She yelled at her neighbor early in the morning, "You can't possibly have lost it, can you? Look for it!"

“It was enough when I locked it in at night! It was gone when I came out,” said Cheng Yi’s sister-in-law.

Cheng Yi's eldest niece was about to go to the garden to pick some vegetables for cooking when she exclaimed, "Mom! Look! The vegetables in the garden have been completely ruined!"

At this time, the rice seedlings in the yard hadn't grown yet; all that was edible were some vegetables. Half of everyone's vegetables had been trampled and plucked...

Since Cheng Yi was arrested, no one in the village has lost a chicken.

Cheng Yi's sister-in-law was furious; she hadn't had a good day in a long time.

And here comes her mother-in-law. Her sentence in the labor camp hadn't even ended, but since she was old and frail, it would be a hassle if she died, so they released her early. The old lady had only been back for three days when her chickens went missing—all because of that old hag!

The police officers from the station arrived this morning. They looked around the backyard and found that the footprints weren't very big, so it should have belonged to a woman.

After hearing everyone say that, everyone can guess the answer pretty accurately.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was also concerned about this matter. During break, she said to Song Yan, "She was taken away in a hurry, and she was also running away in a hurry. She couldn't have had matches on her, right? What if she caught a chicken? How is she going to eat it?"

Ji Xiaochun, who was nearby, overheard this and said, "Teacher, when I got home yesterday, I found that all the matches in my house were gone."

Oh! It's not that Song Yan is thinking badly of Dong Mingming, but she really can't be judged by ordinary standards. She has matches; if she wanted to set someone's house on fire…

Song Yan still needs to go find the brigade leader!

Today, the brigade leader left ten women to patrol the village during the day, as he didn't want to waste so many able-bodied women. Li Yuanzhao was one of them.

When Song Yan went to the brigade headquarters, he saw Cheng Wenkai and Li Yuanzhao talking. Upon entering and listening, Song Yan immediately understood: Li Yuanzhao thought Dong Mingming probably hated the educated youth the most. She wanted to walk alone to the edge of the brigade headquarters and lure Dong Mingming out.

Cheng Wenkai thought the idea was good, but Li Yuanzhao didn't know how strong a person could be when they went crazy. So he disagreed.

Captain Wu and Cheng Yousuo listened without offering any opinions, waiting for Cheng Wenkai to make a decision.

"Captain, Captain... Police officer... Dong Mingming, Dong Mingming..." Sun Akun's wife ran out of breath, "Dong Mingming went to Ji Dagang's house to steal food and was cornered by Ji Xiaochun... Now she's holding Ji Xiaochun, and she's holding a knife to the child's neck... She said if all the educated youth don't kneel down before her, she'll kill Ji Xiaochun, and she'll make He Jianian kowtow to her and apologize!"

Everyone hurriedly followed Sun Akun's wife.

Everyone rushed forward, and Song Yan lagged behind by a few steps.

Song Yan knew the location of every house in the entire brigade.

There is a large poplar tree next to the wall of Ji Dagang's courtyard. You can see the Ji family's situation from that tree, and it's not far away.

Cheng Wenkai and the captain entered through the main gate of the Ji family's residence.

Jiang Xiaoxiao, Pan Bo, Huang Guoqing, Jiang Xiaoxiao, and He Jianian all arrived.

"Where's Song Yan! Tell her to get over here!" Dong Mingming had lost control, the knife pressed against Ji Xiaochun's neck. Dong Mingming didn't even look at Ji Xiaochun, whom she was holding, she just kept shouting and yelling, her hands trembling involuntarily, Ji Xiaochun's neck was already bleeding.

"Don't move! Don't move! Someone come find Song Yan right now!" Captain Wu was terrified.

Cheng Wenkai was more experienced. Was Dong Mingming trying to bring Song Yan here to solve a problem? What if all the educated youth were present, and no one could meet the conditions she proposed? "Dong Mingming, are you hungry? Does anyone have anything to eat, brigade leader? Bring some food for us."

"Whoever has one, bring it out quickly!" Captain Wu shouted.

Several nearby shops responded, "We have some!"

"I have one at home!"

Hearing about food, Dong Mingming's eyes lit up. She had managed to steal a chicken, but she didn't know how to kill it. It took her a lot of effort to finally kill the chicken.

After killing the chicken, they found it covered in feathers...

Dong Mingming then realized that even if she stole the chicken, she wouldn't be able to eat it. But she felt that if she didn't eat something soon, she would starve to death.

This time we have to steal during the day. We can only steal food when everyone's doors are open during the day. There's food inside that we can eat right away.