Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 188 Thief
On the way home, the moon is our companion, and the street lamps are our dancers.

With his hands behind his back, Li Hongbing walked out of the village leisurely.

The excavators on the mountain road rumbled and worked all night. According to Wang Hai’s request, the three excavator masters took turns to work. The efficient work efficiency made the paving of the mountain road half completed.

Woohoo! !
Dahua wagged her tail, stepped on her own shadow and rushed to Li Hongbing's side, whimpering softly.

What a worrying big flower!

There are two worrying women in the family, one is Shanxing and the other is Dahua.

Li Hongbing scratched Dahua's head, "Sorry, I have something to do tonight, where is Anna?"

Woohoo!

Dahua turned her head to look at the meadow, and whimpered a few times.

Li Hongbing nodded, knowing that his daughter and Shan Xing had gone to live in the shack, thinking that there were many strangers at home these days, Dahua would stay in the old house every day.

He asked casually, "Are you okay at home these two days?"

As soon as the words fell, Dahua suddenly became vigilant, and let out a low growl with her throat.

Li Hongbing frowned, "What, someone sneaked into the backyard at night and you chased him away, did you see clearly?"

Dahua nodded first, then shook her head.

Since the renovation of the old house, the engineering team has brought in [-] or [-] workers one after another. There are too many people, and the blind people don't know how to separate themselves. They guard the front yard and the back yard.

Especially at night, the courtyard of the old house is huge, and it is easy to get into the backyard, and the family members have their own affairs.

Li Hongbing can only think of ways to increase manpower to avoid theft.

At this time, the lights in the house were brightly lit, and various machines were making noises.

A row of three-wheeled motorcycles was still parked at the gate, which made Li Hongbing very curious. Usually, after three soaks, he would return immediately before taking a sip of water.

Why haven't you left so late today?

After sending Li Hongbing to the door, Dahua ran to patrol.

Go into the courtyard door.

The scene in front of him made Li Hongbing angry.

More than a dozen young people pulled out vegetable seedlings in the vegetable field, not even letting the soil go. When a vegetable seedling was dug up with the soil, the vegetable garden was also dug with potholes, like a dog gnawed.

"I said, why are you going to move the vegetable garden away!"

The busy younger students stopped their work and looked up at the sound. Under the light, Li Hongbing was standing by the vegetable field with his hands behind his back and a bad expression on his face.

These young people came to the old house to pull vegetables several times, and they also recognized Li Hongbing as the host, and even invited them to eat fruit, and they could say a few words when they met each other, they were very righteous.

A young man said with a smile, "Doctor Li, brother Pao asked him to do this, saying that the big boss wants to take it all in one pot, and take away all the roots and soil."

It's really a pot, and I don't even leave the soil.

"Where is the three bubbles?" The corner of Li Hongbing's mouth twitched.

"Sleeping by the well, we're at work."

Li Hongbing waved his hand, he didn't care about the vegetable seedlings being dug up, but why did Xu Dalang go back with the roots and soil!
Engage in planting?
These vegetable seedlings have lost their vitality, and they can't be planted when they are pulled back, and the bamboo baskets are empty.

The question is how to calculate the money?
Vegetables are the price of vegetables, and vegetable seedlings are the price of vegetable seedlings. Maybe the vegetable seedlings are sent to Mingzhu City, and if you feel Xu Dalang's enthusiasm, you may come back to life immediately.

That's right, that's how it should be.

Gotta pay more!
Thinking of this, Li Hongbing walked briskly, walked to the well, and kicked Sanpao who was snoring, occupying his exclusive rocking chair.

"Who?" San Pao woke up suddenly, and grabbed the shovel beside the rocking chair with a nervous expression.

Whoops!

"Brother Pao, what have you done to put a shovel next to you when you sleep, and learn from Cao Cao?" Li Hongbing joked.

