Chapter 60 Who stole the food?
As a result, the head of the village looked around at everyone and found that no one stood up to admit it, which made him feel disappointed.
He is stealing food after only one day's journey. If he encounters danger along the way, this kind of person will probably push out the villagers who have shared his hardships without hesitation!
When Chen Jun saw that no one came out to admit it, the grown man immediately squatted down, covered his face and cried.
Shen Ercheng in the crowd glanced at Shen Wuyou, his heart full of hatred.
Then he saw Xu Zhiyi's eyes flickering, and he laughed inwardly, then pretended to be casual and said: "Hey, why did this thief only target Chen Jun? Could it be that the thief has some grudge against the Chen family?"
Everyone started thinking after hearing this.
“Hey, what Shen Ercheng said is right!”
"Yes! Chen Jun, Yun Shi, think about it quickly. Have you offended anyone along the way? Have you ever quarreled with anyone?"
Chen Jun and Yun, who were crying, stopped crying and thought carefully when they heard what the villagers said.
Then both of them shook their heads.
"No, except for our daughter Xiaohua, we didn't talk to anyone along the way."
After hearing this, the villagers were at a loss again!
Chen Ercheng: "Hey, maybe they made friends in the village? The thief wanted to take advantage of the famine to steal food and avenge past grudges. He wanted Chen Jun's family to starve to death on the way. What a vicious plot!"
After saying that, he glanced at Xu Zhiyi a few times intentionally or unintentionally.
The villagers didn’t think much about it at first, but Shen Ercheng’s hint was too obvious, and they suddenly remembered that the Chen family’s daughter had snatched Xu Zhiyi’s fiancé, and the grudge was huge.
The villagers have thought of it, so Chen Jun and Yun must have thought of it as well!
Suddenly, Yun knelt down and begged Xu Zhiyi: "Xu's girl, I know that you, Shu Xiaohua, took Gu Yun away. You can do whatever you want to us, but that is the life-saving food for our family of three! I beg you to return it! We can compensate you somewhere else."
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Shen Ercheng's eyes were filled with viciousness.
"Xu girl, Yun Shi is still an elder after all. Are you not afraid of shortening your lifespan by asking an elder to kneel before you?"
"That's right! If you really stole the food for revenge, just give it back to us. We will give you a chance to correct your mistake."
Xu Zhiyi looked around at everyone and sneered, "Are you planning to pin the blame on me without any evidence?"
"Hey, among all of us, only you and the Chen family have forgiveness."
Xu Zhiyi: "Okay! Then go check my cart. If you can't find it, if this happens again, and someone blames me for no reason, don't blame me for being rude!"
"Oh! Don't think I'm joking with you. If you push me, Xu Zhiyi, into a corner, I'll dare to do anything. Didn't Li Song try this yesterday?"
When the villagers heard this, they couldn't help but think of what happened yesterday, and they all became scared. Oh my god, when Xu Zhiyi goes crazy, he really dares to kill people!
Seeing this, the village head said with a straight face: "Don't just target Xu Zhiyi, check all the fifty households present, including me, the village head."
The head of the village looked at Chen Jun and asked, "Chen Jun, are there any marks on the bags you put the grain in? What kind of grain is in it? How many pounds?"
Chen Jun: "It's just a cloth bag like everyone else's. Oh, there was a small hole in my cloth bag, and my wife sewed it up with red thread! She also embroidered a red flower on it, and it weighed 50 kilograms."
Afterwards, the village head and his men started with Xu Zhiyi. When everyone saw Xu Zhiyi's bag of grain, they were all ashamed!
The cloth bag that contained grain was intact. Apart from a circle drawn with charcoal on the bag, there were no seams anywhere. Moreover, the cloth bag was obviously new. There were only 20 kilograms of black flour in it, which was not comparable to the 50 kilograms of black flour in the Chen family!
Xu Zhiyi looked at the circle on the grain bag. It was a mark she made specially in case she encountered any situation on the way to escape famine. It really came in handy!
Afterwards, the village head took people to check every house, but found nothing unusual.
Chen Junyun was even more desperate! The couple hugged their nine-year-old son and burst into tears again.
Seeing that there was no other way, the village head could not let the family of three starve to death on the road, so he had to lick his old face and said: "We are all fleeing famine now, we should help each other and unite as one along the way, so that we can reach our destination safely together."
The villagers were about to nod in agreement, but the headman suddenly changed his tone.
"So, we can't give up on anyone. So, as the head of the village, I will take the lead in lending the Chen family ten kilograms of food. Each of you should do your part!"
Now, all the villagers spoke out in opposition.
"What? Where do we get the extra food? The food we have is not even enough to cover half the journey. If we lend it out, my kids will starve!"
"That's right! We should look for the one who stole the food. Looking for us is like trying to kill us, isn't it?"
"Also, Chen Xiaohua is a daughter, and the Gu family is in-laws. They heard their parents and brother crying so miserably, but they remained indifferent. Why are we, who have no relatives, so anxious here?"
Upon hearing this, the head of the village realized that the Gu family was really staying in his territory and had not come over. As for his biological daughter, Chen Xiaohua was just looking at them from afar and seemed to have no intention of coming over.
At this time, Chen Xiaohua was eager to go over, but Wang had told her not to let her go, so she did not dare to resist.
Wang, who was standing by, saw Chen Xiaohua looking at her son with a foxy expression and looked at him pitifully. She immediately got angry and scolded him:
"Ms. Chen, what are you doing? Put away your coquettish look. You are restless even when you are pregnant. My son Yun'er's heart has been seduced by you, a slut. If it affects his success in the imperial examination, I will divorce you on behalf of my son."
Chen Xiaohua was very ashamed and angry at what Wang said. She was clearly just looking at her husband, wanting him to help persuade her mother-in-law so that she could go and see what was going on with her parents.
The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt. Ever since she married into the Gu family, her mother-in-law, Wang, had used the baby in her belly as an excuse to force her to sleep in separate rooms from Brother Gu. She was almost mad to death.
I went to great lengths to marry into the Gu family because I liked Big Brother Gu and wanted to be with him all the time. However, after entering the Gu family, my mother-in-law gave me all kinds of reasons not to disturb Big Brother Gu from reading during the day.
At night, she was pregnant and the couple could not sleep together, so she was asked to sleep with her mother-in-law.
Chen Xiaohua lowered her head and said in a low voice with grievance: "Mom, my mother's food was stolen, I...I want to go over and take a look at the situation"
Upon hearing this, Wang glared at Chen Xiaohua fiercely: "Bah, don't think I don't know what you are planning? If you go over there, are you going to steal food from my Gu family?"
Chen Xiaohua quickly waved her hands: "Mom, I didn't, I just wanted to go and take a look..."
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