When the old man walked through the gate behind the scalper, Boss Huang said to me: "He is Chen Laohan, don't talk to him now." ”

In fact, I guessed early on who the cattle driver was, but I didn't understand what Boss Huang meant.

I looked at Boss Huang suspiciously, but Boss Huang turned his head and beckoned to Old Man Chen with a smile.

At that time, Chen Laohan's attention was on his cow, and he didn't notice that Boss Huang was greeting him.

The ox walked weakly to the south side of the road, and then froze due east.

Standing in front of Chen Laohan's house, I could only see the silhouette of the cow, which was standing motionless, with only black in its blinking eyes.

Old Man Chen stroked the cow's back with pity on his face, and also glanced in the direction of due east, and when he looked up ahead, I vaguely saw a hint of panic on his face.

After that, Chen Laohan patted the cow on the back and turned around and walked towards us.

Boss Huang still greeted Chen Laohan with a smile, but Chen Laohan walked straight past him as if he couldn't see him, and came to me.

Just when I was wondering what Chen Laohan was going to do, Chen Laohan raised his fist and made a big gesture at me: "Thank you." ”

Boss Huang looked at the old man Chen who bowed towards me, with deep doubts on his face. When Li Huaishan looked at Chen Laohan, his brows were also furrowed, and his eyes were full of questions.

Only I know why Chen Laohan is like this.

Because, my arrival brought his old scalper to the end of his life.

In fact, when I saw the old cow's life force being drained, I already realized that it should have died a long time ago, but I don't know what kind of force forcibly supported it and kept it alive until now.

At this time, Chen Laohan slowly stood up and said to me, "Didn't Nancy Hu follow?" ”

As soon as these words came out, I understood everything.

Before Hu Nanqian said that the employer was all the villagers in the village, it seemed that it was just to paralyze Chen Dabang, and she told me that Chen Laohan's cattle might be dying, in fact, she asked me to find a real employer.

Now that I have found my employer, I have guessed that Chen Dabang will play a very important role in this case, and he is definitely not playing a positive role.

Hu Nanqian didn't seem to tell me anything, but in fact, she revealed a lot of clues to me, but before I met Chen Laohan, I never understood her deep meaning.

But there is one thing I still don't understand, why Hu Nanqian didn't tell me who my employer was, but I had to make such a big detour. If it was inconvenient for her to speak in front of Chen Dabang, then last night, she could have made things clear before Chen Dabang came, even if we got into Chen Dabang's car, Hu Nanqian sent me the employer's information in the form of text messages.

But Hu Nancy only gave a dumb riddle.

I smiled at Chen Laohan and asked him very politely, "You are also a person in the industry?" ”

Chen Laohan sighed: "I used to be a half-door clean, but I didn't wash my hands a few years ago. To be honest, if it weren't for these folks at home, I wouldn't have been guilty of contacting that woman. ”

Whether it was to thank me just now, first of all, when he said such words now, Chen Laohan's tone did not have any emotional color, if it weren't for the rich expression on his face, I might think that the person standing in front of me at this time was just a puppet who could learn to speak.

Boss Huang interjected next to him and asked, "Did you two know each other before?" ”

Chen Laohan replied with two words very briefly: "Old man." ”

For such an answer, Boss Huang was obviously not particularly satisfied, and frowned on the spot.

Chen Laohan didn't pay attention to him anymore, and pointed to the gate of his courtyard: "Come with me." ”

Saying that, Chen Laohan walked towards the courtyard gate, Boss Huang followed him in three steps and two steps, and Li Huaishan and I kept a little distance from the two people in front.

The reason why I walked slower was mainly to see more of the old cow on the south road, and I always felt that this cow seemed to have some secrets hidden in it.

Li Huaishan was also staring at the cow at this time, not knowing what he was thinking.

As soon as the old man crossed the threshold, Boss Huang stopped outside the door, he pointed to the old cow by the guide, and asked Chen Laohan: "Don't you call your rhubarb back?" ”

Chen Laohan, who was walking in front, sighed: "Alas, let it take another look, if you have seen enough, it will naturally come back." ”

Boss Huang glanced at Lao Niu again, and then didn't say anything else, and raised his legs to cross the threshold.

I don't know if Boss Huang understood what Chen Laohan said just now, anyway, I didn't understand.

Let it take another look, and what to see?

It can be seen that Chen Laohan really rarely returns to this place, even if the local climate is very dry, there are a few tufts of weeds growing in the yard of Lao Chen's house.

The grass does not grow high, but it is pressed on the ground in small lumps, and it looks like there is mold on the ground.

