Chapter 12 Anxiety
He Ning and Tang Li waited for a while, and they didn't know who had appointed them as "resident liaisons" The aunt's action can be said to be very strong, plus there may be more people at home at this time in the afternoon, and after a while, she didn't even know where to find more than a dozen people for He Ning and Tang Li, from the young, middle-aged, to the elderly, men, women and children were called over by the aunt, just stood in a circle in the open space outside Li Gaofa's window, surrounded He Ning and Tang Li in the middle, and many of the people who were called by her seemed to have not figured out the situation, except for a large number of curious glances at He Ning and Tang Li, but they were confused and didn't know the situation, you look at me, I look at you, no one can say whyγ Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Aunt Jia, what's the important thing you called us over?" A middle-aged woman in her early forties took the lead and asked the resident liaison aunt surnamed Jia, "I'm still in a hurry to cook at home, otherwise my child will come back from school in a while, don't you know, fifteen or sixteen years old is just the age of growing up the body, that kid is hungry all day long, and he shouts to eat as soon as he enters the house!"
"I know, I know, I won't delay you for so long, I called everyone here, and that's because it's a very important thing, otherwise wouldn't there be no need to be so excited, when have I done this before?" That's what happened to all of you today, you all know Li Gaofa, right? Something happened to him, and now the police have come to investigate this matter, and they want to find out about the situation with people with whom Li Gaofa has been in contact and who he has dealt with. β
"Uncle Li, what's wrong with him?" the middle-aged woman asked a little curiously just now, after all, it is definitely not a trivial matter to be able to recruit the police, "His two daughters are not worry-free, right?"
"Such a little thing, would the police come to investigate like this!" Aunt Jia waved her hand, "Lao Li Tou'er was killed, you tell me, I don't know which one was stabbed a thousand times! He is a bad old man, he is over 70 years old, who can he provoke! As for killing people! It's so unconscionable!"
"Everyone usually has dealings with Li Gaofa, right?" He Ning asked those who were called by Aunt Jia.
Some of those people were more honest and nodded, and some immediately waved their hands to deny it as soon as they heard that it was involved in a criminal case, saying that they were not familiar with Li Gaofa at all, that is, they nodded when they met and smiled.
This kind of abandonment is also human nature, after all, people have the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and it is understandable.
"What did you just say about his two daughters?" Tonic didn't miss the key point that the middle-aged woman casually asked, so he asked her directly.
The middle-aged woman obviously regretted it a little, the expression on her face looked very complicated, after all, she was asked to say these things in front of other people, she was also a little worried that there were many people, and the wall had ears, in case what she said was passed on to Li Gaofa's daughter's ears again, Li Gaofa was gone, but his daughter was still alive and well, what should I do when people come to her to settle accounts?
"Ah, in fact, it's nothing, I just thought you were the kind of police who came to mediate disputes, Uncle Li's two daughters don't seem to have a particularly good relationship, and there have been conflicts before, so I'll just ask. I don't know the specifics, so it's someone else's housework, so you can ask someone else. The middle-aged woman was asked and it was not good not to answer, so she simply avoided the important and made an understatement.
Tang Li did not continue to ask her about these things, what the other party's concerns were In fact, he was also very clear in his heart, Aunt Jia called a group of people together, this practice itself has such a drawback, after there are more people, they will worry about being heard what information they have provided to the police, and it is difficult to explain it when they are investigated by their families again, and it is easy to cause trouble and disputes for themselves. But from another point of view, if it weren't for Aunt Jia's warm-hearted Zhang Luo, they wouldn't know who Li Gaofa usually had dealings with in this vicinity, even if they wanted to inquire, I am afraid there was no place to inquire, now that the direction is there, since the other party is not good to open in front of everyone, it is a big deal to go to her again in private to solve it.
Then again, no matter how inconsiderate Li Gaofa's two daughters are and have conflicts with the elderly, this contradiction should eventually be a disagreement between relatives or a little dispute over interests.
As soon as the middle-aged woman shirked like this, other people didn't seem to want to say anything, you and I said it for a long time, and in the end, it boiled down to saying that the old man Li Gaofa got along with the neighbors on weekdays, and the old man was very kind and low-key, and he didn't cause trouble and didn't cause trouble to others, so everyone had a good impression of him, but the old man Li Gaofa was not the kind of person who liked to socialize and talk, so he was familiar with the residents of this neighborhood, but he didn't have a good relationship with anyone to the point of knowing the rootsγ
There was an old lady who was quite emotional, and after sighing, she said a little unpleasantly: "Tell me, this god also has times when he can't open his eyes! Why does anyone let this old Li Tou'er have an accident if he doesn't have an accident! How honest he is, I originally knew his wife, and often went out to buy vegetables together, strolling around or something, no matter how bad the old Li Tou'er was with his legs and feet, he also welcomed out every time, rushing to help his wife get things, for fear that his wife would be tired! Every time I go back and see my old man playing cards at home, my heart is rubbing fire, looking at what other people's wives are like, it is really more people than people have to die, and goods have to be thrown! Later, Lao Li Tou'er's wife got sick and died, Lao Li Tou'er was left alone, and our old neighbors of similar age also felt that it was not easy for him to be strange, so I thought that if I would introduce him to another wife, I would like someone to say something, be a companion, buy a vegetable and cook a meal together, but as soon as I mentioned this, he coaxed us, and then I heard from others that his wife had been dead for a long time, and he still had half of the bed for his wife at home, just like when his wife was alive! Alas, what a good man with affection and righteousness! How could such an unfortunate thing happen to him!"
