Chapter 119 Is it Xu Xiuxiu who is causing trouble?

"A lot, a lot. Xiang Baiwei is also picking fruits, and she picked a lot. I wonder what she wants to do." Xu Xiuxiu pouted after saying this. "Maybe she wants to pick these fruits and sell them for money, and then give them to the man who came to cause trouble."

Liu Mei lowered her head and did not respond. After a long while, she spoke again: "It rained a while ago. Is the road on the mountain easy to walk on?"

"The specially built mountain road is easy to walk on, but you can't run around. The soil near the cliff is soft and the rocks are loose. It's very dangerous." Xu Xiuxiu remembered something and shook her head in fear. "I almost fell today."

"I see. I understand."

…

Two days later, when a movie was shown in the village, Xiang Laogen stood on the stage and called out. Liu Mei, who was sitting below, listened for a while but could not hear the content clearly, so she asked the person next to her, "What is the village chief saying?"

"Oh, someone said that he found a watch, and it looked like it was bought in the provincial capital, and he wanted to know who lost it."

Liu Mei pinched the ends of her black hair and said softly, "It must be very valuable, right? No wonder you are shouting so hard."

"Yes, the people in the village are not rich, and we don't know who lost it."

Liu Mei watched coldly, then took advantage of the darkness and left the open space when people were noisy and walking around around, lowered her head and left.

Early the next morning, when Xu Xiuxiu went to the agency store to buy salt, she was stopped.

Xiang Laogen and a man with a strange face stood in front of her, and then handed her a photo: "Xiu Xiu, is this your watch?"

Xu Xiuxiu held the photo, looked at it, and nodded: "I have an identical one in my bag. This one is not mine."

He took out another photo and said to the man behind Lao Gen: "Then take a look at this? This is the back of the watch. There is a small word "Xiu" engraved on the back. Is it your name?"

When Xu Xiuxiu heard this, her expression changed immediately: "Then it must be mine. But it's strange, my watch is well placed, how could it appear outside?"

"The person who sold me this watch was also a woman," the man was Li Dazhuang. He looked up and down at Xu Xiuxiu's height, "She seemed to be about the same height, weight and body as you, and her voice was similar, too. So the person who deceived me was actually you, right?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Xu Xiuxiu took a step back in fear and looked at Li Dazhuang coldly, "I don't even know you, don't talk nonsense."

"You are talking nonsense. Take out your watch," Li Dazhuang's face darkened and he looked at Xu Xiuxiu fiercely. "Only if you take out your watch can I believe that the person was not you."

Xiang Laogen had no choice but to sigh: "Xiu Xiu, take out that watch, otherwise I can't say anything good for you."

Xu Xiuxiu had no choice but to lead them back and get her watch.

After entering the yard, two girls combing their hair came over curiously and asked what was going on.

Xu Xiuxiu was very annoyed: "They held a photo and insisted that I had lied to them."

Li Dazhuang was very calm: "As long as you can take out your watch, you can naturally clear your suspicion."

Xu Xiuxiu didn't look kind to him at all: "Then wait here, I'll go get it. There are only girls living in there, you can't go in."

Xiang Lao Gen tapped the pipe in his hand and said, "Yes, there are only girls in this yard. Let's go outside and wait."

Li Dazhuang had no choice but to follow him out obediently.

In the room, Xu Xiuxiu took out a locked small box, and while cursing under her breath, she fumbled for the key to unlock it.

A friend who was nearby noticed something was wrong and came over: "Xiu Xiu, what's wrong with you?"

"How come the watch in my box is gone?" Xu Xiuxiu frantically turned over her bedding. "I put it in the box and locked it. How could it be gone?"

Someone who was close to her came over and asked, "Are you talking about the one Liu Mei gave you before? The one you still have your name engraved on the back?"

Xu Xiuxiu nodded: "I carved a word with a knife as a mark, but I clearly remember that the watch was in the box, how come I can't find it now?"

"Maybe you left it somewhere else? Do you want to look for it again?"

"Impossible..."

After waiting for more than half an hour, Li Dazhuang began to lose his patience: "She won't run away, will she?"

"Where can you run to?" Xiang Lao Gen smiled, "Maybe there are too many things. I have to look for them slowly. Don't worry. As long as it's there, I will definitely find it."

When Li Dazhuang heard this, he couldn't help but say sarcastically: "What if she didn't have it at all and was just bluffing on purpose?"

He took a puff of his pipe and said, "Then there's nothing I can do."

After waiting for about twenty minutes, when Li Dazhuang had completely lost his patience, a quarrel broke out in the yard.

They looked in the direction of the sound and found that the loudest voice came from Xu Xiuxiu.

As the village chief, Xiang Laogen couldn't pretend not to see this scene. He walked in, clapped his hands, and signaled everyone to focus on him: "What's going on?"

Xu Xiuxiu came over with red eyes and said, "I can't find my watch. I clearly put it in the box and locked it. The lock is still there, but the watch is gone."

Li Dazhuang, who had guessed this result long ago, sneered: "Oh, are you pretending to be lost again?"

"I didn't install it. I clearly put it in the box before, but it's really gone now. Why don't you call the police?" Xu Xiuxiu gave up and looked at Li Dazhuang fearlessly. "Anyway, I don't know you, and I haven't cheated you of your money. Since this mess can't be explained, let's call the police."

Li Dazhuang was in hesitation.

It's such a big deal.

If he calls the police, he's probably going to end up in trouble.

Xu Xiuxiu saw that he didn't dare to call the police, so she sneered, "You are deliberately trying to trick me, right? Maybe you and someone in this yard worked together to trick me on purpose?"

"Stop playing dumb here," Li Dazhuang's face trembled, "You just admitted that your name is engraved on the back of the watch."

Li Dazhuang said, taking out the watch and showing it to everyone: "You went to the free market and secretly sold this watch to me. After I bought it, I found out that it was broken. You actually charged me 30 yuan for this broken thing. I tell you, if you don't give me a satisfactory explanation for this matter, I will never let you go!"

Xu Xiuxiu also got angry: "Maybe you stole this watch from me? Why did this watch with my name on it appear in your hands? Can you explain it clearly?"

(End of this chapter)

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