Abyss of ignorance

Chapter 210
The old man was wearing a vest and shorts, and his back was severely hunched. Sitting on the bamboo chair, he felt that it was very difficult to look up at the tall Lin Xiaodong.

Lin Xiaodong pulled a low stool to the side, and sat in front of the old man, with an attitude of listening attentively.

Xiao Xu was on the side, habitually taking out the notebook in his backpack to record, but was stopped by Lin Xiaodong. He took out his mobile phone in his pocket, pretended to check the time, and pressed the recording button.

The old lady saw that she was a neighbor who was very familiar with the old man, and said in a choked voice: "It's useless to say your pretentious words, people will only think that you are jealous of A Ming!"

Stimulated by her, the old man was even more willing to talk. Before Lin Xiaodong could ask, he said like a peacock: "I saw it with my own eyes! I have been a porter at the dock all my life, can I still see it?" The boat that came out was tricky? The lights were not turned on at night, the draft was so deep, and it was said that it was for transporting fabrics, who would believe it!"

Lin Xiaodong didn't understand it for a while, and hurriedly asked: "Uncle, can you elaborate on this trick? I believe it!"

The old man seemed to have finally found his bosom friend, so he didn't even shake his cattail fan, and hurriedly said: "I was working late one day, and I saw Amin at the pier with a truck parked beside him, waiting to unload, but I took a look. At the port, there was no sign of the ship at first, and I was wondering what he was waiting for. After looking carefully, I found that a ship was slowly approaching the port like a ghost ship without turning on the lights. How dangerous is it to sail at night without turning on the lights? , everyone who works at the dock knows that unless they are afraid of being discovered, the ship has a deep draft, and it can be seen that it has a lot of cargo. I didn't think about it at the time, it was none of my business, so I went back first. up.

Later, when such a big incident happened to Amin's family, when I think about it again, I feel that what I saw that time is not normal! "The old man said it seriously.

Lin Xiaodong also understood, and immediately said: "You suspect him of smuggling?!"

"Amin is rich, and no one is jealous. Everyone wants to know where he got the money. We can't figure out how to do the fabric business. We all grew up in the same village. Who and who are not acquaintances? He When he was just getting rich, people kept asking him, and he didn’t share the way to get rich. As a result, Amin just didn’t talk about it.

We also said that he was shrewd, but then I thought, maybe the way to make money is not visible, so I dare not say it! "

Lin Xiaodong listened and felt that what the old man said made sense.

As it was getting late, Lin Xiaodong and Xiao Xu found a small hotel at the foot of the mountain to stay.

In Nanpu, even the quilts in the hotel were damp and hard, but Xiao Xu got used to it quite well, probably because he was tired from the journey and fell asleep.

And Lin Xiaodong was in the next bed, unable to sleep no matter what.

Ports, Nanpu, Linzhou, if it is because of smuggling instead of fabrics, then many unreasonable places will be solved easily.

How to trace the smuggling in the 90s?The opening of a puzzle gave more puzzles.

It's like an endless maze, or... a bottomless abyss.

At dawn, Lin Xiaodong left Xiao Xu, who was still sound asleep, and walked to the port of Nanpu alone.

This port is very small. With the completion of those large ports that handle hundreds of millions of tons at every turn, this place has obviously declined, and it only has the name of a port.

Instead, it has become a distribution center for seagulls, flocking together in the rising sun.

Human affairs are far away, Lin Xiaodong faces the rising red sun alone, and does not feel the romance of this scenery.

……

Lin Xiaodong dragged his exhausted body back to his home in the new district, and the moment he opened the door, Jiang Lin was not the only one who appeared.

Mama Lin appeared here without saying hello.

The moment he entered, the atmosphere in the room was not harmonious.

Mama Lin was tidying up, but Jiang Lin didn't sit down, standing by the side seemed helpless, especially since she had no clothes to wear, she was still wearing Lin Xiaodong's T-shirt. No matter what she looked like, facing Mama Lin was very difficult. Very embarrassing.

"Mom? Why are you here today?" Lin Xiaodong asked.

"It's been a while since you moved, and I always say you're busy when I call you, so I just wanted to come over and have a look." Mama Lin brought her own apron and just prepared a table of dishes, "It's just right, let's eat together, come , Teacher Jiang, you eat together too."

"You can call me Jiang Lin..." Jiang Lin was a little cautious.

In fact, after this period of conditioning, Jiang Lin looks a little thinner than the average person now, but it can be seen that she is basically healthy.

Mama Lin still persisted, and even helped her move the chair: "Hey, what can I do, anyway, you are Xiaodong's elder, and I call you by your name, isn't it just a matter of age?"

Jiang Lin sneaked a glance at Lin Xiaodong, somewhat embarrassed.

And Lin Xiaodong also understood the reason for the awkward atmosphere in the room. Lin Ma's words had hidden meaning.

When it comes to feelings, Lin Xiaodong is a very slow person, or he always deliberately avoids thinking about these things.

But does he know?Actually know.

A table, four sides, three people sat on three sides.

Lin Xiaodong and Jiang Lin sat face to face, and Lin Ma sat between them.

"You brat, you have such an important guest at home, and you didn't even tell me about it." Mama Lin picked up her job and chattered as before.

"You and dad can just take care of ourselves, and I will take care of my own affairs." Lin Xiaodong said pretending to be relaxed.

"I'm not talking about you, I just feel sorry for Mr. Jiang. It's not like I don't know about you kid. You can't even take care of yourself. You're so busy with work, how can you have time to take good care of patients?" Lin Ma continued.

"Mom, you know, I don't want you to be involved too much because of my work." Lin Xiaodong's tone became higher when he said this, and he remembered the terrible feeling of being invaded by Xiaolu at home.

That time, although there were drugs, he knew in his heart that the most fundamental reason why he lost control of his emotions and attacked Xiao Lu was that she touched his bottom line.

Parents and home are his bottom line.

He doesn't want this to happen again.

Seeing that the conversation between the mother and the son was developing in an unpleasant direction, Jiang Lin said cautiously: "I am the one who caused trouble for Captain Lin, and I will be even more sorry if I trouble you..."

"Oh..." Lin's mother suddenly put down the bowl and chopsticks as if she had forgotten something important, and faced Jiang Lin.

This made Jiang Lin and Lin Xiaodong nervous for a while.

Immediately afterwards, Mama Lin smiled and said, "I have been busy here and there, and I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Zhang Hailian. I think you are a few years younger than me. Usually, when you leave the house, everyone will take care of you." My name is Sister Hailian, you call me Sister Hailian, and I call you Teacher Jiang, do you think this is okay?"

"Oh, okay..." Jiang Lin responded, hesitated for a moment, and was about to call "Sister Hailian", when she was suddenly interrupted by Lin Xiaodong who was opposite her...

(End of this chapter)