Chapter 236: Tracing the Roots
Wang Sheng felt a little melancholy in his heart, it was already the seventh day of the mission, if they didn't have the same luck as in Chengdu, this mission might fail again.
Leng Aiyue glared at Wang Sheng: "What haven't you done yet, you retreat first." We'll be able to find the cat-faced old lady before the mission is over!"
Wang Shenghu asked suspiciously, "Do you have any way?"
Leng Ai said: "The cat-faced old lady is a monster, not afraid of light, but it is afraid of people, if a person wants to hide in this city without being discovered, then where is the best hiding place?"
The bald head didn't think about it and replied, "It's at home!"
Cheng Hao replied: "Not necessarily, then its family will definitely find it, I think it should be hidden on the roof of the building, or underground."
Wang Sheng nodded and said: "If it were me, I would hide underground, the underground of the city is generally a drainage pipe, which is smelly and dirty, and no one will go to the sewer without accidents." ”
Leng Ai thought for a while and said: "Cats are clean animals, I don't think it's possible to hide underground, but we can't let go of any clues, we should look for now, where the old lady who fell into the grocery shopping place lives, while looking for the old lady's address, we checked the roof and sewer situation." ”
Wang Sheng held his chin and said: "I don't think there is a need for this, now the news of the cat-faced old lady has spread all over the city, it can be seen that this is not a matter of one or two days, and we don't have any clues, how can we find the old lady who fell?"
The bald head said: "Let's go to the local police station, there should be a record there!"
Cheng Hao said: "Then it is better to go to the hospital, the old lady died after falling, and she will definitely be sent to the hospital for rescue, there should be a record there." ”
Wang Sheng sighed: "These are useless, there are nearly twenty sub-district offices outside the road, and there are several towns, and there are many hospitals here, not to mention, if we look at those records one by one, the task is over, we may not be able to read them!"
Harbin has a large population, just here in Daowai District, there are dozens of hospitals, and there are not only Harbin citizens who come here to see a doctor, every hospital, there will be dead people every day, if you only rely on the four of them to investigate, there are no three or five months, nothing can be found.
The four of them finally decided to investigate by elimination, first of all, they had to check the roof of each building, which was relatively easy, as long as they chose the highest building, and brought their sunglasses with telescope function, all the roofs within a radius of 3,000 meters could be seen. The four of them spent the morning inspecting all the roofs in the urban area outside the road, but they couldn't find the hiding place of the cat-faced old lady on the roof.
Daowai is the location of Harbin cuisine, and if you want to find a delicious restaurant in Daowai, you can find it with your eyes closed.
A relatively clean restaurant, there are not many people eating, the four of them found a corner location, the dishes are very cheap, there are quite a lot of types, the four people don't know what to eat, so they order all the dishes written on the menu, the hotel owner has not met such a customer, persuade Wang Sheng to order less, Cheng Hao thought that the boss looked down on them, pointed at the boss and scolded.
Seeing that they were good or bad, the hotel owner glared at Cheng Hao viciously, and didn't care about them, who doesn't want to earn money?
The last mission only cost less than a few hundred yuan, and now they still have more than nineteen thousand on them, spending more than 100 yuan on a meal, and no one will care.
After a while, as soon as the first dish was served on the table, Wang Sheng and the four of them were dumbfounded, the plate of more than one foot was full, and the four of them were still surprised, and the second dish was served in a basin.
The bald head touched his head and exclaimed, "This is feeding the pigs!" As soon as the words fell, the waiter brought the third dish, which was also a pot.
According to the amount of food for a normal person, two dishes are enough for Wang Sheng and the four of them to eat. And they ordered nearly forty dishes, which would be enough for them for two months if they were served in this way.
Wang Sheng called the boss to him: "I want to ask, do you don't have to spend money to buy vegetables?"
The hotel owner didn't understand what Wang Sheng meant, and looked at Wang Sheng suspiciously. Wang Sheng pointed to the basin on the table and said, "Is there no plate in your restaurant, and they are all filled in basins!"
The owner of the hotel laughed and said: "At first glance, you are a foreigner, in our northeast, what you are talking about is a real, the price is absolutely affordable, and it is guaranteed that you can eat well and eat well!"
The bald head smiled: "You are a little really strong, what is the difference between this and feeding pigs, if we eat all your dishes, I think we are similar to pigs!"
The owner of the restaurant smiled: "I told you just now, don't order so much, you just don't listen, if you want me to say, I will recommend you a few specialties of our store, and I won't serve you other dishes!"
Although Wang Sheng is not the first time to come to the Northeast, nor is it the first time to go to Heilongjiang, this is the first time he feels the enthusiasm of the Northeast people, and these dishes have proved that after the reform and opening up, people's lives have gradually become richer, and people's moral standards are also improving.
Wang Sheng said slightly apologetically: "Then it's troublesome for the boss!"
The hotel owner smiled: "What's the trouble, there are all guests at the door, four, please wait a moment, I'll go and arrange arrangements for you." ”
More than 20 minutes later, the owner of the restaurant came over with a pot of cold dishes: "Several, I respect you for this dish, don't need money, if you come to Harbin again in the future, remember to patronize my small shop!"
Wang Sheng thanked him again and again, and casually dragged a chair from the table next to him: "Boss, you're welcome, let's sit down and have a drink together!"
The boss waved his hand again and again and said, "No, I still have something, you eat, call me if you have something!"
Cheng Hao grabbed the boss and said, "What's the matter, sit down and eat together, don't worry, we won't lose any money to you!"
"You're mistaken, I didn't mean that!"
The bald head pressed the boss on the chair: "Don't mean that or that, sit down and eat something together, what's the big deal, I'm afraid we will eat you!"
