Gu Jiu put on his clothes and carefully hid in the dark. After a while, a figure climbed over the wall and came in, followed by the second and third. Seeing several people entering the house one by one along the corner, Gu Jiu quickly climbed over the wall and climbed out, running towards the village chief's house.
Since the village chief's family was the last to collect potatoes, when Gu Jiu ran over, Aunt Xia was still carefully picking potatoes and separating those with frostbite.
There was a banging on the door, which startled Aunt Xia: "Who, who?"
"I... Aunt, it's me, Gu Jiu. The person who stole the food before is here again. He is now at my house. Tell the village chief quickly, and maybe you can help the villagers get the food back!" Gu Jiu can run up to it! Out of breath, a large amount of white breath rose slowly under the moonlight.
When she heard Gu Jiu's voice, Aunt Xia didn't even have time to open the door, so she hurriedly ran into the house to call the village chief.
"What's wrong? I just fell asleep."
"Why are you still sleeping! Those damn thieves are here again, and they are at Xiaojiu's house now. If you dare to stay tight, maybe we can get the food back!"
When the village chief heard this, he lost all sleep. He straightened up, put on his clothes and ran outside.
"Xiao Jiu, you and your aunt call out the others immediately. We can't let them escape this time!" As the village chief said, he raised his legs and ran out, blocking the people first.
Since Mr. Gu was considered a prominent figure in the village, the house was built in the center of the village. It was now convenient for Gu Jiu and Aunt Xia to call people.
"Xiao Jiu, go call the folks over there. If people really want to run away, we can stop them." Aunt Xia pointed to the east and said to Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu nodded. After one village after another was woken up, the group of thieves also reacted and hurriedly pushed the carts on the ground and ran away.
"Stop!" The village chief had been waiting for the opportunity. Seeing that the three people were about to run away, he immediately stood up from the darkness!
Several people looked bad and looked at each other. Two of them were responsible for stopping the village chief, while the remaining one pushed the car and ran eastward. Seeing that he was getting further and further away from the village chief, the man pushing the cart smiled triumphantly.
"Hey, they are a bunch of fools. I didn't expect there was a lot of food!"
Just when he was smugly pushing the car around the corner, thinking he was about to leave, he was suddenly startled by the scene in front of him. The dark shadow blocked the entire path, making him think that a demon was coming to seek his life.
The next second, dark clouds floated and the moonlight appeared, revealing the faces of more than a dozen people. Seeing this, the man with the cart quickly picked up a basket of potatoes on the cart, turned around and ran away.
"It belongs to his grandma! Folks, if you dare to steal grandpa's food, your legs will be discounted today!"
The shouting soon attracted more villagers, and more people joined in. The man holding dozens of kilograms of potatoes and his familiarity with the terrain was far less than the villagers, and he was quickly Blocked on all sides.
"You can't run anymore, put your things down quickly! Otherwise, the folks will be rude!"
Looking at the people around him, the thief put down the basket without hesitation, raised his hand, and walked slowly towards Gu Jiu's direction.
Gu Jiu looked at the other person and knew his intentions, but she had no intention of avoiding him. She was sure that this person was the same person who entered their room last time. She was bound to see this person's appearance today!
After walking over, the man pounced and was about to kidnap Gu Jiu. Gu Jiu was well prepared and took advantage of the frozen snowflakes to bend down and slide sideways to avoid it, tearing off the black cloth from the man's face. The black cloth was torn off, and the man suddenly covered his face, knocked away everyone and ran away.
"Grandma, I actually let him run away. This man must be from a nearby village. It's a pity that I didn't see what he looked like." The villager angrily kicked the frozen snow, and suddenly thought of something. Turning to look at Gu Jiu, he asked, "Girl Jiu, you're close. Did you just see what he looked like?"
Gu Jiu nodded blankly when she heard the words. Although it was only for a moment, she was 100% right in the face of that man - it was the man who sold her sister when she first entered the city.
Seeing Gu Jiu nodding, the villagers immediately became energetic and gathered around him: "Girl Jiu, do you know that person? Do you know which village he is from? Can you recognize him if we meet him again?"
"Yes, yes, by then we will be able to get back the food we didn't have before!"
Hearing this, Gu Jiu shook his head. Although he could recognize him when he saw her again, she had no idea which village nearby he came from. Moreover, the food that the villagers had thrown away before would have been completely eaten, otherwise this group of people would not come back to steal food again.
Seeing Gu Jiu shaking his head, the villagers immediately dispersed in disappointment.
"Tell me how dare this person come to steal food all by himself!"
"Who says it's not the case! Okay, it's so cold, let's all go back."
Hearing this, Gu Jiu suddenly stopped everyone: "There are three of them in total, and there are two others! Maybe the village chief has subdued the other two! Everyone..."
