Hu Lili, who came back from hanging out outside for a day, did not notice that her lock had been pried open.
Shen Limin kept his head down and didn't dare to look at Hu Lili directly, but he was always paying attention to her out of the corner of his eyes.
Although Shen Limin cleaned the pot before leaving, Li Xiang still discovered something while cooking.
She remembered that Shen Limin said he wanted to boil water at that time, and she couldn't help but look at him.
She didn't know whether she should tell Old Man Shen about it. If Dali stole the food from home and ate it without any care, her life would be even more difficult in the future.
Shen Limin noticed Li Xiang's inquiring gaze and immediately glared at her to threaten her.
If we were to say who is at the bottom of the social ladder in this family, it would definitely be Li Xiang.
So he was not afraid of this second aunt at all.
Li Xiang was glared at and felt a little embarrassed.
She could only take the opportunity of cooking to tell Li Xiaoqin about this.
Li Xiaoqin thought more.
The food supply at home was always locked in the cabinet, and the key was held in the hands of Old Man Shen.
And there were always people in the east room, so it was impossible for Shen Limin to steal food without being seen by so many people.
The only one in this family who still had food rations was the educated youth Hu Lili.
She locked her food in the kang cabinet herself.
The Westinghouse is not always occupied.
After realizing this, she warned Li Xiang: "Don't worry about it. Just pretend you didn't see it. Did you hear it?"
Li Xiaoqin thought that the people who stole the grain were from the eldest wife's family, so what did it have to do with them?
Besides, if Shen Limin is full, he can eat less food at home, and the saved food can be given to them.
Li Xiangke had no idea that Li Xiaoqin was thinking so much.
She just felt that Li Xiaoqin had her reasons for not telling her to say it, so she didn't bother with the matter anymore.
This was Shen Limin's first time stealing something, and he got away with it.
This also made Shen Limin taste the sweetness.
But he was not stupid. He did not steal all the time. Instead, he would secretly take out a little every now and then when he was too hungry to bear it anymore.
But after doing it so many times, Hu Lili finally discovered the clues.
She looked at her ration bag, frowning.
According to her own calculations, these rations were enough to last her a whole month.
But now the remaining food is obviously much less.
She immediately suspected that the Shen family had stolen her food.
The first person that comes to mind is Wang Huilian.
She has always been jealous that she eats better than them.
Hu Lili was so angry that she grabbed the bag of grain and went to argue with the Shen family.
But just as he reached the door he stopped again.
Who would admit something so groundless?
Hu Lili stood at the door, biting her lip, thinking again and again, and felt that she had to catch the culprit in the act.
She turned her head and stared at the door curtain hatefully, swearing secretly in her heart that if she really caught the thief who stole the grain, she would let the whole village know and publicize this den of thieves to the Shen family.
Hu Lili stood at the door for a long time before forcing herself to calm down.
She stuffed the food back into the kang cabinet and then took out a small can from the compartment of her backpack.
Hu Lili carefully opened the lid, revealing a thin layer of red paste inside.
This was the lip balm her good friend gave her before she went to the countryside.
She has never been willing to use it even once!
But now is not the time to be stingy, she must find out who stole her food.
Hu Lili carefully picked out some lip balm with her fingernails and smeared it on the rope that tied the bag.
In this way, as long as someone unties the rope, the lip balm will inevitably get on that person's hands.
Based on her understanding of the Shen family, washing hands was impossible, and the most likely possibility was that the hands were wiped on the hem of their clothes or pants.
That way she could tell at a glance who had stolen her food.
After doing all this, Hu Lili stuffed her pockets back into her pockets and went out for a stroll as usual.
But this time she would sneak back to check on him after a while.
She didn't notice anything unusual on the first day, and the rope covered with lip balm was still tied there properly.
The next day was also calm.
It was not until the third day that Hu Lili came back quietly from outside and happened to meet Shen Limin coming out of the west room holding a bowl of food.
She stepped forward angrily and grabbed Shen Limin’s arm: “You little thief, it turns out that you stole my food. Come on, follow me to the Public Security Bureau, I want them to arrest you.”
Shen Limin didn't expect that Hu Lili, who had just been out for a while, would suddenly come back.
Being caught stealing also made him panic for a while.
He desperately pulled his arm out of Hu Lili's hand: "I didn't steal it, don't talk nonsense."
Hu Lili scolded him angrily: "I have caught you red-handed, and you still want to quibble? What is that in your hand? Isn't it just stolen from my ration bag? I must send you to jail, come with me."
Shen Limin was not willing to go to the Public Security Bureau with Hu Lili obediently. He pushed Hu Lili away and said, "You framed me. I didn't steal it. Why do you say it's yours? This is my own food."
The quarrel between the two of them attracted all the people from the Shen family.
Wang Huilian took the lead and stood in front of her youngest son, confronting Hu Lili: "What are you doing? What are you doing? You are an adult bullying a child, right?"
Hu Lili pointed at Wang Huilian and her son, but her face was facing Old Man Shen: "Do you care about your unfilial son? He actually stole my food and I caught him in the act, but he still refuses to admit it?"
Old man Shen looked at the half bowl of rice in Shen Limin's hand with a sullen face, and his eyes looked as if he wanted to eat him!
Shen Limin lowered his head in fear and hid behind Wang Huilian.
But Wang Huilian was still stubborn: "You said it's yours, so it's yours? Do you have any evidence? You want to frame my son for stealing your food without any evidence?"
Hu Lili spat on the ground and said, "Oh, I've been prepared for this trick of yours. I put something on the string that ties his pocket. If you don't believe me, just look at his hands. Is there anything red on them?"
Hu Lili's words made Shen Limin's heart skip a beat.
Today when he was untying the rope he did find something red on it.
He was quite curious at the time, so he rubbed it with two fingers and found that it was a slightly sticky substance, but he didn't care at all.
It turned out that Hu Lili had applied it on purpose.
Wang Huilian turned around and said loudly to Shen Limin: “Dali, raise your hand for her to see, so that she won’t open her mouth and talk nonsense.”
But Shen Liming hesitated and refused to take his hand out, and even put his right hand behind his back.
Looking at his expression, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that what Hu Lili said was true.
At first, Wang Huilian was full of confidence that her son must have been wronged, but now seeing his appearance, she has guessed about 80% of it.
Wang Huilian's face suddenly turned very ugly.
The other members of the Shen family also fell silent.
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