20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 106 Old Seven
To the east of Fengtian City, Lao Wang's house.

A shabby house with broken tiles, two layers of hay on the earthen kang, and a piece of cloth on top, which is considered a mattress.

It is true that Wang Sanquan's mother has been paralyzed on the kang for more than half a year, but she has never seen a doctor. Naturally, it is not known what disease she has. All she knows is that the old lady's legs are purple and swollen to the point of losing her human shape. , press a pit with your hand.

The pain was excruciating at first, and then I lost consciousness altogether.

The old lady was very optimistic and optimistic, thinking that at least she wouldn't have to suffer anymore.

But every now and then he would have a high fever, and he would inevitably lie on the kang and scream.

Suffering from long-term illness, a man who has just passed his fifties has turned into a seventy-year-old.

It turned out that when the New Year was approaching, the King of Hell clicked on the knuckles, and the old lady saw that the scene of the next life had already appeared. However, I don't know which Bodhisattva opened her eyes, and she survived inexplicably.

After the beginning of spring, the weather gets warmer, and people also take a breath. When nothing happens, you can follow your daughter-in-law to work on the kang, picking up shoe soles - if you don't do it, what will you eat?

When she was exhausted, the old lady leaned against the cabinet and took a nap, looking at her indifferently, not knowing whether she was dead or alive.

It was approaching noon, and the old lady was feeling a little sleepy. Suddenly she saw a figure through the crack of the window, standing at the door, wandering back and forth whether to knock or to leave, so she said hello to her daughter-in-law.

"Juan'er! There seems to be someone outside, please go out and take a look!"

There was a sound of water in the outhouse, followed by a clear voice.

"Hey! Let's go over here!"

The daughter-in-law was not timid. After all, it was broad daylight and people were coming and going on the street. Could there be gangsters robbing people's houses?

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Outside the house, Gong Baonan was holding Wang Sanquan's suicide note in his hand, wandering back and forth, mumbling and rehearsing the words he had prepared in advance.

"Hey, aunt, you're doing well? Haha... What, I'm Wang Sanquan's friend, he asked me to bring you a letter... Oops! I don't know what he's doing, he's busy! I don't have much I asked, I happened to be on my way, so I helped run an errand... I won’t sit down anymore, I won’t sit down anymore, I have something to do over there, so I’m leaving first!”

After I finished talking about it, I felt unsatisfied and a bit long-winded, which could easily lead to the other party asking for more information, so I had to speak faster!
"Auntie, give me a letter. Goodbye!"

It's too fast, it's even more suspicious, and you'll definitely be held up by your sleeves to get to the bottom of it!
Gong Baonan frowned and smacked his lips. Looking at the suicide note in his hand, he felt a little regretful.

Usually, when his eldest brother Jiang Chenghai asked him to do something, this kid either had a sore back or a sore butt. When it came to such a job where a dog was trying to meddle in other people's business, he rushed to do it.

Don’t be diligent when you should be diligent, and don’t be lazy when you should be lazy.

According to Guan Wei's words - he's just a bitch!

Gong Baonan didn't care.

In a moment of greed, Wang Sanquan betrayed the old man, and it was not a pity to die.

Even if Gong Baonan doesn't do it, someone else will do it.

However, if it had been anyone else, what they might have brought was not a suicide note, but Wang Sanquan's ears or fingers.

Killing enemies and killing traitors, although they are both murders, are completely different.

To kill an enemy, most of the time you have to silence them, preferably without the knowledge of gods or ghosts, so that the enemy disappears out of thin air and evaporates. Usually it is the "Owl" brothers who do this.

To kill a traitor, most of the time it is necessary to establish prestige, not to say in a big way, but at least to make some noise. The cruel method is almost a show. Firstly, it is to let people know the fate of the traitor; secondly, it is to threaten the family members not to report to the official.

Although Zhou Yunfu has official connections, Fengtian is a provincial capital after all. Now that we are facing the New Deal, we are not afraid of our family members reporting to the official, but we are afraid of their family members reporting to the office.

Once public opinion rises, not to mention Zhou Yunfu, even local officials have to put some effort into making up an explanation for the people to calm the public anger.

Gong Baonan had read his suicide note, which told his family not to report to the government, so he came to deliver the letter to let them prepare in advance.

After thinking about it, he started talking about the prepared words again.

"Auntie, I am Wang Sanquan's friend..."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the door in front of him opened in response!
"Brother, are you looking for trouble with Sanquan?"

Gong Baonan looked up and was suddenly stunned - as if he didn't regret it anymore.

But he saw a young woman standing at the door. She looked like she was in her twenties, with an apron hanging around her waist and her sleeves rolled up to her elbows. There was water in her eyes, a smile on her cheeks, beads of sweat on her forehead, and rags of hair on her temples. , one strand after another is attached to the face, making the skin whiter and clearer.

As expected, the saying goes: A good man doesn’t have a good wife, a bad man marries a slut!
Such a handsome woman, but looking down at her hands, one can tell that she came from a poor background.

Gong Baonan couldn't help but muttered: "Where can I explain this?"

"Huh?" The woman didn't hear clearly.

"Nothing, nothing!" Gong Baonan came to his senses and said hurriedly, "Well, this is Wang San's family, right?"

Just as the woman was about to nod, the old lady in the room started to ask in a loud voice: "Juan'er, who is she?"

"He's Sanquan's friend!"

"What?" The old lady was deaf.

"He's Sanquan's friend!" Li Shujuan raised her voice.

"Ah, then come in quickly, sit in the room for a while, and have a drink of water!"

