On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, in the backyard of the Yongchang pawnshop, Meizi went back to her room to rest.

The three Japanese, Shopkeeper Wang, Captain Vietnam, and Erlang, continued to drink Japanese sake, eat the big carp of the Chinese White Phosphorus River, and discuss the current situation.

Shopkeeper Wang: "The situation in the interior is also chaotic, and the hand of the Nanjing National Government will not be able to reach here for a while. ”

Vietnam: "In any case, the mission of our "Eastern Embassy" is to seize treasures, and as long as our power grows larger and our control becomes more extensive, our progress will be smoother. ”

Erlang put the sake aside and said, "I still like to drink the sorghum-yaki here." ”

Shopkeeper Wang: "You can't forget your roots." ”

Vietnam: "It's almost October, and the time given to us by the headquarters is to return home with our baby at the end of the year to celebrate the New Year. We still have to hurry. “

The shopkeeper Wang said, "Tomorrow I will take Meizi to the hospital to see a doctor." ”

Erlang: "Didn't you say that you want to open a shop for Meizi, can this matter be done?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang: "By the way, the Black Dragon Society wants to set up another point in Tang Yuan, and I am going to open a warehouse for Meizi to solve the problem of funding, and then go to the countryside to reconnoiter and draw maps, and it is also justified to change the name." “

Captain Vietnam: "Good idea. It costs a lot of money to open a shop. ”

Shopkeeper Wang: "It doesn't take a lot of money, Boss Xia of the silk shop is gone, give him some money to take his store, and change the signboard." The location is also good, big backyard, lots of rooms. ”

Erlang: "I'd better go to the warehouse, the pawnshop is not for me." ”

Shopkeeper Wang: "Yes." I'll transfer Jin Ge again. ”

Vietnam: "Great, it will be much more convenient in the future." I also have an idea that if we want to grow our strength, we need to develop the local people. ”

Shopkeeper Wang: "You have thought it through, we have done a lot of things, which is really inconvenient." I will observe more in this regard in the future. ”

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wei Ming and the other four guys came back to work, but the guys actually didn't have a choice, the deposit and salary were all pressed, and they only paid the festival fee and took two days off.

Early that morning, as soon as the door of the shop opened, a middle-aged woman entered. Wei Ming was cleaning the dust on the pawnshop counter, looking at the person in front of him with a familiar face, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

The middle-aged woman said, "Big brother, is Qiu Shu there?" ”

This is Steward Qiu's wife, I have seen it in the photo, Wei Ming remembered it. Before he could speak, the second fierce man who came out of nowhere said, "Steward Qiu is gone, and he is no longer in the pawnshop." ”

Steward Qiu's wife was anxious at that time and shouted, "Ah, where have you gone?" He didn't come home, I'm his wife. The family waited for him to go back for the Mid-Autumn Festival, but he didn't see him. ”

Steward Qiu's wife is tall, with a dark face, hot wind, and rough hands, typical of a peasant woman.

Xiao Mingzi hurriedly said, "You sit down first and talk slowly." ”

Qiu's wife shouted anxiously and said, "He has to go home first when he leaves the pawnshop." Specify what's wrong! You pawnshops have to give an explanation. ”

Ermengzi: "The shopkeeper arranged for him to go to the countryside to receive the goods, but he ran away by himself at night, and the pawnshop gave an explanation." “

Steward Qiu's wife took Xiao Mingzi's hand and said, "Big brother, I've been having nightmares these days. Going to the countryside to receive goods is a messenger. ”

Two other guys next to him also stepped forward and talked nonsense.

Xiao Mingzi had no choice but to say: "Just go to Tunzi to go around, see if there is anything valuable, and give money to people at that time." “

At this time, the shopkeeper Wang walked over quickly and said, "Mingzi, what are you doing?" ”

The second fierce son said: "The shopkeeper, this is the wife of Steward Qiu, who came to find Steward Qiu." He didn't come home at all. ”

Shopkeeper Wang smiled and said to Steward Qiu's wife, "Speak later." ”

When he arrived in the backyard, the shopkeeper Wang took him directly to the room, and as soon as he entered the door, the shopkeeper Wang said: "Sister-in-law, you must not have eaten yet, eat something first." ”

Xiao Mingzi brought over steamed buns, a bowl of porridge, and small pickles, but Qiu's wife didn't move, how could she have the heart to eat.

