Qi Wanfeng, who was in the house, heard the noise outside, so he opened the door and walked out. Two dogs were barking at the thief they caught. If someone hadn't held them back, the two dogs would have rushed over to hit people.
Qi Wanfeng came out and growled, and the two dogs turned around and returned to their owner, wagging their tails. Seeing the footprints on Dabai's fur, he knew that Dabai had been beaten. Qi Wanfeng reached out and touched the dog's head. The two dogs acted coquettishly to their owner aggrievedly, tucking their tails and making whimpering sounds.
"Wanfeng, are you okay?" Li San stepped forward and asked.
"I'm fine." Qi Wanfeng shook his head and said, "Thank you, Brother Li."
Master Feng also rushed over when he heard the sound. Everyone in the bamboo house woke up at this time. When they heard that Cao Dadong's house was robbed, they all rushed over. The thieves who ran away were caught. The scarf covering Cao Laoer's face was pulled off, and he tried to cover his face with his hands.
"Tsk, Second Uncle is so elegant. He came to my house late at night without sleeping." Qi Wanfeng saw his second uncle, sneered and said.
The last time they were still in the old house, his second uncle brought people to their house to steal horses. Unexpectedly, he came with this group of ruffians in the village this time. He is really his good second uncle.
Cao Laoer chuckled, and when he saw that his fourth brother recognized him, he put down his hands that were covering his face and stammered, "Fourth, fourth brother, um, no, what... I went out for a walk at night and walked here..."
"Bah, shameless thing!" When a man heard that it was Cao Dadong's second brother, he spat on the ground, kicked him and cursed, "I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen such a shameless person, stealing things and coming to our family's house." A group of burly men who did rough work surrounded a few little thieves who usually did petty thefts, and they could hardly fly away even if they had wings.
"Brother, please let us go. We won't dare to do it again."
"It was Cao Laoer who asked us to come here. We all listened to Cao Laoer. Grandpas, please let the younger ones go."
"Bah, wishful thinking!" You came here to steal in the middle of the night and got caught, and they still want you to be let go?
"Wanfeng, what should I do?" Master Feng came over and asked Qi Wanfeng. After all, this was his home and this man was his second uncle. If he was caught, it would depend on how he would deal with it.
Qi Wanfeng hated his second uncle who was lazy and greedy, and who stole things and came to his house. Now that his husband was not at home, he didn't know how to deal with these things. He remembered that when his husband left, he asked him to go to Cao Gang if he had any problems. After a moment of silence, he said, "Who among you knows Cao Gang's family? Please help me go to Cao Gang's house and invite Cao Gang to come over."
"I'll go, I know." Cao Gang was their boss now. Naturally, some people had been to Cao Gang's place in the village. Someone stood up and said,
"Bring a lantern over." Qi Wanfeng went in and brought out a lantern and handed it to the man.
The man took the lantern and walked quickly towards the village with the lantern in his hand.
"Fourth brother, for the sake of our family, please forgive my second uncle this time. I, I was just bewildered for a moment." Cao Laoer said and slapped himself. He was scared when he heard that Qi Wanfeng had sent someone to find Cao Gang, the evil spirit. He heard that Cao Gang had killed people on the battlefield. He slapped himself and admitted his fault.
If he hadn't heard from his wife that his fourth brother was not at home, only Qi Wanfeng and several children were at home, he would not have thought of stealing things from his fourth brother's house. He didn't steal the horse last time, so this time he wanted to take advantage of his fourth brother's visit to his house to steal some valuables, but he was caught before he even entered the door.
"Pah, pah, pah——" Someone knocked on the door at night. The people in the house heard the shouting outside, got up and turned on the light in the house. Cao Gang came out of the house and opened the door. Seeing the person holding the lantern outside, he asked, "But what happened to Wanfeng?"
"Yes, yes." The person told Cao Dadong about the thief.
Sun Bailian in the house also woke up. Seeing her husband coming in, she asked what happened. Cao Gang told his wife about Qi Wanfeng's family, "You sleep with the children in the house. I'll go to Wanfeng's house." After that, he left with the person.
Thinking that the two children in the house were still sleeping, Sun Bailian gave up the idea of getting up and going to Qi Wanfeng's house. She knew that it was enough for her husband to go there. She just lay down in the back, thinking about Qi Wanfeng, and couldn't fall asleep.
Two people hurried over. As soon as Cao Gang saw Cao Laoer, he kicked him hard and knocked him down. "Cao Laoer, you are so capable! I let you live last time, but this time you come to die again." He glanced at the other little thieves with a knife-like gaze. These people were not afraid of being beaten by him last time, but now they dared to seek death.
"Ouch, ouch..." Cao Laoer wailed on the ground, "Someone's been beaten to death..."
