It is overgrown with weeds everywhere, if it weren't for the deep ruts left on the road in front of the warehouse because of the traffic for many years, and the vines on the courtyard wall that have gone through a few springs and autumns, I would have suspected that this is a ruin.

Yang Zi stood in front of the warehouse door with Chubby, looking at a big lock hanging on it, Yang Zi hesitantly turned his head to look at Chubby, and pointed at the rusty lock with his head, meaning that there would be someone in here?

Chubby nodded affirmatively, he took Yang Zi to the side of the warehouse, and near the back wall, two small houses were built, and Chubby gestured to Yang Zi and said softly, "She lives here." ”

These are two houses blackened by smoke, with a sink in front of the door, a stove, and a few pots and bowls on it, and a few chickens on the side, but they are all kept in a cage, and when they see someone coming, the chickens are restless.

There was a sound of Suo Suo coming from the house, which made Yang Zi feel a chill in his heart for no reason, as if someone was peeping this way behind the crack in the window, Yang Zi looked at the window, but he couldn't see anyone, he settled down, stepped forward, and reached out to knock on the door that felt like it was about to fall.

Before his hand could touch, the door ......creaked open from the inside, and an elderly woman in ragged clothes and dirty stood angrily in the door, looking at them with wariness in her eyes.

Her eyes were on the little fat beside Yang Zi, and suddenly like an angry orangutan, she jumped over Yang Zi with her teeth and claws and threw herself at the little fat, screaming screaming as she pounced: "It's you again!" It's you again! He's dead, don't come to him! You can't hear me! ”

Yang Zi, who was not at all defenseless, was tilted to the side by her figure, and Xiaopang had already understood her power, and before she could pounce, she had already taken a big step back with agility, just avoiding her hands that were full of black mud between her fingernails.

Yang Zi shook for a moment, adjusted his steps, stabilized his center of gravity, and yelled at the woman: "Stop, we are police!" ”

By his roar, the woman was startled, stood there stunned for a while, the whole person slowly wilted like a deflated ball, and stood there without saying a word.

Xiaopang hurriedly stood beside Yang Zi, but he still looked at the woman nervously from time to time, as if he was afraid that she would pounce again, and his hand clenched his fist at his side, ready for battle.

Yang Zi saw that the woman was not moving, and his heart was a little trembling, but he couldn't show cowardice on the surface, he took a step forward, and then showed his police officer card, and said in a heavy tone: "Look at this is my certificate, we are here to investigate Zhang Qingtian, do you know where he is?" ”

When the woman heard him say this, she suddenly seemed to be reminded of something sad, her knees weakened, and she knelt on the ground with a "plop" on her knees, while slapping the ground, beating her chest and wiping her tears and crying, her crying added a lot of small and fragmented chatter, probably in her hometown dialect, speaking quickly, Yang Zi listened quietly for a long time and did not hear what she was saying.

He and Chubby glanced at each other, and slowly approached the crying woman, Yang Zi squatted on the woman's side, and a smell of sweat with an indescribable smell of rancid acid rushed into his nose, making him almost hold his breath, Yang Zi turned his head slightly to the side, dodged for a while, and held his breath, and only after a long time of getting used to it did he slow down his tone and soothe: "Uh...... I said, "That...... Don't cry, tell me something, eh...... We police officers are all ...... for the people"

Xiaopang didn't want to get too close, he stood far away, and when he heard what the captain said, he almost burst out laughing, but he didn't dare to laugh, first, he was afraid that the captain would not be able to come down to kill himself, and second, he was afraid that laughing out of his voice would stimulate the crazy woman again, so he bit his mouth and the muscles on his face were about to cramp, so he barely held back his laughter.

The woman was still crying, burying her head and crying sadly, like a child, her mouth had stopped chattering, but she was still making a whining cry.

At this moment, there was a sound of car horns from the side of the warehouse, and the sharp whistle resounded in this desolate space, causing a buzzing echo, which was even more eerie, and the woman who was kneeling on the ground and crying heard the whistle sound, and suddenly had a spirit, as if she had changed people, and jumped up at once, and rushed towards the door of the warehouse faster than a rabbit.

This sudden change made Yang Zi not react for a moment, but he quickly guessed that there should be a car coming to the warehouse to load or unload the goods, so he also ran towards the door of the warehouse.

Sure enough, a truck full of goods stopped a few meters away from the warehouse, and the driver had stopped honking his horn and was scolding and counting: "You are sick again today, and I told you that I will come to deliver the goods at this point, let you open the door in advance, and see you, when is it, why did you come?" ”

The woman bowed her head in resignation, did not speak like a child who had done something wrong, silently opened the door of the warehouse, and then waited by the door with her back bent, waiting for the man to reverse the car into it, and several stevedores on the car jumped down and began to unload the goods from the car with skillful movements.

