Chapter 10 Xu Wood's Threat

He Daqing suddenly lost all desire to sleep and listened attentively to the noise in the backyard.

Not long after, with the sound of footsteps, the group of people jumped out of the wall and sneaked away.

After they left, the deaf old lady picked up a broom and carefully swept the yard until all the footprints of these people were cleared away. Then she went back to the house to sleep, as if nothing had happened.

He Daqing in the room had already put on his clothes, but he did not leave immediately. Instead, he waited for another two hours, making sure that the old lady was asleep, before sneaking into the backyard.

In fact, He Daqing knew that before liberation, the huge courtyard house was almost all the property of the deaf old lady. It was not until two years ago that the deaf old lady sold these houses to the people in the courtyard at a very low price.

Even so, the main house in the backyard, which is the deaf old lady's house, is the largest in the entire courtyard.

Liu Haizhong's family lives in the east room, and Xu Damao's family lives in the west room.

However, Xu Damao was only a teenager at that time and still lived with the Xu Wood couple.

He Daqing walked up quietly and looked around. Finally, his eyes fixed on the cellar in front of the deaf old lady's house.

Judging from the noise just now, the group of people obviously moved the things into the cellar for storage and would come back after three days.

"What on earth is this thing that is actually worth a small yellow croaker!"

He Daqing pondered for a moment, and after making sure that he had not attracted other people's attention, he carefully opened the wooden board of the cellar, holding a flashlight, and slowly walked in.

It was winter at this time, and the cellar was basically filled with cabbage and potatoes. In that era, these two things were must-have dishes for northerners.

With cabbage and potatoes, we can basically get through the entire winter.

But obviously, those people didn't come in to put cabbage and potatoes.

He Daqing followed the footprints and quickly stopped at a place. After a little thought, he moved the pile of cabbages in front of him away. Soon, large boxes appeared in front of him.

But when he opened one of the boxes, he was stunned.

"Good guy..."

Looking at the things in the box, He Daqing couldn't help but gasp.

But what was in the box was nothing but explosives!

However, these explosives are obviously not produced in a regular way and look more like they were made by someone themselves!

It's May 1951 now. It's easy to imagine what these people are doing, storing so much explosives in the deaf old lady's cellar!

"You are such a deaf old lady, no wonder you chased me away, you are probably afraid that I will reveal your secrets!"

He Daqing's face was gloomy and there was a flash of anger in his eyes.

He was the first one to get to know the deaf old lady. He had been renting her house before, so naturally he had seen her interact with people from various forces.

However, He Daqing was too lazy to cause trouble, so he ignored it and of course did not expose it.

So much so that when someone asked the old lady about the shoes she had given to the Red Army, he didn't say a word.

It is understandable that ordinary people want to live a good life.

But He Daqing never imagined that the deaf old lady actually colluded with the saboteurs and stored so much explosives. What was she planning to do?

"No, we must call the police!"

This matter was of great importance, so He Daqing did not dare to linger. He hurriedly walked out of the cellar, quietly destroyed his footprints, and then returned to the house.

Thinking back to what happened just now, I couldn't help but gasp.

The next morning, He Daqing got up early and made a simple breakfast for He Yuzhu and He Yushui. After breakfast, he asked He Yuzhu to take Yushui to school.

Thinking about what happened last night, He Daqing decided to go to the police station in person.

"Daqing, Daqing, wait a minute!"

However, just as He Daqing walked into the yard, he heard someone calling him from behind.

Turning his head, he saw Xu Wude in the backyard, walking towards him with his son Xu Damao.

Xu Wude worked in a photo studio, and Xu Damao, under Xu Wude's arrangement, became an apprentice at the Red Star Cinema.

The father and son of the Xu family are bad from the beginning. He Daqing has disliked Xu Wude since he was a child and has beaten him many times.

So much so that He Yuzhu followed suit and beat Xu Damao up from time to time.

Strange to say.

Xu Wude and Xu Damao were very good at bullying other people, but in front of the He father and son, they were like mice seeing a cat, and they would show their fear at the sight of them.

"What's the matter?"

He Daqing looked at Xu Wude expressionlessly and asked the question knowingly.

Xu Wood, Xu Wood, you are really a dog of the old lady. I just arranged for you to do this yesterday, but you come to cause trouble early in the morning, right?

"Haha, He Daqing, let me show you this!"

Xu Wude sneered, took out a black and white photo from his pocket and handed it to He Daqing.

"I didn't lie to you before, I really have this photo!"

"is it?"

He Daqing answered perfunctorily, took it and looked at it, which turned out to be a photo of himself and a soldier.

Actually, it is a coincidence that He Daqing's cooking skills are first-rate, and those who come to Fengze Garden to eat are either rich or noble, and many of them are foodies. Often, people are amazed when eating, and invite He Daqing out to see what he really looks like, or to learn how the food is made.

It happened that a puppet army captain from Shandong Province was entertaining his friends at Fengze Garden. When taking pictures, He Daqing was not paying attention and was photographed.

Unexpectedly, this sinister guy Xu Wude actually survived.

"Xuwood, what do you mean?"

He Daqing looked at Xu Wude calmly.

"Means nothing."

Xu Wood put his hands on his hips and said proudly,

"Give me a hundred dollars and the matter will be settled. Otherwise, this photo might appear in the police station. Reporting is something everyone should do, don't you think?"

Xu Wude looked at He Daqing with a smirk on his face.

He was not doing it for the hundred dollars, he just wanted to use this incident to force He Daqing to leave.

As long as He Daqing leaves, no one will bully them anymore. As for that stupid Zhu, if I join forces with Xu Damao, won't we suppress him completely?

"Then go report it. Come on, I'll go with you!"

He Daqing snorted and dragged Xu Wude out.

"Let's go to the police station together!"

Xu Wood, "???"

What’s going on?

I just helped He Daqing recall what happened back then, and He Daqing was so scared that he hid from me everywhere. Today, I took out the photos. Logically, shouldn't this guy beg for mercy? Why did he drag me to the police station?