Chapter 12 Paying the Price

Chu Xuan threw away the iron bucket in his hand and hurried forward to take the rag out of Xiao Feng's mouth.

Then untie it.

Chu Feng blamed himself immensely, "Sister, I'm sorry! I didn't take good care of our house. An hour ago, Chu Zhi climbed over the wall, tied me up, and stuffed a rag in my mouth. Feng Chunhua stole our rice, noodles, cloth, new shoes, and a lot of other things. Chu Zhi bolted the gate and climbed over the wall to leave..."

Chu Xuan suppressed his anger and forced a smile to comfort his younger brother, "You wait at home! I'll go get our things back!"

He also wanted Feng Chunhua's family to pay the price so that they would never dare to rob again.

I went straight to the village office and explained the situation to Wang Depin there.

Without saying a word, Wang Depin called the public security department for her.

At this moment, Feng Chunhua was looking at the looted cloth in the bedroom. Chu Zhi stood beside her with a smile on his face, "Mom, you still have a way. Looting this pile of stuff is more cost-effective than the hundred yuan we have. Those four pairs of shoes will cost more than a hundred yuan, right?"

"Of course we have!" Feng Chunhua said smugly. "If we ask Chu Xuan for the 100 yuan compensation, not only will she not give it to us, she will even use the village chief's house as a shield. Now we have these things to pay for it, so we won't be afraid even if she comes knocking on our door. She said it was hers, and I said it was mine!"

It has been carefully checked and all the looted items are unmarked.

What's more, whether he was going to the old house or on the way back, Chu Zhi was carrying a bulging sack, and others had no idea what he was carrying.

In fact, when they went there, it was Feng Chunhua who was hiding in the sack.

Chu Zhi stepped forward to massage his mother's back, "Mom, can you make me a new set of clothes?"

Feng Chunhua chuckled and said, "Of course!"

"Give me another pair of women's leather sandals. I want to give them away."

"No problem!" These were all looted from Chu Xuan's house, and Feng Chunhua didn't feel sorry at all. "Son! Go pour the rice and flour into our jar."

"Okay!"

Chu Zhile went to do it happily.

Feng Chunhua murmured with a hint of regret, "It's a shame we couldn't find any cash this time! Isn't that little bitch going to build a new house? Could it be that she's hiding her money somewhere?"

Half an hour later, three security officers came over on bicycles.

Wang Depin and Chu Xuan took them to Chu Dashan's house.

When Feng Chunhua saw the person coming, she wasn't afraid at all. "Chu Xuan, didn't we break off our relationship? Why are you here?"

Chu Xuan ignored her and solemnly said to the security officer, "Comrade, I want to sue Feng Chunhua and Chu Zhi for burglary! They stole hundreds of yuan worth of supplies from my family. There were 40 kilograms of rice and flour each, 20 meters of cloth, four pairs of new shoes, two mats, and a can of malted milk..."

Feng Chunhua always felt something was wrong. The rice and flour didn't seem to be of the right weight.

Before Chu Xuan could finish, Feng Chunhua spoke impatiently, "Chu Xuan, I think you fabricated this to take my things for yourself! Everything in my house belongs to me, but your name isn't on it."

Everyone present could see that Feng Chunhua was planning to act like a rogue.

She and Chu Zhi refused to admit it. If Chu Xuan couldn't produce evidence and witnesses, it would be difficult to solve the case.

After all, no one passed by Chu Xuan's house when the incident happened.

However, Chu Xuan was prepared. "I have evidence to prove which items are mine! I can describe all the features of the fabric, the mat, and the new shoes. Feng Chunhua, can you tell me? I also have a receipt from the department store. The salesperson there can vouch for me that I did buy these things! Oh, and I also marked the inside of the malted milk bottle cap."

Hearing this, Feng Chunhua's heart started to beat. She didn't expect there was such a thing as a receipt. She only needed to take rice, flour and other things.

