"Uncle, you go back first. I'll go take a look." Gu Qingqing has always been a person who likes to join in the fun, and she had just dealt with Sun Yuanyuan in the afternoon, so she doesn't look like someone who would do anything sneaky.

She stuffed the basket full of snails into Gu Bao's hand and ran to the end of the village, and Zhao Yu followed her.

Only a few men from the Gu family were left, carrying baskets and wooden barrels and standing there looking at each other in bewilderment.

It was not the first time that the educated youth had stolen things. The educated youth who had come a few times before had also stolen melons and fruits. Villagers had also stolen chickens before, but there was no evidence to prove that it was the educated youth who stole them.

This time, the Zhang family directly pulled Gu Jin, who had hurried over without even a breath, to the newly built fence around the vegetable garden in the backyard.

"Captain, look, the evidence is solid, so I can't say I've wronged them!" Zhang Ren let go of Gu Jin's arm and pointed at the mess of feathers next to the fence.

"How do you know this is your chicken?" Gu Jin squatted down and looked at the pile of fur, wondering.

Yellow chicken feathers were scattered all over the ground. He took a quick look and realized that he had at least eight chickens like this at home.

"Yes, Lao Zhang, how do you know this is your chicken?" Qian Guihua was the one who loved to join in the fun in the village. When she saw Gu Jin rushing over, she also followed quietly.

She wanted to be the woman in Datunzi Village who had first-hand information, so that she could chat with the old ladies after dinner and not be outdone by Wang Dahua from the neighboring Dagouzi Village.

Zhang Ren pulled out a red chicken feather from the pile, and he held the feather in front of the villagers and said, "This chicken was kept by my father for the Mid-Autumn Festival ancestor worship. Today, the tail was dyed red with the juice of Shanglu, and only one feather was dyed."

Qin Wu said to the silent educated youths beside him with a dark face: "You have to explain this matter. Mao was found in your vegetable garden. Normally, no one comes to the educated youths' site."

"Secretary Qin, we really didn't steal the chickens." The male educated youth who was kicked off the hoe by Qin Wu yesterday because he was lazy also looked confused: "Sun Yuanyuan went to Captain Gu's house last night and brought back some bamboos. We just built the fence half an hour ago. We took a break and were about to cook when we heard a commotion outside saying that we stole the Zhang family's chickens."

"Yes, Secretary Qin, if you don't believe me, go to the kitchen and check. The stove is still cold. If that doesn't work, you can search it!" Sun Yuanyuan said quickly.

"Yes, Lao Qin, I know about this, too. In the evening, my Xiongwa and his friends were still chopping wood on the mountain here. Comrade Sun Yuanyuan took some unwanted bamboo from my second brother to make a fence. They didn't lie about this."

Gu Jin stood up and caught a glimpse of the young lady peeking out from behind him. He scratched his head helplessly.

I knew this girl would follow me. I have to talk to Rushuang later and make sure Qingqing doesn't become the second Qian Guihua.

It's not good for a girl to be so fond of joining in the fun. What if someone gets hurt during a quarrel? The men in the family, young and old, will have to roll up their sleeves and fight with them.

Zhang Ren stiffened his neck and said, "Captain Gu, Secretary Qin, my chicken feathers are here. I can't have eaten the chicken, plucked the feathers and thrown them over to blame them!"

"But we really didn't eat!" The male educated youth felt really wronged. Their shoulders slumped and they sighed, "Why don't you go in and search the house? We have no objection."

After working in the fields for two days, they no longer have the same aggressiveness as when they first arrived, and now they just look like they'll let you do whatever you want.

Moreover, they found out from Gu's family that the villagers were actually easy to get along with. If they didn't do it, then they didn't do it. They believed that Gu Jin would not be biased.

Zhao Yu went to her mother Qian Guihua, and the two of them were whispering to each other. Gu Qingqing also quietly moved to Gu Jin's side and tugged at his sleeve.

"Dad, I just passed by Uncle Bufan's door and smelled the aroma of stewed chicken." She whispered in Gu Jin's ear.

Qin Wu had sharp ears. Before Gu Jin could react, he stared at Gu Qingqing and asked, "Qingqing, are you saying that Zhang Bufan is stewing chicken at home?"

He had been a soldier and had a loud voice. Gu Jin only felt a buzzing in his ears. He pulled the girl behind him and said unhappily, "Qin Mengzi, why are you so loud? My Qingqing is timid, don't scare her."

Qin Wu rolled his eyes and thought, your daughter is so timid? She even dared to poke a few wild beehives in the mountains where the Gu family is used to.

"Zhang Bufan?" Zhang Ren was stunned, then gritted his teeth, rolled up his sleeves and walked angrily towards his cousin's house: "If it's really this bastard, I'm going to kill him today!"

Gu Jin winked at Qin Wu: "Chase him! Don't really fight."

Zhang Bufan from the Zhang family is a well-known lazy man in the village. He loves eating but is lazy about cooking. He often takes advantage of his family. All the chickens and ducks raised by the old lady for laying eggs go into his mouth.

Zhang Ren really hits people when he wants to. The two cousins ​​of the Zhang family were fighting, and Xue Jianshan and Qin Wu couldn't stop them either. Today, the truth of the matter was probably clear. Zhang Bufan stole the chicken from his cousin's house and wanted to frame it on the educated youth.

Who knew that Gu Qingqing took a shortcut in order to rush over to see the excitement, and he happened to be stewing chicken at home at that time.

Seeing the lively atmosphere, the villagers followed Gu Jinqinwu to Zhang Bufan's home, leaving the five educated youths looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Is there nothing left for us to do?" Yu Chengfeng was totally confused.

"Let's go back and cook." Meng Nan retracted his gaze and walked towards the kitchen with his hands in his pockets.

Sun Yuanyuan stamped her feet and angrily said, "What is this all about?"

Ye Zi held her arm and comforted her softly, "Well, it doesn't involve us. This time, it's all thanks to the little girl from the Gu family. Otherwise, it would be hard to clear it up."

Even if they really searched the kitchen and found nothing, the chicken feathers were found in their backyard, so it would be unreasonable for Zhang Ren to insist that they had secretly eaten them somewhere else.

After all, they are not from the village and the villagers do not trust them.

Moreover, the educated youth who came here before had a bad reputation, so it is normal for the villagers to be prejudiced against them.

Meng Nan and Yu Chengfeng could also understand this.