Before Gu Jiu could finish speaking, everyone ran in the opposite direction of the thief, eager to catch the village chief.
By the time Gu Jiu and several others packed up the food and took the cart back, Gu's house was already brightly lit, with torches everywhere.
"Xiao Jiu! You and Xiao Jing have made great achievements today!" Aunt Xia saw Gu Jiu and happily walked forward and said, "You don't know how clever your brother is, he can hit people in one fell swoop. Come on! When this person wakes up, we fellow villagers will settle old and new accounts together!"
"Aunt Xia is right! Folks, come here and see if anyone recognizes this person, so that we can get an explanation for the previous food!" Aunt Chen waved her hand and pulled a person with great interest. Another person stepped forward to recognize someone.
"Mom, I have met him. He is from Peach Blossom Village next door. I met him when his son and I were buying pens and ink together. His son said that he did not come home all year round and said he was doing business."
"Stone, are you telling the truth?"
The young man who was called Shitou nodded: "Village Chief, I remember it very clearly, it's not wrong! I also know where his home is? His family is from outside and lives on the edge of Taohua Village."
Hearing this, the villagers couldn't stand immediately and shouted that they were going to come up now! The village chief raised his hand to signal the villagers to calm down, and then he squatted down and shook the thief who was firmly tied up.
After a while, the man woke up, opened his eyes and took a look at everyone and immediately closed them again. He didn't understand why he suddenly passed out and fell into their hands.
"Brother, we already know that you are from Peach Blossom Village. There is no need to pretend. You were also the one who stole our food last time. If you hand over the food, this matter will be over."
Seeing the person, he still kept silent and continued to pretend to be dead. Gu Wensheng stepped forward and gave him a strong kick, threatening: "Don't think that this matter can get over without speaking. You have a son who is studying at home! If we take you to see Now that you've resigned, do you think your son will hate you?"
The man still didn't speak, and it wasn't until everyone picked him up and took him to the streetcar that they sent him to the town overnight for record keeping, that he opened his eyes and struggled.
"I didn't get the food before. You can't get it back even if you take me to see the officials!"
Seeing someone talking, the village chief quickly raised his hand to stop the others and stepped forward and asked: "You mean you didn't come last time? Then the person who brought you here must have been involved! Tell us who it is." , it’s the same for us to ask for food ourselves.”
At this point, the man became silent again. The villagers became impatient and stepped forward and said, "Village chief, why bother talking to him? I think you can just drag him to the center of their village and see his wife and children." The elders in the family think it’s embarrassing!”
The man still didn't speak, and everyone stopped struggling to pull him to see the official. Gu Jiu was suspicious, and suddenly said abruptly: "I saw the appearance of one of you. Not just me, but many villagers saw it. Even if you don't tell us, we can investigate one by one. Besides, you are the only one among the three who has been arrested." Caught, no matter you say it or not, as long as we find them, they will think it was you who told the secret!"
After the words fell, the man suddenly turned his head to look at Gu Jiu: "How are you going to prove that you really saw him?"
"The man has a scar on his palm."
Villagers:! ! ! The eyes are good enough! It's so dark, can you still see the scar?
Looking at the man's doubtful expression, Gu Jiu continued: "I don't know how to describe his appearance. If I really want to comment, it would be an evil look on his face, especially his eyes. But I can describe his hands in detail. The scar was because it was not an ordinary scratch, but was stabbed with a sharp object. Such wounds are not common."
"What are you thinking? It's been so long, the food has been eaten up long ago."
"But you stole our things. Even if you don't return the amount in the end, you should give us a proper explanation!" Gu Jiu's voice was calm and steady, which greatly calmed the restlessness of the villagers. Otherwise, when that person said there was no food, everyone would be eager to line up and scold him.
"Yes, Jiu Yatou is right, you will be able to come up with whatever you want by then! We are not unreasonable!"
"Hurry up and tell me who that person is, otherwise we will really search for him one by one."
The man was silent for a moment, and finally chose to refuse: "What you are looking for is different from what I said."
"No, I asked you, how come you don't let the fumes come in?" Gu Youcai looked at the man dying on the ground and wanted to punch him.
Looking at the other person's appearance, Gu Jiu also guessed that this person must have some leverage, so he walked up to the village chief and whispered a few words. Then the village chief asked everyone to go back first and go to Taohua Village door to door early tomorrow morning to look for those with scars on their hands. As for this person, let him take care of it for now.
"Gu Jiu, the village chief is taking someone away, why are you following him?" Gu Zheqi appeared again out of nowhere, and the look in his eyes seemed to say: Why are you so eager to reap the benefits?
Gu Jiu ignored him, and after giving instructions to Gu Jing and Ye Qingyi, he followed the village chief and Aunt Xia out.
"Does this look familiar to you?" After arriving at the village chief's house, Gu Jiu took out something from his arms and showed it to him.
