Chapter 93 Chu Song's Fishing Law Enforcement
Time soon came to early summer, and the dry season was about to begin. In order to complete the water conservancy project that would benefit the general public as soon as possible, the Luhua Brigade was united as one during this period, and they devoted themselves to the soil and the mountains without any complaints.
Even Chu Song was somewhat infected by this atmosphere. He was very excited for several days and started working hard as soon as he opened his eyes.
Unfortunately, she was crushed by reality after just a few days. She was reduced from a juicy cabbage to a small weed. When she looked in the mirror, she found that she had become so haggard.
It’s all tiring!
Although, she was the only one in the Chu family who thought so.
What's even more outrageous is that Chu Heng actually said that not only did she not become haggard, but she became stronger and more solid.
Chu Song immediately punched the man several times, then collapsed weakly on the chair and cried out, "Mom——"
"mother---"
"If I continue to work at this high intensity, I will wither away."
Ye Xiuzhi laughed: "Do you think you are a flower? And you are withering."
"Yes, I am more beautiful than flowers. No matter what, I will wither if I say so."
Ye Xiuzhi: "Then should I give you some water?"
"Watering is useless. Loving someone is like raising a flower. What I need now is nutrition."
Ye Xiuzhi pretended not to hear, what a waste of time.
Seeing that she didn't react, Chu Song moved towards her like a boneless person. She was so shameless. Not to mention Murakami, there was probably no other person in the entire Luhua Brigade who was the same age as her and who was willing to act like a spoiled child in front of her own mother.
"Mom, really! Look at me, am I haggard?"
Ye Xiuzhi glanced at her fair and rosy face, which was as healthy as it could be, and couldn't agree with her.
"Go away, go somewhere cooler and don't bother me."
Chu Song was of course not so obedient. She curled her lips and said, "Look at my pointed chin. It used to be so round and blessed. Now I'm so thin because of hunger, and the blessing is gone."
Ye Xiuzhi was really amused by her. "What should I do? After I'm done with this, I'll kill the old hen at home and stew it for you to nourish your body."
"Okay, okay!"
"Bullshit! The old hen at home is a real hero. She lays an egg every day and is more useful than you!"
Chu Song: "Why are you going back on your word? You just said you wanted to make chicken soup."
Ye Xiuzhi's face darkened. "I'm warning you, don't try to take advantage of it. If it gets hurt, I'll never forgive you."
"Xiuzhier, you hurt my heart so much. I can't even compare to a chicken."
"Don't try that."
No matter how much Chu Song complained, when it was her turn to work, she would do it without hesitation.
Blasting mountains to divert canals is a rare major project in Luhua Brigade in recent years. Everyone is looking forward to it. Food is the most important thing for people, and land is the most important thing for farmers. Farmers will always have the most sincere feelings for the land under their feet.
If the drought problem can be completely solved and grain production can be doubled, the good days of having enough food and clothing that we dream of will not be far away.
However, just when everyone was united and the village was in a good atmosphere, bad news suddenly broke out: a chicken thief appeared in the village!
He specifically steals chickens while everyone is at work!
Since last year, the above policy has been relaxed. Although most livestock are still raised in collective pens, small families can also raise some chickens, ducks and geese.
Therefore, every household in the village now raises two or three chickens.
From Ye Xiuzhi's attitude, it can be seen that in the village, stealing other people's chickens and ducks is tantamount to killing their parents, and is an extremely serious crime.
Early in the morning, the families whose chickens were lost gathered at the Chu family's gate, wanting to ask for an explanation.
"Who on earth is this fatherless bastard? Wait until I catch him, and I'll break his legs!"
"Captain, we trust you. If we don't catch the thief this time, who among us will dare to go out in the future?"
"That's right. What if a thief steals my chickens while I'm not home?"
"We worked so hard to raise chickens for so long, and now they're gone just like that. You have to give me an explanation!"
“That’s right…”
Chu Yaoguo also had a very ugly expression. Everyone worked hard every day, going out early and coming back late, but there were bad guys who took advantage of this opportunity to steal chickens and ducks.
Their consciences have been eaten by dogs, which is heartbreaking.
If this gets out, even he, as the captain, will feel ashamed!
"Don't worry, everyone. I know about this matter. Don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation."
"Stop arguing. Come one by one and report how many chickens you lost, when you lost them, and if there's anything unusual."
"Me, I'll go first! I lost a chick a few days ago. It was there when I left home in the morning, but it was gone when I came back in the evening."
"I thought a weasel had taken it, and I was ready to call it bad luck, but I didn't expect I wasn't the only one in the village who had lost a chicken! This must have been stolen by a thief!"
