Chapter 106 The Thief Who Steals Underwear
A few days after the New Year, no one had to work. The villagers went to visit relatives, and the educated youth stayed in the educated youth home to rest.
Li Mei and Tang Xiaotian agreed to go to the river to wash clothes. Tang Xiaotian said she wanted to tear some cloth to make underwear.
Li Mei asked, "You just made two not long ago, why do you want to do it again?"
Tang Xiaotian said, "Don't mention it, the wind has been too strong recently and they were blown away."
"Did your other clothes get blown away?"
"No, I guess the other clothes are heavy."
Li Mei thought for a moment and said to Tang Xiaotian, "It's possible that they weren't blown away by the wind." Tang Xiaotian
smiled and said, "If they weren't blown away by the wind, could they have been stolen? Who would steal underwear?"
Li Mei said seriously, "What if there's a pervert?"
Tang Xiaotian was stunned: "Don't scare me."
...
On the way back, Li Mei saw Zhao Meili and Yang Zhixiong talking, and immediately turned her gaze away.
When Zhao Meili was cooking, Li Mei came in to help her light the fire and said, "Do you know Yang Zhixiong?"
Zhao Meili said, "Not very well. He doesn't talk much. He and you are from the same batch of educated youth. You should know more about him than I do. Tell me something about him."
Li Mei said, "If you don't know him
, stay away from him." Zhao Meili disagreed with her point of view: "It is because you don't know him that you should get closer to him and learn more about him."
Li Mei said silently, "If you find out that he is a bad person after you get to know him, you will regret it." Zhao Meili
smiled and said, "How can he be a bad person with his personality?"
Zhao Meili even suspected that Li Mei guessed that Yang Zhixiong's family was wealthy and was jealous of Yang Zhixiong's close relationship with her.
Li Mei saw Zhao Meili's expression and continued to light the fire and stopped talking.
...
Night.
Li Mei was awakened from her sleep by a nightmare. She
sat up, rubbing the cold sweat on her head.
When the roof of the old house where the educated youth lived collapsed, the educated youths were huddled in the kitchen to avoid the rain, and she and Sun Xiaoqin were molested.
She didn't know whether Wang Yanhong and Wu Li were molested, but when Sun Xiaoqin was molested, they didn't dare to resist, let alone investigate the matter afterwards.
Afterwards, Li Mei secretly observed the suspicious people around her.
She found scratches on Yang Zhixiong's arms and legs.
That night, she wanted to catch the man, but the others were not strong enough. Even so, she grabbed the man several times.
Recalling the location of the grab, it roughly matched the scratches on Yang Zhixiong's body.
Li Mei became more defensive against Yang Zhixiong.
Yang Zhixiong was usually silent and rarely spoke to female educated youth.
Li Mei noticed that he would stay for a long time when hanging clothes. After careful observation, he would hang clothes next to the clothes of the female educated youth. He
would even put his face on other people's clothes.
Considering that the female educated youth often lost their underwear, Li Mei suspected that Yang Zhixiong stole it.
However, she had no evidence for the time being, and no one thought about it in this direction.
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The village chief said that when the weather gets warmer, they should start raising chickens, and the educated youth also started to build chicken coops.
Li Cheng was building a chicken coop at his door. He and Tang Xiaotian were going to raise 20 chickens in total, and the other educated youths would raise 20 chickens collectively.
Although the relationship between Li Cheng and Tang Xiaotian was not stated explicitly, everyone knew that they were a couple.
After repeated consideration, Li Mei walked up to Li Cheng.
"Li Cheng, do you know about Xiaotian's lost clothes?"
How could Tang Xiaotian tell Li Cheng about losing her underwear, so he didn't know.
When Li Mei mentioned it, she thought it was just some clothes she usually wore, and said, "Tang Xiaotian has the money from selling garlic sprouts, so buying clothes is not a problem."
Li Mei whispered, "She lost her underwear. Many people in our dormitory have lost their underwear, but everyone thought it was blown away by the wind."
