The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

At this time in the backyard, He Daqing went out with a large string of firecrackers he had bought a few days ago, and happened to meet Liu Haizhong who was also going out.

"Lao Liu, you should go out and set off firecrackers too."

Seeing this, He Daqing also asked with a cheerful smile.

Liu Haizhong had a round belly and was wearing a large army green cotton-padded coat. Behind him were Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu. One of them was holding a string of firecrackers in one hand, while the other helped to hold it up to prevent it from getting wet.

Today is Chinese New Year, and Liu Haizhong is not as stern as usual. Instead, he is cheerful. He Daqing said with a smile: "Yes, it's for good luck."

"By the way, did the old lady have dinner at your house that night?"

Suddenly, Liu Haizhong asked this question, and He Daqing's expression suddenly became ugly.

Liu Haizhong was bringing up something irrelevant. They both lived in the backyard, so He Daqing didn't believe that the other party hadn't seen it.

"The old lady thought it was troublesome, so she lived alone and didn't come to our house."

However, He Daqing was quite shrewd. He showed no expression and looked indifferent.

After Liu Haizhong asked the question, he kept secretly watching He Daqing's expression. Yes, he asked this on purpose just to embarrass He Daqing.

While the two were standing in the yard waiting for the time to come, the deaf old lady's house was not like this.

Since many people invited the deaf old lady to celebrate the New Year together, almost everyone was vying to have her go.

Although the deaf old lady was old, she was very smart. She certainly understood what these people were doing, so she didn't go there. Instead, she chose to live alone. As she was old, the deaf old lady didn't bother with those trivial things. After dinner, she went to bed early.

She didn't know when, but she suddenly realized that someone was talking in the room, and she could vaguely hear the other person saying something like "can't find it".

This was not an illusion. At this moment, the three Zhou brothers were carefully rummaging through the boxes and cabinets.

"Brother, no, just some small money, no yellow croaker or anything."

After the three of them searched once, they gathered together and Zhou Laosan spoke unhappily.

"Brother, he couldn't have been buried underground."

Zhou Laoer stomped the ground lightly with his right foot. If he was not afraid of wasting his efforts, he would have wanted to open the blue bricks and take a look.

"Isn't there still one place I haven't seen yet?"

Seeing this, Boss Zhou spoke calmly.

"Which one?"

The two younger brothers asked hurriedly.

Following Boss Zhou's gaze, it was where the deaf old lady slept, and also the kang that occupied nearly half of the room.

"What's the matter, brother? Do you think the other party has hidden something in there?"

Zhou Laosan asked in disbelief.

"Why not? After all, this is a huge sum of money."

Boss Zhou asked casually, without further explanation, and told the two to start working.

"Who are you? I called someone."

The deaf old lady woke up at this time and saw three people in front of her who were covered tightly. She was immediately shocked and asked.

"Second brother, I leave it to you."

Seeing this, Boss Zhou signaled Second Brother Zhou to deal with the other party.

After a while, several people learned where the things were hidden from the deaf old lady. The old lady was not stupid, and she did not put all the things together. She also dug a hole somewhere on the ground, which could be seen by removing the blue bricks on the top.

The deaf old lady was eager to get the group of people to leave quickly, and she spent a lot of money to tell them the place directly.

After hearing what was said, the three members of the Zhou family followed the instructions and took out the things inside. The two younger brothers of the eldest brother Zhou were filled with happiness upon seeing this.

In their opinion, today's trip was not in vain. If they took the four small yellow croakers and sold them on the black market, they could get about a thousand dollars.

But Boss Zhou was still not satisfied. He had heard from others that this deaf old lady was no simple person. He didn't believe that this was all the stuff she had.

"Second brother, third brother, when the firecrackers are heard outside, we will break open this kang."

The two didn't understand why and thought that it was good enough to get these things and there was no need to make any more trouble. But after all, he was their eldest brother, so they could only listen and do as he said.

"Crackling..."

Accompanied by the sound of firecrackers, several people in the room, under the gaze of the deaf old lady with bloodshot eyes, smashed a hole in the kang that had been sealed for many years.

Zhou Laosan took a quick look inside, and a wave of heat immediately hit his face.

But he didn't care about these, because he could vaguely see a large iron box on the ground, which seemed to be locked.

"Brother, it seems there is something."

Zhou Laosan shouted excitedly, and then without caring whether it was hot or not, he simply wrapped his hands with clothes and reached in to get the thing.

"Hey, be careful, this thing is really heavy."

Soon, a box of golden things was placed in front of them.

When the deaf old lady saw this scene, she completely lost hope and fainted.

"I'm rich, brother, you are amazing."

When Zhou Laoer saw this scene, he was immediately filled with admiration for his elder brother.

After all, it was the other party who strongly requested to open it and check. The two of them had originally planned to run away as soon as possible. Fortunately, the other party insisted, so they did not miss these things.

"Humph, don't you think about it? We all know that she was once the mistress of a wealthy family. She wants to get rid of us with a few small yellow croakers. How can we let her get away with it so easily?"

"Okay, let's hurry up and run away."

Then the few people left the courtyard the same way they came.

As for the deaf old lady, it was not known whether these people did it on purpose or simply forgot about her, and they just let her lie on the ground without paying any attention to her.

It was the coldest time of the year and the nights in the old city were extremely cold. The deaf old lady just lay straight on the ground and did not wake up until three or four in the morning.

The first thing the deaf old lady wanted to do when she woke up was to call someone over. Not only did she want them to help take care of her, she also wanted them to go to the police station to call the police. Maybe there was still a chance to catch the man, so that she could have hope of getting her family assets back.

It was a pity that the three Zhou family members stuffed a piece of rag into the deaf old lady's mouth. Although they did not tie her hands and feet, the deaf old lady's mobility was not very good. In addition, she had been lying on the ground for most of the night. Even if she wanted to get up quickly, she couldn't.

He Daqing was sleeping soundly at this time, when he suddenly heard a voice calling him. It was because he and the deaf old lady's house were separated by only a wall, otherwise he might not have heard the voice.

He Daqing got up and dressed himself with a puzzled look on his face, then went to the house of the deaf old lady next door. Before leaving, He Daqing still looked as if nothing had happened. In his opinion, maybe the deaf old lady had fallen down while getting up at night or something, it shouldn't be a big deal.

But when he opened the door next door, He Daqing was stunned.