Wang Qing and his wife stayed in Zhao Family Village for three days. After leaving some food and money, they set off to travel around the country. They visited almost all the famous sceneries in the country before returning to Beijing.
Courtyard.
As time passed, the supplies became more and more scarce, and the number of refugees in the city increased. The pressure on the streets also increased.
Qin Huairu's family was also having a harder time. Even so, Jia Zhang-shi did not use her retirement funds. She only asked Qin Huairu to borrow a little from the family.
However, no one was rich these days. As time went on, no one was willing to lend food to the Jia family. Therefore, the Jia family basically relied on Yi Zhonghai for financial support. However, Yi Zhonghai was a person who could only keep the Jia family from starving to death. It was impossible for them to eat well.
Wang Qingjia had almost finished the meat, fruits, and vegetables that Wang Qingli had left behind. Fortunately, Zhang Mei had tickets, so the children didn't suffer. The heavy labor at home was taken care of by Yan Jiefang and Liu Guangtian, so they lived a comfortable life.
On this day, Zhang Mei went to work and Zhao Xiaotang stayed at home with Qin Jingru.
The stick had been craving for meat for a long time, but now that there was no meat to eat in the courtyard other than Wang Qing's house, the stick had a little idea.
Usually, Zhao Xiaotang and Qin Jingru would stay in the back room. Today, Qin Jingru took Zhao Xiaotang out shopping, so there was no one in the back room.
The stick sneakily came to the back room and used a wire to open the lock. He carefully rummaged around the room and finally found more than 200 yuan in the drawer in front of Zhang Mei's dressing table.
The stick had never seen so much money before. He put the money in his pocket and turned around to run. He even forgot the purpose of coming here to look for meat.
When Qin Jingru came back with Zhao Xiaotang, she saw the door of Zhang Mei's room open. She ran in and saw that the room had been searched, so she pulled Xiaotang out.
At this time, the people who went to work also began to return. Qin Jingru had not left the middle school when she met the silly Yi Zhonghai.
"Jingru, you brought Little Candy to buy food again?"”He was already used to these idiots.
"Zhu Zi, there's a thief in Qingzi's house. I'm going to the police station." Qin Jingru said anxiously.”
"What did you lose?"”
" I don't know what's missing," Qin Jingru said." I'll only know when Aunt Zhang comes back. I'll call the police first."”
Yi Zhonghai stopped her." Jingru, don't be anxious. What if some kid is naughty? Let's wait for Zhang Mei first and see if anything important is missing."”
As they spoke, Zhang Mei pushed the cart in. Behind her were Da Shuang and Xiao Shuang, who were jumping around. It turned out that the two girls had gone to look for Zhang Mei after school.
When Zhang Mei entered the courtyard, she saw Qin Jingru and Yi Zhonghai blocking the way. She smiled and asked,""Jingru, what's going on?"
"Auntie Zhang, quickly go home and see if anything is missing. There's a thief in your house.”
Zhang Mei was shocked. The money that Wang Qing left behind was at home. If she lost it, how would she live in the future? So she hurriedly brought the child back to the back room.
The people in the courtyard also knew that Zhang Mei's house had been invaded, so they all followed her to the back room.
When Zhang Mei returned home, she saw the lock that had been pried open. She rushed to the dressing table and opened the drawer. Her expression changed as she said,"Not good, more than 200 yuan is missing.”
The people in the courtyard were shocked when they heard this. 200 yuan was not a small amount. This was a big thief. Some people quickly went home to see if their homes had been robbed.
"Auntie Zhang, hurry up and call the police."”
"Yes, yes, I'll call the police now." Zhang Mei nodded.”As he spoke, he was about to go to the police station.
Yi Zhonghai stopped her." Zhang Mei, don't call the police for now. If we can solve it in the quad, we will do so. If we can't solve it, can you call the police?"”
Zhang Mei hesitated for a moment before nodding."Alright, I'll listen to you for the time being.”
Yi Zhonghai turned around and said,"Everyone, go to the middle court for a meeting."?”
Not long after, the three old men sat down at the square table. Yi Zhonghai said,""Everyone knows that Zhang Mei's family lost money, and it's not a small amount. If it's done by our quad, secretly give it to me tonight. On the account that we're all from the quad, we'll let bygones be bygones.
If you don't admit it and let me find out, you'll have to be sent to the police station.”
Everyone was discussing animatedly. Xu Damao jumped out and said,""There has never been such a big thief in our quad. We must find out and give Auntie Zhang justice.”
Everyone was also worried that this thief would steal from their own house if they didn't catch him, so they all said in unison,"Xu Damao is right. This thief must be caught.”
Yi Zhonghai pressed his hands together and said," Quiet down. Aunt San, you live in the front yard. Did any strangers come to our yard today?"”
Third Aunt thought for a moment and said,"No, I didn't close the door today, so there must be no outsiders in the courtyard."”
Yi Zhonghai knew what was going on. There were no outsiders in the courtyard, and only Jia Zhangshi and the stick could do such a thing. The stick was used to stealing from Silly Zhu, and he hadn't eaten meat recently. It was normal for him to steal from Wang Qing's house, but he didn't know if Jia Zhangshi was involved.
No matter what, he had to protect the Jia family. He could use it to control Qin Huairu and make her support him in his old age.
He thought for a moment and said," Since no outsiders entered, then it must be done by someone from our quad. I'll still say the same thing. Whoever stole it and sent it to my house at night, seeing that we're all from the same quad, we'll let bygones be bygones. Meeting dismissed."”
"Wait." Yan Jiefang and Liu Guangtian stood up and said,""Master Yi, this is not a small matter. It's better for us to report our victory.”
Actually, Zhang Mei was also inclined to call the police. After all, that was all the money in the family. Now that the money was lost, she did not know how to live in the future.
However, it was not good to go against First Master, so he said,"Jie, Fang, Guangtian, listen to Master One.”
Yan Jiefang saw that Zhang Mei had spoken, so he couldn't object anymore. He pulled Liu Guangtian back.
Yi Zhonghai frowned. Even Yan Jiefang and Liu Guangtian dared to question his decision. This was all caused by Wang Qing after he moved in. It seemed that he had to teach these two kids a lesson in the future. Otherwise, who would respect him?
After the meeting ended, Zhang Mei brought the children home. Da Shuang said angrily,"Mom, why can't we call the police?”
Xiao Shuang also nodded." That's right. When Brother comes back, I'll definitely complain."”
Zhao Xiaotang kept nodding her head and said,"I'm complaining!"”
Zhang Mei smiled and tapped the foreheads of the three of them."After all, we live in the courtyard. Let First Master investigate first. If he can't find anything, we'll call the police.”
"By the time he's done, the thief will have run away." Xiao Shuang pouted.”
How could Zhang Mei not understand the logic behind this? Then, she shook her head and said,"Children shouldn't get involved in adult matters.”
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