Bai Zhi watched her disappear in a puff of smoke, and couldn't help but wonder if she had something to hide from herself, so she secretly ordered Chunxi to go with her to take a look.

Mo Qiantao returned to the firewood courtyard along the road, and at this time Xiao Tian was lighting a fire in front of the stove, a large iron pot, placed on the stove made of mud.

When Mo Qiantao entered the door, Xiao Tian was throwing firewood inside, gloating with a sad face, "Why did you come back?" Is it scared that the young lady will be driven back? ”

"yes." Mo Qiantao Nunu's mouth was full of indifference.

I don't know who scared whom. Mo Qiantao thought to herself.

On this day, Oda's title of domestic violence man was confirmed, and he didn't know it at all.

*

A golden moon hung high in the treetops, and there was silence under the night sky.

Oda was dressed in a night suit that blended in with the night, and he jumped up the wall like a swallow, moving as fast as a cheetah.

He found a tiled shed, sealed on all sides, the air was not very circulating, very stuffy, it felt as if it was completely isolated from the outside world, not belonging to the same space, the plants planted in it had all borne fruit, and some of the slow-growing ones had just begun to wither, it stands to reason that there should not be such delicate flowers blooming this season, probably because the tiled shed was isolated from the outside airflow, and these plants could grow freely in such a cold season.

Oda burrowed into the plantation, cut off the flowers, put them in a small black cloth bag, and then tiptoed to change directions, repeating the same action.

It took about half a bag before he left satisfied. Just as he was about to jump out of the shed, he suddenly heard footsteps.

Xiao Tian hurriedly hid in the dark corner and listened carefully to the voices of Master Zhang and the housekeeper.

"How much fruit has been borne in this batch." Master Zhang was a little out of breath when he spoke, mixed with a few coughs.

The butler carried the lantern and was a little worried, "Master, you better go in and have a look." ”

As the two entered, a faint light rose from the shed. The housekeeper holds the lantern high and is close to the fruit of the plant.

Master Zhang took a closer look and shook his head, "It's really not good, this plant shouldn't have bloomed and fruited in winter, I'm already satisfied with it growing like this, these fragmentary fruits should be enough for us to last for a while, but the goods that we originally promised to sell, I'm afraid we will have to compensate according to the price." ”

The housekeeper nodded, and suddenly thought of something, "Recently, there have been some rumors in the town that are not good for restaurants, why don't you close the restaurant for a few days?" ”

Master Zhang shook his head, "No, if it doesn't open, these crazy people won't smash my signboard." ”

The housekeeper suggested, "Can I reduce the metering?"

"It's long overdue." At this time, the old lady appeared alone with a lantern.

"Ma'am, why are you here?" Master Zhang was startled, and looked back to see his wife, her wrinkled face was covered with a layer of depression.

"When are you going to plant these things, stop it, half of your body is in the ground, let's accumulate some virtue for Zhen'er." Speaking of this, the old lady was so excited that her hands trembled, and the Buddhist beads on her wrists also trembled up and down.

Master Zhang's face sank, "This is a place where you shouldn't come, send Madame back." ”

The housekeeper stepped down and helped the old lady away.

Before leaving, the old lady kept chanting Buddhist scriptures in her mouth, and the deep tone was like a spell to Master Zhang.

Master Zhang took a general look at the tiled shed with a cane and a lantern, knocked off a few unformed fruits, and quickly left.

After Xiao Tian returned to the firewood courtyard, he quietly entered the room, and just took off his black clothes, Mo Qiantao felt dark, and in the darkness she seemed to see Xiao Tian's shadow shaking.

"Is that you?" Mo Qiantao was a little afraid.

Before she could make a fuss, Oda cleared his voice and said, "It's me." I went out to drink. ”

Mo Qiantao slept on the bed, and Xiao Tian had been laying on the floor, as long as Xiao Tian made some noise, Mo Qiantao would definitely be able to hear it if she was in a light sleep.

"Hurry up and go to sleep." Oda urged, but he didn't know where he left the small cloth bag when he had just undressed him. At this time, Mo Qiantao lit the candle, and the room suddenly became bright again.

Mo Qiantao was surprised: "Poppy fruit?" At a glance, she saw the small cloth bag that had fallen to the ground, and from which a poppy fruit rolled out, lying on the ground very conspicuously.

She couldn't have imagined that in this small place, there would be people growing opium poppies.

Oda picked up the bag and walked up to her, and Masasei asked, "Do you know this thing?"

Mo Qiantao nodded, and immediately said vigilantly: "What are you going to do with this thing?" Refining traditional Chinese medicine is still used to harm people. ”

"This thing can harm people, but it can also be used in medicine?" Xiao Tian looked suspicious, he was only talking nonsense at that time.

"There are two sides to everything, and you don't know it's poppy? So what do you use with it? Taking too much of this stuff is addictive. Mo Qiantao rubbed her sleepy eyes and hurriedly went to the thatched house.

Addicted? Xiao Tian listened to the key words, he thought for a while, and when he wanted to ask carefully, he found that Mo Qiantao was no longer there.

