Chapter 581: 581
He was single and a lazy guy not keen on working . He had done quite a bit of stealing . He believed people would buy the lamb meat that looked fresh . He would sell it to the restaurant in the village to cash in . He would be too stupid not to do it . He thought it would be a win-win situation .
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Yes, win-win!
This was the thought of this old bachelor .
Wang Yisheng was worried about the production of the team house . “Uncle Jianli, how come nothing has happened? I hope no one ate the lamb . ”
“How could you leave the sheep outside after it had ate the rat poison?” Wang Jianli was a bit angry . The poisoned sheep could kill someone .
Wang Yisheng looked at the ground while smoking . He didn’t know what to say . After all, it was his fault .
“Hey, we have surveillance camera in the village . Shall we take a look?” the village accountant suggested .
“Good idea,” Wang Yisheng said .
They played the video and saw a few cameras around Wang Yisheng’s house . After a short while, they saw the person who took the dead sheep .
“The old bachelor,” Wang Yisheng said .
The old bachelor was Chen Jiagui . He was in his 40s and had never been married . He was known to steal and knock on widows’ doors repeatedly . He was a typical scumbag .
“I’ll go speak to him,” Wang Yisheng said .
They were from the same village, so he knew the old bachelor well . Plus, the old bachelor was notorious .
Wang Yisheng could smell the lamb as soon as he arrived outside the old bachelor’s house .
He’s already cooked the lamb meat!
He knocked on the door, but no one answered .
Where has he gone?
Wang Yisheng climbed to the top of the wall and saw the bloody bones and sheep’s skin on the ground . However, he didn’t see anybody in the house .
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“Chen Jiagui,” he called out loudly .
No one answered .
“We old fellows are having a lovely day!” Chen Jiagui was riding an old bicycle and humming a happy tune on his way back from the village next door . He made $300 selling two lamb legs . He bought a box of wine and several bags of salted vegetables from the grocery shop .
He could stop eating for two days, but he couldn’t live without alcohol for a second .
I hope he is not gonna get sick after eating the lamb meat . Wang Yisheng happened to bump into Chen Jiagui on his way back .
Chen Jiagui was wearing shabby clothes and riding an old bicycle . He looked dirty . Wang Yisheng could smell alcohol on him from miles away .
“Chen Jiagui, where the hell have you been?” Wang Yisheng asked .
“It’s none of your business,” Chen Jiagui rudely said .
“Let me ask you, what did you do with the lamb meat?” Wang Yisheng asked .
“What lamb meat?” Chen Jiagui had been a scumbag for over 20 years and lied all the time .
“I saw on the CCTV footage that you took the dead sheep . Where did you get the money for alcohol? Did you sell the lamb?” Wang Yisheng asked .
He became angry as he thought about what Chen Jiagui had probably done . He stepped forward to grab Chen Jiagui’s collar .
“Which eye of yours witnessed me selling lamb?” Chen Jiagui asked .
What a scumbag! He is still denying what he did in front of evidence!
“Did you hear the broadcast?” Wang Yisheng asked .
“What broadcast?” Chen Jiagui asked .
“That sheep was sick . People could die after eating its meat,” Wang Yisheng said .
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He was still terrified by the mad sheep when he thought about it . A person who ate the mad sheep could potentially become mad and die .
“What are you talking about? Do you think I’m stupid? Sheep taking rat poison would vomit black blood,” Chen Jiagui said . At least, he was pretty sure about that . All the rats that were poisoned vomited black blood . The dead rats were everywhere in the village .
“Even if someone was dead, it wouldn’t have anything to do with me,” Chen Jiagui said .
“What the…” Wang Yisheng really wanted to beat Chan Jiagui up . However, he couldn’t do it . He couldn’t take the consequence of beating up the notorious scumbag in the village . Chen Jiagui would make a scene at his house every single day if he laid a finger on him . Chen Jiagui had nothing to lose as an old bachelor .
Everyone in the village knew he was an old bachelor . People tried to avoid him the best they could since he was like a sticky tape hard to get rid of . Therefore, no one wanted to argue with him .
“Who did you sell the lamb to?” Wang Yisheng asked .
“You guess,” Chen Jiagui said .
Wang Yisheng was so angry that he pushed Chen Jiagui onto the ground . “You will regret this one day!”