Cao Gang, with a gloomy face, looked at Qi Wanfeng and asked, "Wanfeng, are you okay?"
"I'm fine." She was just a little scared. The baby in her belly was making noises. Qi Wanfeng put her hands on her belly, comforting the little guy in her belly. Seeing Cao Gang coming, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Brother Cao Gang, what should we do?" He glanced at the people who were caught on the ground.
"Grandpa, please spare us, we won't dare to do it again."
"Grandpa, spare our lives..."
Several thieves knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, crying and sobbing. They were full of regret and wished they could be good people and never go out to be thieves again.
"Tie them all up and send them to the village chief!" Cao Gang snorted and laughed. If it were in the past, he would have chopped them all to pieces one by one. These people were a danger to the world if they were alive.
With an order, several men took straw ropes and tied them up.
Fortunately, there was so much noise at home, and the two little ones were still sleeping soundly. Qi Wanfeng went back and told Xiangzi to close the door. He slept with his two younger brothers at home, and he also went to the village chief. Since his husband asked his family to find Cao Gang if they had any problems when he left, he would not object to Cao Gang's treatment of him now.
He believed that even if his husband was at home, he would handle the matter in the same way as Cao Gang. So what if his second uncle is here? When his second uncle came to his house to steal, did he ever think that this was his brother's house? Qi Wanfeng sneered in his heart.
There was a crescent moon in the sky, and this night was destined to be an uneasy night.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
There was the sound of the gong, and someone shouted that a thief had been caught. Someone's house lighted up, and he stood up and looked out the window.
The lanterns lit up the road ahead. Several men pushed the tied-up thief, and Cao Gang led the way. The group went to the village chief's house. Someone heard that a thief had been caught, so he hurried out of the house.
"Who is outside? Why is there so much noise?" In the middle of the night, people in the house got up because of the knocking on the door outside.
An oil lamp was lit at night, and the village chief was sitting in the middle of the main room with a sullen face. The elders of the tribe were hurriedly invited in at midnight. Many people from the village behind heard the noise and rushed over to see the excitement.
The people standing outside the door and watching the excitement pointed at the thieves who were caught inside. They were all from the same village. They knew Cao Laoer and the others. These people specialized in stealing in the village. They didn't expect that Cao Laoer would steal from his own brother's house.
Now many families in the village send their vegetables to Cao Silang's house, not to mention that some of them now raise dozens of chickens and ducks, waiting to sell them to Cao Silang when they grow up. Now seeing that these people in the village have become thieves and have gone to Cao Silang's house, they naturally stand on Cao Silang's side.
Seeing Qi Wanfeng standing there with a big belly, this belly must have been several months old. They haven't seen Cao Silang recently. They heard that Cao Silang was away from home. They didn't expect that Cao Laoer would become a thief and go to his own brother. How shameless.
And those people in the village who gossiped about Qi Wanfeng have no conscience.
"Bah, this kind of person should be arrested and sent to the authorities!"
"Send him to the authorities!"
"Yes, send him to the authorities!"
The people outside were clamoring. One person suggested arresting him and sending him to the authorities. The people behind him also followed suit and shouted that they should be arrested and sent to the authorities. The village chief looked ugly. Several elders who were invited saw that someone in their tribe was caught for stealing in the middle of the night. They were ashamed and turned their heads away. They felt that they could not face people with their old faces. When they heard someone shouting to send him to the authorities, some old and stubborn people thought that this would damage the reputation of Caojia Village, and opposed to sending him to the authorities, and decided to handle the affairs of their own village.
"Village chief, Li Zheng, all the elders, the person is here, what do you say we should do?" Cao Gang took a step forward, looked around at the people sitting there, and finally looked at the village chief's face and asked.
"This..." The village chief was embarrassed. After all, these people are from Caojia Village. If they are sent to the authorities, everyone will know about this matter. Moreover, he is Cao Silang's brother. This is not appropriate. "They are all from the same village. If they are sent to the authorities, it will bring shame to Caojia Village. If people from other villages know about it, it will also be embarrassing for us in Caojia Village. I think we should make a big deal out of it and punish them. There is no need to send them to the authorities."
"Do we in Caojia Village have to live for the sake of these thieves?" Li Zheng said sarcastically, "If we have to live for the sake of these thieves, I think we in Caojia Village will never have to go out to see people again!"
When Cao Xiaozi left, he personally asked him to help him take care of his family. Now Cao Xiaozi's family has been robbed. This matter cannot be let go. Does that mean that in the future, if jealous people in the village go to Cao Xiaozi's house to steal things, this matter can be let go? They must be severely punished!
"Yes, that's right. Bah, these people are not from our Caojia Village. We don't have such people in Caojia Village."
"We don't have such people..."
The saliva of everyone was enough to drown those thieves.