Chapter XVII, Building 13
After discovering all this, I couldn't bear it anymore, so I went to a store, bought a pack of cigarettes, and asked the boss again, and generally asked him euphemistically if any police had been here today.
The boss told me that no, and he even told me that the law and order in Niuwang Village is very good, and there are very few police officers here.
His words undoubtedly poured cold water on me, and there was only one thought in my mind, we were deceived by the sixth uncle.
At that moment, I said goodbye to my boss and said my boss's words to Zhang Dequan.
Zhang Dequan thought the same as me, and also thought that the sixth uncle had deceived us.
However, if the sixth uncle is lying to us, what is his purpose? And why did he disappear?
It doesn't make sense!
Then, the two of us didn't stay long and went straight back to the dormitory.
As soon as we arrived at the dormitory, before we entered the door, a man in his thirties rushed over in a hurry, and when he saw us, he looked very excited, and said to Zhang Dequan: "Boss Zhang, just when you left this time, three more people are missing." ”
When I heard this, I quickly asked, "How did you go missing?" ”
He glanced up at me and said, "Go to the toilet and never see anyone back." ”
Hell, why are there people missing again, if the six uncles and the three of them disappeared, there is something to hide from us, but what are the three people who are missing now?
At that moment, Zhang Dequan led us into the dormitory, I roughly counted the number of people, including me, there were a total of twelve people left, and according to Zhang Dequan, before I came, there were a total of seventeen people here, that is, just one night and one day, six people disappeared inexplicably.
This makes all of us feel as if there is a dark cloud pressing on our heads, and everyone is in danger, for fear that the next person to disappear will be themselves, and even I feel that this thing is getting more and more evil.
One afternoon, the twelve of us stayed in the room, and no one dared to go out again, until eight o'clock in the evening, that Zhang Dequan gathered all of us together, roughly telling us that this matter was too evil, and we had to go to Boss Wu to come over, and asked us who was willing to go to Boss Wu.
All of us, you look at me, I look at you, no one dared to go, and in the end, no one wanted to go, so I had to stand up and say, "Uncle Zhang, I'll go!" ”
When Zhang Dequan heard this, he didn't say a word, he immediately agreed, and said to me again: "Chuanzi, if you can find Boss Wu, you are the life-saving benefactor of all of us, and we will not forget your life-saving grace." ”
I understand what he means, this is just a polite remark, as for why I stood up, the reason is very simple, the workers here are all eating with Zhang Dequan, but I am the only outsider, if I don't stand up, in the end, they will not change the law and let me go to Wu Lao.
This is also human nature, each contractor has his own team under his hands, and this kind of dangerous thing is generally done by outsiders.
Don't look at me when I was young, but I saw these things very thoroughly.
When it was determined that I would go to find Wu Lao, everyone's tense faces suddenly relaxed, and I was not polite, so I asked Zhang Dequan where Wu Lao would be at this time.
According to my thoughts, Wu Lao should be in Guangzhou, after all, when Wu Lao sent me over, he said that he had something to do when he returned to Guangzhou, and the reason why I asked Zhang Dequan was to know the specific location of Wu Lao.
To my surprise, Zhang Dequan told me that Wu Lao was in Niuwang Village.
When I learned the news, I was stunned as if I had been struck by lightning, and said, "Is it really in Niuwang Village?" ”
He nodded slightly, as if he thought of something, his tone couldn't help but be a little higher, and said: "The construction of the temple was talked about by Wu Lao, and at this time the temple is about to lay the foundation, and it is impossible for Wu Lao to return to Guangzhou at this juncture, I even dare to say that Wu Lao may have known about this, but due to some factors, it did not appear." ”
As soon as the words fell, many workers began to coax, roughly saying that Wu Lao was careless about people's lives, and that Wu Lao completely ignored the lives of workers in order to make money.
For a moment, the whole scene seemed a little chaotic.
Listening to this, my heart is quite complicated, just yesterday, Zhang Dequan kept saying that Wu Lao was as kind to him as a mountain, and it was only a day later, and he immediately pointed all the contradictions at Wu Lao.
To be honest, I'm a little disappointed with this Zhang Dequan.
As the saying goes, 'Husband and wife are birds of the same forest, and they fly separately when disaster comes,' and husband and wife are still like this, not to mention the relationship between the boss and the contractor.
I originally wanted to say a few words for Wu Lao, but thinking that they were emotional, once they spoke for Wu Lao, I estimated that they would point all the contradictions at me, so I didn't say anything and went out directly.
The moment I stepped out of the door, Zhang Dequan's voice came out of the room, and he said, "Chuanzi, Wu Lao has an old friend in Niuwang Village, who lives on the seventh floor of Room 13. ”
I walked out without looking back.
When I went out, it took me about half an hour to find the No. 13 room that Zhang Dequan said, which is a nine-story building, which is quite small compared to the dozen or so storey buildings around it, but even so, this house is second to none in any village.
I found the stairs and climbed directly to the seventh floor, this seventh floor is a whole house, there is only such a house on the whole floor, I raised my hand and knocked on the door, and shouted tentatively, "Is Wu Lao here?" ”
In less than a moment, the door opened, and it was an old lady about sixty years old, with silver hair, heavy forehead lines and eye lines, wearing a blue blouse, black pants, and a pair of eyes that looked particularly kind, but unfortunately, the old man's back was a little hunched.
When he saw me, the old man smiled slightly and asked me, "Young man, what is the matter with Lao Wu?" ”
I smiled politely and said, "Is Old Wu here?" I'm in a bit of a hurry to find him. ”
The old man smiled, nodded and said, "Yes, come, come in, don't stand at the door." ”
While talking, the old man led me into the house, and in the room, I saw Wu Lao, who was drinking tea, and what puzzled me was that he seemed to know that I would come, beckoned to me, and said, "Chuanzi, come and chat with the old man." ”
I was in no mood to chat, and I was about to speak, when I saw Wu Lao slowly stand up, patted me heavily on the shoulder, and said, "Don't say anything, listen to Lao Yu first." ”
I hummed and stared at him tightly, mainly to know what Elder Wu wanted to say.
And Wu Lao didn't rush to speak, first scalded a pot of tea, then poured me a cup of tea, and slowly said: "Chuanzi, if the old man tells you that building a temple is just a pretense, do you believe it?" ”
"Disguise?" I was stunned and looked at him with a puzzled face.
He smiled, took a sip of the teacup, and said lightly: "Before talking about this, the old man will introduce you to someone first." ”
As he spoke, he glanced at the old lady who had led me in earlier and said, "This is the sister of the house, and the village chief of this Niuwang Village." ”
As soon as I heard this, I hurriedly looked at the old lady, and found that the old lady walked towards me, she fished a bamboo and rattan chair, sat down next to me, and looked at me again.