The three of them had just walked out of the corridor and were looking for someone to ask about Li Yun's whereabouts. They saw a fat man in his thirties, carrying a small speaker on his back, walking happily from a distance.
He came over, talking plausibly as he walked.
"Hey, little brother, I want to ask you something." Su Le stepped forward to say hello.
When the man saw someone speaking to him, he stopped and looked at Su Le, smirking, then pointed in front of him and said:
"One two three four five, hey hey, one two three four five, hey hey, one two three four five, hey hey."
Su Le saw the man's behavior and realized that he might be a fool, so he turned around and wanted to walk under the shade of the tree. At this time, an old man sitting under the shade of the tree stood up and shouted to the fool:
"Hey, Xiaokai, go home and have dinner."
When the fool saw the old man calling him, as if he had seen something scary, he quickly put away his smile and trotted away.
"Xiao Kai, run slower, run slower." The old man kept shouting from behind.
Su Le saw the old man standing up, so he walked over and started talking to him:
"Uncle, who was that just now?"
"Alas, it's my unsatisfactory son." The uncle said with a sigh.
"What is he saying all the time?"
"Who knows, mumbling all day long, it's not a good place here." The uncle pointed at his head and said. At this time, Zhang Pengfei and Liu Guan also came over and stood aside to listen.
"Oh, I'm still in good health." Su Le said.
"I don't have much to think about. I eat, sleep, and run out when I wake up. Is it okay to be in good health?" The uncle shook his head and said with a smile.
"Uncle, do you know Li Yun?" Su Le asked.
"We all know each other. We all live in the same village. How can we not know each other?"
"There is no one at home. Do you know where she went?"
"What do you do?" the uncle asked doubtfully.
Su Le was just about to make up a reason, when Liu Guan spoke from the side:
"Oh, uncle, we are the police."
"Oh, police? Why are you looking for Li Yun?" The uncle's doubts did not diminish because they were police, but instead made him more doubtful.
"That's it, uncle, we are from the police station. We learned that she lives here alone. Come over to see if she needs our help." Su Le quickly smoothed things over.
"Oh, that's right. His husband is dead and his son is working outside. It's not easy to live here alone," the uncle said.
"Yes, we just came to see her to understand the problem. Uncle, what is your surname?"
"The surname is Xu. Our village was originally called Xujiacun, and everyone has the surname Xu."
"Are such a large community all from Xujiacun?" Su Le asked knowingly. In fact, he knew that they could not all be from Xujiacun. It was just to induce the uncle to say a few more words.
"No, young man, you are from outside, your accent sounds like you are not a local." Uncle Xu looked at Su Le and said.
"Yes, uncle, you are really good. You can tell it right away. I was sent here from other places to learn and train." Su Le replied quickly.
"Oh, I said you don't know anything about our community. There are a total of fifty buildings in our community. Only the ten buildings on the west side. Buildings 1-10 belong to our Xujia Village. All of them are commercial housing."
"Uncle, where was your old village before?"
"It's right here." The uncle pointed to his feet and said: "The two rows of buildings on the west, Buildings 1-20, were built on the site of our old village."
"What about the ones to the east? They all occupy cultivated land?"
"The east side is full of farmland, and there used to be a chicken farm in the northeast corner of the community. By the way, that chicken farm used to belong to Li Yun's family." Uncle Xu pointed to the northeast.
Su Le was chatting with Uncle Xu when he saw a slender woman walking over carrying a pile of plastic bags from a distance. Su Le and Li Yun had met once, so naturally they knew each other. So they called Uncle Xu.
He said hello and walked a few steps to greet him.
"Aunt Li, you are back."
When Li Yun saw Su Le, he hesitated and immediately recognized him as the policeman from Zhongjiang City who had been here some time ago, so she asked:
"Why are you here again?"
"Oh, it's okay. I'm not going to come with my colleagues to see you." As he spoke, Su Le took some plastic bags containing vegetables from Li Yun's hand and followed Li Yun upstairs.
Sitting down in the living room, Li Yun poured a cup of tea for each of the three of them. Before Su Le and others could speak, Li Yun asked first:
"What are you talking about with the old village chief?"
"Old village chief? You said the old man downstairs is the old village chief?" Su Le asked in surprise.
"Well, he is our former village chief, his name is Xu Zhiguo." Li Yun's expression showed a hint of contempt.
"I didn't say anything. I asked him about the situation in the community, and I told him that we were from the police station and were here to take care of the elderly people living alone."
"Ah, am I that old?" Li Yun had a happy smile on her face.
"No, no, we are just looking for an excuse not to tell others why we are always looking for you."
"Oh, then what is the purpose of coming to me again?" Li Yun looked up at Su Le and asked.
"That's right, Aunt Li. With the approval of the Jiangnan Provincial Department, we will re-investigate the fire case at Xu Yongchang's chicken farm."
"Why do we need to re-investigate?" Li Yun's eyes showed an expectant look.
"In the process of investigating other cases, we learned many doubts about the Xu Yongchang chicken farm fire case. In order to provide justice to the victim, we have to re-investigate."
