Chapter 27 27. Stolen
Gu Wenheng fell backwards and grabbed his robe to cover his head.
There were always reasons for quarreling along the way, and it wasn't the first time someone noticed something was missing.
This is just the beginning. There will be more trouble in the future. Instead of wasting time on trivial matters, you might as well get some sleep so that you can continue your journey at night.
"Old Seven is really carefree. He can still sleep well." Liu Liu pouted, "If he steals here, he will cry."
Jin Qianqian grinned at Liu Liu, "Fourth sister-in-law, with our possessions, I guess even petty theft won't be a big deal. But you guys have to be careful. You have so many bags, it's hard not to attract attention."
"You're such a jinx," Liu Liu obviously forgot that he was the one who provoked the conflict first, and glared at Jin Qianqian.
Jin Qianqian was not intimidated either. She smiled at her provocatively and also followed Gu Wenheng's example by covering her head while sleeping.
I thought I wouldn’t be able to sleep, but as soon as I lay down, I soon fell into a deep sleep.
"The seventh couple are really generous," Li Cuicui put her things together again to make sure nothing was missing. Only then did she feel like going to see the situations of the other small families.
"Tell me the truth, how much did Lao Qi and the others exchange?" Gu Dashi stared at Li Cuicui thoughtfully. This woman always said that she didn't know, so why didn't he believe her?
The mother and son were still whispering there that day. If the old woman really didn't figure it out, she would probably be more restless than me.
"Why are you asking so many questions? That's the wealth of their small family. We can't help much, so we shouldn't make things more complicated."
Li Cuicui gave him a white look. They had been married for decades, how could she not know what he was planning?
"Who caused the trouble? I'm just worried that your son won't learn well and ruin the family fortune.
I just heard the youngest one say that he spent twenty copper coins to buy water. There are only two of them, why would they need to spend so much money? "
Li Cuicui, "We have divided up the family now, and the seventh brother is the head of the family after all, so he naturally has his reasons for doing things.
I just told the youngest brother that he didn’t buy enough water. What if he can’t find water at the next stop? "
"I have so many sons, can I just watch us die of thirst?" Gu Dashi spread his hands, "I don't think you, an old woman, can keep the money on you, so just give it to me for safekeeping!"
Li Cuicui, "You're dreaming. I've been managing the household for decades and I've never made a mistake. You can't even count them, so what are you managing?"
"There's one benefit of me being in charge. Those little bastards won't dare to make any moves. You're always soft on them. If you fall into their trap, can you still get the money back?"
Li Cuicui was unhappy after hearing this. "You don't trust your own child? You don't have to beat around the bush here to ask. The seventh child has returned all the money he borrowed from me, and he has been more filial and has not let us suffer any loss. Is that okay?"
Gu Dashi, "Really?"
Li Cuicui rolled her eyes at him and simply followed the example of the seventh brother and his wife and covered her head to sleep.
Everyone thought it was just a small matter, or maybe some misunderstanding, but who knew, when they woke up, many people found that their things were lost again.
This alarmed the village heads. They called everyone together and said they wanted to settle accounts with everyone's assets. If there were any extra things that shouldn't be there, they would be kicked out of the team.
Gu Mingchun and Gu Wenheng happened to be checking each other's things. They looked through each other's things in a few seconds, and at the same time, they sympathized with each other in their hearts.
Gu Mingchun's family background was average among the team, but even so, some wild vegetable dumplings, a few kilograms of yellow rice, a few kilograms of black flour, and the rest were some plantain and dandelions, and these were his belongings.
Of course, the money in the house is not within the scope of mutual inspection, and the other party may be hiding something.
Gu Mingchun patted Gu Wenheng's shoulder encouragingly. This clan brother was too poor. He only had half a bag of rice bran and some simple daily necessities. How could he survive until the end?
"It's better to sleep less during the day, and go look around when you have nothing to do. Even if you can't find wild vegetables, you can still find some grass roots."
Gu Wenheng could hear the preaching in his tone and rolled his eyes silently in his heart, but he was secretly proud of himself. I have a wife to support me and my life is much better than yours.
However, he couldn't show any of this, and nodded with a look of learning, "I look for it seriously every day, but there is nothing left every time. If I don't eat a few more bites, my body won't be able to hold on."
Gu Mingchun patted his shoulder sympathetically again, turned around and stopped talking. Everyone's family was in a mess right now, and he was just talking casually.
"Could all this food be lost out of thin air?" Jin Qianqian was full of doubts when she saw that she couldn't find out anything.
What was lost was not just a small thing, but the food of several families. If piled together, it would probably weigh about 100 to 200 kilograms.
"There are only two possibilities now. The first is that it was not done by someone in our team," Gu Wenheng said, glancing at Jin Qianqian. "The other possibility is that the person also has mysterious means to make things disappear out of thin air."
Jin Qianqian's pupils dilated, "No way? You doubt me?"
Gu Wenheng, "This is just a guess. Just because you have it doesn't mean others don't have it. Who knows."
"..." Although it seemed to make sense, Jin Qianqian was still unwilling to believe the second possibility.
"It's not that there's no way to find out. The people who lost the food were all from the more well-off families in the team. I don't believe that there's no traitor among them.
Just keep an eye on the other households that have plenty of food, and the results will soon become clear."
"What if they stop after this? I just checked so many places, but I didn't see anyone with extra food. I think it's more likely that they are from outside."
No matter which possibility it is, the whole team is now panicked and everyone is on guard against each other.
But even so, things kept disappearing every day. Later on, every household couldn't rest assured and took turns to watch over them every day. But as soon as they couldn't hold on any longer, the things would disappear inexplicably again.
Although Jin Qianqian and the others only had a few things on display, they could not sleep well even if they did not guard their territory every day when they thought that their territory could be invaded at any time.
The people who couldn't hold on any longer started to gather together as a family, hoping that by having more people, they could be more fully prepared and prevent the things from being lost.
The situation was alleviated, but their entire team fell into trouble again.
The further you go, the less likely you are to find water. Apart from buying it at a high price, you can only queue up for free drinking water every time you arrive at a city gate.
This would take even more time, food would be consumed quickly, and the journey was so long that everyone was almost on the brink of collapse.
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