That night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. When Chen Kangjie and the others climbed to the village halfway up the mountain, it was already past twelve o'clock at night.

Although the small mountain village has electricity, people in the mountains sleep early, and the whole village, which is mainly stone structure, is pitch black. Chen Kangjie and the others do not know which household is Old Man Li's house, so they can only walk into the village with their teeth and step on the narrow stone road.

After walking around the three rooms and walking into the village for dozens of meters, a courtyard appeared in the center of the village. At the same time, the sound of dog barking came from the surroundings one after another. Chen Kangjie and the others saw a room at the other end of the courtyard with dim lights coming out of the small holes in the wall, and they could vaguely hear the sound of a TV in the room.

Ding Pei took the lead in turning on the flashlight and walked towards the family. When he arrived at the door, he knocked on the mottled painted wooden door that was still close to the door god.

"Who?" asked a man's voice in the room.

"Membersman, we are the police officers passing by when handling the case. I want to find out where Old Man Li's home is at the west end of the village." Ding Pei reached a deep voice.

With a "squeak", the door opened, and an old man in his sixties appeared in front of Chen Kangjie and the others. His hair was gray and his shoulders were covered with a blue Zhongshan jacket. He was wearing a white vest that had begun to be damaged. The pants with his legs rolled to his knees were tied with a strip of faded white cloth.

"Which police station are you from?" The old man glanced at a group of people outside first and saw several gun-carrying soldiers wearing armed police uniforms. The old man asked.

"Old man, we belong to the Municipal Public Security Bureau, not the police station," Ding Pei responded cordially.

"What happened to Old Man Li's family from the Municipal Public Security Bureau?" The old man asked nervously. It seemed that most of the first reactions would be like this when encountering such a situation.

"The old man Li's family did not make any trouble. We caught a chicken thief on the road. The man confessed that the chicken stolen belonged to his family, so we sent it to him." Director Ding quickly explained the misunderstanding.

"Oh, oh, okay, hurry up and come and sit in the main room. It's midnight, I'm sorry." The old man heard that this was the reason, so he enthusiastically invited Chen Kangjie and the others in, and then shouted backwards at the top of his throat, "Old woman, open the fire and burn some water."

Liushuipan produces coal, so many places do not burn firewood, but coal. The coal blocks are relatively expensive. Therefore, most rural areas use coal-burning surfaces. You only need to add a certain amount of yellow mud into the coal surface and mix it evenly. You can knead it into blocks and dry it for burning. At night, you can use wet if you cover the fire at night, and only a small air outlet is needed to leave a small air outlet. In this way, when you get up in the morning, you can use a fire tong to open it. The coal fire is usually still burned.

"Old man, we won't bother. We'll get the case in advance. If it's convenient for you, just help us return the chicken to Old Man Li's house." As soon as he heard that he wanted to boil water, Ding Pei knew that he was going to make tea to entertain them, so he quickly refused.

"What else can I do to handle the case in the middle of the night? Even if I want to handle the case, I have to take a break. You just go for a chicken. How can you leave without drinking some water? Come in, come in." As he said that, the old man pulled the ones who were still standing at the door.

Director Ding refused but could only take everyone to the main hall to find a bench to sit down. There was a black 21-inch Konka color TV in the corner of the main hall, and the ending of the CCTV News broadcast was being played.

After chasing for five or six hours, several mountains were overturned. Everyone was tired. Besides, except for a lunch, everyone had not had dinner yet. At this time, they were all very hungry. Some people's stomachs were rumbling and they didn't say they were hungry. At least they could drink a cup of hot tea when they were thirsty.

After more than a dozen people sat down, the old man turned off the TV and went to the back room for a while, and then came out to chat with Chen Kangjie and the others. After chatting, Chen Kangjie learned that the old man's surname was Wu and the village chief of Banpo Village. His two sons and daughter-in-law went to the city to work. He would only return to the village to help with crops during the busy farming period. At home, he and his wife brought a little grandson and a little granddaughter.

On the way, several young young students came to inquire about the situation when they heard the noise, but were sent away by the village chief Wu for a few words. One young student was ordered by the village chief Wu to invite Old Man Li to pick up his chicken.

After waiting for more than 20 minutes, the tea had not been brought yet. Director Ding and the others were a little annoyed and planned to get up and say goodbye and leave. At this moment, an old lady wearing an apron came out with two big bowls of popular noodles, and egg flowers could be seen on the noodles.

"Captain Wu, this is it." Ding Pei quickly stood up.

"I think you probably haven't had dinner yet. There is nothing to be treated to in the countryside. This is the noodles made from your own wheat. Just eat some casually." Village Chief Wu took the noodles from his wife, handed them a bowl to Ding Pei, and a bowl to Captain Qin beside him.

