Otherworldly Merchant

We arrived at the village written on the address before dark.

The tea gardens in the mountains are vibrant under the reflection of the sunset. The busy tea collectors in the tea gardens want to pick some more tea during the last light time. After all, the tea collection time is short. Tomorrow, the tea may be old.

Li Mazi looked out through the window: “Zhang Jia Xiao, there seems to be more than one tea garden here, why don't you go down and ask. ”

“Take it easy.” I drove the car into the village and stopped steadily: “You take care of the old harbor in the car, I'll go down and take a look. ”

Li Mazi's face was bitter: “Let me be in the car again? He sleeps like a dead pig. What can I do for him? Brother Zhang Jia, let me come down with you to explore the road, I'm in the car holding it hard. ”

I sighed and couldn't help but nod my head.

Li Mazi and I took a half-round in the village and finally found a dirty warehouse. A big man with bare arms sat under a tree playing with his phone.

Me and Li Mazi went over and asked: "Brother..."

Without waiting for me to speak, the man impatiently pointed to the room: “Go in and get it yourself, come out and settle the bill. ”

“No, you misunderstood, we don't shop.” I said politely.

The big man looked up at me in a hurry: "Don't buy? No shopping. What are you doing here? Looking for a cigarette? ”

Li Mazitong caught fire: “What are you talking about? ”

I hurriedly pressed Li Mazi's shoulder: “Brother, I want to ask you something. ”

Big guy keeps playing with his phone: “I'm dumb, I can't talk. ”

Li Mazi shouted: “Aren't you just talking? ”

“My mouth grows on my face, I'd love to.” The big man glanced at Li Mazi with dissatisfaction: “You dead mazi, are you looking for a beating? Do you believe me when I scream and people come out to beat you up? Make sure your mother doesn't know you. ”

This is not a lie, this remote mountain village, the folk winds are always strong, the interior is extremely united, the people of the Public Security Bureau are not here to make it easy.

Li Mazi dared not say it again.

I thought about it and grabbed a hundred bucks from Li Mazi's pocket and handed it to the big man: “Brother...”

“Shit, you're not fucking done...” The big man didn't say anything. He stared at the money in my hand and stunned: “What do you mean? ”

“I need to ask you something. If you can help me, you can have the money.” I said.

The big man grabbed the money and took a good look at the sunset. After making sure it was real money, don't mention the warmth of the smile on your face: “Brother, ask! I'm not blowing you. There's no one in this village I don't know. There's nothing I don't know. I can definitely help you. You're right. ”

Li Mazi skipped his mouth and dropped a disdainful look.

“Brother, I heard we have a tea farm in our village?” I asked.

Da Han nodded: “There are several tea bases in our village. Which one are you asking? ”

“The boss's name is Song.” I said.

“Him!” The man said suddenly and enlightened: "Didn't he jump off a building and commit suicide? ”

Speaking of which, Dahan deliberately lowered his voice: “I hear the village is making a scene because of this. This son of a bitch owes us a lot of money. Now he's happy with his legs and legs. He can make old Liu Head Pit suffer. ”

“Who's old Liu?” I awoke at once. Is it the old farmer in Chen's mouth who gave Old Song a word?

“Boss Liu is the target of Mr. Song's cooperation. He is also responsible for the tea cultivation base. Old Liu Liu was responsible for helping to keep the tea garden safe, and should pick it in the season. This tea collection is three or two days' work. If it is delayed, the tea will grow old and will not be available for sale. Old Liu's family can only hire people if they don't have Ding. They don't pay money these days? Mr. Liu is still waiting for Mr. Song to pay someone to settle his wages. Now that Mr. Song is gone, the workers run to the door of Mr. Liu's house and force him to hang himself.” The more the big man said, the more excited, the more gossip on his face.

“How is Mr. Song's relationship with Mr. Liu?” I whispered.

The big man thought about it: “Looks like it's not bad. I heard that the old Liu's younger son found a baby under the well and bought it for Mr. Song. Everyone said that old Liu Tian had been cheated. The price of selling that thing to the city was definitely higher than that offered by Mr. Song. Old Liu Tian also said that Mr. Song was good to him, preferring to lose a little. That's great, you've lost a fortune...”

I exchanged a look with Li Mazi.

This so-called baby, it's supposed to be a clock.

Li Mazi asked in panic: “Is that baby a clock? ”

“How do you know?” The man looked at Li Mazi's eyes and noticeably became more alert. He measured us a few times: “What the hell are you guys doing? ”

I had to whisper: “The two of us are newspaper reporters. We heard about this and thought there was news to dig, so we came to find some material. ”

“Ah!” That's a relief.

We asked him about the exact location of the old Liu head's house. Before it was dark, we quickly found the old Liu head's house according to the instructions of the Han.

Several dilapidated mud houses with dim lights and a buffalo screaming in the yard.

Li Mazi's probe looked into his head a few times: “This is probably it. ”

We walked into a messy yard and shouted, “Is this Uncle Liu's house? ”

There was an old man in the house and he said, "Who are you looking for? ”

Me and Li Mazi dared to enter the house, only to see a dirty and messy room with a table in the center, with onions and raw sauce on it, and an old man sitting beside the table, his body was quite stiff, drinking dry white. He looked at us drunk and said, "Who are you looking for? ”

“Uncle Liu, we are reporters for the newspaper. I heard that your younger son found a baby some time ago and wanted to interview you.” Li Mazi moved my previous words to fool the big man.

Old Liu frowned and scolded unhappily: "Get lost, no one will give you an interview, get out of here. ”

Li Mazi had no idea he would be treated like this, and he looked at me with surprise.

I sat across from old Liu, calmly putting the plastic bag on the table: “Do you recognize this? ”

Old Liu looked anxiously.

I gently removed the plastic bag and exposed the clock inside.

Tick-tock runs forward.

Li Mazi shocked and gazed. “Brother Zhang Jia, it... how did it start spinning again? ”

Old Liu's head stunned: “How did you get this? Who are you?”

“It doesn't really matter who I am.” I sneered, “Did your son find this clock? Is Sanko there? ”

Old Liu Tian listened to me mention Little Third Son, eyes red: “No, people are gone. ”

And I was like, "When did this happen? ”

“A few months ago, I was stuck in a mud pond.” Old Liu took a sip of the spirits in the glass: “He found this baby. He always counted on it to make money. Knowing that I sold it to Boss Song at a low price, he had a tantrum with me...”

Kill Xiaosan's mud pool and kill old Song and Chen's sister-in-law's black mud.

Will there be any connection between them?

“Do you know where Sonny found the clock?” I dare not delay any longer and ask the most questionable questions directly.