Seeing that it was Li Hongbing, San Pao asked in a voiceless voice, "Brother, why are you back?"

"stand up."

Li Hongbing raised his chin, Sanpao hurriedly threw away the shovel, stood up from the rocking chair, wiped the rocking chair again and again with a sweat towel, nodded and said, "Brother, sit down, sit down."

"Brother Pao, did you do something wrong, sweating so much at night?" Sitting in the rocking chair, Li Hongbing cast a sideways glance.

I thought that while Brother Hongbing was going to report for the funeral vigil, he would cut off all the vegetable seedlings with their roots and soil, so that even if the incident happened, he would still be troublesome to Boss Xu. Who knew that Brother Hongbing would come back in the middle of the night.

Sanpao raised his hand guiltily to wipe his forehead, but nothing was wiped off, knowing that Brother Hongbing had scoured him.

Li Hongbing's expression gradually became serious, he kept staring at San Pao, and lowered his head uncomfortably at San Pao.

"I'm going back to the village, you help me buy big flowers, I thank you. You provoked Black Horn, and I saved you when you were injured, so you should thank me. We are supposed to have a good relationship, so we can be regarded as young."

"But today you are a bit rough with this matter. If there is anything you can't tell me directly, if Xu Dalang, an outsider, can compare to the friendship between the two of us for so many years, it means you have lost your mind."

"Brother Hongbing." Sanpao was ashamed and wished he could dig a crack in the ground.

Li Hongbing got up, raised his hand and said, "Don't talk, listen to me. This is the end of today's business, all the vegetable seedlings and soil are taken away, tell Xu Dalang that the price of this batch of vegetables has increased, and the price is up to you."

Say it!

He walked out of the yard without looking back, and vaguely heard slaps behind him.

Li Hongbing didn't say anything.

There will be no breakup with Sanpao, and tonight is just a wake-up call for him.

Don't be fooled by money, Xu Dalang and his gang are not just playing around with rural children. They call you brothers and sisters only if you are useful and valuable. If they are useless and worthless, they will turn around and kick you into the pit.

Don't think that just by saying a few nice words, you can be looked up to by them.

Have a number in your heart.

After leaving the old house, Li Hongbing came to the meadow barn.

Hearing the movement, Erhei and Sanhui walked over from the darkness wagging their tails and growling.

"See the princess?"

"Woohoo!" Erhei sobbed and roared.

"It's over there at the shack, I got it!"

They scratched Erhei and Sanhui's heads in turn, and walked towards the shack. The two wolfhounds looked at each other and took the initiative to escort Li Hongbing on both sides.

Night shrouded the meadow, a full moon flashed from the fish-scale gaps in the clouds, filled with hazy moonlight, like a faint silver mist rising.

The meandering streams and rivers knead the moonlight into the body and turn it into a flowing light belt, which floats to the distance with the water.

A kerosene lamp was hung on the crossbar in front of the shack door, and the dim yellow light swayed in the grass wind.

Before he got close to the shack, a white figure rushed out from behind the straw curtain door, jumping happily around Li Hongbing.

The princess walked gracefully out of the shack and squatted at the door, with her tail under her feet. If it weren't for those golden eyes, who would have spotted a black cat in the dark night.

I'm looking for you!

Comfort Xiaobai, let Erhei and Sanhui go back to the barn.

Li Hongbing hugged the princess in his arms and said in a low voice, "Someone wants to steal something from the house. The blind man and Dahua are too busy. You can go to the old house and keep an eye on it at night, okay?"

Meow!

All the stolen things have been stolen to Ben Meow's house.

The princess nodded, "whoosh" jumped into the grass and disappeared into the night in an instant.

He tiptoedly opened the straw curtains and walked into the shack. Through the dim light of the kerosene lamp, Li Hongbing saw that on the bed, Shan, who had been awakened by the awakening, stood up, and the greasy white on the neckline got into his eyes, and he couldn't pull it out again.

