Chapter 463 The identity of the thief is revealed
The thief's hands were tied behind his back and his feet were also tied up. Only then did the woman have the courage to approach him.
She poured half a basin of water down, and the thief's face finally became clearer.
The woman bent down and put the torch in front of the thief to get a closer look. She was shocked and angry at the sight.
It turned out that the thief was Gousheng, the son-in-law of the second uncle.
The woman was immediately furious, as this incident involved something that happened to Old Sheephead when he was young.
At the beginning, the second uncle was impressed by the sheep-raising skills of Old Sheephead's family and wanted to marry his daughter Ronghua to Old Sheephead.
But Old Sheephead did not like Ronghua because he disliked her because she was ugly and lazy, and she had two lazy brothers at home. If he married such a wife, it is conceivable that all the things in the house would be sent back to her parents' home by Ronghua.
So in order to dissuade the second uncle from having such an idea, Old Sheephead immediately found a matchmaker to arrange a marriage for him, and the person he met was the current woman.
But the second uncle still didn't give up. Ronghua also fell in love with Lao Yangtou, so she was ready to make the matter a fait accompli and wanted to force Lao Yangtou to take responsibility for her.
On the eve of Lao Yangtou's wedding, many people from the village came to help. In order to thank everyone, Lao Yangtou invited two tables of banquets. They drank a little too much in the evening, so Ronghua's two brothers sent Ronghua to Lao Yangtou's room.
Fortunately, there were many people around at that time, and Old Sheephead could drink a lot. Although he drank a lot, he was not unconscious. He immediately noticed someone entering the room. When he found out it was Ronghua, he started screaming.
The people who came to help in the yard had not left yet, so Old Sheephead's parents immediately ran into the new house with them and found Ronghua taking off her clothes and getting on the kang.
Ronghua tried to hide in the quilt and was caught by the villagers. She was so ashamed that she ran back home crying. She was sent away by the second uncle the next day.
This matter was also talked about by the women in the village after the woman got married. The woman must have felt a little uncomfortable at the time, but later she heard that Ronghua was married to a lazy man who did nothing.
The two of them went back to her parents' home every few days to beg for money. She had seen them several times, so she knew Gousheng.
But Gousheng's home is far from their Daliu Village, and the woman doesn't know much about Gousheng's character. She only discovered today that this man has a habit of stealing things. In addition, he is carrying a sharp weapon, so it seems that he is not a good person in the village.
Now that the woman had seen Gousheng’s true face, she was furious. This man had even come to her parents’ home to steal things.
The woman was originally a very kind person, but now she couldn't help but want to beat the man up.
"Mother, the thief was caught? Who was it?"
I don't know when the old sheep head got off the kang, walked to the eaves at the door of the house, stood there, and asked in a loud voice.
The woman quickly dropped the wooden basin in her hand and ran over to support the old sheep.
"Father of my child, why did you get up? You just stopped bleeding. It's cold outside. You should go in and rest. The thief has been caught. You don't have to worry about it. I will drive the ox cart to take him to the county government office to report the case tomorrow." The woman said with concern.
"Who is it?" The old sheep-head was determined to find out.
The woman was afraid that she would make the man angry if she told him, so she kept silent. Now that the man pressed her, she had no choice but to say, "It was the second uncle's son-in-law, Gousheng."
The woman sighed and her face did not look very good.
The old sheep head got angry when he heard this, and rushed towards Gousheng with one hand covering his shoulder.
The woman exclaimed, "Slow down, you're still injured."
But how could the old sheephead listen to the advice? He came in front of Gousheng and kicked him in the face, breaking the bridge of his nose. Gousheng's nose was bleeding and he screamed in pain.
"You damn dog Gousheng, it's not enough that you've caused trouble in your village, you even came to my house to harm my sheep. Today I'm going to take you to see the officials and put you in jail." As the old sheep head spoke, his feet were not idle either, kicking Gousheng on the back again and again, leaving him no time to speak.
Gousheng was held down by Wan Laoer and couldn't move at all, like a catfish on a chopping board, with both ends raised.
The old sheephead had fought enough and was so tired that he almost sat down on the ground. Wan Laoer pulled him up and the woman also supported him from behind in time.
"Brother, what should we do with this man now? If we leave him in the yard like this, he might be dead tomorrow morning. We can't cause a murder lawsuit, otherwise we will be in the wrong even if we are right."
Seeing that Old Sheephead had calmed down a lot, Wan Laoer quickly reminded him.
Of course the old sheephead knew that it was not worth sacrificing his family for a thief.
"Brother, I'm sorry for offending you before. Thank you today. Otherwise, we really couldn't catch this thief. I'd like to trouble you to help me throw him into the sheepfold. Since he likes to steal sheep, let him sleep with the sheep for one night. But I need to search him first to see if he has anything else hidden on him to prevent him from escaping in the middle of the night."
This time, the old sheep had no intention of letting this man go.
Wan Laoer quickly bent down and pulled the man up from the ground, "Don't worry, big brother. I've searched everything. There's nothing on this man now. And the knot on my rope is the one used to tie a pig. The more he struggles, the tighter it gets. He can't run away."
After hearing this, Gousheng opened his mouth and cursed Wan Laoer: "You bastard, do you think I'm a pig?"
When Wan Laoer was scolded, he fought back and slapped Gousheng on the mouth. Half of Gousheng's face was numb, and he dared not talk back again.
Wan Laoer pinched his neck and pushed him hard towards the sheep pen. Gousheng's feet were tied, and he jumped forward several times rapidly before he staggered and steady himself.
He turned around and glared at Wan Laoer angrily, wanting to curse him, but saw Wan Laoer's gloomy face in the firelight.
Gousheng felt his face become even more wooden. He was so frightened that he didn't even dare to fart and hopped over to the sheepfold.
Wan Laoer asked the woman for a rope and tied Gousheng to a pillar in the sheep shed. The smell in the sheep shed was indeed not very good, making people feel nauseous.
Wan Laoer suppressed his nausea and tied the man up tightly before coming out.
The woman quickly closed the door of the sheepfold.
Several people heard Gousheng cursing from the sheepfold from time to time. Sometimes he cursed the sky, sometimes the earth, and sometimes the sheep. In short, he never stopped.
The old sheep leader was too lazy to care about him. Anyway, he would send this man to the government office early tomorrow morning and ask him to compensate for his sheep.
Thinking of the sheep that was stabbed to death by Gousheng, the old sheep head couldn't help but feel sad again, but this was not the time for him to be sad.
"Brother, please drive your carriage into the yard. We are acquainted with each other. If you have anything to say, let your husband come in and talk to me. You can stay at my house tonight. My house is spacious and has four empty rooms."
After the old sheephead had finished speaking, he quickly asked the woman to clean up the room, make the bed, and prepare for the guest to rest.
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