Chapter 582: Catching Thieves
Because he ate too much, when his family came back after taking a shower and prepared to have dinner, Jiang Fubao only drank half a bowl of soup and couldn't eat any of the food.
It was getting dark quickly.
Jiang Fubao, who had fallen asleep, didn't know that in Jiangjia Village far outside the city, Jiang Meng, Jiang Cheng and Zhengmao were waiting in the corner of the backyard wall to catch a thief.
The two of them yawned continuously, one after another.
"Why don't we go back to sleep first and come back to catch thieves tomorrow? It's already this late, and I guess the thieves won't come. No thief would come here for two days in a row." Jiang Meng was so sleepy that his eyelids were drooping.
"If you are tired, go to sleep first. I will take over after midnight. The young lady has mentioned it so much. We must catch the thief. Fortunately, there are still chickens in the backyard and the vegetables are here. I guess the thief is just waiting for a while and maybe he is waiting to steal the big ones tonight. If all the chickens are stolen, wouldn't we have fed them in vain? We have to send eggs to the town every five days. If the chickens are stolen, what will the young lady eat?"
Jiang Cheng pinched the soft flesh on his waist and broke out in a cold sweat due to the pain.
People also become more energetic.
"Okay, then I'll go to sleep. You can sleep for two hours and then it's our turn. This way we won't be too tired to work during the day." Jiang Meng was really sleepy.
Just as he got up and prepared to go back to his room to sleep.
Suddenly there was a rustling sound from the left.
In the quiet night, it is very obvious.
Both of them heard it and looked at each other. Jiang Meng quickly squatted down, holding a stick of firewood tightly in his right hand.
"It should be here." He whispered.
"Hmph, don't make trouble." Jiang Cheng quickly covered his mouth.
The two people's eyes, shining like bright stars in the night, stared at the source of the sound.
"Huff huff huff--" The figure crawled in from outside the wall. He seemed to be very tired. He gasped for a long time after getting down to the ground.
Then he ran towards the chicken coop.
He stuck his butt out and felt around, but felt nothing.
"Where are the eggs? Where are the eggs?" he muttered to himself, looking at the chicken coop in surprise.
By then, the thick clouds over the Jiang family had slowly moved away, revealing the nearly full moon, and the view suddenly became clear.
"Stinky chicken, a stinky chicken that doesn't lay eggs." Seeing that there was no egg in the chicken coop or in the field, the man was so angry that he started cursing. The next moment he seemed to remember that he was here to steal something, so he quickly closed his mouth and prepared to leave.
"Even without eggs, we can still eat chicken. Eat chicken, eat chicken." The man turned around, then turned back again, looking at the hen in the chicken coop that he had woken up, his saliva drooling.
Before he could extend his claws to the hen.
Jiang Cheng and Jiang Meng rushed over first.
"Bang——" The firewood sticks in the hands of the two men hit him hard.
The man suddenly burst into tears: "Don't hit me, don't hit me, it hurts, don't hit me——"
"Why does this guy sound a little confused?" Jiang Meng did not take any more action, but looked at Jiang Cheng with suspicion.
"Who are you? Why haven't I seen you in the village?" Jiang Cheng grabbed the man by the collar and kicked him to his knees.
Jiang Meng quickly brought an oil lamp, lit it and shone it on the man's face.
"I have definitely never seen it. Where are you from? How dare you come here to steal chickens? You are so brave." He slapped the man on the face and cursed.
"Wuwu, don't hit me, don't hit me." The man cried to himself, as if he didn't understand what people said.
The noise soon woke up Ma Chunxia's family next door.
"Jiang Cheng and Jiang Meng, what happened?" Acting village chief Jiang Tieniu came to the back door of Jiang's house and knocked, asking at the same time.
"There's a thief in the house." Jiang Meng opened the door and said to him.
"What? There's a thief? There hasn't been a thief in the village for so many years. Who is the thief?" After Jiang Tieniu finished speaking, Jiang Cheng picked up the oil lamp and placed it in front of the man.
"Hey, isn't this Jiang Guangyi's son-in-law?"
Jiang Tieniu was shocked. He was still wearing his coat, and it was obvious that he had no time to put on his clothes and rushed over when he heard the noise.
"Jiang Guangyi's son-in-law?" Jiang Cheng and Jiang Meng looked at each other, very puzzled.
They have always known that their master's family and a family in the village are sworn enemies, so they basically pay no attention to Jiang Guangyi's family on weekdays.
Not to mention that Jiang Guangyi thought this live-in son-in-law was a fool and it would be shameful to tell anyone about him, so he kept him hiding at home, so the two of them had never met this Fang Silang.
"Yes, he is the son-in-law that Jiang Guangyi brought from the town. Brother Jiang doesn't come back to the village often, so all the big and small things in the village have to go through me. Someone said that Jiang Guangyi brought a stranger back, so I naturally had to find him to ask him clearly.
This man is called Fang Silang. He used to live in the town. He is a little confused and can't recognize people. Why did he come to steal things for no reason? Silang, why did you steal things? Did Jiang Guangyi ask you to steal? This damn Jiang Guangyi always makes trouble. "
Seeing that Fang Silang kept crying and didn't answer, Jiang Tieniu was too lazy to ask any more questions, so he put on his coat.
Let Jiang Cheng and Jiang Meng take Fang Silang to Jiang Guangyi's house.
Walking from the end of the village to the entrance, Fang Silang's crying was so loud that it woke up many people.
Everyone came out wearing coats to watch the fun.
When Ma Chunxia and her family saw that Jiang Tieniu had not returned, they put on their clothes and went to look for him.
I don't know who lit a few sticks of firewood, and the entrance to the village suddenly became bright.
"Bang bang bang——" Jiang Guangyi, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by the knocking on the door.
"Who is this little beast? Why are you knocking on the door so late at night?" Jiang Guangyi turned around and wanted to continue sleeping, but the knocking sound not only did not get quieter, but got louder.
He walked into the yard with a rage in his heart, and was too lazy to even put on his coat.
The moment he opened the door, he was so frightened that he stood there in a daze.
There were crowds of people standing outside.
They were all villagers from Jiangjia Village, and several of them were holding torches.
Everyone stared at him fiercely.
Jiang Guangyi's hair stood on end, and his bad mood after being woken up disappeared instantly.
"What's going on? Why are you knocking on my door instead of sleeping? Are there bandits in the village?" This kind of situation has happened before.
During droughts, bandits have no food to eat, so they naturally come down the mountain to rob the villages, so the whole village must unite to fight the enemy and drive away the bandits.
But that happened when he was a child.
It was decades ago.
The bandits in the mountains of Lianshan Town have been wiped out once. Even if there are still some left, there are only a few of them and they cannot make a big difference.
There has been no trouble for so many years. It's such a good day with good weather and good harvests. What could cause trouble?
Jiang Guangyi was a little confused.
"How dare you ask? Look who this is!" As the acting village chief, Jiang Tieniu became the person in charge.
He pointed at the crying Fang Shilang and shouted.
"Silang? What are you doing running out so late at night? Get back quickly!" No matter how stupid Jiang Guangyi is, he should understand what is going on.
He was just afraid that his stupid son-in-law had run away and caused some trouble, so the villagers came to his house to look for him.