Seeing Wu Jinfeng, Zhou Jiaxing felt guilty. He wondered if his grandmother had seen him take the money from that old lady.
Two days ago, Zhou Miaomiao told Zhou Jiaxing that her grandmother knew that Zhou Jiaxing had taken eggs from home and asked him to be careful.
Zhou Jiaxing knew that the eggs at home were the lifeblood of his grandmother, Wu Jinfeng, so he hadn't dared show up at the Zhou family home for the past two days. But compared to taking someone else's money, taking eggs was a trivial matter.
I wonder if my grandma will take me home and give me a beating? Thinking of my father's sturdy belt, Zhou Jiaxing felt a little worried.
Seeing Zhou Jiaxing's guilty look, Wu Jinfeng assumed her eldest grandson was worried about the egg incident and was afraid of being blamed. Remembering she hadn't seen her eldest grandson in a few days, Wu Jinfeng opened her mouth but swallowed her complaints.
Before Wu Jinfeng could say anything to Zhou Jiaxing, Auntie Min, who was in the crowd, noticed that the handkerchief in her pocket was missing. It was no wonder, Auntie Min would check it every two minutes, and even when surrounded by people talking, she would have noticed it quickly.
"Oh my god, my money is gone!" Auntie Min exclaimed. The bulging pocket in her clothes had become flat. Even the most heartless Auntie Min could sense something was wrong.
Thinking about the future use of the thirty-odd yuan, Aunt Min didn't care about the two pieces of cloth in her hands, and stuffed them into her daughter Hehua's hands, and searched everywhere on her body.
No, not here, not there, not anywhere.
"Oh my god! That's my daughter's wedding money!" Aunt Min sat down on the ground and cried. More than 30 yuan, all the money for the dowry and the wedding banquet was in that. Now, what should she do?
Hearing Auntie Min's cries, Zhou Jiaxing said, "Grandma, I'll go home tonight."
Before Wu Jinfeng could react, Zhou Jiaxing had already merged into the crowd walking on the street and disappeared in a moment.
"Hey!" Wu Jinfeng wanted to say a few more words, but she was ignored by her grandson, feeling very unhappy. This brat was not as cute as he was when he was little. When Zhou Jiaxing was little, he would often hang around Wu Jinfeng, calling her "Grandma" and "Grandma" so sweetly.
In Zhou Chunping's family, the eldest son Zhou Zhixin was not treated as the lifeblood, but the eldest grandson Zhou Jiaxing was always the treasure in the hearts of Wu Jinfeng and Zhou Chunping.
"You damn thief! Why are you stealing from a poor old woman like me when you don't steal from so many rich people?" Auntie Min cried, tears and snot all over her face. A few days ago, Auntie Min had heard about the thieves in town. When she was leaving today, her old man had advised her to buy her daughter's wedding supplies at several markets, but she was too lazy and decided to buy everything at once, so she brought all the money with her. If she had known earlier, she should have listened to the old man. Even if they had stolen so much, it wouldn't have been so much. Damn thief, she was obviously...she was already very careful!
Someone's money was stolen in the supply and marketing cooperative. Zhao Guohui, the person in charge, heard the news as soon as he returned to the office from the station.
Zhao Guohui hurriedly drank some water and followed the staff to the cloth counter of the supply and marketing cooperative.
The Chinese people's bad habit of liking to watch the fun has been as strong as ever since ancient times. When they heard that someone had lost their money, those who had not entered the supply and marketing cooperative just now also ran here in a hurry, just to get first-hand information and brag about it when they returned to the village.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhao Guohui hurriedly sent several staff members to guard the gate, preventing anyone from entering or leaving.
"Why aren't we allowed in?" a slick-looking young man in the crowd said dissatisfiedly.
"Yes, yes, isn't the supply and marketing cooperative a place to sell things? Can't we go in and buy things?" A few people who were curious also joined in the fun.
"Fellow villagers, something's happened inside. The supply and marketing cooperative will reopen to the public after the police arrive and resolve the situation. I hope you can understand." Zhao Guohui stood at the gate and glared at the slippery young man. If it weren't for his wife Xu Liqin, he would have taught this guy a lesson today.
The slick young man is Zhao Guohui's brother-in-law Xu Erwang, who spends his days idling and doing nothing. Wherever there's activity, there's him.
Xu Erwang shrank his neck under Zhao Guohui's sharp gaze and left in disgrace. Xu Erwang was a little afraid of his brother-in-law Zhao Guohui. When he was not merciful, Zhao Guohui even dared to hit the mayor's brother-in-law.
Aunt Min, in the crowd, was sobbing her lungs out. Her youngest daughter, Lotus, crouched down, clutching two pieces of cloth in one hand, using her other hand to comfort Aunt Min. Honestly, Lotus was heartbroken that the money was gone, but her mother's crying made her seriously ill if she got home. Her mother had brought her to town to buy things for her marriage; otherwise, she wouldn't have lost so much money.
Thirty or forty yuan! Two months' salary for the workers in the town.
Zhao Guohui turned around and saw a large group of people surrounding Aunt Min. He couldn't see what was going on inside. He couldn't help but yelled, "What's going on?"
An aunt standing on the periphery saw Zhao Guohui's posture and guessed that he must be a leader, so she told Zhao Guohui what had just happened.
Zhao Guohui frowned. During market hours, the cloth and food counters at the supply and marketing cooperatives were the busiest. Crowded with people, they were easily targeted by thieves.
Zhao Guohui thought about it for a moment and said, "Auntie, do you remember who was standing next to me just now?"
"It seems...it seems like two half-grown boys." Aunt Fang recalled and said it with certainty. Aunt Fang and Aunt Min were from the same village, and she was worried about Aunt Min because she found her money missing.
A little boy? Would a little boy have the patience to buy cloth?
Zhao Guohui had some guesses in his mind and shouted loudly: "Make way, everyone, make way,
Anyone standing close to the old lady is a suspect."
The group of aunts and young wives who had just surrounded Aunt Min all moved three feet away from her, but none of them dared to leave.
Zhao Guohui asked a few staff members to guard the door and asked another staff member to go to the Sanhe Town Police Station to report the case. In any case, more than 30 yuan was not a small amount, and it was already a major case.
Wu Jinfeng saw this scene while standing at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, and couldn't help but mutter to herself.
One of the young boys standing next to Auntie Min just now is the eldest grandson of her Zhou family!
If someone had suspected Zhou Jiaxing of stealing something three days ago, Wu Jinfeng would have rushed over and scratched that person's face. However, ever since Zhou Miaomiao told her about Zhou Jiaxing stealing eggs, Wu Jinfeng no longer had the same trust in him that she once had.
As the old saying goes: "When you are young, you steal needles; when you grow up, you steal gold." Zhou Jiaxing even stole eggs from home, so it seemed not impossible for him to go out and steal other people's money.
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