Chapter 585: Lao Dapeng, who claims to be a big shot
The old man said, waved his hand again and sighed.
Cheng Yu looked at him.
"But to be honest, Lao Jin and the couple are nice people.
Back then, when people in the village or township had something to ask them for, they were usually willing to lend a hand and help.
Even if there are any local difficulties, they are willing to help.
But this does not mean that they have contributed to our place.
Young man, can you understand what I mean?"
Cheng Yu nodded and said, "I understand."
The old man smiled and said, "Then tell me what you understand."
"That is to say, the Lao family is not unkind for the sake of wealth, and they are not selfish. If the folks in the village have something to do, they are still willing to come forward.
Therefore, they have a very good reputation among people from all over the country.
But their wealth has not brought any actual benefits to your local area. To put it bluntly, their wealth only belongs to them and has nothing to do with everyone else.
As a successful entrepreneur, they are unqualified as a couple."
The old man nodded and said, "Well, young man, you can see clearly."
Cheng Yu added: "But this can't be a reason to blame them. They got rich by combining their brains and hard work. When they started their business, you local people didn't provide them with any help.
We can't ask them to take on many responsibilities that don't belong to them when they are rich, right?"
The old man thought for a moment and said, "What you said makes sense. But the problem is, they have several unsatisfactory children."
"I just heard this from a restaurant owner, saying that their son had a son who injured his father because he was pursuing a girl.
As a result, Lao Jin came forward, arranged a job for the girl, and paid some compensation, and then the matter was settled."
The old man sighed and said, "You have also heard about this incident. Let me tell you, this is just one of the many things his children did here."
Cheng Yu frowned and asked, "What else is going on? And you seem to be saying that it's not just the younger son who causes trouble in his family?"
The old man looked at Cheng Yu and said warily, "You're not a reporter, are you?"
Cheng Yu smiled and shook his head, saying: "Of course I'm not a reporter, and I didn't come here for the dirty information about his family. I just happened to hear something about it after having a meal, and I just happened to talk about it with you.
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The old man looked at Cheng Yu again and said, "You don't look like a reporter."
Cheng Yu shrugged his shoulders, without comment, but took out another cigarette and handed one to the old man.
After lighting it, the old man took a deep breath and said, "Actually, the things his children did are not harmful to nature.
It’s just that since my family is rich, I have a little high-sightedness and look down on ordinary people like us.
Just like the incident you just mentioned, no one knows the real truth except Lao Dapeng and the old man.
Don’t believe all the rumors or disbelieve them.
There was definitely a conflict between the two, but whether it was the old man who lost his footing and fell, or whether Lao Dapeng pushed him down, or there was some small physical contact between the two that accidentally caused the old man to fall.
Yes, it’s hard to say.
The answer given by the police may not be true, but it may not be entirely true..."
Cheng Yu laughed again and said, "Uncle, if you say that, it's as if you didn't say it at all."
The old man himself also laughed, nodded and said: "It seems to be a bit like going back and forth on the wheel...
However, most things in the world are like this. Both parties have reached a reconciliation. It seems quite unreasonable for us to speculate on the inner story.
Although the children of the Lao family are a bit unruly and not as open-minded as their parents, they are not treacherous or evil people.
Most of those who insist that it was Lao Dapeng who pushed the old man down the stairs are motivated by jealousy and cannot be trusted.
I personally prefer to believe that there was some physical contact between Lao Dapeng and the old man. Lao Dapeng did not push the old man downstairs deliberately, but it was just an accident.
From the old man's point of view, the two were having a quarrel or even physical contact. Of course, he would feel that Lao Dapeng pushed him down on purpose.
But from Lao Dapeng's point of view, he would also feel that he had no such intention, so the old man fell down the stairs purely because of his own mistake.
In this kind of thing, even the parties involved may not fully know the truth, so how can outsiders possibly figure it out?"
After hearing this, Cheng Yu couldn't help but feel a little funny.