Li Cheng asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"
"I suspect someone stole the girls' underwear."
"Who?"
Li Mei whispered Yang Zhixiong's name.
"Do you have evidence?"
"No, that's why I came to you, but I'm 19% sure it's him."
Li Cheng was silent for a moment: "I know."
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In the evening, Li Cheng took out a bottle of wine and invited the male educated youth to his room to drink.
A good friend Han Fei said, "Li Cheng, you have good wine, why don't you take it out on New Year's Eve?"
Li Cheng explained, "I just got it, so I called you here."
Several people ate peanuts, drank wine, and boasted.
The educated youths Li Cheng and Tang Xiaotian made money by growing garlic sprouts, and Li Cheng took out the money he made to show everyone.
Everyone was envious.
Several people talked about the hardships after coming to Yaoshui Village while drinking. Han Fei said that other villages have educated youth returning to the city, and it is unknown when Yaoshui Village will have the quota to return to the city.
Li Cheng said, "We have only been here for a year, and we still have a long way to go. It will be hard to find a job after we go back, and it will add burden to the family. It is better to stay in Yaoshui Village, at least we can earn some money to support ourselves."
After finishing a bottle of wine, everyone returned to the dormitory. Just as they were about to go to bed, Li Cheng came over.
"Brothers, I'm sorry, my money is gone. Did you see it?"
Han Fei said, "How could the money be gone? You showed it to us and put it in your pocket?"
"Yes, but my money disappeared after you left. Did you drink? Are you guys joking with me?"
Jin Shengli said, "This joke can't be made. Brother Cheng invited us to drink, and we can't tease him. Whoever took it, take it out quickly so that Brother Cheng can go back and sleep well."
Everyone shook their heads.
Han Fei and Jin Shengli set an example by turning their pockets inside out for everyone to see, and also opened their packages of clothes.
To prove their innocence, others also searched their pockets, took out their own boxes or packages and opened them.
None of them had anything.
Only Yang Zhixiong did not move.
Li Cheng smiled and said, "Zhixiong, don't joke with me, you were sitting next to me at the time."
Yang Zhixiong turned over his pockets and said, "I didn't take your money. I can't see your little money."
Han Fei said, "Then why don't you open your suitcase and take a look." Yang
Zhixiong said that there were things sent by his family inside, and it was inconvenient to open it.
Li Cheng said, "We all know that your family sent you dried meat. Don't worry, I won't eat your dried meat."
The more Yang Zhixiong didn't want to open the suitcase, the more people suspected him.
Li Cheng was anxious to find his money again, so he walked over to Yang Zhixiong's suitcase and tried to open it.
Yang Zhixiong quickly walked over and pressed the suitcase: "I swear to God, I didn't take your money!"
Li Cheng said: "If I open the suitcase and don't find my money, I will apologize to you and buy everyone a drink."
Yang Zhixiong held the suitcase tightly.
Li Cheng winked at Han Fei, who immediately hugged Yang Zhixiong.
The suitcase was opened, and when Li Cheng searched, he didn't find any money, but found a few pairs of floral underwear, which were obviously girls' sizes.
Li Cheng pointed at the underwear and asked, "Aren't you going to explain it?"
Yang Zhixiong said angrily, "Give me your money. What does my stuff have to do with you?"
Li Cheng said to Jin Shengli, "Go and call the female educated youth over."
Yang Zhixiong shouted, "Don't go!"
When the female educated youth came over, Tang Xiaotian saw her underwear at a glance, "Why are my underwear here with you?"
The other female educated youth were also shocked when they saw the underwear in the box.
Everyone found their lost underwear in it.
At this time, the female educated youth reacted and realized that their underwear was not blown away by the wind, but was deliberately stolen by someone.
The female educated youth were furious.
Yang Zhixiong looked honest and decent, but he was actually a thief who stole the girls' underwear.
The man and the stolen goods were caught, and Li Mei immediately ran to find the village chief.