Chapter 25: How is Wanxing? What did the police station say?
"Cheng Yan, how could you push your mother?"
"That's right, your mother is old, how could she withstand a blow from you?"
Two of the people who were fighting on the front line of eating melons began to criticize Zhao Chengyan with dissatisfaction.
Zhao Chengyan seemed to realize what he had done and hurried forward to pull his mother up.
He frantically explained, "Mom. Mom, it wasn't me. I didn't take it. It's not what you think. We have to call the police. Yes, I'm going to call the police now."
Liu Xifeng's crying stopped abruptly when she heard this. She stared blankly at her son and asked, "What do you mean?"
"I said it wasn't me who took our things. I don't know who stole them. Our house was robbed, and it definitely wasn't just one person. Look, all our big things are missing. The problem is, I just checked, and there are no footprints in our yard."
Zhao Chengyan finally regained his composure, and his words became increasingly clear.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was an uproar inside and outside the house.
If a thief broke into the village, their family might be the next to lose something. Since their own interests were involved, everyone became serious.
"Cheng Yan, what do you mean? Are you saying that there are outsiders entering our village?"
"Yes, please tell me."
"Anyway, I didn't hear any noise last night. My little brat ate two raw dumplings and had a stomachache. I rubbed his stomach for most of the night and didn't sleep. Then I don't know how he fell asleep. It was already 11:30 at that time, and I didn't hear any sound. If there was a thief, it must have been after that time."
The daughter-in-law of the neighbor to the east also began to recall what happened last night. Because they lived close to each other and the two families shared a wall, she could definitely hear clearly what happened here.
Otherwise, she wouldn't always be the first in eating melons.
The scene was a little chaotic for a while. Some people said that they saw strangers coming into the village yesterday, and some said that they saw people wandering around the Zhao family.
Those who were more thoughtful withdrew from the crowd and hurried home, fearing that something was missing from their homes but they had not noticed it.
Most of the people left in an instant.
"Wanxing, call the police."
Fifth Grandma stepped forward, patted Gu Wanxing on the shoulder, and advised him gently with a sad look on her face.
Gu Wanxing came back to his senses and nodded hurriedly: "Okay, grandma, I'll go right away."
After she said that, she was about to go out, and the few kind ladies who were still at the door spontaneously made way for her.
As soon as Gu Wanxing walked out of the house, he saw Zhao Chao still standing obediently under the pomegranate tree and didn't want to pay any attention to him.
Then I heard Fifth Grandma's voice coming from behind me again.
"Go ahead. I'll take Chao Chao home. You can go get him back when I'm free."
A lot of things happened at home these days, and the children suffered the most. The old lady looked at Zhao Chao with pity.
Gu Wanxing turned around and looked at the old lady gratefully: "Thank you, grandma."
"What are you thanking me for? Go ahead. Those two are still crying over there. What a mess."
The old lady walked towards Zhao Chao while muttering in frustration.
Gu Wanxing hurriedly pushed his bicycle out of the yard. The brigade headquarters was two streets away, about a mile away.
Logically speaking, she didn't want to call the police, and it was not her intention to trouble the police, but she had to play the whole game.
It's okay to get to know the police this time because she will need to deal with them later.
It's Zhao Chengyan's fault for making dirty money.
Thinking of this, Gu Wanxing couldn't help but smile, but when he met people again, he would still restrain that smug expression.
She went to the brigade, explained the situation to the village party secretary, and then actually called 110.
When the village cadres heard what happened in her family, they decided to follow her to Zhao's house.
What happened was really too unbelievable. Besides, the jokes that the Zhao family has been making these days are endless, one after another.
Everyone in the village knows that if the commotion gets too much, it will be bad for the reputation of the village.
I have wanted to go to Zhao's house to persuade him for a long time. It just so happened that such a big thing happened, and it also concerned the property safety of the village. So the village party secretary led the director and deputy director of the village committee to take this opportunity to go to Zhao's house.
On the way, Gu Wanxing intentionally or unintentionally told several cadres everything that had happened in recent times, and she even revealed her idea of getting a divorce.
At first, the cadres tried to persuade them that since they had a child, it would be better not to go that far. But when they thought of the bad things Zhao Chengyan had done, they gave up after a few words of advice.
Their own wives have also seen the chaos in the Zhao family, so how could they not know about what happened between Zhao Chengyan and Gu Yuerou from the next village? If their own daughters were to encounter such a thing, they would definitely not be allowed to continue living like this. There is no need to continue living like this.
It was already past nine in the morning when Gu Wanxing returned home.
The village party secretary is named Wang Weiguo, a tough guy. When he was the team leader, their team was often rated as advanced.
Later, he was elected as the village party secretary and built a road from the village to the town.
He is a man who gets things done.
As soon as he entered the yard, he shouted at the old women gathered together, "It's almost noon, everyone, hurry home and cook. What's so good about it? Aren't you afraid of attracting thieves back home?"
Gu Wanxing: ...
She curled her lips. Although no one knew that the thief was her, she was still a little nervous.
When the village party secretary said this, she would automatically put herself in the situation.
"Secretary, this is terrifying! You must catch the thief. Look at Old Zhao's family, their granary has been emptied. Isn't that strange?"
"That's right, it's scary."
"Everyone, go home quickly. If someone doesn't know, they might think you took it. You know so much."
Wang Weiguo glared at the crowd, then walked towards the west room with Gu Wanxing and two other village cadres.
Because Zhao Chengyan and Liu Xifeng were in the west room at this time, taking inventory of two cement cabinets, which were specially made for storing grain.
The two cabinets were not full of food to begin with. One was filled with dry corn kernels, and the other was filled with sacks of rice. Now, only the bottom of the cabinet was left, and there was only half a sack left in the rice bin, which was estimated to be only about 70 or 80 kilograms.
The more Liu Xifeng dug, the more frightened she became. She realized that something was wrong, so she stopped crying and cursed as she checked.
"Oh, damn it! How could they take away all the food without making any noise? If I had known, I would have sold it all. Oh, my food!"
When Zhao Chengyan was about to call the police, he was told that Gu Wanxing had gone to the police. He breathed a sigh of relief, but after checking the situation at home, his heart sank to the bottom again.
There is no food left, and life is unbearable, just as Gu Wanxing said.
The most important thing is that this incident was too unbelievable. No noise was heard and the grain cabinet was emptied.
As soon as Gu Wanxing led three team leaders into the west room, Zhao Chengyan came up to them with bright eyes.
"How's Wanxing? What did the police say?"
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