fortunately, fortunately, there was no real fight! Hearing Tang Juan's laughter, Heizi, who had been sullen, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, when Tang Juan spoke again, her tone still lacked the anger when she asked Heizi before, "Tell me, where did you get the money you gave Heizi? You can't do that. It's a crooked thing, otherwise I won't be able to spare you!" Tang Cheng, who didn't dare to talk back to Tang Juan, nodded like a yes-man, and was finally forced to swear by Tang Juan.
"Sister, I'm your brother, don't you know me well? Don't worry, the money is absolutely clean and honest. I earned it openly. If you're not sure, wait until the dismounted uncle delivers medicine to my mother. , you can ask him, I sent him some medicinal materials today!" As Tang Cheng spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and took the apron and kitchen knife from Tang Juan's hand, and pushed Tang Juan out of the kitchen. Tang Juan is only less than 2 years older than Tang Cheng. Although she is a girl, her cooking skills are not as good as those of Tang Cheng. Seeing that Tang Cheng took over the cooking task, Tang Juan was happy, so she happily returned to her room to hide the money.
Tang Juan left the kitchen, and the conversation between Tang Cheng and Heizi became much easier, "Fifth brother, Xiaoqi got something back from Master Ma. What is in that box? Why is it so heavy!" As he spoke, Heizi took out a key from his pocket and handed it to Tang Cheng secretly. "This is the key on the box. Mr. Ma said that he wanted me to hand it over to you." Tang Cheng reached out to take the key and put it into his trouser pocket. Mr. Ma Liu's caution did not go beyond Tang Cheng's. It is expected that, in fact, if it were Tangcheng, he might be a little more cautious than Ma Liuye.
Before the food in Tangcheng was ready, the courtyard door rang again. Two little girls with blond hair and blue eyes dressed like dolls jumped in first, followed by a middle-aged woman in a cheongsam and a strong calf. A simple and honest boy like a son. "Mom, it's the eldest brother. The eldest brother is cooking!" The two doll girls first saw Tang Cheng standing at the door of the kitchen, and they shouted in joy and rushed towards Tang Cheng. When the middle-aged woman saw Tang Cheng, the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and a smile appeared on her face.
When there were more people, the courtyard became lively. Tang Cheng knelt down, first held the two girls in his arms, and then carried them to the middle-aged woman. "Mom, you guys came back late today. It's already dark!" The middle-aged woman in front of her is Tang Cheng's mother, Ma Guixiang. In the past two months, Tang Cheng has been keeping Ma Guixiang and herself together intentionally or unintentionally. The distance between them is unknown. It is not known whether Ma Guixiang did not notice the changes in Tang Cheng, or whether he really did not notice that Tang Cheng was no longer the same person as before, but Ma Guixiang never noticed it.
"Fifth brother, it's the guy named Tian again. If it weren't for him, we would have come back a long time ago." The young man who had been following Ma Guixiang interrupted. When Ma Guixiang wanted to stop him, Tang Cheng, who was standing opposite them, had already His expression changed. Tang Cheng's father had only passed away for more than two months. The deputy director of Nan City Police Station named Tian had already pestered Ma Guixiang many times. If someone from the Military Intelligence Department hadn't said hello, maybe Tian would have come to her door. Come.
Tang Cheng's face looked scary at the moment. Ma Guixiang hurriedly said to Tang Cheng, "Xiaowu, forget it, the worst thing is I won't go to church. That person is the deputy director. I heard that the backer behind him is quite powerful. You I'm afraid it's not easy for Uncle Zhang to come forward, so let's just hide." It was okay that Ma Guixiang didn't mind, but when she said this, Tang Cheng really became murderous. In this era where the war has destroyed him, human life is worth more than a dog. That man is just the deputy chief of the police station. Tangcheng really doesn't take that man seriously.
