Mrs. Wang was confused after being rejected by Chu Yi twice. After listening to her son's words, she realized what she was doing. She protected Wang Tiecheng and cried, "That's right, you can't rely on me Tiecheng for everything now. Who knows what will happen next?" Who was the unscrupulous person who stole it this time? You can’t do this without any evidence. Oh my god, is there any law left by the king?"
"Last time I chased you all the way to the backyard, and you accidentally fell down when you climbed over the wall. The evidence is on you!"
Wang Tiecheng's face stiffened as he realized something, but he still denied it desperately: "I accidentally sprained my foot at home a few days ago, and my mother-in-law saw it!"
Shen Luzhu walked up to Chu Yi: "My husband hasn't said what the evidence is or where it is yet. Are you feeling guilty if you are so anxious to explain what you are doing?"
Chu Yi smiled and glanced at Shen Luzhu: "That's right, I didn't say it was your feet. You were indeed limping when you ran away that day, but I'm not sure whether you were already lame or whether you fell. What I said The evidence is the injury on your back. When you fell, you scraped the tree outside the courtyard, a large piece of your clothes was torn off, and there was a lot of blood on it."
After Chu Yi finished speaking, he took out the piece of bloody cloth: "You can tell if it's you by taking off your clothes and taking a look!"
Chu Ping, who had been waiting beside him for a long time, finally found his place. Before anyone could react, he took off Wang Tiecheng's clothes in a few strokes. There was indeed a new scar on his back shoulder, an obvious scratch, and some injuries. The area where the injury was severe may have just shed blood scabs and is still red.
With a "pop" sound, Chu Ping slapped the injury with his palm: "Let's see how you deny it this time!"
"That's right, that was done accidentally a few days ago!"
"If you don't admit it, then go to the government!"
When Wang Tiecheng heard that Chu Yi said that he was going to see the officials, he panicked: "The officials? Why do you want me to go? Let me go!"
"It's not up to you. My husband is right. I think you should be sent to see the official, beat him dozens of times, and be imprisoned for a few days. I'll see if you're still tough on your words when you're gone. The twenty taels you stole last time are all back, and after passing the test, let’s see how you still say that we blackmailed you!”
"You fart, where did the twenty taels come from! It's obviously just two fucking coins!"
Shen Luzhu looked at Wang Tiecheng with a look of sudden realization: "Oh, it turns out it's two copper coins. Didn't you say it wasn't you?"
Now everyone present understood that this person is really a wicked and recidivist criminal: "You people in Zhutun Village really think that everyone in the village we support is not there? You are addicted to stealing!"
Seeing her son like this, Mrs. Wang knew that she couldn't continue to make trouble: "Don't give it away, don't give it away, we have something to talk about. I will compensate you for how much he stole!"
Chu Yi said that he wanted to see the official, but it was just to scare him. It proved that he was indeed the thief last time, and his family admitted compensation, so the matter was almost over. In the village, such things are usually taught a lesson. If you insist on reporting it to the official, the villagers will think that your family is unkind and unforgiving!
Mrs. Wang didn't have any money with her, so Shen Luzhu wrote an IOU under the witness of the onlookers. Mrs. Wang pressed her fingerprints and promised to deliver it later. Then she let Wang Tiecheng, who was already freezing, go home with her.
After sending away the villagers who were watching, Chu Yi took Uncle Chu and the two little ones back from Chu Ping's house. In order to cooperate with catching the thief, my grandfather and grandmother got up early in the morning and spent the whole morning to eat something simple. After stuffing their stomachs, they all went back to the house to rest!
Chu Yi and his wife slept until mid-afternoon. The shop was not going to open today, so they took advantage of nothing to sort out the inventory.
As the saying goes, "After the Laba Festival, it's the New Year." The activities of praying for blessings and worshiping ancestors during the Spring Festival usually start on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month and end intermittently on the 15th day of the first lunar month. The sales volume of paper money in this wave of sales a year ago is expected to be much higher than before, and I am afraid it will be busy in a few days.
While I was busy, I heard someone shouting in the yard: "Cousin! Where are you?"
As soon as Chu Yi opened the door, he saw Chu Ping standing in the courtyard pushing a stroller. There was someone behind him with a child!
Throwing the cart aside, Chu Ping took a few steps forward and whispered in front of Chu Yi: "Cousin, I'm here to deliver burning paper. I happened to see this girl outside the gate. She said she was looking for you, so I brought her in." Yes, is that the one who sent the money?"
When Chu Ping moved, the person who was originally blocked behind him was revealed in full. It was actually Jiang Juan!
Jiang Juan held her son Xiaobao and nodded towards Chu Yi: "Cousin."
"Cousin, wait a minute, A Zhu?" Chu Yi turned around and called Shen Luzhu out of the room: "A Ping and I are going to unload the goods, A Zhu will entertain my cousin first."
"Cousin, come with me?" Grandpa and grandma were still resting in the main room. Shen Luzhu was afraid of disturbing them in the main room, so he led Jiang Juan back to her and Chu Yi's room.
After a few people left, Chu Ping said: "Cousin, when did you get a cousin? I thought it was that family who came to send money. Didn't I promise to send it later? Is the person here?"
"It doesn't matter, there is an IOU, I can't afford it!"
Shen Luzhu made a pot of hot tea and gave Xiaobao some snacks: "Xiaobao is so handsome. How is your health? Are you feeling well?"
Jiang Juan's face was a little pale, and her expression was bleak: "It's much better. It's just that the body has passed the cold, but the doctor said that it will be fine after taking good care of it."
"Don't just focus on the child, you should also pay more attention to yourself. You don't look very good these two times I saw you, but are you tired?"
