Only He Yushui was at home, He Daqing and Cai Wuyou went out in the morning, and Silly Zhu was at work.
"Mom, what happened?"
Jia Dongxu had returned. How fast did he run? He actually reached the courtyard first.
"Dongxu, you came back just in time. Our chicken is missing.”
Jia Zhang-shi's face was full of tears. She wasn't pretending, she really felt sorry for that chicken. She didn't even eat a single bite.
"The chicken is missing. Who stole it?"
Jia Dongxu's eyes were a little evasive. It was not a big deal, why did it become so noisy? With so many people watching, it was hard for him to explain.
Li Wuwei felt that something was wrong. The Jia family was at home every day. Who would come to steal chickens?
Thinking of this, he asked,"Jia Zhangshi, what else did you buy for the banquet besides a chicken?”
"It's a lot. There's still five catties of meat and a chicken. We'll have two tables.”
Jia Zhang-shi stopped crying when she mentioned this. She had to let the people in the courtyard hear it and be willing to come to her house to pay their respects.
Who knew that Second Aunt would say directly," Five yuan per table? Who are you trying to fool? It's not enough no matter how you calculate it."
You're treating three tables of people. If you calculate, each table costs at most three yuan. It's not even as good as Li Wuwei's dinner.
Not to mention the lunch table. It costs ten yuan per table. Even the children have seats. It's much better than your house.”
" What? Ten yuan standard? Where did he get the money from? Is it…"
Jia Zhang-shi didn't dare to continue speaking. Li Wuwei wasn't so easy to bully.
"Jia Zhang-shi, don't say you're guessing blindly. Li Wuwei didn't pay for it.”
With the aunties helping, they knew very well how the money came about. It had nothing to do with Li Wuwei.
"Alright, let's get down to business!"
Li Wuwei continued," Jia Zhangshi, you said that you only lost a chicken. If someone really stole it from your house, why didn't they steal the five catties of meat as well?”
"Yi, Li Wuwei's brain is still fast. It's like this, if a thief doesn't leave empty-handed, how can he leave good things for others?”
"Jia Zhang-shi, think about it carefully. Don't forget about it after you eat the chicken.”
The aunties started to analyze the situation. The more they thought about it, the more they felt that it was possible.
"Yo, what are you all talking about? It's so lively.”
"Silly Zhu, you came back just in time. Jia Zhangshi said that your uncle stole her chickens.”
No one knew when Third Aunt came to the middle court. She didn't have a child. Did she leave Little Yan Jiedi behind again?
It was only now that the child was easy to take care of. Otherwise, how could he grow up like this?
"Jia Zhang-shi, don't wrongly accuse a good person. My uncle and dad went out yesterday to buy a tricycle.”
Silly Zhu's heart ached when he talked about this. That money might be the salary that he had saved up and was going to use it to get a wife.
"Who else could it be? No one else came to this courtyard. Li Wuwei is in the backyard today, so it has nothing to do with him.”
Jia Zhangshi timely added, worried that if she made people anxious today, she would find trouble with the Jia family another day.
"Then I don't know. Who could steal your chicken?
Speaking of this chicken, I remembered something.”
As Silly Zhu was speaking, the residents who were working in the yard had all returned. There were many households in the rolling mill alone.
Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong had arrived. Xu Damao had also returned. Qin Huairu had also arrived at the courtyard. When she saw her man, she quickly came over and leaned against him.
"Brother, what's the matter?"
"The Jia and Zhang family lost their chickens.”
Li Wuwei secretly held Qin Huairu's hand. The aunties beside him did not dare to make a sound when they saw this. The morals of the world were deteriorating day by day. The atmosphere in the courtyard was getting worse and worse.
"Oh!"
When Qin Huairu heard that it had nothing to do with her family, she didn't care anymore.
Silly Zhu loved to be in the limelight. When he saw that almost everyone was here, he shouted," Speaking of chickens, when I came back from work today, I was at the cement pipe outside the wall of the rolling mill.
He saw a bonfire that had been burned, and there were chicken bones beside it. They were still fresh. He guessed that someone would roast chicken there at noon.”
"I'll go!"
Li Wuwei was wondering why he felt that something was wrong. Wasn't the place that Silly Zhu was talking about the location of the roast chicken in the original drama?
The Jia family's chicken was most likely stolen by Jia Dongxu himself. So there was a tradition of stealing chicken with a stick. The technique of roasting chicken might have been taught by Jia Dongxu.
"Jia Dongxu, did you steal the chicken to roast?”
Li Wuwei didn't give anyone face. Just now Jia Zhang-shi suspected him several times, which seriously affected his character in the courtyard.
"Li Wuwei, don't slander me. How can I steal my own chicken?”
Jia Dongxu's expression did not change. He thought to himself,'This bad boy's brain is really fast. He actually thought of me so quickly.'
Unexpectedly, Shazhu immediately shouted,"I remembered something else!" When I came out of the house this morning, I saw Jia Dongxu sneaking out of the courtyard just as the sky had just brightened. He definitely had a guilty conscience.”
As soon as he said this, the residents in the courtyard were in an uproar. After connecting the dots, it seemed that Jia Dongxu really did it.
Liu Haizhong stood up and said," This is not a small matter. Jia Dongxu, tell me quickly. Did you steal the chicken?" This was a corruption of character and must be strictly investigated.”
