I am a cripple in the Siheyuan. Who am I afraid of?

Chapter 538 The Son of Sha Zhu's Family is Missing
The old leader didn't expect Song Wu to suddenly mention such a vulgar thing. He was stunned for a moment, and then after a while he suddenly pointed at Song and laughed, "Why are you doing this too? Is there something you want me to help you with? If you have something, just ask. If I can help, as long as it doesn't violate the principles, I can help. But forget about the money you're giving me. I can't spend it."

Song Wu smiled and asked him, "You really don't need it? You really don't want it?"

The old leader was very determined and shook his head with a dignified look: "I am a man of integrity and pride. We work for the people. Personal enjoyment is not worth mentioning."

Song Wu said with a smile: "Don't regret it."

"As the saying goes, wealth and honor cannot corrupt, and might and power cannot bend. How many tricks do you have to use to tease me with these things?"

Song Wu sighed and said, "Hey, I got some good stuff and wanted to support your work. Now that you are not short of money, forget it. I will keep all of them."

It was at this time that the old leader realized that the problem might be different from what he thought. Maybe when Song Wu asked him whether he was short of money, it was not what he originally thought.

He asked doubtfully, "What is money?"

Song Wu winked at him and smiled, "Close your eyes first. I'll count to three before you open them."

The old leader laughed, but he actually closed his eyes.

"No cheating. And no peeking."

Song Wuzhuang counted three numbers in a pretentious manner. He took out the box of gold that had been opened in the space and placed it in the open space in the middle of the office.

When the old leader opened his eyes, he lowered his head and glanced at the ground in the direction Song Wu was looking. After just one glance, the expression on his face became serious, without any joy.

He squatted down and picked up a gold bar, studied it carefully, then looked up and asked Song Wu seriously: "Where did this come from?"

"In the mountains near Yang Twelve's hometown in Yunnan, I went through untold hardships and put in a lot of effort to finally get this little bit of harvest."

"That's all?"

Song Wu smiled and stretched out four fingers.

The old leader nodded: "Four boxes is not a small amount. More than one million US dollars, you know? More than one million US dollars can do a lot for our country."

As he spoke, he saw Song Wu waving his four fingers back and forth and not retracting them.

He was confused at first, but soon understood. He asked in surprise, "Is it 40 boxes?"

Song Wu nodded.

This time the old leader lost his composure and paced quickly in the room excitedly.

Song Wu smiled and said, "You are really energetic. You can walk with such strength."

The old leader stopped, turned his head and looked at Song and asked him: "Do you know where these came from?"

Song Wu thought for a moment and said, "I think it should be the reserve funds that were not transported away."

The old leader smiled and sighed, "That's about right. You see, each gold bar has a mark. When you said you found it in Yang Twelve's hometown in Yunnan, I understood. It seems that fighting that battle was not easy. It seems that they were well prepared and have much more money than me."

The old leader threw the piece of gold in his hand into the box. At this time, he suddenly said with some disinterest: "Now all kinds of construction require money. But the good steel is not used for the blade. Tianjin is dredging the new port and is looking to buy a dredger. After much negotiation, the price is ridiculously high. But if the port is not repaired, large ships cannot dock, which restricts our foreign trade. We can't make money."

Song Wu smiled and said, "I know this. If you want to be rich, you must first build roads. If you want to make money, you must first build infrastructure. It is always the case that if you plant a phoenix tree, you will attract the phoenix."

The old chief was amused. "You understand it very well. That's the truth. Unfortunately, you need money to repair things. Where can I get the money to buy this second-hand, outdated dredger? To be honest, I'm worried about it. Can you guess how much this broken boat costs?"

Song Wu knew in his heart how powerful our country's dredgers would be in the future. The Tiankun could build an island in the sea. It was a national treasure.

But he knew without thinking that everything related to industry at that time must be extremely scarce, and people would ask for exorbitant prices everywhere.

The old chief didn't wait for Song Wu to answer and said directly: "8 tons of gold. It will cost about million pounds."

Song Wu couldn't help but say, "In fact, these mean that our technology is lagging behind others. It also proves that our technology is not as advanced as others. It is when we need to immerse ourselves in research and continue to invest in scientific research that making money is important, and researching how to make money is even more important. Therefore, I give you this batch of money because I want you to protect more people, and it would be best if you could set up a few more project teams. Protect these scientific and technological talents from shocks, so that they can concentrate on research in a quiet place. Anyway, the general environment cannot allow everyone to live a normal life, so we might as well do a few more projects like this, just like we did big firecrackers in the past few years. Build a few more paradises. At least focus on some key scientific research projects to keep them going, don't delay them, and don't let them be interrupted." The old leader smiled and said, "Why do you feel like you have so many things to worry about all of a sudden?"

