Lin Chang walked to the main room with a wooden stick in one hand and a flashlight in the other. When he saw Lin Lan's door opened, he asked: "Xiao Lan, did you hear any noise?"
"No." Lin Lan walked to the main room, Lin Changyou opened the main room door, and Wangcai ran up to the three of them, wagging his tail.
Lin Lan rubbed its head: "I'll cook two big bones tomorrow to reward you."
"Woof woof... woof woof..." Wangcai barked a few times happily and licked Lin Lan's palm so hard that his tail almost shook off.
Wu Shuqin heard the voice, opened the door and walked out: "Wangcai's voice is so scary, the dogs around him are barking."
Lin Changyou said in the courtyard: "Here is a piece of meat bone and a lump of braised meat. Such a bastard wants to poison a dog and steal something."
After hearing this, Lin Lan thought it was possible that today, Li Xiangyang brought those things over, and someone saw them and wanted to take advantage of them.
Wu Shuqin looked at the meat bones and braised meat and said with a smile: "Your family is so smart that they won't eat such a big piece of meat."
"Wangcai only eats dog food fed by his family and never eats food given by others." Wu Shufen came over and said, carrying a dustpan.
Lin Changyou poured the meat bones and braised meat into the latrine and came back. He said to several people: "Go to bed first, and go out tomorrow to ask if anyone has been robbed."
"Yes, I'll ask tomorrow." Wu Shuqin closed her coat tightly and ran back to the room.
Lin Lan and the other three returned to the main room and closed the door. Lin Changyou looked at the things piled there and said, "Xiao Lan, tell Xiang Yang not to install an antenna for the TV. Move these things to a house in the city and put them away so that others won't worry about them.
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Li Lan was not interested in watching TV at all, so she nodded and said, "That's fine, tomorrow I'll have the TV set and sewing machine moved upstairs to the department store, and I'll keep the bicycle for use."
Lin Chang nodded slightly and went back to the house with Wu Shufen to sleep.
Lin Lan went back to the room and covered Xiaodouzi with a quilt. Qiaohui on the small bed next to her asked sleepily: "Cousin, what happened to Wangcai?"
"It's okay." Lin Lan opened the quilt and got into bed, took off her jacket and got into the quilt. She lay down and closed her eyes, but she couldn't fall asleep.
She thought of Yao Xiuyun's words and Su Xiaoyong's abduction by human traffickers, and felt that these days were really uneventful.
Lin Lan remembered hearing someone say before that theft was common before the crackdown, and it was common for gangsters to collect protection fees.
Also, Xiangyang is leaving for Yangcheng the day after tomorrow, so I have to tell him to be careful...
Lin Lan thought wildly for a while and finally fell asleep. She didn't wake up until the alarm clock rang.
Xiaodouzi rubbed his eyes and sat up: "Mom, I heard Wangcai roaring last night."
"Yeah! Someone ran over last night, and Wangcai started roaring." Lin Lan handed him his little cotton-padded jacket, "Hurry up and put it on and go to the toilet, otherwise it will be too late."
"Oh!" Xiaodouzi quickly put on his clothes and pants, got out of bed, pulled on his cotton slippers, and ran out.
Lin Lan tied up her hair and went out to see Qiaohui heating yesterday's leftover meal on the stove: "Cousin, there is also sweet roasted white, do you want it?"
"Okay! I don't even know when you got up." Lin Lan reached for the toothbrush and toothbrush on the cupboard.
Qiao Hui poured the sweet and sour whites together and put them on the steamer: "I saw you were sleeping deeply so I didn't call you."
Lin Lan poured some warm water into the toothbrush, picked up the two-faced needle toothpaste and squeezed a little on the toothbrush, then went to the backyard to brush his teeth.
Wu Shufen and Lin Changyou were fertilizing the vegetables in their private plot outside. The vegetables had already grown seven or eight spores, the largest of which was as long as an index finger. They would be ready to cut and eat in a few days.
Lin Changyou broke off a layer of leaves from the Chinese cabbage in the ditch and said to Wu Shufen: "While we are in Lexing, break off some old cabbage and go back to make some sauerkraut for Xiaolan."