Li Shujuan saw that the visitor was well-dressed and had a kind attitude. After thinking about it, she turned slightly sideways and said, "Brother, Sanquan will not be back until later. Why don't you go inside and wait for a while?"

"Ah!" Gong Baonan stepped across the threshold in one step, "Is this appropriate?" He had obviously planned to throw down the suicide note, then turn around and leave, but now he completely forgot about it!
Women outside the customs are more cheerful and less pretentious.

Li Shujuan seemed to have been in charge for a long time, and her words and deeds were more casual. She immediately smiled and said generously: "What's the matter? The old lady is still in the house! You sit down for a while, I will pour you some water!"

After saying that, she turned around and walked to the stove. Using both hands, she stumbled up a bucket of water and poured it into the water tank.

"Can you help me?" Gong Baonan asked.

"No, no! Brother, if you have nothing to do, go into the house and talk to the old lady for a while to relieve her boredom."

"That!"

Gong Baonan turned into the back room and cleared his throat, his mind filled with all the tricks he had prepared.

"Hey! Auntie, are you doing well?"

The old lady was enthusiastic, sitting on the kang and waving to him with a smile: "Come on, come on, sit on the kang!"

Gong Baonan walked over in a daze, thinking about how to hand over the suicide note and escape in time to avoid crying in front of the two women.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she sat down, the old lady didn't stop talking.

"What's your surname? You also work in a smoke shop? Where are you from? How old are you? Are you married? Are you looking for a silly person?"

Gong Baonan had no chance to interrupt, so he could only deal with it.

Fortunately, at this time, Li Shujuan walked into the room with a bowl of water and said with a smile: "Brother, don't be offended! We are not from the local area and have no relatives here. We finally found someone, so you can chat with her." Just a moment!"

"Isn't it!" The old lady also said: "Our home used to be over there in Sujiatun, and we had some land. Didn't Maozi build the railway later and occupied the land? We had no choice but to move here. Here, let’s find something to do together.”

Gong Baonan nodded silently.

It was said that when the railway was being built, some compensation would be given to the houses and land that passed through it, but he didn't know whether there was any. Judging from the old lady's appearance, it probably wasn't.

Ordinarily, when Wang Sanquan betrayed Zhou Yunfu, Bai Baochen must have given him a lot of money. Why was his life so hard?

The old lady and Li Shujuan knew nothing about this, and Gong Baonan didn't even know the reason. He also didn't expect that the kid who had played with his life for money did not give me medical treatment, but instead went to a gambling house and lost all his money.

It was precisely because Wang Sanquan suddenly spent money in a gambling house that he attracted the attention of Han Ce's men, and finally found out that he secretly colluded with Bai Baochen.

Li Shujuan noticed something strange about the money at home and questioned Wang Sanquan face to face, but she often got a severe beating in return.

If it hadn't been for saving some savings in my hometown, I might not have been able to survive this long.

As soon as Gong Baonan entered the house, he seemed like a headless fly. He followed the old lady's words and chatted with the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for a long time.

It wasn't until the bowl of water in her hand was finished that the old lady's words gradually became less frequent. Her eyes would glance out the window from time to time, looking a little anxious.

"This guy Sanquan, why haven't you come back yet? It's time to come back!"

Li Shujuan turned away and sighed, "I guess you're just trying to make money again!"

Gong Baonan couldn't help but ask: "'Heshengfang'?"

Unexpectedly, before the daughter-in-law could speak, the old lady became anxious.

"No, no! Sanquan is a good boy, he can't go to that kind of place!"

Gong Baonan and Li Shujuan looked at each other and immediately understood each other, and then finally remembered the purpose of their trip.

"Hey! Old lady, Sanquan probably won't come today. He asked me to bring you a letter. I was so busy talking just now that I forgot about it!"

"letter?"

The old lady's expression suddenly became tense: "Okay, what are you writing a letter for? What happened to him from time to time?"

"Uh... I don't know the details." Gong Baonan put the suicide note on the kang, "You can read it for yourselves!"

Seeing this, Li Shujuan hurriedly said: "Brother, my mother-in-law and I can't read. What is this letter about? How about you read it for us?"

Gongbao Nanxin said, if you don't know how to read, you should have told me earlier!It took so much effort for me!

But seeing the different words in the suicide note and the worried looks on the two women's faces, he really couldn't bear to speak. After thinking about it, he had to pretend to be embarrassed and said: "Actually, I don't know how to read either. You can find someone else. !”

After saying that, Gong Baonan quickly got up and fled.

How could Li Shujuan let him go? She hurriedly followed behind, and when she reached the gate, she grabbed his clothes.

"Brother, the old lady was in the room just now and couldn't stand the excitement. If you have anything to say, tell me! If something really happens, you can make me mentally prepared, okay?"

Gong Baonan curled his lips and pushed the door open as he spoke, wondering: "Brother and sister, I really don't know anything. If you ask someone else to read the letter, don't you know everything!"

Li Shujuan originally wanted to follow her, but as soon as the door opened, she saw a dozen patrol policemen outside, walking menacingly towards them, with a group of spectators surrounding them.

"Gong Baonan! We received a report from someone saying that you were armed with a gun and killed people in Woyun Tower last night! I advise you to be honest and come with us!"

He was just released this morning and now he wants to take him back?

Gong Baonan was confused and asked: "Old Zhao, what's going on?"

Seeing that he was confident, everyone looked at the patrol captain.

In front of everyone, Zhao Yongcai didn't care about his identity and couldn't explain too much. He just winked at Gong Baonan and opened his mouth, but no sound was heard. Judging from the shape of his mouth, he seemed to be saying: "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up." Follow me! Hurry up!"

(End of this chapter)