Chapter 169: Tough No Need to Explain (5000 words) There will be more tonight
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"Tudou, Tudou, where are you?" the old lady Lian Qinghua shouted as she walked, but there was no reply. However, she woke up other people's dogs and barked "woof" a few times.
Cao Shujie looked at her back and couldn't say anything.
After leading Dahei back home, Cao Shujie drove Dahei into the kennel, tied the dog leash, and then went upstairs to sleep.
Cheng Xiaolin was not sleeping yet, so she saw him coming in and asked him: "Shujie, what's going on?"
"Aunt Qinghua's dog was lost, and she came out to look for it." Cao Shujie said simply.
"The dog is lost?" Cheng Xiaolin thought for a while and then said: "Shujie, do you think someone stole the dog?"
"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and someone took advantage of this time to come out and steal dogs," Cheng Xiaolin said.
Cao Shujie thought carefully and did not rule out this possibility.
"Shujie, you have to be careful when you go out to walk your dog." Cheng Xiaolin warned him.
Cao Shujie nodded: "Okay, it's getting late, go to bed quickly."
…
One night passed, at around five o'clock in the morning, when it was getting dark, a train entered Yiling Railway Station.
After the train stopped, following the prompt from the loudspeaker, Cao Zhen got off the train carrying a backpack and dragging two suitcases.
Walking out of the exit passage, as soon as he reached the station entrance, someone called him: "Director Cao, Director Cao, here."
Cao Zhenxun looked over and saw that it was Wei Gang, the company's driver.
I called him in advance and Wei Gang came over to wait for him at around four in the morning.
"Master Wei, I'm in trouble this time."
Cao Zhen sounded apologetic.
Wei Gang waved his hands repeatedly: "It's no trouble, it's all right."
He came over and stretched out his hands to help Cao Zhen take one of the suitcases: "Director Cao, you are finally back."
"What? What happened in the company?" Cao Zhen heard this and asked in confusion.
Although Mingbo Textile Co., Ltd. is not a big factory, thanks to its special status and background, it is still very popular in Pingyuan County.
Wei Gang knew that Cao Zhenhui had wrong intentions, so he quickly said: "Nothing happened in the company, it's okay."
"I was thinking about Director Cao, you went out for the National Day last year and now you are back. In the blink of an eye, it has been almost four months."
The two chatted and unknowingly arrived at the parking lot. Wei Gang took Cao Zhen to the old Jetta. He opened the trunk and put the suitcase in, and then took another suitcase from Cao Zhen and put it in.
"Director Cao, get in the car."
"Let's go." Cao Zhen nodded, opened the door and got into the back seat.
After Wei Gang started the car and left the train station parking lot, Cao Zhen said: "Master Wei, we are not in a hurry to return to the company. Let's find a place to have some breakfast first."
"I only ate fast food and ham sausages along the way, which made me feel sick to my stomach." Cao Zhen touched his belly and felt that compared with him in Changji, Xinjiang, he had been really wronged on the train these two days.
"Okay!" Wei Gang agreed, and then said: "Director Cao, there is a fast food restaurant in front, open 24 hours a day, let's go there and have a look."
"Okay, let's go." Cao Zhen took out his mobile phone and wanted to call Patiguli, but looking at the time, Patiguli should be sleeping, so he sent her a text message.
What he didn't expect was that Patiguli called a few seconds later. Cao Zhen looked at the flashing phone note and was surprised. He answered the phone and listened to Patiguli's familiar voice.
Cao Zhen felt much more at ease with the sound.
"You're home now. Go back and rest more, eat more nutritious foods, don't exhaust your body..."
Patiguli kept nagging. They had just been separated for two days. Patiguli found that she was very uncomfortable now and had a lot to say to Cao Zhen.
Wei Gang, who was driving in front, also heard the faint female voice coming from Cao Zhen's phone. He couldn't hear clearly. He thought: "Director Cao is looking for a partner in Xinjiang? Good guy, will you come back in the future?"
Obviously, he also thought of the same question as Cao Shujie.
But this was Director Cao's personal question, and he didn't ask.
Wei Gang drove to a 24-hour fast food store with "Yidianli Fast Food" written on the sign at the door and stopped the car: "Director Cao, let's eat here."
