"Dad, you are being too stingy. Yesterday Qin Huairu and his family all ate white-flour steamed buns."
Yan Bugui was getting dressed in the room. When he heard what Yan Jiecheng said, he responded casually.
"Why don't you say that all the children of Qin Huairu's family have gone to the labor camp, and you should go in too."
"Okay, dad, I'll ask Yu Li to come over for dinner later."
After Yan Jiecheng finished speaking, he left.
The third uncle and the third aunt got up and prepared to cook.
The steamed sweet potato pancakes are placed in a large vat. After the pancakes are made, they are dried. Not only in winter, they can also be kept for a few days in summer.
The third uncle took some pancakes to make water, got some pickles, and planned to put a few slices of dried chili peppers in them.
But why can’t I find this dried chili pepper?
"Hey, where did my dried chili go?"
"Are you afraid that Yan Jiecheng and others will steal and hide you?"
The third aunt also knew the third uncle's temperament, so she felt that he might have hidden it there and forgotten about it.
But Yan Bugui took another look in the room and found that the dried mushrooms Xu Damao gave him were gone.
"The dried mushrooms are gone. I plan to make dumpling fillings tomorrow. The dried mushrooms are more fragrant than meat."
Yan Bugui originally planned to soak the dried mushrooms tomorrow so that he could add less meat to the dumpling fillings.
But I didn’t expect that I couldn’t find dried mushrooms either.
Thinking of Yan Bugui, I started to panic.
He quickly opened the cupboard in his room.
He glanced inside and shouted loudly.
"It's over, it's over, it's over. There's been a burglar in our house."
"Ah, what did you say?"
"Our family's money was stolen."
At this time, the third aunt also panicked, tugged on the third uncle's clothes and said.
"Then quickly call the first and second uncles and let's hold a hospital-wide meeting."
"Okay, I'm going to go find them now to hold a hospital-wide meeting. There's been a thief in our hospital, but it's a serious matter."
The third uncle hurried out and met Xu Damao.
"Xu Damao is in trouble, there is a thief in our courtyard."
"Third uncle, your house was also stolen. My house was also stolen. I lost more than 100 yuan. The mountain goods that were given to me during the movie were also stolen."
The third uncle did not expect that Xu Damao's house was also stolen.
Then they went to find the first and second uncles together.
…
Ten minutes later, a general meeting was held in the courtyard.
As usual, the three uncles sat in the middle.
But the sitting position is different from before.
Originally, the first uncle was always sitting in the middle, and the second uncle was sitting on the left.
But this time Liu Haizhong deliberately turned the bench sideways and sat side by side with the uncle.
The old man glanced at Liu Haizhong but didn't say anything about it.
Yi Zhonghai stood up and said.
"The main reason why we came to this meeting today is because there was a thief in the house of Third Master and Xu Damao. When I got up early this morning, I saw that our compound was still locked, and the lock was not unlocked.
The third uncle and Xu Damao felt that someone in our compound might have stolen it.
Everyone is celebrating the New Year, so if whoever took it takes the initiative to hand it over, the matter will be over."
After the first man finished speaking, a long time passed and no one in the courtyard moved.
At this time Xu Damao stood up and spoke.
"I think Banggeng probably did this. Why didn't anything get lost in our yard when he was there?
As soon as he came out, something was lost in our compound."
After Xu Damao finished speaking, everyone in the courtyard looked at Banggeng.
In those days, if you stole something once, you would be branded, and you would basically be unable to hold your head up for the rest of your life.
At this time, Mrs. Jia Zhang blocked the stick behind her and said to Xu Damao.
"Xu Damao, are you still being unreasonable? I haven't settled the accounts with you for what happened last time. Didn't my Terrier steal one of your chickens?
You all sent him to the labor camp and locked him up for such a long time, and now you are still unjustly accusing my son."
"Whether it's unfair or not, we'll find out if we search your house."
"Yes, we will find out if we search your house."
"Search home."
…
After Xu Damao finished speaking, everyone in the courtyard also echoed.
Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang were a little nervous. They woke up not long ago because they smoked Ecstasy incense at night.
I was also worried that Banggeng might have been stolen and hidden at home.
"If grandma is fine, let him search if he asks. Anyway, I didn't steal it, so it's definitely not in our house."
Bangge wasn't afraid, since he had all those wild beasts hidden in Lin Chen's house anyway.
He only stole the money and hid it under the mattress of the kang at home.
But even if the money is dug out, it doesn't matter. After all, his father Jia Dongxu died and the factory lost a large sum of money. Everyone in the compound knows it.
It can't be proved that the money was stolen and belonged to Xu Damao and the third uncle's family.
"good."
Not long after, Xu Damao, the third uncle and Yan Jie formed three persons and entered Qin Huairu's house.
Others in the compound were waiting outside to watch the excitement.
But after a few minutes, the three people came out with their heads lowered.
It is not easy to hide so many mountain products. The three of them searched it and found nothing at all.
Jia Zhang was making a noise at this time.
"What am I talking about? You are just wronging my boss."
"Grandma is fine. Since Uncle Damao has searched my house, shouldn't he also search other houses in the compound?"
At that time, people did not have much awareness of privacy rights, and they felt that they would be guilty of not allowing their homes to be searched.
Then the third uncle Xu Damao and Yan separated into three people and looked at all the houses in the courtyard except Lin Chen, He Yuzhu and the old lady's house.
I haven't found those wild goods yet.
"Now, only Lin Chen's house, He Yuzhu's house, and the old lady's house have not been searched.
He Yuzhu and the old lady are not in our compound, so now they can only be at Lin Chen's house."
The first uncle said that he would be happy to let everyone search Lin Chen's house. He already scolded Lin Chen in front of the whole compound yesterday, so there was no need to be secretive.
"I don't think there is any need to search Comrade Xiaolin's home. His monthly salary for a cadre comrade is so high.
And I just received a bonus of 300 yuan from the factory a few days ago..."
The second uncle had just drank with Lin Chen, and they both reached an agreement to overthrow the first uncle together. At this time, Liu Haizhong naturally stood up and planned to say a few words for Lin Chen.
But he was interrupted by Xu Damao just halfway through his words.
"I think it was probably Lin Chen who did this. He, I, and the three uncles all have grudges in the compound."
The third uncle thought for a while and nodded, but felt that it didn't make sense.
Because Lin Chen seemed to have a grudge against not only him but also Xu Damao.
There are many people in this compound who have grudges against Lin Chen, including the First Master, He Yuzhu, the deaf old lady, Qin Huairu...
Who doesn’t have a grudge against Lin Chen? Is it possible that in the future, if these people lose something, they will all use it on Lin Chen?
But the third uncle was too lazy to say anything. It would be best if he could get it back.