“Like I care,” Chen Jiagui said with contempt . He had heard these kinds of threat many times .
After Wang Yisheng arrived at home, he grabbed his motorcycle and went out again .
“Where are you going?” his wife shouted .
“Looking for the meat!” Wang Yisheng shouted back .
“What meat are you talking about?” his wife asked with confusion .
Wang Yisheng left without responding and immediately got on the road .
He had watched many detective dramas, so he began to deduce where to go . There were not many places selling lamb meat . Everyone in the village had heard the broadcast . Chen Jiagui wouldn’t be able to sell the lamb to people in this village, so he probably had sold it to one of the neighboring villages or a restaurant . Given that Chen Jiagui was a lazy guy whose only transport was an old bicycle, he wouldn’t have gone too far .
Wang Yisheng soon had his target: the restaurant in the next village next .
“Chan Jiagui? Yes, he’s been here to sell lamb . Is there any problem?” the restaurant owner asked .
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“That sheep ate rat poison,” Wang Yisheng said .
“What?” The owner was shocked . “Damn! I knew that scumbag wouldn’t sell me anything from a good source . I must be dumb to have believed him . The meat hasn’t been touched . ” He took out two lamb legs and a piece of lamb chop .
Since the meat looked very fresh and was the prime part of the sheep, he bought it from Chen Jiagui . He certainly didn’t expect something like would have happened . Fortunately Wang Yisheng came to him in time . Otherwise, horrible things would have happened if his customers had eaten the meat .
“It was your sheep?” the owner asked .
“Yes . It was dead, so I threw it away . Then, Chen Jiagui took it . The meat is poisoned,” Wang Yisheng said .
“That bastard,” the owner said . “Here you are . ”
Wang Yisheng took the lamb home and burned it . He then buried it behind his house .
“Chen Jiagui ate the meat?” Wang Yisheng’s wife asked with surprise .
“Yes, I’ve just been to his house . The lamb soup was still warm . ” Wang Yisheng became cranky when he mentioned Chen Jiagui .
“Do you think he’ll be alright?” his wife asked .
“I don’t care,” Wang Yisheng said .
“What are you talking about? If he dies, we would be responsible for his death,” his wife said .
“Who could tell that his problem was caused by the lamb? Plus, he cooked the meat, so I don’t think there will be an issue,” Wang Yilong said .
In a shabby courtyard of a house, which hadn’t had any maintenance for years, a man in his 40s was sitting at the corner of the courtyard . He looked dirty . He sat in front of a square broken table with two corners missing . In front of him was a bottle of wine, a bag of spicy sliced vegetable, and a bag of preserved vegetable .
“I have wine today! I get drunk… Ah… Pretty girl, please don’t go!” Chen Jiagui was humming a tune half drunk . “Ah-oh!”
He was lazy and absolutely useless . His mother died because she was so upset with him . None of his relatives wanted to have anything to do with him . He had been on his own all the time .
“Aye!” He sighed . He loosened his clothes, which he hadn’t washed for ages . His chest was exposed to the cold spring air .
Suddenly, he felt hot and dizzy .
A shadow of person appeared in front of him . She was humpbacked . Her face was full of wrinkles . Her hair was all white .
“Son, can you try to change yourself? I’ve gone . Find someone to look after you,” the shadow said .
“Seriously? You’ve been dead for years . You are still trying to educate me?” Chen Jiagui shook his hand since he didn’t give a damn .
He continued to drink his wine .
Di-Di-Da! The radio was suddenly turned on .
What is that?
Chen Zhou looked at the radio in his hand .
“Haha!” Chen Ying shook her head and smiled .
The old radio used to belong to the landlord of the house they rented . It looked ancient . Chen Zhou saw it the other day and suddenly wanted to fix it . He took a whole day repairing the radio, which eventually started to make sounds belonging to the stone age .
Creak! Creak!
Then, even the creak sound had gone .
“Nothing else?” Chen Zhou wondered .
“Alright, it’s an ancient object . All the parts of it are too old to be fixed,” Chen Ying said .
“I like listening to the radio . There are a big variety of programs on the radio . It’s better than TV,” Chen Zhou said .
“I can buy you one in the afternoon,” Chen Ying said .