After listening to Su Le's words, Li Yun's eyes suddenly turned red, and tears flowed from his eyes. Seeing this, Su Le quickly handed the tissue on the table to Li Yun. Li Yun shed tears silently for a while, and then waited.
His breathing stabilized and he asked Su Le:
"Tell me the truth, does this matter have anything to do with my son Xu Feng?"
After hearing Li Yun's question, Su Le looked at Li Yun's red and swollen eyes and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"That means this matter is still related to him." Li Yun saw Su Le's expression and guessed the answer she wanted.
"I met Xu Feng before I came here. I heard him say that he was going to the south to find Xiaoxia. I also told him clearly not to participate in the investigation of the case anymore and to pay attention to his own safety." Su Le guessed that Li Yun must not
I knew about Xu Feng's injury, so I didn't mention it.
"Oh, this kid has had his own ideas since he was a child, and he won't listen no matter how hard I try to persuade him. Now it's better to go to the south and stay far away from here." Li Yun seemed to feel a little relaxed after hearing the news. She stood up and gave Su
Le Sanren added a circle of water to the tea cup.
"Aunt Li, we still want to understand some of the original situation this time."
"What do you want to know?"
"Do you have any questions about Xu Yongchang's death?"
"If there is no doubt, why do you want to re-investigate?"
"Then can you provide us with some clues."
"My children were young at that time, and I was busy taking care of my family and children, so I didn't know much about chicken farms. But I don't think Yongchang is such a careless person."
"Then has Xu Yongchang ever offended anyone?"
"Our villagers all have the surname Xu, and we are all related to each other. Even if we have quarrels, I don't think they would lead to murder and arson."
"That's true. Is there anything else wrong?"
"If there's something wrong, it's the compensation for chicken farms."
"Oh, I heard that the developer paid compensation based on the amount before the fire."
"We didn't get a penny. I actually don't have any objections to not giving money. After all, it was all burned. What I said was wrong was that someone was spreading rumors."
"Are you saying that the compensation based on the amount before the fire is a rumor?"
"Yes, if I get the money, do I still need to accept funding from others?"
"Why would someone create such a rumor?"
"Yeah, I don't understand this either. Whether I have received compensation or not, what does it have to do with other people? No one asked me for money, and no one asked me to borrow money."
"Well, then who could possibly spread rumors?"
"Later I quietly inquired about it, and everyone said they heard it from the old village chief."
"Is that the old man Xu Zhiguo downstairs?"
"right."
"Did the villagers have any opinions about the demolition?"
"There must be a lot of people who have opinions. Not only did everyone not get a penny, but each household also received tens of thousands of yuan in subsidies."
"What's going on?"
"When we measured the house and signed the agreement, we said that the old house was priced according to size and quality, plus some money based on population, to calculate a total price, and the new house was purchased at a preferential price of 5,000 yuan per square meter. There are 90 square meters and 120 square meters.
There are two types of apartments per square meter. You can choose according to your own needs, and the compensation for demolition will be refunded if it is more than the amount."
"What happened next?"
"Later, when I was choosing a house, I changed my mind. I said the demolition money would not be refunded, so I wanted to buy a bigger house. If I didn't have enough money, I would add more money."
"Are the villagers willing?"
"I was reluctant at first. After a while of fuss, the developer later made concessions and gave me a 20% discount on the part that didn't have enough money. Plus, the old village chief worked there, so I finally accepted it."
"Did you also put money into it then?"
"I am an orphan and a widower, so I don't have the money to pay for it, so I bought a small set. I lost more than 10,000 yuan and I won't get it back."
"Are there many people like you in the village?"
"Not many. There are a few households, all of which are short of a few thousand yuan. No one has lost as much as ours. Most of them have borrowed money to pay for it."
"Then that's how things ended?"
"What else can I do? I am a woman with a child, how can I make more noise than them? Fortunately, Uncle Zhang supports us every month and pays Xiaofeng's tuition, so we will not starve and cannot afford the tuition.
"
After listening to Li Yun's words, Su Le felt very uncomfortable. He wondered what Li Yun would think if he knew that the person who helped their family was the son of the murderer of his husband.
"Aunt Li, there is one more thing I want to ask. When the demolition was first carried out, were there five lonely elderly people in your village?"
"Oh, you're talking about that thing. I heard that five lonely elderly people were sent to a nursing home. At first, people in the village asked where they sent the elderly people. Later, after the demolition, no one said anything about it."
"Do you know the names of those five old people?"
"Oh, I was married from another village. I don't know their names very well. I only remember the aunt who lived next door to our house. Everyone calls her Xu Dani."
"Did you never hear about Xu Dani again?"
"No."
"Did your husband tell you anything about the five old people?"
"Him?" Li Yun tilted her head and thought for a long time, then suddenly opened her eyes and said, "I remembered that Yongchang came home late for dinner once. I asked him why he was there, and he said he asked the village chief.
Ask Aunt Xu about it."
"Do you remember what day this happened?"
"I can't remember the specific time. Anyway, it was shortly before the accident in Yongchang."