Unable to eat dinner, Gu Qi hurriedly got on his bicycle and went to the north gate.

Chen Xingling absentmindedly dried the porridge and halved a few hot salted duck eggs.

"Little Huzi, come and eat."

The little one ran over as soon as he slipped through the smoke, climbed on the table and drank white porridge.

"Mom, what did you say to Dad earlier?"

Chen Xingling: "Huh? He explained: "Dad said that he went upstairs to find Grandma and Aunt Miao last week and found that they were not there. He went to find him again the day before yesterday, but no one was there. ”

Xiaohuzi asked curiously, "Where did the grandmother and aunts go?" ”

"I don't know." Chen Xingling urged: "Stop talking, eat quickly." ”

Most of the time there is an accident over there, the first floor of Linjiang is close, and it will only take two or three minutes at most, so why not come back for more than half an hour.

After the mother and son were full, Chen Xingling packed up the dishes and chopsticks and went to the kitchen to clean them, covered the white porridge to keep warm, and waited anxiously while accompanying his son to play under the eaves.

Unexpectedly, until the sky darkened, Gu Qi still did not come back.

The crust pot on the stove made a "buzzing" sound, and from time to time it gave off a tempting smell of meat, but she was not in the mood to enjoy the deliciousness.

"Mom!" Little Huzi shouted: "Uncle Ma is here!" ”

Chen Xingling hurriedly ran out and opened the door.

- Sure enough, it's Ma Dali!

Ma Dali smiled and explained: "As soon as you left earlier, Uncle Liao sent us an interim payment. It's all here, you count. ”

Chen Xingling said with a smile: "Don't be in such a hurry, right? I'll just leave it to me tomorrow, and I'll have to make a special trip to do something. ”

Ma Dali teased Xiaohuzi and replied: "When you are full, you will come out and walk around when you are idle." The fence on the other side of the construction site has been completed, and the gate is locked, so there is no need to worry too much at all. I'm an old poor man, and I'm not used to collecting so much money on me, so I'm panicked. ”

"Habits are formed!" Chen Xingling said: "When you become a big boss, you can't look down on this little money at all." ”

Ma Dali smiled dumbly: "You, don't tease me less." I'm really satisfied enough to eat and go to school now. ”

"You are ambitious, it's okay to deceive others, don't come to coax us!" Chen Xingling quickly counted the money, turned around and went into the study to put it away.

At this time, Zhao Xiaoxing's panicked voice came from outside the gate!

"Sister-in-law! Sister-in-law! Open the door! ”

Ma Dali helped open the door.

Zhao Xiaoxing thanked in a panic and asked, "Brother Dali, where is my sister-in-law?" ”

"Here!" Chen Xingling walked out quickly.

Zhao Xiaoxing was so anxious that she rubbed her hands and whispered: "Sister-in-law, eldest brother - eldest brother said sister-in-law she - she is gone." The eldest brother and Ah Yi went to the docks to find someone. What to do? Let's go find it for you. I don't know a lot of roads, so I have to go with you. ”

Chen Xingling frowned and asked, "When did Archie find you?" ”

"Almost—more than half an hour ago." Zhao Xiaoxing replied: "The eldest brother said that Gu Miaoran is gone, and even the clothes and daily necessities are gone." The eldest brother couldn't find anyone nearby, so he came to the rental house and drove Ah Yi away, saying that he would go to the various docks to look for it. The eldest brother also said that it seemed that Gu Xuan's sister-in-law scolded her, and she was very angry and threw the door. I don't know what's going on...... I couldn't see anyone early this morning, and my mother-in-law and Gu Xuan thought that she had gone to school, so they didn't care. ”

Chen Xingling shook his head: "It's a big night, don't bother looking for it." She won't be back anytime soon. ”

Zhao Xiaoxing looked dazed and asked, "Not coming back?" Where is she? ”

"I don't know." Chen Xingling told her everything that Xiaohuzi had seen before, and guessed: "She probably eloped with Chen Erliuzi." ”

Zhao Xiaoxing: "......"!!

Ma Dali on the side was slightly embarrassed and whispered: "Don't guess yet." Or—I'll look at the little tiger for you, and you can go and look for it." If the deadline is in time, it may be able to persuade people to come back. ”

Chen Xingling secretly knew that it was impossible, because most of them left by boat before noon, and the wind and waves were calm in the past two days, and the sea transportation did not stop for a day and a half, and at this time eighty percent was already at sea.