Shopkeeper Wang sat opposite Steward Qiu's wife, pretending to be surprised and said, "Didn't go home? So where can he go. ”

Qiu's wife said with a crying voice: "Did he get the salary before he left?" Did you take the deposit? ”

The shopkeeper Wang pretended to be okay and said: "I took it, more than three hundred, and even gave him his deposit, dividends, and bonuses." ”

Qiu's wife cried "wow" and shouted: "If you have suffered a thousand cuts, why don't you go home with so much money, the family needs money so much." ”

Xiao Mingzi really wanted to scold, it was really nonsense, and Steward Qiu told him that night that he didn't ask for a penny.

When Meizi heard the news, she sat next to Qiu's wife and said, "Sister-in-law, let me ask something that shouldn't be asked, do you have any relatives nearby?" Friend? ”

Qiu's wife stopped crying and said, "There is a distant relative in Xuejiawanzi, not far away, but there has been no contact. ”

Meizi said: "If you want me to say, don't worry, go to relatives and friends' houses to see first, he took the money and maybe gambled twice?" Maybe you meet a man or a woman who can talk to you, delay for a few days, and do business. Maybe he's already home when you get home. ”

The shopkeeper said, "Yes, it is also possible to encounter a robbery on the road." ”

Qiu's wife was a little stunned, and she didn't know what to do.

Shopkeeper Wang took out the money from his pocket and said, "Wei Ming, buy some dry food for your sister-in-law, send it to your sister-in-law, go to a friend's house or relative's house to find it first, and then go home to have a look." ”

A few guys stood at the door to watch the excitement and discussed, "The shopkeeper Wang is really good." ”

Meizi took the money and said, "Cousin, the store still needs Xiao Mingzi to stand at the front desk, I'll go." ”

Qiu's wife paused for a moment and said, "Shopkeeper, which house my man lives in, I'll take a look, okay?" ”

The shopkeeper thought for a while and said, "Then why not, go to the house and take a look, if there is anything that has not been taken, you can take it away." Qiu's wife bent down to thank her.

The west row of the backyard is the room of the guys, and the big room around the corner is the room of Steward Qiu. Qiu's wife came to Qiu's housekeeper's house, and the house was very clean and there was nothing. Qiu's wife went to the kang and opened the kang cabinet, it was empty, and her eyes were a little dazed.

The shopkeeper Wang and Meizi stood at the door and watched, and Meizi said, "Sister-in-law, let's go." ”

Wei Ming said: "Shopkeeper, go out the back door, there is always a cart on the street that transports vegetables from Xuejiawan to go back, and if you can take a ride, I will send it." ”

Meizi said, "Let's go and see." ”

Out of the backyard of "Yongchang pawnshop", the street in the backyard is very lively, the big carts back and forth, the small carts are really a lot, they are all in the morning to the various restaurants, shops to send vegetables, send noodles, do business is particular, send vegetables, delivery, swill trucks, garbage trucks, etc. can not go to the front door.

Fortunately, Wei Ming found a cart pulling vegetables and went to Xuejiawanzi.

Qiu's wife got into the car, and Meizi gave the little money to Qiu's wife, and Qiu's wife thanked her a thousand times.

Wei Ming looked at the car in the distance and felt uncomfortable, feeling panicked, from beginning to end, Meizi and the shopkeeper Wang didn't give him a chance to talk to Qiu's wife alone, this was to prevent him.

Shopkeeper Wang and Meizi went back to the house, and Xiao Mingzi stood in the backyard, glanced at the door of the locked small courtyard, and secretly decided that he couldn't stay any longer.