Qiuxi told everyone that the case of Guanyin's theft had already been slightly discussed, and according to Li Yiting's suggestion and Qiuxi's own investigation, Zhang Jin of Yuancun had enough time and motivation to commit the crime.

Zhang Jin did fall and injured his left leg, but it did not affect his operation of the automatic business vehicle, except for the family said that he was sick in bed for more than a month, in fact, no one can prove that he did not leave.

Qiu Xi carefully analyzed the tire ruts of Zhang Jin's car, which appeared in at least several places, one near his home, another in the school playground, and one just near the Guanyin Temple.

There are not many vehicles in the countryside, and there are even fewer commercial vehicles of this off-road type, so the rutting characteristics are very obvious, and there is almost no need for too much screening.

After confirming Zhang Jin's suspicion, another question was placed in front of Qiu Xi, this person can drive a car, but the theft itself may not be caught, so who are the people in his gang?

In order to avoid startling the snake, Qiuxi planned to put a long line to catch a big fish, staring at Zhang Jin's every move, and then following the vine to catch the entire theft gang.

Dumb is the target of his next major investigation, although communication is not a small problem, but Qiuxi is not a vegetarian, he has studied sign language for a while, even if it is an amateur level, at least understand the principle of body language.

He once tried to talk to the dumb man briefly, just on the way to the mountain, but it was clear that the dumb man didn't buy it, and the two made random comparisons with each other, and the dumb man shook his head in confusion, and then walked away.

Qiu Xi was even more depressed, this dumb man was more amateur than him, not only did his body movements not be in place, but he also had very obvious gesture mistakes.

Fortunately, Qiu Xi even guessed and learned some information: the dumb man wants to go into the mountains to practice, don't disturb him.

Qiuxi didn't want to rush it, so the two of them compared for a few minutes, and then they went their separate ways.

Everyone praised Qiuxi for his high efficiency in solving the case, but this time Qiuxi was no longer modest, after all, facts speak louder than words.

Li Tian warmly invited Qiuxi to her home as a guest, Qiuxi politely declined, she saw that Qiuxi was a little shy, so she was no longer reluctant.

When several people returned home, Li Yiting heard his father mention that in order to have Guanyin to worship during the New Year, the village decided to carve another statue of Guanyin temporarily.

The new Guanyin statue has no historical date, nor is it a gilded bronze statue, but is carved from the roots of the locally produced precious wood - yew (a national first-class protected plant), and the chief knife naturally selected Li Qiumao, the most famous carpenter in Luoshui Village.

In fact, this work has been planned since the day Li Qiwen entered the ground, and the implementation time is only two days, which can be described as a tight time.

The timber was ready-made, and it was sawn to the right size by the people who were sent to the funeral on the same day, and it was ready to be brought back to Li Village as soon as possible, and the fifth uncle, Li Qiumao, raised objections.

He said that it is best to complete the work in the mountains so that there are no distractions to ensure that the work can be completed smoothly before the first day of the Lunar New Year.

When Li Qiumao speaks of the mountains, he refers to his own woodland, which is about five miles away from Li Village. There is an "underground factory" that he built himself, and many of the delicate carpentry work is done here.

Li Qiumao has a nickname, called "Wood Idiot", which can be regarded as a compliment.

After receiving this task, the villagers quickly sent the timber to the factory, and Li Qiumao asked his son Li Fuyu to bring a message to the family, so he settled down in the mountain factory and raced against time to start work.

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Li Qiumao did not ask his son to help.

Li Fuyu doesn't seem to have inherited his own genes, and he has no understanding of carpenter's work, so he can almost be called ignorant. Li Qiumao didn't mind too much, he didn't have much success as a carpenter, so he trained his son to study hard. Li Fuyu has a younger sister to be married, who usually follows her mother in farm work at home, and occasionally helps her father.

Who would have thought that his son Li Fuyu, who graduated from college successfully, actually became a gnawing old man, seeing that he was about to run for three in his twenties, and it has been five or six years since he graduated, and he has not found any good job, and he has been even more angry in the past year, and he even said that he would stay at home to review for the postgraduate entrance examination.

The reason: the undergraduate degree is too low.

