Strongest Worker

Du Huasheng stretched out his hand and rowed toward the front: "right, right, stop in front!"

"HMM." Li Qing saw that it was a shop. The plaque at the door was white and could hardly distinguish the handwriting. He nodded gently and stopped the car on the street.

"Shit, it's finally here." Du Huasheng exhaled, got out of the car and walked carelessly towards the grocery store, "Lao duo! Lao duo!"

He stood there with his waist crossed and shouted, "get out of here!"

After a while, a middle-aged man dressed in gray cloth, with a goatee and a pointed chin trotted out and smiled: "ouch, this is not Lord Du. What fragrance brought you here?"

"Ha ha ha, you are still so good at talking. Haven't your mouth been sewn by the old women?" Du Huasheng grinned and waved to Li Qing behind him, "hurry up."

Lao duo glanced at the car, and his eyes couldn't help feeling confused: "Duke, did you bring your men?"

"That's my friend." Du Huasheng tilted his mouth, patted him on the shoulder and shouted lazily, "we're going first. Hurry up."

Li Qingzheng squatted beside the car, lowered his head and untied the rope on the girl's feet.

"Does it hurt?" he gently touched each other's ankle full of blood stasis, with heartache in the bottom of his eyes. What a cruel mother it must be to do such a thing to her daughter.

At that moment, Li Qing even mistakenly thought that he was not in the world.

The girl frowned, gave a soft "hiss", and took her feet back with vigilance.

Li Qing looked up and saw the little guy lowering his head. A soft smile could not help but appear at the corners of his mouth. He threw the Untied rope aside and slowly extended his hand: "don't be afraid, give me your hand."

The girl felt a little flustered at the bottom of her eyes and hesitated for a long time before she put her dirty little hand over.

Li Qing grabbed her and pulled her out of the car. Then he raised his hand and pointed to the grocery store: "follow me."

Two people walked into the shop one after another. There was a row of aluminum alloy glass counters in the small room, with a pile of messy things. There are all kinds of daily necessities, such as ham sausage and instant noodles, which are covered with thick ash. It is difficult to say whether they have passed the shelf life. In addition, there are some knives, pots and pans hanging on the wall pasted with newspapers.

Du Huasheng was sitting in front of the cabinet, talking loudly to Lao duo. He turned his wrist over as if talking about the long wound on his arm.

Li Qing walked over, pointed to one side of the stool and asked the girl behind him to sit down.

Lao duo glanced at it and asked tentatively, "just bought it?"

"It's true." Du Huasheng nodded a little annoyed. "She's making trouble. The girl is in serious trouble. I don't know how to settle it."

Lao duo looked at the girl sitting in the chair again and asked with a smile, "Mr. Du, is it a new baby?"

"Yes."

"It looks very beautiful." Lao duo grinned. "Why don't you leave it to me and promise you a good price."

He raised his thin face in a deliberative tone. However, he suddenly found that Li Qingzheng behind Du Huasheng was staring at himself coldly, and suddenly changed his face.

"Ouch, this guy's eyes are so fierce." Lao duo took a breath, "Duke, where did you bring your friend?"

"You shouldn't ask less about what you know." Du Huasheng said lazily and winked at Li Qing. "They are all friends. Don't be stiff."

Li Qing looked away. He had just looked at Lao Duoduo. He always felt that the boy's sharp face didn't look like a reliable person. However, it may also be that after listening to Xiao Du's introduction, he subconsciously formed a preconceived impression.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not very pleasant, Lao duo stopped talking about the buyer and smiled and said, "Hey, Duke, and this brother, you two smoke."

Du Huasheng saw that the old ghost handed a box of cigarettes to him, raised his hand and flew it out. He looked a little angry: "fuck your mother! What did you smoke for me? You're looking for death!"

"Hey, don't be angry, Duke. It's mine. It's mine!" seeing that he wanted to fight, he quickly raised his hand to block his forehead and repeatedly compensated, "I forgot. I'm used to it. I forgot Duke's bad mouth..."

While talking, Lao duo took out a pack of unopened cheap cigarettes from under the counter and pushed them to Du Huasheng: "you smoke this, smoke this..."

Du Huasheng did smoke, but he was not interested in such cheap goods. He hummed coldly and bounced the cigarette bag back with a finger on the counter: "get out."

"Don't be angry." Lao duo still smiled carefully. "I really didn't mean to pit you. This cigarette with smuggled goods costs a lot of time, but it costs several times. I won't smoke it if I don't take the money."

Du Huasheng said coldly, "I'm not here to catch up with you. Let's talk about business."

