Chapter 172: Poor Country
Fang Lubai was puzzled and looked around, due to the relatively remote terrain, there were almost no people around.
Chang Qingshan took out his mobile phone: "I'll ask Cheng Xi and ask her to check it."
However, as soon as the number was dialed, Chang Qingshan changed color, and Fang Lubai asked, "What's wrong?"
"Poor country, no signal!" As he spoke, he raised his phone again, but there was still no signal.
Fang Lubai was a little helpless, the two discussed going back first, and when they got to the place where there was a signal, they called the bureau and asked them to ask what was going on in this orphanage.
The two turned around and wanted to leave, but suddenly there was a chill behind them, and then a dull voice came out: "Who are you two looking for?"
The voice is a bit like a ghost in a thriller, and in this uninhabited place, the two big men are also startled.
Behind them stood a rickety old lady, about 1.5 meters old, hunched over, with a wrinkled face, and most importantly, one of the old lady's eyes was white.
Chang Qingshan couldn't help but take a step back, this appearance and the creepy voice just now couldn't help but make people think about it.
Chang Qingshan patted Fang Lubai's shoulder, Fang Lubai also swallowed saliva with a panicked expression: "What, what are you doing?"
"Is this a human or a ghost?" Chang Qingshan blurted out.
Before Fang Lubai could answer, the old lady inside glanced angrily, staring at the two of them with white eyes, which made their feet unable to move as if they were sticking to lead.
"My wife is old and not deaf, why are you two little furry children here?" The old lady's tone was a little unhappy, after all, being said to be a ghost, anyone would be unhappy.
Chang Qingshan and Fang Lubai scratched their scalps, and the two smiled awkwardly before calming down. Fang Lubai stepped forward: "Old lady, we are police ......" Before Fang Lubai's words could be spoken, Chang Qingshan grabbed it, smiled and said first: "We are friends of Hualimei, come and see the child?"
Chang Qingshan squeezed his eyebrows, Fang Lubai understood that the people from the Lucheng Criminal Police Team had been here several times recently, and if they talked about the police, maybe the old lady would be tired of ignoring people.
"Whose friend?" The old lady asked again. Chang Qingshan is helpless, doesn't he say that his ears are not deaf!
"Gorgeous plum's." Chang Qingshan raised his voice.
"Ao, a cut plum, what do you call it?"
Chang Qingshan was even more helpless, he heard the bad words just now, he heard it from afar, this is deliberate.
"It's not a cut plum, it's Fei Yuqing, no, it's a gorgeous plum!"
"Oh, Dean Hua." The old lady finally heard clearly.
Chang Qingshan breathed a sigh of relief, if he didn't hear it clearly, he was about to collapse.
"What's going on with this orphanage, old lady? Why no one? Chang Qingshan continued to ask.
"It's almost winter, I'm taking the children to the autumn outing, there is a camp on that hill over there, and I won't be back tomorrow." The old lady said, pointing to a hill.
Fang Lubai looked at it, there were indeed a few wooden houses on the mountain in that place, but this was a bit far away, and the road here was not easy for cars to walk.
Chang Qingshan asked Fang Lubai in a low voice: "What should I do, if I get tomorrow, do you want to go back first?"
Fang Lubai hesitated, and finally replied: "Ask this old lady first, looking at her age, she should have been here for a long time, maybe she knows something."
Fang Lubai turned around and asked, "Old lady, how long have you been in this orphanage?"
The old lady stretched out three fingers: "Thirty years, I have been here since the day the orphanage was built." Hey, I said you two young people, come to see the children and don't bring anything, these little babies have been greedy lately. ”
Chang Qingshan patted his head: "Yes, it's all in the car."
Fang Lubai whispered: "Don't talk nonsense, how can you buy anything!"
Chang Qingshan looked like he wanted to cry without tears, walked to the trunk and took out a bag of snacks, and handed the things to the old lady with a smile on his face.
Fang Lubai was a little surprised: "I can't see it, Team Chang, you still have a hand."
Chang Qingshan looked innocent: "That's the snack I bought for Han Ru, it seems that I have to break the fee again."
Chang Qingshan leaned up: "Old lady, you also took this thing, you see that the children are not there, I am thirsty when I come from afar, can you beg for water."
The old lady smiled and showed two rows of dentures, then took out a bunch of keys from her waist and opened the lock with squinted eyes.
"My wife doesn't have anything else, water, keep it enough."
The iron door creaked, and Chang Qingshan's mind also swelled with squeaky memories, this voice seemed familiar.
"Hey, what are you doing stunned?" Fang Lubai bumped Chang Qingshan in a daze with his shoulder.
Chang Qingshan relieved himself, smiled secretly in his heart, his squeaky voice was not the same, and replied: "It's okay."
Then he trotted forward and took the things in the old lady's hand: "Come on, old lady, the things are heavy, I'll help you."
The three of them turned into a dilapidated building, and the old lady led the two into a room, which looked like the old lady's bedroom, and the walls were full of pictures of children.
"This is our staff dormitory, it's a bit broken, you guys are going to sit down."
The décor here is simple, all the buildings do look old, and it is not easy for the orphanage to be open here for 30 years.
The old lady's tool for boiling water was still an old-fashioned coal stove, and when she came in, the water had just been boiled, and after she poured a glass of water for the two of them, she asked, "How is Dean Hua doing?"
The Lucheng Criminal Police Team completely blocked the news of Hua Limei's killing, and this time the secrecy was done well, and even the unscrupulous media did not receive any news, let alone this remote orphanage.
The members of the previous investigation task force also concealed the facts, only saying that Hua Limei was recently involved in a case, and did not say anything about Hua Limei's murder.
Chang Qingshan took a sip of water and replied: "It's good, eat well, sleep well, live a carefree life, just miss children."
"Then come back and see." The old lady sat down across from them: "She hasn't been back for a long time, but she has rheumatism and inconvenience, so if she can, she won't come, and it's not good for people to be hyperactive."
The old lady suddenly thought of something: "Young man, let me ask you something, last time I heard Deng Ya say that a police officer came to ask Dean Hua about it, and said that it was involved in a matter, what is it?"
Deng Ya in the old lady's mouth is the current director of the orphanage, and she is also the companion who founded the 'Relief Orphanage' with Hua Limei.
Chang Qingshan hurriedly replied: "This matter is all a misunderstanding, how could Dean Hua be such a good person, how could he have something to do with the police."
The old lady was happy: "I'll just say, Dean Hua has been diligent and diligent for so many years, if it weren't for the fact that her place would have closed down a long time ago, and now there is no charity relief, relying on the compensation from the government, the orphanage would be in a recession."
After the old lady finished speaking, she sighed a few times, and then took Chang Qingshan's hand and began to chatter, in short, they talked about how good Huali Mei was, the current situation in the orphanage, and interesting things.
Chang Qingshan wanted to ask some questions about Zhong Li several times, but the old lady diverted the topic and went back to the old lady's topic. Fang Lubai patted Chang Qingshan's shoulder and told him to do it to himself, while he got up and looked at the photos on the wall.