Shan Xing didn't say a word when he saw Brother Hongbing enter the room, and stood at the door stupidly, following his gaze and looking down.

Immediately, a layer of blush appeared on her pretty face, she cast a coquettish look, and covered her neckline with her hands.

"Anna is here! You sleep on the floor tonight, and I have already laid the bedding in advance."

Depressed, Li Hongbing took off his coat, got into the cold bed, and muttered.

"Smelly girl, drive her out to sleep after the new house is built."

Three in the morning.

The construction of the old house was in full swing. The workers poured the mixed concrete into the dug foundation, and then put vibrating wood into the concrete. The low-frequency humming sound resounded throughout the construction site.

Two workers hid in a dark corner, whispering.

"Cousin, is there really something?|
"That's right. When I demolished the house the day before yesterday, when I checked it with a metal detector, the metal reaction in the corner of the second floor of the wooden house was very strong. It is definitely a good thing."

"What are you doing with a metal detector?"

"You don't understand this, but any old house that is a little old has hidden treasures. Last time when Lao Wu helped someone demolish the house, he used a detector to find a dozen old silver dollars, and sold it for 5 yuan."

"Really, I didn't hear what Old Wu said! Cousin, do you think there are silver dollars in this house?"

"It's hard to say. Looking at the structure of the house, it should be hidden in the partition. It is very likely that the old man hid it before, and the owner doesn't know it now."

"Then let's do it!"

"Later, I will tell Wangtou that there is a blind spot in the light in the yard, and the concrete bubbles cannot be seen clearly. We need to install another lighting lamp in the yard. Now that the construction period is in a hurry, Wangtou has to agree if he doesn't agree. You are an electrician, and I will definitely find you. Put on the lights, you're asking for my help."

"Row."

The two made a plan and tried separately.

Not for a while.

Among the concrete workers in the yard, a dark-faced man suddenly shouted, "Wangtou, the light here is dark, and I can't see whether the vibrating wood is blowing out air bubbles. Let's put up another lighting lamp!"

"It's just you who have a lot of shit." The king ran over angrily, and found that it was indeed a blind spot. He could only hear the vibrating woodwork at work, but he couldn't see the exhaust of the concrete. He shouted angrily.

"Xiao Liu, come over to the pole lighting."

"understood!"

After shouting and answering, a young man ran over carrying a lamp and wires, gesturing the range of the light, and pointing to the open space under the window of the study on the second floor of the main room.

"The lighting should be placed in this position," said the young man.

Wang Tou waved his hand impatiently, "Then install it quickly, don't affect the construction progress."

The young man nodded quickly and shouted casually, "Cousin, come and give me a hand. I can't move the scaffolding by myself."

The black-faced worker had a happy expression, and hurriedly followed the young man to the scaffolding.

The uncle and nephew lifted the scaffolding and put it under the study window, and began to install the light pole.

Originally, the blind man should stay in the main room at this point. After dinner at night, he went back to the old house to check along the fence as usual, and found traces of trampled weeds near the mountain side. Thinking that there were people coming and going in front of the main room, there should be no one. If he dared to enter the house to steal things, he ran to the backyard to guard.

Big flower!
Indeed, some people were found walking outside the fence in the backyard. I naturally thought that the thief would go to the backyard to steal things, and also drilled into the hillside of the backyard to watch.

By accident, the main room became the easiest place to attack.

After the light pole was erected, two people climbed onto the scaffold to install the lighting. The lighting used on the construction site is a special 1000-watt halogen tungsten lamp, which is characterized by super bright, strong light and wide range.

After installing the lampshade and light bulb, the young man whispered to the black-faced worker behind him, "Cousin, get ready, light the lamp right away."

The black-faced worker took out a woodworking chisel and patted the young man on the back.

Turn on the power.

Snapped!
A ball of dazzling lights lit up.