"Like him, I also lost a chick. There was nothing unusual. I also found the chick was gone when I got home."
"Everyone is the same! The one who stole the chicken must be the same person!"
Chu Yaoguo frowned. It seemed very likely that the thieves were the same person.
"I understand. I've made a note of it. You all should go back and do what you need to do. Give me some time and I'll give you an explanation."
Ye Xiuzhi spent a long time trying to comfort them, and finally persuaded them to go home. She couldn't help but spit, her tone full of anger: "Shameless, sneaky people, sooner or later they will have their mouths and eyes rotten!"
Chu Song was shocked: "Mom, you curse too dirty."
"That's nothing. I have even dirtier ones." Ye Xiuzhi snorted coldly and warned, "Girl, you are not allowed to learn these things."
Chu Song: "Don't worry, Mom, my curse words are much more advanced than this."
Ye Xiuzhi: “…”
Chu Yaoguo sent all the victims away, but he was still frowning. After such a commotion early in the morning, the chicken thief must have known about it.
If you alert the enemy, how will you catch them later? How will you explain yourself?
Chu Song: "I know who it is."
As soon as she finished speaking, the eyes of the whole family fell on her.
Chu Song said calmly, "Although I'm not 100% sure, I'm sure he has something to do with it."
Ye Xiuzhi hurriedly asked, "Who?"
"Of course, he's my dear second uncle's adopted son."
"Who, Chu Dawei?"
"uh-huh."
"How do you know it was him? Although Chu Dawei is a bad boy and a misbehaving person, if he misunderstands someone, his father will make a scene and it will be a disaster."
"I guessed."
Ye Xiuzhi: “…”
"You're kidding! Of course, this is a conclusion I reached after careful calculations," Chu Song analyzed seriously. "Think about it, during this period, except for those with mobility issues who can't get out of the ground, the rest of the adults in the village have either been working in the fields or heading up the mountains. They leave early and return late every day."
"Yeah, if they weren't all home, thieves wouldn't be able to steal their chickens."
"So, doesn't this narrow the scope? The thief must be among those who didn't go to work."
"That's the truth, but how can you be sure it's Chu Dawei?"
Chu Song: "Another point. Obviously, old hens are more valuable, but the ones stolen were all chicks. What does this mean?"
"It means the thief is not after money!"
"Yes, if it comes to money, obviously the old hen will sell for a higher price."
Ye Xiuzhi pondered, "The chicken was stolen. Since they didn't sell it, then... they ate it?"
"That's right! That's also the reason why they stole the chickens. Old hens are good for making soup, and the meat is tough, while the chicken is tender. I guess after the thief stole the chickens, he took them straight to the back mountain to roast and eat them."
Ye Xiuzhi nodded. These analyses were well-founded and not unreasonable.
"That's not right. You still haven't said why it was Chu Dawei. There are so many people in the village. How can you be sure that it was Chu Dawei who stole it?"
"Depending on my profound insight into human nature."
"Speak human language."
Chu Song curled his eyes and said, "Depend on your intuition."
Ye Xiuzhi: “…”
Chu Song was not joking. She had her reasons for blaming Chu Dawei for being the thief.
There are many people who meet the requirements, but Chu Song has more or less come into contact with all of them, and they don’t seem like the kind of people who would steal or cheat.
Only Chu Dawei, although not related by blood, inherited his father Chu Liangcai's greed and shamelessness perfectly.
In just over half a month, four chicks were stolen one after another.
What's more, after Chu Dawei's excessive flattery, his values have been completely distorted.
It was not surprising at all that Chu Song did such a thing.
"Since we can't find the thief, let him fall into our trap."
"How do you walk into a trap?"
"It's very simple. The first step is to let Chu Dawei down. Things have been tense lately, so he definitely wouldn't dare come and steal chickens again. So we need to let him down first. Hold a village meeting and announce to the public that it was all a misunderstanding. There were no chicken thieves. It was just weasels that were infesting the village recently, and the chicks were taken away by weasels."
Chu Yaoguo: "That's no problem. I can go find the families who lost the chickens and ask them to cooperate."
"Put on a full show to prevent Chu Dawei from being fooled. Mom, I still need your help."
"What's the matter?"
"You need to go door to door to remind chicken farmers to be careful of weasels and to keep their cages closed when they go out."
"good."
Xiang Baoshu: "But even if Chu Dawei lets down his guard and starts stealing chickens again, how do we know which household he'll target? We can't just wait in wait at every household, right?"
"That's even simpler. When the village meeting starts, I'll have someone deliberately stand next to Chu Dawei and inadvertently reveal that there are chickens at home. I'll tell him this deliberately and lure him into taking the bait. With Chu Dawei's greedy nature, he definitely won't be able to resist. He'll definitely make a move within a week at the latest."
