"What coal?! We bought plenty of coal ourselves! Do we need to steal from others?" Cao Shufen put her hands on her hips and pointed at Qin Suyun angrily, "The whole village knows about the conflict between our two families! You raised this bird, and you raised the dog too. So, how can you say it all?! What do these dogs and birds know?! They're just a bunch of animals! Don't they just fight wherever you, their master, point your finger at them?"

Cao Shufen is a big person, and her angry look with her hands on her hips and a furious look is still very intimidating.

Several villagers around were stunned by her, and everyone started whispering to each other.

From this perspective, what Cao Shufen said does seem to make sense... The parrot and dog belong to the other party. If they were falsely accused, wouldn't Cao Shufen feel wronged? And wouldn't the real thief have escaped by then?

Seeing Cao Shufen's intimidating aura, everyone felt that it didn't seem like Cao Shufen had stolen it.

This was not stolen by Qin Suyun, Xiao Cuizhen, or Cao Shufen. So who stole it?

Everyone frowned and discussed the matter among themselves.

Cao Shufen frightened the villagers, but not He Zhennan. He Zhennan raised an eyebrow and said to Cao Shufen, "Sister Cao, you are so excited. Could it be that you are feeling guilty?"

"Feeling guilty?! How could I possibly feel guilty?!" Cao Shufen glared and shouted, "I just don't want to be slandered!"

"If Sister Cao isn't guilty, why is she so agitated?" He Zhennan stared at Cao Shufen. "Let's not even mention that we don't even know where Sister Cao lives. Take the dogs at home. They usually run to the mountains when they're let out for exercise and never wander around the village. Everyone in the village knows this. How could they possibly know where Sister Cao lives?"

"Since Sister Cao thinks we'll tamper with it and slander you, let's have the village chief take Dahei, Xiaoqi, and the others over. Miss Qin and I will stay home, and have Sister Xiao and the others wait here with us. That way, even if we wanted to tamper with it and order Dahei and the others to slander you, we wouldn't have the chance." He Zhennan smiled, his eyes as sharp as a knife. "I think there should be no problem with our arrangement, Sister Cao. If Sister Cao still thinks we've slandered you... then I think it's very likely that there's something wrong with you, Sister Cao."

"After all, if we can train this parrot to be as good as Sister Tao on the rooftop as Sister Cao said, then we can just let it carry a gold chain and leave it at Sister Cao's house. Then we can tell the village chief about this and bring people to arrest you. That way, we can catch you red-handed! There's no need to wait until now to have this bird at home slander Sister Cao."

He Zhennan's words were well-reasoned, and the people around him nodded in agreement. Some people even frowned after listening to him.

If this bird was really trained to slander her as Cao Shufen said, then wouldn't it be easy for Qin Suyun and the others to train the bird to pick up a gold necklace and leave it at Cao Shufen's house?

Since the other party hadn't done this before, there must be two reasons: either the bird simply couldn't do it... or the bird could do it, but didn't do it...

Since he can do it but doesn't do it, it means that Fuyun simply doesn't bother to do such a thing.

So...

I'm afraid this bird really saw Cao Shufen last night!

Some people in the crowd had obviously thought of this. They looked at Cao Shufen with a certain scrutiny, and some even frowned, wondering whether what the parrot had said before was true or false.

At this time, a middle-aged woman came up to persuade her, "That's right, Shufen, don't overthink it. Miss Qin is such a good person, she would definitely not do such a slanderous thing. Don't be so paranoid. Let the village chief take those dogs to investigate this matter and you'll know everything. Those dogs are very capable! You saw it during the previous earthquake. They can find anyone they want, and this time they will definitely be able to find the guy who stole coal last night."

However, although this middle-aged woman said words of comfort, no one knew what she was thinking at this moment.

However, He Zhennan's words obviously convinced the village chief and other onlookers, and even Jiang Hongmei felt that this was the truth.

If Qin Suyun and the others really wanted to frame Cao Shufen, they would have done it some time ago. There was no need to wait until now. Isn't this a waste of time?

They had heard from the Zhao Zhongde brothers that the parrot had only been there a few days and didn't know anyone in their village. How could it know that Cao Shufen and Qin Suyun had a grudge?

so……

Whether it was the village chief, Jiang Hongmei, or others, Cao Shufen had some doubts.

