Aunt Jiang glared at Xiao Cuizhen, her face turned ashen, and she looked like she wanted to eat her up. "Since you don't know who they are, how can you insist that it's them? And why did you bring me here?" She had lost face like this!
"I never said before that it was their family who stole it. I just said that I saw someone carrying a load coming here in the middle of the night! It was you who came to their house and knocked on the door just now!" Xiao Cuizhen shrank her neck, but then straightened her back and glared back without any hesitation.
That’s right!
She hadn't mentioned anyone by name this morning. She had only said that she saw someone carrying a load coming this way last night.
"Okay, it was clearly you who said it, and you actually blame it on me?! If it wasn't for what you said this morning, Xiao Cuizhen, that misled me, how could I have come here?" Facing the mocking gazes of the people around her, Aunt Jiang was also anxious. It was clearly her family's coal that was stolen, so why didn't she come? Looking at everyone's eyes, it seemed as if they were saying that she was wrong?!
"What do you mean by misleading?! If a casual word I say can mislead people, then I won't be able to say anything in the future? Can't you use your brain to think before listening to others?!" Xiao Cuizhen also shouted directly with her neck stiff.
In just a few words, the two people who had originally come to Qin Suyun with great momentum had already gotten into a big fight and were almost fighting.
One said they were misled, while the other said it was all just your imagination. They completely forgot that they came here to cause trouble for Qin Suyun and the coal that was stolen last night.
Zhao Xingguo was annoyed by the quarrel between the two people, and the other people who came with Xiao Cuizhen and Aunt Jiang were also stunned by this sudden change. They hurried forward to separate the two people and used a human wall to separate them to avoid further conflict.
Zhao Xingguo frowned, not caring about the snow falling on him. He looked at Jiang Hongmei and Xiao Cuizhen and shouted coldly, "Alright, stop arguing! We came here to find the person who stole the coal last night, not to watch you two quarrel. If you want to quarrel, you can wait until you two go back and do it! You two are from the same village after all. Are you afraid that you won't have a chance to quarrel?! Don't waste everyone's time here now! It's so cold, you two are not cold, but we are!"
After being scolded by Zhao Xingguo, the two of them fell silent, but Jiang Hongmei still glared at Xiao Cuizhen with anger in her eyes.
"Xiao Cuizhen, let me ask you, how did you respond to what Xiao He said just now? Why did you get up in the middle of the night to sweep the snow last night?" Zhao Xingguo stared at Xiao Cuizhen with suspicion and asked, "Just now I heard others say that no one in your family has ever gotten up in the middle of the night to sweep the snow before. It's been snowing outside for so many days. Why did you get up to sweep the snow last night when you didn't do it before?"
"Oh my, my village chief! Are you doubting me?!" Xiao Cuizhen slapped her thigh and complained, "I really only got up to sweep the snow last night on a whim. I saw everyone else getting up to sweep the snow every night, so I decided to get up! If I had stolen the coal last night, how could I have come out so early in the morning to tell Jiang Hongmei about this?"
Xiao Cuizhen stopped calling her Aunt Jiang and called out Jiang Hongmei's name. She slapped her thigh and continued to complain bitterly, almost swearing to the heavens to prove her innocence.
Zhao Xingguo frowned and looked at Xiao Cuizhen with a deep and scrutinizing look.
When buying coal a few days ago, his family also bought some, and he followed his two sons to carry the coal home.
During this period, he also saw the cart of coal that Jiang Hongmei's family bought. Jiang Hongmei and Tian Pengyi carried the coal dozens of times before they unloaded it into their yard.
When they went to see it today, the pile of coal was indeed much smaller, and even the plastic sheet that was supposed to be on the coal had been overturned. When they saw it, the pile of coal was already covered with snow. Without the plastic sheet to block it, the snow had all squeezed into the cracks in the coal pile.
In order to avoid too much snow accumulation on the coal, most people usually cover the coal with plastic sheets or some plastic bags filled with fertilizers to prevent it from being wetted by snow and rain. Those who have the conditions will directly unload the purchased coal in their own utility room.
