Chapter 6: Strange Picture Frames

Anxin had a general understanding of the situation of the deceased.

Five years ago, Xiaomin and Lin Peipei graduated from college together, and both families wanted them to stay in Qingyuan County to find a stable job, and then get married and start a family. But the two girls wanted to go outside, so the two secretly contacted, each left a letter for the family, and came to Tianfeng together.

Xiaomin's family background is very bad, there is an elder brother who has recently married and has a child, his brother and sister-in-law have little education, and they do odd jobs on the construction site in the county, and the child has always been taken care of by Xiaomin's parents.

Xiao Min has been out of place with this simple family since she was a child, not because she has many unrealistic ideas, but because she was interested in literature at a very young age.

For those useless preferences, my parents are very opposed and repulsive, but my brother is very supportive of my sister.

In the more than five years since she came to Tianfeng, Xiaomin's income is not much, she will pay most of her salary to her parents every month, and she only keeps some daily expenses. It seems that things are not going well at work, and I have changed jobs many times in five years, but Xiao Min likes to write and has never given up.

Two years ago, Xiao Min began to suffer from insomnia and couldn't sleep, and the family gradually realized that something was wrong with Xiao Min.

The middle brother came to see Xiao Min a few times, but Xiao Min still insisted on staying in Tianfeng.

As for when Xiao Min suffered from depression, Lin Peipei guessed that it may have been after she moved out of the share house, and before, she did not notice any abnormal reactions from Xiao Min.

"In addition to liking to read, what other hobbies does Xiao Min have?"

The question of peace of mind made Lin Peipei a little uncomfortable, which seemed to have nothing to do with the work of the relic organizer.

"Important?"

"It's important to me." An An smiled and looked at Lin Peipei, but there was undoubted persistence in his eyes.

For a relic organizer, the preferences of the deceased really have little to do with the content of the work.

But Anxin has a habit, every time before doing the work of sorting out relics, she will learn about the living habits and hobbies of the deceased in advance, and the more she knows about the deceased, the more Anxin can find a more suitable "way of communication" for the deceased.

"Xiaomin, she likes flowers, and when we live together, he puts a lily on his bedside table every day." Lin Peipei recalled carefully.

"Anything else?"

"She loves cleanliness very much, and she should have a slight cleanliness fetish. Also, she likes to make friends, but she doesn't seem to have many friends over the years......"

Lin Peipei said a lot, and the peace of mind was carefully recorded.

Although he has accepted Lin Peipei's entrustment, if he wants to take over Xiao Min's case, he must communicate with Xiao Min's family in advance, after all, Xiao Min's parents are the real clients behind it.

At noon that day, I got the address of Xiaomin's house, and went to Qingyuan County with peace of mind.

It is a very small and quiet county, there are not many high-rise buildings, and most of the residential buildings are low-rise buildings with less than seven floors, and the roads are very narrow, and you can often see broken places.

Xiao Min's house is in the northernmost part of the county, close to the village, is a newly built community, there is no greenery, and a bunch of electric cars are parked in the community.

Unit 401, Unit 2, Building 3, Anxin knocked on the door of Xiaomin's house according to the address.

The person who opened the door was a woman who looked to be in her fifties, but in fact, this person was Xiaomin's mother Chen Hui, who was just forty-six years old this year.

"Who are you looking for?" Chen Hui, who had a haggard face, looked very tough.

"I'm a friend of Lin Peipei, and I'm here for Xiaomin's business."

As soon as she heard Lin Peipei's three words, the expression on Chen Hui's face became even stiffer, as if she had heard something incredible: "Lin Peipei? What did she ask you to do? We have nothing to do with her, you are not welcome here. ”

said that Chen Hui was about to close the door, and she was confused. When he was wondering, a tall man in his twenties came out of the living room, stretched out his hand to stop Chen Hui: "Mom, let people in first." ”

This person is Xiaomin's brother Liu Daqiang, who has been staying in Qingyuan County to do some chores. Anxin guessed that Lin Peipei might have contacted Liu Daqiang, and nodded and entered the living room.

