"People from Hongshi Town next door," Jiang Yingbai replied.
When the townspeople heard Jiang Yingbai's words, they couldn't help but turn their eyes back, "What's the matter with you?"
During this period, he met many people who had fled, and it was the first time he saw such a beautiful place. It seemed that the earthquake did not cause any inconvenience to them.
Jiang Yingbai didn't explain much, he just said casually, "I have something to do with him. Do you know where the mute old man went?"
The townsman leaned close to Jiang Yingbai and whispered, "He didn't go out, he was just inside the house."
Jiang Yingbai asked, "Since he is in the house, why is there no answer when he knocks on the door?"
The townspeople swallowed, glanced at the small building and immediately retracted, "He never communicates with outsiders."
Jiang Yingbai was a little curious. The townspeople seemed a little afraid of the mute old man. He just had a weird temper and wouldn't make people around him fearful. There must be other reasons.
Jiang Yingbai took out two copper free coins from his pocket and quietly stuffed them into the hands of the townspeople.
The copper free coin is twice the denomination of the free coin. 1 copper free coin is converted into RMB about 6 yuan.
The fear on the faces of the townspeople was wiped away, and they put the free coins back into their pockets with smiles on their faces and patted their chests.
"Just ask whatever you want to know. I know everything, from whose wife ran away with someone to where the extra dogs on the roadside came from."
When the townspeople behind him saw Jiang Yingbai paying, their eyes widened, and they loudly expressed that they were the best informed.
He waved his hand to drive away the other townspeople behind him, "Go, go, go."
Jiang Yingbai asked, "Do you know why the mute old man lives here?"
The townspeople approached Jiang Yingbai and led Jiang Yingbai and others to a remote place with stern expressions on their faces, "This..."
Behind him, several townspeople were chattering and discussing, expressing dissatisfaction with his mysterious behavior.
He touched the back of his head and said, "Actually, I don't know either."
Lotta clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction, "Why do you not know what you charge?"
The townspeople covered the money in their pockets and took a step back, "Give it to me, it's mine."
Jiang Yingbai ignored the conversation between the two, "How about the mute old man?"
The townspeople subconsciously thought that it was not a good idea.
But when the words came to his mouth, he realized that the mute old man had never done anything bad. It was better to be more rigorous when doing things with money, so he said.
"The mute old man doesn't like to talk and has no friends. In fact, he is nothing special. He is a very ordinary person."
That would be strange, what caused him to suddenly occupy the abandoned small building.
"Has he ever done anything hurtful?"
The townspeople shook their heads.
"Did anything special happen in town a few days before he moved here?"
After careful reflection by the townspeople, he told a lot of things.
For example, on that day, child A was caught stealing fruit from family B. He dropped the toy in his pocket while escaping in a hurry. The adult from family B gave the toy to child B.
The next day, child B put the toy on his head and swaggered around child A in circles.
C had a missing chicken, and C suspected that D had stolen it. The two quarreled, and the quarrel reached the mayor. They asked the mayor to comment, but the mayor scolded them and kicked them out.
The two townspeople began to yell at each other in the air over 1 free coin, and they continued to yell at each other for several days. From day to night, the noise made the people nearby unable to sleep.
…
Jiang Yingbai and Luo Ta listened carefully at first, both thinking they could hear useful news, but the more they listened, the more speechless they became.
In the cold gazes of the two people, the townsman thought about it crazily, and finally he remembered something.
"Don't be angry, young people, don't be too impatient, too impatient..."
Lotta interrupted him impatiently, "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll kill you."
Upon seeing this, the townspeople immediately said, "Didn't I remember something? A few days ago, the mute old man did some handyman work, repairing tables, doing hard labor and so on."
Jiang Yingbai asked, "Don't he just want food?"
The townspeople shook their heads, "No, that's all nonsense that others don't understand. The mute old man is not a beggar at all. He never goes to other people's homes to beg for food."
"The mute old man likes to sit on the street, so he is thought to be a beggar. He never yells when he sits on the street, and he will not accept money from others."
Jiang Yingbai and Luo Ta didn't speak and continued to listen.
"His income comes from working as a handyman for the people in the town. 1 free coin can let him do hard work for a day, and if he is not satisfied, he can be asked to change it, and he will not say anything."
The mute old man neither steals nor robs, has never had an argument with anyone, and works hard. He is obviously an honest and responsible person. Even if he has a strange personality, he will not scare the people around him.
Jiang Yingbai asked, "According to what you said, isn't it normal for him to work as a handyman for others?"
"Hey, I know, mainly because he has been doing handyman work for others in those few days, and I heard from others that he went to the house of the magician Percodo."
Lotta, who originally looked dissatisfied and wanted to hit someone, suddenly changed his expression when he heard this.
The mute old man actually got involved with Percodo. What happened between them? Did they reach some kind of agreement? So the mute moved here.
Maybe the mute old man abducted those people, Lotta thought wildly.
"Do you know what he went to do?"
"have no idea."
Jiang Yingbai asked his most curious question, "Why are you afraid of him?"
The townsman's face visibly stiffened, and he quickly took a look at the abandoned building and found that there was nothing there before he spoke.
"His face is very scary! You don't know!"
The townsman stretched out his hand and gestured in the air, about 10 centimeters long, and said with a sigh, "There is a big wound on his face. It looks scary to death."
Staring at his gestures, Jiang Yingbai imagined it in his mind. The scar almost ran through his entire face, making it hard not to suspect that he was a bandit before.
Without a story, there is no way there would be such a long scar on his face.
Without some background, it is impossible to deal with the scars on the face.
No wonder the townspeople are afraid of him. With looks like this, even if he has a particularly good temper, it's hard to leave a good impression on others.
Jiang Yingbai asked some more questions. Among the townspeople pushing nonsense, she only found some useful things. She didn't let the townspeople go back until there was nothing more to ask.
After seeing the townspeople leaving, Lotta asked, "What should we do next?"
Jiang Yingbai walked in front, "Keep knocking."
After the three of them knocked continuously for a minute, the door finally opened from the inside.
The moment the door opened, the townspeople on the street went home one after another, and soon everyone on the street disappeared.
A fierce face appeared in the gap. His eyebrows were thick and thick, and he had a cold expression. The corners of his mouth and eyes were drooped down, giving him the feeling that he was very angry.
Of course, the most important thing is the scar that runs through his entire face.
