folk detective

Chapter 228
One cigarette!

For a side trip, the reward for a pack of cigarettes is enough.

Moreover, Liu Mang came here for Li Tiancheng. Whether he has cigarettes or not is not that important to him. When he opened the car door, Li Tiancheng put the bag containing a pile of cash back and sat on the co-pilot up.

"Dude, what's your name?"

After getting in the car, Li Tiancheng remembered that he didn't know what Liu Mang's name was: "My name is Li Tiancheng, Muzi Li, I'm a natural, I'm successful! You see, brother, I'm older than you, if you don't mind You call me Brother Li."

"Hahaha! Brother Li!"

Liu Mang laughed: "Then I won't be pretentious, I'll call you Brother Li. Dude, my name is Liu Mang, Liu Bang's Liu, the radiant Mang. Remember, I'm not playing hooligans!"

"Playing hooligans? Hahaha!" Li Tiancheng couldn't help but sneer: "Your name is really a bully."

After teasing each other, the relationship between the two seemed to get closer in an instant.

Li Tiancheng became even less wary of Liu Mang.

He had been driving for so many years. Before getting in the car, he took a closer look at Liu Mang's red Roewe. He could tell that he had only bought it for a few months. Both the style and the color were very new.

It seems that the price of this car is no less than 15.

And looking at Liu Mang's driving posture, he reckoned that he was a driver with several years of driving experience.

"Your car is new, it hasn't been long!" Thinking of this, Li Tiancheng asked what he had guessed in his heart. He is the kind of person who will speak directly when he has something to say, and he doesn't like to beat around the bush.

Li Tiancheng's character doesn't seem to be like Li Jiaqi at all, which surprised Liu Mang, "It's been more than three months! I forgot how long ago, this car is not very expensive, and the landing price is less than 20."

"I bought it for the full price?" Seeing Liu Mang's words were so relaxed, Li Tiancheng looked at Liu Mang with a strange look.

"Yes, the full amount."

Liu Mang nodded, revealing a wry smile, not at all complacent: "For the cause, there is no other way! I had to grit my teeth and buy it."

"You are awesome enough." Li Tiancheng was quite surprised and bought it in full.

It seems that Liu Mang is not a simple person, he is a rich master.

"To tell you the truth, brother, I can't afford it."

Li Tiancheng didn't feel inferior to Liu Mang at all, but said with emotion: "I'm already in my fifties, so I can only drive a broken car. I really can't afford a car worth about 10,000+."

"Brother Li, don't be humble, can you?"

Liu Mang didn't mean to underestimate Li Tiancheng because of this, but smiled and looked sideways at Li Tiancheng: "After a man gets married, the burden is heavy. There are elders and younger ones to take care of. It's not shameful if you can't afford it. After all, no matter what It is not easy for us men to be parents or sons."

"you're right."

These words resonated with Li Tiancheng. He looked at Liu Mang with a hint of approval. He saw a pack of cigarettes next to him, picked it up and lit one, and his eyes were a little lonely: "A man is chic if he is not married. Married If you want to be smart, you can’t be smart. Children need money to study, parents need money to be hospitalized when they are sick, and wives need money... The family needs money for food and drink. If you have a successful career, there are not so many problems, but the key is that you don’t have money If not, life is really tiring, the pressure is heavy, and the shoulders are heavy!"

"Brother Li, it's not easy being a man. There is a saying that perfectly expresses the ups and downs of our men." Liu Mang smiled wryly.

He is not married yet, but he has also noticed that living is not tiring, but wanting to live well is really tiring.

Especially when there is a family, it is exhausting.

"tell me the story."

It was just chatting with emotions, Li Tiancheng didn't think too much about the bad: "It's normal to be tired, and there are very few people who are not tired. It's because their parents are rich, so they are not tired."

"A middle-aged man is worse than a dog!" Liu Mang said flatly, "Brother Li, what do you do for work? Why did you come to the city, and the car was towed away by the traffic police?"

"Um……"

Speaking of this, the smile on Li Tiancheng's face became a bit bitter: "I'm actually a migrant worker. I help people build houses and decorate them in the village. My income is not bad, but it's not easy to support a family. When children grow up, they need money to study. , my wife's health is not very good."

"Every family has its cupboard!"

Although it's just the language, but Liu Mang seems to be able to see that Li Tiancheng's family is very tired.

If his guess is correct, Li Tiancheng's family is supported by him alone.

If the wife is sick and unable to work, she has no financial income.

And children need money to study.

His parents may be in good health, but he is in his fifties. Even if his parents are alive, they must be in their seventies or eighties.

Seventy or eighty, what else can I do, nothing more than staying at home for the elderly, and I can't do anything.

Of course, the elderly with a slightly tougher body may still be able to grow vegetables...

"Hey, that's not right!"

At this moment, Li Tiancheng seemed to think of something, "Didn't you just say that you are from the same village as me? Why don't I remember, there is someone named Liu in our village?"

Looking up at Liu Mang, Li Tiancheng had doubts in his eyes.

This questioning expression made Liu Mang very speechless, and he rolled his eyes directly: "Who said that the name must be the same as my surname?"

"Oh! Also!"

Liu Mang's speechless reaction made Li Tiancheng mistakenly think that Liu Mang didn't grow up in the village because his parents didn't get along with each other.

"Go home and get something." Liu Mang was relieved to see that Li Tiancheng didn't continue to dwell on the question of his surname: "What about you? Why are you running to the city? Are there any relatives in the city?"

A farmer who builds a house in the countryside and does decoration will not come to the urban area unless he is shopping or visiting relatives and friends.

"Ok!"

Li Tiancheng doesn't seem to want to bring this up, but maybe it's because he just met Liu Mang. After all, he has something on his mind, so it's hard to talk to relatives and friends, but he doesn't have the vigilance when talking to a stranger he just met. : "I have a younger sister who lives in the city. This time I'm asking her about the cost of supporting her parents."

"Sister?" Liu Mang was dumbfounded. Is Li Jiaqi Li Tiancheng's sister?

Whoops!

impossible!

Li Jiaqi is about 35 years old, and Li Tiancheng is in his fifties!

A difference of more than 15 years.

Now, Li Tiancheng's parents, are they old girls?

Gollum!

Liu Mang swallowed, feeling a little speechless: "Nowadays, mobile payment transfers are so developed, it would be bad to transfer them directly to you! Why did you come to the city in person?"

"Cash is better in the countryside. You can buy vegetables and things in cash."

Li Tiancheng seemed a little reluctant to bring this up, "Actually, my sister and I don't have a good relationship, not only because of culture, but also because of respecting our parents, or because of the big age difference. In short, she was spoiled when she was young. I came to the city this time, on the one hand, to get money, and on the other hand, to tell her that her parents are getting old, and if they don’t go back to honor them, they will have no chance in the future.”

　Ask for a wave of rewards!Continue to interview tomorrow!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)