Ma Zhongbao walked a little further away from the door of the grocery store, then raised his head. In Lin Mo's eyes, a somewhat ordinary face came into view, with a smile on his face.
Ma Zhongbao stood there, looked around a few times, then withdrew his gaze, turned around, looked up at the sign of the grocery store, then opened his notebook and started to write down.
Ma Zhongbao memorized it for a while, then closed the notebook and walked to the next grocery store. Although the actions recorded by Ma Zhongbao seemed normal to ordinary people, they were very suspicious to Lin Mo and others because the recorded time was somewhat suspicious.
For a long time, it won’t take so long to just write down the name and location of the store.
Moreover, Lin Mo also thought about a problem, that is, these five people are all literate. You must know that this is not the future generation. There are literate people everywhere, and basically there are not many young people who are illiterate.
In this era, in recent decades, warlords, large and small, have basically been everywhere, and the country has been living in turmoil. Only in recent years, when the National Government has nominally unified the country, has the situation gotten better.
At least there are no longer warlords fighting everywhere like before.
However, the situation is not much better. Although other warlords nominally belong to the National Government, they still firmly guard their territory. In many places, the National Government cannot even extend its hands.
In this situation where the country is not truly unified, let alone education, in this era, except for some big cities with more schools and more literate people, in most places there are only a small number of schools and literate people.
People are very limited.
Even in the Lin family's business, many people are illiterate, not to mention that in such a small group of businessmen, all the people are literate, which is very abnormal.
And judging from what we just saw and what Sun Jihai described before, these people don't just know a few words. Judging from their performance, writing and calculation is not a problem at all.
In this way, people like them can obviously find a job where they have no worries about food and clothing. Even if they don't want to do this kind of work, they won't start a small business and lose money.
Thinking of this, Lin Mo observed Ma Zhongbao carefully again, but Ma Zhongbao had already arrived at the next grocery store. Lin Mo only had time to take a few glances, and Ma Zhongbao had already entered the grocery store.
When Ma Zhongbao could no longer be observed, Lin Mo slowly put down the telescope, but while lowering his brows, Lin Mo frowned deeply.
Because of the few glances just now, Lin Mo always felt a strange feeling, and Lin Mo also felt that this feeling seemed familiar. However, Lin Mo thought about it carefully and did not find out what was wrong. p>
Thinking of this, Lin Mo looked up out of the window and found that the grocery store Ma Zhongbao entered was not far to the left. Seeing this, Lin Mo stepped back slightly.
Lin Mo scanned the shops opposite and saw a small shop not far to his left, which should be Ma Zhongbao's next target. Lin Mo turned around and came to his seat.
When the three of them saw Lin Mo coming, they stopped talking and looked at Lin Mo, wanting to see what problem Lin Mo had discovered.
However, Lin Mo did not notice the gazes of several people, and was still immersed in thinking, carefully thinking about the weird feeling just now.
The three of them waited for a while. Seeing that Lin Mo didn't speak, Li Changwu asked Lin Mo: "Lin Mo, did you see something happened just now?"
Hearing Li Changwu's voice, Lin Mo came back to his senses, raised his head, and asked: "Brother, what's the matter?"
"Uh..." After hearing Lin Mo's question, Li Changwu also understood, and had no choice but to ask again, "I want to ask you if you have discovered anything?"
Seeing this situation, Lin Mo also reacted and quickly said: "Brother, I'm sorry, I was too absorbed in thinking about the problem just now, so I didn't hear it for a while."
Hearing this, Li Changwu waved his hand and said, "Lin Mo, what's going on with you these days? Why are you always thinking about problems and not even paying attention to what's going on outside?"
Hearing what Li Changwu said, Lin Mo's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately discovered a problem. He had brought some habits from his previous life to the present.
Thinking of this, Lin Mo smiled bitterly and said: "Brother, there are too many things to do these days, and there are many things to think about. Sometimes if you don't pay attention, your attention will be too concentrated, and you will always be distracted."
Hearing what Lin Mo said, Li Changwu persuaded: "Lin Mo, although it is important to think about things, you can't help but pay attention to the external situation, right? You must know that we are soldiers, if this kind of thing happens on the battlefield, it will
It will kill you."
Hearing what Li Changwu said, Lin Mo nodded first, then said with a smile: "Brother, don't worry, I'm not always with you when I'm in trance."
"Maybe I dare to do this because I feel safe when I am with you. I am still very alert in other places, so you can rest assured."
When Li Changwu heard what Lin Mo said, he said impatiently: "Okay, okay, stop being so sharp-tongued and tell me what you discovered."
