Caesar said: "We were sent by the New York General Office, because I heard that the official registration in Queens is always poorly implemented, and the relief funds have not fallen into the hands of the residents at all."
"The General Office felt that this matter was a bit strange, so we asked the two of us to go deep into the bottom to make some statistics and investigate the whereabouts of the relief funds."
Aunt May asked Caesar for some details about the original book, and shook her head: "We have never heard of relief funds. In the past two years, there seemed to be some poor family assistance funds, but that was also limited. , there is only one quota per block, and only endless families with no source of income are eligible to apply."
"As for the social poverty relief fund you mentioned... sorry, I haven't heard of it."
Chu Zihang nodded, and took a notebook to record the situation, after all, he had to do a full set of acting.
Caesar frowned: "What about your family's main source of income and financial situation? Are there any special expenses?"
This was a matter that Caesar and Chu Zihang had discussed before. After discussion, the two agreed that after relaxing Mei's vigilance with the status of the government, the focus of communication should be from two perspectives and a two-pronged approach.
The first is about the work of Ben Parker.
Both of them knew that Ben Parker was facing a mid-life unemployment crisis recently. From this aspect, they could learn more about Ben Parker's interpersonal relationship and daily activities, so as to identify the prisoner.
The second point is from the cost.
This point is mainly to investigate the pill brought back by Ye Sheng, which Gu Bei stole from Ben Parker.
This kind of thing can never be self-made or picked up, there must be a provider.
To put it simply, this thing is a trade item, bought.
Buying things will incur expenses. Start from this aspect and investigate the source of the medicine.
When Mei heard Caesar's question, she didn't hold back, she opened her mouth and babbled something, Caesar nodded copingly while listening, Chu Zihang was holding a notebook next to him, and picked out some useful things to write down.
"In terms of expenses, the biggest expense is that the children go to school, and then there is the rent. The rest are not very important, but recently my husband is under a lot of pressure..."
Speaking of this, neither of them could find any outstanding clues from Mei's words. Chu Zihang stuffed the notebook into Caesar's hand and asked, "Can I take a tour here?"
When Mei heard Chu Zihang's request, she thought that Chu Zihang wanted to observe the situation in the room to confirm what she said, so she got up enthusiastically, "I'll take you..."
Chu Zihang shook his head: "It's good that you are here, my colleague still needs to record some things, if you are really worried about me..."
Chu Zihang turned his head to look at the boy who was poking his head at the stairs: "Can you let him introduce this place to me?"
Following Chu Zihang's gaze, Mei saw Peter lying on the stairs looking around curiously, and couldn't help but smile: "Peter~"
Peter jumped out at the top of the stairs, at a loss: "Yes, Aunt May... oh, I mean... I'd love to."
"Thank you Peter."
"You're welcome."
Peter came over, and Chu Zihang followed him to the second floor.
Aunt Mei looked at the backs of the two, one big and one small, and suddenly felt as if the two had walked into the same time and space.
Now that I think about it, Richard and Mary were handsome men and beautiful women back then, and they were not inferior to these two teenagers in terms of appearance, and they were both high-achieving students who graduated from a famous university. Life should be much better, and Peter can have a wonderful childhood like other children.
But it's not bad now. Peter's grades are very good and he is very obedient. If he can grow up smoothly, he should become an excellent person like his parents.
Mei glanced at Chu Zihang, then turned her head to look at Caesar sitting there, thinking to herself: No matter how bad it is, I can become a young talent like these two teenagers.
Speaking of which... which university did Richard and Mary graduate from?
It seems to be an ivy too, and it's called... Kashaer?
At this time, Caesar's voice interrupted Mei's thoughts: "Madam, let's continue."
"okay."
-
Chu Zihang went up to the second floor under the leadership of Peter.
The second floor is a corridor. There are only two rooms on both sides. They are the master bedroom where the Parker couple lives, and the second bedroom where Peter lives. At the end of the corridor is a small bathroom.
As soon as he went upstairs, Chu Zihang frowned slightly.
He smelled a strong, pungent, pungent odor.
Not from the bathroom.
Although Chu Zihang's strength is not good at cultivation, and he doesn't have the dog-nosed magic of Liuku Immortal Thief like Gu Bei, but the physical condition blessed by dragon blood and the strengthening of body training make his five senses gradually improve. developed.
Even if you can't distinguish the ingredients of the taste, you can make some rough guesses.
...Is it traditional Chinese medicine?
Chu Zihang remained calm and followed behind little Peter.
Little Peter introduced: "On the left is the room of Uncle Ben and Aunt May, and on the right is mine. Brother, which one do you want to see first?"
Chu Zihang checked the direction and confirmed that the smell came from Little Peter's room.
How can there be Chinese medicine in a middle school student's room?
Could it be that the child is suffering from some disease?
But most of Ben Parker’s information is about Ben Parker himself, a small part is about May and some people close to him, and there are only a few places where Peter is mentioned, so he doesn’t know what’s going on with this little guy .
But his purpose this time is to investigate Ben Parker's living environment, so of course he started with Ben Parker's room.