While pouring wine for the boss, Wang Sheng asked, "This noon is the time to eat, why are there so few people?"
The boss pecked his teeth and complained: "You outsiders don't know, there is a cat-faced old lady who has been rumored recently, it is said that she specializes in eating children, and people are panicking, there are many restaurants in this place, plus the cat-faced old lady, who dares to run around without anything, my store is pretty good, and some stores can't come to a table of guests a day." ”
Cheng Hao raised his glass and said, "Let's have a toast first, I talked a little too much just now, you must not take it to heart." I'll give you a compensatory one,"
Wang Sheng helped explain: "My brother has a black mouth, but his heart is red, so you shouldn't have heard it!"
The owner of the hotel stood up from his chair, picked up his wine glass and said, "Don't worry, how can I take this little thing to heart, come, let's go!"
Wang Sheng looked left and right, and asked suspiciously, "Who left?"
Cheng Hao laughed and said, "I don't understand, the boss means to do it!"
After a glass of wine, Leng Ai asked, "Boss, has anyone seen this cat-faced old lady?"
The boss crooked his mouth and replied, "It doesn't seem to be, it's all heard!"
Wang Sheng asked, "Have you heard of any family's children being bitten?"
"I don't think so, anyway, I haven't heard of a child who has been bitten! You don't really believe that there is an old lady with a cat face, do you?"
Cheng Hao smiled and asked, "Don't you believe it?"
The boss scolded disdainfully: "What a bullshit cat-faced old lady, if there was a cannibal old lady, the police would have been dispatched a long time ago, how can there be such a stable status quo!"
Leng Ai said: "I heard that the old lady died on the way home from grocery shopping, and then was deceived by a cat, and I also heard that it was an old lady who hanged herself, which one do you think is true?"
The boss also replied disdainfully: "It's all nonsense, in my opinion, there are too many stray cats recently, and no one cares about these things, so I released such rumors!"
Leng Ai frowned and asked, "Are there a lot of stray cats here?"
The boss replied a little angrily: "That's simple, at night, all the cats come out, if you walk for ten minutes at night, I can guarantee that you can see seven or eight cats, and these cats cry like dead children, the people who listen are so troubled, some people go to the street to do it, but no one cares about this at all, you don't know, if you want to find them to do something, it has to be like asking for ancestors!"
Leng Ai asked again: "Are there so many cats in other places in Harbin?"
The boss replied: "No, it's strange to say, I heard that there is not a single cat in Jingyu Park, I don't know if the park is well managed, or the cat is unwilling to go there! ”
Stray cats are normal and are found in almost every city. Cats, like dogs, occupy their own territory, they will chase away other cats in their territory, and if they can't, they will redivide their territory. If there are so many stray cats at the same time, there must be a ferocious cat that drives them out of their original territory.
Leng Ai asked, "Then when did this kind of thing start?"
The boss thought for a while and replied, "It seems that there are some days, and I can't remember it for too long!"
There are no stray cats in Jingyu Park, which makes Leng Ai very excited in her heart, according to the habits of cats, this cat-faced old lady has a great chance of hiding in Jingyu Park.
The four of them chatted with the restaurant owner for more than an hour, Wang Sheng and they were ready to get up and leave, the enthusiasm of the Northeast people was shown at one time, all the dishes were discounted, and the sprinkling was free, not only that, but the boss also erased the fraction on the bill.
Although money does not have much effect on Wang Sheng and the four of them, Wang Sheng likes the feeling of pretending to be big, and counted out ten hundred-yuan bills and slapped them on the table, no matter how the boss excused himself, Wang Sheng refused to take back this one.
Jingyu Park is located in Jingyu 20th Street, Daowai District, the main gate is facing Jingyu Street to the west, in 1985, in order to commemorate the anti-Japanese national hero General Yang Jingyu, the Daowai Park was named Jingyu Park, the new flower bed in the park, the main entrance of the park and the ticket booth were rebuilt, and the trees were not very many. And Jingyu Park at that time was not an open park, when it was dark, there were only faint lights in the park, and after ten o'clock in the evening, the street lights in the park would also be turned off, and it was completely dark here.
In Harbin in May, the leaves have just shown their first buds, and there is a happy appearance everywhere. Although the weather was very ambiguous, there were not many people in the park, and the situation was in line with what the hotel owner said, Wang Sheng and the four of them walked around every corner of the park, and did not see a single stray animal, nor did they find a place to hide.
The sky slowly darkened, and the park slowly became very quiet, the four of them simply ate some food in the park, but they never found any clues about the cat-faced old lady, Wang Sheng, Cheng Hao and the bald head were a little disappointed in their hearts, but Leng Ai was always full of confidence, she firmly believed that the cat-faced old lady must be here.
The more I look forward to the time passing sooner, the slower the time will go, Wang Sheng looked at the watch no less than 200 times, and finally stayed up until midnight, the park was already dark, the surroundings were very quiet, and the cat-faced old lady did not appear.
Wang Sheng sighed lightly and said, "Let's go, it's impossible for the cat-faced old lady to be here." ”
Leng Ai still firmly believes that the cat-faced old lady is here, and refuses to leave anything. At about one o'clock in the morning, Cheng Hao also urged Leng Ai to leave here quickly, and the bald head also agreed to leave, saying that he would not continue to look for anything here. Eventually they each gave way, and if nothing was discovered at three points, then they left.
At about half past two in the morning, there was a miserable cry of rats in the sparse woods, the four of them widened their eyes, they didn't dare to breathe, carefully discerning the direction from which the sound came, and after more than ten seconds, Leng Ai pointed to the right and whispered: "It's there!"