The old man showed disdain for the Lao family at first, but as he spoke, he seemed to start thinking about the problem from the Lao family's point of view, and in turn helped them speak up.
There is some inconsistency here!
Perhaps seeing that Cheng Yu's expression was a little strange, the old man coughed twice and said, "Do you think I'm inconsistent?"
Cheng Yu felt a little embarrassed, touched his chin and said, "It's not that it's inconsistent, it's just..."
The old man waved his hand and said: "From the bottom of my heart, I don't look down on the Lao family. But we can't just say bad things about them, right?"
I also watched the children of the Lao family grow up, except for the youngest, Lao Dapeng.
I know that those children are a little arrogant and feel that their family is number one in our place, so they should have some privileges and so on.
If we really let them do evil, they wouldn't have the guts."
Cheng Yu understood that what the old man meant was that the Lao family did not do better after getting rich first. Rather than looking down upon it, it was more like being a little disappointed.
It's like a teacher who has a clear understanding of the children in the class. He knows which children got their current results after working hard. Naturally, he also knows that those children can't get better no matter how hard they work.
But there are also some children who actually don't work very hard, but their grades are pretty good in all aspects.
For these children, the teacher will feel that if they can work harder, they will not only be ranked at the top of the class and grade, but they may be ranked number one in the district, city or even province.
According to the current grades of these children, it is not a big problem to get into a good university, but if they can work harder, it is not impossible for them to go to Tsinghua University and Peking University.
Therefore, even if these children are always top students in the class and are among the top three in every test, the teacher will still be angry and a little disappointed with them.
However, this kind of situation usually happens to either the elders of the family or teachers. For example, this old man is not related to the Lao family. Why does he have such emotions?
After carefully recalling the old man's words, Cheng Yu discovered that the old man probably lived in the same village as the Lao family, because in his words, he revealed that he was very familiar with the Lao family and was really familiar with the Lao family's past.
Very understanding.
So Cheng Yu asked tentatively: "Uncle, were you from Dahonggouzi Village before?"
The old man shook his head and said, "No, but we belong to the same township. To be precise, I am not from their township. I have always had an urban household registration. My job is in their township."
Cheng Yu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Are you retired from the township government? Township head?"
The old man waved his hand and said, "I can't be an official. I am a teacher at the central school in their village, and Lao Jin and his wife are also my students."
Cheng Yu suddenly realized.
I see.
No wonder the old man has a feeling of hating iron for not being able to become steel.
I also thought about what the old man said, except for Lao Dapeng, he watched all the other children in the Lao family grow up, which meant that he should also be the teacher of those children.
Only Lao Dapeng, because he is relatively young, may have already retired when he was studying.
"So, the children of the Lao family are also your students?"
"Well, except for that Lao Dapeng."
"It turns out that's the case. No wonder you talk about the Lao family as if they are treasures. It turns out you are their teacher."
"That's not entirely true. The situation is like this..."
The old man just finished taking his last puff of cigarette, and still wiped out the cigarette butt on the sole of his shoe, then wrapped it in paper and told Cheng Yu the more specific situation.
This is a county-level city in itself, and the townships below it are at a lower level. In addition, the Northeast is sparsely populated, so the number of students is naturally relatively limited.
Therefore, in response to local conditions, this township does not have separate primary schools and middle schools. Instead, primary schools and junior high schools are placed in one school to complete nine-year compulsory education.
If you want to continue studying in the future, you can go to a middle school in the city.
And this old man was from this county-level city. After graduating from the provincial normal school 40 years ago, he was assigned to work as a teacher in the central school in this township.
At that time, Lao Jinjin and Cheng Yu's aunt were still in elementary school, so this old man naturally became their teacher.
Later, the old man was promoted to the school's academic director, but he still had to teach classes. However, he also moved from the elementary school to the junior high school, so he became the teacher of Lao Dapeng's brother and sister.
