You said you would tell fortunes, so you can catch ghosts and exterminate zombies easily?

"Why are you checking three generations of ancestors?"

"That's right, it's New Year's Day, are we still allowed to rest?"

Everyone was puzzled.

Hu Shiliang shook his head: "The higher-ups didn't specify the mission, but..."

He lowered his voice and motioned for everyone to come closer: "I heard that a while ago, a village in the mountains caught a dozen spies."

"Traitor?"

Seeing Hu Shiliang nod seriously, everyone immediately cooperated.

"Investigate, of course we must investigate. If you can't find out which bastard is the traitor, I'll beat him to death!"

"That's right, I'll dig up his ancestors' graves later!"

"That's right, that's right. His ancestors were crushed to ashes for giving birth to such a scum. He deserves it!"

Looking at everyone's indignation, Hu Shiliang laughed.

"We in Niuwei Village basically know each other's origins. Brother Su, your Su family has been here for not only three but ten generations. I'm just asking a few questions as a routine matter, and the focus is on the few families from outside."

"It just so happens that everyone is back home for the New Year, so it's easier to ask questions. So, the leaders above did take this into consideration when assigning tasks..."

Su Chen: "..."

It's really a waste of talent for Uncle Liang to be the village chief!

It just so happened that there were many people at the Su family at that time, so Hu Shiliang asked more than ten families in a row. After he finished the wine in the bowl, he stood up happily.

"Brother Su, I'll drink with you later. I still need to go to other places and ask more questions."

As soon as he left, the rest of the people also dispersed.

Zhao Xing was the last one to stay. After hesitating for a long time, he finally asked Su Chen.

"Xiao Nan and Xiao Bei, if we stay in the village, will we really have to be single? I'll save a lot of money..."

"Can't change."

The light in Zhao Xing's eyes suddenly dimmed and he lowered his head.

"I, I understand~"

After he left, Liu Chunhua sighed, "Other people want their children to join the army but they can't do anything about it, but he doesn't even want a stable job. Sigh~"

Su Chen didn't respond. In the short time that had passed, Honghong and the others had already finished eating. He helped to clear away the dishes and wash them.

Honghong came forward to grab it, but he stopped her: "Go play by yourself."

Liu Chunhua also wanted to come over to help, but he drove her away: "Mom, just sit down."

Old Man Su chuckled: "How can your mother be idle?"

"If you can't stay idle, I'll go to the city and buy a big TV. Mom, you just watch TV."

"How expensive would that be? No, no!" Liu Chunhua said this, but she couldn't stop smiling.

After washing the dishes, he boiled some hot water and asked the children to wash their faces, hands and feet. Only after he finished his work did Su Chen walk towards the end of the village.

He went to Su De's house.

As soon as he entered the house, he saw his fourth sister-in-law Aying drinking from a large bowl, and his 12-year-old niece Xiaoxue cleaning the stove next to her.

Su De was carving a small wooden figure with a carving knife. When he saw him coming, he quickly put down his work.

"Ah Chen? Why are you here so late?" He poured a bowl of hot water for Su Chen, "Are my parents... okay?"

"It's okay, it's okay," Su Chen laughed dryly, "Fourth brother, I came to borrow some tools from you."

"tool?"

"Well, I got a piece of peach wood some time ago. I thought I'd have some free time, so I could carve a peach wood sword."

Su De breathed a sigh of relief: "Hey, I thought...the basket contains everything, you can choose whatever you want."

"Okay, let me see if there's anything more suitable."

He picked out two chisels from the basket.

"Don't you want to pick more?"

"enough."

Su Chen glanced at the two rows of wooden figures beside him and said, "Fourth brother, I'm taking these little wooden figures with me too. Take a bag and put them in."

"Hey, eh, okay."

After counting the money, Su Chen gave it to Aying and walked out the door without waiting for Su De to stop him.

"Hey~" Su De scratched his head, "This guy slipped away too quickly. I just wanted to give him the money for the medicine~"

"I'll take it to my parents tomorrow. I don't think Achen will want to take it." Aying advised.

