Chapter 135 Troubled Times
Smoothly opened the wallet and prepared to clip the exposed piece of paper back into place.
But after opening it, Suning's fingertips paused slightly, and her pupils dilated in disbelief: This...is she?
It turns out that this is a sketch. After several folds, the size still exceeds the edge of a wallet.
The scene in the painting should be the day they just set off from the ancient city and took the bus to Shanghai.
The problem is, in the painting, she is clinging to someone’s shoulder after falling asleep. Well, this is a fact that cannot be denied.
But there is no need to include that suspicious water stain, right? !
For a moment, she didn't know how to describe this complicated mood.
There was an embarrassment that made me laugh or cry, a shame that made me want to hit him, and a panic that I couldn't control my heartbeat.
Holding the piece of paper, I was lost in thought until I suddenly heard the ringing of the bell.
"Ring, ring, ring~"
Quickly folded the paper along the traces and put it back into the folder in the wallet. Suning took a deep breath and regained his usual calmness, and took the receiver handed over by the correspondent.
"Grandpa Fu?"
"Ai Ning girl, take a note and write it down, I will read it to you now."
"Okay, wait."
I borrowed a pen and paper from the correspondent and wrote down the number Grandpa Fu read out. They checked once and made no mistake, then explained a few words to him and hung up the phone first.
"Excuse me, comrade, please dial the number above again. Thank you."
When the receiver returned to her hand again, this time there was something distorted from the other end that seemed familiar and yet unfamiliar. sound.
"Hey, this is Zhao Qian, who are you?"
"Grandpa Zhao, I am Suning."
Zhao Qian on the other end of the phone paused in surprise, but immediately reacted, "Girl Ning? Hahaha, why did you girl suddenly think of calling me?"
"Grandpa Zhao, I am I have nothing to do but come to the Three Treasures Palace. I have something urgent to ask for your help.”
Zhao Qian stopped the smile on his face and asked seriously, “What happened, Ning?” ”
Because someone is here, I can’t explain this matter clearly on the phone.
As soon as my mind turned around, I immediately thought of a good idea.
"Grandpa Zhao, have you touched the textbooks again after you retired?"
At first, Zhao Qian was still a little confused. Why did this urgent matter refer to the analysis of Zizhi Tongjian?
Until the questions she asked became more and more weird, they were all arranged horizontally and vertically.
The mature Zhao Qian immediately noticed the code in her words, and he felt happy: this weird temperament is exactly the same as that of his old friend.
As expected of grandson and grandson!
After he silently connected all the key words she mentioned in his mind, he finally understood what she was asking for.
The matter about the Yan family was brought up by the eldest son when he came back last night.
How could Suning, who was far away in southern Hunan, know about this and have contact with the Yan family in Shanghai?
Looking at Shang Xin’s appearance, the friendship seems to be quite deep.
After hanging up the phone and chatting with the people at the street office, Zhao Qian walked out of the door with his hands behind his back full of worries.
The Yan family is like a hot potato now. Everyone wants to take a bite, but they are afraid of burning their mouths and hurting their hands.
But it’s not a difficult task like fishing it out, it’s just a matter of disturbing the muddy water and taking the opportunity to intervene...
Zhao Qian nodded secretly and had some thoughts in his mind, instead of returning home, he turned around. The direction went to the ZF building where my son worked.
......
After hanging up the call with Grandpa Zhao, Suning did not end the call but continued to make two more calls.
What needs to be done is done, and the result can only be waited for.
After paying a lot of phone bills, I walked out of the post office and saw the person who still maintained the same posture as before, waiting for me quietly.
"Yan Bei..."
"Are you ready?"
"Yes."
Returned the wallet to him and said something about money When she returned, Suning looked straight at the ground.
After being silent for a while, when he was about to speak, he raised his head and said softly, "Yan Bei, something seems to have happened to the Yan family."
"Huh?"
"You should still remember that I mentioned the three brothers I helped when I was in the Shanghai Stock Exchange. They now live in my grandma's little red building and help me with simple purchases and exchanges. Today is the day to remit money to them. News That's what he just told me."
After a pause, Suning tried his best to explain in the shortest possible terms, "It has been widely spread in Shanghai. I guess you and Fu Jiaming will receive it when you go back. Home phone.”
