Walking back to the back of the Huo family's house, the middle-aged policeman, also known as Police Officer Zhang, stood up and looked around. He turned his head and asked Old Man Huo, "Uncle, why did you think of checking the back of the house?"
"Comrade, this is what happened. I heard my child say there was a thief this morning, so I checked the yard and found nothing, so I came here. Although my house has a backyard, it has windows after all, so I thought of coming here to check."
Old Man Huo's words made Officer Zhang nod his head. "Uncle, just call me Old Zhang. Judging from the traces on the ground, the thief most likely escaped from the road behind your house." As Officer Zhang spoke, he looked back in the direction of the educated youth station and found that only that house was not in line with the others. "Okay, thank you for your discovery. I'll go find my comrades first."
After saying that, Police Officer Zhang nodded, gestured to Old Man Huo, and turned to leave.
As Police Officer Zhang left, Du Jiang and the old couple of the Huo family looked at each other and followed him.
A group of people gathered at the gate of the educated youth center. At this time, the chief policeman in the courtyard had already met with the young policeman with extremely sharp eyes. They pointed at Qian Meili's room and the narrow corridor behind it and whispered something.
"What on earth is going on?" Qian Meili was completely confused at this time, and Yu Chunxiao's face looked a little bad. When he thought about the thief leaving through the backyard last night, he felt even worse.
"That's impossible," Luo Yue was very skeptical. "Aren't there fragments of debris on the wall that Guan Chuan and the others had stabbed?"
"There are fragments. If you're not afraid of pain, that's it." Yu Chunxiao gritted his teeth and said word by word, "No wonder I heard footsteps last night when I was in a daze. I thought I was dreaming, but it turns out it was real."
"Ah, this..." Luo Yue was shocked when she heard this. Looking at the narrow aisle, her heart suddenly beat fast. She cursed under her breath, "This bastard, this bastard."
The expressions of Gu Ruomei and the others who were standing together were not much better, not to mention Guan Liang and the others who were called over from the fields because of this matter. Everyone had a layer of frost on their face.
"My last name is Duan. We've verified what you've described," the young officer said, approaching. "We've verified that the man went in through the front door and then out the back. We found some blood on a piece of debris on the wall. He must have been scratched or stabbed while trying to escape. There's no blood on the ground outside the wall, so the wound is probably small. However, we can't rule out the possibility that someone from your village did it. Your village chief, please."
As if thinking of something, Officer Duan looked around but didn't see the village chief. He couldn't help but look at He Jiefang, who had called the police and led the way, and said, "I remember you called the police with your village chief."
"Yes," He Jiefang nodded quickly, "We came together. When we came back, the village chief went to the school to call for help. Teacher Xu and Teacher Li also live here, so he called them back to see if anything was missing."
"Oh, okay, let's wait a moment then," said Police Officer Duan, turning around and walking back to Police Officer Zhang. The two of them pointed at windows, doors, etc. from time to time and whispered something that could not be heard.
Du Jiang looked back at the increasing number of villagers gathered behind him, and couldn't help but reach out to pull on Mrs. Huo's sleeve, and whispered, "Grandma, uncle."
The voice was vague, but fortunately Mrs. Huo was very close. She nodded immediately and patted the back of Du Jiang's hand. "It's okay. Let your grandfather be alert at night."
“This was also stolen.”
"Yes, there were a few cucumbers missing from my vegetable garden yesterday. Someone picked the palm-sized cucumbers."
"Cucumbers are nothing, my vegetables have been dug up."
"What do you think is missing from this educated youth camp?"
"I heard it's cornmeal, which is good stuff. Unlike us, which is black flour, only these city kids can afford such good flour. I don't know how much is thrown away."
Du Jiang frowned at the sour words mixed with jealousy, but he didn't know what to say. He just took two steps forward to increase the distance between himself and the aunts and sisters behind him.
What these women said was too careless. Not only Du Jiang and the others, but also Qian Meili heard it. Even Police Officers Duan and Zhang in the yard heard it clearly and looked over with sharp eyes.
Suddenly the crowd fell silent. Du Jiang was speechless as he looked at the villagers who lowered their heads like quails and were no longer as arrogant and gossipy as before. They were really a bunch of chatterboxes.
Qian Meili had lost the most things among the people present, so she stepped forward and said, "Comrade Duan, Comrade Zhang, since two families have been robbed in a row, why don't we check other houses in the village? After all, it's such a big village, it's impossible for them to only catch a few of us. Maybe everyone else's homes are not safe either."
After listening to this, Officer Duan nodded thoughtfully. "That's true. Everyone, go home and check the situation at home right now. I just heard everyone's conversation. Since every household has this situation, we can't let them do this. You know, stealing even a needle or thread is illegal."
"That's right," Police Officer Zhang also nodded approvingly, and at the same time waved his hand, "Everyone go home quickly and take stock of your situation. Comrade Duan and I will visit each family one by one. We must not tolerate this kind of petty theft."
This... The people present were silent for a moment, then turned and left.
Du Jiang looked at the backs of those who left one by one, turned his head and looked at Mrs. Huo, "Grandma, no one is at Dachuan's house, and they haven't come back yet. Do you want to go and check on them?"
Old Mrs. Huo also noticed Dachuan and his family. It seemed that no one had returned just now, so she nodded and said, "Let's go to the back of their house and take a look. I guess they are all in the fields. Dachuan's wife took the children back to her parents' home a few days ago, and Erchuan and his family are busy with the kiln factory recently, so they are probably not at home either."
"Okay, let's go for a walk." Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Old Man Huo walked towards the end of the alley.
Du Jiang nodded at Qian Meili and the others, then helped Old Mrs. Huo up and followed.
When passing by the door of my house, I looked up and saw Du Siming walking hurriedly from the end of the alley. Maybe he was in a hurry, so he didn't even have time to say hello when he passed by Du Jiang and the others, and just walked past.
Du Jiang looked back and saw Du Siming walking up to the side of the police officer Duan, mumbling something inaudible. Du Jiang could only see Du Siming pointing and gesturing at the place where Huo Ze lived.
Turning back, Du Jiang lowered his voice and said, "Grandma, is Third Uncle going to take action?"
"Well, it's very likely. After all, this is a good opportunity." Old Mrs. Huo also saw the scene and said in a low voice, "Even if they can't be killed, I estimate they will suffer a lot. After all, they are committing a crime against Meili and others this time."
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