Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 120: Inquire about information
"Let's not talk about that, Yongyang. No one here will care about you dealing in all that crap in the ghost market.

I'm asking you something, think it over carefully before answering me."

"Ask me, ask me, and I will cooperate with you."

"Have you, or any of your brothers, ever helped someone pass something to another person, no matter what it was?"

"Help someone pass something to someone else?"

Zhu Yongyang muttered this sentence to himself again, then stood in the fence, rolling his eyes and trying hard to recall.

After a long while, he shook his head hesitantly: "Dacheng, I don't think I've heard of such a thing."

"Let me ask you another way. Do you know if anyone is selling strange things in the ghost market? For example, someone is selling special tickets for a large item in the ghost market. The price is reasonable, but they don't sell them individually, but several at a time. Whoever wants them must take them all."

This question made Zhu Yongyang feel even more confused. Who would sell such a large item with a special ticket like this? It would be impossible to sell it at all.

Ok?
Suddenly, his expression changed slightly.

Seeing his expression change, Li Yancheng's eyes lit up.

"Dacheng, I thought of something rather strange, but... that person didn't sell special tickets for large items."

"What are you selling?"

"I heard about it, too. I didn't see the person, and he wasn't in the east of the city, but in the market near Xiaohongmen in Yangchao District. It was said that there was a person there selling national food coupons, 100 kilograms, not just individual ones."

One hundred catties! And it’s the national food coupons!
Li Yancheng's eyes widened when he heard this.

If it was the local food coupons, it could still be considered normal, but the national food coupons, my goodness, this is crazy, he is afraid that others don't know about it.

"Do you know who that person is?"

"I don't know. My men..." Zhu Yongyang stopped here, looking hesitant, as if he didn't want to betray his brothers.

"Why? Did one of your brothers sell it?"

"No, no, it's really not." Zhu Yongyang hurriedly shook his head to deny it.

"Yes... I heard it from one of my brothers. He often hangs out at the Xiaohongmen Market and lives nearby. His name is... Zhang Jiufu, and we all call him Xiaojiu. If you want to find him, go to Xiaohongmen and ask for Xiaojiu. Almost everyone there knows him.

Dacheng, my brother is young and a poor kid. Apart from helping me sell some things to earn some hard-earned money, he has never done anything illegal or criminal. "

"Whether he has done anything illegal is for the police to investigate. We don't care. We just want to know who sold those food coupons and when did it happen?"

"It was in late March or early April this year."

"Okay." Li Yancheng nodded. "Yongyang, do you know any other weird things that happened in the market, similar to what happened just now?"

"I really have no impression of the others. People who make a living in the market usually don't do things in such a high-profile manner..."

The questioning continued, and it was getting dark outside.

Today was the first time that Li Yancheng took the initiative to work overtime. Sometimes, some things develop like that, not because of whether you want to or not, but because of how you develop consciously or unconsciously.

……

It was almost eight o'clock in the evening, at the gate of No. 20 Meishan East Hutong, a group of people were sitting here chatting and laughing, talking about mountains.

Suddenly someone shouted loudly not far to the east of "Zhi Hai".

"Hey"

Jin Zhihai, who was happily chatting with the neighbors, turned his head and responded, then he saw someone at the gate of No. 19 Courtyard on the east side waving at him, then pointing in this direction and saying something to the people next to him.

Hmm? Is this someone looking for you?

Jin Zhihai stood up and looked towards the east. Huh? It was Xiao Yuan? He seemed to be accompanied by two young men and women who looked less than 20 years old.

What is he here for?
With a lot of questions in his mind, Jin Zhihai walked over.

"Xiao Yuan"

"Hey, Zhihai."

"You came here specifically to see me?"

"I have something to ask you."

"Okay, let's talk in our yard. It's too noisy outside. Who are these two..."

"Oh, Xiaomin, Xiaoting, just call Zhihai Brother." Xiao Yuan turned around and said to the young man and woman following behind him.

"Brother Zhihai, sorry to bother you." The two greeted Jin Zhihai a little stiffly.

"Ah, you're welcome, you're welcome."

Jin Zhihai nodded with some doubt and looked at Xiao Yuan waiting for his introduction.

"Zhi Hai, let me introduce them to you. They are Yongyang's younger brother and sister, Xiaomin and Xiaoting. Do you remember Yongyang? Zhu Yongyang, Old Zhu."

