Beautiful beauties in the 80s courtyard

Chapter 47 Thirty-six dollars and eighty-nine cents

Qin Hengzhi glanced at Lu Qiaoge calmly, then said in a deep voice, "Although the families whose chickens and ducks were stolen are somewhat scattered, you see..."

Qin Hengzhi raised his hand and pointed at the families they had just mentioned one by one.

Then he pointed to the alley directly ahead and said, "Whether you're alone or with a group, as long as you run into this alley, you'll basically disappear."

Lu Qiaoge looked at Qin Hengzhi with some surprise.

After entering this alley, go through the innermost house with gates on both the north and south sides. That is the house of Chen Xiangqian that Gray Pigeon mentioned.

Qin Hengzhi is really smart.

She got the information from Gray Pigeon and took a shortcut, but Qin Hengzhi analyzed it himself.

Li Gongan nodded and said, "That's right. We just went to check it out. Although the footprints are messy, as long as they run into the alley, no one can catch them."

That alley has so many twists and turns that it's confusing to look at.

Qin Hengzhi added, "There must be a house in this alley with both front and back doors. That door should be on the other side. Exiting from the north gate is likely to lead to the area where the stolen goods are hidden..."

Jiangcheng is a northern city. Originally, it was sparsely populated. More than a hundred years ago, after people came here to reclaim wasteland and settled down, an irregular street layout gradually formed.

After the railway was built, roads and buildings followed the railway. When viewed from the air, they are radial. Except for the new tube-shaped buildings built after the founding of the People's Republic of China, which are standard south-facing, the old houses are facing all directions.

Qin Hengzhi was right. Going out of the north gate is a road leading to East 41st.

At this time, Qin Hengzhi had already gone to catch up with the team.

For some reason, Qin Hengzhi had a hunch that with Lu Qiaoge around, they should be able to find the hiding place accurately.

This case of stolen chickens and ducks will be solved smoothly!

This is indeed the case.

Lu Qiaoge stood by the wall, pointing at the chicken feathers stuck to it. "Look here, the bag must have been loose, and the chicken escaped. But after retrieving the bag, the thief didn't pay much attention. Last night's heavy rain washed away all the footprints, whether human or chicken. But that's not the case. Many things, once done, will definitely leave traces."

Li Gongan nodded in agreement and praised Lu Qiaoge: "Comrade Lu's observation is very detailed, very good."

He also wanted to say that he was a good candidate for criminal investigation, but now...

It's useless to say it.

Soon, several people arrived at the area where Chen Xiangqian lived.

Although Lu Qiage didn't know which house his family lived in, Gray Pigeon just told her that Chen Xiangqian's house was at the northernmost end, next to the wall, and there was a cherry tree in the yard.

This season is the time when cherries in the north are ripe. Lu Qiaoge was distracted and thought that he should go to Guzitun for a walk.

She remembered that many homes in Guzitun had cherry trees.

The clues seem to disappear here.

The terrain in this area is relatively high, and any traces would have been washed away by the rain.

Lu Qiaoge pointed at the Chen family's yard and said, "Look at that cherry tree. Is there a piece of chicken feathers on it?"

Li Gongan narrowed his eyes and wondered how Comrade Lu could see it from such a distance.

This eyesight is too good.

Shao Le took a few steps forward and said boldly, "Is there anyone? Is it okay to knock on the door and find out the situation?"

There must be no problem. I have asked several households along the way.

They all said they didn't hear any strange noises last night, nor did they see any strange people in the morning.

So, the group walked towards Chen Xiangqian's house.

Just then, the door of Chen's house opened and two young men came out arm in arm.

They didn't react much when they saw Director Liu and Shao Le, but when they saw Li Gongan, they screamed in fear and ran into the yard and the other ran to the east side of the road in panic.

There is no need to ask this question. Anyone who turns around and runs away when seeing the police must be guilty.

Officer Liu was a retired soldier. He must be quite skilled to be working at the police station. He darted forward and grabbed the young man running east. Li Gongan kicked open the closed courtyard door and said to Lu Qiaoge, "Go call Zhu Gongan and the others."

Lu Qiaoge didn't show off her strength. She just took a glance and felt relieved.

Without the desperate criminals, Li Gongan and his men would not be in danger. Moreover, Li Gongan had a gun, and when he showed his black weapon, the dozen or so hooligans squatted down in panic, holding their heads.

Shao Le's face flushed with excitement. He stood beside Secretary Liu and shouted in a domineering manner, "Don't move!"

Lu Qiaoge quickly called over the other two police officers who were still investigating on the scene.

Then more than a hundred chickens and ducks were found in the Chen family’s cellar.

These people were even more timid than Lu Qiaoge thought, and didn't dare to eat a single bite.

Lu Qiaoge analyzed that since they didn’t dare to eat it, they probably wanted to sell it on the black market.

She should find a chance to take a look at the legendary black market.

After all, this is also within her scope of responsibility.

Now that the matter here has been resolved, Secretary Liu will go to the police station, and she and Shao Le will naturally return to the unit.

By the way, I would like to inform residents that they can now go to the police station to claim their lost chickens and ducks.

The residents were happy, but some also complained. This piece of bungalow was large enough to raise three or five chickens and ducks to improve their lives.

The old man who raises hens at home said that after being frightened like this, the hens might not lay eggs.

These bastards should all go back to the countryside and farm, and stop causing trouble in the city.

That's fine.

But now there are more than a thousand registered unemployed young people. Even in this era, the employment situation is very grim.

There is basically no solution to this problem unless we expand employment opportunities.

The morning's work was completed successfully, but after Lu Qiaoge and Shao Le arrived at the unit, they were unable to report on their work.

It was almost time to get off work, and the street officials who had gone down to conduct a thorough investigation had all returned, and several members of the neighborhood committee had also come to report to the director.

There are more people than usual.

But at this time, everyone was not in the office but gathered in the yard.

A woman in her thirties with tear-stained face stood in front of a man of about her age but with a gloomy face, shouting hysterically.

"Thirty-six yuan and eighty-nine cents, eighteen kilograms of grain coupons, one kilogram of meat coupons, Ding Zichuan, you not only beat me but also scolded me for a month. I swear to you that I didn't see this salary. You didn't give it to me at all, let alone a single cent to my mother. On the contrary, my mother gave me ten yuan when she knew that her salary was lost that month. But you came to my house and made a big fuss, saying that my mother spent your salary and that the wool comes from the sheep. My mother was in poor health to begin with, and you made her bedridden because of me. And yet you, Ding Zichuan, told others that my mother fell ill because of guilt, because she felt guilty about you..."

Lu Qiaoge immediately understood that the owner of the money and food coupons hidden in the book How the Steel Was Tempered had come back.

Logically speaking, one should be happy when something is lost and then found again.

But what is going on?
(End of this chapter)