His speech seemed reasonable and well-founded, and the other educated youth fell into a brief silence.
Lin Zhiheng clenched his fists tightly. He hadn't shown any sadness just now because he didn't want his sister to feel guilty. Lin Guanghui had actually used this to frame him.
He glared angrily at Lin Guanghui: "I don't think you went to take a dump at all. The outhouse over there is surrounded by corn stalks. I bet you took advantage of the opportunity to sneak back to the educated youth settlement from behind the outhouse to steal things."
Lin Guanghui, others may not know what kind of person you are, but I know you well. Back in the day, you and those thugs in Jinshi were always robbing and burglarizing; you probably didn't avoid petty theft too. Just because I lost money, does that mean I have to cry? I want to laugh, and you can stop me? I'm going to laugh, I'm going to laugh, hahaha, I'll make you furious!"
"Little beggar!"
Lin Guanghui practically spat out those three words through gritted teeth, staring intently at Lin Zhiheng, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
The little beggar actually dared to reveal his secrets in front of so many people.
The other educated youth shook their heads when they heard this. They all knew that Lin Guanghui was not a good person and that he had really done so many bad things.
Therefore, it's not surprising that the villain Lin Guanghui would come back to steal money.
They all secretly became wary of Lin Guanghui. Besides this incident, they would have to be more careful around him in the future. It would be best if the police found out he was a thief, locked him up in jail, and got rid of this menace.
"Lin Zhiheng, you didn't see me steal money with your own eyes, so you can't slander me. I've always been law-abiding in Jinshi, and I'm not like what you're saying."
"Yes, my brother is innocent and has never done anything wrong."
Lin Sisi came over to speak up for her.
She and Lin Guanghui were always in cahoots; helping Lin Guanghui was helping herself.
Lin Qingyan said, "Time will tell. Everyone can see a person's character clearly. If someone says they are a good person, then they are a good person?"
"Then I didn't go back to the educated youth settlement to steal everyone's money, unless you saw it with your own eyes and produce evidence." Lin Guanghui said angrily.
"Then how can you say I stole it without any evidence?" Lin Zhiheng retorted.
Knowing he had run out of excuses, Lin Guanghui suddenly shut his mouth and dared not speak.
However, most of the educated youth focused their attention on Lin Guanghui. Compared to Lin Guanghui's accusations against Lin Zhiheng, they were more inclined to believe that Lin Guanghui was the thief who did the bad thing.
Lin Guanghui noticed that the other educated youths were all looking at him coldly, as if they had already determined that he was the thief who stole the money.
He immediately took two steps back: "Don't look at me like that. I didn't steal the money. The little beggar stole the money. Go ask the little beggar for the money."
"I didn't steal it, it was you, you notorious thief, who stole it."
"You're the notorious thief, your whole family are notorious thieves."
Chen Lu pinched her brow and walked over: "Stop arguing, you won't get anything out of this. Wang, the educated youth, has already gone to inform the brigade leader. When the brigade leader arrives, let him think of a solution. This thief may not be at the educated youth settlement. If the brigade leader can't find the person, we'll report it to the police. No matter what, we still have hope of getting our money back."
Lin Qingyan couldn't figure out who had stolen everyone's money for the time being. Of course, the first person she thought of was Lin Guanghui, but besides Lin Guanghui, she also thought of someone else, namely Song Qingfang.
It's not surprising that Song Qingfang would do something like this out of desperation, since she urgently needs money to repay the ninety yuan owed to the Bai and Chen families.
But Song Qingfang was, after all, a woman. It would take some strength to pry open all the locks in the educated youth settlement. Song Qingfang had been here for two years and was used to farm work, so perhaps she could manage it in terms of strength.
Besides strength, she also needs time.
She happened to know that Song Qingfang and Du Xiaoyue were in the same team, so she went to ask Du Xiaoyue and Song Qingfang if they had the opportunity to commit the crime.
She found Du Xiaoyue and secretly told her her guess.
Du Xiaoyue shook her head: "She's been working in the fields all morning and hasn't had time to come back at all."
"oh."
Lin Qingyan turned her gaze to Lin Guanghui again. If it was someone else, then it could only be someone from outside, perhaps from the Mopantun brigade, or maybe from another brigade.
At that time, the police's methods of investigation were not as advanced as those of the 21st century. There was no fingerprint identification technology or electronic surveillance. If no one personally saw who entered the educated youth settlement, it would be difficult to find the thief even if the police came.
In the 21st century, she heard from the older generation that thieves were rampant in that era because they were very difficult to catch, so they acted with impunity.
Especially in rural areas, grain left to dry in the yard is easily stolen.
Sometimes poultry and livestock, clothes, pots and pans, anything useful can be stolen.
Even worse, if someone doesn't take good care of their child, the child can be stolen and trafficked.
Before long, Wang Qiang arrived with the captain, and Lu Zhengting came with him.
The brigade leader and the brigade captain first went to check the male educated youth dormitory. After questioning Chen Lu, they went to check the female educated youth dormitory. Both dormitories were in a mess, and they couldn't find any clues for the time being.
Lu Zhengting approached Lin Qingyan and asked, "Lin Qingyan, how are things going on your end?"
If you need money, he can help you.
"I don't have much money, I kept it all on me, so I didn't lose it."
"Oh. If you encounter any difficulties, please let me know."
Lin Qingyan nodded: "Okay."
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