The earthquake was sudden and unexpected, and even the coal sold at the coal mine wasn't packed in bags as usual. Instead, they were shipping it loose in truckloads, weighed, and then taken away. With such unpackaged coal, and the sheer quantity, it was difficult for them to store it at home. They simply covered it with plastic sheeting. Jiang Hongmei's family was in the same boat, so it was impossible for her to move the coal around and wet it with snow just to falsely accuse someone.
This is totally inconsistent with Jiang Hongmei's usual style.
So after all this, Zhao Xingguo thought about it for a long time and still felt that what He Zhennan said made sense. No matter how he looked at it, Xiao Cuizhen was the biggest suspect.
Who told her, someone who normally never cleans snow from the roof at night, to actually get up in the middle of the night to do it? This was such a strange move!
Because Qin Suyun has behaved very well in the eyes of Zhao Xingguo and others these days, and is a typical kind-hearted person, and He Zhennan has also become more familiar with the villagers in these days, and he has nothing to do these days, so he will help some villagers repair things.
Therefore, none of the people who followed him ever doubted the authenticity of the video that He Zhennan had mentioned before.
Many people in the village knew that Qin Suyun's home had electricity. After all, they were the only family with lights on late at night, so who couldn't see it?
Most importantly, the solar panels in the other person’s home are right there.
You can see it if you pay close attention.
However, no one expected that the other party's home had so much electricity stored that it could even be used to make a fire and cook. I thought it was just enough to turn on a light, but I didn't expect that there was still so much electricity.
Everyone no longer doubted Qin Suyun and He Zhennan, and all turned their suspicions to Xiao Cuizhen.
"Alright, stop crying and yelling. I'm just asking you about what happened. Why are you acting like everyone's bullying you?" Zhao Xingguo stared at Xiao Cuizhen and frowned, his expression becoming increasingly serious. "We in the village believe in fairness and justice. We've all come here today just to find the thief who stole the coal last night. Just tell us everything. We'll never wrongly accuse a good person in our village!"
The earthquakes and blizzards in recent days have directly brought about earth-shaking changes in the villagers.
This is not just about the external conditions in everyone's lives, but also about the changes in their mentality. Even thieves who had not appeared for decades are now appearing. This is not a good phenomenon. The village must nip this trend in the bud as soon as possible to avoid it from corrupting the atmosphere of the entire village!
"Yes, no good person in our village would be wrongly accused! I also believe that no one would wrongly accuse Miss Qin and me for no reason." He Zhennan smiled and continued, "We've been talking for so long and still haven't been able to find the thief who stole the coal. I think we can just borrow these dogs from Miss Qin's house and let these wolfhounds help find who stole the coal from Aunt Jiang's house last night."
"The other party must have left some traces last night. Since Dahei and the others can help with search and rescue during the earthquake, they can definitely find the thief by smell! As long as everyone is willing to trust me, I can help bring Dahei and the others to find him." A gentle smile appeared on the handsome profile of the man. He did not look like he was angry because he had just been wronged. Instead, he spoke with righteousness and looked very convincing.
Both Zhao Xingguo and other villagers saw the abilities of Dahei and the others.
At that time, the other party's dogs helped the entire village find the victims who were buried underground.
I guess it should be a very easy task to find the thief now with the help of Dahei and the others.
"That's right! Since we can't find the thief from last night, let's let the dogs help find him. They are so powerful that they can definitely follow the footsteps and smell the scent of the person who stole things last night!" Aunt Jiang slapped her thigh and thought this was a good idea. Why didn't she think of this before?
This must be because he was influenced by Xiao Cuizhen before, so he forgot about this matter!
Aunt Jiang glared at Xiao Cuizhen fiercely, completely forgetting her indignation when she heard this, and her previous belief that the person who stole the coal last night was Qin Suyun! Since she had already determined who stole the coal last night, she naturally didn't think about borrowing the dog.
When Jiang Hongmei saw Dahei and the others, she felt like she had seen a savior. Even though these dogs had just bared their teeth at her, Jiang Hongmei still thought to herself, "How come these dogs look so cute?"
How could she never have seen such a majestic dog before? She must have been blinded by the goo!
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