"In other words, Li Gaofa is such a good old man who has never quarreled with the world and has never had any unpleasant trouble with others, so there is no problem with me saying this, right?" He Ning asked.
Everyone else nodded in agreement, saying that Li Gaofa is indeed an old man with no bad deeds, looking at their attitude, it is not all for the sake of the deceased to be particularly kind in front of the police, but Li Gaofa does have a good reputation among these old neighbors, and everyone has a good impression of him.
At this time, Tonic noticed a young man in the crowd, who looked like he was twenty-five or sixteen years old, dressed more fashionably, with a T-shirt and big shorts, and a pair of trendy sneakers under his feet.
"How did you and Li Gaofa meet?" Tang Li asked the young man, after all, based on the age gap between him and Li Gaofa, if it is a family that encounters early marriage and early childbearing, it is estimated that they are all grandparents and grandchildren, and it seems that he was also called by Aunt Jia, not someone who came to see the excitement, which made Tang Li feel a little puzzled, I don't know what this person will have to do with Li Gaofa.
"Oh, he's Xiao Bao, and he's been living in our rented house for more than three years," Aunt Jia rushed to answer Tonic Li's question for the young man, "Xiao Bao is a good boy!" This child is very sensible, not at all like those young people in the current days, what old people are bad and bad people are old, as soon as they see our old man and old lady, they think that we are touching porcelain and slandering people, and the young ones are robbers, and there are thieves, and we old people don't say that they think young people are thieves and robbers! Xiao Bao is different, he is very serious, and when he sees the elders, he is also kind, and he usually knows that Lao Li Touer likes to pick up rags, and he thinks that Lao Li Touer is old and his health is not good, so he saves up the waste products that can be sold at home in advance, and then sends them to Lao Li Touer, lest Lao Li Touer have to run around to pick them up! Do you say that this child is particularly hearted and sensible? There are not many such young people these days!
"Ouch, my Aunt Jia, don't praise me, I want to find a crack in the ground to get into! The young man estimated that he was a more lively personality on weekdays, and was praised by Aunt Jia like this, and exaggeratedly blocked his face with his hand, and then adjusted his emotions again, realizing that the hippie smiling face at this time did not seem to be appropriate, after all, the old man Li Gaofa had just had an accident, and the police were still here to understand the situation, he hurriedly adjusted his emotions, took out a business card from his pocket and handed it over, and said to He Ning and Tang Li, " Hello two, let me introduce myself, my name is Bao Mingxuan, and I have opened a mobile phone application development studio, because the rented studio is relatively close to here, so I have been renting a house here. I don't know Uncle Li very well, to be honest, I used to think that he was a lonely old man, living in difficulty, so I needed to pick up rags to subsidize my life, so I thought about doing something good, and later I learned that Uncle Li actually has children, and the pension is enough to spend, but anyway, as I just said, it's all a piggybacking thing, so I will continue to leave him a stay, sometimes I take it to him along the way, sometimes he comes to my side to pick it up, it's just such a simple thing, not as good as my Aunt Jia boasted. β
Tang Li nodded, and asked Bao Mingxuan casually: "Then when was the last time you saw Li Gaofa picking up waste outside, can you still remember clearly?"
"Then I really can't remember, if Aunt Jia hadn't come to call me today, I wouldn't have remembered that I hadn't met Uncle Li for a long time, the studio was too busy some time ago, and I just breathed a sigh of relief in the past two days. Bao Mingxuan shook his head, looking helpless, and said to an old lady who had never said anything beside him, "She may know, I don't know what this aunt's name is, but I have seen her and Uncle Li rushing to pick up waste before, they are both peers, and they must know each other's dynamics better, which can be regarded as a little personal experience of my own studio." What outsiders don't necessarily know, your competitors certainly know. β
"Alas, you young man, don't talk nonsense, okay!" The old lady who was pointed out by him suddenly changed her face when she heard this, originally because she didn't want to speak, but now she was a little annoyed and angry, "I'm a competitor what? Why am I grabbing with him to pick up the rags? Obviously, he grabbed it with me, and I haven't seen it rare to see him!" Besides, my pension is higher than his, my wife also has a pension, my daughters are all promising, and unlike him, I make money and spend it alone, and the two daughters don't have one to worry about, and I just killed him in order to grab some tattered things with him? He's taller and more energetic than me, can I kill him? I think he killed me!"
"Auntie, don't get excited," He Ning hurriedly opened his mouth to appease the old lady on the side, and asked with a smile, "What do you call it?"
"My surname is Chen, you can call me Mrs. Chen," the old lady opened her mouth to introduce herself, "I will live -- hey, the building opposite! The second floor counts one, two, three, four, from the left, and the fifth window, that is our house! If you don't believe it, just check me, I don't care, anyway, my old lady is doing it straight, I will never let it be mine, and I will not be greedy if it is not mine." β
"Look at your old sister, she is so old and so generous, other people's children just say casually, why are you reacting so much!" Aunt Jia seemed to be making peace with the mud, but everyone could hear that she was a little biased towards the young man named Bao Mingxuan, "This makes people laugh at you a lot, and you can't get along with children when you are old!"