when the moon whispers

Chapter 239 Friends-Lunch Box

case five friends
25 lunch boxes
"Zi la la-"

The signal on the desktop TV set with a small pot lid was not very good, and the picture was so mottled that the host who announced the opening of the talk show looked like he was missing two front teeth.

Li Wan parked the sliding door bakery that had been open for almost ten years behind the iron sheet house, unloaded several bags of flour he had just brought back from the farmer's market, and informed his wife who was in the room choosing and preparing vegetables. After hearing the report of safe return, he turned around, hung up his apron, picked up his sleeves, and quickly walked to the open-air stall of the construction site canteen that supported several sheds. He knocked on the ground and repaired the TV channels that became a mosaic. , looked down at the daughter who was hugging her brother in front of the table as a small heating stove, and reached out to button the hats of the two children.

"There are many acquaintances at the construction site here, and they all calculate their wages by the week. When individual tourists come over, they will not miss a meal and a half, consciously or unconsciously. If I go to the market or something, I can only go out for a few hours at most. , I have to work in shifts with your mother. The most important thing is your study, and you have to take him with you when you are busy here and there. There are no valuable items in this stall. The wind is strong at night, what should I do if my hands freeze outside? "

"I've finished my homework and have nothing to do." The girl cupped her brother's head and shook the tip of her pen. "My mother said that bringing him along is a paid companionship. Don't let me make money."

It was already past dinner time, and there were not even a few hot dishes left in the construction site mobile canteen where the stalls were set up.Li Wan picked up an iron spoon and scraped several iron vegetable basins that were completely clean of the side dishes. He stretched his neck and glanced at the remote control pressed on the edge of his daughter's competition paper, and sprinkled it around. He took out his cell phone from his trouser pocket and replaced it, then turned the light bulb hanging on the shed in the direction of the paper.

At this moment, a burst of heavy but slow footsteps stood not far behind Li Wan.

"...You just have some time to eat after being busy at work, right?" Li Wan didn't turn around in a hurry, turned down the volume of the TV, turned around and continued to pick up the iron spoon and scrape the vegetable basin. After studying the leftovers of these two or three mouthfuls, he slowly turned around and said, "If these dishes are cold, they can be put back into the pot. Even if there are only a few leftovers, you will be in trouble even if you charge five yuan per person. Otherwise, Just wait for two minutes. We'll make two home-cooked dishes later tonight and eat some vegetable dumplings. I'll give them three or five yuan. If you don't mind, let's eat some together - "

Seeing a tall and slender figure, Li Wanxian blinked in confusion. It wasn't until he saw a policeman in uniform on duty rushing over her shoulder that he suddenly frowned and glanced at the shed where he was stuck. There was a layer of oily dust on the wall clock in the middle of the iron frame. He pursed his lips and lowered his gaze as if he was planning something, and took a big step across, blocking his daughter's son who raised his head curiously behind him.

"Li Wan, why don't you prepare the reserved portion first tonight?" The proprietress, who had been quietly cleaning the room for a long time, stood at the door and hammered her waist, her eyes almost subconsciously poking at her with vigilance. On top of the police uniform on duty, the words he blurted out suddenly stopped midway. He glanced at Li Wan inquiringly, then hurriedly wiped his hands with his apron, walked over quickly, and held the hand as if facing a formidable enemy. The pair of children, who had just vaguely realized that something was not right about the atmosphere, returned to the tin room.

Li Wan was stunned for a few seconds, and suddenly he realized that the reaction of the couple seemed to be a little too sensitive. He awkwardly raised his arm and rubbed the tip of his nose, and after a while, he finally faced the police officer's ID card that was displayed. He walked forward slowly: "Two police officers...are you here for dinner?"

"If I don't eat, it won't be that simple if I come here to find you."

Jiang Mo didn't answer directly at first, but just stared at Li Wandeng's nervous and tense face. After a long time, he raised his hand to scratch between his eyebrows and chuckled softly.