The driver also jumped out of the car, took out a piece of paper and handed it to the woman guarding the warehouse, and said in a vicious voice: "Oh, this is the warehousing list, you can see clearly, there are 300 pieces of soap, 300 pieces of laundry detergent, and these things, all of which are clearly written, you click on it, and then sign." After saying that, the driver took the lead and walked towards the warehouse, and heard his babbling voice from afar, and asked the woman to count the numbers.

Yang Zi took Xiaopang to stay at the corner where he could see everything in front of the warehouse door, and did not rush to follow him again, at first he was afraid that this woman would be overstimulated and ran away, and when he heard the driver's voice, he knew that it was just a matter of work, so he didn't have to go over, just pay attention to it.

Soon the driver and the woman guarding the warehouse had completed the handover procedures, and the workers had finished moving their things, but the woman was still timid, carefully locking the rusty lock on the warehouse door, turning around and standing there with her eyebrows low, waiting for the driver to leave without saying a word.

"Alas...... Look at you, it's always been like this, a lot of things have passed! You...... Alas...... "The driver seemed to be unable to say any more, stomped his foot hatefully, beckoned the stevedores to get in the car and sit down, opened the door of the cab and sat in, looked at the woman who did not speak, shook his head, started the car and drove away.

The woman didn't know what she was thinking, she stood there for a long time, as if she suddenly came back to her senses, remembered that Yang Zi and they were still there, and hurriedly walked in the direction of Yang Zi with her head down again.

She lowered her head and didn't notice that Yang Zi and Xiaopang were standing here, and only when she walked in front of them did she raise her head and find that she was startled and almost fell down.

The woman probably knew that her clothes were very dirty, as if she didn't want to stain Yang Zi's hands, she kept struggling as soon as she stood firm, Yang Zi was afraid that she would fall again, so she didn't dare to force it reluctantly, so she gently let go of her hand with her strength.

"This ...... It doesn't matter to you, right? He hurriedly asked.

The woman finally raised her head and looked at him, the eyes that had begun to be cloudy looked at Yang Zi's face fixedly, and a few tears that were no longer crystal rolled out of her eyes for a long time, her face, which was half dark and half muddy, vaguely revealed some redness, and her face also brought out some gratefulness.

She pursed her lips, shook her head gently, then moved her throat, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and opened her mouth with difficulty: "Police...... Comrade ......, I ...... I'm telling you. ”

After saying these two sentences, she seemed to feel much better, and her speech became smoother: "Comrade policeman, go and sit at home...... The matter of the dead man will not be clear for a while. ”

Still hunched over, with her head half-bowed, she walked unhurriedly in front of them, guiding them towards their home, the two small houses that had been randomly erected on the edge of the warehouse.

Yang Zi, who followed her, looked at the figure that was obviously older than her actual age, her rickety back was full of loneliness, I don't know why, Yang Zi's heart was sad, this woman knew at a glance that she had suffered a lot, although he didn't know what had happened to her, but he could feel her cowardice and timidity caused by chance, like a frightened bird, a little wind and rain, the first reaction was to hide and protect himself from being hurt again.

The woman's home soon arrived, she pushed open the door that had not been closed just now, and regardless of the fact that the chickens at the door were once again startled by the sound of people moving around, she just greeted Yang Zi and them warmly: "Comrade policeman, come in and sit." ”

A musty smell came to his nose, Yang Zi was choked and sneezed several times, the room was very dim, and only after passing the bright sunlight outside, for a while, he didn't see anything clearly. Chubby was treated the same as him, sneezing and half-squinting his eyes to adapt to the light, and the two of them crowded at the door, not moving for a long time.

The woman was already busy in the house, she first took a rag and wiped the sofa, and then rummaged through the boxes and cabinets and didn't know what she was looking for, and the bright sweat on her forehead and the tip of her nose were soaked in the eyes, which happened to fall in the eyes of Yang Zi, who had adapted to the light in the room, and he felt a little uncomfortable again in his heart.

"Uh, big ...... Eldest sister, don't be busy, we'll leave if we know something. Yang Zi didn't know whether to call her aunt or eldest sister, and after stammering for a long time, he still decided to call her eldest sister, he felt that the actual age of this woman was definitely not as old as it seemed.

Hearing him call himself eldest sister, the woman's figure paused for a moment, and once again seemed more anxious to rummage through the open cabinet, and said in her mouth: "Hey, why can't you find it?" ”