A sickly bamboo horse dressed as a villain

The few strangers quickly disappeared into the busy streets of the New Year. Except for Qiao Wen, no one paid attention to them. The ignorant neighbors were always immersed in the joy of the New Year.

The sound of gongs and drums stopped, Chen Jianan got out of the lion profusely in sweat, threw the lion and a stack of red packets to Hao Zai, quickly ran through the crowd to Qiao Wen, raised the remaining stack of red packets in his hand, He smiled and said: "The harvest is good, right?"

He was also wearing a bright yellow lion dance costume, with a cardigan on top and fluffy knickerbockers on his lower body, as if he had just transformed from a lion into a human.

Qiao Wen gave him a thumbs up: "Very good."

In fact, asking for profit is just for auspiciousness, and there is only [-] cents in it, and a stack of red envelopes adds up to only a dozen yuan, but the happiness it brings is far from being measurable by money.

In the past, when Chen Jianan got the risotto, he would take it back home and buy delicious food together, but now that he has enough money, there is no need to search and search like this. After showing it to Qiao Wen, he waved to play with firecrackers on the road All the children were sent out.

Seeing that his head was covered with sweat, Qiao Wen said, "Go upstairs and wipe it off, lest you catch a cold."

Chen Jianan said nonchalantly: "How can it be so easy to catch a cold." That's what he said, but he still followed people up the stairs like a follower.

He wiped off his sweat with cold water casually at Qiao Wen's house, took off his fluffy pants, leaving only a pair of underpants, and lay sprawled on the sofa with a long sigh of relief.

Going to the lion dance early in the morning, even though his body is made of iron, he was too tired to move.

Seeing his laziness, Qiao Wen poured him a glass of water, put it on the coffee table, and sat at his feet again, asking casually, "Brother Nan, do you know who will come to the Walled City recently?"

Chen Jianan picked up the water glass, half-lyed down and drank half of the glass. Hearing the words, he couldn't understand, so he said, "What and who?"

Qiao Wen said: "Is there someone with a special status coming to the Walled City, such as some people on the road, or smugglers?"

"I haven't heard of it." Chen Jianan shook his head, "Who is away from home to run to the city during the Chinese New Year? Why do you ask this?"

Qiao Wen said: "When you were doing the lion dance just now, I saw a few unfamiliar faces, who looked a bit like gangsters."

Chen Jianan didn't take it seriously and said: "It's probably to visit relatives and friends. There are everyone in the city, including the Chaoshan people in the eastern district and the Fuqing people. Hexing Society can't control it."

Qiao Wen nodded: "Anyway, you should pay attention to yourself and don't mess with people you don't know."

Chen Jianan said: "Understood."

Qiao Wen thought for a while, and then said: "By the way, I saw a piece of land in the newspaper. If you are free these two days, come and have a look with me."

Chen Jianan snorted, "Do you want to buy land?"

Qiao Wen said: "The Hong Kong City is developing so fast now, and new buildings are being built every day. When the stock market heats up, the land and houses will definitely skyrocket. With our current money, we should buy tens of acres of land in a slightly off-site area."

Chen Jianan didn't take it too seriously, he waved his hands and said, "Okay, you can figure it out, just say anything you need me to do, I'll listen to you."

Qiao Wen laughed: "Brother Nan, I think you'd better take care of yourself, don't count the money when someone sells you."

Chen Jianan snorted: "Someone has to dare to buy it."

"That's right, if you buy it back, you won't be demolished."

Chen Jianan reacted quickly this time, sitting up and pinching his face: "Little Qiao, you have really learned badly, you have learned to beat around the bush and swear at people."

The two were laughing and joking again.

Qiao Wen did see a piece of land from a newspaper advertisement, which only stated the approximate location and did not know the identity of the seller.After making a phone call, I made an appointment to meet at a station in Clear Water Bay.

The other party is in his 50s, and he is sitting in a classic Ford car. The car is not new, but in this era, a family that can own such a car is naturally either rich or expensive.

After exchanging pleasantries, I found out that this person's surname is Wang, and the land seller is his young master, who is the butler with full authority to act as an agent for the transaction.

Qiao Wen sat on Chen Jianan's motorcycle, followed Uncle Wang's car, and turned to a small hill near Qingshui Bay.