When Lin Mo heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and then explained in detail his doubts about Chen Shirong's five people being literate.
After Zhao Pingnian listened, he smiled bitterly and said: "I can't believe that I didn't even see such a big doubt. Lin Mo, you are attentive enough! You saw the problem as soon as you came."
Lin Mo heard what Zhao Pingnian said and said, "Second brother, this is not your problem. We people have been studying in school since we were very young, and most of us are surrounded by literate people, so we
This detail will be ignored."
"And you told all of us about this before. Unfortunately, we didn't find any problems at that time. I only realized it after looking at it today. There are many people in a business as big as my family who are illiterate, so I noticed this."
Question."
Li Changwu, who was standing aside, saw that the two of them had changed the subject again, and interrupted: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this now. We are here to observe the Japanese spies, not to see you two exchanging compliments here.
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Hearing what Li Changwu said, Lin Mo and Zhao Pingnian looked at each other and saw the embarrassment in each other's eyes.
After Li Changwu finished speaking, he turned to look at Lin Mo and asked: "Lin Mo, from the look on your face just now, it doesn't seem like you were thinking about this matter. Have you discovered anything else? I really have to pay attention.
Just say it together and let’s sum it up.”
When Lin Mo heard what Li Changwu said, he nodded and said, "Brother, I just looked at him a few more times when he entered the grocery store. At that time, I felt that there was something wrong with this person and gave me a weird feeling.
It feels like it, but I can’t put my finger on what’s weird about it.”
Hearing what Lin Mo said, Li Changwu also frowned, looked at Zhao Pingnian aside, and asked: "Old Zhao, do you feel this way?"
Hearing this, Zhao Pingnian shook his head and said, "I don't have any strange feelings. I see that his usual behavior is quite normal."
Hearing what Ping Nian said, Li Changwu frowned even deeper. He thought about it carefully, looked at Lin Mo and said, "Lin Mo, could you have seen it wrong?"
After hearing this, Lin Mo carefully recalled the last few glances he had just seen. That weird feeling came to his heart again, accompanied by a familiar feeling.
Thinking of this, Lin Mo knew that his feeling must be correct, so he said: "Brother, my feeling is indeed correct. I just thought about the last few glances I took, and it really gave me a weird feeling.
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After Li Changwu heard what Lin Mo said, he nodded, and after thinking carefully for a while, he asked Zhao Pingnian on the side: "Old Zhao, since Lin Mo is sure that he saw it right, then think about it again and see if you have
Didn’t you overlook something?”
Hearing Li Changwu ask again, Zhao Pingnian thought carefully again, as if something suddenly occurred to him, he said: "When I first observed this person, I felt that his walking posture was a little strange. Can this be considered
?"
"Walking?" After listening to Zhao Pingnian's words, Lin Mo whispered.
Lin Mo frowned and thought carefully for a while. Lin Mo's eyes suddenly opened wide, as if he suddenly thought of something. He grabbed the binoculars and walked behind the window to observe.
The three of them saw Lin Mo's expression and were about to speak when Lin Mo grabbed the binoculars and went behind the window. Upon seeing this, the three of them looked at each other and followed Lin Mo to the window.
The three of them had just stood still, looking in the direction of Lin Mo's telescope at the grocery store where Ma Zhongbao was, and saw Ma Zhongbao walking out of the store.
As soon as Ma Zhongbao walked out, Lin Mo looked carefully at Ma Zhongbao's feet and observed the other person's walking posture.
Watching Ma Zhongbao walking, Lin Mo also saw something abnormal, but he still couldn't verify Lin Mo's guess.
When Ma Zhongbao came outside the store, he still stopped. He first glanced at the grocery store sign, then picked up his notebook and didn't know what he was recording.
Seeing this, Li Changwu asked Lin Mo: "Lin Mo, have you seen the problem?"
After hearing this, Lin Mo still held the telescope and whispered: "Do we have to wait a while before we can see it?"
After hearing this, Li Changwu did not ask any more questions, but turned his head and observed Ma Zhongbao with the three of them.
After a while, Ma Zhongbao finally put away his pen and notebook, raised his face and walked towards the next house.
When Ma Zhongbao walked past Lin Mo, his back was revealed. When Lin Mo saw Ma Zhongbao's walking posture from behind, Lin Mo smiled.
Hearing the laughter, Zhao Pingnian said: "Lin Mo, what did you see?"
Hearing Zhao Pinnian ask, Lin Mo handed the binoculars to Zhao Pinnian and said, "Second brother, take a closer look at Ma Zhongbao's legs when he walks. Are they bow-legged?"