amaotonovel Chapter 230: He looks like he came from the military.
Chapter 230: He looks like he came from the military.
Things seemed to be going smoothly. Although Li Guofu was hiding in a relatively well-hidden place, it wasn't as well-hidden as one might have imagined.
For some reason, Su Niannian felt that the investigation into this matter had been conducted too easily.
A hidden cellar, a stove that is not in use.
"I feel that the current clues are a bit too superficial."
"It feels like it would be discovered with just a little searching. If that's all there is to it, isn't Li Guofu hiding things a bit too carelessly?"
"The cellar and the stove don't seem as well hidden as the gravel area behind the mountain," Su Niannian continued, still doubtful.
“The most dangerous place is also the safest place. Perhaps Li Guofu thinks that this is enough for him as the village chief,” Gu Nan said after thinking for a moment.
However, Gu Nan still thought about Su Niannian's words more.
“It’s also possible… there aren’t any artifacts in those two places, they’re just smokescreens, who knows?” Gu Nan thought for a moment and then added.
Su Niannian nodded.
"You said that last night, besides Li Guofu's two men, who weren't from the village, could they be the ones who directly traded with Li Guofu?"
"Could we find anything out from these two people?" Su Niannian asked again.
Upon hearing Su Niannian's words, Gu Nan began to carefully recall the appearances of those two people.
Although they weren't from the village and this was the first time Gu Nan had met them, he was confident that he would recognize them if he saw them again.
"It's hard to determine the identities of those two people..." Gu Nan didn't know who those two people were.
The only clues we have so far are the stove in village chief Li Guofu's house and the hidden cellar in the main room.
Su Niannian yawned at this moment.
"Are you tired? Get some rest." Seeing this, Gu Nan let go of Su Niannian's arms and let her lie down properly.
"Early?" Su Niannian rolled her eyes. It was nowhere to be early.
Gu Nan gave an awkward laugh, extinguished the candle, and lay down next to Su Niannian.
He wrapped his arms around Su Niannian's waist.
Su Niannian lay in Gu Nan's arms, drifting off to sleep to the faint chirping of insects and birds that occasionally drifted in from outside the window.
The next morning, when Su Niannian woke up, Gu Nan was no longer on the kang (a heated brick bed).
There was still a glass of warm water next to the table.
The water was at just the right temperature for drinking. Su Niannian smiled and drank half a cup of water before getting off the kang (heated brick bed) and putting on her shoes.
Outside, Gu Nan and his mother had already prepared dinner.
When Gu's mother saw Su Niannian come out, she quickly invited Su Niannian to come and eat.
Su Niannian smiled and went to eat.
The couple had originally planned to go to work today, but because of yesterday's discovery, Gu Nan decided to take Su Niannian to the county town again.
So after breakfast, Gu Nan took Su Niannian to the county town.
Although Gu's mother felt that it wasn't good for the young couple to frequently take leave from work after getting married, both of them were reliable people and naturally had some plans in mind, so she didn't say anything.
I let the young couple go out without worry.
Su Niannian still carried an empty basket on her back, and Gu Nan rode his bicycle with Su Niannian on the back.
On the way, Su Niannian joked that she had bought too many bicycles, but Gu Nan just smiled.
On the back seat of Gu Nan's bicycle, there is a cotton pad that Gu Nan sewed by hand.
Su Niannian had noticed it before; judging from the stitches, it must have been sewn by Gu Nan himself, as they were somewhat crooked.
Despite this, Su Niannian was still very happy.
Her dog of a man, worried that she would be uncomfortable riding the bicycle, sewed a cotton pad for her himself.
Whether she looks good or not doesn't matter; what matters is that her man loves her.
Su Niannian hugged Gu Nan's waist with both hands and laughed happily on the back of the bicycle.
The soft morning sunlight fell on Su Niannian and Gu Nan, creating a beautiful picture.
"Little Su, are you going to the county town again?" An aunt who was on her way to work greeted Su Niannian.
"Yes, there's something going on in the county town, I need to go there," Su Niannian replied with a smile.
In fact, the older women in these villages all suspected that Su Niannian's frequent trips to the county town were not just for shopping.
After all, Su Niannian is a capable person with excellent medical skills. Perhaps every time she goes to the county town, she is there to practice medicine and make money.
There were requirements for practicing medicine in those days, so these older women wouldn't ask questions they shouldn't.
We only discuss it occasionally in private.
When the two passed by the village entrance, they saw Grandpa Jiang and greeted him, exchanging a few pleasantries.
Gu Nan rode his bicycle with Su Niannian on his back, and soon left Kaoshan Village, heading towards the county town.
When they arrived at Baicaotang, Zhou Qishan was nowhere to be seen.
Su Niannian smiled and went to the counter to ask a little girl.
"He's in the backyard, I'll call him for you." After the girl replied, she lifted the curtain and went to the backyard to find Zhou Qishan.
Su Niannian and Gu Nan were inside Baicaotang.
A little while later, the little girl returned. "You can go inside now. He said he's waiting for you in the backyard."
The little girl said something to Su Niannian, who thanked her and then pulled Gu Nan to the backyard.
As soon as they arrived in the backyard, Zhou Qishan came to greet them.
"We'll talk inside." Zhou Qishan led the two directly into a side hall.
In the side hall, there were two other men, one about the same age as Zhou Qishan, around forty years old, and the other slightly younger, around thirty years old.
Neither of them were wearing military uniforms, but the aura they exuded gave off the feeling of someone who had come from the military.
They are completely incomparable to someone like Zhou Qishan, who is very good at hiding his true nature.
Although Su Niannian didn't know how long Zhou Qishan had been away from the army, there was no trace of a soldier in Zhou Qishan.
He looked like an ordinary pharmacy doctor in his forties.
"Let me introduce you. This is Gu Nan, and this is his lover, Su Niannian." After Zhou Qishan brought Gu Nan and Su Niannian in, he introduced them to the two people in the side hall.
"These two... I can't tell you their specific identities right now, but they're in a similar situation to me; they were also placed in Long County by Chief Lu."
"This is Lao Wu, and this is Xiao Feng."
Although Zhou Qishan's words were somewhat vague on the surface, they did clarify the identities of the two men.
"Let's get straight to the point. I've already heard what you know from Lao Zhou. I was planning to go to Kaoshan Village to investigate today anyway. Did you make any new discoveries since you came so early?" Lao Wu asked directly.
It's clear he's a straightforward person.
Gu Nan looked at Zhou Qishan, who nodded, indicating that he could speak directly.