When he was almost fifty years old, the old principal fell seriously ill and left him the position of principal.
That was fourteen years ago, when Lao Dapeng was eleven years old and still studying in the primary school.
After the old man became the principal, he actually insisted on teaching the class for two years, and taught all the students in his class at that time.
Then, as the principal, he naturally stopped teaching classes and was too busy. So when Lao Dapeng reached junior high school, the old man no longer became his teacher.
But in fact, it was still the old man who watched Lao Dapeng grow up.
In the words of an old man, although the school is small and the number of students is very limited, it is impossible for a principal to pay attention to every student.
Especially students like Lao Dapeng with extremely average academic performance.
In the past, when I led a class by myself, I always knew all the students in my class. But once I stopped leading a class, most of the children in the school only knew that there was such a person, but they often didn't understand the specific situation.
So the old man doesn't think that he also grew up watching Lao Dapeng.
"When their family was just getting rich, I even talked to Lao Jin and his wife.
I hope that when they become rich themselves, they can lead everyone to live a better life.
Of course, these are just wishes, not requirements.
When they first started building a food processing factory, I was actually quite satisfied.
But after that, when I started to build this resort, I made more and more money, and it became easier and easier to make money, but my contribution to the ten miles and eight towns was almost non-existent."
Cheng Yu nodded and asked, "Then you didn't talk to the couple again?"
"Then what else can you say? Is it possible to let them open a new company?
They changed hands of the food processing factory and naturally felt that the resort would be more beneficial to their family.
I ran to the door at this time, what should I ask them to do?
After all, their family’s money is hard-earned, so there’s no reason for them to use it to help the poor, right?”
Cheng Yu nodded, thinking that this was also the case, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed by what he blurted out.
"So, in fact, the Lao family are good people, but you are a little disappointed in them. Is that right?"
The old man thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's pretty much what it means."
Cheng Yu took out the cigarettes again, thought for a while, and simply handed the entire box of cigarettes to the old man.
The old man didn't refuse, he accepted it with a smile, took out a cigarette from the box, lit it, and said: "Young man, I don't think you really want to live in that resort, do you?"
Cheng Yu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "You still think I'm a reporter?"
The old man waved the hand holding the cigarette and said: "No, you are not a reporter. Although I am only the principal of a primary school, I have also come into contact with some reporters. You do not have the professional characteristics of them."
"Then why did you say I didn't want to stay at Dahonggouzi Resort?"
"I'm just guessing. I think you're here to get some information."
"Oh?" Cheng Yu smiled and said, "How do you say this?"
The old man took a puff of cigarette and slowly exhaled the smoke from his mouth without being anxious to answer.
The smoke quickly dispersed with the northern breeze, and the old man said: "Let me guess, please listen and see if my guess is right."
Cheng Yu nodded and said, "You say."
"It must be good that you are from the south, although your Mandarin is quite standard."
Cheng Yu burst into laughter and said, "I heard that you Northeasterners all think that your Mandarin is very standard, and you can't tell the difference between the accents of Northeastern and Mandarin."
"You are talking about the majority of people. I have been a principal after all. After teaching all my life, I still can't tell the difference between Northeastern dialect and Mandarin?"
Cheng Yu laughed and said, "That's true. In fact, your Northeastern accent is not too strong and is very close to standard Mandarin."
The old man did not hesitate and said directly: "From your eyes, I can see that you are actually not interested in us, and you are not the kind of person who wants to stay in a beautiful countryside for a few days.
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What's more, for you city dwellers here, novelty is novelty, but it's hard for anyone to come alone with this novelty."
Cheng Yu nodded, expressing his approval of the old man's guess.
"Although I started the topic, your goal is also very clear. You basically want to inquire about Lao Jin's family."
"How do you say that?" Cheng Yu asked back. Although the old man guessed it correctly, he wanted to know the reason why the old man guessed so.
