Chapter 10: Rancidity
It turned out that what made Li Yuxiu unspeakable about her father's hobby turned out to be scavenging, He Ning didn't feel embarrassed to say anything, a generation has a generation's concept, for her peers around her, what everyone pursues is to live in the moment, to be worthy of themselves, and to be kind to themselves, so they are usually more chic and willing to spend money, which is not unrelated to the greater work pressure nowadays. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info The parents' generation was much more frugal, because when they grew up, the environment was far worse than it is now, and the materials were not abundant enough, so they needed to live within their means. Wait until you go back a generation, in terms of thrift is even more to the peak of the level, that generation generally caught up with the old and new [hx] social replacement era, not to mention the hardships suffered in the early years, so such as peeling the hair and moldy steamed buns and continuing to eat, and adding some ingredients to dilute the smell of the rice that is already stale and continue to eat things often happen to some of the particularly thrifty old people. There are many elderly people in their seventies in the community where He Ning's family is located, and they are usually keen to wander around the community, and when they see waste cartons and plastic bottles thrown out by other people's homes, they quickly pick them up, and there are even a few old ladies who quarrel endlessly over the so-called sphere of influence.
It is understandable that Li Gaofa, who lives alone, would use this kind of thing to pass the time and earn some additional living allowance by the way, but in this way, it is difficult to understand another thing, why would someone kill an elderly scavenger so cruelly, and even more so high.
"Usually your father goes out to pick up these things, what time is it?" Tonic asked Li Yuxiu.
Li Yuxiu thought for a while: "It should be daytime, I don't know very well, I have to watch the stall in the newspaper kiosk during the day, and I only go over to accompany him at night, anyway, when the time before dinner passes, he is at home, I only come back after cooking and eating there, and he should go to sleep after I leave, so I guess he doesn't have much chance to pick up the scraps except during the day." ”
"Can you take us to your father's house?" He Ning demanded.
Ma Gang looked at Li Yuxiu, and seemed a little uncertain: "Can you pass over your current situation?" ”
Li Yuxiu took a deep breath, wiped her face, and nodded: "Okay, let's go, I'll take you over to have a look." I've been to my dad's place a few times when I can't find him, and I don't see anything wrong anyway, you're the police, maybe you can see something I can't see. ”
Saying that, she struggled to get up, but I don't know if it was because she suddenly learned the bad news, and she cried too much, and her physical overdraft was very serious, as soon as she stood up, her legs were weak and she sat back again, and then she stood up smoothly with the support of Ma Gang, and went out with Hening Tonic and them.
Although the road was very close, because He Ning and Tang Li came by car, and Li Yuxiu looked physically exhausted, they went directly downstairs to get in the car and drove to Li Gaofa's residence.
The old and new degree of the community where Li Gaofa is located is similar to that of Li Yuxiu's family, the house is not new, and the community is open without any property management, and it may not even be counted as a community, just a few buildings, but because the location is not bad, and the surrounding traffic is relatively convenient, so there are quite a lot of residents here, young and old, and generally speaking, it is still relatively lively, but such a living environment is not a good thing for Hening and Tang Li, If Li Gaofa's residence is really the first scene they are looking for at the moment, then it is obvious that it is impossible to collect clues through the monitoring facilities within the community.
Because Li Gaofa's legs and feet are not very neat, his residence is on the first floor, and he passed through the window of his house before entering the unit door. According to Li Yuxiu, he was very lame twenty years ago, and then after recuperation, he recovered a lot, if he walked slowly when he walked normally, he couldn't see it, and if he walked fast, he would still see that one foot was high and one foot was on the bottom of his foot, but it was still a little difficult for him to go up the stairs, and the injured leg left a disability could not support the weight of the whole body alone, so he sold his original house that year and moved to the first floor here to live, so that he could avoid the hard work of going up and down.
Because the location is not bad, almost all the other households on the first floor of this building have changed their windows into spacious sliding doors, built steps at the door to facilitate access, and turned the original residential houses into commercial stores, opening all kinds of small shops, but Li Gaofa's home still maintains its original appearance.
"My father-in-law doesn't want to change," Ma Gang noticed that after He Ning and Tang Li saw the small store houses that had been renovated by other families, their eyes fell on Li Gaofa's house was covered with stains and almost became opaque windows, and while helping Li Yuxiu walk, he took the initiative to say to them, "We also persuaded him before, saying that if he wants to, he can move over and live with us, or move to live with the eldest sister, and his house will also be changed, changed to a store, rented, A month's rent must be much more than if he went all over the world to pick up rags, wouldn't it be nice, and it would be a little easier, and he still had money to spare. As a result, my father-in-law was unwilling, saying that this was his home, and it was up to him to change it or not, and we were not qualified to intervene, so he would live here and not go anywhere. ”
He Ning and Tang Li nodded, and did not make any comments, after all, this is the old man's house, and he has the right to choose how to dispose of it and how to choose how to live his life.
Li Gao's key to the house is held by Li Yuxiu, she used a trembling hand to take out the key from her pocket to open the door, several times because the hand trembled too much, not the right keyhole, in the end or Ma Gang took the key from her hand on the side, helped her open the door, because the window has been closed and the door is not well ventilated, the door is really a very unpleasant smell when it is opened, the smell is very mixed, and it is not clear what kind of bad smell it is, it seems to have a rancid smell, It also seems to be a moldy and spoiled smell of things, and when mixed together, people can't help but want to pinch their noses.
