After everyone's joint efforts, they finally found a broken piece of iron and several three-inch-long iron nails around the foundation, that is, in the four directions of the southeast, northwest, and northwest.
I also found several small wooden figures stuck with needles in the center of the foundation.
Then someone among the masons said, "Damn it, the people who buried these things are really vicious. They are trying to kill your family!"
The faces of Xiang Jin and his family immediately turned ugly, but to be on the safe side, they still carried out a deep excavation, even prying out the stones that had been placed before, and inspecting them one by one.
Although some time and money were wasted, the result is still quite satisfactory. Except for the previous ones, nothing else was excavated, not even under the stones that were placed before.
Xiang Jin and his family finally felt relieved this time.
Xiang Jin then wrapped those things and took them to the bamboo shed where her grandfather lived to put them away to see what to do with them later.
Then she ran home to get the pack of cigarettes she just bought today, and then gave a pack to each of the craftsmen present.
"Uncles, thank you all for today. If it weren't for you, we would still be in the dark about this matter. Thank you all."
Everyone said, "It's okay, it's okay, it should be right. Fortunately, it was discovered in time."
Xiang Jin nodded and said, "But we have to ask you uncles to keep this secret for us and don't tell this matter. After all, we still don't know who is targeting our family. We
We also need to observe and investigate secretly.”
Everyone nodded, and then unanimously told them to rest assured that they would not tell anyone, not even to their own families.
Xiang Jin and the others were relieved now, and then they thanked them and started working again.
When all the craftsmen were gone in the afternoon, Xiang Jin and his family gathered together and discussed in a low voice, "Who do you think could do this?"
Yang Juyun sighed and shook his head.
Xiang Jin said, "There are only a few houses on the left and right. Judging from the reaction of Stonemason Sun and others, this should be the stonemason's tactic to punish people."
"Masons? Shouldn't those be Ai Chaocong and the others?" Everyone was suddenly startled, and Xiang Jin and her grandmother said.
Seeing the angry looks on their faces, Xiang Jin said, "It's not impossible, but we have to pay attention to the evidence. After all, we didn't see it with our own eyes that it was them who buried it, and they understand this kind of thing. Sun Shijiang and the others understand.
Others may also understand, maybe someone else did it to them and then buried it?"
"Others?" The family members became confused.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, I've always been wondering why Hu Yulan and the others suddenly became so good with the old Xiang family. You know, their two families were not like this before, and they are no different now.
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Do you think they gave a hint to the Lao Xiang family, and then the Lao Xiang family went to find someone to do this, and then secretly buried it in our foundation?"
The family was shocked, "No way? You said there are people from Lao Xiang's family involved in this?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "It's completely possible." Among the cases she handled before, there were many cases like this. Both a and b had conflicts with c at the same time. A wanted to fix c, but he didn't want to take the responsibility himself.
What should I do if I have a bad reputation? Then encourage b to execute it and use b as a gun.
Then she analyzed it with them, "Look, we sold the grain, pigs, chickens, ducks and geese, and asked them to pay us three thousand yuan, and then they broke it and sold it to our family on the slope.
Lao Xiang's family is not a broad-minded person about those trees' plans. Why don't we let them hold us grudges to death for all these kinds of things?
Now that our family is going to build a new house, will they still feel comfortable? So, they have every motive to attack us."
Her grandmother said, "Well, after you said that, it's really possible."
Then Yang Juyun said, "Then what should we do next?"
"Let's make a secret investigation and see if anyone in the bay saw anyone here yesterday and at noon today. Let's see who came here during the time when everyone went back to eat."
Her second uncle said, "If we really asked others, wouldn't it be equivalent to alerting others and letting others know that we have discovered this matter?"
Xiang Jin's mother, grandmother, and grandfather also felt that what her second uncle said was reasonable.
Xiang Jin said, "There is another way, and that is to wait and see. Since the other party has buried the things, they will definitely come to confirm whether we have noticed this thing. At that time, everyone only needs to see who often comes to this area, and
I always pay attention to what’s going on in our family, so it’s definitely because he hasn’t run away.”
Everyone then nodded and agreed to her approach.
Then her grandfather said, "In order to avoid something like this happening again in the future, Hu Cai and I will not go back for dinner from tonight until the construction of your house is completed. We will stay at the construction site. You will
The food was brought to us, but I don’t believe it. We are here all day long, who dares to do something bad?"
Then Xiang Jin saw the money protector sticking out his big tongue and wagging his tail as he circled around and shouted, as if he was echoing what her grandfather said.
Suddenly, Xiang Jin felt that this dog was actually quite cute and quite humane. He was not as scary as she thought before. And if it hadn't been for him today, they might never have discovered what was underneath their base.
Someone buried something prankish, it was their family's project.
So she decided that when she went back later, she would make a bowl of oily noodles for it to eat, and then make bone soup for it to drink tomorrow.
Xiang Jin's grandmother agreed with her grandfather's statement, "Okay, then from tonight on, I will stay here. Yongcheng, go back and bring me a few sets of clothes tomorrow."
"Oh, good!"
Xiang Jin and her mother were startled, and Yang Juyun said, "Mom, if you don't go back, what will happen to your family? You see, soon you will have to break off the grain, and then you will have to peel off the grain and pay the taxes.
Are there only two adults at home, my sister-in-law and my younger siblings?"
Xiang Jin and her grandmother pondered for a moment, and then said, "Hey, it will still take about ten days to break up the harvest. If we are too busy by then, I will go back."
Then, Xiang Jin and her grandfather spoke up, "In this way, you are still walking around on the territory during this period. You may occasionally need to carry a few loads of clay to fill in the foundation of the house to find a level ground, and you don't need a lot of manpower to follow."
Lao Li, your mother, me, and Ju Yun will do it.
Yongcheng, I'll see if it's you tomorrow or you won't come here for the time being after your brother comes. You guys can take care of things at home for a while. When it's time to check the bricks, you can come back then and give those things to those people.
The bricklayers are making a start, mixing river sand and cement, making a start and so on."
Xiang Jin's second uncle looked at her mother and hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed, "Okay, I'll listen to dad."