When she came back, she thought that Xiao Tian had already fallen asleep, but she heard him coldly, "How do you know this thing?" ”

"To know is to know, where are there so many reasons, and this thing is not something that everyone can grow, as I just said, this thing can harm people, taking too much will be addictive, many small vendors like to put fruit shells in the meal, so that the guests can be addicted, and only eat their family's, eat other people's tasteless."

Mo Qiantao didn't know that the fruit picked by Xiao Tian was planted by the Zhang family, so she just wanted to appreciate it as an uninformed person.

After listening to this, Xiao Tian did not make a sound, and the two fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, Oda went out early in the morning, and went to the fence yard in the woods to find the master, who was still clothed in a big hat.

"This is the fruit mentioned last time." Oda placed a small cloth bag on the table and spread it out, revealing the fruits of various sizes inside.

It was the first time that Master had seen an unfamiliar poppy fruit, and he put it in his hand to look at it, smelled it, and couldn't see any clues.

"It is said that ...... This stuff can be used as a drug, and it can also be addictive. "Xiao Tian will get the news from Mo Qiantao and inform the man.

When the master heard this, he felt a little suspenseful, "There is still such a thing?" ”

Xiao Tian heard doubts from this sentence, and he himself didn't believe it, so he felt that the master didn't believe it, but he could understand it.

"It's really suspenseful, bring it back and let people start to investigate, it should be able to find out some clues."

The man sealed the cloth bag and put it in a small box, "I have arranged for someone to secretly help you investigate, and I will notify you if there is any progress." After Master's final explanation, Xiao Tian got up and left.

*

Besides, Lao Zhang in the gang room, only since he was turned into a waste by Mo Qiantao, he rarely went back to Zhang's house to help, and he either hid in the house all day long, or ran to the Goolan Courtyard in the town, spending some money to find a woman to vent his grievances, and over time, even the Goolan Courtyard was unwilling to welcome him.

He had to change his way to vent, either going to the gambling house or begging for wine in the tavern, and he made such a fuss day and night, and everyone was dozens of years old.

The Zhang family knew that he was in good health, so they paid him a large amount of money, which meant that he would spend his old age in peace.

"It's a fucking back today." Lao Zhang just came out of the gambling house, his face was black, and he spat on the ground.

"Big brother, the transfer is the beginning when the money is gone, you are unlucky, you should continue to block a few handfuls." chased out a big black man from the gambling house, and he felt the old man's unfinished business, and the more he lost, the more he wanted to gamble.

Lao Zhang listened to the words, it was very pleasant, he immediately rubbed his hands, looking eager to try, and then thought that his pockets were empty, and immediately shrugged his head, very helpless.

Seeing this, the man immediately greeted him, and instigated Lao Zhang to go in and gamble a few more, "I see that you are not a person of bad luck, you see that your face is ruddy, it seems that you are about to transfer, I have a little money here, you just take it to gamble, if you lose, it will be mine, and if you win, we will score half a point." ”

When Lao Zhang heard this, he was overjoyed, "There is such a good thing?" ”

"Brother won't hide it from you, brother, I know a little about physiognomy, so ...... It's not a sure thing, and I don't dare to waste money like this, and we're not rich. The man handed over the money bag, this move was undoubtedly a huge temptation for Lao Zhang.

Lao Zhang took the money bag, gritted his teeth, and went back again, and the man followed him inseparably. Lao Zhang originally didn't report any hope, but which one was really said by the man, and his luck was very good, and he began to turn the tables in a few moments.

"Brother, it's almost enough, let's go." Dahan stopped Lao Zhang in time.

Lao Zhang's eyes were red, where would he stop, "One more, the last one." ”

Dahan had already noticed that the two of them were around at the moment, and they were already beating around the gambling house, so they had to let Lao Zhang lose two handfuls before he was able to drag him away.

"Brother, what are you doing? Didn't you say I'd win? Lao Zhang took the money bag and weighed the weight, and then he was very displeased.

"Brother, I'm also for your good, if you want to win again, we won't be able to get out of the gambling house." Dahan said, and hinted that Lao Zhang looked towards the gambling house.

Lao Zhang was really startled when he turned around, there were three tall and black men standing outside the gambling house, looking at the two of them for a moment, Lao Zhang suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

"Thanks, man."

Then the two walked under a big tree, divided the money in the money bag in half, Lao Zhang in order to repay the man's generosity, the two found a restaurant, ready to drink wine and eat meat to celebrate.

"Let's go to Zhang's restaurant, it is said that the dishes are delicious in the world." The big man gave a thumbs up.

When Lao Zhang heard this, his eyes became erratic, and he hesitated: "Let's change the place, the Zhang family's restaurant is too prosperous, and I'm afraid there will be nothing to eat now."

Dahan nodded and patted Lao Zhang on the shoulder, "It's all up to the eldest brother's arrangement." ”

After the two went to the restaurant, they introduced each other, and Lao Zhang also learned that the full name of the Han was Qin Han, and his family lived in Mianjia Village, where there was a lake cut from Jiangnan Town, and the family raised chickens and ducks but did not farm, and he relied on him to tell fortunes to earn some small money on weekdays, and the family lived a little poorly, so he wanted to go to the gambling house to try his luck.