Li Qiumao was furious and scolded his son angrily: "I didn't graduate from elementary school, and I haven't lived a proper life, raising you brothers and sisters? ”

Li Fuyu's mother is completely on her son's side, not only does she not object to the postgraduate entrance examination, but she also doesn't mind her son's gnawing on the old.

Most of the conflicts between Li Qiumao and his wife come from the education and future of their son Li Fuyu, who have been awkward for more than ten years, and sometimes even do it.

That day, the couple moved again, the wife was very strong, a stool smashed on Li Qiumao's leg, almost broke the bone, Li Qiumao was angry, he ran to the mountain factory to live for several days, if it wasn't for Li Qiwen's funeral, he definitely didn't want to come back.

Therefore, Li Qiumao took over the job and arranged for construction in the mountain factory for multiple reasons, and not wanting to go home was the main factor.

Carving a Guanyin golden body, for him, a carpenter genius, is not too difficult, Li Qiumao worked overtime, before Chinese New Year's Eve, the entire frame has been formed, and now the most important face details need to be carefully carved, especially the eyes.

Once the statue of Guanyin enters the temple, what the villagers can see is actually a face, Li Qiumao took a carving knife to depict each facial organ one by one: face shape, lips, nose, ears, eyebrow bones, he is ready to open his eyes......

At this moment, he heard a slight noise outside, and for Li Qiumao, who was concentrating, the sound was still very loud.

He stopped what he was doing, listened intently, and there was no more movement, and Li Qiumao smiled, maybe it was a pheasant or a hare, or even a bird that had just flown away.

In this mountainous area, these small animals are often spotted, and hunters with a bit of luck can also encounter large mammals such as wild boars, panthers, mountain muntjacs, etc.

About half an hour later, two embarrassed eyes appeared under the eyebrow bones of the Buddha statue, Li Qiumao breathed a long sigh of relief, and the initial work was basically completed!

He scrutinized his work.

Still not satisfied, but enough to cope with the errand, he is a perfectionist person, and decided to go out for a walk to relax, and come back to continue his practice.

Coincidentally-

There was a sound outside, this time the sound was even louder, and a divine light appeared in Li Qiumao's eyes, as if there was a larger object moving, could it be a mountain muntjac?

He decisively took the shotgun from the wall, pushed open the wooden door and rushed out, and a dark figure quickly disappeared into the bushes in front of him.

Li Qiumao suddenly remembered that this time he was not specifically here to hunt, and he needed to be quiet, so the hunting dogs were kept at home, and without the hunting dogs, could he find the prey? He hesitated for a moment, but decided that he could not let go of this good opportunity.

Although this is a mountainous area, it also takes luck to encounter good prey.

He didn't think much about it, the cat briskly ran in the direction where the black shadow disappeared just now, and didn't find much trace along the way, but the traces of the grass and trees were very obvious.

As if showing him the way, he was really a magical animal! Li Qiumao was secretly delighted.

Rakla......

There was another sound of bushes not far away, Li Qiumao picked up his speed, and raised his shotgun, the black shadow was close at hand, and he could almost clearly see the streamlined silhouette of how tall the person was.

There is a big catch today!

Li Qiumao pulled the trigger, and a fierce fire burst out from the muzzle of the gun, and iron bars and countless projectiles erupted in all directions. Almost at the same time, his feet suddenly emptied, and his body fell like a sack—

Bang, bang!ah......

Several strange sounds came from four or five meters underground.

Then the world fell silent.

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At noon on Chinese New Year's Eve, the enjoyment period of the New Year has really begun.

After a busy year, it's time to sit down and rest.

Li Yiting set up two large square tables in his house, the table was full of delicacies, a basin of angelica stewed rooster is the main dish, and other smoked duck, bacon, steamed fish and so on are all side dishes.

There are many people in the family, which is not a luxury, and it is all prepared seven or eight days before, and it is not too laborious to cook.

Li Qihuai put forward two large pots of rice wine with a smile on his face, which were ten catties. There are many men in the family, this is nothing, he deliberately opened two jars of ten-year old wine, each jar is 50 catties, the original plan was to wait for his daughter to get married or his son to get married, some can't wait.

