The strange thing that Li Yuenlong found was that there were suddenly a few more pieces of wood in front of the thatched house, leaning horizontally and vertically against the door of the house.

When he came over just now, he looked through the cracks in the wooden wall, and he clearly remembered that there was nothing at the door, and he was deeply impressed by this sudden change.

Niu Guihua heard that it was a cadre from the county who came and went to visit her family's subsistence allowance, and her puzzled expression immediately turned into a respectful smile to greet her.

Luo Yang introduced Li Yuanlang to Niu Guihua, "This is our ...... Section Chief Li ...... "He deliberately said the word "Li" in Li Yuenlang as the word "Li".

"Section Chief Li, *, hurry, please in the house." Niu Guihua warmly greeted Li Yuanlang and Luo Yang towards her family's new tile house.

On the way, Li Yuanlang looked at the thatched house and asked Niu Guihua, "Does that thatched house usually live in it?" ”

Niu Guihua replied: "At the beginning, it was Mayor Qiu who won the money for my family to renovate the dilapidated house and rebuild this house, and the family moved out of the old house. ”

Li Yuanlang nodded slightly, and followed Niu Guihua into her new home.

This house is not big, it is more than 60 square meters, according to the common way in the countryside, the entrance is the corridor and kitchen, and the east and west two are bedrooms.

Niu Guihua let Li Yuanlang and Luo Yang into the east room. On the northernmost side of the room is a large kang with a wardrobe containing bedding such as quilts, mattresses, and pillows.

Although it seems that the room is shabby, it is clean and tidy, and the air is filled with a pungent smell of potions.

"Two cadres, sit down." Niu Guihua asked Li Yuanlang and Luo Yang to sit on the edge of the kang, while she was busy boiling water and making tea.

"No, we're just looking for you to find out what the situation is." Under the signal of Li Yuanlang's eyes, Luo Yang went to the kitchen to talk to the cow osmanthus who was boiling water, while Li Yuanlang walked to the door of the room in the west, gently pushed the door open and walked in.

The same layout, the difference is that there is a man lying on the kang, and when he saw someone coming in, the man hurriedly turned his head to the inside, and stared at Li Yuanlang in surprise.

The man was in his forties, with a freshly shaved beard showing green stubble, and his eye sockets were sunken and very thin.

"Who are you?" The man's voice was weak, and he tried to struggle, but for some reason he couldn't move.

Li Yuanlang walked two steps to the man's side and said, "Don't be nervous, I am from the county, and I am here to visit and verify the situation of your poor households." ”

When the man heard this, his heart calmed down a little, and he said weakly: "It's a big cadre in the county, please sit down." ”

Li Yuanlang dragged his shirt and sat on the side of the kang, asked about the man, and learned that his name was Lai Dazhu, who was Niu Guihua's husband, because the lower half of his body was paralyzed due to the overturning of the tractor, his condition has worsened these days, his whole body is weak, and it is difficult to sit up.

Li Yuanlang mainly came to inquire about the relationship between Qiu Tiemao and Niu Guihua, and intentionally or unintentionally led to Qiu Tiemao.

Lai Dazhu did not shy away from it, and told him a lot of things about Qiu Tiemao. Qiu Tie impersonated Donggangzi Village, knowing that Niu Guihua's family conditions were difficult, he applied for a subsistence allowance and dilapidated housing subsidy for her family, which can be said to be a great benefactor of her family.

It's just that he and Niu Guihua have feelings back and forth, and with this relationship between men and women, this gratitude is greatly reduced.

At the beginning, Lai Dazhu was so angry that he almost cuckolded him under his nose, which was difficult for any man to accept. But when he thought about it later, he had completely become a waste, and his wife Niu Guihua was only in her thirties, which was the age when a man was needed. Besides, Qiu Tiemao is the deputy mayor of the town, he has the power and strength, and he has won a lot of benefits for his family, so he simply turns a blind eye and does not see it.

With this attitude, the family and Qiu Tiemao lived in peace and had nothing to do.

"In that case, why do you still write a letter to report Qiu Tiemao?"

"Well, it can't be helped." Lai Dazhu shook his head helplessly, "It's all Lai Cheng's ghost, he is a distant nephew of my family, he said that his boss saw my family's difficulties, so he wanted to sponsor me to go to a hospital in a big city for treatment, on the condition that we must write a report letter to complain about Qiu Tiemao and my wife." I didn't agree at the time, how can I say that Qiu Tiemao is also a benefactor of our family, we can't be ungrateful. But Lai Cheng told me that Qiu Tiemao has the support of big people in the county, and my report letter will be suppressed by big people, but if you take a formality, you will fool his boss. I thought about it, yes, Qiu Tiemao can be a big official, and someone is designated to cover him, so as soon as I gritted my teeth, I asked Lai Cheng to write the report letter on my behalf, and I signed my name and fingerprint on it. ”

Speaking of this, Lai Dazhu licked his dry lips, Li Yuanlang hurriedly took the boiled water next to him, held his head and fed him a big sip of water.

His throat was not dry, Lai Dazhu was a little energetic when he spoke, shook his head and sighed and said: "Who knows, my report letter made Qiu Tie lose his official position, and Lai Cheng and his boss promised to treat me without a letter, alas, I am really Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror - not a person inside and out." Qiu Tiemao was dismissed, and he promised to help my family apply for a loan to build a chicken farm, but now he is also in the soup. Alas, I'm such a bastard. It was clear that he really regretted his actions.