"Here it is!" The car stopped on the side of the rough road, Uncle Wang got down, and led the two of them to point to a piece of wasteland facing the sea, "This land has a total of [-] acres, all of which belong to my young master. "

Then he took out the title deed and showed it to the two of them.

Qiao Wen nodded, looked around, and said, "It's much more remote than I expected." Lowering the evaluation of the goods is the first step in bargaining.

Uncle Wang did not comment on this evaluation, but only smiled and said: "To be honest, my young master originally had a very rich family background. If it hadn't been for the family's decline in recent years, he would not have thought of selling this land. Look at the land here. It looks remote, but it takes 10 minutes to drive to the rich area of ​​Qingshui Bay. The sea is in front of it, and the mountains and forests are behind it. Within a few weeks, several buyers were interested."

Qiao Wen listened calmly, yes, this housekeeper must be a familiar hand, and he is quite good at raising prices.

Chen Jianan was an impatient person, and it was very annoying to hear this person's long talk, so he interrupted him and said, "Just talk about the price."

Uncle Wang laughed and said, "Little brother is a straightforward person. The price of this piece of land is 120 million."

"120 million?" Chen Jianan opened his eyes wide and pointed at the wasteland in front of him, "It's just this piece of land in the wilderness where the birds don't shit. How dare you ask for 120 million!"

Wang Boyun smiled lightly: "This is my young master's land. As a housekeeper, I can't let him suffer, can I? There will be people coming to see the land later. You go back and think about it. If you want to buy it, call me earlier. Otherwise, I’m afraid I’ll sell it two days later.”

Chen Jianan said impatiently: "It's so expensive, what should I buy? I don't think you're going to grab it for your young master. Xiao Qiao, let's go."

Qiao Wen patted his hair, and said politely to Uncle Wang: "Then let's go back and think about it, and contact you if we are interested."

Uncle Wang nodded: "No problem."

Just as he was talking, the driver in the car next to him poked his head out, waved his hand and said to Uncle Wang, "Abba, are you done talking?"

Uncle Wang replied, "All right."

Qiao Wen glanced at the young driver and asked casually, "Your son?"

Uncle Wang nodded: "It's the dog." Then he smiled and waved his hand, "Then I'm leaving, I've considered contacting me."

Qiao Wen stood where he was watching the black Ford car leave, but what he thought in his mind was that the son of the housekeeper and driver was actually wearing a Patek Philippe watch.

Chen Jianan handed him the helmet and said, "Little Qiao, do you really want to buy this piece of land? It's 120 million."

Qiao Wen said with a smile: "This is not a broken land. You can reach the rich area of ​​Clear Water Bay in 10 minutes. If you build a row of sea view villas here, which is the next rich area, you will definitely make a lot of money. "

"You still want to build a villa? Our money is enough to buy a piece of land."

"Of course, if you have land, you don't have to worry about having no money to build a house."

Chen Jianan didn't understand, and Qiao Wen didn't explain much.Originally, he just wanted to hoard a small piece of land with the money in his hand, and sell it when the stock market crashes and real estate skyrockets.But after seeing this land, he immediately changed his mind.

What Uncle Wang said is right, this is indeed a treasured land of geomantic omen, and now it’s not shitting, but after the house is built, it will be a precious piece of land in the middle of the bustling port city, surrounded by mountains and sea.

In the small land of Hong Kong City, there is still such a good location that has not been taken away by the big chaebols, it is simply a miss.He definitely wouldn't miss it, but he didn't want to spend 120 million, after all, it was all his and Chen Jianan's current net worth.

He patted Chen Jianan on the shoulder: "Brother Nan, send me to a public phone, I want to make a call."

Chen Jianan: "Who are you calling?"

"A reporter, I have something to do with him."

There is no Internet in this era, and the most convenient way to inquire about things is to find some tabloid reporters. Don't underestimate their abilities. These paparazzi can investigate all kinds of secrets of celebrities and rich families. Capabilities comparable to the CIA.

The reporter he was looking for was the one who sold him Li Xingchen's itinerary last time. This paparazzi not only photographed celebrities, but also photographed the rich and famous. He knew all kinds of gossip in the city like the back of his hand.