"You wait for me, I'll make a call."
"Okay." Yan Bei's face showed a rare panic. He ignored the sound of the bicycle falling to the ground and took a few long steps. Rushed into the post office.
I silently held up the 28-inch bar with its tires rolling, but I was thinking in my heart that since something happened to the Yan family, no one in the family should be able to contact them.
But this matter has indeed spread in Shanghai today, so no matter who he calls, he can get accurate information.
……
Shanghai City, Xinyuan Street.
After Xiao Qiao hung up the phone, he ignored the words of concern from Director Liu, who had always been nice to him, and rushed out, disappearing in a flash.
"Hey, why is this kid running so fast when there is something behind him?!"
"It's probably something urgent. I just heard him calling Sister Ning. Director, do you think it will be..." That Comrade Su? ”
"It's your business again, talk too much, go do your work, you are not allowed to get off work until you finish today!"
"Ah!"
The panting Xiao Qiao ran back Xiaohonglou didn't bother to rest for a while, and climbed the stairs straight to his bedroom without stopping.
Drag the big box containing the Little Red Book and Xinhua Dictionary, as well as elementary and junior high school textbooks that Suning bought for him before leaving, from under the desk.
Move the top red book away, take out the Xinhua Dictionary, and piece it together one by one according to the code words she said at that time.
"The Yan family?"
Xiao Qiao and his three brothers have been making a living in the market all year round, so they naturally know some heretical sources of information.
In order to better help Suning, Xiao Qiao even dealt with those people and managed to become familiar with them, spreading a lot of benefits.
Of course the rewards are good. They are willing to pass on any information that needs to be exchanged or if there is any important news.
He really doesn’t know about the Yan family’s affairs since he hasn’t been hanging around in the past two days.
"A Feng, Xiaotong!"
"Brother Qiao?" "Brother Qiao, here I come!"
Hearing the shout, the two people who were busy in the kitchen quickly put down their hands. The things in the room rushed upstairs while responding to the sound.
When I went upstairs, I found Xiao Qiao standing by the window with a serious face, and the two brothers trembled immediately.
They... don't seem to have done anything bad, right?
"What's the matter?"
"Afeng, take the money to find Brother Ming and the others to inquire about the Yan family. After inquiring, come back immediately without delay. Do you hear me?"< br>
"Okay, I'll go right away!"
Tang Feng didn't ask why, took the money he handed over, turned around and trotted downstairs.
"Xiaotong, go check how much money Sister Ning still has left, and by the way, put the gold in the exchanged items separately."
"Oh, good brother Qiao, let me count."
After the two of them left, Xiao Qiao returned to the room and changed into a set of tattered clothes, and then smeared the upper layer all over his face and hands. Thick black ash.
Don’t stop until you can no longer see the original appearance.
After he finished cleaning up, Yan Tong also completed the things he assigned.
"Brother Qiao, after exchanging the items from the past two days, there are still more than 600 yuan left. The gold is all in this small box."
"Be good, Brother Xiaotong. If you want to go out, you should wait for Feng at home. When he comes back, you two should not go out and wait for me to come back. Do you understand? "
"I remember"
Look at him. Yan Tong knew it was an emergency, so he nodded obediently and agreed.
After touching his head, Xiao Qiao stuffed the money and gold into a patched cloth pocket, carefully placed it close to his body, and quickly went downstairs and left the house.
Although I don’t know why Sister Ning said she wanted to give these things to the Yan family at that location, she had to do it so that no one would notice.
However, their livelihood, home, and hope for the future were all given by Sister Ning. Even if he heard from her words that this was not an easy matter, even if there was danger, he would still do it without hesitation.
……
Shanghai City, Military Region Compound.
Except for Mr. Yan, his wife and Yan Bei who was far away in southern Hunan, their two sons, daughter-in-law and several grandchildren were all escorted to the JC Hospital as quickly as possible.
There was not even a hint of news or trace in advance.
The group hiding in the dark really took the word "quick, accurate and ruthless" to the limit this time.
Looking at the surrounded yard, Mr. Yan patted his wife's hand comfortingly, "Old lady, I'm afraid you will suffer with me as you grow old."
Abusing power for personal gain, overseas relations, collaborating with the enemy and treason? !
Those letters, those account books... I want to kill everyone in the Yan family.