"Since we can't find anything this way, let's search the house!"
The village chief's words filled everyone with fear. The village was organizing a house search; wasn't this a slap in the face to everyone?
But the villagers dared not speak out, fearing that if they said or did something wrong, they would get themselves smeared with dirty water.
Therefore, every villager felt a deep hatred for that damned thief.
There are rules to follow when searching a house. You can't let anyone have a chance to destroy the evidence, and you have to make sure the head of the household is present so that if money is stolen from the house, the person searching the house won't be blamed.
So Lu Qiqi, along with Li Shoucai, Li Shoutian, Lu Dahai, and the head of the household who was about to search the house, went to search the house together.
Ten houses were searched at a time, and the remaining villagers were left in place and not allowed to move.
Zhang Cuihua felt anxious as she watched her youngest son being called back to search the house.
When the family property was divided, she harbored selfish motives and withheld some of the family's silver before the division.
If this house search reveals that she didn't divide the family property fairly, then people will gossip about her behind her back!
For a moment, she wished she could just kill the thief with a hoe so that the house wouldn't be searched!
But Zhang Cuihua couldn't stop it right now, and could only hope that the people searching her house wouldn't be too talkative and wouldn't reveal the unfair division of her family property.
Meanwhile, Lu Qiqi, with Wangcai by her side, was searching house by house.
When they found Li Yuanxu's house, which was also the home of Zhang Cuihua's youngest son, Wangcai lingered by Li Yuanxu's bedside for a while but didn't find anything. So he quickly went to the house of Li Yuantian next door.
When the two brothers divided the family property, they essentially divided the kitchen.
Because the two brothers' houses were separated by a wooden wall, they lived their lives behind closed doors, and neither of them bothered the other.
After searching Li Yuantian's house, they still found nothing. However, the two brothers kept their money in the same place, wrapped in clothes.
When Li Shoucai was rummaging through the wardrobe, he discovered that the two brothers' amounts of money differed greatly.
Logically speaking, Li Yuantian had been chopping firewood for many days and should have earned more work points than Li Yuanxu.
Judging by appearances, Li Yuantian's family wealth is less than half that of Li Yuanxu.
Li Shoucai clicked his tongue repeatedly, "This old lady has separated from her family, yet she still favors her youngest son so much."
Li Shoucai thought he wasn't speaking loudly, but little did he know that Li Yuantian and Li Yuanxu heard every single word he said.
The two brothers' faces immediately turned ugly.
Li Yuantian felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, while Li Yuanxu was so ashamed and indignant that he wanted to cover Li Shoucai's mouth.
Since no evidence was found at the two brothers' homes, they naturally moved on to the next one.
Of the ten people, only Li Erma's house has not been searched.
Therefore, everyone left Li Yuantian's house and went to Li Erma's house.
Li Erma's house was next to Li Yuantian's. There were two jars, one large and one small, placed at the door. The large one was a water jar, and the small one looked like a sauerkraut jar, with a stone on top of it.
Li Erma had never done anything wrong, so he wasn't afraid of being searched. He opened the door open and let Lu Qiqi and the others in to search his house.
As soon as Lu Qiqi and Wangcai entered the house, they smelled a musty odor. Lu Qiqi put on a mask, which made her feel a little better.
As if knowing this was Li Erma's house, Wangcai caused damage everywhere and even maliciously urinated at the foot of Li Erma's bed.
Li Erma immediately flew into a rage, yelling, "You little beast!"
Li Erma took off his shoes and was about to smash Wangcai.
Li Erma suddenly slammed down on Wangcai, but Wangcai was already prepared and dodged outside with lightning speed.
“No,” Lu Dahai said, looking at Lu Qiqi.
Lu Qiqi nodded, preparing to take the person to the village chief so that the next group of people could continue the search.
The face powder dissolves in water. Given the recent unstable weather, she wouldn't leave the face powder outside unless it was a boil or a boil. She refused to believe that the face powder would disappear.
Li Erma and Wangcai stood facing each other around the jar, one man and one dog. In the end, Li Erma was defeated; he had just been blinded by anger.
If he were to actually fight this dog that's half a person's height, he'd be the one who suffers!
Wangcai ignored Li Erma. It seemed to have discovered something and kept circling the sauerkraut jar, making low growls.
Lu Qiqi also noticed Wangcai's unusual behavior and said to Lu Dahai, "Third Uncle, go and see what's over there by the sauerkraut jar?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Dahai walked towards the sauerkraut jar. Lu Qiqi carefully examined Li Erma's expression, which was no different from before.
If Li Erma really did steal the face powder, and could remain calm even when about to be caught, Lu Qiqi would have to admire his composure.
As Lu Qiqi approached the sauerkraut jar, she smelled a sour and foul odor.
Lu Dahai moved the stone aside, lifted the thin cloth on top, and reached inside to rummage around.
Then, Lu Dahai took out a bundle of black clothes and a small cloth bag from the jar.
Li Erma's eyes widened in disbelief, as if they were about to pop out of his head. He never dreamed that these things would end up in his family's sauerkraut jar.
Li Shoucai stepped forward and grabbed Li Erma by the collar, saying, "You bastard Li Erma, you really are a coward, daring to steal public property. You're coming with me to see the village chief."
"I'll make sure the village chief breaks your hand, so you'll learn your lesson and see if you dare do such a despicable thing again!"
"It wasn't me! It really wasn't me!" Li Erma was at a loss for words. The items were found in his family's sauerkraut jar, and the stolen goods were still there. He really didn't know how to explain it.
Lu Qiqi took the black clothes from Lu Dahai and found that the clothes were missing a corner, which could be pieced together with the corner of the clothes that Wangcai had brought back.
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