At this moment, Erwa was also frightened by the sudden shout. He turned around in a daze, staring at Lin Minjun in confusion.

The kitchen was just a shed, not very big. Lin Minjun immediately blocked the door to prevent him from going out. She couldn't understand why Erwa had to steal other people's food since he was the landlord and his mother was a young lady and left behind a courtyard house. Logically, he should have no worries about food and clothing.

The more she thought about it, the more strange it seemed to her. She pulled Erwa away and asked angrily, "It was you who stole my fried potatoes last time, right? Tell me, why did you steal other people's things?"

"Who stole the things?" Erwa was stunned at first, then looked surprised when he came to his senses.

Lin Minjun: "Don't deny it, you ate my fried potatoes last time, and now you're stealing my fried buns again!"

Finally coming to his senses, the surprise on Erwa's face turned into anger. He waved his hand and broke away from Lin Minjun's hand. His tone also sounded particularly angry, "I didn't steal it! I bought it!"

"You are going to set up a stall to sell things! It doesn't matter who you sell to. I paid you that day. Do you sell food to different people and sell it to everyone but me?"

Lin Minjun was stunned. Money? She didn't see any, not a cent.

"You gave me money?"

Erwa was furious. He pointed at the small table that Lin Minjun used to place the bowls. "Right! I didn't know how much it was selling for, so I just gave him two dimes and put it under the bowl. Why are you accusing me of stealing?"

"If it's as you said, there was money under the bowl, it should be noticeable at a glance, but I didn't see anything when I came back that day." Lin Minjun gradually calmed down, "Could it be blown underground by the wind?"

Erwa immediately squatted down and began to search, "I gave money."

The night was falling, the sky was full of stars, and of course there was no light in the small, shabby kitchen, but luckily the light from the neighboring house shone in, and in the dim light, Lin Minjun also squatted down and searched together.

After searching for a long time without finding it, she simply went into the house, got a flashlight, and searched inch by inch.

It was quite simple. The two of them almost searched the entire kitchen. Lin Minjun even moved all the coal blocks away one by one to search, but they still couldn't find the two dimes he mentioned.

Lin Minjun’s fried potatoes are gone, and Erwa insists that he paid for them, but he can’t find the money?

Erwa was still rummaging around, picking up and putting down the bottles of soy sauce and vinegar, and even reaching into the rice jar.

"I really gave the money and put it under the bowl." Erwa kept talking, and suddenly turned around, "I know, someone must have taken it. Your kitchen door has no lock. I can open it, and so can others. Someone must have seen the money and stole it after I left."

He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "I'm going to catch this thief!"

Erwa's head was sweating, but he was still searching.

Lin Minjun didn't say anything. Erwa glanced at her as he flipped through the books. His movements gradually slowed down, and a self-deprecating smile appeared on his face. "You definitely don't believe me. You think I didn't give you any money at all."

He threw his hands away, looking like he had given up, and simply stopped looking at Lin Minjun. He started to act frivolously, "Then just consider it as something I stole. Anyway, everyone says I love stealing things."

He walked out of the kitchen with his head down, his tone still fierce, "Stay away from me in the future, close the door when you are not at home, and don't let me walk around the house, so that you don't have to blame me if you lose something in the future."

From the search to the admission, it was obvious that this situation was not right, but Erwa had been wronged since he was a child and no one believed him. He was used to it. He tried to defend himself at first, but later found that no one wanted to hear him prove his innocence.

Later, Erwa simply gave up on making excuses and just took the blame. After all, it was not a big deal to wrongly accuse an orphan child.

But just as Erwa was about to leave, Lin Minjun suddenly said, "Wait, you said someone else took the money, then go find the thief and show him to me."

"Do you believe me?" Erwa turned around and was stunned. He looked a little helpless. "You must have heard from others that I have bad character and like to steal things. Do you still believe me?"

Lin Minjun had just arrived for a day or two, and everyone was very curious about her. Some people did want to come over to watch the fun and gossip about her, like Mrs. Xu from next door who came with her daughter, and Aunt Xia who came as soon as she entered the courtyard. They all came.

But she was naturally not interested in such gossip, and she was busy adjusting the flavor of the fried potatoes, so she simply made an excuse that she was very busy and sent the person away.

Now that I think about it, they probably just want to talk to me about Erwa?

"Do you really believe that I didn't lie?" Erwa looked doubtful and kept asking.

Well, Lin Minjun didn't believe him. After all, Erwa was aggressive and rude on the day she rented the house, and her first impression was not good.

But Lin Minjun found that Erwa's sad and angry look just now was exactly the same as her own when she was a child. She had been boarding at her uncle's house since she was a child. She was also an orphan and was bullied by everyone. When she was a child, if anything was lost nearby, from farm tools to a piece of thread, the blame would be put on her. Her aunt would not listen to anything and would just beat her without listening to anyone's explanations.

At that time, Lin Minjun felt just as aggrieved and sad as Erwa just now, but she was helpless because many people never take children's words seriously. They always think that children have no self-esteem and it's okay for them to be wronged.

Lin Minjun could empathize with him. Even for the sake of her own childhood and Erwa, she gave him a chance. What if the child could really find the real thief?

