Chapter 115 The Gold Bracelet is Lost

Shifeng Village is very remote and is almost built deep in the mountains.

There is only one road leading out of the village, and the winding mountain road is like a long snake.

Shen Jichuan took Xia Keqing along the path he had walked as a child, and picked many icicles hanging on the mountain road, which were frozen from spring water brought down from the deep mountains.

Xia Keqing didn't want to pick it at first, she just took a look and the ice cone was picked off by Shen Jichuan.

If she doesn't play, she will seem unsociable.

But later, Xia Keqing suspected that this guy did it on purpose.

The main reason was that it was very enjoyable to play with, but the ice cone was too cold and her fingers were frozen red, so she forgot to wear gloves when she came out.

Shen Jichuan saw the little girl's red fingers from the cold, and he consciously grabbed her hand and put it in his pocket.

The man's large hands with thin calluses were broad and hot, and Xia Keqing's hands instantly warmed up.

By the time Xia Keqing reacted, the two were almost at the door of the Shen family. Xia Keqing wanted to take her hand back, but the old man held it tightly and she couldn't pull it back.

Shen Lan saw it like this.

"Third brother, you're back! Come up with me!"

Shen Lan looked anxious, and without even breaking up, she grabbed Shen Jichuan's hand and pulled him upstairs.

Xia Keqing had no choice but to follow him upstairs.

This was her first time to come to the Shen family.

The Shen family has a small courtyard, which is quite large. There is a color TV in the yard, and the yard is crowded with people.

When you see them, they all smile, either kindly or critically.

Xia Keqing was puzzled, are these all Shen Jichuan's family members?

That's not right!

The Shen family has a large population.

Mr. and Mrs. Shen had six children. But the elders of the previous generation have passed away, and Shen's father and his brothers have separated long ago. In the early years, the Shen family was poor and had almost no contact with relatives.

These people shouldn't be Shen Jichuan's brothers and sisters, judging by their ages.

They are all elderly people.

Soon, Xia Keqing understood.

This shows that Mr. Shen has made great progress, and all his relatives and friends have come to visit him.

People are just so realistic.

But today is New Year’s Eve, and you guys are not going home to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner, but are staying at Shen’s house watching TV and eating melon seeds?

Relatives and friends didn't know Xia Keqing's doubts, but the middle-aged woman who saw Shen Jichuan holding Xia Keqing's hand suddenly said: "Young people nowadays are different from us back then."

Someone started talking, and someone else quickly took up the conversation.

"Isn't it? Back then, we had to be more cautious when we were engaged? Nowadays, young people are holding hands before they even get married!"

"This is the third kid, can you not hold him by the hand? What if someone else snatches him away?"

"Speaking of which, Xia Pinghai and his wife are the most scheming..."

The more you talk about it, the more biased it becomes. Old Third Shen is a popular commodity now, who wouldn't want to take a bite?

But unfortunately, the Shen couple had already arranged his marriage, and the one he chose was the daughter of the Xia family.

"Xia Pinghai's daughter is a college student, right?"

Just then, someone asked a question and the discussion stopped abruptly.

Yes, she is a college student!

Putting aside the relationship between the Shen family and the Xia family, my daughter’s own conditions are not bad either!

Aren’t they much better than Xiaohong, Xiaomei, Yanzi, Juanjuan, who some people say did not graduate from elementary school or went out to work after graduating from junior high school?

"Yes, there is a college student in our village. Are college graduates guaranteed jobs now?"

Everyone was stunned again.

After a long while, a voice finally sounded, "Yes, graduates from technical secondary schools and medical schools are guaranteed jobs, and their scores are very high. To be able to enter university, that little girl is quite remarkable, and she deserves Sanwa!"

The old man who was speaking was of a higher generation.

After she spoke, everyone else fell silent.

"It's getting late. I have to go home and prepare the New Year's Eve dinner."

"Me too!"

"Then I'll leave too!"

Almost in an instant, most of the Shen family's courtyard was empty.

Xia Keqing didn't pay much attention to these things.

Because her attention was all upstairs at the moment, Shen Lan was about to cry, "Third brother, you have to help me, my gold bracelet is gone!"

"I saved up so much money to buy this. It costs several dozen per gram!"

“It cost me several months’ salary!”

Xia Keqing thought, Oh, so the gold bracelet is missing, no wonder the girl is so anxious.

She didn't interrupt, just stood aside and watched.

Shen Jichuan looked down, "Have you been out?"

Chen Lan managed to calm down. It was all that damn Xia Feifei’s fault!

"It's all my fault..."

She saw Xia Keqing at a glance, "It's all the fault of the Xia family! Several groups of people came, didn't I have to go downstairs to greet them? I forgot to close the door!"

Xia Keqing frowned, "My cousin is here to see you?"

Chen Lan said unhappily, "Yes, Xia Feifei came to see me and asked me about my third brother!"

Shen Lan was in a bad mood, and she became even angrier when she saw Xia Keqing.

In fact, it is just venting anger on others.

But now she really dislikes people with the surname Xia.

Xia Keqing didn't take the girl's anger to heart, "There are quite a lot of people in the room."

The Shen family’s house is an old-style building with two rooms on the left and right, and two rooms in the front and back, a total of two floors, and the stairs are outside.

Because we had so many children and now that they have grown up, the rooms upstairs were converted into five rooms, one for each of the four sons.

Chen Lan and her sister Chen Ju sleep in the same room.

Father Shen and Mother Shen's room moved downstairs.

But even so, the house is not enough.

Shen Dachuan is 32 years old this year. He is married and has two children, a girl and a boy.

Shen Erchuan is also married, and the couple has only one daughter, who is five years old.

Shen Erchuan and his wife are both teachers and usually do not live at home, so the room that originally belonged to Shen Erchuan was given to Shen Dachuan's ten-year-old eldest daughter.

But it was Chinese New Year, and Shen Erchuan and his wife came back with their daughter, so they also needed a room.

Therefore, the Shen family planned to take advantage of the New Year holidays, when the children were at home and the third son was getting married, to buy a few plots of land and divide them among the sons.

Of course, this is all later.

At this moment, a group of children were crowded in Shen Xiaochuan's room watching videotapes.

To enter Shen Xiaochuan's room, you have to pass through Shen Ju and Shen Lan's rooms, with a door in between.

Shen Lan suspected that some kid happened to see her gold bracelet while watching a video and took it away.

She had just sternly warned these young girls and brats that her third brother was a soldier and he would shoot anyone who lied.

But even so, no one stood up.

Shen Lan was anxious. She had to call her third brother back and scare the thief in person!

"Third brother, you must help me catch that thief!"

Shen Jichuan frowned. Even if his rank was not low, he would not bring that thing when he went home to visit his relatives.

But he also knew that his sister was very angry.

Shen Jichuan was a pragmatic person. Things had already happened, and there was no point in blaming her for not keeping the valuables away, so he nodded.

He narrowed his eyes, and Shen Lan immediately ran to Shen Xiaochuan's room, turned off the videotape, and then said with a stern face, "Okay, no, you are not allowed to watch the videotape. My things are lost. I have already told you."

"Now, my third brother is back. He is a soldier in the army. Is there anyone willing to confess to me and get leniency?"