Zhu Hongping is fussy and bitter, and he also likes to gossip behind his back. His reputation in the village is very bad. In addition, Li Zhijie is not doing his job properly in his late twenties and engages in all kinds of sneaky things, so that no one in the village likes this family.
Ziren.
Li Zhijie said: "Mom, go find my sister. She must have money. You can borrow fifty from her and give me a hundred."
Zhu Hongping was always obedient to his son, so he actually called a motorcycle and went to Ling's house.
But unfortunately, Li Li went shopping with someone, and Ling Chunhua was at home.
Zhu Hongping turned Li Li's house upside down and found nothing except a few cents of coins. Finally, he took away the candy hidden by Li Li.
Li Zhijie was very unhappy when he learned that he had not borrowed the money, but seeing that the sun was about to set, he had no choice but to carry his luggage and set off to the entrance of the village.
Zhu Hongping saw him off without worry, "Zhijie, you have to be careful about everything outside. When you get there, remember to call your sister to report that she is safe..."
"I know, Mom, you are very verbose."
From a distance, he saw a silver van parked at the entrance of the village, and Li Zhijie subconsciously quickened his pace.
After the mother and son approached, a middle-aged man got out of the van, looked at the mother and son and asked, "Are you going to the Su City Leather Factory?"
"Yes, yes, it's me."
Looking at the golden necklace around the middle-aged man's neck, Li Zhijie responded repeatedly with his eyes shining.
The middle-aged man nodded to Li Zhijie with a smile, opened the passenger door of the van, and motioned for Li Zhijie to get in.
After Li Zhijie got into the car, he found something sticking under his butt. He picked it up and saw that it was a wrench more than half a foot long. He casually put the wrench under the seat without paying attention.
After the van drove away, Zhu Hongping let out a long sigh of relief.
Now it's okay, my son has gone to work elsewhere, and even if the girl comes to visit, there will be nothing he can do to her.
After a year and a half, when her son comes back with a lot of money, she will find a way to find a wife for him and give him a grandson as soon as possible.
The more Zhu Hongping thought about it, the more beautiful it became, and he even hummed a tuneless tune.
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In the van, Li Zhijie chatted excitedly with the middle-aged man, "Boss, what's your surname?"
"My surname is Xu, you can call me Brother Xu."
"Brother Xu, is your leather factory really making so much money? I think the necklace around your neck costs at least a thousand yuan."
Brother Xu glanced at him meaningfully, "Little brother, you need to gain more knowledge. A gold necklace is nothing. If you see my watch, it will cost you almost ten thousand dollars."
What? A watch is actually worth 10,000 yuan?
Are you afraid that if you wear it, you can go to heaven?
Seemingly sensing Li Zhijie's confusion, Brother Xu took the initiative to introduce: "This is an 18k gold mechanical watch from Rolex. You can't buy it in China even if you have money. I asked a business partner to bring it back from Hong Kong. The price of the watch is plus customs duties."
It cost more than 9,000 in total. This was the market price the year before last. Now if I sell it on the black market, the price will be 10% or 20% higher."
Li Zhijie had never seen what ten thousand yuan looked like in his life. He was so excited that his heart was pounding and he couldn't move his eyes away from his watch.
"Little brother, please help me get the cigarette. It's in the storage box in front of you. Just pull it open." After a while, Brother Xu suddenly said.
Li Zhijie followed the other party's words and opened the storage box in the passenger seat, and was immediately stunned by what was inside.
In the small storage box, there were seven or eight piles of cash neatly stacked, all in brand new 10-yuan denominations. At first glance, they looked like they had just been taken out of the bank.
When handing the cigarette to Brother Xu, Li Zhijie was excited and curious, "Brother Xu, if you put so much money in your car, aren't you afraid of being stolen?"
Brother Xu smiled and said, "It's only a few thousand yuan, not a lot. My friend just returned it to me this afternoon. If I'm not in a hurry to pick you up, I won't have time to deposit it in the bank. I'll just take it back to Su City. I'll be back soon."
Workers must be paid.”
Seven or eight thousand is not much?
Li Zhijie's eyes couldn't help but fall on Brother Xu's watch. He felt like a huge stone had been dropped in his heart, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.
Brother Xu opened the cigarette case with one hand, handed one to Li Zhijie, bit one himself, and then took out a lighter to light a cigarette.
Before the cigarette was lit, the car suddenly jolted, shaking the lighter out of Brother Xu's hand.
Just when Brother Xu bent down to pick up the lighter, a stone as big as a basket suddenly appeared in the middle of the road ahead.
"careful!"
Li Zhijie shouted to remind him, but it was already too late.
With a "bang" sound, the front of the van hit the rock, and the huge impact caused the two people's bodies to bounce up and down again.
When Li Zhijie recovered from his dizziness, he was surprised to find Brother Xu lying motionless on the steering wheel.
He was shocked and scared, and cautiously reached out and pushed the other person, "Brother Xu? Brother Xu?"
Even after shouting several times, the other person didn't respond. Li Zhijie used all his strength to help the person up, and was immediately startled.
Brother Xu's face was covered with blood and his breathing was very weak, as if he might die at any time.
Li Zhijie hurriedly wanted to get out of the car and ask for help, but his eyes were attracted by Brother Xu's wrist hanging on the steering wheel.
The golden sunset filtered in through the car window, making the pure gold dial of Rolex shine.
This watch is worth ten thousand, and there are another seven or eight thousand in the storage box, which adds up to less than twenty thousand. This money is enough for him to live a prosperous life.
At this moment, his greed was constantly expanding, like a prairie fire, swallowing up the little reason Li Zhijie had.
After Li Zhijie ran away with his watch and money, Brother Xu, who was leaning on the back of the chair, slowly opened his eyes.
I saw him calmly taking out the plasma pack hidden in his chest, smearing the remaining blood on his body, throwing the empty plasma pack into the ditch on the roadside, and then picked up the wrench that Li Zhijie had placed under the seat.
, hit the head hard twice.
After doing this, Brother Xu threw down the wrench, pushed open the car door and stumbled towards the direction where Li Zhijie escaped.
Li Zhijie didn't run far when he met two villagers from the next village. There were a lot of luggage piled at his feet. It seemed that they were going out to work.
"Li Zhijie, why are you alone? Where is Boss Xu? Didn't he say he would pick you up?"
Li Zhijie originally wanted to tell the truth about the car accident, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he swallowed his words.
Because he thought of a possibility. If the man named Xu really died, and he stole the other person's watch and money, would the police suspect that he committed murder and robbery?
At that time, he was afraid that he would not be able to escape even if he jumped into the Yellow River, and might even get shot!
"I don't know Boss Xu. You heard me wrong."
After saying that, regardless of the reaction of the two villagers, Li Zhijie ran forward.
It's a pity that Li Zhijie was always afraid. Not long after Li Zhijie ran away, Brother Xu caught up with him covered in blood, shouting: "Catch him, he hurt me and took my watch and money!"