"Let's eat first. My eldest sister and I have been hungry for a long time." Seeing that Ma Guixiang's expression was also bad, and her expression was even more worried, Tang Cheng had no choice but to force a smile, but when he held the two After the child turned around, there was a hint of sternness in his eyes. Although he is not the real Tang Cheng, in the past two months of getting along with him, he really regards the people in this yard as his family. Tang Cheng, who has a tough personality, will never allow anyone to hurt his family.
Tang Cheng was very tired after eating this meal. In order not to worry Ma Guixiang, Tang Cheng forced a smile. Although he could not deceive Heizi who had been fooling around on the street all day, looking at Ma Guixiang's expression, it was obvious that he had deceived him. . "Heizi, go tell Brother Daniu and the others to keep an eye on the man named Tian and find out his activities. I heard that he keeps an outside room outside. Try to follow him and see if you can find his outside room. Where is the room kept?"
After dinner, Tang Cheng took the opportunity to smoke in the yard and told Heizi in a low voice. The latter didn't say anything, but nodded to Tang Cheng with a gloomy look. In fact, the only two people in this family who are related to Ma Guixiang are Tang Juan and Tang Cheng. Heizi, Huzi and the pair of mixed-race little girls are all orphans that Ma Guixiang picked up from the street. Without Ma Guixiang, these orphans would either be sold to other places by human traffickers, or they would die in a dark alley who knows which day. Compared to Tang Juan and Tang Cheng, Heizi and the others respect and are more attached to Ma Guixiang.
Ma Guixiang, who lived a very simple life, naturally would not know this, not to mention that Tang Cheng and Heizi both hid it from even Tang Juan. When Tang Cheng returned to his room, he turned around and locked the door, and couldn't wait to get out of his room. Under the bed, he took out the wooden box that Xiao Qi had brought back. Mr. Ma, who was supposed to deliver medicine in the evening, did not come to the door. Tang Cheng, who was restless, did not go to find Mr. Ma. He just couldn't wait to see the things that Mr. Ma got for him after Heizi went out.
Heizi was right. This wooden box did have some weight. Tang Cheng opened the long wooden box and the first thing he saw was two thin steel wires entwined together. Tang Cheng looked carefully and found that these two wires looked thin. The steel wire is actually made of multiple strands of thinner steel wire. Tang Cheng, who was overjoyed, took out the steel wire from the wooden box, grabbed the rings at both ends of the steel wire and pulled outwards, but found that he could not pull it at all.
There were some strange iron small parts in the wooden box. Tang Cheng, who was already a little impatient, dumped all the contents in the wooden box on the bed, and then looked for the things he wanted to customize from Master Ma. After a somewhat awkward assembly, a small gun made of all steel appeared in Tang Cheng's hands. The crossbow body, handle and arms were all made of steel, and only needed to be hung with steel wires to replace the crossbow strings. , this gun, which is not much bigger than a pistol, is now fully assembled.
A bunch of long and short crossbow arrows are also made of steel, but their appearance is different from the featherless arrows that Tangcheng wants. Mr. Ma has made a tail feather-like protrusion on the tail of each steel crossbow arrow. I believe that such a crossbow arrow It should fly further and more accurately than featherless arrows. Looking at the half-assembled gun and the heavy steel crossbow, Tang Cheng could only say that he had found the right person. His ancestor, Ma Ye, was enshrined in the manufacturing office of the palace.
In addition to the weapon parts and a dozen steel crossbow arrows, there was also a set of weapons designed by Tang Cheng himself in the wooden box. Several small tools wrapped in a piece of sheepskin made Tang Cheng very excited. When I graduated from the police academy and went to the criminal police team as an intern, I specially learned the skill of sliding doors and locks from an old criminal police officer. With these special tools, I could pick up this craft again.
He hid in the room and had fun for a while, and then Tang Cheng gradually calmed down. It was really good to be able to live another life. Compared with running around all day in the previous life, Tang Cheng in this life just wanted to live a simpler life. Be freer. On the premise that he can take good care of his family, Tang Cheng is also willing to do something useful to the country and nation, such as using his time-travel benefits to help catch Japanese spies.