Sure enough, a phone call found the person. After Qiao Wen reported the license plate number and Uncle Wang's name, the reporter named Zhang Jiaming immediately said: "The person you are looking for should be Mr. Guan. It was indeed Mr. Kuo in the early years, but it's a pity that my parents left early. , the family property has been handed over to this dandy, and it has long been ruined, and it has been living by selling property all these years."

Qiao Wen said: "Please help me to check carefully, and give me a detailed document tomorrow."

"Okay, no problem, I can find out how many women he has slept with."

You don't have to.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Jianan stretched out his handsome face curiously, and asked, "Do you need to check the details of the seller when buying land?"

Qiao Wen said, "Of course, it's only when you know the details that you can bargain, right?"

"That's true, it's because you have considered it thoroughly." After a pause, he whispered weakly, "Actually, if you really want to buy a piece of land, I can also cut down the price."

Qiao Wen glanced at him: "Take the knife on your waist? Are you really used to being a gangster? This is not a city. Even if someone sells it to you out of fear and reports it to the police station later, the deal will still be worth it." Void."

Chen Jianan rubbed his nose and said with a guilty smile: "I'm just talking casually, I believe you must have a way."

Qiao Wen laughed: "Let's go, Mrs. Long's offal should be open, let's go eat offal."

When Chen Jianan heard the words, he immediately smiled, and sat down in the car handsomely: "The sky is big and the earth is big, and offal is the best thing to eat."

"Look at how promising you are." It's not like some villain boss reserve.

Sure enough, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Longsao Niu Chuan has opened for business.People who ate too much Chinese New Year leftovers ran out one after another to hold a New Year's red seee, and the small stall was crowded with diners inside and out.

Seeing that there were no vacancies, Chen Jianan scanned the crowds of gluttons, and was thinking about which table to drive away, but he saw an acquaintance, immediately smiled, and ran over with Qiao Wen: "Fourth brother, happy new year !"

"Yo, Anan, I haven't seen you for a long time, so I have to call you Brother Nan now?" Zhao Ah Si and a pony occupied a small table, and when they saw Chen Jianan, they immediately smiled and said narrowly.

Chen Jianan clicked his tongue: "Fourth brother, don't make fun of me, you are my boss, before and in the future."

Zhao Ahsi nodded in satisfaction: "You have a little conscience, Brother Si didn't love you in vain before." He took out two red red packets and handed them to Qiao Wen, "For you brothers."

Chen Jianan happily took it over: "Thank you, fourth brother! Then I and brother will set up a table with you." He handed the red envelope to Qiao Wen, ran to the stall and took out two plastic stools, and squeezed Qiao Wen. At this small table.

Zhao Ahsi patted him on the shoulder affectionately: "I have so many younger brothers, you are the only one who has made a lot of progress. But brother Si has also heard about your going outside, take it easy, nothing is important."

Chen Jianan smiled and said, "Thank you fourth brother for reminding me, I will."

Zhao Ah is over 30 in four years, ten years older than him, looking at him is like looking at a little brother, seeing his handsome red face at this moment, as if suddenly remembering something, curled the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "A Nan , are you actually twenty years old this year?"

Chen Jianan said: "It will be twenty in the middle of the year."

Zhao Ahsi asked with a smirk, "Then why haven't you seen any girls beside you?"

Chen Jianan subconsciously glanced at Qiao Wen, and said with a guilty conscience, "Didn't I meet someone who closed my eyes yet?"

Zhao Asi snorted lightly: "Could it be that you still want to find a fairy?" He glanced at Qiao Wen and said jokingly, "But you spend all your time with a pretty guy like your elder brother, and you have high eyesight. Not surprisingly."

"Fourth brother, why are you teasing my younger brother?" Chen Jianan snorted, took the offal from the delivery, and quietly looked at the people beside him, thinking that Xiao Qiao was indeed good-looking, but he used to be He didn't have any unruly thoughts because of his good looks. It can be seen that his good looks are not the reason why he likes him, and he is not a superficial man who only looks at his appearance. Thinking about it, he couldn't help but smile smugly.

Qiao Wen naturally didn't notice his subtle little movement, just smiled and shook his head indifferently to such a joke.

