As soon as Laba had breakfast that day, the Chu family all dressed up and got on the bullock cart on the roadside to the town in a lively manner!
Across the road in front of the door, a slightly thin man was hiding behind the willow tree on the roadside, staring at everything in front of him. It wasn't until the oxcart pulled the Chu family and the Chu family staggered away that the man walked out from behind the tree, limped slightly and quickly walked around to the Chu family's backyard. Seeing no one around, he clung to the crooked neck. The tree fell over the courtyard wall!
The bullock cart on the other side had just turned the intersection. Shen Luzhu, who was sitting quietly in the cart, suddenly slapped his thigh: "Oh, stop the car, stop the car quickly! I still have water boiling on the stove, and I forgot to put out the fire!"
Grandma Chu also shouted: "How do you work? You can forget this. What if this house burns down? Stop the car quickly and let me get out!"
The driver stopped the car on the side of the road and put the Chu family down. There were not many people in Laba going to the town today. He was quite happy to see so many people in front of the Chu family. Who would have thought that this wouldn't happen yet? After walking out of the village, they had to go down again. The coachman was a little unhappy but there was nothing he could do. Chu Yi handed fifty coins to the coachman: "This is hard-earned money. There is something urgent at home. I'm really sorry!"
The Chu family quietly walked back through another path and entered the yard of Chu Ping's house next door. After settling down the family, Chu Yi went to the front door to meet Chu Ping who was hiding there: "How is it?"
Chu Ping whispered about the situation after the Chu family left: "After you left, I saw him go around to the back. Brother Cheng and his younger brother were guarding the backyard. Just now his younger brother quietly came over and said that someone had climbed over the wall and got in. ”
The thin man climbed over the courtyard wall and went straight through the backyard. Perhaps he knew that no one was in the courtyard and would not be back for a while, so he became wanton in his actions. He first picked the lock of the main house, but then After finding something valuable, he walked towards Chu Yi and Shen Luzhu's house. There was a big lock on the door. The man pried it for a long time before opening it and entering the house.
The man went directly to the kang cabinet where he found the money box last time, and took out the big money box from the bottom with familiarity. This time, there were a lot more copper coins in it than last time, but it was only four or five at most. Two, isn’t the Chu family’s paper money business very prosperous? Why don’t we have much money these two times?
Just as I was wondering, I suddenly felt a strong wind behind me and a sharp pain in the back of my head. My vision went dark and I didn't know anything anymore!
It turned out that all this was a trap by Chu Yi and the others. Shen Luzhu specifically told others that his Laba family was going to the town to spend time. Here the whole family went out in public, while over there Chu Ping had been hiding behind his door all morning, staring at the movement outside the courtyard. Because he was not sure where the thief would enter Chu's house, Zhao Chengcheng and his brother guarded the backyard. Not far away, I planned to wait for Chu Yi's family to circle back, and then attack him from both front and back!
At three o'clock in the morning, Chu's courtyard was already surrounded by people inside and outside. These people were attracted by the noise and curses. Thanks to Chu A'nai and Chu Ping's mother-in-law, Qian, they were first neighbors who lived nearby, and then they were wandering around. Many idle people, and later half the village came over to join in the fun!
The thief's hands and feet were tied now, and he was lying in the yard of the Chu family. The onlookers who came to watch finally squeezed in, looked at the man, and muttered: "Hey, isn't this man Wang Tiecheng from Zhutun Village? "
After hearing this, others hurriedly asked: "Are you sure? How do you recognize the person from Zhutun Village?"
"Uh... don't worry about it. Anyway, I recognize him, so he must not have run away!"
The man I recognized was a well-known lazy man in the village. He usually did everything from eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling. It happened that someone opened a casino in Zhutun Village. In the summer, he played crickets and in the winter, he played mahjong and rolled dice. He was an idle man from eight villages in ten miles. Everyone likes to get together there!
