Xihe County Department Store, just a three-storey right-angle building, but is already a landmark building in the county, based on it to form the intersection to communicate the southeast and northwest, and the intersection area is the most prosperous area of the county, the other three corners of the intersection are the construction company building, the state-owned hardware store and the animal husbandry bureau office building, almost including all the people's livelihood.

It was ten minutes before the end of work in the afternoon, and Li Lu and Zhang Weiwei rushed here.

Pulling the car to the side of the road, they strode into the department store, which was a little dimly lit, and the salespeople were bored with their elbows resting on the high display cases and talking.

The counter of the department store and the supply and marketing cooperatives are about the same number of roads, high, and the passage between the counter and the back shelves is also high. This has created a scene where the masses always have to look at the salesperson with their heads held high to buy things, and the salesperson can comfortably rest his elbows on the counter and condescendingly talk to the masses.

Such a layout implicitly reflects the strata of this era and fully embodies the characteristics of the planned economy.

The one who sells things is the uncle.

Li Lu and Zhang Weiwei are both in military uniforms, and Li Lu's four pockets are obvious. Seeing their salespeople, although they didn't dare to slack off, they couldn't talk about enthusiasm.

"Comrade, we're off work." A freckled little girl said with some irritation.

The freckled girl looks like she is eighteen or nineteen years old, but she has made her hair into the curly style of a Hong Kong star, with a mature hairstyle and a youthful face, which looks a little nondescript. The oblique downward gaze fully reflects the pride of being a salesperson.

In the era when you can buy some scarce goods by inviting people to eat and find connections, the high social status of salespeople is not what can be imagined today.

Li Lu looked at the seagull mechanical watch on his wrist, there were still thirteen minutes before the end of work, and he said, "Find Comrade Fang Li, where is she?" ”

As soon as several salesmen heard Fang Li's name, they couldn't help but stand up straight and glance at each other.

Zhang Weiwei took out his ID and showed it, and said, "The security department of Guangming Factory will assist the public security in handling the case." Where is Fang Li? ”

Both of them had a hard tone, and there was no need to give these snobs a good attitude. They are treated like this in military uniforms, let alone ordinary people.

"Fang Li, Fang Li, she hasn't come to work for a few days, I don't know where she is." The freckled girl's typical bullying of the soft and afraid of the hard, lowered her tone, and said.

Zhang Weiwei pointed to the freckled girl and said, "This comrade, please take us to her house." ”

As he spoke, he lifted the hem of his clothes, revealing the Chinese version of the Makarov pistol in the quick holster on his waist, that is, the Type 59 9mm pistol, which was mainly equipped for commanders above the regimental level, and the meaning of deterrence was self-evident.

The older woman hurriedly smiled and said, "Okay, okay, Xiaomei, you take them to Fang Li's house to have a look." ”

The freckled girl pouted, went to get her bag, and said angrily, "Let's go, I'll take you there." ”

Before leaving, Li Lu looked at the goods on the shelves, and some electrical appliances had been covered with a layer of obvious dust, and there was obviously no trace of sales for a long time. This shows that the influence of Fenyuan Company's Fenyuan Electric Appliance Market has expanded to the county market.

The freckled girl named Xiaomei went out and turned left and raised her feet to leave, staring at LC80 on the side of the road as she walked. She has been in a lot of cars, including jeeps, and she has also been in the county government's Mitsubishi SUV, but this car seems to be larger than the county government's Mitsubishi SUV.

"Comrade Xiaomei, get in the car here." Zhang Weiwei called out to Xiaomei.

Xiaomei stood abruptly, pointed to the big jeep she was still looking at with envy, and said in disbelief, "This, this car?" ”

"Hmm."

Zhang Weiwei took out the key, pressed the unlock button, and heard a crisp and loud click, the door locks of the four doors bounced up together, he opened the door of the main driver and sat on, the key was inserted, the light was rotated, and the V8 engine made a powerful and low sound.

Xiaomei was stunned - why don't you have a car key in the car door?

The LC80, which should have appeared almost ten years later, appeared on the sales market in advance, and its ultra-high configuration was not at all imagined by the Chinese people who had just opened the country. Even in Li Lu's eyes, the LC80 at this time has many configurations that many low-end cars do not have thirty years later.

In the eyes of people in this era, the simple remote control key is surprisingly high-tech.

Xiaomei hurriedly came over, tossed for a long time to open the door of the back seat, and when she climbed into the car, her head hit the door frame, she didn't feel pain at all, and quickly held her breath and concentrated, and her eyes couldn't stop looking around. This car is really big enough, the seats are too comfortable, and there are many cases of English letters in the middle of the front steering wheel......

Li Lu was just about to get into the car, and when he caught a glimpse of the rear door not being closed properly, he walked over and closed it hard, startling Xiaomei inside, but he didn't dare to raise his chin to speak at this time, and smiled awkwardly. How can a cadre who can drive such a high-end car be an ordinary cadre.

Along the way, Xiaomei talked a lot, ask this and ask that. Li Lu ignored it, but asked many questions around Fang Li. Xiaomei already had the heart to talk, so she was very enthusiastic Balabala said a lot, but it was more of the gossip before the woman.

"Comrade, it's not that I'm talking bad things behind my back, who doesn't know in the store, Fang Li and Section Chief Zhu of Beiyun Vegetable Company have a somewhat unclear relationship. That woman, really, I can't even say anything about her, usually in the store, she doesn't have a good face for us, and it's hard to listen to her......"

"You wait." Li Lu interrupted her and asked, "Section Chief Zhu of Beiyun Vegetable Company, who is this?" ”

Xiaomei subconsciously covered her mouth, only to realize that she was talking bald too quickly, and covered up and said, "What Section Chief Zhu?" I don't know. ”

Li Lu stared at her and said, "Comrade Mei, you mentioned very clearly just now that Fang Li's life is not very proper, and she has an underground lover relationship with Section Chief Zhu of Beiyuncai Company. ”

"No! I didn't say that she and Section Chief Zhu are underground lovers! Xiaomei hurriedly corrected the emphasis.

Li Lu didn't say anything, just looked at her.

Xiaomei finally came back to her senses, what should be said and what should not be said, in fact, she has already said it, and if she doesn't admit what she said, her face will be gone.

"Yes, I've heard people say that, but I did see them by the river once, and they were quite intimate. Comrade Guard, you have to keep it a secret for me, I didn't tell anyone about it. Xiaomei pleaded in a low voice.

The sudden appearance of Section Chief Zhu in the case broadened Li Lu's mind a little. It stands to reason that since he has an unclear relationship with Fang Li, it is easy for the Xihe County Bureau to find this person during the investigation. However, there was not even a single word in the case file mentioning Section Chief Zhu.

The truth of the case is becoming more and more confusing.

Li Lu said, "We will not disclose personal privacy. How long will it take to get to Fang Li's house? ”

"When you arrive, you will be there around the corner, and there will be the staff dormitory of our department store." Xiaomei pointed to the bungalow on the right.

Zhang Weiwei pulled over, Xiaomei reluctantly got out of the car, and took the two of them to the department store dormitory community.

Just walked to a position about ten meters away from the door, and a middle-aged bald man with a black briefcase hanging from the handlebars of a bicycle came out, Li Lu saw the person's appearance clearly, and was slightly stunned.

Xiaomei greeted the man with a smile, "Section Chief Zhu, you came to visit Sister Li again." ”

He is Section Chief Zhu?