Suppressing the curiosity in his heart, Chu Zihang pointed to the left hand side: "Let's take a look at your lord's room first."
"it is good."
Little Peter nodded, and led Chu Zihang away from the master bedroom on the left.
Very ordinary room, a clean double bed, a closet placed against the wall, a small balcony,
Chu Zihang looked around and found nothing special.
There was a household first-aid kit in the closet, and there were two white medicine bottles without any logo on the bedside table. Chu Zihang subconsciously felt that the medicine bottles were weird, but when he opened them, he found that they were empty.
but……
Why is there a smell of Chinese medicine in this medicine bottle?
Chu Zihang held the medicine bottle and asked Little Peter, "What is this?"
Little Peter recognized it with just one glance: "This is Uncle Ben's medicine, but these should be eaten, and the bottle can be kept for filling."
An idea flashed in Chu Zihang's mind: "Medicine?"
He remembered the pill that Ye Sheng brought back, it is said that Gu Bei took it from Ben Parker.
And according to what Gu Bei said, the pill still smelled of blood.
this medicine...
Could it be the same medicine as that?
Chu Zihang asked: "What kind of medicine is this? Where did it come from? Is your uncle Ben sick? How long has he been taking this medicine?"
A series of questions made Little Peter a little confused: "Well, brother, can you ask them one by one?"
Chu Zihang calmed down and repeated the question.
Peter thought for a while: "Because Uncle Ben seems to be very uncomfortable recently, so I went for a check-up. The doctor said it was because of too much pressure, so he gave Uncle Ben this medicine."
"That doctor is..."
"It's Dr. Brian. He runs a psychiatric clinic in West Midtown Manhattan. He prescribed the medicine for Uncle Ben."
After answering Chu Zihang's question, Little Peter hesitated and asked, "Big Brother..."
"what happened?"
"Is there something wrong with that medicine?"
Chu Zihang shook his head: "It's nothing, can I take this medicine bottle?"
"Ah."
Peter nodded vigorously.
Chu Zihang put away the medicine bottle and left the room with Peter.
This trip was not in vain, and getting information from the Bryan Clinic was a great reward.
But Chu Zihang didn't intend to leave now.
There is something that has been arousing Chu Zihang's curiosity, and that is the strange smell of traditional Chinese medicine that permeates the second floor.
Thinking about it carefully, this smell is actually somewhat similar to the smell of the traditional Chinese medicine in the medicine bottle just now.
And this smell still came from Little Peter's room.
Chu Zihang didn't go to Little Peter's room to take a look, always feeling uneasy.
Moreover, he came up to inspect the environment, so he couldn't just inspect one room, right?
Before he could speak, Peter was already standing at the door of his room: "Well, big brother, my room is a bit messy, do you really want to see it?"
Chu Zihang knelt down and patted Peter's head: "Just take a look, don't be nervous."
"Ah."
Peter nodded, and pushed open the door, a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine hit Chu Zihang's nose heavily.
-
"So, just the two of them?"
Gu Bei looked at the old man at the counter, and reconfirmed the answer that the old man said.
The old man nodded.
"That's right, the business of our pharmacy is good, and there are more people going in and out to get medicine every day than in China."
"However, these two people are indeed the only ones who came to grab the medicine without a prescription, and the strangest thing is that these two people didn't come together, but they took the same few ingredients."
"At that time, we wondered, when did this foreigner understand Chinese medicine, but fortunately, what they wanted were not any strange ingredients. Those few herbs, even if they were mixed together and boiled, had no side effects. If there is no prescription, there is no prescription. Let’s just give it to them directly.”
Gu Bei tapped the table with his index finger: "Is the medicinal material they want, cinnamon ginseng inula, licorice rehmannia schisandra?"
"Yes, these medicines are quite special, so they are easy to remember."
Gu Bei nodded: "Tell me again what those two people look like?"
The old man thought for a while and said, "Both are foreigners."
"The one who came first was an adult, a man with long hair, 1.8 meters tall, well dressed, with a robe on his body, and a mask with sunglasses on his face. At first glance, he looked like a big star. It’s really unclear what it looks like.”
You'll Also Like
-
People are in Star Iron, but the universe is plagued by locusts
Chapter 330 52 minute ago -
Ocean Survival: Get the God-level Kraken at the beginning
Chapter 198 52 minute ago -
One Piece: My Five Elder Stars Father
Chapter 97 52 minute ago -
Devouring Stars, becoming Luo Feng's golden finger
Chapter 119 13 hours ago -
Humanity is missing, luckily I have billions of clones
Chapter 186 13 hours ago -
The villain in the book: Lost all cultivation, the heroine reversed
Chapter 483 13 hours ago -
Simultaneous time travel: invincible starting from the anime!
Chapter 385 13 hours ago -
New Gods of North America
Chapter 510 13 hours ago -
Mortal Cultivation, Demon Immortal
Chapter 54 13 hours ago -
Rules Strange Talk: They Say I Have Multiple Personalities
Chapter 505 13 hours ago