When others heard what he said, they guessed most of it: "Third boy, have you sneaked away to Zhutun Village to make money again? This can't be your gambling friend!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I've quit gambling a long time ago, okay? Don't be so slanderous!"
"You're the only one who still quits gambling? Who would believe it?"
"Hey, you..."
Those who were watching the fun together saw the two of them quarreling, and quickly broke up the fight: "Why are you arguing? Third boy, if you really know this person, why not go to his house and call someone over? Most of the Chu family doesn't recognize him, and you can't always Keep it tied up like this!”
The third boy thought about it. He was just here to join in the fun. If he was tied up like this all the time, there would be nothing interesting to see. So he squeezed out of the crowd and ran towards Zhutun Village.
Chu Yi didn't hit him hard. In fact, Wang Tiecheng had woken up a long time ago, but he just didn't want to face the scene in front of him. He heard someone recognized him, and ran to his house to call for someone. He simply planned to pretend to be dead until the end. Unexpectedly, the Chu family I don’t dare to do anything to him! Just as he was thinking about how he would get out when someone came to the house, Grandma Chu poured a basin of cold water on his face!
This was during the twelfth lunar month, not to mention the fact that Wang Tie Cheng was being splashed, even the people standing aside to watch the fun couldn't help but get goosebumps all over their bodies.
Wang Tiecheng screamed in excitement, shook his body and sat up. Seeing that he couldn't hide, he cowered on the ground pretending to be frightened: "Who among you? Why did you beat me and tie me up? Is there any royal law! What are you doing?"
"You have to go to court! Why did you say you were tied up? You black-hearted person stole the money and it went to our old Chu family!" Grandma Chu thought of the money she had saved. I was frightened when I saw that this little thief actually dared to hit him with a rake, and I became even more furious!
"Who stole it? I don't even have half a penny on my body. Why don't you, old lady, act like this!" Wang Tiecheng thought of the copper coins in the box. Fortunately, he hadn't had time to put them in his pocket. He felt much more at ease. Why does the evidence say that he stole: "To catch people is to catch stolen goods. I don't have a penny on me. How much money can I steal from your family?"
Chu Ping and his mother-in-law Qian Shi shouted: "That's because you haven't had time to take it away! If my nephew and the others hadn't come back because of something unexpected, and caught you, you might have emptied this house!"
"That's right! If you weren't a thief, why did you pick the lock? My grandson caught you in the house, and you still dare to deny it!"
Wang Tiecheng faced Qian and Grandma Chu without flinching at all. He held his neck and continued to lie: "I didn't pick the lock. Who saw that it was me? Did you see it? Who knows when you will enter your house?" I'm a thief, I just happened to be passing by, you can't blame me!"
"Fart, you bastard! You can pass by and get into my house! When no one is in my yard, you are not stealing things, why don't you drop by the house!"
"Hey! That's right, I'm just here to visit. I'm a relative of yours..."
Shen Luzhu and Chu Yi looked at each other after hearing this, relatives? This person really dares to make it up!
Before Wang Tiecheng finished speaking, he was interrupted by a burst of crying: "My son, who made you like this? What did you do and what did you do again?"
It turned out that the third boy came over with Wang Tiecheng and his mother-in-law. Mrs. Wang threw herself on her son and slapped him. The younger son had been led badly by the idle men in the village in the past two years, and he became more and more worried. The whole family had to take care of him. How much mess has been caused: "Why can't you let me worry less? What have you done?"
"Grandma, I didn't do anything! They wronged me! They falsely accused me of stealing money. Grandma is really not me. If you don't believe me, just touch me. I don't have a penny on me!"
"You didn't do it?" Mrs. Wang doubtfully touched her son's pockets, but there was nothing. "Are you mistaken? I don't have anything on my body, so why should I say he stole money? He didn't steal it. Hurry up and let him go! This winter is going to freeze him to death!"