Boss Huang said that Chen Laohan is one of the few rich people in the village, but at present, this courtyard does not reflect Chen Laohan's wealth at all, the courtyard wall of the rammed earth, the house of the rammed house, because there are few people lived, the house is lifeless, and it is falling quickly, when I glanced at the wall, I saw that except for a small piece of wall skin under the window sill is complete, the walls in other places have a lot of soil falling off, showing dense or thin mottling.

Fortunately, there are only mottled on the wall, on the whole, the wall is still straight, this house should not be in danger of collapsing for the time being, and the interior of the house is relatively tidy, although the furniture in the house is not valuable, but the sofa coffee table and other furniture are also readily available.

Mr. Chen let us sit in the house, and he went to the kitchen to boil water and make tea for us.

After sitting down, Li Huaishan chatted with Boss Huang again, this time they talked about some dispensable things, I was not interested in this at all, so I got up and walked to the kitchen.

I'm going to ask Mr. Chen what happened in the village.

Boss Huang saw that I was going to the kitchen, so he shouted at me from afar: "Don't go to the kitchen, Chen Laohan doesn't let outsiders into his kitchen." ”

Just when Boss Huang shouted to me, my hand was already on the kitchen door panel, and I pushed it a little harder, but I found that the kitchen door was locked inside.

Although I was a little puzzled why Chen Laohan had to lock the door after boiling water, I couldn't force my way in, so I could only go back to the living room stupidly.

Boss Huang squeezed his eyes and asked me tentatively: "Aren't you and Chen Laohan 'old friends', why don't you even know his little habits?" ”

I also wondered if not letting others into my kitchen could be regarded as a habit.

In the face of Boss Huang's temptation, Li Huaishan came out to play the round again, and he said in a very firm tone: "Lao Chen didn't have such a hobby before. ”

Boss Huang then turned his head and asked Li Huaishan: "Since you and Lao Chen are old acquaintances, why did I mention him ...... before?"

Without waiting for Boss Huang to finish speaking, Li Huaishan interrupted him with a smile: "Hey, there are many people with the surname Chen, how do I know that the old Chen you said is the same person as the old Chen we know." Besides, when we came into contact with him, he didn't sell Chinese medicine. ”

Boss Huang: "Then what kind of business did he do before?" ”

Li Huaishan very skillfully answered the question that Boss Huang was about to ask next, but had not yet asked: "He, he used to sell wine, and we have cooperated with him. However, Lao Chen had a bit of a problem with the concept back then, and he didn't fully understand the Tao after selling wine for several years, and in the end he was also half-clear. It is estimated that he also felt that he couldn't get along anymore, so he decided to wash his hands and change to another business. It's been a long time since he's stopped selling alcohol, and we didn't expect to see him here. ”

I was still worried just now, whether Boss Huang would ask about the business, whether he would ask what Banmenqing meant, if these words appeared alone, it probably wouldn't arouse his suspicions, but when several words appeared at the same time, especially Chen Laohan also said "wash your hands and don't dry it" in front of him, and then think of the words that Chen Laohan said to me outside the door, it was very suspicious.

Boss Huang should have planned to ask these questions, because after Li Huaishan said this, his nervous face completely relaxed.

Since we didn't have much contact with Boss Huang at that time, we didn't know what he was like, so we couldn't understand what he was nervous about.

Boss Huang was not nervous, but I was still very nervous at that time, because I knew that there was a question that could not be answered no matter how fierce Li Huaishan's mouth was.

This question is Chen Laohan's name.

If Boss Huang tests us again at this time and asks us what Old Man Chen's name is, then the two of us will really stop cooking.

Boss Huang does still have a problem, but it is another question that does not hurt or itch: "By the way, who is Hu Nanqian?" ”

Li Huaishan showed a wicked smile and said meaningfully: "It's just a very troublesome woman, don't ask." ", and sent Boss Huang away.

And Boss Huang also put on a sudden look, looked towards the kitchen, and then gave Li Huaishan a smiling expression.

After about ten minutes, Chen Laohan came out with a tea tray.

Due to the presence of Boss Huang, I expected that Chen Laohan would only talk about some short words in front of him, and he should not mention too much about the affairs in the village, even if he mentioned it occasionally, he would choose a very obscure way.

I obviously don't know what Chen Laohan is like, I guessed wrong, not only did he not mention anything related to the case, but he didn't even bother to say that he didn't even bother to say that he didn't intend to speak from the moment he walked out of the kitchen with the tea tray.

(End of chapter)