"Let's go!" Cao Zhen was so hungry now that he didn't care about being particular. He would wait until he had a full meal.
He said to the slightly hot mobile phone: "Patiguli, you sleep a little longer, I'll have some breakfast first, and I'll report to the company soon."
"Okay, go and eat quickly." Patiguli told him to eat more and drink a glass of milk.
Cao Zhen finished ordering the meal and was eating when he suddenly remembered something. He took out his mobile phone to log in to his QQ account and sent a message in the small group: "Brothers, I, Cao Hansan, am back again. When will I be free?"
Get together!”
After sending the message, I waited until almost the end of the meal before anyone responded.
"Cao Zhen, you little bitch are back?" Cao Shujie sent this.
Then Cao Fei sent a message: "Have you arrived in Pingyuan? We need to have a good gathering."
Cao Shuyang sent a message: "I'm still on duty on the expressway. Let's get together during the New Year. I have a scheduled shift these days and can't ask for leave."
It seems he is the busiest one.
As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Tiemin shouted: "Shu Yang, if you can't do it, quit your job and follow me. You can't make three melons and two dates there all year round, so why are you working so hard?"
"Go away, you give me six insurances and two funds, and you give me a pension!" Cao Shuyang doesn't follow his example. Although the job at the highway toll station requires night shifts, it is not tiring, the salary is stable, and the benefits are good.
There are various bonuses.
While the others were chatting and spanking, Cao Shulun never responded. Cao Fei guessed that he might also be working the night shift in the factory and hadn't gotten off work yet.
Cao Shujie finally said: "Why don't you all come back to get together after the holidays? Then come to my house and I will get you something delicious."
"That's okay, I haven't seen your new house yet." Cao Zhen agreed happily. He said, "I brought back a lot of local specialties from Xinjiang, and I will share them with you in a few days."
"Cao Zhen, you've been here for only half a year, but you haven't found a local wife yet?" Cao Shujie teased him.
Cao Zhen replied: "How do you know I'm not looking for you?"
For a moment, the group became quiet!
Cao Zhen, who was having breakfast in the 'Yidianli Fast Food' restaurant, couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene.
"What a fool, you keep making excuses about me being single." Cao Zhen felt very happy. He logged out of QQ, put the phone in his pocket, and started eating seriously.
…
In Caojiazhuang, Cao Shujie also just got up. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. He also gave himself a holiday. He got up later than usual today.
Cao Shujie was a little confused when he saw the last message on QQ on his mobile phone. Then he realized it and quickly tapped the keyboard of his mobile phone with his two thumbs to send a message: "Damn it, you are not really looking for a partner over there, are you? Cao Zhen, please
Send the photo of your wife and let the brothers give you some advice."
When Cao Fei, Cao Shuyang and Cao Tiemin saw it, they also joined in the fun and insisted on helping Cao Zhen to check and review it.
Cao Shulun, who had just gone online, read the chat content, made a horrified expression, and then sent a message: "Holy shit, Cao Zhen has found a wife?"
Fortunately, Cao Zhen didn't read the message at the moment, otherwise someone could have followed the Internet and killed him.
A few people chatted in the group for a while, and then they found out that Cao Shulun also worked the night shift because someone in their factory was reading novels on his mobile phone during working hours. He eventually hit a forklift that turned out of a small intersection and broke his calf.
After this incident, the management of mobile phones in their factory became more and more strict. Although it has not yet reached the point of banning mobile phones in the entire factory, employees in the factory no longer dare to play with mobile phones as blatantly as before.
After Cao Shujie heard the howls of Big Ha and Er Ha coming from outside, he sent a final message: "You guys chat first, I'll go out to walk the dog."
"Go, go," Cao Fei was a little envious. He then sent a message: "As for Shujie teasing his son and walking his dog, his life is almost like that of a capitalist."
"Who says it's not the case? It makes me want to go home and plant a garden." Cao Tiemin sent a message.
Cao Shujie got dressed, put his keys and mobile phone in his pocket, and went downstairs to lead Daha, Erha and the other four brothers toward the Yellow River dam in the east.
The pug Xiaobai stayed in the kennel as always and didn't want to go anywhere.