"Ah? What's the matter? Tell me, master Du. I'm in front of the saddle and behind the horse. I don't hesitate."

"Where are the photos?" Du Huasheng turned and asked.

Li Qing, with her mouth turned, reached into her trouser pocket and took out the picture of Lin Mengdie and handed it to him.

After this journey, the photo has been folded. Du Huasheng took it and shook it, and then passed it on to Lao Duo: "look."

Lao duo grabbed the photo, glanced at it gently, and immediately took a breath of air conditioning: "this handsome woman..."

He looked up slightly and was looking at Li Qing's eyes. He saw that the latter was still staring at himself with cold eyes and was scared to shrink his neck. Pretending to be nothing, he bent over to the corner and picked up the flying cigarette box.

Du Huasheng asked, "how's it going?"

Lao duo took a cigarette in his mouth and lit it with a lighter. With an unfathomable smile on his face, "this thing is a little complicated. Let me think..."

"If you want money, just say it. Why don't you give me this set." Du Huasheng shook his hand angrily, took out a stack of banknotes from his arms and smashed them on the table. "Do you remember?"

"Hehe, Mr. Du is too outsider." Lao duo walked back with a smile, sat down behind the counter again and gave him a thumbs up. "You guessed well. This picture came out of my hand."

Li Qing's face changed slightly and walked closer in two steps: "what's flowing out of your hand?"

"HMM." Lao duo nodded. "Now the wind is tight. Many people want to inquire about the news of Kuzhi bandits. Some boys specialize in spying for intelligence and turn to take out."

"I know what you do in this business, or I wouldn't come to you." Du Huasheng leaned back slightly and pressed a stack of banknotes on the counter. "Tell me, who sold you the photos? Who did you sell them to?"

Seeing so much money, Lao duo suddenly glowed green.

"It's the skill of regular scouts. You know, in today's world, everyone is thinking about making more money if they have the ability. If they have news, they must take it out. As for which one to go, I can't say according to the rules. It's a private channel."

Du Huasheng replied: "indeed, the photos are so clear that the camera is not bad. Ordinary mud legs can't afford to be assembled. It must have flowed out of the regular army."

"Ha ha, Mr. Du is wise." Lao duo said with a smile, "as for the buyer, I really don't know. Anyway, if someone gives me money, I'll go to take out. As for who wants the news and what to do, I really don't have time to find out."

"All right." Du Huasheng leaned over and knocked on the picture on the counter, "we need to find this woman now. Do you have any way?"

Lao duo pulled the corners of his mouth and narrowed his eyes. It looked like he had really made a mistake.

"If I just want to listen to you..." Du Huasheng said slowly, pulling back the money on the table, "there's no need to spend so much money, you know?"

"Don't, don't, don't, don't wait!" Lao duo hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold the money and laughed, "I'll think of a way, think of a way."

"Can you think of a fart? I want to see the result!"

"OK, OK, the results. Let's just look at the results." Lao duo nodded hurriedly. "I'll contact some friends to see if I can get the news."

Li Qing asked in a low voice, "are you sure?"

"This... It's hard to say." Lao duo hesitated in his voice, "This woman must be with the rest of the Kuzhi bandits. I know someone in the United Army. It shouldn't be difficult to find out their approximate range of activities. But if it's the detailed location, we really have no choice. If someone could know so accurately, he would have informed the United Army, and we can't let these bandits live to this day."

Li Qing thought what he said was reasonable and couldn't help nodding: "well, how long can we know?"

"I'll have to go to noon tomorrow at the earliest," said Lao duo with a smile. "You two stay here now and come back to hear the news at noon tomorrow."

Du Huasheng stood up and said, "you should do it with your heart. Money is no problem."

"I know that. Mr. Du, you are a big buyer. You give me some soup, which will be enough for me to drink for half my life. I certainly dare not neglect it."

Du Huasheng said to Li Qing, "let's go first, find a place to stay at dawn and come back tomorrow."

Li Qing naturally had no objection. He took back the photos on the table. When he wanted to ask the girl to get up, he saw that the latter was staring at the wall with bright eyes.

He couldn't help looking puzzled. Following each other's eyes, he saw that it was a butterfly hairpin hanging on the wall. This little fun was cheap even in rural villages in China, but it obviously aroused the girl's great interest in this place.

Aware of his reaction, the girl quickly withdrew her eyes and lowered her little head.

Li Qing smiled faintly at the corners of her mouth, went to the wall, took down the butterfly hairpin inlaid with colored glass, turned and asked, "how much is this?"

"Ah?" Lao duo raised his head and glanced at him, quickly smiled and waved his hand. "This little game is only a few money. Take it, take it."

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