Grandma Chu took the broken lock and threw it in front of Mrs. Wang: "Look at the lock, and then look at the room. It's obvious that he came to steal! He didn't have any money, so he didn't have time to put it in his pocket. , and we caught him!"
Wang Tiecheng relied on the fact that the money was not with him, so he refused to admit it: "You old woman is a slanderer, I said it's not me, it's baseless, don't try to blame me!"
Shen Luzhu didn't want to get involved with such a scoundrel. Seeing that his mother-in-law, Mrs. Wang, seemed to be okay, he was about to take two steps forward to say goodbye to her, when Chu Yi held his arm and blocked her in front of her. Chu Yi came to Mrs. Wang with his big money box: "Auntie, I caught him. When I entered the house, he was holding the money box and counting the money. The money was not on him. First, it was too late, and second, it was here. There are thousands of copper coins that he can’t carry!”
As he spoke, Chu Yi opened the money box and showed it to Mrs. Wang and the villagers who were watching.
"I didn't! Whoever steals money doesn't just take the money and run away? Am I crazy? I didn't run away in a hurry and still count the money?"
Feng Laizi, who was squeezing in the front, couldn't help but laugh after hearing this: "Who doesn't know that the old Chu family has no one today and has gone to town to celebrate Laba. How can you be so anxious?"
Old Liu Tou, who was next to him, also said: "Who says otherwise? I think you probably heard that there are no talents here! Oh, that's not right. Boy from the Chu family, why are you still here if your family is not going to town? "
After hearing this, Shen Luzhu hurriedly came out to explain: "It's all my fault. I was about to leave the village in a bullock cart, but then I remembered that there was still water boiling on the stove, so I stopped the cart and came back! It's a shame to come back, otherwise Let this thief succeed!"
"Yes, yes, I saw it. As soon as the ox cart passed by my door, I heard the Chu family's daughter-in-law said that she forgot to turn off the engine. Her old lady also shouted, what if the house is burned down!" It was from the village head. The fat aunt went outside the courtyard to collect firewood in the morning and happened to see the scene on the bullock cart.
Mrs. Wang listened to what others had said and thought about her son's virtues in the past two years. She knew that this matter was probably a certainty and could not be relied on: "I am sure that I am wrong, but you see, he didn't steal it, and neither did you." What a loss, he has been tied up for a long time, old lady, I will make amends to you, I'm sorry, is it okay to just let this matter go?"
"I'm afraid not!"
Seeing Chu Yi shaking his head in rejection, the onlookers felt that he was a little unkind: "From the Chu family, I think this old lady is not easy. It would be troublesome for anyone to have such a child in their stall, and your family really doesn't have anything. It’s a loss, or forget it!”
"Yeah, he didn't steal anything, so let's just teach him a lesson. It's so cold, and your grandma splashed water all over me again, and I'll freeze again later!"
When Mrs. Wang saw someone helping her to speak, she quickly stepped forward and begged Chu Yi: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, young man, just do it and spare him this time!"
Chu Yi refused again: "No, this is not the first time he has stolen from my house. He succeeded last time, and he comes again this time. If we let him go again, all the thieves in the future will know how easy it is to steal from my house!"
Seeing that some people among the onlookers seemed to be whispering and not agreeing with Chu Yi's approach, Shen Luzhu stepped forward and asked: "If my family becomes a favorite in the eyes of these thieves and thieves, who come here every day, then what? Can this backing village still have a peaceful life? Who can guarantee that they can escape every time?"
The onlookers were silent now. When the matter did not concern themselves, they could easily say forget it, but if it was like what the Chu family's daughter-in-law said, it would not be so easy. I can say it now!
"You fart, I was caught by you this time, I think I'm unlucky, but I didn't succeed either! You can't even put the shit basin on my head! Mom, don't listen to them, they just want to blackmail you Money! There is no proof. Did he steal it when he said it was stolen before? "
