Chapter 60: The Butterfly Trade
The coal mine stopped production again, and Shen Mingyue and Tao Mei naturally didn't need to cook for the workers, and the two had nothing to do. Except for occasionally going out with Zou Shaotang, they basically stayed in the Tao family. Shen Mingyue told Tao Mei that her "husband" Wan Yongkun went to the city to find something else to do, so she had no place to go for the time being, so she could only continue to stay here, Tao Mei welcomed this, the two of them ate and lived together, the relationship was very good, and Mingyue was at home, and she could also help with some housework or something.
Tao Sansheng himself had only returned to the mine a few days ago, and Gao Kehua's death caused the mine to stop production again, making him lose his job again, and he felt that this year's bad luck seemed to be back. What's worse is that his son Tao Jinrong let the Buddha evaporate, since the last quarrel, he can no longer be contacted, he estimates that Tao Jinrong is deliberately avoiding himself, unwilling to return to this home, he can only sulk, but there is nothing to do.
Fortunately, Tao Mei was always at home, and she also told Tao E about the mine. The eldest daughter, Tao E, heard that her father was sulking at home again, so she took the time to come back from the city to visit, and Qin Xuechuan came with her. Qin Xuechuan and Tao E did not shy away from coming to Tao's house together, and brought a lot of food and drink, which made Tao Sansheng very happy, he knew Qin Xuechuan's ability very well, and also knew that Qin Xuechuan's work was very good, if his eldest daughter could climb up to this former old classmate, it would definitely be the blessing of his Tao family. Therefore, Tao Sansheng enthusiastically left Qin Xuechuan to eat at home, and blessed Tao Mei and Shen Mingyue to cook more dishes and entertain guests, but Qin Xuechuan was not polite and readily agreed. It's just that Lao Tao didn't know that this young and promising deputy director was actually married a long time ago.
But anyway, the calm Tao family is rarely lively, and Tao Sansheng is also in a pretty good mood, and he got a little wine to drink, which is the first time he has drunk since he was injured. After eating this lunch for a long time, Shen Mingyue felt that staying here might disturb other people's chatter, so she found a reason to go out. In fact, she can't be idle, staying in Tao's house every day, it's really boring, if it weren't for the task, she needs to continue to monitor Tao Sansheng and learn more about the situation, she would have applied to go back to the guest house a long time ago.
Shen Mingyue has nothing to do, but after all, this place is barren, and she can only wander around the mining area, she wanted to go to the old madman in the valley to take a look, but think about the terrible scene last time, forget it! Besides, there is an old man raising a group of butterflies, and there is nothing to see, Liu Zichen and Kuangsuo have been there, if there are really any clues, they have already found it.
She walked slowly on the road, and due to the shutdown of the coal mine, there were obviously fewer cars coming here, and there was less dust on the road. Far away, Shen Mingyue could see a familiar car on the main road, driving towards him from the location of the coal mine. This attracted Shen Mingyue's attention, she almost stopped under her feet, she kept staring at the car, and quickly arrived in front of her from a distance, the appearance of the car and the license plate number were all in full view, Shen Mingyue immediately remembered, this is the Audi car of the coal boss Ge Fukuan!
Coincidentally, because the sun was behind him, that is, directly in front of the front window, he could just shine in and see the scene inside. Shen Mingyue glanced at it and determined that the person sitting in the driver's seat was the particularly obese Ge Fukuan, and there was a person sitting next to him. Dressed very strangely, with a hat on his head, his face was half covered, and he couldn't see it exactly, but Shen Mingyue had seen such a costume, and in the valley, the old madman who rushed out of the butterfly hole looked like this.
Shen Mingyue was startled, and when she looked back, the vehicle had already shuttled past her, but she could still be sure that sitting in the co-pilot seat, that strange person was undoubtedly an old madman!
I really never thought that such a strange old man who lived in seclusion could have a relationship with the coal boss who was doing business, and he was still sitting in the same car. Shen Mingyue naturally wouldn't believe that she met by chance, just a trip or something like that, she could basically conclude that the old madman and Ge Fukuan knew each other.
Shen Mingyue felt that this might be an important discovery, since there was nothing else to do, she simply went to the bus station and took the shuttle back to the city, planning to report this matter in person, and then talk to Li Yiting about the situation of the Tao family.
Kuang Suo and Liu Zichen had just finished investigating the situation of the old madman and returned to the guest house, Kuang Shuo reported to Li Yiting, "Zichen and I have already found out, the old madman has indeed been raising butterflies in the valley, and he only relies on butterflies to make a living. But the strange thing is that he has no signs of trading with others, and there are no bank cards, passbooks or anything like that in his name, and we can't find out his financial status and business dealings, only that many people in the mining area have seen him take the butterflies out of the pack, but no one knows who his trading partner is and where he is going?"
Li Yiting frowned, "This old madman is quite strange, otherwise he is really crazy, or this person's style of doing things is really cautious to the extreme, and he didn't leave any traces." ”
Liu Zichen continued, "Yiting, I have seen him with my own eyes, this person is dressed very strangely, but his brain is not dull, otherwise he would not be able to raise so many crazy people." And he stays alone in the cave, he has to eat and drink, these all require money, and they all need to do it himself, so he must not be a simple madman, otherwise there will be problems in survival.
"Sister Zichen is absolutely right!" Shen Mingyue came in from outside the door, just heard the conversation inside, and interjected.
"Mingyue, why are you back?" Liu Zichen happily pulled her in, and she hadn't seen her for a few days.
"Hehe, of course there are important things!, but fortunately I'm back, otherwise you would have to be deceived by the old madman!" Shen Mingyue said with a mysterious smile.
Immediately, she told everything she saw, emphasizing the clue that the old madman knew Ge Fukuan.
Li Yiting woke up like a dream and patted the table, "That's right, the old madman has no bank records, then his business is cash transactions, considering that he won't go far away, it must be a good local trade, then this person is very likely to be Ge Fukuan." ”
Gradually, a clearer clue appeared in front of him, the coal boss and the old madman made a butterfly trade, bought a well-trained butterfly from him, and then provided the butterfly to Xue Kui, and then Xue Kui placed it under the mine. After the explosion of the coal mine, the larvae laid by the butterfly were alienated, and the toxins were produced in the body, and finally turned into the appearance of a grimace butterfly, and then the story that had happened and been seen was the butterfly bite, making the victim hallucinate.