Yi Zhonghai struggled for a moment and continued," It's not Dongxu. I saw him at the factory at noon. He was working in the workshop the rest of the time. He didn't have time to roast chicken.”
Li Wuwei wouldn't let go of this opportunity. If Jia Dongxu really did it, he would have to swallow the bitter fruit, lest he stole it and came to his house.
"Huai Ru, tell me, was Jia Dongxu in the workshop at noon?”
Qin Huairu followed suit and said directly,""I didn't pay attention to whether he was in the workshop or not, but there were many workers in the factory looking for Jia Dongxu at noon, but they couldn't find him.”
"Grandpa Yi, where did you see Jia Dongxu at noon? I'm familiar with the factory.”
Li Wuwei did not give them any face either. Even though Yi Zhonghai had just given them a gift yesterday, it was a crowd-funding event after all. After they disbanded, they did not mention that matter anymore.
"Old Yi, you can't cover up for me.”
Liu Haizhong watched from the side. As the boss of the courtyard, he had to take responsibility, just like a leader.
"Outside the toilet, I saw Dongxu's back. Maybe my eyes were playing tricks on me.”
Yi Zhonghai didn't dare to perjure himself anymore. If they really investigated, he wouldn't be able to keep it a secret.
Li Wuwei stared at him and said," Jia Dongxu, if you stole the chicken, you should just admit it. It's your family's anyway, so it doesn't count as stealing."
However, we have to make things clear. Otherwise, if there is a thief in the courtyard, wouldn't people be in a panic and affect the year-end selection of the best in the courtyard?
If it is found out later that you can't bear this responsibility, everyone in the hospital will hate you. Isn't that right?”
He should also learn to play some high-level moral kidnapping, stand on the moral high ground, and pull the entire hospital together. Let's see if you, Jia Dongxu, can withstand it!
"I agree with what Li Wuwei said. We can't affect the selection.”
"There are quite a few large courtyards competing with each other in this area. In the past year, our courtyard has been peaceful and beautiful, and there have been two newlyweds getting married.”
"That's right. Yesterday's banquet was so dignified and lively. Working families are family. Jia Dongxu, don't disturb us.”
The residents were all protesting. They were just here to watch the show, but they couldn't let it affect them.
"I, I…"
Jia Dongxu couldn't take it anymore. He wasn't sure if anyone saw him roasting the chicken.
"Aiya, I remember now. Bihua and I ate that chicken in the afternoon. Look at me, I woke up from a nap and became dizzy.”
Jia Zhang-shi hurriedly tried to smooth things over. It was obvious that her son had stolen the chicken. If she said it in public, where would the old Jia family put their face?
"Jia Zhang-shi, this isn't right! You ate chicken for lunch, and you forgot about it before it's even night time?”
These words were said by Silly Zhu, who hated Jia Zhangshi for wrongly accusing his uncle.
At this moment, Yan Bugui came over. After listening for a while and figuring out what was going on, he shouted,"I've been watching the front yard every day. This morning, Jia Dongxu hid something in his arms and left the hospital at dawn.”
When everyone heard this, they stared at Jia Dongxu again. There was evidence.
Li Wuwei seriously suspected that Yan Bugui was lying, but it could also be the truth.
It seemed that he had to be more careful when bringing things in and out of the house in the future. He could not have a lot of things appearing out of nowhere. Everyone in the courtyard was watching.
"So what if I did it?"
Jia Dongxu couldn't take it anymore and admitted," I left in a hurry this morning and didn't have time to explain it to my mom. This is a misunderstanding. I was the one who took the chicken."”
"Aiya, Dongxu, why don't you let me worry?
If you want to eat chicken, Mom will stew it for you. If you secretly roast it outside and eat it, won't you be full? It's such a big chicken.”
Jia Zhang-shi cried. In the end, it was really her son who did it. How was she going to treat him? There were only five catties of meat left.
"Mom, look at what you're saying. The chicken you bought isn't big either. It's already an old hen that can't lay eggs. There's only bones left. It's not fat anymore, and there's not much meat either.”
After Jia Dongxu said that, he was free and easy. If Li Wuwei could be shameless, why would he be shameless?
Li Wuwei was in the courtyard, and no one dared to do anything to him.
Jia Dongxu felt that he was usually too easy to talk to, which was why he was bullied by the people in the yard and the workers.
"Aiya, you still have me and your wife! How can you eat alone!"
Jia Zhangshi wailed," Old Jia, look at your son. He's so unfilial."”
"Mom, how am I not filial? I'm only eating one chicken. There are still five catties of meat at home for you and Bihua!
You don't usually give me anything good to eat. My body can't take it anymore.”
Jia Dongxu felt that he was at least doing better than Li Wuwei. That was what it meant to eat alone and not care about his wife.
Now, Qin Huairu should know the difference between him and Li Wuwei. He understood the Gu family!
"Dongxu, how can you talk to your mother like that?
They had to be filial to the elderly and be considerate of them. Only children were wrong, and there was nothing wrong with being an elderly.”
Yi Zhonghai walked to Jia Dongxu's side and started to lecture him.
There seemed to be nothing wrong with his words, but it gave Li Wuwei a headache. Yi Zhonghai's preaching was treating Jia Dongxu like an old man!
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