The living room was surrounded by a group of people, smoke was everywhere with cigarette butts, and the two older ones looked like the elders of the family sitting in the main position of the sofa, with a tangled face. There are a few juniors around him, and it seems that they are all members of the family.

"Who is this?" The old elder asked Liu Daqiang.

"It's from the city, Min's friend."

Liu Daqiang looked a little entangled, and Anxin then introduced himself. As soon as they heard that Anxin was a relic organizer, several people in the living room were instantly silent, and their eyes looked at Anxin with strange eyes.

"Relic arranger? So, Daqiang's father has already figured out how to solve it? The old man glanced at Liu Daqiang's father Liu Qingfeng next to him.

Liu Qingfeng immediately looked nervous: "Where is it, where is it, I don't know at all." Who told you to come here? ”

Seeing Liu Qingfeng's frightened face, Anxin suddenly noticed something unusual, could it be that Lin Peipei entrusted her to deal with Xiao Min's relics, and this matter was not discussed with Xiao Min's family at all?

Just as he was puzzled, Chen Hui stood up, "Ancestor, of course, our own family's affairs are handled by our own people, how can we find outsiders to deal with this kind of matter." Who knows where this man came from. ”

Seeing that the old man's attitude had eased a lot, Chen Hui turned to look at Anxin: "I don't care what kind of relic organizer you are, it is not the turn of an outsider to interfere in the affairs of our Liu family." What kind of relic arranger, isn't it to make money from the dead. Let's go! ”

Saying that, Chen Hui put her hand on the hand to push Anxin, Anxin turned sideways, Chen Hui didn't stand firm and almost fell.

When she turned around and was about to push again, Liu Daqiang crossed in front of her: "Mom, don't worry, let's finish the matter first, can you?" ”

Liu Daqiang looked at Chen Hui vigorously, as if there was something embarrassing. And soon, Anxin also understood Liu Daqiang's dilemma. Qingyuan County is a small county town, with old-fashioned ideas and many unbelievable rules. For example, right now, the daughter of the Liu family has died in a foreign country, and according to the rules of the family, those who die in a foreign land must go home for burial, and the person who deals with the aftermath cannot be his own family.

In front of them, these people gathered in Liu's house to discuss how to deal with Xiaomin's death, and the reason why Liu Daqiang stayed at ease was actually to leave a way back for himself, after all, there was no way for the family to go now, and people with foreign surnames were not willing to help.

"Okay, let's go back first, Qingfeng, let's discuss it again if you have an idea."

The ancestor on the sofa was obviously still a little dissatisfied with the sudden appearance of Anxin, and left the Liu family with the support of several young people.

Liu Qingfeng apologized vigorously, looking very humble.

Turning around and sending the ancestor away, Liu Qingfeng went directly back to the bedroom inside, with a posture of throwing his hands away, and it didn't seem to be the backbone of this family.

Chen Hui took Liu Daqiang to the kitchen next to him to discuss for a long time, and sat on the sofa with an angry smile waiting for the results.

The neighborhood is new, and the houses are new, but the interior doesn't look regular. The house has only done basic decoration, water and electricity walls, the ground is not paved with floors but cement floors, although it has been leveled, but you can still see the traces of bulge and depression. The only thing that can be seen is the TV background wall in the living room, with a few big red flowers, which looks very abrupt with the picture of mountains and rivers.

It can be seen that the Liu family's family background is not good, and even the wooden sofa in the living room has obvious traces of use, which looks like a second-hand sofa.

The mother and son discussed for a long time before finally appearing in front of Anxin.

"Miss An, how do you charge for doing this?" Liu Daqiang came up and asked about the cost.

Anxin patiently explained, and preliminarily determined that it would cost about 3,000 yuan.

"So much money? Just deal with a dead man's things, how can you use so much money? Why don't you grab it? Chen Hui instantly lost her good face, and looked at Liu Daqiang resentfully: "What do you say you are looking for her for?!" How can there be so much money for her? Besides......"

Chen Hui snorted angrily and said: "We don't know what Xiao Min's dead girl left behind, and no one can follow him, who knows if the hands of the person who does this kind of thing are clean or not." ”