Wu Shufen nodded: "That's fine. After dinner, I'll go to Liying and ask her to leave a bucket of water for us. The sauerkraut pickled in the water is delicious and the color is nice."
He Cuicui walked to the vegetable field and asked Wu Shufen with a smile: "Auntie, your dog barked so fiercely last night. Did a thief enter your house?"
Her dog was poisoned to death last night by a chicken thief. Fortunately, they acted quickly, otherwise the thief would have climbed over the wall.
Wu Shufen glanced at her and shook her head with a smile: "We didn't see anything when we got up. I heard the dog behind me barking loudly. Did you see the thief?"
She remembered that He Cuicui and Zhang Yazhen were sisters-in-law, and they had had quarrels with Xiaolan before. Today they came to talk to her. It seemed that they had something to do with Xiaolan.
He Cuicui walked to the edge of the vegetable field and whispered to Wu Shufen: "I heard them saying that a few of Accountant Jin's chickens were stolen, but they didn't catch anyone."
Wu Shufen sighed: "The end of the year is not peaceful. When I came to Lexing by car, I heard people on the car say that some of their chickens and ducks were stolen, and some of their dogs were beaten to death and stolen in broad daylight.
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He Cuicui said with an envious look, "Aunt, where did you catch Lin Lan's Wangcai? Can you still catch him?"
Wu Shufen laughed and shook her head: "My son-in-law caught it for Xiaolan. You have to ask him to find out."
Seeing that Wu Shufen was easier to talk to than Lin Lan, He Cuicui hesitated and said, "Auntie, please help me ask. If you have one, I can give you the money to buy one."
Wu Shufen nodded cheerfully: "Okay, I will ask for you when Xiangyang comes over."
He Cuicui happily thanked her and went back.
Lin Lan washed up and went to the courtyard. She saw Tong Xinglan and Wu Shuqin helping to cut ramie, and Xiaodouzi squatting in front of Wangcai and petting the dog.
Wangcai held his head high and squinted his eyes with a look of enjoyment.
"Yang Xiaoguo, go wash your face and brush your teeth. It's time to have breakfast."
"Oh!" Xiaodouzi rubbed Wangcai's head and stood up and walked towards the kitchen.
Wu Shuqin smiled and said: "Xiaolan, I think your little Douzi is more obedient than some of the kids on our team."
Lin Lan thought so, and responded with a smile: "Douzi has always been obedient and has never made me worry."
"People say that sensible and obedient children come to repay their kindness, while those who are ignorant and disobedient come to collect debts." Wu Shuqin said, tapping Tong Xinglan twice with a sickle, "My family is here to collect debts."
"Mom~" Tong Xinglan stomped her feet angrily, "When did I never listen to you? If you say one, it means one. If you say two, it means two? I'm not a fool."
"Are you smart?" Wu Shuqin glanced at her, "If you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer the consequences."
"Leave me alone, go back and ask my dad to see what he says!" Tong Xinglan impatiently threw the ramie leaves into the back of her pocket and went straight to the kitchen.
Wu Shuqin looked at Lin Lan helplessly: "Xiao Lan, look at it, do you think the older you get, the more disobedient you are?"
Lin Lan could only comfort: "Auntie, don't worry about Xinglan, it will be fine if she is older."
She felt that Tong Xinglan might have told Wu Shuqin last night that she didn't want to learn how to make cakes, and she was trying to beat her up!
While they were talking, the brothers Wang Zhixue and Zhang Yuru entered the yard together: "Auntie, we are here to get high cakes."
Lin Lan smiled and nodded: "Sit with Yuru for a while, and I will get it for you."
Zhang Yuru glanced at Wang Cai who was lying on the eaves of the steps and walked behind Wang Zhixue.
Wang Zhilin laughed when he saw her look: "Sister-in-law, don't be afraid of Wangcai, it has very cunning eyes and won't bite you."
Zhang Yuru blushed: "I have been chased by dogs. Except for my own dogs, I am afraid of other people's dogs."