"Old Zhu?" Jin Zhihai was stunned. He thought carefully for a while before nodding his head in sudden realization: "Oh, oh, oh, I remember now. We were classmates in the first grade of junior high school."

"Yes, that's him."

Although he was a little surprised as to why Xiao Yuan brought someone else's sister to see him, Jin Zhihai still invited the three of them to go into the yard and talk.

He had an impression of Zhu Yongyang, but he hadn't seen him for a long time. He only heard that this guy was doing pretty well now, the kind of person who didn't make big mistakes but made small ones all the time, and was a frequent visitor to the police station.

But no matter how you put it, these years have not been easy for this guy. As a child, he has to raise a pair of younger brothers and sisters by himself.

There was no one in the yard now, everyone was outside. Leading the three of them to the backyard, Jin Zhihai turned on the light at his door, went into the house, moved out stools, and invited them to sit in the yard.

"Xiao Yuan, what's the matter with you guys coming here today?"

After asking the three to sit down, Jin Zhihai asked curiously.

"There's something I want to ask you."

As Xiao Yuan spoke, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and gave it to Jin Zhihai first, then lit one for him before continuing.

"It's like this, Zhihai. Yesterday morning, Lao Zhu was sleeping at home when he was taken away by your police. He hasn't returned since.

They were not at home at the time, and when they came back and heard what the neighbors said, they didn't take it seriously. I'm sure you know that Lao Zhu was often called away by the local police station for questioning because he was messing around with things.

But after a night there was still no movement, so they became anxious and went to the police station to ask, only to find out that the person was not taken away by the police station.

They went to the branch to inquire about it, but they didn’t know about it either. They became even more anxious. They came to our factory to find me in the afternoon and asked me to help them find out. I remember you have been transferred to the Municipal Bureau. I don’t know…”

So that’s why!
Jin Zhihai turned and looked at Zhu Yongyang's twin brother and sister.

The two men were looking at him nervously, wanting to know about their brother from him, but were afraid of hearing bad news.

"If they took someone away, they would definitely leave some traces. Didn't those people tell your neighbors anything?" "Brother Zhihai, our neighbor said that the people who took my brother away said something like the Municipal Bureau protecting the Third Division, but he didn't hear it clearly at the time."

"Protecting the Third Office?"

Jin Zhihai raised his eyebrows and his expression became strange.

Apart from the Third Security Department, he couldn't think of any other department that would be related to these three words.

But defending three places...

Hiss, what did Zhu Yongyang do? Why was he taken away by this department?

Jin Zhihai grinned unconsciously.

This action was seen by Xiao Yuan, who asked curiously: "Zhi Hai, do you know what the three places are?"

"I know." Jin Zhihai did not hide it and nodded directly: "Security Department 3 is at..."

Before he could finish his words, his sister's bell-like laughter came from the front yard.

"Hahahaha...Brother Dacheng, please let me down. I'm being shaken to death."

"You like sitting, then sit as much as you want."

"Ahahahaha... Dacheng, I'm about to fall. I don't want to sit here anymore. I don't want to sit here anymore."

Following Jin Wen Ning's scream, Li Yancheng's figure had appeared at the second door. Jin Zhihai happened to be facing that side. He looked up and immediately shook his head with a helpless look.

Xiao Yuan and the two older children also turned their heads to look over at this time.

I saw a tall figure stopped at the second gate. It was not that he didn't want to move, but that he couldn't move forward because he was carrying the bicycle on his shoulders. This was not a big deal. The key point was that there was a person sitting on the back seat of the bicycle. It was Jin Wenning, who was laughing so hard that his whole body was shaking.

Sitting so high, little Ningning was afraid of falling down, so she could only lean forward and hold the bicycle seat tightly.

Seeing Jin Zhihai's guests in the yard, Li Yancheng stopped making trouble with Ningning. He carefully lowered the car, then picked Ningning up from the back seat with one hand and let her stand on the ground.

"Stop making trouble, Ningning. Your brother has guests."

"have a guest?"

Little Ningning, who had kept her eyes closed and dared not open them, heard that there was a guest. She poked her head out from behind Li Yancheng and looked into the yard. She saw that there was indeed a guest sitting in the yard and looking over here. She smiled and stuck out her tongue, then turned around and ran out again.