"It doesn't matter whether I believe it or not. As long as you find the real thief, you can prove your innocence." Lin Minjun waved at him, "Go quickly and find the thief."

"I'll go right away." Erwa ran away, then turned back after two steps. "Don't worry about closing the door. I can find it tonight."

Lin Minjun agreed immediately and continued to cook dinner after Erwa left.

Put the marinated meat in the pot and stir-fry until it is cooked. Then add the pickled vegetables and stir-fry together. Then add water and bring to a boil. Stew it like this until the aroma comes out.

The rice noodles had already been soaked and softened, fully absorbing the water. Lin Minjun took the rice noodles and prepared to put them into the pot.

Just now when Erwa was leaving, he said he would be back soon. I don’t know how he caught the thief, but he came back soon, running very fast with a child in his hand.

When he ran to Lin Minjun, Erwa was already panting heavily. He didn't even have time to rest and just threw everything with his hands.

The two children in his hands were like a pair of generals, they were frightened silly and thrown in front of Lin Minjun.

"It's them." Erwa gasped for breath, "They stole my money."

"Don't be in a hurry, catch your breath first." Seeing that his face had turned pale, Lin Minjun hurried into the house and poured a cup of warm water. After thinking for a while, she sprinkled some sugar into the water, fearing that he might have hypoglycemia.

Erwa picked it up and drank it in one gulp. He slurped it and was even more at a loss. He didn't know what to say to Lin Minjun, so he simply yelled at the two generals, "Stand up! Tell her what you two did the past two days."

At this time Lin Minjun's gaze shifted to the two generals Heng and Ha, no, to the two children. She recognized them at first sight: they were the two grandsons of Aunt Xia.

The bigger one on the left is called Shunzi, and the one on the right is Zhuzi. The two kids became even more stupid after being yelled at.

The two boys' mouths were covered with milky white syrup, their little hands were black from eating, and they looked at Lin Minjun timidly.

"Tell me quickly, did you two sneak into this room two days ago, see two dimes under the bowl, and then take it to buy White Rabbit milk candies?" Erwa yelled again.

After all, Erwa was older than them and had a fierce attitude. The two children were scared and started crying. Zhuzi took candy out of his pocket while crying. It was really White Rabbit Milk Candy. "I don't dare to do it anymore. My brother asked me to do it. My brother took me to buy candy."

Shunzi was so scared that he covered his face with his hands, opened his mouth and started howling.

Lin Minjun was so annoyed by their quarrels that Erwa said, "Look, I really gave the money. I'm not a thief."

"I know you didn't, you didn't steal." Lin Minjun gave him an affirmation first.

Seeing that the kids were really quarreling, Lin Minjun simply pulled Erwa up and said, "Take Shunzi and Zhuzi with you. Let's go to Aunt Xia's house and ask for an explanation."

"What do you want to explain?" Erwa was stunned.

"We both need an explanation. They stole my money and you are blamed for it. Besides, Zhuzi is still young and Shunzi is five or six years old. The younger brother is not sensible. How could he not understand that this is stealing? No matter what happens this time, they will enter other people's houses more casually in the future. This kind of behavior cannot be tolerated."

"What's the matter? You don't want to?" Lin Minjun took two steps, and seeing Erwa standing there and not catching up, she turned around and asked.

Erwa hesitated for a moment, but finally pulled Heng and Ha together, "Let's go for a trip then."

Lin Minjun walked quickly in front and reached the entrance of the courtyard in just a few steps.

She brought Erwa here to seek justice. Her original intention was to let the Xia family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law know about this matter and discipline the child so as not to allow him to develop the habit of stealing needles when he is young and stealing gold when he grows up.

So Lin Minjun did not shout loudly and gave the Xia family some face.

When she reached the door of Xia's house and saw that no one was inside, she stood outside and called out, "Is Aunt Xia home? I have something to talk to you about."

Footsteps were heard, and the person who came out was not Aunt Xia, but her daughter-in-law Sister Xia. She was still combing her hair when she came out. She fluttered her eyelids and looked up and down at Lin Minjun. "My mother is not here. What do you want to see her for?"

"It's okay. It's the same even if you're here."

As Lin Minjun spoke, she pulled the two generals over and said straight to the point, "Sister-in-law, Erwa bought a bowl of fried potatoes from me two days ago. I was not at home at the time, so he put the money under the bowl in the kitchen. Who knew that the money was stolen by the Shunzi brothers? You have to give me an explanation."

"What do you mean by a thief? How can you, a grown-up, talk like that? How can you bully a child like that?" When Mrs. Xia heard this, she started yelling in a particularly sharp voice.

As she said this, she glared at her eldest son again. In fact, she knew in her heart that her eldest son was not very clean and sometimes liked to steal.

But there was no other way. Her husband didn't earn much, and she and her mother-in-law were both unemployed, so life at home was not very comfortable. Although they could eat enough, the children were greedy.

It is understandable that they go to other people's homes to get something at this time.

Besides, it’s not like they took anything valuable, just a little money and some snacks. Who would really care about this with a child? They have never cared so much about this before.

As luck would have it, there was no way for Lin Minjun to make a big deal out of a small matter or a small matter out of nothing.

She has to think about it today.

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