"Yes, if the captain can't handle it, we'll definitely have to report it to the police."
Lin Qingyan silently mourned for the brigade leader for two seconds. The brigade leader seemed to have a lot of power, but in fact he was not much better than the ordinary commune members. He was just an ordinary middle-aged man.
Since she arrived, almost everyone goes to the brigade leader whenever they have a problem, as if the brigade leader has become a superhero.
"Qingyan, tell me how much money you're missing so I can do a tally and let the captain know exactly what our losses are."
Although she knew that some of the educated youth wouldn't tell the truth, she still needed to keep a transparent account for the brigade leader to see.
"I didn't have much money to begin with, and I carried it all with me, so I didn't lose it."
"That's even less. Did you lose anything else? You can report that too."
"No."
Chen Lu nodded, then couldn't help but grumble, "Everyone else only lost money, but that thief was after our money. Luckily, some of the educated youth carried some money with them, so they didn't lose it all. It's true, if you carry all your money on you, you're afraid of losing it, but if you don't carry it on you, you're in danger of being stolen. It's not safe either way."
Lin Qingyan didn't know how things were going in the male educated youth dormitory. "Sister Chen Lu, how are things going with the male educated youth?"
“The male educated youth were just like us. That thief didn’t spare a single one of them. The only thing missing from their side was money; everything else was fine.”
"I'm going out to check on Xiao Heng."
Fearing that Lin Zhiheng might worry that their money would be stolen, she quickly went out to find him and told him that the money was fine and he didn't need to worry.
In the courtyard, Lin Zhiheng sat alone in a corner, the boy's expression indifferent, seemingly unaffected by the matter.
Just as she was about to go find Lin Zhiheng, Gu Mingzhou, who was coming from the opposite direction, blocked her way.
"Qingyan, how are things on your end? Did you lose any money?"
"Some were lost."
"Do you need me to give you some? I happened to have all my money with me; it wasn't stolen."
"unnecessary."
After finishing her sentence, Lin Qingyan went to find Lin Zhiheng.
Seeing this, Lin Sisi was so angry that she dug her nails into her flesh.
Why should Brother Mingzhou care about Lin Qingyan and even lend her money? Does she deserve it?
Lin Sisi walked over: "Brother Mingzhou, Guanghui and I kept our money together, and that thief stole it all."
Before she went to the countryside, Gu Mingzhou had given her seventy or eighty yuan. Adding what Fang Huilan later sent, after they spent some, they had a little over sixty yuan left, totaling more than one hundred and thirty yuan. They kept it all with her, but a thief stole it all.
"It's alright, I can lend you some first." Gu Mingzhou sighed and comforted her, "If I had known, I wouldn't have gone to the fields. If I had stayed at the educated youth settlement, this wouldn't have happened."
He hadn't planned to go to the fields today, but Lin Sisi kept pestering him, saying how tired she was and insisting that he go to the fields to help her with the work.
Lin Sisi was also a little annoyed. She really wished she hadn't let Gu Mingzhou go to the fields. But then she thought that she wasn't the only one who lost money. Besides, Brother Mingzhou said he would give her more money. At least other people didn't receive such treatment.
Knowing how much Mingzhou cared about her, she wasn't so sad anymore.
Lin Qingyan walked up to Lin Zhiheng and, seeing his indifferent expression, asked, "Xiaoheng, are you sad?"
Lin Zhiheng looked at her calmly, then smiled and said, "Money can be earned back, I'm not sad."
He was mainly worried that his sister would be sad and feel guilty.
Lin Qingyan whispered to him, "Our money isn't lost; I've been carrying it with me the whole time."
"real."
"Of course, I wouldn't lie to you."
"That would be better."
Lin Qingyan saw a smile on the boy's face. The little guy had pretended to be calm just now, probably because he was afraid of making her sad.
However, a very discordant sound suddenly rang out from the side.
"It was him, it must have been him. It was that little beggar. That little beggar stole all the money from everyone in our educated youth settlement. He used to beg for food in Jinshi. When he couldn't get anything, he would do petty theft. It was him, it must have been him. Everyone just needs to ask him to get your lost money back."
He spoke in a very loud voice, and the other educated youth all turned their attention to Lin Zhiheng.
These educated youths all knew that Lin Zhiheng had begged for food before, but they had spent nearly two months with him and knew his character. During those two months, Lin Zhiheng had always been well-behaved and honest, and they couldn't believe that he would be the one to steal money.
Lin Zhiheng and Lin Qingyan were both furious when they heard this, and they both stood up at the same time.
Lin Qingyan rebuked Lin Guanghui: "When it comes to petty theft, I'm afraid no one is better at it than you. I think you're just crying wolf. You stole that money, but you're trying to shift the blame onto Xiao Heng. You're the real thief. Give the money back to everyone."
Lin Sisi quickly came over and started arguing with Lin Qingyan: "You said my brother stole the money, do you have any evidence? Guanghui would never do anything like stealing chickens or dogs, he..." He had only ever robbed people on the street: "It must have been your brother who did it, you're protecting your brother and deliberately framing my brother."
"Ha, you say he's my brother, do you have any proof? It was your brother who started by spewing nonsense and slandering Xiao Heng."
Lin Guanghui said, "I have evidence to prove that it was him. I was working with him today, and when I was taking a dump when I had a stomachache, he must have come back to the educated youth settlement to steal money."
"Lin Guanghui, I was waiting for you outside while you were taking a dump. Which eye of yours saw me return to the educated youth settlement, and which eye saw me steal money?"
"Yes, you have no evidence. You can't just say that Xiao Heng came back to steal money because you didn't see him."
"Lin Guanghui, did you see that with your ass?" Xu Dazhi covered his mouth and laughed.
Hahahaha.
"Comrade Lin Guanghui's asshole can see a thousand miles away, hahahaha."
Lin Guanghui hadn't expected to become a laughing stock. He blushed and said, "Don't make a fuss. The reason I was able to tell it was the little beggar who did it is because, firstly, he used to be a beggar, and he's used to getting something for nothing."
Secondly, when we were pulling up the peanut vines today, I didn't see him for a while, so he is definitely a suspect.
Third, didn't you notice how calm he was just now? We were all very upset and saddened by the theft, but he was the only one who seemed nonchalant. I even saw him smile just now. Would he be so happy if he hadn't not only not lost any money but also gained some?
I ask you, if you lost money, would you be sad, or would you laugh heartily like Lin Zhiheng?
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