Seeing her run away, Li Yancheng picked up the car again, stepped over the threshold of the second door and walked into the backyard.

After entering the yard, he took a closer look at Jin Zhihai's guests.

"Xiao Yuan?"

"Yancheng, you just got off work."

When he saw Li Yancheng, the smile on Xiao Yuan's face seemed so unnatural.

"Ah, I just got off work. Sit down, please. Don't stand."

Li Yancheng glanced at the young couple and didn't care. He pushed the cart and was about to walk towards his home. At this moment, Jin Zhihai spoke.

"Hey, Xiao Yuan, aren't you talking about the Security Department 3? Dacheng is working there now. Ask him if he knows anything about this department. I really don't know much about it."

Jin Zhihai's words made Li Yancheng stop and look at Xiao Yuan with surprise, wondering why he came to the Security Department 3.

Xiao Yuan was even more surprised. Looking at his expression, he felt like his jaw almost dropped to the ground.

"Yan... Doesn't Yan Cheng work in the hospital?"

"Ah, I'm a doctor. I'm just temporarily seconded to work in the health room of Security Department 3. What's the matter, Xiao Yuan? Why are you asking about Security Department 3?"

Li Yancheng nodded and glanced at the young man and woman again. He felt that Xiao Yuan's visit to Jin Zhihai today to inquire about the Third Security Department should be related to these two people.

As he spoke, he turned around and pushed the bicycle to the door of his house, propped it up under the steps and placed it there. Then he reached out and picked up a small bench at the door, walked over and sat next to Jin Zhihai.

"That's just right, that's just right, Yan Cheng, I want to ask you something, see if you know it."

Xiao Yuan smiled and took out a cigarette and gave it to Li Yancheng, then struck a match to light it.

"I don't know what it is. It's only my second day there."

"Yancheng, do you still remember Zhu Yongyang? He was our classmate in the first grade of junior high school. His family lived in Dongsi. He dropped out of school before finishing the first grade of junior high school. His nickname was Lao Zhu."

Li Yancheng's heart started beating fast when he heard the name. He glanced at the young couple calmly. Oh, these must be Zhu Yongyang's twin brother and sister.

"Remember, he's with us right now. I just talked to him for a while."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Yuan and the two older children breathed a sigh of relief.

Jin Zhihai turned his head and looked at Li Yancheng in surprise, as if he was curious about why he said it so directly.

But he soon realized that Zhu Yongyang should be fine.

"Big...Big brother, my brother...my brother..."

Since yesterday, I finally heard the news about my brother. Zhu Yongyang's younger brother was so excited that he couldn't speak clearly.

"Brother, is my brother okay? When can he come home?" The younger sister felt much better. Although she was also very excited, at least she could express herself clearly.

"There is a case that requires your brother's cooperation. Apart from not being able to leave our place, he is doing fine. It is not certain when he will be able to return, but it should be soon. Don't worry, your brother's problem is not serious."

Li Yancheng didn't say that he would be able to go back tomorrow, so that's not certain.

He had just told Su Xiaotong the news he got from Zhu Yongyang, and had sent someone to find Xiaojiu overnight to verify the situation.

If we don't find the person, we'll probably have to ask him to cooperate in the search, and it's hard to say when he can go back.

Even though they were a little disappointed as they were not sure when their brother would be able to come home, it was always good to have news. Zhu Yongyang's younger brother and sister politely thanked Li Yancheng.

What made Li Yancheng most curious was why the two of them were able to find Xiao Yuan. Their homes were not close to each other, and Xiao Yuan only came back on New Year's Day this year and had not been in Beijing for several years.

"Xiao Yuan, are you familiar with Zhu Yongyang? You've been hanging out with him all the time?"

"We didn't...we didn't get to know each other all the time. It was only after I came back this year that we got in touch."

Speaking of this, Xiao Yuan felt a little embarrassed, as if he didn't know where to start. He lit another cigarette for himself in silence, then continued speaking through gritted teeth.

"The specific situation is this. I didn't work when I first came back and was short of money, so I went to the market every night to see if I could make some money. I ran into Lao Zhu in the market, and that's how we got in touch. Since we were classmates, we kept in close contact."

Mixed market?
Li Yancheng was not interested in whether he was rich or poor. It was all his own fault. He didn't keep a good eye on his belt and brought disaster upon himself.

But he became interested in the market.

(End of this chapter)