"In this way, do you not hate Qiu Tiemao, but out of helplessness, do you want to take advantage of the opportunity of Boss Lai Cheng to treat your illness?" Li Yuanlang asked understandingly: "But that's not what the testimony says?" ”

"Testimony? What testimony? Lai Dazhu was obviously stunned, and flatly denied it: "I didn't say any testimony, you see I'm like this, where can I say testimony." ”

Lai Dazhu said that he only signed his name and fingerprint on the report letter written by Lai Cheng, and did nothing else.

Li Yuanlang's brows tightened slightly, and he asked if Lai Dazhu had any skin injuries? The strong smell of potion in his house, Li Yuanlang was sure if Lai Dazhu used it.

Lai Dazhu shook his head and denied it, and said that his wife Niu Guihua was not injured either, so who is this potion for?

Comforting Lai Dazhu a few words, Li Yuanlang came out of the west room, and Luo Yang was also using Niu Osmanthus's words. Seeing Li Yuanlang and the two of them looking at each other, they returned to the east house, the information provided by Luo Yang was similar to that of Lai Dazhu, Niu Guihua and the others were deceived by Lai Cheng's rhetoric at the beginning, and finally made a chicken and egg to fight for nothing.

"Have you asked about Niu Guihua's testimony?" Li Yuanlang asked after a little thought.

"I asked, and most of the testimony was told by her truth, without any ingredients of adding oil and vinegar."

"Well, but Lai Dazhu said that he had not recorded a testimony for him, and at present, it seems that there are illegal operations here." Li Yuanlang said with emotion.

What else did he have to say, but at this time, Niu Guihua came in with a teacup, so he had to swallow half of his words and whirl around with Niu Guihua.

Of course, they can't ask about Qiu Tiemao, for fear of arousing Niu Guihua's vigilance, after all, they came as staff members of the Civil Affairs Bureau this time, and they have to get to the point more or less and talk about related topics about poor households.

After talking for about half an hour, Li Yuenlong proposed to go to the toilet. Most of the rural areas are dry toilets, that is, a toilet is built in the yard, to put it mildly, feces and urine can be seen with the naked eye, and there are flies and mosquitoes flying around, which is very unbearable.

Niu Guihua pointed out the toilet in the corner of the courtyard to Li Yuanlang, while Luo Yang pretended to hold a small notebook to record the topic of inquiry, so as to distract Niu Guihua's attention.

I have to say that Luo Yang's brain reaction is very fast, he must have guessed that Li Yuanlang's toilet was fake, and there must be other purposes.

Sure enough, Li Yuanlang walked out of the house, and it happened that the location of the dry toilet was not far from the old house, and the dog raised by Niu Guihua was locked in the firewood room next to the old house.

was so anxious that Li Yuanlang hurriedly looked back at the tile house, but fortunately, Niu Guihua was entangled by Luo Yang and didn't notice it, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Without hesitation, he walked to the old house as fast as he could, bowed his waist to the door, removed the pieces of wood, pulled the door, and with a creaking sound, the door opened.

As soon as I entered, the strong smell of potion in the house rushed into my nostrils, exactly the same as what I smelled in Niu Guihua's house.

The old house is not big, and when you come in, there is a kitchen, because it has not been used for a long time, and there are several farm tools and sundries piled up.

Li Yuanlang made an observation, found no abnormality, walked into the inner room, the layout was very simple, just spread the kang and the old cabinets on the kang.

He jumped on the earthen kang and looked directly at the old cabinet, which was locked with an iron lock, and listened carefully with his ears on the cabinet, without any sound.

Could it be that you have misjudged yourself?

From the moment Li Yuanlang walked into the courtyard of Niu Guihua, especially when he saw that the door of the old house was deliberately blocked with wooden blocks, he became suspicious. When he entered Niu Guihua's house and had a conversation with Lai Dazhu, he had a vague premonition, but he didn't know if this premonition was accurate.

Therefore, Li Yuanlang took advantage of the excuse of going to the toilet to secretly come out to investigate the old house, just to verify his hunch.

Now seeing that the old house is as quiet as ever, without the slightest abnormal sound, Li Yuanlang is a little uncertain, he has a hunch of trust, will there be deviations and mistakes?

He turned around in place again, flipped over the place where he could hide a few times, in order not to arouse Niu Guihua's suspicion, Li Yuanlang had no choice but to give up, and slowly walked to the door of the room to leave.

"Bang", as soon as he walked, it was like a movement from a stone falling to the ground, Li Yuanlang immediately stopped, and pricked up his ears to listen carefully.

There was no one else in the house but him, how could there be a sound?

He stood still, and the sound never came again. Li Yuanlang thought about it, rolled his eyes, and thought about it.

He took a stride and pretended to stride out the door, and when he went to the door, he pushed it open, and deliberately brought it shut with great force, and then tiptoed into the corner to observe it carefully.

Sure enough, it didn't take long to see the big iron pot in the kitchen slowly rising, a person with a big iron pot on his head, two hands raised high, and put the big iron pot on the side, this person's head was completely displayed, and a face was completely exposed in Li Yuenlang's line of sight......