A few people were eating and chatting amidst the hustle and bustle. Just halfway through eating, they suddenly heard a rather arrogant voice: "How many of you are together?"

Qiao Wen subconsciously turned his head and saw four men standing by a table. The leading man kicked the table and said to the diners who were eating beef offal: "He's a newcomer, right? Do you understand?" Do you understand the rules? There are so many people waiting to eat, and the five of you occupy two tables. Hurry up and squeeze one table to make room."

Qiao Wen is not too unfamiliar with these people. They are Chaoshan boys who have been more popular in the Walled City recently. They only sneaked here two years ago.There are not many of them, but they are all vicious and vicious, who specialize in robbery and kidnapping. However, because there are not many people, they have not yet formed a climate, so they are quite honest in the walled city, after all, this is the territory of Hexing Society.

Being so arrogant at the moment is probably because seeing these diners who are eating beef offal is very uncomfortable.

Just now Qiao Wen was dragged over by Chen Jianan, and because there were so many people, he didn't pay much attention to it. Only now did he realize that these men whom Chaoshanzi said were strangers were the ones who saw him here on the first day of the new year.

Zhao Ahsi spat in a low voice: "Yesterday a gold shop in Central was robbed. I heard that these Chaoshan boys did it. They also killed two security guards. The robbery also killed them. What a thunderbolt."

Chen Jianan frowned and glanced at those people, and said, "Anyway, just don't act wild on our heads, and we don't care about the rest." While talking, he also noticed the strangers sitting, and asked casually, " Fourth Brother, I don’t think I’ve seen these people before, are they new here? What do you do?”

Zhao Ahsi shook his head: "I don't know, I haven't seen it either."

Qiao Wen said: "Don't worry about it, hurry up and eat it, it will make the seats available for people and let Aunt Long earn a few more dollars."

That being said, Chen Jianan and Zhao Ahsi did not care about that side anymore, but he himself continued to observe quietly.

I saw the arrogant and domineering Chaoshan Boy kicked the table, approached the man sitting next to him, slowly raised his head from the offal bowl, and looked at him coldly.

It was a expressionless face, very cold and stern, and the eyes were as sharp as a falcon.

Qiao Wen felt a little familiar, as if he had seen such eyes somewhere, yes, it was the Vietnamese killer who was invited by Zhao Shanhai to kill Lin Zhaoming.

Could it be that these people are also soldiers from the Vietnam War?

But they don't look very similar, at least three of them have standard Chinese looks, and the rest look like Southeast Asians.

Seeing the other party's attitude, Chao Shanzi stretched out his hand and pushed his head provocatively, and said, "What? Are you willing to give up your seat?"

The man frowned, and suddenly touched his waist with his right hand, but beside him, a man in his forties held him calmly, and then raised his head and smiled: "It's a newcomer who doesn't know the rules, let's let seat."

This person speaks a substandard Cantonese, not a non-standard accent of a foreigner, but the accent of a non-Cantonese-speaking Chinese, obviously a Chinese, or a Chinese.

Qiao Wen still had the impression that Chen Canaan was the one who did the lion dance that day, and he got a red envelope from him, and he even patted the lion's head.

Looking at the situation now, he should be the boss of this group.

After he finished speaking, he patted his companion with an ice-cold expression, and the two squeezed to the next table with bowls in hand.

They ate quickly, paid the bill and left within 2 minutes.

Qiao Wen has been quietly looking at these people. He saw that after they walked away a few steps, the fierce-looking man just turned around suddenly, pointed his finger at the back of the head of the Chaoshan boy who was eating offal, and compared him from a distance. Gun gesture.

Although it was just a light movement, Qiao Wen, who had a panoramic view of it, shuddered silently.

He was about to look away silently, but he inadvertently glanced at the waist of their Chinese boss, on a key chain that was looming, there was a blue sky and white sun badge.

He was startled, and vaguely guessed the identities of these people.

The next morning, as soon as Qiao Wen got up and went out, he heard an explosive news.

Those Chaoshan boys yesterday were all killed in the rental house.It is said that the hand was moved in the middle of the night, and there was no movement, and no one was left alive. The landlord felt that something was wrong, and when he opened the door to look, several people fell on the floor with miserable faces, and a large amount of blood in the house had dried up.