"Let you see the smile," Ma Gang said to He Ning and Tang Li a little embarrassed, "Didn't my wife tell you just now, my father-in-law likes to pick up rags, and sometimes he can't sell them at home at once, and after a long time, the smell is not to mention, this is not a big summer, and when it is the hottest time in August, there is no way to stay in this house even if the windows are open!" The neighbors had to walk a few steps faster past the window, and they couldn't stand the smell of the house. ”
"Okay, my dad has an accident, what are you doing with these useful and useless things!" Li Yuxiu turned her head and glared at Ma Gang a little unhappily, "Who cares if the air in the room is fresh or not at this time!" ”
In fact, He Ning and the others really care about this, after all, the smell in the house is so strong, whether it is simply because there are too many clutter in the house, or because this is the first scene of Li Gaofa's murder, the strong smell in this house represents the second possibility, and they can't help but pay attention to it.
To be on the safe side, Tonic gave everyone a pair of shoe covers, and before entering the door, he told Li Yuxiu and Ma Gang not to touch the things in the house as much as possible.
"Comrade policeman, then I have to make it clear to you first," she said nervously to He Ning and Tang Li, "I used to take care of my dad every day, and there is nothing in this house that I haven't touched!" Don't look back and find out that there are any fingerprints or something in it, just say that this has something to do with me, then I can't afford it! I've watched TV programs on the legal system before, don't you police all look at the crime scene to see if there are anyone's fingerprints, and then you think that whoever is suspicious may be the murderer or something! ”
"You don't have to be nervous, the criteria we use to judge who can not is not only whether someone's fingerprints were found at the scene, but also many other things." He Ning said to Li Yuxiu, although Li Yuxiu was a little fuss and nervous, but in general, it is still understandable, in her previous work, she has also encountered other similar situations, after all, ordinary people rarely deal with the criminal police on weekdays, once they are dealing, it is not the victim's family, or the people who are affected, and it is normal for some overreactions.
Li Yuxiu seemed to be faintly relieved when she heard her say this, she pointed to a backrest chair on the side, half-leaned on Ma Gang's body weakly, and asked He Ning, "Then can I sit there for a while?" I was so weak that I couldn't stand up, and I felt like I was going to pass out. ”
Tang Li nodded, indicating that she could sit down without a problem, and Ma Gang hurriedly spoke when he saw this: "Then comrade policeman, you also let me sit for a while, I will help her all the way, and I will be tired to death now!" ”
"Okay, you can all sit down and rest for a while." Henin said to him.
Ma Gang immediately settled Li Yuxiu on the chair, and he also sat down on another chair on the side, looking terribly tired, panting and rubbing his arms, as if supporting Li Yuxiu was a very, very physically demanding drudgery, even if Li Yuxiu was a very thin woman who didn't know if she weighed ninety pounds, and Ma Gang himself was tall and strong.
His actions made He Ning almost frown, although women must be weak, men must be strong, this concept itself is a kind of gender bias, but the figures of these two people are clearly in front of him, a tall man, excluding the middle of the car, did not support his wife for too long, and the result was such a look, if it weren't for the fact that he had to be properly restrained in front of He Ning and Tang Li, I'm afraid he couldn't help but complain, This really makes it difficult for He Ning to have any masculine-related associations with this man who seems to be powerful and masculine, and even thinks that Ma Gang may also be the kind of person who is particularly careful about paying in his daily life.
Li Gaofa's house area is slightly larger than that of Li Yuxiu and Ma Gang, but the furnishings in the house look more old, the house is a two-bedroom, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom structure, with an area of about seventy or eighty square meters. As long as there are things on the market that someone can pay for recycling, almost all of them can be found, what old newspapers and magazines, what scrap copper and rotten iron, what plastic bottles, plastic buckets, and even waste household appliances, there is a small black and white TV in the corner of the living room, and there is a small black and white TV in the corner of the living room.
Obviously, this is also Li Gaofa picked up, and I don't know where he can still pick up this kind of thing.
Tonic approached the waste sundries, sniffed, and smelled the smell there, it was indeed a bad smell, it was estimated that some cartons, newspapers and other things were not dry enough, or Li Gaofa deliberately dusted off the water on the top in order to sell more when selling, and the thick stacks were piled together, and after a long time, they were a little moldy. However, it smells bad here, but it is not exactly the same as the mixed stench that you smell when you open the door and enter, which means that there are other reasons in that bad smell.
So the two people followed the smell all the way, and finally found that the unpleasant smell in the kitchen was stronger than in the living room, and the smell in the kitchen was also concentrated near the old Xiaoice box. He Ning and Tonic glanced at each other, and had a little good guess in their hearts, Tonic stepped forward, carefully opened the upper and lower doors of the refrigerator, and found that there was no light on inside, and an unusually strong rancid smell poured out directly, the rancid smell was so strong that even Tonic was so calm that he didn't hold it all at once, and he coughed a few times, He Ning also felt a stirring in her stomach on the side, she subconsciously covered her mouth, raised the small flashlight in her hand, and shone it into the refrigerator.