Uncle Xu's words stunned the town cadre. He thought that his sudden change in mood would move the two people in front of him, but what he still couldn't figure out was why the two people in front of him could still be calm and composed.
The town cadre was a little panicked, but he was still trying to control his emotions, trying not to let the other party notice the fluctuations in his heart.
But who are our old man and Uncle Xu? In fact, let alone them, even I, who was hiding in the corner, could easily feel a hint of uneasiness in the eyes of the town cadre.
"Don't be nervous!" Uncle Xu said with a smile, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to the town cadre.
The town cadre looked at the cigarette in Uncle Xu's hand, then looked up at Uncle Xu, but he did not reach out to take it.
Seeing that the other party didn't take the cigarette in his hand, Second Uncle Xu smiled and said, "What's wrong...do you dislike my cigarette?"
The town cadre still didn't speak, and a drop of cold sweat began to slip from his forehead.
Seeing that the town cadre still refused to speak, Uncle Xu turned around and handed the cigarette to our old man.
Our old man reached out and took the cigarette, lit it, took a long puff, and said, "Brother, don't be nervous!"
Only then did the town cadre speak slowly: "Who is nervous...?"
"Who is nervous?" The town cadre gritted his teeth and said, "I think you should be the ones who are nervous...!"
Our old man said: "Oh? So that's what you think! Then I want to see what you plan to do to make us two brothers nervous..."
The town official looked at our old man, then at Uncle Xu, then gritted his teeth and said, "Since you want to see it, I'll satisfy you!"
Having said this, the town cadre clapped his hands twice, and then shouted loudly: "Brothers, stop holding back and hide everything... come out! We tied up these two guys with open arms... …”
The town cadre shouted several times in succession, but what he didn't expect was that the surroundings were still quiet, without even the slightest reaction.
This seemed to be completely beyond the expectations of the town cadre. He suddenly panicked and shouted several times in succession, but it was still the same as before, without even a single answer.
The town cadre looked at our old man and Uncle Xu with wide eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "You... who are you two... exactly?"
Our old man smiled slightly and said: "Who are we? Hahaha... don't you know this? We are good people who come to donate money to build dams for the people!"
"But...but..." the town cadre stammered: "But you..."
Second Uncle Xu continued: "But what happened to us? Or...you want to ask me what happened to those of yours?"
The town official looked at the two people in front of him with his eyes as if he had seen a ghost. No... his eyes looked more like he had seen a demon, two real demons.
Sweat was already sliding down both sides of the town cadre's cheeks. After a while, he slowly said: "What did you do to my brothers?"
Second Uncle Xu said: "Don't worry, they are all still alive... This just made me go to another place to rest for a while!"
Hearing that all of his people were still alive, the town cadre let out a sigh of relief, and then said slowly: "What do you want to do now?"
Our old man then said, "This seems like the right thing for us to ask you! You've gone through so much trouble, what are your plans?"
The town cadre thought for a while, and finally seemed to have made a lot of determination before gritting his teeth and saying: "I just took the money to do things! As for that person, he didn't intend to kill you, he just wanted you to get out of the river. It’s just something dug out from the bottom of the tomb!”
Our old man asked: "Is it that simple?"
The town cadre nodded and said: "It's that simple! They specifically told me not to hurt your lives... So from the beginning, I just wanted to scare you and make you spit out what the man wanted..."
Our old man looked at the town officials and asked, "Our actions are still secret. How did you know about it?"
The town cadre thought for a while and said: "Actually, before you came... I already knew..."
"Oh?" Hearing the words of the town cadre, our old man was slightly moved. Perhaps he had expected it in his heart, but he did not expect that this place already knew the purpose of his trip before they set off.
Our old man took a puff of his cigarette, then looked at the town cadre and asked, "How do you know the purpose of our trip?"
The town official sighed and said, "Of course someone told me..."
Having said this, the town cadre took out a letter from his pocket and handed it over without waiting for our old man and Uncle Xu to ask.
Uncle Xu looked at the envelope in the hands of the town cadre and did not take it. Instead, he frowned and asked, "This is..."
The town cadre sighed: "This is the letter that person wrote to me at that time... It was only after I got this letter that I had the wrong idea..."
Uncle Xu didn't say anything more, but reached out to take the letter, carefully opened it and read it.
I was hiding at the entrance of the alley and couldn't see what was written on the letter. However, as I watched Second Uncle Xu's face gradually turning into a bun, I became more and more curious about what the letter said.
The letter didn't seem to be too long. It didn't take long for Uncle Xu to hand it to our old man.
After our old man received the letter, he glanced at it briefly, and his smiling face suddenly turned as cold as ice.
Our old man slowly closed the letter, but he had no intention of returning the letter to the town cadre. Instead, he asked in a deep voice: "I just have a question. Do you know who the person who wrote you the letter is?" ?"
The town official shook his head and said, "I don't know!"
Second Uncle Xu said from the side: "Brother, I advise you to tell the truth. If we find out that you are deceiving us two brothers... what will happen, I think you can imagine..."
The town cadre turned to look at Mr. Xu and said: "Of course I know...Although I have never come into contact with the people in Xiabamen, what are your methods...I have heard about this! So, from the beginning I have no intention of hiding anything from you two..."
Having said this, the town cadre stretched out his hand towards Uncle Xu and said, "Second Master...can you give me one of your cigarettes?"
Second Uncle Xu looked at the town cadre's extended hand and said, "Don't you want it?"
The town cadre smiled bitterly and said: "What? Is the second master reluctant to let go?"
Uncle Xu looked at the man in front of him and didn't say anything. He just slowly took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and threw it to him.
The town cadre took the pack of cigarettes, then took one from it and lit it. Instead of returning the rest to Uncle Xu, he put it in his pocket.
