Listening to Zhang's cries, the two of them looked at each other with smiles in their eyes.

It turned out that the thief didn't come, but instead went to Wang Daqin's house next door.

Mr. Zhang also had breakfast and was about to feed the chickens, only to realize that two were missing. He had raised a total of six chickens, and he was reluctant to eat them. He relied on selling eggs to support his family. Who would have thought that when he went there in the morning, he had a look at the chickens.

There are only four left.

Then he saw that a large piece of the chicken pen surrounded by the fence had been torn down. He didn't understand anything.

Zhang's voice was already loud, so when he shouted, many people in the village came to watch the fun.

"Da Qin's family, please stop crying. This thief won't bring your chicken back even after he stole it. What's the use of crying?"

Someone persuaded Ms. Zhang nicely that it was really annoying to cry and scream like this.

"What you said is nice, it's not your chicken that's missing, so of course you don't have to worry!"

With red eyes, Mrs. Zhang reprimanded the person who persuaded him. He had just thrown away the chickens he had raised for more than half a year. Why shouldn't he be allowed to cry twice?

"What a shame!"

The man spat in Zhang's direction, turned around and went home.

He kindly tried to persuade Mr. Zhang, but he didn't appreciate it. He might as well go home and get a pair of shoe soles in his spare time.

"That's true. Things are lost every once in a while in our village. If the thief in the village is not found out, we may not know whose family it belongs to!"

The person who said this had his house stolen before. The dumplings made for the Chinese New Year were frozen outside and were ready to be cooked and eaten on the morning of the first day of the new year. However, when he woke up the next morning, he found that the thief had taken away the grate with the dumplings.

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"Yes, yes, I even lost a tattered blanket that I had hanging outside!"

"Every store in my house that's been frozen outside has been stolen."

"My family is the same"

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Everyone who was originally gloating about the misfortune talked about the things they had thrown away, with anger on their faces.

Although none of them liked Mr. Zhang, everyone felt happy when they saw him suffer a loss.

But unless the thief is eliminated, Wangjia Village will never be able to live in peace.

Wang Daqin, who went out to fetch water, came back and saw so many people gathered at the door of his house. He thought it was Mr. Zhang who had caused some trouble again, so he hurriedly pushed through the crowd and entered the yard.

"Master Wife, look, our chicken has been stolen!"

As soon as Mrs. Zhang saw Wang Daqin coming back, she hurriedly got up from the ground and pulled her to the chicken coop.

Although Wang Daqin usually doesn't care much about these things at home, she still knows how many chickens there are.

"Who did it?"

Wang Daqin rarely gets angry, but now his shouting like this startled everyone.

"It doesn't matter who did it? If you can't catch someone, they won't stand up and admit it even if you call them that. In my opinion, it's better to tell the village chief and clan chief about this!"

Someone suggested.

This matter may be big or small, but everyone in the village is also afraid that it will be their turn next.

If the thieves could be caught earlier, they would be saved from losing things again.

"Do you think they can find out who the thief is?"

Nan Jingmu asked curiously while bringing the hot water to Su Qiruo.

"There are only a hundred or so people in the village. Everyone knows who is doing nothing and stealing, but there is no evidence."

Su Qiruo shook her head and said, even if she found out who it was, no one would dare to say it.

Generally, people with unclean hands and feet like this don't have much to worry about in their families. People are afraid of being retaliated, so naturally they don't dare to offend her.

It's a small thing to lose something, but if you lose your life, it's not worth the loss.

An annoying figure suddenly appeared in front of Nan Jingmu's eyes, and he felt that this was probably done by that bastard.

"Then they go to the village chief like this, how can the village chief ignore it?"

Nan Jingmu handed the clean cloth to Su Qiruo. He still felt that the village chief was a good person. Now that the villagers had lost something at home, she would not care.

"The village chief can't control it even if he wants to. They will all go back to their homes later."

Needless to say, these villagers will all return without success.

After so many years, if the village chief had the ability to take charge, would he still wait until today?

Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. The thief is just stealing things now. If he is forced to commit some brutal murder, not even the village chief can do anything about it.

Nan Jingmu didn't believe it at first, but when he had just cooked the porridge and brought it out, he heard Mrs. Zhang coming back from next door cursing.

The meaning of every word was that he disliked the village chief and clan chief for not standing up for him, but Wang Daqin remained silent.

Nan Jingmu looked at Su Qiruo in surprise. Su Qiruo smiled at him, with a hint of pride on her face because she had guessed correctly.

"The village chief didn't care about this matter today. The thieves will definitely get worse in the next few days. We must not leave any useful things in our home outside."

Su Qiruo took a sip of porridge and told Nan Jingmu.

Nan Jingmu nodded obediently and asked curiously: "Did you scatter ashes at the door last night just to know if the thief was coming?"

"That's not entirely true. With the footprints, we can find out who the thief is. When the evidence is conclusive, we will send the person directly to the government. Even if she is sentenced to ten days and a half, it will be enough for us to relax for a few days."

Su Qiruo didn't care whether the thief took revenge or not!

They would leave when she got better. If the thief dared to pursue her to the capital, she would be very happy.

Can a dignified daughter of the Su family still be afraid of a petty thief?

Nan Jingmu chuckled lightly, and then her eyes darkened again.

"In the past, I only thought that my life was miserable. After this experience, I realized that life in this world is not easy."

Nan Jingmu murmured in a low voice that everyone in the world has their own sufferings. Compared with the people in Wangjia Village who cried and cried because they lost a nest, his past days in Jiangnan were actually nothing.

Looking at Su Qiruo again, as the most favored daughter of the Duke Su's family and the cousin of His Royal Highness, it can be said that she is the perfect combination of many things.

Aren't you also seriously injured now, lying in the countryside with only half your life left?

Where has it been easier for anyone to live?

Even though Su Qiruo's heart was as clear as a mirror, she would not take the initiative to ask about his life experience unless Nan Jingmu told him.

"The world is not easy, but it is worth it."

Su Qiruo also suffered a lot in her previous life. No matter in life, study or work, everything was not smooth sailing.

But she is still very glad that she has had such an experience, which is both growth and gain.

Nan Jingmu raised her head and glanced at Su Qiruo, pursed her lips slightly, and said nothing more.

“It’s still comfortable to sit on tables and chairs like this.”

Su Qiruo suddenly said with emotion, no matter what the world is, there is nothing wrong with working hard to make money.
Chapter completed!