In addition to Liu Chao coming to move the grain, several other people who lived farther away also came to move the grain in the afternoon. They all said that the response was good, and they were more determined not to expose this little girl.
Xia Youyou felt the joy of making money while lying down. When she got home, she put the money on the table in the main hall and started chattering with Cao An.
"Brother~ Look, I can make so much money just by sitting there!"
Cao An held his forehead. How could he have let this little girl succeed? "Don't be complacent. Be careful not to let anyone find out and report you."
Cao An's words came true. Xia Youyou was reported the next day!
Xia Youyou sat by the door, basking in the sun, waiting for Liu Chao to bring his men over to move the grain. Suddenly, a commotion erupted from the alleyway. She looked over and saw the leader wearing a red armband. With a start, she thought to herself, "Oh no!" and quickly ran back inside.
The man with the red armband saw her turn and run into the house and chased after her.
Just as they were about to push open the door of the scrap yard, Xia Youyou opened the door again.
"What are you going to do?"
The leader looked at her suspiciously, "Why did you run just now?"
"With so many of you here, can't I be afraid?" So these people with red armbands were really here to arrest her!
"Humph, someone reported your scrap yard and found it to be suspected of speculation."
Xia Youyou felt a chill in her heart. Her brother had really hit the mark! "Who is this? Who is so blind? Which eye saw me profiteering? It's not easy for a little girl like me to work at the scrap yard, and he wants to report me."
The leader didn't want to hear her talk and pushed her away. "Get out of the way! We'll see if there's any speculation going on after we go in and take a look!"
Xia Youyou was pushed aside and staggered, gritting her teeth and watching those people rush into the house.
Unconvinced, she pretended to glance casually at the alley entrance. Sure enough, a figure was caught by her sight, unable to evade.
It's Yan Er! He's really haunting me!
He calmly looked away and watched as the people in the house began to rummage around.
"Hey, be gentle! Those porcelains can be sold for money, and you won't compensate me if I lose them!"
After wandering around inside for a while and seeing nothing suspicious, they left the inner room. Xia Youyou pretended to be scared.
"Brother, you can't wrongly accuse me! I'm a good comrade and I wouldn't do anything like that. Besides, I'm a girl, how could I have the courage to do that? You should investigate the person who reported me and see what grudge he has against me."
Several people looked at each other and then looked towards the entrance of the alley. When Yan Er saw that the group came out without any gains, he knew that something was wrong and turned to run.
"Catch him!" The leader shouted angrily, and several people behind him rushed over like arrows and suppressed Yan Er.
Xia Youyou slowly moved over. "Hey! Isn't this the second uncle of the Yan family? Why are you here? Ouch, why is he still pinned to the ground? Comrade, did you arrest the wrong person?"
"Do you know each other?" The leader stood aside and looked at her.
"I know him, don't I? He's the second son of Mr. Yan, the old man who used to run the scrap yard. He handed the scrap yard over to me, and he even brought people to smash it up that day. Tsk, the Public Security Bureau has a case file on this, you guys can check it out."
Xia Youyou's sarcasm made Yan Er roll his eyes in anger. His mouth was blocked, so he could only make a "wuwu" sound.
"Comrade, is he the informant you're talking about? Sigh, I don't know what he's up to. He's grown up and still wants to rely on the old man. Seeing that the old man has a good meal, he wants to come and steal the old man's food. It's not easy for the old man. He works hard and never complains about guarding this place. Now he's almost buried and still being exploited by his son."
After hearing the little girl's nonsense, those people with red armbands all became dissatisfied with the man on the ground.
"Catch him and take him back!"
The small scrapyard finally quieted down. Xia Youyou snorted coldly, returned to the door and sat down to continue basking in the sun.
Liu Chao came out from the other side of the alley. He had been here for a long time, and when he saw the red armband, his instinct was to hide. If he didn't hide, he and Xia Youyou would be in trouble.
Xia Youyou saw him come out, looked around carefully, pretended not to know him, opened the door and went into the house.
Liu Chao waited for a while before pushing the door open.
"What happened just now?"
Xia Youyou sat at the table and poured him a cup of tea. "My son, who used to be guarding the scrap yard, reported me. I guess he saw you transporting food from my place yesterday."
"Do you have a festival?"
"What grudge do I have against him? He's just a sinister villain who can't stand seeing others doing well."
"So what should we do now?" Liu Chao has already tasted the sweetness, and it is impossible for him to give up.
"He's been caught by the red armbands now. I'm not afraid today, but I'm afraid he'll get desperate and start biting people. And I don't know exactly how much he saw. You guys go sell it today and don't come back tomorrow. Wait a week and come back."
Liu Chao didn't want to, but there was nothing he could do except obey! He carried 150 kilograms and headed to the black market. The red armbands didn't have time to investigate the black market right now, so he sold as much as he could. To be on the safe side, he'd close the market tomorrow and reopen it after the current situation had died down.
Xia Youyou told the others about this and announced that they would come back in a week. They all agreed, as no one wanted to take the risk, especially after having tasted the sweetness.
After dealing with all this, Xia Youyou couldn't wait any longer. She locked the door and went to the police station. She had to tell her brother about this, otherwise she would be scolded again.
As expected, Cao An was not at the bureau. Li Zhao saw that she looked hurried and thought something bad had happened.
"What's wrong, sister? Did someone bully you?"
Xia Youyou was embarrassed to tell him about the cooperation with the black market. "Someone just reported me, so I came to find my brother."
Li Zhao was like a firecracker, ready to explode. "Who's so bored? Why am I reporting you? Are you okay?"
"It's okay. The red armbands have left. The person who reported it has also been arrested. It seems that they accused me of speculation and profiteering."
"What do you mean by speculation? Aren't you just a scrap collector? Can you trust the red armband?"
Xia Youyou found him amused. "Brother Li Zhao, it doesn't matter whether the red armbands are believed or not, they've already left. The person who reported it was Yan Er."
"Good boy, I was going to cause trouble for him a long time ago, but now he's asking for trouble. Wait, I'll go ask the red armbands."
She quickly grabbed him and said, "Brother Li Zhao, don't go. Wait until my brother comes back and see what he says."
"But..." Brother Cao had asked him to keep an eye on Yan Er before, but he'd only done so briefly during the Lunar New Year holiday and hadn't noticed anything unusual. He'd suddenly pop up now. He didn't know what his motive was. If it was about money, his father was gone, so whose money was he after? What kind of money could a little girl possibly have?
Xia Youyou: I'm quite wealthy!
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