"It can only be the!"

Su Chen went back and took the chisel to work on the peach wood.

Initially, several children were curiously holding up their heads to look at it, but soon, Honghong and Apeng lost interest. Only Acai tilted his little head, opened his eyes wide, and looked at it carefully.

Seeing him like this, Su Chen handed him the small chisel and picked up a small piece of the chiseled peach wood: "Come here, Ah Cai, you try it too."

"Uh-huh."

The five or six-year-old child had very strong hands. He quickly learned from Su Chen how to chisel, and he did it quite well.

Liu Chunhua was frightened when she saw it at first, fearing that the chisel would cut the fingers of her precious grandson. It was only after watching for a while that she calmed down.

Old man Su was smiling happily.

He even boasted to Liu Chunhua: "Our Ah Cai has such a good temper. He can sit still. He will definitely be an excellent student in the future!"

"Then can I get into university?" Liu Chunhua suddenly became excited.

Old Man Su coughed lightly: "This... is a bit difficult, but with Ah Chen here, it will definitely not be a problem!"

"Yes, Ah Chen is here." Liu Chunhua laughed happily, "Our Su family is going to have a college student too!"

Su Chen wanted to laugh when he heard it, but he didn't refute it.

Before he knew it, it was 9 o'clock, and the peach wood sword in his hand gradually took on a rough outline. Among the scraps that were chiseled off, there were still a dozen pieces of peach wood that were as long as a palm and as thick as two fingers.

Then I looked at what Ah Cai was holding...

Su Chen couldn't help laughing.

He scratched Ah Cai's nose and said, "Ah Cai, what are you planning to carve? A turtle?"

"Dad, it's flowers!" the little guy emphasized.

"Ah, that was Dad's mistake. Look again, oh, this is the stem under the flower?"

"Hmm."

"Acai is awesome, but Daddy needs to rest. Can Acai take a break too?"

The little guy then obediently put down the chisel, helped Su Chen quickly clean up the sawdust on the ground, took off his clothes and went to bed.

The lights in the Su family's house soon dimmed. In the eastern suburbs of Cuicheng, Zhong Hongqi also walked out of the bright room into the dark night.

It’s almost time!

Half an hour left!

He suppressed his excitement, patted his pocket, felt the familiar bulge inside, and knew that his eighty-dollar capital was still safe. He raised the corner of his mouth and walked towards the nearest casino.

He walked hurriedly.

The master said that this unexpected fortune only comes within the three words before and after. You can go early, lose a little 10 yuan to pretend, then win later and sneak away...

When we escape here, we will take off our leather jackets and hide them in the cracks in the wall.

It's a cold night, and there aren't many people on the street. No one will come to take it away. It should be safe. I'll come back and get it later...

Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly a sharp brake sound rang in Zhong Hongqi's ears.

He was stunned and heard screams.

"Ouch, don't, don't run, don't run..."

Out of curiosity, he walked out of the alley and saw a tricycle overturned on the road, and another small car backed up and then sped away.

"Hey, you hit someone and you're still running, don't run!"

He had just run two steps when he suddenly stopped and turned around, and saw a person he was very familiar with under the tricycle.

Under the gray cotton coat, the short gray hair was stained with blood.

"Mom? Mom, why are you…"

After taking two steps forward, Zhong Hongqi stopped.

No, you can't go!

Once we get there, we have to send my mother to the hospital. Going to the hospital not only costs money, not to mention whether the 80 yuan is enough, but also the time... She will definitely not be back in half an hour.

Mom’s injury...she can still scream, so it shouldn’t be a big problem, right?

Wait an hour, just one hour, I'll be back right away!

Gritting his teeth, Zhong Hongqi turned around abruptly, running quickly at first and then quickly running away.

The old man who was crushed under the tricycle was stunned.

"Xiao Qi..." The light in her eyes dimmed.

Then he started coughing violently.