Chapter 24 Chapter 24 1st update
Snap. Snap again.
Shen Moer stared at the window, thinking that if she wasn't so brave, she would have fainted by now. She didn't know who was outside, and whether they were trying to scare her in the middle of the night or not.
No matter whether it is a human or a ghost, she has to find out what is going on, otherwise she won't be able to sleep well tonight.
Thinking of this, Shen Moer gently pushed open the latch on the window, and was about to open the window unexpectedly. As a result, the window had just been opened a crack when the people outside discovered it. Shen Moer heard a deliberately low voice quickly say: "Someone is stealing your bricks."
Almost at the same time, the sound of rustling footsteps gradually faded away.
When Chen Moer opened the window completely, she saw a thin and muscular figure quickly running towards the backyard of the brigade headquarters in the night.
Although the man spoke in a low voice, it was quiet at night, so Shen Moer naturally heard what he said. She stood at the window for a while. The place where their family stored bricks was on the other side, and she couldn't see the situation over there from here. But she didn't know if it was an illusion, but Shen Moer felt that she seemed to have heard some faint sounds.
Besides, it was the middle of the night, and there was no need for anyone to go to so much trouble to tease her.
Shen Moer gently closed the window, walked quickly to the outside to wake Shen Shaoyuan up, and whispered what had just happened. Shen Shaoyuan was still a little dazed at first, but when he heard someone stealing bricks, he suddenly woke up and got out of bed immediately: "Go and take a look."
The two walked to the gate, and Shen Shaoyuan took two sticks from the side, holding one for himself and handing one to Shen Moer, and whispered: "If there are few people, beat them, and if there are many people, run away."
Shen Moer: “…”
As expected of her father.
Chen Moer used the instep of her foot to slightly support the door panel and opened the door almost silently. The father and daughter exchanged glances in the moonlight that leaked in, and then, taking advantage of the moment when the clouds covered the moon, Chen Moer quietly walked out with the stick in her hand.
Shen Shaoyuan waited for Shen Moer to leave for a while before following her out as lightly as possible. He followed closely with heavy steps, fearing that the thief would hear him.
Thousands of bricks were neatly stacked on the wasteland behind the Shen family's new house. Shen Moer squatted in the corner and took a look. She immediately found something wrong. The bricks were obviously shorter than in the evening.
She was about to go over and take a closer look when she heard a low voice from the other side: "Almost... we'll be able to tell if there's more... let's go..."
The voice was very light and intermittent, but Shen Moer could roughly guess what it meant. It should be saying that most of the things had been taken, and if there were any more, her family would find them tomorrow.
Another voice rang out, "You are really as brave as a lice. You've already taken it, so what are you afraid of? It's better if they can see it, so that they know it. Don't be so arrogant."
This person was obviously bold and reckless, and his voice was much louder than the previous person. Shen Moer could almost hear it clearly.
At this time, another voice sounded: "Hurry up, hurry up, pick up one more basket and leave."
While they were diligently picking up bricks, Shen Moer quietly moved a little further over there, and finally saw three people on the other side of the pile of bricks.
The moonlight was as silver as silver, shining on the quiet earth, allowing Shen Moer to see the appearance of the three people clearly.
“So it was them.”
Shen Shaoyuan came over quietly without knowing when, and said five words almost silently.
The father and daughter tacitly agreed not to say anything, nor did they rush out to beat the men as they had planned at the beginning. Instead, they squatted there side by side and watched with interest as the three men grunted and put the bricks into the basket.
Well, one, two, three, four, five, six, a total of six baskets.
Fortunately, they had already loaded five baskets, and the remaining one did not take long to load. After loading, the three of them picked up a shoulder pole and left, each carrying two baskets.
When the three of them walked a little further with their loads on their shoulders, Shen Shaoyuan couldn't help but mutter, "How stupid they are!"
Although bricks are hard to buy these days, stealing bricks is really hard to describe. This thing is so heavy. Isn't stealing this thing just asking for trouble?
Next, since you want to steal bricks, you should have made some preparations, such as finding a way to borrow a donkey cart or something, or if that doesn't work, a handcart will do. But the method these three idiots came up with was to use a basket.
You really can't blame Shen Shaoyuan for calling him as stupid as a pig.
Just like this, Shen Shaoyuan suspected that even a pig would feel wronged.
Also, I don't know what these three people were thinking. They didn't send the stolen things out, but went back into the village. Although the village has been peaceful recently, the militia patrols have gradually relaxed. Maybe there was no patrol at this time, but we can't rule out that someone got up at night and ran into them, right? Anyone who saw them carrying baskets in the middle of the night would know that there was something wrong.
Shen Shaoyuan couldn't help but think of a sentence his royal brother often said: Being stupid is nothing, the most frightening thing is that stupid people are so bold.
Well, that’s how his brother the emperor killed those officials who were incompetent in government affairs, exploited the people, and embezzled public funds.
But being a little stupid is also good, it saves them a lot of trouble.
The father and daughter quickly caught up, and then at a fork in the road, Shen Moer went up a small path.
This is how it is in the countryside. In addition to the proper village roads, there are actually walkways in front of and behind everyone's house, which lead to all directions. Shen Moer is now quite familiar with the terrain of the village. She quickly got in front of the three people and knocked on the doors of several households one after another.
