When Xu Damao rushed to the vegetable cellar, he saw that his original pile of cabbage was full, but now there was no cabbage left.
There were only a few scattered yellow and dried vegetable leaves under his feet, as if they were mocking him, flying with the wind he brought in.
He stood there and looked around for a while, looking around at the vegetables stored by other families. He found that except for his family, there was no sign of a sudden decrease in the amount of vegetables stored at other families, and he couldn't help but start thinking.
Most of the aunts in the courtyard are not at work, and they like to gather together to chat during the day. If anyone comes in with a face, they will definitely not escape their interrogation.
Even if you barely sneak in, your first goal must be to go to every house to steal gold and silver. After all, most people don't have the habit of locking their doors.
He wouldn't have gone through all the trouble to sneak in, just to steal this worthless cabbage, and specifically picked Xu Damao's cabbage to steal.
Although Xu Damao doesn't remember exactly how many cabbages are left in his house, there are at least a dozen or twenty cabbages left in his house. You can roughly calculate it by looking at the marks left on the wall of the vegetable cellar.
It is almost impossible to walk out with so much cabbage without everyone noticing.
Thinking of this, Xu Damao couldn't help but spit:
"Humph, I really didn't expect that a thief turned out to be a thief in the end!"
After confirming that the vegetable thief was in the residents of the courtyard house, Xu Damao suddenly felt excited.
He was pacing back and forth in the vegetable cellar. In this weather, so many cabbages would definitely not be left in the house, so most of the cabbages are still in the vegetable cellar.
After walking around for several times, Xu Damao finally discovered something was wrong at the place where Qin Huairu's family stored food.
The Jia family is well-known for their food storage. Every year, they save the least amount of food. When the season comes and the family has no food to eat, they pretend to be pitiful and ask for some food from this family and beg from that family.
It's okay if the frequency is small, but if the frequency is high, it really seems to be intentional. And every year when people come to beg for food, they swear to the sky that they will save more food next time.
But when the time comes, he still comes to ask for help. Xu Damao is very annoyed by this behavior, but Lou Xiao'e is kind-hearted and gives it every year.
There are so many more dishes at Jia’s house this year!
But the cabbage was arranged in such a careless manner that it looked like it was placed randomly and there was no time to clean it up.
Because more than 20 households in the courtyard share this vegetable cellar, everyone stacks the vegetables layer by layer in a neat manner.
The first is to leave space in the aisle for people to get food, and the second is to distinguish the food storage points of each family.
It happened before that a dish fell in the middle of the aisle, causing the surrounding restaurants to claim that it was their own dish, and ended up quarreling with each other.
From now on, everyone will pay special attention to the dishes, and they will never be as messy as Qin Huairu's family.
Not only did it occupy the surrounding aisles, but several of the dishes clearly had shoe prints on them.
Xu Damao felt relieved after identifying the vegetable thief. He was not only impressed by his own intelligence.
She was also happy because she was able to offend Qin Huairu. Yesterday, she defrauded him of another three yuan.
Now, it’s time for him, Xu Damao, to take back everything that belongs to him!
Xu Damao strode out of the vegetable cellar. As soon as he reached the door, a cold wind blew, and his mind suddenly became clear.
If we go to make trouble now, at most we will get our own cabbage back, and the Jia family will have many titles of "stealing cabbage".
Thinking of this, a poisonous plan flashed in Xu Damao's mind...
After a while, Xu Damao pretended to be panicked and ran to the homes of the three uncles respectively, telling his story bitterly.
After a while, the courtyard started to boil.
At this time, He Yuzhu and He Yuzhu were having dinner at home, listening to the noise of people running around telling each other outside, including a few faint words "There's been a thief".
He Yuzhu knows, it’s finally here!
In order to wait for this moment, he didn't even go to the vegetable cellar in the past two days.
"Brother, why is there a commotion outside again? This year is not peaceful at all. It's always troublesome!"
Listening to He Yuyu's complaints, He Yuzhu touched the other party's head and said with a smile:
"Someone in the courtyard has a bad heart and is always causing trouble..."
While the two were talking, they heard someone knock on the door and shout, "There is a general meeting in the hospital." Then the person ran to the next door to announce.
The brother and sister just finished eating at this time. After cleaning up briefly, they went out together.
The whole hospital meeting is a group activity, and basically everyone in the hospital must participate, otherwise it will be separated from the masses.
Besides, these days, entertainment facilities are extremely scarce. Meetings and listening to gossip can just satisfy people’s instinct to join in the fun, so the participation in this hospital-wide meeting is also very high.
When the two of them arrived at the open space in the middle courtyard, they saw a few young men bringing a table, and then the three uncles also arrived.
After confirming that all the residents of the courtyard were present, Yi Zhonghai took the lead and said:
"We have all been gathered together today because there was a bad theft incident in our courtyard.
All the cabbage stored in Xu Damao's family was stolen, and not a single cabbage was left. This is simply unheard of.
Let's all brainstorm and think carefully, have you seen any suspicious people entering or exiting our hospital in the past two days?"
As soon as Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, the third aunt replied:
"I stay in the front yard every day, and no one knows the people coming in and out of the yard better than me.
Except for a stranger like Qin Huairu’s niece who came here a few days ago, there is nothing else.”
When Qin Huairu heard this, she immediately became unhappy and replied:
"My niece came here for a blind date with Shazhu, and has nothing to do with Xu Damao's cabbage."
As soon as Qin Huairu said these words, He Yuzhu felt many pairs of eyes looking towards him.
It was true that I had a blind date with Qin Xiaoli, but it was really not a good experience. He Yuzhu was about to speak, but He Yuzhu beat him to it.
"The third aunt just said that she met Qin Xiaoli, an outsider, and she didn't say that Qin Xiaoli was a vegetable thief.
I believe Third Aunt said it just to provide clues, but Sister Qin, you...are too sensitive?"
He Yuyu has long disliked Qin Huairu. He used to get along well with her, but ever since her brother asked her to tell Lou Xiao'e something.
She then discovered that Lou Xiao'e's personality charm was much stronger than that of Qin Huairu. This alone would not make her hate Qin Huairu.
The main thing was about Qin Xiaoli. Although she didn't know the twists and turns, the third aunt vaguely mentioned to her that Qin Huairu had tricked her brother.
Fortunately, in order to facilitate her brother's marriage, she spent a whole day playing with sticks, but in the end she paid by mistake.
When he thought of this, He Yuyu became very angry. How could she not be angry when she heard Qin Huairu talk about the blind date between Qin Xiaoli and her brother?
"Hey, you girl..."
"What? I think my sister is right. You are too sensitive!"
Seeing that Qin Huairu wanted to suppress He Yuzhu again, He Yuzhu quickly protected his sister domineeringly. After saying this, the brother and sister looked at each other.
They saw a hint of tacit understanding between brother and sister in each other's eyes, and then they looked at each other and smiled.
He Yuzhu intuitively felt that this sister understood him better and better now, and what she said and did deeply touched his heart.
In his previous life, he always felt that He Yuyu didn't understand him. Now it seems that He Yuyu was completely led into a ditch by Widow Qin in his previous life.
Now that he is following Lou Xiao'e, he has very upright views. He Yuzhu can't help but feel a little more grateful to Lou Xiao'e.