And what about the brothel girl coming to visit? Jiang Wu was shocked and asked the man, "Is what you said true?"
"Of course it's true! I live across the street from here. If there is any trouble in Chen Qi's family, the whole street knows that he is a piece of trash. Even that stupid woman Liu has repeatedly defended her, making her a laughing stock among us!
"
A brothel...it's a brothel again. Does this really have something to do with the girls in the brothel?
Jiang Wu asked: "What does the brothel girl look like? Do you like wearing red clothes?"
The man frowned and muttered: "I can't remember this clearly. The girls in the brothel all look the same, they look slutty, but they don't come here to force me to have a baby, they come here to ask for money, hahaha."
Ms. Liu previously said that Chen Qi would sometimes take on jobs such as repairing carriages and houses in brothels. As for the money, he would just find a girl to sleep with him and that would be it. So there is an article here?
Jiang Wu expressed his doubts, and the neighbor said: "Girl, you are too young. Who are the people who can drink flower wine? I am afraid that Chen Qi's family will not be able to make money in a month after squandering that night.
The little money he earns from repairing the carriage is not enough to play in a brothel?"
Jiang Wu suddenly realized that she had not thought of this at all. The brothel was not a place for poor people to go. Even if Chen Qi paid a large sum of money, he could not earn much money. To put it bluntly, it only cost how much to repair a carriage. There were so many things in the brothel in one night.
How much money can I spend?
The neighbor continued: "Just last month, the brothel girl stood directly in front of Chen Qi's door and asked him for money. She said that she had borrowed money several times. In the end, Mrs. Liu was really embarrassed and couldn't bear the money.
Later, I heard Mrs. Liu say that the money was originally used for the eldest son’s education, but Chen Qi actually squandered it like this.”
"What about beating people? Does Chen Qi really know how to beat Liu?"
"Isn't that right? I often beat her in the yard. Mrs. Liu's screams could be heard throughout the street. There were also a few times when I saw Mrs. Liu deliberately wrapping herself tightly to avoid being seen by others.
, just to make people laugh."
From this point of view, Mrs. Liu is really a pitiful person.
Zhou Xianen said at this time: "Since Mr. Liu is so pitiful, have you ever complained to you?"
Several neighbors said no, and they all expressed their anger in unison, saying that Mrs. Liu swallowed her anger and had a cowardly character. If the place hadn't been too small and the neighbors all lived together, she probably wouldn't have said anything given her boring temperament.
The questioning was over for now. Zhou Xianen wanted to directly ask Brother Liao, who was said to live next door, about his relationship with the Liu family. Jiang Wu asked him not to ask this question considering his reputation.
Although Chen Qi is dead, the Liu family will still live on this street. The power of gossip cannot be underestimated sometimes. There are many disputes in front of the widow's house. What will happen if the rumors spread again about the Liu family and their neighbor Brother Liao?
That's not good.
The group of people entered Chen Qi's home again. It was said to be a home but in fact it was just a small shabby house. The entire house was made of stones and there were only a few simple pieces of furniture in the house.
There are two rooms in total. Chen Qi and Liu sleep in one room, and the two children sleep in the other. There is no formal wardrobe in this house, and the clothes are piled at the end of the bed, but they are kept clean, and the arrangement in the room is also the same.
Although there are not many good things, they are well placed and scrubbed, and overall it is very clean.
As for the two children's rooms, they were a little messy. Jiang Wu could only tell that the family was really poor. The clothes of the two children basically did not fit. She had seen Chen Qi's children with her own eyes.
At least half of the clothes worn by both children are ill-fitting.
Since neither of the children could read or read, there was no pen and ink diary in the room. Jiang Wu dug out a piece of rice paper from the cabinet, on which two little figures were drawn crookedly with calligraphy.
This painting is very simple, but it can barely be seen that it seems to be a villain beating another villain.
When a child sees something, he or she will like to draw it. Maybe what the child draws is what she sees happening at home.
Generally speaking, the house is clean and not messy. Zhou Xianen also dug out a set of Chen Qi's tools from under the bed. Mr. Liu and the neighbors have testified that he usually earns a living by repairing things for people. Under the bed
It's just things like hammers and nails.
When Zhou Xianen was about to push it back, Jiang Wu glanced at him and suddenly stopped him, "Don't move!"
Zhou Xianen withdrew his hand inexplicably: "What's wrong?"
"Look at what's on the ground?" Jiang Wu's face turned serious and he pointed to the ground under the bed.
Zhou Xianen looked in the direction of her fingers, and it was obvious that due to his action of pushing the box out, there were two obvious marks on the ground. They were not scratches, but dust had been accumulated for too long, and they would be marked whenever he moved.
come out.
Zhou Xianen narrowed his eyes: "I haven't taken out this set of tools for a long time."
Jiang Wu touched the tool, and his fingers were quickly covered with a thin layer of dust.
Previously in the hall, Mrs. Liu said, "My husband went to the brothel to repair the carriage last night."
Did Chen Qi lie before leaving and just went to a brothel, or was Liu deliberately lying to hide something?
At this time, a thousand households also made other discoveries.
"Sir, my subordinate has discovered something very strange, but I don't know whether I should say anything."
Zhou Xianen waved his hand: "It's whatever you say."
"There is everything in this house, but the only thing missing is the mistress's makeup and jewelry, and there are none of them."
Jiang Wu's first reaction was that this didn't seem to be a big deal. Poor people who couldn't afford to buy most of them had makeup and jewelry. But she soon realized that in the hall before, although Mrs. Liu couldn't say that she had a good appearance,
But I'm just a little haggard. In this cold winter, the weather is very dry. If I don't rub anything on my face, won't my skin peel?
And as far as Jiang Wu knew, although production was underdeveloped in this era, basic winter items like cream were not expensive, only a few dozen cents per box.
The Qianhu said: "Your Majesty, I don't know anything. When I was in the hall, I smelled the smell of cream on Mrs. Liu's body, and she should have used honey hair oil, but there is no powder used by women at all in this room.
Jewelry, so…”
Jiang Wu continued: "So it is very possible that the cream and honey hair oil were given to her by others, but she did not dare to use them in front of Chen Qi, so she kept them hidden."
Zhou Xianen smiled and asked, "What's your name?"
The Qianhu looked flattered and said, "Sir, my surname is Zhu and my name is Zhu Weixi."
Zhou Xian'en said: "I guess your sense of smell is different from ordinary people."
Jiang Wu nodded cooperatively: "At least I didn't smell the hair oil Liu used in the hall just now."
Zhu Weixi smiled sheepishly: "I just have a nose that is naturally smarter than ordinary people. Since you trust me, I...there is one more thing to say."