Xie Jinlan raised his eyebrows slightly: "After more than ten years of hard work, where is it so easy to regress?" ”

While laughing, he took the lead in raising his feet and walking in the direction pointed by Li Dazhui.

Mo Yan followed with a grin.

Looking at Xie Jinlan's back, Ruan Yezhen thought to herself: How many surprises can this person give her!

According to the house that Li Dazhui said, Xie Jinlan stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Is anyone at home?" ”

"Who!" At this moment, a slightly hoarse voice came from inside the room.

A moment later, with a "squeak", a middle-aged man with a somewhat sickly face, a thin body, and a slightly hunched body appeared at the door.

Xie Jinlan took a step forward and smiled kindly: "You are Brother Da Niu's father, right?" I should call you a cousin-in-law. ”

The middle-aged man, Li Youcai, the father of Li Daniu, coughed lightly a few times, and looked at Xie Jinlan suspiciously: "Young man, who are you?" ”

Xie Jinlan hurriedly stepped forward and patted his back gently, showing concern: "Cousin-in-law, you slow down, let's not rush." ”

After a pause, Xie Jinlan continued:

"Cousin-in-law, you may not remember me. I am the son of my cousin's cousin's cousin's cousin, my name is Jin Lan. My mother said, when I was born, you hugged me. ”

Li Youcai thought about it, and then suddenly realized: "Oh, it's the Jin family's boy, I'm still a little impressed." Is your home next door to Jinjia Village, Linping County? ”

Xie Jinlan didn't deny it, and replied with a smile: "Cousin, you have a really good memory!" ”

Li Youcai smiled and waved his hand: "Hehe, where is my good memory." ”

Xie Jinlan turned sideways slightly and pointed to Mo Yan on the side: "This is my younger brother next to him, just call him Mo Yan by my cousin-in-law." ”

Then he looked at Mo Yan: "Mo Yan, call someone quickly." ”

Mo Yan stepped forward with a smile and supported the other side of the middle-aged man: "Good cousin." ”

Li Youcai squinted his eyes and nodded with a smile: "Okay, good." Let's stop standing here, come in and sit. ”

Helping Li Youcai to sit down in the courtyard, Xie Jinlan seemed to ask casually: "Cousin-in-law, is Brother Niu going out to work?" ”

Li Youcai looked proud: "Yes, your eldest brother went to Wang Yuanwai's house to work during this time!" I heard that after the completion of the project, the salary is much higher than usual! ”

Xie Jinlan followed up and praised: "This foreigner is not something that ordinary people can enter!" Brother Niu's craftsmanship must be very powerful! ”

As if thinking of something, Li Youcai sighed softly, and his face became sad.

Mo Yan looked at Li Youcai very puzzled: "Cousin-in-law, isn't this a good thing?" What are you sighing for? ”

Li Youcai shook his head lightly and said:

"The neighbors all said, "My big cow is taking advantage of the dead!" Tell me, where can I be happy when I hear this? ”

Xie Jinlan asked: "How did you say this?" ”

Li Youcai sighed again: "You two just came to our Lijia Village, I'm afraid you don't know yet, just a few days ago, there were dead people in our village!" ”

Mo Yan scratched his head: "Isn't birth, old age, sickness and death a normal thing?" ”

Li Youcai waved his hand, coughed lightly, and then said:

"This is a boy who is only one and a half years old! I don't know which one did it ruthlessly! And buried the body in the backyard of that family! ”

Xie Jinlan and Mo Yan couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Mo Yan's face was angry: "This is too inhumane!" ”

Li Youcai let out a long sigh and said, "Who said it wasn't!" Poor Li Bao'er, before she remembers, she can't open her eyes anymore. ”

Xie Jinlan was puzzled: "But, what does this have to do with Brother Da Niu?" ”

Li Youcai said: "Originally, this job was owned by Li Bao'er, his father Li Tiegen, and his uncle Li Tiezhu. But the only boy in the family died, and the two didn't have the heart to go to work. That's why it's cheaper for my big cow. ”

Xie Jinlan suddenly realized: "I see! ”

Then he said: "Then this matter can only be said to be a coincidence, how can they say this about Brother Da Niu?" ”

After Li Youcai sighed, he said:

That's a long way to say. At that time, Wang Yuan's family recruited carpenters, and the two brothers Li Tiezhu were selected, but your eldest brother was not selected.

Your big bull brother is also a quick temper. As soon as I returned to the village, I complained to several acquaintances. It doesn't matter if it's Li Tiezhu, then Li Tiegen is the most treacherous and slippery on weekdays, why can he be selected!

At that time, Da Niu also said casually, it was best for something to happen in their family, so that their two brothers could not do this job!

Well, now there's really something wrong with their family! Aren't the neighbors just talking about this? There are even people who secretly talk about ......"

Seeing Li Youcai's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Mo Yan couldn't help urging: "What are you talking about?" ”

Li Youcai showed a trace of anger on his face: "They said, maybe it was your big bull brother who killed that Li Bao'er!" ”

Xie Jinlan frowned slightly: "How can they spread things without evidence?" ”

Li Youcai coughed a few times, and then said:

"Evidence or something, that's all about the government. Where do we little people care about this? Everyone says whatever comes to mind.

If it weren't for the purpose of making money to cure my old problems, Da Niu would just be desperate for this job, and he wouldn't be like now, letting people point fingers behind his back! ”

Seeing that Li Youcai was excited, and suddenly coughed and turned red, Mo Yan quickly got up and gently patted his back:

"Cousin-in-law, don't worry. As long as Brother Da Niu is innocent, I believe that the government will definitely give him justice. ”

Finally relieved, Li Youcai took a few breaths, and then shook his head gently:

"I've heard people say that the county magistrate of Lin'an County doesn't take care of things on weekdays. I don't know if he will care about such a big murder case. ”

Ruan Yezhen, who was on the side, heard this, and instantly gloated: "Xie Jinlan, I didn't expect that your bad reputation has already spread to Lijia Village." Even this uncle has heard about it! ”

Xie Jinlan looked at Li Youcai with a smile: "Don't worry, cousin, this matter, the county master will definitely investigate it to the end." ”

Li Youcai widened his somewhat cloudy eyes slightly: "Jin Lan, how do you know?" ”

Xie Jinlan's face was slightly red:

"Cousin-in-law, I used to be classmates with Master Chen in the county government, and now we still have some contact with each other. He once said in his letter that although the current county magistrate seems to be indifferent on the surface, he is actually a good official who thinks about the people.

Once someone goes to the county office to report the case, he will always pay attention to the progress of the matter. Now that such a big murder case has occurred, the county magistrate will definitely pay more attention to it. ”