The construction workers were hit by the dazzling light, couldn't help covering their eyes, and scolded what they were doing with such a powerful light bulb, and their eyes were blinded.

However, there is only one light in the workers' eyes, but they cannot see the two people behind the light.

This is called black under lights.

When illuminated, due to being blocked by the lamp itself, a dark area is generated under the lamp.

Take advantage of this gap.

The black-faced man used a carpenter's chisel to lightly pick the gap in the study window. The old-fashioned wooden window lock is a wooden bar, and it can be opened by lightly lifting it up.

The window opened, and the black-faced man quickly got in. Judging from his movements, he should be a veteran.

The young man was frightened and frightened, and pretended to adjust the angle of the lampshade to delay the time.

Touching into the study, the black-faced man took out a lighter, blocked the fire with his hands, and inspected the situation in the room. There were ancient paintings on the walls, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, paperweights, water bowls, incense burners, teacups, and strange stones on the desk. , He didn't pay attention to it.

Go straight to a row of medicine cabinets, get down on the ground and grope for the place where the detector responds, pull out the bottom drawer of the medicine cabinet, and reach in to touch the partition and press hard.

The floor in the corner of the medicine hall bounced up, revealing a hidden compartment. In the partition, a mahogany box and a stick wrapped with black cloth were quietly placed.

Pick the lock.

The wooden box was opened, and there was only a thick black book and a [-]-centimeter-high wooden statue inside.

ancient books.

Buddha statue.

The black-faced worker was overjoyed. If it was gold, silver and jewelry, it was not easy to deal with, but these two things were easy to deal with. They sold them directly in the antique market, and the buyers would not make a fuss.

Stuffing the ancient books and Buddha statues into his bosom, he picked up the black cloth-wrapped stick and walked quickly to the window.

Just as he was about to get out, suddenly two golden lights flashed, and the black-faced man felt hot and painful in an instant, as if there was something wet on his face.

Well!
The black-faced worker resisted the pain and didn't make a sound, staggered and sat on the ground. Before he could recover, he heard his clothes being torn off by something on his back.

With trembling hands, he took out the lighter and lit it.

The swaying flames emitted a faint light, and a black cat stood not far away, with golden pupils showing indifference.

"Dead cat, get out of here." The black-faced worker cursed in a low voice.

Meow!

A piercing growl came from the princess's throat, she jumped forward and continued to attack.

The black-faced worker subconsciously swung the black cloth stick in his hand.

boom!
The stick hit the black cat in the waist, knocking it flying and falling to the ground.

Meow!

The princess stood up again, and then fell down with howls, losing consciousness from the back half of her body. Even so, the princess did not let the thief go, she grabbed the wooden floor with her front paws and slowly crawled towards the thief.

"Dead cat, go to hell."

The black-faced worker swung the stick again and knocked the black cat into the air. Just as he was about to give the last blow, the young worker urged him outside the window.

"Cousin, come out quickly, what are you talking about?"

The black-faced worker looked at the motionless black cat, ran to the window unluckily, and got out.

Seeing him coming out, the young worker was about to speak, but suddenly took a few steps back, staring at the bloody face, "What's wrong with your face?"

The black-faced worker wiped it with his hand, only to find that the water on his face was full of blood.

"Made, I met a night cat, got the things, and left quickly, and said that I hit a shelf and broke my face."

"Oh!" The young worker hurriedly shouted at the construction site, "Wangtou, my cousin hit the shelf and broke his face."

Wang Tou, who was working, cursed bad luck, and encountered a work-related injury when he was in a hurry.

"Is it serious?"

"It's a bit heavy, and there was a gash on the face, bleeding out."

"You guys have so many things to do, you take him to the town to get bandaged on a motorcycle."

"well."

The young man hurriedly helped the black-faced worker get off the scaffolding and walked towards the camp.

Soon.

The roar of motorcycles from near to far.

Finally disappeared into the night.

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(End of this chapter)