Zhu Xiaohua raised the camera in his hand and said, "It just so happens that I plan to open a photo studio and need to buy a large number of goods." Where is your photo paper produced, can you take me to see it? ”

The middle-aged man looked at Zhu Xiaohua carefully, and when he saw that it was a strange young man, he didn't think much about it, and replied casually: "You can see it." How much do you need? ”

Zhu Xiaohua stretched out a thumb and said, "The preliminary estimate is five hundred." ”

The middle-aged man looked happy, pointed to the 100 pages of photo paper in the window, and said, "It's just that they can't pay, so it's better to give you these 100 first." Then I can take you to visit our factory. ”

Zhu Xiaohua thought about it for a while, and it was worth spending sixty yuan to buy a piece of information that might know the whereabouts of his younger brother and sister.

Without hesitation, he took out thirty dollars and said, "I want to go and see it today." You take the thirty yuan first, and after I visit, whether you are satisfied or not, I will pay you the remaining thirty yuan. ”

The middle-aged man was a little hesitant, he originally expected that since Zhu Xiaohua promised to buy it, he would inevitably pay all the money at once.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Xiaohua only paid half.

It made him a little uncomfortable.

Ask for money, the other party is uncomfortable and may not buy it again.

Don't want money, you feel uncomfortable, your heart is caught up in the air, like a stalk in your throat, and you are always thinking about the remaining half of the money.

But after looking at the window, the face of the staff, and then look at the thirty yuan handed over by Zhu Xiaohua.

Compared with the two, Zhu Xiaohua's conditions are obviously much more generous.

He took Zhu Xiaohua's thirty yuan and put it in his pocket. He said to the staff behind the window: "Then I won't sell these 100 pieces of photo paper to you first." I'll come back when you're done with the last 100 pieces of paper. ”

The staff didn't say anything, handed out two ten-inch homework books again, handed them to Zhu Xiaohua and said, "It's yours now." ”

Zhu Xiaohua didn't answer, pushed it back into the window, and said, "I'm going to come over today to develop the photos, and these 100 pieces of photo paper will be stored here for the time being." ”

So far, a hundred pieces of photographic paper were left on the counter behind the window.

The middle-aged man returned to the side of the road, got on his bicycle, patted the back seat and said, "I'll take you to the factory." ”

The staff behind the window saw that he was the only one on the bicycle, and asked: "The two people who delivered with you last time didn't come?" ”

The middle-aged man replied: "I am enough for the delivery here." ”

Zhu Xiaohua heard the staff mention "one big and one young", and he was vigilant again. I thought, one big and one small, come to the scenic spot to send things, the little one is my younger brother Zhu Xiaoming?

He walked about a hundred meters with the middle-aged man, and the middle-aged man urged him and said, "Get in the car." I'll take you on a tour of our factory. ”

Zhu Xiaohua seemed to remember something, deliberately patted his head, and said, "Oh, I remembered, I still have something to explain." You wait here for a while, and don't go away. I'll be right back. ”

The middle-aged man still didn't notice anything unusual, nodded in agreement, he rode with one foot and the other foot on the curb of the road, stopped the bicycle, and whistled in his mouth.

Zhu Xiaohua walked back to the window unhurriedly and asked the staff: "You just said that there were three people who came to deliver the goods last time." In addition to this person, there is a big and a small, was it half a month ago? ”

The staff's memory is already a little vague, she said: "Is it half a month ago, I can't remember." It's been a long time, though. ”

Zhu Xiaohua wanted to leave, but she stopped Zhu Xiaohua again: "You wait, I'll help you check." I have a record of both incoming and outgoing shipments. They delivered that day and I still have a check-in. ”

She took out the registration book from the trumpet, flipped it forward, and suddenly pointed to a place and tapped it with her fingers: "This is it." ”

She turned the registration book around and presented it to Zhu Xiaohua.

Zhu Xiaohua saw the blue ballpoint pen handwriting on it: "August 13, Hongshan Paper Mill, 100 pieces of photo paper." ”

When he saw the words "Hongshan Paper Mill", Zhu Xiaohua was excited.

So far, everything has finally been on track.

Based on what his neighbor Aunt Wang's house saw that day, the news that his little cousin Huang Juntan heard, and the delivery records of the grotto scenic spot, he can now basically determine that the place where his younger brother Zhu Xiaoming has been in recent times is the Hongshan Paper Mill.

Zhu Xiaohua was so excited that he almost blurted out and shouted.

But he still held back, and a hundred meters away from the roadside, the middle-aged man on a bicycle was looking at this side with a cigarette in his mouth.

Zhu Xiaohua pretended to glance at the registration book indifferently, and returned it to the staff behind the window.

Zhu Xiaohua quickly walked to the east gate of the scenic spot and found Jin Damin.

Kim Damin was shouting at the top of his voice: "Take pictures, take pictures, take pictures for twenty yuan a time, take a photo with a motorcycle for free." ”

Seeing the beautiful female tourists, he deliberately stepped forward and introduced them enthusiastically, scaring the tourists to take a detour.

Kim Damin stared at a tourist, chasing after him, shouting, "Little sister, take pictures." ”

Zhu Xiaohua grabbed him.

Kim Damin looked embarrassed and said with a smile: "I'm soliciting." ”

Zhu Xiaohua said: "You are like a hooligan, and you will only scare tourists away." ”

However, this is not the point of his advice.

The point is, these people have something to do now.

Zhu Xiaohua handed over the black-and-white photos of his younger brother and sister to Jin Damin and said, "I won't solicit customers today." The opportunity to make a lot of money is here. I'm going to go to the Hongshan Paper Mill now, and when I'm gone, you go to the police and say that you found a fake in the Hongshan Paper Mill. ”

Jin Damin was stunned for a moment and asked, "Brother Zhu, it's not true, right?" ”

Zhu Xiaohua nodded: "It's true." If I find my brother, I will definitely pay the fifty yuan bonus on time. ”

Jin Damin's eyes lit up, and he swallowed his saliva and said, "Brother Zhu, I listen to you." What else is needed from us? ”

Zhu Xiaohua said: "After you call the police, come with you to help save people." ”

After Zhu Xiaohua finished his instructions, he hurriedly returned to the middle-aged man riding a bicycle.

He got on the back of his bike and said, "Let's go." ”

The middle-aged man took two puffs of cigarette until the cigarette butt burned his hand, he threw down the cigarette butt and rode it violently.

The two of them walked along the wide road all the way to the south.

The middle-aged man asked while riding: "What did you go back to do just now, it seems that you still went to the east gate of the scenic spot?" ”

Zhu Xiaohua sloppy: "Tell your partner, I'll be back in a few hours." ”

After five or six kilometers of riding, the bicycle left the avenue and entered the remote factory area.

The factory area is full of red brick walls, one after another, one next to another, all large and small factories.

There are those who make clothes, those who produce agricultural tools, those who sell bamboo products, those who make money, and those who print textbooks.

The bike eventually made two turns and came to a stop in front of a separate factory.