Song Wu said, "I just know one thing. I think the most precious thing is time. No matter it is for individuals, groups or countries, we all have to race against time. Although our ship is old, broken, large and inflexible, we must find a way to keep it moving forward. If it stops and turns around, it will be even more difficult. Of course, I am just worrying about nothing, so I don't know what to do about these things. I can only have some money in my hand to increase your working capital."

The old chief nodded: "Don't worry, people often say that wealth makes one powerful. Now that I have money, I feel more confident. There are many ideas and people that I cannot help with because I have no money. Your trip to Kunming, Yunnan is like timely rain. With such a large amount of funds that I can flexibly mobilize, I feel like they are investing in business, and the benefits in the future will definitely be a hundred times or a thousand times. The most important thing is that it is of great significance. As you said, we are using this money to buy time."

Song Wu finally asked Old Zhou Chang, "Where do you think I unloaded these things for you?"

The old chief shook his head and said, "Don't put it anywhere, just keep it with you. Just treat it as my bank. When I need it, I'll send someone to get some from you. I don't have a safe place to put it. In the next few years, don't run around. Stay at home and don't get involved in those messy things. The most important thing in a storm is to stay steady, and the most important thing in a storm is not to capsize."

In the end, the old leader only allowed Song Wu to leave his current box in his office, and asked Song Wu to keep the others for the time being.

When Song Wu finally returned to No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, he was surprised to find that the courtyard was in chaos.

Even the police were busy at Sha Zhu's house in the Intermediate Court. Now the door of Sha Zhu's house was surrounded by three layers of people.

Song Wu asked Jia Zhang, who was watching the excitement, "Aunt Zhang, what happened in our courtyard?"

Jia Zhang was watching with great interest, and was startled by Song Wu's voice. She turned her head and saw Song Wu, and immediately showed joy on her face, "Song Wu, you are back? Oh, something happened in our courtyard. Sha Zhu's son is missing."

Song Wu's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly asked, "Are the other children in our yard okay?"

Jia Zhang looked at Song Wu and said with a smile, "Xiaofeng, Xiaomiao, and Xiaoqing are all fine. The rest of the family is fine too, except for Shazhu's son, who was taken away by someone last night."

Song Wu asked doubtfully, "They can't even keep a child together."

Jia Zhang said: "We drank a little bit of wine last night. I don't know why we fell into a deep sleep. When we opened our eyes, it was already dawn. Then we found that the child was gone."

Song Wu tiptoed to look into the crowd, and through his perception, he found that there was no deaf old lady. He quickly extended his perception to the back, and found that there was no deaf old lady in the room in the backyard.

He quickly asked Jia Zhang: "Why don't you see the deaf old lady in the backyard?"

Jia Zhang shook her head: "Doesn't she usually rarely show up? Oh, that's not right. She doesn't like to show up for other things, but when she gets involved in something with Sha Zhu, she runs away faster than anyone else. This time, I really haven't seen her until now."

Song Wu said to Jia Zhang: "Have you seen the deaf old lady out and about these days?"

Jia Zhang said: "Yes, she has. She often comes to Sha Zhu's house now. I heard them quarreling yesterday."

Song Wu nodded, then slipped out of the crowd and started walking towards the backyard.

The deaf old lady's door was not locked or closed, but tightly covered. It happened that there was no one around at the moment, and they were all watching the excitement in front, so Song Wu pushed the door open and walked in.

The room was tidy and there was hardly anything unusual, except for the fact that an old woman was missing.

Song Wu finally realized that the old woman probably had other places. His first thought was that the child must have been taken away by the old woman.

After the police questioned the suspect in the courtyard, they returned with the confession materials.

Through the discussion of people outside, Song Wu learned that the police were called by the third uncle. When Sha Zhu and Zhang Guifen were looking for the child in the yard, the third uncle wanted to call the police, but Sha Zhu and Zhang Guifen were not happy.

However, the third uncle ignored them and called the police over.

Judging from the current situation, Sha Zhu and Zhang Guifen definitely did not provide any useful information.

After the crowd in the middle yard had dispersed, Song Wu came from the back yard to the front yard and pushed the door into Sha Zhu's house.

He got straight to the point and asked, "Where did the deaf old lady go?"

Sha Zhu's face suddenly changed. Zhang Guifen saw the joy on Song Wu's face. She said to him excitedly, "You're back? When I saw that the child was missing, I immediately thought of asking you for help. But they said you had been out for several days."

(End of this chapter)