Chapter 177 There is a person on the wall

Everyone worked together to kill chickens and ducks, fry, stir-fry and deep-fry, and prepared a delicious meal.

Tomato stewed pork ribs and tomato and egg are still as popular as ever. Tonight I specially made dry pot duck for the duck and poached chicken for the chicken. I also bought some mutton, which is just right for making carrot soup.

Zeng Xiaoyan said that she didn't care, but after all, it was her blood relationship. How could she not feel a little uncomfortable when it was cut off like that?

When Zeng Xiaojuan first learned about this, she was so sad that she cried for her.

At dinner tonight, everyone was tactful enough not to mention this matter, and only talked about happy things - especially about making money.

It is true that making money makes people happiest. As they talked, the atmosphere became very lively. Everyone was very excited, with light in their eyes and high morale.

Cutting off the past is not necessarily a bad thing, because you can embrace a better future.

Everyone was talking so excitedly that they left a little late. Qiao'er had already fallen asleep, gently placed on the couch in the small living room.

Xu Zhichun said, "Qiao'er is sleeping so soundly. If I carry her back home, she might wake up on the way. Sister Xiaojuan, why don't you sleep at my house tonight? The rooms upstairs are ready."

Zeng Xiaojuan looked at her little girl sleeping soundly, her heart softened. As expected, she couldn't bear to wake her up. She nodded and smiled at Xu Zhichun: "Okay, thank you for troubling me, Zhichun!"

Xu Zhichun smiled: "No trouble!"

Zeng Xiaoyan also said: "Then I won't go back either. I will sleep with my second sister tonight."

Zeng Xiaojuan immediately said, "That's right. We sisters haven't slept together for a long time."

It's a good time to talk.

Liang Mingliang knew that his wife was feeling somewhat uncomfortable, and it would be good for the two sisters to talk about their private matters, and his second sister could also comfort her, so he did not force her to go back.

Everyone who needed to leave had left. Xu Zhichun and the others simply washed up and went back to their rooms to rest.

How could Zeng Xiaoyan and Zeng Xiaojuan easily fall asleep? They chattered endlessly, with countless things to say. The darkness enveloped everything in a gentle, relaxing silence. They spoke now, things they normally wouldn't, their eyes tearing up, their faces brightening with smiles, the more they talked, the more they talked.

When they finally felt sleepy and wanted to go to sleep, the two sisters felt that they could not sleep well unless they went downstairs to relieve themselves, so they went downstairs together.

Lai Sheng, a slave to slavery, fought tooth and nail to carve out a path among his competitors, finally crossing the narrow bridge and becoming Shopkeeper Fang's most trusted servant. Unexpectedly, his days of relying on his master barely lasted a year before he was pushed out as a scapegoat and driven away by Shopkeeper Fang.

Lai Sheng was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

But he did not blame Manager Fang, but hated Xu Zhichun.

With the instigation of Manager Fang, Lai Sheng wanted to take revenge and also wanted to take advantage of the situation to gain some benefits. Finally, he could not hold back and sneaked around during the day, intending to sneak into Xu Zhichun's house at night to steal things.

Apart from anything else, if I could find the tools and raw materials she uses to make ice jelly, and go back and tell her former employer, maybe I could even make some extra money. Why not?

The Zeng family did not allow him to stay in Qingshan County for too long, so he had to fight quickly and make a quick buck before leaving.

Xu Zhichun's yard was so high, who would have a ladder that long? He could only connect two ladders together, prop them up against the wall, climb to the top, and then struggle to pull the ladder up and try to lower it from the inside.

The wall was too high and he didn't dare jump down directly.

Zeng Xiaoyan and her sister had just left the house and were about to go to the toilet when Zeng Xiaoyan accidentally looked up, said "Huh", tugged at her second sister's sleeve, and pointed to a place on the wall: "There seems to be a person there."

Zeng Xiaojuan laughed: "I think you are sleepy and your eyes are blurry. How could there be someone on the wall? Go back and go to sleep quickly."

Tomorrow she will go to the city to sell things, and she will also go up the mountain to pick lantern fruits.

Zeng Xiaoyan rubbed her eyes and blinked, "It seems like there really is someone there."

"Maybe it's a shadow—"

Zeng Xiaojuan's smile gradually froze, and her heart tightened: "Okay, it seems there really is someone."

"Really? I said I wasn't seeing things! But why is there someone there——"

The two sisters looked at each other, their faces changed drastically: "There's a thief! Catch the thief! Catch the thief!"

Lai Sheng, who was on the wall, shuddered violently and fell headfirst, uttering a horrible scream.

At the foot of the wall, Xu Zhichun asked the workers to build an area more than half a meter high as a small vegetable garden to grow flowers, coriander, green onions, garlic sprouts and other vegetables. Fortunately, the soil was soft, which played a certain buffering role and reduced the height a little. Although Lai Sheng fell down and was definitely injured, fortunately he only hurt his arm and sprained his ankle and did not break his leg.

Xu Zhichun and Chunfen both got up, and about twenty people came, including Aunt Zhuer and her husband, other people in the village, Liang Lizheng, etc.

"Where did this little thief come from? He actually stole into our village. He deserves to be beaten to death!"

"hateful!"

Everyone tacitly agreed not to notice the redness and swelling on Lai Sheng's ankle, nor to hear his cries of pain. Before he could say anything, Xu Zhichun had someone gag him and tie him up.

"Uncle Lizheng, we're lucky tonight! Xiaoyan and Xiaojuan are staying at my house and they woke up in the middle of the night to find this guy. Otherwise, he would have definitely stolen our house and Chunfen and I probably wouldn't even know about it. I'm going to send him to the authorities and make an example of him!"

She and Chunfen lived together, both were women, and there was no one else in the house. If Laisheng was not severely punished, it was inevitable that someone else would try to get away with it and do the same thing again.

If he hadn't been discovered, it wouldn't just be a matter of stealing, but Xu Zhichun's reputation would have been ruined.

It seems that we need to buy a dog for our family as soon as possible, and a very fierce one.

Liu Lizheng obviously understood this truth, and many villagers also thought of it, whispering and nodding.

Liu Lizheng nodded. "You're right. This kind of thing can't be tolerated. If they dare to rob your house today, there's no guarantee they won't rob other families in the future. This kind of thing should be punished severely without any mercy. Tomorrow morning, I'll gather a few people and go with you to report to the police."

"Thank you, Uncle Li Zheng. Also, perhaps Chunfen and I living alone together might make us look down upon by some with evil intentions. I never imagined that some people could be so despicable and shameless, so I didn't make many preparations. Today, I'm telling you all that starting tonight, I'll be setting up something in my yard and under the walls every night. Whether it'll be thorns, mousetraps, or animal traps, that's hard to say. If anyone else gets hurt by evil intentions, I won't be responsible."

"Not only is he irresponsible, he also shows no mercy. He will definitely be handed over to the authorities. Don't accuse me of being cruel and ruthless then."

Liang Lizheng: "How can you be blamed for this? If anyone dares to steal again, they will be courting death. There is no one else to blame."

(End of this chapter)