The leading security officer looked at Chu Xuan and said, "Write down the characteristics of the mat and the new shoes on a piece of paper. Write them on the stone table in the yard."

Hand over paper and pen.

Chu Xuan took it and did as he was told immediately.

Feng Chunhua and Chu Zhi were taken into the main room by another security officer to take their statements.

The remaining security officer and Wang Depin found all the items mentioned by Chu Xuan and temporarily piled them in the yard.

Chu Dashan is out to sea on a ship and is not at home now.

Aunt Hua from next door heard the noise and soon called most of the people in the village to come and watch the fun.

Chu Xuan saw his younger brother in the crowd.

I have a psychological trauma towards the Chu family, so being able to come here bravely this time is considered an improvement.

Chu Xuan lowered his head and continued writing.

Chu Feng stepped out of the crowd and said to the leading security officer, "Uncle, I'm a victim! I want to sue Chu Zhi and Feng Chunhua. They climbed over the wall into my house, tied me up, and stole my belongings!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his arm to show the security officer the scars on it, and handed over the coarse hemp rope and rag used in the crime.

Chu Xuan deliberately said loudly, "It doesn't matter if Chu Zhi doesn't admit it. We can extract his fingerprints from this coarse hemp rope and rag anyway, and then his crime will be even more serious!"

Chu Zhi in the main room tried hard not to tremble, and took the statement tremblingly, refusing to admit anything.

Half an hour later, the leading security officer came with the statements of Feng Chunhua and Chu Zhi, the mat, the new shoes, and the fabric characteristics. Except for the color, nothing else matched.

The characteristics Chu Xuan had written down matched perfectly, down to the minute details of how many feet of fabric of a certain color were, where the white chalk marks were, where the mat had a slight flaw, the corresponding sizes of different colored shoes, and even a scratch on the inside of the malted milk lid...

The most important thing is that Chu Xuan can provide the purchase receipts, and there are witnesses.

Feng Chunhua screamed, "I'm innocent! I didn't steal it! Chu Xuan stole the receipt from my house! You're siding with Chu Xuan! I'm going to sue you!"

Faced with evidence, the security officers ignored Feng Chunhua's howling.

Feng Chunhua and Chu Zhi were both handcuffed.

The pile of items in the yard all belong to Chu Xuan and his sister.

When Feng Chunhua's eyes fell on the noodle jar in her home, she realized that Chu Xuan had tricked her.

He stopped crying out for injustice and instead took the initiative to admit his crime. "It's true that I robbed Chu Xuan's family, but I didn't steal that much rice and flour. Those were my noodle and rice jars!"

Chu Xuan picked up his empty rice and flour bags on the ground and smiled, "You're right, these flour and rice jars are yours! But the flour and rice inside were poured from my bags. You can see, my flour and rice bags can hold 50 kilograms of grain. Don't worry! I put 40 kilograms in each, and I definitely won't put in half an ounce more than yours."

Chu Xuan did exaggerate about forty kilograms, but she would not admit it.

In Feng Chunhua's words, there are no names written on the rice and flour.

Now Feng Chunhua denied that she didn't take that much, but no one believed her.

Besides, these grains were originally the rations that she and Xiaofeng were entitled to, but were withheld by Feng Chunhua when the family was divided.

Moreover, she had already kept evidence. She had indeed bought 40 kilograms of rice and flour when she went to the county town, so she was not afraid of being investigated. The reason why there was not that much at home was because she and Xiaofeng had left most of it at Long Ge's house.

Feng Chunhua calmed down and looked at the leading security officer. "Please go to the county town and find out how much rice and flour Chu Xuan bought. It's definitely not 40 kilograms!"

Chu Xuan remained calm. "I'm not afraid of being checked. I bought it at the county grain and oil station. I'm sure the staff there will remember how much grain I bought."

Chu Zhi was shaking with fear. "My mother forced me to do this at knifepoint! I'm a victim too!"

Hearing this, Feng Chunhua fainted from anger...

(End of this chapter)