At this time, Ding Pei felt ashamed of his annoyance just now, and didn't know what to say.

Although Village Chief Wu had never traveled to the big city outside, after decades of life experience, it was impossible to tell from Chen Kangjie and others that they had not eaten yet. So he went to the back room to arrange for the boss to cook noodles first, then make tea, and also made 7 eggs at home into a pot of egg flower soup.

"Thank you", Ding Pei only put these two words into his throat.

"Eat quickly, eat quickly, there is something behind, I'll help them carry it to them." Village Chief Wu smiled and said, then went to the back to help.

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When Old Man Li came to Wu Village Chief Wu's house with black cloth shoes in his coat, Chen Kangjie and his friends were holding a bowl of thick noodles in their hands and eating them voraciously.

Although the complexion of this kind of face is a little dark, it is not as white as that made in the powder factories in those cities, and the soup is just green pepper and egg flower soup, it is very fragrant for Chen Kangjie and the others at this time. You can smell a quiet wheat fragrance when you put it on the Buddha.

Halfway through everyone's meal, Village Chief Wu came out of the back room with a large lead pot. The glass cup with the word "Happy" pattern had been arranged on the square table in front of the shrine. What was poured out of the lead pot was dark and steaming tea.

Village Chief Wu poured tea, old man Li served tea, handed the tea cups to these people who were unfamiliar, and handed them to those whom they thought belonged to justice.

A bowl of noodles and a cup of tea greatly relieved Chen Kangjie and his body fatigue, and greatly comforted their hearts. Chen Kangjie, who had been accustomed to big meals and had drunk fragrant tea, felt that this bowl of noodles was the most fragrant and the cup of tea was the purest.

"Captain Wu, Mr. Li, thank you very much." Ding Pei put down the teacup, took out the cigarette from his body, handed two to the two old men, and thanked them sincerely.

"What are you saying, thank you? The police, civilians, military and civilians are all one family. You ran to the mountains so far away, and they were still working hard in the middle of the night. What is our bowl of noodles?" Village Chief Wu took the cigarette and said.

"If I were there just now, the chicken should have been killed," Old Man Li said.

"Two uncles, we should do our duty to protect the people's safety." At this time, Ding Pei felt that his police profession was so sacred and so proud.

"Okay, okay, there should be more cadres like you," said Wu Village Chief.

Chen Kangjie looked at his watch and stood up. It was almost half past now. He glanced at Ding Pei, and then said to Village Chief Wu, "Uncle, thank you for your warm hospitality. It's time for us to continue on our way."

"Little comrade, you are not old, you have become a public security officer at such a young age. Thank you for your hard work, thank you for your hard work," Wu Village Chief held Chen Kangjie's hand with calluses and said kindly and kindly.

"It should be, it should be." At this time, Chen Kangjie could not say that he had not graduated from junior high school, so he could only be vague.

Chen Kangjie did not give up the money to thank him this time. He knew that when he used the money to repay the gift, the simple other party would definitely not accept it. Moreover, that vulgar approach is also a defilement of this pure emotion. Besides, if Chen Kangjie wants to thank the other party, there are many ways.

"By the way, what kind of case are you doing at such a big night?" Old Man Li asked from the side.

"We are catching a brutal robber. During the pursuit, we shot seven of them and one of them was on the run. This group of people has committed more than a dozen crimes, robbed a lot of money and supplies, and killed many people." Since they ate other people's food, Ding Pei was not good at answering. At the same time, he also hoped to get some useful information from the two old people.

"These people who were killed by thousands of swords should deal with them like this. There are also several cows in our village who were stolen." When he heard that they were robbers, they not only robbed things but also killed people, Old Man Li was indignant and scolded him, and later complained.

"We will not have such people in our village. Most of our junior college students are responsible and will not do such things that are harmful to nature. If you want to do it, it should probably be from Yangjiapo on the other side of the mountain," said Wu Village Chief.

"We have already had clues. The person who missed has been injured. If you can't run far, we will definitely be able to arrest him. As for the matter of throwing cattle in the village, we will help you investigate after we complete this case," Ding Pei said.

"That relationship is good, that relationship is good," Old Man Li said happily with a smile.

Ding Pei still doesn't know that after he solved the robbery case, the cattle stealing case was solved by the way, because the cases on both sides were done by the same group of people. In advance, this group of people stole cattle, but later they thought that this money was too slow, so they changed to become a robber. Especially after two successes, they refused to do the things of stealing cattle and horses, and directly focused on the profession of the gangster.

"Uncle, then we're leaving. There's some money here. It's our little intention. Please accept it." Ding Pei saw that Chen Kangjie no longer took out the money like the thief just now, so when he parted, he took out the only 70 yuan he had on his body and planned to give it to Chief Wu.
Chapter completed!