She didn't care whether the people inside heard it or not. She ran back after knocking. When she reached a fork in the road ahead, she saw the three men coming over with their loads on their shoulders.
The three men walked quite fast, but they were carrying such a heavy load, so they couldn't move very fast. The shorter one looked around and asked in a low voice, "Did you hear any noise?"
"How could there be any noise? There are no babies here and everyone is fast asleep. Even if they get up at night, they won't run outside. I've found out everything in advance." said the tallest one.
"That's right, Xiaohui, you are just too timid. Brother Hong is such a smart man, but he does things..."
The other one was halfway through his words when he suddenly felt a gust of wind behind his ears, and then something hit him hard on the back. He lost his balance and stumbled to the ground.
Almost at the same time, the other two people suffered the same "treatment" and were knocked to the ground for no apparent reason.
"Ahhhh, who's behind this?!"
"Who the hell dares to hit me?"
"Fuck it, run!"
Finally, one person remembered that they were stealing and tried to run away, but he was hit hard again. The other two who wanted to run away after being reminded by him also received the same "treatment".
At this moment, lights were turned on in some houses nearby and even in front.
The three people who were trying to get up but failed suddenly heard a cry from behind them: "Murder, robbery, theft--"
Almost immediately, those who had lights on opened their doors, and some people came over quickly with kerosene lamps, some holding brooms, and some holding hoes.
"What's going on? Where is the murder?"
"No, no, whoever robbed us must be really bold to come to our Yangliu Brigade!"
"Oh my god, what's in this basket? Are these bricks?"
"No, why would you carry so many bricks in the middle of the night?"
"Hey, aren't these Xiaohong, Lihui and Minbing from the old Shen family?"
These people didn't dare to step forward at first. After all, those who committed murders and robberies were all extremely vicious people. If they stepped forward rashly, they might get stabbed.
But they soon realized something was wrong. Although there were many baskets scattered on the ground, there were no weapons or bloodstains. It didn't look like a murder scene. After seeing the bricks in the baskets and the three people looking at them with horror on their faces, many people bravely stepped forward.
At the same time, two people came running over from a distance. The one in front was panting and shouting, "Catch those three thieves! They stole the bricks. They want to kill me!"
The voice running behind was whimpering: "Too bad, these people are too bad, why did they steal our bricks…"
There were many people gathered around, many of them holding kerosene lamps. At this moment, this section of the village road was as bright as day, so everyone could see clearly at once that the people coming were Shen Laoqi and his daughter Shen Moli.
Ah this.
At this moment, several people with quick reactions thought at the same time, what the hell is this?
The three people on the ground are Shen Hong, the eldest son of Shen Jianping, the eldest son of the first branch of the Shen family; Shen Lihui, the eldest son of Shen Jianan, the second son of the first branch of the Shen family; and Shen Minbing, the eldest son of Shen Jianye, the eldest son of Shen Jianye, the second son of the Shen family... These three are all nephews and grandsons of Shen Laoqi.
The matter was obvious. These three people were up to no good in the middle of the night. They ran to the village entrance and stole bricks from my uncle's house. The key point was that they were discovered and chased here.
Shen Shaoyuan stumbled over and sat down next to a basket. He carefully picked up a scattered brick, held the brick in one hand, and tightly grasped the basket with the other, crying: "My bricks, I almost never see you again. If you are stolen, how can I live——"
Others: “…”
No, although it is sad when something is almost stolen, you shouldn’t cry as if your wife was almost stolen, right?
This sounds really easy to be misunderstood!
"Dad, it's okay, it's okay. Fortunately, you got up in the middle of the night and heard it, so we chased out in a panic. Fortunately, these uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters-in-law were also alert and enthusiastic, and they helped us catch the thief. You see, there are still many good people in our village. These bricks are all here, all here!" Shen Moer persuaded, holding her father's arm.
The trio on the ground immediately raised their heads and glanced at everyone present with angry and hateful eyes.
They didn't fall for no reason, they were knocked down by someone, and it seems that the person who knocked them down is among these people.
It's really hateful that you meddle in other people's business in the middle of the night.
Playing dirty tricks behind people's back is not at all fair and upright!
When the other people present heard Shen Moli's words, they all had bewildered looks on their faces. They did hear the noise outside and came out to catch the bad guys, but when they came out, these three people were already lying here. Strictly speaking, they shouldn't have caught the people, right?
Someone murmured, "That's actually true. Although these three fell, if we hadn't surrounded them, they would have gotten up and run away, right?"
Someone suddenly realized: "That's right! So we really all helped."
Nowadays, being brave and helping others is something that will bring honor to you.
They did a good thing.
Everyone immediately straightened their chests silently. At least, they were the first to run out to help when they heard the shouting outside. They wanted to help subjectively, and objectively they prevented the thief from escaping. To round it off, they caught the thief together.
Someone said: "Although the thief himself was too stupid, we did contribute to it."
The trio on the ground: “…”
It's fine if they were caught, but why do you still slander them as stupid? !
They are inferior to others in terms of martial arts, not stupid!
Some people also said, "Shen Laoqi, these three are your nephews and grandchildren, what are you going to do about this?"
Shen Shaoyuan hugged the blue brick and whimpered, "How is it possible? How could I have such a bad and stupid nephew?"
The trio: “…”
They were plotted against by someone. They are not stupid. They are not stupid!
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