"Thank you, cousin, I didn't, um!" Jiang Juan said and suddenly snorted! Maybe Xiaobao felt uncomfortable sitting on his mother's body, and struggled to get off the ground. Somehow, it hurt Jiang Juan. But how strong can such a small child be? Jiang Juan was sweating from the pain!
Shen Luzhu felt something was wrong and was about to take Xiaobao out of Jiang Juan's arms. He accidentally touched Jiang Juan's arm and heard her cry out in pain again.
Shen Luzhu went to hold the child, and he could use as much strength as he could, but Jiang Juan looked like she was in severe pain. Could it be that there was an injury on her arm?
Shen Luzhu hurriedly opened Jiang Juan's sleeves. There were patches of bruises and bruises on her arms: "You are injured! How did you do this?"
Jiang Juan put down Xiaobao and pulled off her sleeves in a panic, trying to cover the scars on her body: "I accidentally dropped it myself."
Seeing Jiang Juan's dodge, Shen Luzhu sighed, went next door and called Chu Li over, asking him to take Xiaobao to play next door for a while.
"Where else are you injured? Let me give you some medicine!"
Jiang Juan subconsciously wanted to cover her clothes more tightly, as if she wanted to hide something: "No need, cousin, I can do it myself when I get back!"
Seeing her like this, Shen Luzhu confirmed the bad suspicion in his heart: "I'm so stupid, how could I fall like this? Who hit you? Are you my husband? Why did he hit someone?"
"Cousin, I...wuwuwu..."
As soon as Chu Yi returned to the house, he saw his wife wiping her cousin's tears: "What's wrong?"
"Chu Yi, that bastard Wang Tiecheng who stole the money is my cousin's husband. That scumbag beat my cousin!"
"What?"
When Jiang Juan was fifteen years old, through a matchmaker, she married Wang Tiecheng, the youngest son of the Wang family in the same village. Things were fine at first. Although Wang Tiecheng was a little lazy, he was okay with her. They gave birth to Xiaobao in the second year of their marriage. .
I thought that after having a child, Wang Tiecheng would be more motivated than before, but not only did he not, but he also got into the bad habit of gambling. In the past two years, he has become an addiction. He spends all his money in gambling houses. It’s impossible to go home if you lose everything!
When he got home, he just wanted money. If you didn't give it, he would rob him, turn the house upside down, scold him, tie him up, but nothing worked. The family no longer gave him any money, so he started stealing. As long as something can be sold for money, he will take it and exchange it for money for gambling if he is not careful!
There was nothing to steal from home, so I would steal from my fellow villagers and neighbors. From time to time, someone would come to scold me!
Wang Tiecheng's brothers couldn't bear it anymore and had proposed dividing the family several times, but they were all stopped by the parents-in-law who were partial to their younger son. Something happened to Xiaobao a few days ago, and the family couldn't even afford the money for medicine. Jiang Juan had no choice but to think of her cousin Chu Yi.
Fortunately, Wang Tiecheng was not at home that day, so Jiang Juan paid the doctor and took the medicine when she went back. After that, Wang Tiecheng returned home and, as expected, took away all the remaining money regardless of her son's life and death.
Not only that, he also asked Jiang Juan where she got the money. Jiang Juan refused to tell her at first, so he slandered Jiang Juan that she had gone out to steal someone to get the money. I really had no choice, so I said I borrowed it from my cousin.
Who would have thought that when Wang Tiecheng heard this, he suddenly had thoughts that he shouldn't have. He thought that his cousin, who had broken off the relationship, could easily lend him ten taels at once. How rich he would be! Later, when I inquired about it, I found out that he was indeed a big fat sheep!
As soon as all the money he snatched from Jiang Juan was lost, Wang Tiecheng immediately targeted the Chu family! After secretly stalking outside the hospital for a long time, I figured out Chu Yi's house and the daily routine of the Chu family, and took advantage of the darkness to make my first move.
But two taels of silver were not enough for Wang Tiecheng to lose. It didn't take long for him to overcome the fear in his heart and went to the Chu family again. Who knew he was caught red-handed!
Today, Wang Tiecheng was caught. After being tied up for a long time, he was splashed with water by Grandma Chu. When he got home, he took out his anger on Jiang Juan. After beating him enough, he stopped his grandma from going out to borrow money. Come back!
Wang Tiecheng said that the family was Jiang Juan's cousin. Why would he want to be at odds with his relatives? If he had money, he would treat it as lucky money for his little treasure. He had to let Jiang Juan come and get the IOU back!
Jiang Juan really had no choice but to shamelessly come to Chu's house, wondering if she could beg her cousins to give her some grace. These two taels were the same as the previous ten taels, so let her pay them back slowly!
"I just saw the injuries on my cousin's body. That bastard is simply not human!" Shen Luzhu really didn't expect that Wang Tiecheng was really a relative of theirs!
Chu Yi gently rubbed his wife's arm with his hand, and while comforting the furious Shen Luzhu, he looked at Jiang Juan: "Have you ever told your aunt about your cousin?"
Jiang Juan cried and shook her head: "His father said that if I dare to go back to my parents' home to complain, he will take both of us to death together, and no one will be harmed!"
"What are your cousin going to do in the future? Just go down with him like this? Don't blame your cousin for speaking harshly. This time it's us. For your sake, let it go. What about next time? What will you do next time if it's someone else's house? ? Are you going to plead for him again? He is a scumbag who doesn’t even care about his own children. How can we expect him to suddenly change for the better? "
To be honest, Shen Luzhu resented Jiang Juan's forbearance, but he also knew that it was not easy for a girl like her who had no skills and was influenced by the three obediences and four virtues since childhood to make certain decisions!
"But……"
Seeing that his wife was still trying to persuade him, Chu Yi patted his wife's hand and signaled her to calm down: "It's better to inform my aunt first!"