Mother has no objection, she is happier than anyone else for such a lively reunion.

The banquet was about to start, Li Tian's heart suddenly moved, she walked out of the house alone, and said that everyone should wait, and after about ten minutes, she led a person in.

Everyone is happy, okay, this guy is really dedicated. It turned out that Qiuxi did not know the rules of Luoshui Village, and since the morning, he waited in front of Xun Yuanchun's door, thinking that this guy should always open the door on Chinese New Year's Eve, right?

Whether this person is a member of the theft gang or not, he is not sure, but after a while, this person's mind is extremely strong, maybe he has always been a young man.

If it weren't for the fact that his stomach was growling, he wouldn't have planned to leave. Unwillingly, the time when he passed by above Li Yiting's house happened to be caught by the sharp-eyed Li Tian.

Actually, Li Tian had already come out to look at it several times, and she had a hunch that she and Qiuxi would meet again, and sure enough.

This time Qiuxi is not good to excuse himself, the so-called encounter is not as good as a chance encounter, the case actually has an eyebrow, and he also has a little good impression of Li Tian, and most importantly, he has some curiosity about Li Yiting and a few people.

He is not stupid, but he didn't react to solving the case, and thinking about it carefully, the people led by Li Yiting are not too simple.

Of course, it is best to be a friend, and he plans to test the temptation, so for lunch on Chinese New Year's Eve, Qiuxi stayed at Li Yiting's house.

Many people have more pairs of chopsticks, Li Qihuai is very welcome, and he likes this young man very much, his daughter's thoughts, fathers can also feel some of it, but from the face, his daughter is four or five years older than this person, and in fact, he has been married once, and he is also a little apprehensive.

Perhaps, the ideas of the new age can overcome these worldly views, hopefully!

Everyone talked happily, and after an in-depth understanding, everyone obviously became more involved, and they really drank a lot of wine.

The stamina of rice wine is very large.

At the beginning, it was a homely affair, and after the strength of the wine increased, there were fewer scruples, and it was natural to talk about the case, although the identity was unclear, but the profession was the same after all.

For Xun Yuanchun, Qiuxi specifically mentioned it many times, and a few people in Beiting couldn't say a meridian Yinmao, but Li Qihuai got up.

He said: "Xun Yuanchun, although he is a bit of a god, he really has some skills. Especially divination, no one in our village disobeys him, and it is very accurate. You suspect that he was involved in the theft, I personally think it is unlikely, he is not short of this money, besides, if he stole the statue of Guanyin, I am afraid it will be difficult for you to find it......"

Qiu Xi couldn't help but burp and said vaguely: "This is ...... How so?"

"You haven't seen his methods, let's put it this way, you just put the Guanyin statue in front of us people, and a dozen pairs of eyes staring at it, you can also make it disappear!" Li Qihuai said very firmly, it seems that he has really seen it.

Qiu Xi's heart moved, and he turned his head and glanced at Li Yiting: "This ...... It's not going to be magic, is it?"

Li Yiting nodded: "It should be a trick." ”

Li Qihuai shook his head: "The blinding method is too pediatric, how can it be so easy to deceive my eyes...... The trick is to distract others from something like a noise, but he can make things disappear out of thin air......"

Everyone was secretly speechless, but it was only a joke, and several people continued to drink, chatting about things from all over the world, and soon they were all drunk.

Li Tian only drank a little, and when he saw that everyone was staggering and went to rest on their own, only Qiu Xi was left to lean on the rattan chair and fall asleep, so he helped him to his room and settled down.

Just when everyone was talking and drinking, several old people in Luoshui Village, under the leadership of Li Fuqi, the village party secretary, came to Li Qiumao's mountain factory and took away the newly made Buddha statues.

They searched around, but they didn't find Li Qiumao's figure, seeing that the sky was about to get dark, everyone had to take the Buddha statue first.

Li Qiumao, known as a wood idiot, inevitably has some quirks, and often goes alone, and everyone is used to it.

Li Fuqi took the idea, and the others took Guanyin and left him to look for it.

He thought to himself: The task is completed, and the fifth uncle has never liked other people's thanks, so he should go home by himself.