"How about you ask again?"
He put the dry cigarette to his mouth, lit it and rolled it up again: "There are dozens of families in our village, most of them are relatives. If someone lost something, the news would have spread."
"How about this."
The old village chief held a cigarette in his mouth and said, "Follow me to the broadcast room."
Soon, the long tail voice of the village chief spread in all directions. After about ten minutes, the village chief picked up the teapot and drank some water.
"You must have made a mistake." The village chief wiped the water droplets on his stubble: "If someone had thrown something, they would have been here long ago."
While talking, the door to the broadcast room was pushed open.
The person who entered was a woman wearing a green headscarf and a floral blouse.
"I lost something!"
The village chief put down the teapot: "Don't pretend to be the leader here, Eryazi!"
"Bang!"
Eryazi put down the hoe on his shoulder and said, "Look what you said, my family lost two reed chickens!"
"Go, go, go," the village chief laughed and scolded, "Don't mess around here, find the lost chicken yourself!"
This second girl is not a good person, so she insists on the village chief helping her find chickens.
"Infinite Heavenly Lord."
I softly recited the number, causing Eryazi to temporarily stop messing around.
I took out 200 yuan from my pocket and handed it directly to her hand: "It was fate that we met. I stole it. This is your money."
Eryazi tugged the scarf on her head and asked suspiciously, "Are you a Taoist priest?"
"The Taoist temple is right next to Wangzhuang."
She grabbed the money in my hand and said, "Thank you, Taoist Priest!"
Taking the money, Eryazi ran away quickly, as if she was afraid that I would snatch it back.
The village chief laughed a few times: "How embarrassing, I don't recognize you."
I quickly waved my hand and said, "Don't we know each other now?"
After a pause, I confirmed again: "Is it true that no one in the village lost food?"
"Absolutely not."
The village chief's determination made my heart sink. There is something wrong here!
After a hasty farewell, Xiaomei and I returned to the car.
"Master, I don't understand."
I was stunned for a moment: "How can I not understand it?"
"You said you gave Duan Xu money for profit, but you don't know that woman at all. What does it have to do with you if her family loses chicken?"
I adjusted the seat back, and the comfortable sitting position made me take a long breath.
"The 200 yuan is just for promoting me."
"Then you don't know whether what she said is true or false."
I smiled and shook my head: "Real ones are better, fake ones are also good."
"She has tasted the sweetness from me today. She will definitely go again. Not only will she go, but she will also bring her relatives and friends."
"It's human nature to take advantage." I calculated in my mind: "The incense money she sent could never be more than this 200."
"No matter what happens, we can still make a profit, no matter what, we won't lose."
Xiaomei immediately came over and said with a serious face: "Master, were you an abacus in your last life? This account has been ingrained in your bones."
"Go! Go! Go."
Then I sighed heavily: "Now there are more troublesome problems."
"Duan Xu said he stole the grain, but the village chief said he didn't lose it."
"Did Duan Xu lie?"
I hit Xiaomei on the forehead gently but not hard: "I don't know he lied?"
"The point is, why did he lie."
"I've seen people bragging, but I've never seen people throwing dirt on themselves."
I leaned on the chair and thought for a long time: "Food, hammers, and foundations. These three things cannot be connected together."
"What is certain now is that he must have something going on in his mind, but I don't know what it is specifically."
Xiaomei also had a sad look on her face: "Unless you use those methods."
"this is not OK."
I took a deep breath and said, "If you lift the table now, all your efforts will be wasted."
I took out my cell phone and said, "It's time to call all my old friends over."
I made this call to Xiaobai.
Ever since the incident in the teahouse, Xiaobai has been treated as an adult, and he is almost entirely dependent on him for busy work and outside work.
Later, I found Xiao An, and someone was stationed at the teahouse every day, so the worry about a fire in the backyard was basically resolved.
Wear new clothes and miss old friends.
At this juncture, I can only leave my back to them.
On the phone, I briefly explained the matter, and Xiaobai screamed with excitement after hearing it.
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