When they came to the dam, four dogs raised their heads and barked.
Cao Shujie untied the dog leash for them, and was thinking about letting them run around by themselves, but suddenly he thought of Aunt Qinghua's search for dogs last night. He said to the four dogs: "Daha, Erha, Dahei"
, Xiao Hei, don’t run too far, go ahead.”
"Oh woo!"
"oh!"
"Woof woof!"
"Woof, oh!"
The four dogs each barked differently, as if responding to Cao Shujie, and then ran forward.
Within Cao Shujie's sight, the four dogs were not far away. They also remembered what Cao Shujie just said and ran back to Cao Shujie after a while.
Cao Shujie was walking slowly forward with the four dogs. About half an hour later, Dahei, who had just run to Cao Shujie, suddenly turned his head and looked to the north. He barked a "bark" so loudly that it hurt Cao Shujie's ears.
"Dahei, what's wrong?" Cao Shujie reached out and stroked Dahei's dog's head. The thick hair felt smooth to the touch. He also looked to the north and soon saw a van running over there.
Cao Shujie was thinking that someone else came back from other places to celebrate the New Year?
Not long after, the van got closer and closer. When Cao Shujie looked over, he suddenly felt that the car looked familiar!
"Is this the car from yesterday? Whose family does it belong to? Or is it from Taodong Village?" Cao Shujie was thinking in his mind.
When the car quickly ran up to Cao Shujie, the big black man next to Cao Shujie barked twice. While yelling, its teeth were exposed. Cao Shujie felt a little scary when he looked at its canine teeth.
If this bite hit someone, it would break the bone!
And the three people in the van also had this idea.
"Brother Qiang, look, isn't that the young man who walked the dog yesterday?" asked Wang Gaolin, who was driving.
Lu Baoqiang was also turning his head to look out. He only had eyes for the dog next to Cao Shujie. Seeing that it was at least 60 centimeters tall and weighed sixty or seventy kilograms, Lu Baoqiang's eyes lit up.
He thought the dog could be sold for a lot of money.
But seeing Dahei's canine teeth exposed when he barked wildly, the bald Lu Baoqiang was trembling with fear. He thought that if he was bitten by this dog, he would lose a large piece of meat.
When he heard his younger brother talking about Cao Shujie, he also glanced at Cao Shujie from the passenger seat. It happened that the van passed Cao Shujie at this time, and Cao Shujie's eyes met Lu Baoqiang's.
"Woof, woof woof!" Dahei barked at the van a few more times, and Dahei squatted down with his hindquarters down, staring at the van with his dog eyes. Cao Shujie knew that it was a prelude to attack at any time.
This scene made Cao Shujie even more puzzled. Dahei seemed to be particularly sensitive to it yesterday, and it's still the same today. What's going on?
At this moment, Daha, Erha and Xiaohei, who were running happily not far away, also ran towards Cao Shujie.
When Daha crossed paths with the van, he also howled at the van with an "oooh" sound.
Different from the previous cry, its voice now contained a strong wolf howl, like a wolf that had awakened the blood of its ancestors. The dog's eyes were fixed on the van, making Cao Shujie more and more confused.
But the three people in the car were even more confused. These two dogs looked like they were not easy to mess with. What was going on?
"Don't stop, keep going forward," said the bald Lu Baoqiang.
Wang Gaolin, who was driving, nodded and continued to drive forward at a steady speed, but they were also sure of one thing. The man walking the dog just now must live nearby.
Thinking of this, the three people felt a little hot in their hearts, and they were thinking about how to get the four dogs.
Diao Facai, who was sitting in the middle seat, said flatteringly: "Brother Qiang, do you want to do it?"
"What the hell are you doing? Are you going to catch them?" Bald Qiang yelled angrily.
Diao Facai chuckled and said: "Brother Qiang, I think we can find an opportunity to drug them. Just like other dogs, no matter how ferocious it is, as long as it takes our medicine, it will have to be slaughtered by us."
This is true. They specialize in stealing dogs, so naturally they have some tricks.
"There are still people, no!" Bald Qiang was also measured.
But he muttered: "It's really weird. We met that person twice yesterday, and we met him again today. How are we so destined?"