"When we were chatting just now, you showed an unusual interest in the affairs of the Lao family.
Of course, if it's just this point, I'm not sure. I almost changed the topic twice in the middle, but you seemed to have brought it back again by accident.
If it's just a pure chat, you don't have to do this, just let the conversation go as far as it goes."
Cheng Yu nodded slightly again, acknowledging what the old man said.
“I mentioned that people from the south came to the Lao family and gave money to the Lao family, and later, another southerner came to the Lao family and gave the Lao family the idea of opening a resort.
You don't seem to be surprised at all, and you don't ask any questions, which shows that you know everything about the people from the south of the Lao family.
So, I think you just want to inquire about the Lao family."
Cheng Yu gave a thumbs up and said, "Uncle, you were just a principal before you retired. You should engage in criminal investigation."
The old man laughed loudly and said, "I still know how much I weigh. And, I guess, you are actually a child from that southern family."
Cheng Yu said with great interest: "Guess again, why am I here to inquire about the Lao family?"
The old man thought for a while, shook his head and said, "It's hard to guess."
"You said it's difficult, not impossible to guess. Does this mean you still have a guess in your mind?"
The old man thought about it again and said, "Don't worry about something happening to your family. You suspect it is related to the Lao family, so why don't you come and inquire?"
Cheng Yu was shocked.
If it weren't for the fact that this old man was really just a chance encounter in this small county-level city in Northeast China, and he took the initiative to talk to the old man himself, Cheng Yu would have suspected that this old man had some other purpose.
How did he guess so accurately?
Seeing Cheng Yu's expression, the old man knew that he had guessed correctly.
"It's really like that." The old man pondered for a moment and then said, "Is it related to that boy Lao Dapeng?"
Cheng Yu frowned slightly.
The old man explained: "Although I have never taught Lao Dapeng, he happened to take the college entrance examination when I was about to retire.
After all, he is a student from our school, and he is the youngest son of a local wealthy family. Someone always talks to me about the child's grades.
With his usual grades, it would be impossible for him to get into a good university.
If you perform exceptionally well, you will probably only need two books. If you perform normally, you will probably have to spend money to read three books.
And I happen to know that Lao Dapeng studied at a university in the south, probably in Wudong. The school seems to be pretty good, but this is not something he can do.
After he finished reading, this kid came back to our place and idled around all day long, doing a lot of messy things.
Of course, none of them are heinous bad things, they are just some unforgivable nonsense.
I haven't heard of him getting into any trouble during this time. I've heard rumors that he wasn't at home.
Since you came here to inquire about the Lao family, I wondered if that boy had gone to Wudong again.
It's hard to say whether he caused trouble, but if you came here because of him, it's probably because there was some accident at home, and you have doubts about him."
Cheng Yu frowned and said, "With these things, you can guess that something happened to my family?"
The old man shook his head and said, "Not entirely. There is another reason."
"Oh? Tell me."
"Before that kid left our place, the last rumor that spread was that he said he had joined some great organization.
I heard it was some kind of organization in Europe, and they said he was a big shot now. Not many people in the world knew about that organization, and those who could join it were all elites without exception.
It seems to be called some kind of network..."
Cheng Yu was startled and immediately thought of the dark web.
Lao Dapeng joined the darknet?
Ordinarily, with a background like Lao Dapeng's, he shouldn't even know that the dark web exists.
Not to mention him, even Zhou Datong's assets are dozens of times the Lao family's assets. If it weren't for Zhou Datong's father's unexpected situation, it would be impossible for his family to know about the existence of the dark web.
And Lao Dapeng knew about it, and even joined in in his own words, so here...
If you say that this has nothing to do with Cheng Fu, Cheng Yu will never believe it to his death.
So, Cheng Fu was feinting. In fact, he arranged for Lao Dapeng to join the dark web?
But for someone like Lao Dapeng, who is willing to wait until death, how can the darknet allow him to become a member?