"Okay." Chen Xingling said: "For such a big thing, I still have to go back and take a look." ”

She didn't have a good impression of Gu Miao at all, she didn't want to mind her business, and she didn't bother to let others take care of it.

But she and Xiaoxing are the daughters-in-law of the Gu family after all, and it is not easy to sit idly by and watch such a bad thing suddenly happen in the family.

After a while, she rode a bicycle to carry Zhao Xiaoxing to the north gate.

The street lights are scarce and the lights are not on, but fortunately both of them have flashlights with them, so they can see farther.

When I climbed the stairs, I found that the door of the house was locked tightly, and I didn't respond to knocking on the door.

Chen Xingling guessed: "Most of them are looking for people, let's go and find them." ”

At this time, someone stepped on the stairs and went upstairs.

"Yo! Archie's sister-in-law, long time no see! Section Chief Sun turned on the flashlight and went downstairs, greeting with a smile: "I am on night duty today and am planning to go to the office." ”

Both the administration building and the logistics department will arrange two or three colleagues to be on night duty at night, in case something happens and cannot be dealt with in time and causes major mistakes.

Generally, it is arranged for single employees to stay in the factory or colleagues who live in the factory to work night shifts, and it is more convenient to come and go at night.

Chen Xingling hurriedly greeted him and pulled a polite smile.

"I haven't come back to see my mother-in-law and sister-in-law for a few days. It's winter today, and I'm going to call them to go to our side and drink some chicken soup. ”

The ugliness of the family is not publicized, and before the matter is fully confirmed, it is not good for the neighbors to know, after all, it is not a glorious thing, so it is not known to everyone.

Section Chief Sun praised their filial piety with a smile and explained: "Your mother-in-law loves to play mahjong, and sometimes she doesn't come back until midnight. The last time I went out on duty at almost nine o'clock, she just came back. This old lady is very addicted! ”

Chen Xingling frowned slightly, and asked with a smile: "Section Chief Sun, do you know where my mother-in-law plays mahjong?" ”

"Where else!" Section Chief Sun replied: "The first building across the road at the gate turns left into a small alley, where there will be a few tables every day, and the old ladies and grandfathers in the neighborhood love to squeeze there. ”

Chen Xingling secretly smiled bitterly and asked, "Should you pay back the gambling money?" ”

"Some are, some don't." Section Chief Sun lowered his voice: "They are all old people, and the patrol officers are not good at taking them too seriously, they all turn a blind eye." Moreover, the old man has no money around, and he generally gambles not much, at most a few cents come and go. ”

Chen Xingling understood, smiled and thanked him.

"If we can't find my mother-in-law when we go back, we'll look for it over there. Thank you! ”

"You're welcome! Come back more when you have time. Section Chief Sun smiled and left.

Chen Xingling was annoyed and helpless, and slammed on the door.

"It's also a few of them who are unlucky to have such a mother! Her daughter is gone, but she still doesn't go home because of the gambling money!

Zhao Xiaoxing was secretly worried and asked, "Sister-in-law, then what should we-what should we do?" ”

Chen Xingling thought about it calmly and said, "Chen Nantai said before that he worked at the ferry in the south of the city, and I am very familiar with it. After dark, the ferry does not run the boats, but the boats will stop at the pier. Usually there will be one or two old men on the boat, and we will go over and ask about it. ”

"Uh-oh." Zhao Xiaoxing didn't have any idea at all, "I'll listen to you." ”

The two hurried downstairs and rode their bicycles to the south of the city.

The Chengnan ferry port is far away, fortunately, there are few pedestrians on the road at night, and there are few bicycles, Chen Xingling rode fast, and the two finally arrived at the ferry after more than half an hour.

Chen Xingling twisted the flashlight and stepped forward to inquire.

Zhao Xiaoxing led the bicycle and followed behind.

After a long time, Chen Xingling finally asked about Chen Nantai's news, and went back after thanking him.

"Apricot!" Her chin lifted slightly: "Let's go back." ”

Zhao Xiaoxing asked nervously: "Sister-in-law, what's wrong?" Asked? ”

Chen Xingling got into the car with long legs around the back seat and smiled bitterly: "I asked." Chen Nantai followed his distant cousin out to sea and went to the South Seas, and the boat set off at about eleven o'clock in the afternoon. ”

Zhao Xiaoxing asked secretly hopefully: "What about Gu Miao's sister-in-law...... She ......"

"She followed." Chen Xingling replied in a cool voice.