"Two of you, just have a bite, no need to worry."

Li Wanyi, who had received the money for two original-price box lunches, hid quite far away at first, buzzing around the removed vegetable basin, and from time to time looked uneasily at the police comrade who was picking up a few chopsticks of cold dishes. After a few glances, he squatted down in front of the faucet connected to the open-air pipe. After shaking impatiently for a long time, he threw away his arms and ran into the room. He brought a plate of pastries and hot pickles and handed them to the table in embarrassment.

He immediately jumped to the side as if his hands and feet were no longer hot, and even hesitated for a few steps on the spot, dragged a plastic stool, and sat down opposite Jiang Mo: "You...actually it's because of that person who pretended to be his identity." It's something, right?" Xiao Letian held the vegetable pastry and just took a bite when he choked on the crumbled vegetable filling and almost coughed up his lungs.He glanced at his senior sister's obviously surprised expression and touched Jiang Mo's shoulder uneasily.Jiang Mo raised his eyebrows and fixed his gaze for a long time. After thinking for a while, he lowered the tips of his chopsticks.

"If we say it's not true, you probably won't believe it. Moreover, short video news spreads so quickly online, and the impact of the case is so bad. We can't just leave things unconfirmed... We still want to be as clear as possible. The specific time when the documents were stolen." Jiang Mo seemed to have made the topic clear and no longer covered it up. He tapped directly in the direction of the mobile metal room and asked, "How many months does the surveillance at the entrance of the store usually last?"

"It must have disappeared half a year ago - people from the police station also said when they asked about it, they discovered that someone else had used my identity more than half a year ago." Li Wan scratched his face that was chapped by the wind and explained. Quite sincerely, "Besides, my iron house is moved with a trailer. It follows the construction site. Generally, nothing is stolen or robbed. When changing the location, the surveillance will be cleared. Doesn't it cost money to buy memory?"

"Didn't you say there is a snack bar? If you two are at the construction site, who is in charge of the snack bar?" Jiang Mo didn't hesitate to ask, and started talking without any emotion, "The two children were always with me, and the parents didn't help. Help?"

"You only open a snack bar when you have no work. Two people can keep busy." Li Wan shook his head: "Besides, my parents are farming in their hometown in Fubei, so they don't have much time."

Xiao Letian, who was choked, coughed and understood. After choking on the batter, he also took a mouthful of soy potatoes, "Hey, I remember that you have a local household registration in Sheng'an? Why is your hometown in Fubei?"

"It seems that the old coal factory in Fubei had a branch here in Sheng'an earlier. They were both workers. They were laid off after the factory lost them more than [-] years ago, so they returned to their hometown and contracted several acres of land. To make money. I couldn’t get into the factory at that time, and I had no other skills. I was having trouble with them, so I didn’t go back to my hometown and went to work as an apprentice in a construction site canteen——"

Li Wan meekly recalled the past years for a while, and finally realized something at the end, "What does this have to do with identity theft?"

"There are so many connections, just talking nonsense." Jiang Mo smiled, picked up the already cold egg drop soup and drank half of the bowl in one gulp, "Looking at your attitude, you haven't been back to your hometown for a long time, right?"

Li Wan's eyes twitched and he nodded hesitantly, "In the early years, when the children were not in school, I occasionally went back to take a look. In recent years, the small business has been on the right track. From the time the children went to school -"

"That is...the year when the retrial of the fire case at Mingliang Orphanage was changed to the case of arson?"

Jiang Mo raised the corner of his mouth and touched Xiao Letian in warning, who was pulling hot pickles. Then, he held down Li Wan's trembling wrist that was resting on the table and said, "My children and wife are here, don't worry." If you’re nervous, just treat it like a normal chat.”

"Would you like to think carefully about the twins Yu Zhong and Yu Ji? Let's continue talking."

　Due to work and health reasons, I will be staying on alternate days for the time being~
　　"Look at the beautiful moonlight tonight!"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)