In winter, the sun set quickly.
The sky turned dark.
Every family in the courtyard was finishing their meal. At the same time, they also knew that there would be a general meeting at night to judge He Yuzhu for stealing the chicken.
At Qin Huairu's house.
The family sat around the table and ate.
There were a few cornbread buns in a basket, and a plate of pickled vegetables and stinky tofu in the middle of the table.
While they were eating, Qin Huairu was observing the three children.
As expected, he didn't eat seriously when he was eating, unlike in the past, when he wolfed down his food.
"What are you looking at? Eat!"
Seeing that Little Dang and Little Flower Tree were not eating, they looked at the stick for a while and then looked at themselves for a while.
Qin Huairu was certain that the chicken in Xu Damao's house had been stolen by a stick.
"Awesome, tell me the truth. Did you steal Xu Damao's chicken?”
The stick's heart tightened. He lowered his head and took a big bite of the cornbread.
As a mother, she knew her son too well. How could she not see the meme in his eyes?
If she wasn't feeling guilty, why would she not dare to look at him?
However, the old woman at the side was unhappy.
Zhang shi said to Qin Huairu with a frown.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Are we that kind of children? How could he steal a chicken?"
"Look at the oily spots on the little locust flower. It's not eating yet. If it weren't for the fact that we were full outside, would it be like this?”
Zhang shi was stumped by this sentence. Could it really be that the stick had stolen it!
"Awesome, tell Grandma the truth. Did you steal it?”
Holding the bowl, the stick shook his head.
"I don't know."
Don't know?
Did he not know if he had stolen it?
The guilty look on the old woman's face made Qin Huairu even more certain that the chicken had been stolen by a stick.
Zhang shi put down her chopsticks and looked at the second girl.
"Little Dang! Tell me."
"I don't know."
The little girl shook her head and said in fear.
"Flower Tree!"
Zhang shi looked at the small locust flower again.
What did a four-year-old locust flower know? She didn't even know what stealing meant.
She said cutely.
"Grandma, my brother's beggar's chicken is delicious.”
Hiss!
He was exposed in one sentence.
Chicken! It was indeed stolen by a stick!
"Mom, look, I was right!”
"Mom, I didn't steal that chicken. I picked it up in the front yard. If I didn't catch it, the chicken would have escaped.”
The stick guy rolled his eyes and lied.
Picking up a chicken, roasting it and eating it was a much smaller crime than stealing a chicken and roasting it.
"You're causing trouble for me!"
Qin Huairu fiercely poked the stick on the head, but it was not very hard. The stick ignored her and continued to eat his cornbread.
The old woman looked around and ordered.
"The three of you, listen up. After dinner, you're not allowed to go anywhere. Stay in the house and do your homework, do you hear me?”
She had made up her mind.
Whoever wanted to be a chicken thief could be one. Anyway, it couldn't be them!
……
After dinner, everyone in the three courtyards was gathered.
They moved their chairs from their homes and formed a circle. When there was no place to sit, they stood by the wall.
In any case, as long as they lived in this courtyard house, they had to attend such a conference.
The three stewards with the highest status in the courtyard sat in front.
There was going to be a three-hall hearing!
Yi Zhonghai was the only level-eight fitter in the steel mill. He had no children and was upright. His status was not low.
His salary was also the highest among all the workers in the entire institute and even the entire steel mill. He earned ninety-nine yuan a month!
Second Uncle Liu Haizhong was a seventh-grade locksmith.
He was an official fanatic who liked to participate in the big and small matters of the Council, but he couldn't even manage his own family's affairs well. He was a very failed person.
The third uncle, Yan Bugui, was a primary school language teacher. He liked to chew on words and even liked to calculate accounts. He was stingy in life. When he had nothing to do, he would be clever and do some small calculations.
His mantra was that if he didn't have money to eat and clothes to wear, he would be poor if he couldn't calculate.
What a stingy bastard!
The plaintiffs, Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e, sat on the left.
The defendant, Dumb Pillar, sat on the right.
Lin Yi and He Yushui accompanied him by the side.
Second Uncle was an official fan. Whenever something like this happened, he would be the first to stand up and speak.
Especially since he was the one who convened the conference.
"Today, we are holding a meeting of the entire academy. Ah, there is only one thing!”
"Someone stole a chicken from Xu Damao's house!”
"At this time, there's a chicken stewing on someone else's stove.”
"Maybe this is a coincidence. Maybe it's not a coincidence, right?
"First Uncle, Third Uncle, and I analyzed the situation and decided to hold a general meeting! Next, we'll invite the most senior master in our courtyard to host this meeting.”
"Let's not talk about anything else. Everyone knows. He Yuzhu, tell me the truth. Did you steal Xu Damao's chicken?”
"No, I'm not a thief. Why would I steal a chicken?”
He Yuzhu looked wronged. How could he not be wronged when he was called a thief for no reason?
Yi Zhonghai had watched He Yuzhu grow up. He did not have a son of his own, so he treated him like his own son. Naturally, he believed that He Yuzhu would not cheat on him.
However, as the master of the courtyard house, he had to be fair and just.
"Then let me ask you, where did you get that chicken?”
Xu Damao widened his eyes and asked unyieldingly.
"I bought it!"
"Where did you buy it?"”
"I bought it at the market!"
Third Uncle Yan Bugui: " Which market? Dongdan Market or Chaoyang Market?"”
"Chaoyang Market."
When he heard that it was Chaoyang Market, Yan Bugui started to show off.
"That's not right. If you take the bus from here to Chaoyang Market, the fastest round trip will take 40 minutes, not counting the time you spent buying and slaughtering the chicken. When did you get off work?”
Silly Zhu was stumped by this question.
He came back after work and spent the same time as usual at home. Naturally, he did not have time to go to the market to buy chicken.
However, he was just following Lin Yi's instructions now. In a while, Lin Yi would have to come forward.
Second Uncle Liu Haizhong saw that Silly Zhu was silent and spoke again.
"Maybe there's another possibility, that is, this chicken wasn't stolen by Silly Zhu, nor was it bought by him. Isn't everyone aware of this? Silly Zhu is our steel mill's West Factory's chef, maybe he brought it back from this canteen.”
"Hey, hey, hey! Don't go there! Stealing a chicken from Xu Damao was fine, but stealing a chicken from a factory was theft of public property. It was not a meeting here, but a meeting of criticism from the entire factory.”
Yan Bugui crossed his arms and said calmly," That depends on what you say. Silly Zhu, let me ask you, every day after work, you carry a net bag and a lunch box. What's in that lunch box?”
This was going to reveal his past!
He Yuzhu was a factory cook. Which factory cook would not bring some leftovers home after work?
This was the benefit of being a chef. Just like when Xu Damao went to the community to play a movie, they would also give him an old hen, local specialties, and so on.
However, these were all unspoken rules and could not be said openly.
It was against the rules.
Pa! Pa! Pa!
Lin Yi, who was sitting beside He Yuzhu, suddenly clapped.
Everyone's gaze was attracted by Lin Yi.
……
(To be continued)
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