"Brother Qiang, do you think he won't doubt us?" Diao Facai suddenly asked.
Brother Qiang and Wang Gaolin who was driving were stunned when they heard this. Wang Gaolin even subconsciously stepped on the brakes. The van stopped suddenly on the road and the engine was choked.
It took a full minute or so before the van started moving forward again.
"Brother Qiang, it shouldn't happen, right?" Wang Gaolin, who was driving, said hesitantly.
…
Cao Shujie tied the leashes on the four dogs one by one. He was still thinking about the van and the bald middle-aged man in the passenger seat whom he had just met through the car glass.
To this day, I still remember that look in his eyes, which was full of anger, and I knew he was not a good person at a glance.
"What do they do?" Cao Shujie wondered.
Thinking about Dahei yelling at each other twice yesterday and today, he wondered if it was a dog thief?
This was just a flash of inspiration in my head, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized it was really a possibility.
After all, a van with a foreign license plate came back and forth from their side twice at this time, and a dog happened to be lost in their village yesterday.
But he wasn't so sure.
"Why don't you tell Uncle Jiangang and ask him to pay attention to the village meeting?" This thought came to Cao Shujie's mind.
Thinking that it would be okay even if he admitted his mistake, he called Cao Jiangang and told him what he had discovered.
Who knew that Cao Jiangang was more straightforward. He asked: "Shujie, are you still on the dam now?"
"Uncle, I'm here." Cao Shujie didn't know what Cao Jiangang wanted to say.
Then I heard him say: "Shujie, let's wait on the mountain first. I'll ask a few people to go to the mountain to find you. Just keep an eye out. If that car passes by again, stop it and watch.
See what they do?"
"You can't do this if you are alone." He warned specifically.
Cao Shujie nodded in agreement: "Uncle, don't worry, I have a sense of discretion."
"It doesn't make people worry about celebrating the New Year, it's his grandma's!" Cao Jiangang cursed.
However, Cao Shujie is also a little worried: "Uncle, can't we set up roadblocks privately? Is that okay?"
"Why, you still want to say that I am a road bandit and a village tyrant?" Cao Jiangang muttered to himself: "Just ask them to stop the car and ask what they are doing. If there is really a problem, we will make a contribution."
"Even if there is no problem, just say a few words and get over it. It's such a big deal, there's nothing to worry about." Cao Jiangang said.
The fierce performance was vivid and vivid.
"Okay, uncle, if it's true this time, let's do it to them!" Cao Shujie also got angry!
But after hanging up the phone, Cao Shujie also wondered why Cao Jiangang was so interested.
When he saw Cao Shufeng coming with six or seven people and guys, his doubts were solved.
"Brother Feng, why are you here?" Cao Shujie was particularly puzzled.
When Cao Shufeng saw him, he started to complain: "Shujie, you don't know, my dog ran away yesterday morning and hasn't come home yet. I'm wondering if some bastard gave me medicine and took away.
"
"Paralyzed, if I catch him today, I will break his legs." Cao Shufeng shouted.
Cao Shujie: "..."
Co-author Cao Jiangang, the village party secretary, is so active for a reason.
His son’s dog can’t be found either!
When Cao Shufeng said that his dog could not be found, this made Cao Shujie even more sure that there were indeed dog thieves in their village.
Otherwise, two dogs would not have been lost at the same time, or even more.
"Shujie, when do you think they will come?" Cao Shufeng asked a little impatiently.
Cao Shujie couldn't tell, so he told Cao Shufeng the time when he encountered the van yesterday.
After hearing this, Cao Shufeng said: "Once at 7 o'clock in the morning and once at 1 o'clock at noon. It takes a long time."
"There is no way, we have to wait slowly, and we have to consider whether the other party should return from this road. If we take other roads, we may not be able to block them?"
"Another one, I'm just guessing, it may not be true?" Cao Shujie specifically explained.
Cao Shufeng shook his head and said: "It's okay. In order to protect the safety of our people in Caojiazhuang, we would rather kill the wrong person than let him go."
This high-profile song gave Cao Shujie a deeper understanding of the village party secretary.
Especially an old branch secretary like Cao Jiangang who has been working for more than 20 years, he is really a local bully!