![]() ![]() ![]() But finally they get access to the third car – which turns out to have scratches on its front wing. This proves easier said than done, and Shuhe’s aftercare hospital bills are mounting daily, putting a strain on Chaoying’s savings, already depleted by the building work on his home. Using the CCTV of a shop, they manage to identify three cars and then try to track them down. Chaoying and his friend Zhanyi (Zhang Zhanyi) start their own investigation, reckoning the car must have come from one of three villages west of Tangfeng: Zhanglin, Shuangjing or Tongkou. Shuhe’s nephew (Ma Shaofeng) says he has no money to pay his uncle’s medical bills, but Chaoying offers to pay everything if the driver can’t be found. The police are then informed about the accident, though they admit it’ll be difficult to find the driver as there were no witnesses and no CCTV. Chaoying disagrees, saying the guilty party should be brought to justice, and pays the hospital’s initial fees for Shuhe’s operation. In the hospital Shuangzi says they should say Shuhe fell off his motorbike, otherwise the insurance company won’t pay the medical bills. One day, Shuangzi (Liu Yatai) finds fellow villager Shuhe (Su Shuhe) badly injured by a hit-and-run driver in the countryside. His friends joke that won’t be enough to lure his son back to live with him. After selling off all his cattle for RMB170,000, Chaoying (Xu Chaoying) decides to pay off all his debts and use the balance to renovate his home in his retirement. Tangfeng village, Hebei province, the present day, summer. A drolly observed tale of villagers-turned-detectives feels over-stretched for its content. ![]()
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