Being looked at from head to toe with suspicious eyes by everyone, Cao Shufen felt as if she was being roasted on a rack.

It was clearly winter, with the north wind blowing, but beads of sweat were oozing out of her back. If she hadn't been wearing thick clothes, the sweat on her back would have seeped through her clothes and been seen by others.

Cao Shufen's face looked grim, her throat was dry, and she had no idea how to respond.

Zhao Xingguo didn't know whether he noticed Cao Shufen's ugly expression or not. He nodded and said to He Zhennan, "Your idea is good. Let these dogs follow me without their owners to direct them. These dogs will naturally find the thief by following their original scent. However, we have checked that area before, so we don't know if these dogs can help find the thief."

Zhao Xingguo frowned. Before coming here, Jiang Hongmei and her husband had already checked the area around the coal mine. There were many footprints of other people around. He didn't know whether these footprints would cover up the smell of that person from last night.

No wonder when the police are investigating a case and collecting evidence, other people are not allowed to stay nearby to avoid disrupting the scene. When you think about it this way, it really makes sense.

"Don't worry, village chief. I just heard Aunt Jiang say that their family used to cover the coal with plastic cloth. The thief must have touched the plastic cloth last night, but no one else should have touched the plastic cloth except Aunt Jiang and her husband. Let Dahei and the others smell the plastic cloth, and they should be able to find the thief who stole the coal last night." Qin Suyun squatted down and touched Dahei's furry head.

Jiang Hongmei slapped her thigh and said, "That's right, my husband picked up that piece of plastic sheet and it hasn't been touched by anyone else. It must only smell like my husband and me and that thief!"

In order to let the village chief and others see the coal that was stolen from their home last night, they have not covered it with the plastic sheet since they picked it up!

The others were fine, so naturally they wouldn't care about a piece of plastic sheet, so the only smell on the piece of plastic sheet was that of Jiang Hongmei, Tian Pengyi, and the thief!

Zhao Xingguo felt relieved upon hearing this and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Okay! Then we'll take the dog and go check it out! We'll try to catch the thief today!"

"Don't worry, you two. We'll see if these dogs can find the coal. If there's any physical evidence, we'll know if they've wrongly accused anyone. If the man from last night suddenly surrenders himself before that, we can give him a lighter sentence. But it's better to do it quickly, lest the thief who stole the coal last night repents after these dogs find him. I won't accept that." After saying this, Zhao Xingguo glanced at Cao Shufen, Xiao Cuizhen, and other people around him.

However, no one in the crowd spoke, but several villagers kept nodding their heads, thinking that what the village chief said was quite true. To see if anyone was wrongly accused, they just needed to see if there was any physical evidence.

It is impossible for either the dogs or the bird to carry so much coal to someone else's house.

If these things are not found, then things will go back to square one and they can discuss other solutions in the same way.

It only took a dozen minutes for everyone to make a decision, and Jiang Hongmei also agreed with it.

So, Qin Suyun, He Zhennan, Xiao Cuizhen, and two other villagers who stayed voluntarily, a total of five people, all stayed with Qin Suyun.

The others followed the village chief Cao Shufen, Jiang Hongmei and others to look for the coal that was lost last night.

Qin Suyun squatted down, touched the heads of Xiaoqi, Dahei and the others, stroked the fur of these little guys, and told them to go early and come back early. When they found the thief, she would give them a snack and some delicious food when they came back!

There was still a lot of pork and beef left at home from the last purchase. There had been snowstorms these days, so their refrigerator didn't need to be plugged in. They could just leave the cut meat outside to freeze. Every time they wanted to eat, Qin Suyun would take a few pieces and cook them.

Compared to raw meat, they prefer cooked black beans or black beans.

When they heard that there was something delicious to eat, Xiaoqi and Xiaowu wagged their tails like windmills, barked happily twice, and followed Zhao Xingguo and the others out.

With delicious food as motivation, Xiaoqi and the others worked very hard. However, Dahei still looked calm and composed. He barked at Qin Suyun twice and followed her.

Qin Suyun watched them leave and said to Xiao Cuizhen and the other two villagers who stayed behind, "It's snowing hard outside. Let's go back inside and sit down. I'll pour you a cup of hot tea while we wait for the village chief and his men to return."

"Then I'll trouble you, Miss Qin." Xiao Cuizhen smiled awkwardly at Qin Suyun, nodded, and followed behind Qin Suyun.