Ye Xiuzhi hissed. She had never expected that her silly girl would be so good at digging holes.
One thing leads to another, I'm not afraid that Chu Dawei won't be fooled!
Ye Xiuzhi: "During this period of time, we must also be careful to avoid being targeted by Chu Dawei. If my precious children get hurt, I will never forgive him!"
Chu Song was not worried about the safety of her chicks. Although Chu Dawei had a bad nature, he trusted her very much after her flattery education.
So no matter what, he would not reach out to her.
In the end, Chu Yaoguo made the final decision: "Let's do it this way. Do as Xianxian says first. If anything goes wrong, we can talk about it later!"
Anyway, he is helpless at the moment, so he might as well give it a try.
The village meeting was scheduled for Wednesday night at the village entrance. Participants were basically adults who raised chickens at home. There was not a single child present. This kind of meeting was extremely boring. For children, even catching tadpoles outside was more interesting than attending a meeting.
When Chu Song saw Chu Dawei mixed in the crowd, he became more certain of his guess.
Chu Yaoguo also saw Chu Dawei in the crowd. He sighed in his heart and took out the speech he had prepared earlier.
Those who had pre-arranged the lines were the victims of the lost chickens. The other villagers were unaware of the situation and had doubts in their hearts when they heard Chu Yaoguo say this.
"Is this true? Was it really taken away by a weasel? There haven't been any weasels in the village in years."
"It's true. I thought it was stolen at first, but then the old lady next door said she saw a weasel running by the wall in the morning, and the chickens were gone in the evening."
"It makes sense when you think about it. The recent canal construction has scared the weasels out of the mountains. They can't stay in the mountains anymore and have nothing to eat, so they've come to the village to steal chickens."
"That's true. After all this time, it's just a weasel."
"Yes, everyone goes out before dawn and comes home after dark. We see each other everywhere. Who would go back to the village specifically to steal chickens?"
There was a lot of discussion.
The villagers who originally insisted that it was not a weasel but a human being were gradually convinced.
Chu Dawei mingled silently among the crowd, feeling secretly happy.
What a bunch of idiots, they thought it was a weasel. He had been frightened for so long before, but now it seems that there is no need to worry at all, because there is a weasel to take the blame for him anyway!
I am so lucky. I don’t know which weasel is so unlucky!
Wang Hongyan stood quietly beside Chu Dawei. She was asked by Chu Song to help with the performance.
Wang Hongyan lowered his voice and said to his companions, "We have to be more careful in the future. If there are weasels in the village, we have to pay attention to the chickens."
His companion replied, "What are you afraid of? Weasels love to eat young chickens. Don't you only have two old hens at home?"
"You don't know yet, but we just brought home two chicks a while ago. They're a rare breed and much more expensive than the local chickens in our village!"
"What breed? Aren't all chickens the same?"
"There's a huge difference. My chickens are imported broilers from abroad. I heard that this kind of chicken has the best quality meat. One chicken is worth three in our village!"
“So expensive?!”
Wang Hongyan quickly patted her and said, "Keep your voice down!"
Chu Dawei pricked up his ears and eavesdropped. The two women were alert and spoke in low voices. Even if he got closer, he could hardly hear what they were saying.
But... he did hear the previous words clearly.
Chu Dawei was a little itchy about the imported broiler chickens from abroad. He had never eaten such high-end foreign goods!
Chu Dawei was secretly thinking about his plan to steal the chicken, but he didn't know that Wang Hongyan was also secretly observing him. Seeing his eyes rolling around, it was obvious that he was up to no good, so she was immediately relieved.
Hooked!
Wang Hongyan winked at Chu Song who was not far away. Chu Song understood and nodded.
Chu Yaoguo was still giving a lecture on how to prevent weasels on the stage. Chu Dawei listened for a while and found it boring, so he proudly withdrew and walked back.
After walking a few steps, I saw Chu Song at the back, "Sister Chu Song, why are you here?"
Chu Dawei's call of "Sister Chu Song" was genuine and heartfelt.
Chu Song smiled, "Just finished dinner and came out for a walk, how about you?"
Chu Dawei's eyes flashed, "Me too."
Chu Song suppressed her nausea and rubbed the man's head like a caring older sister. "How's your relationship with your father lately? Has it improved? Does he understand you?"
"Don't mention it!"
Chu Song pretended to be curious: "What's wrong?"
“They don’t understand me at all!”
"It's not your fault, it's the world's fault."
Chu Dawei agreed deeply. He endured it and said, "My father picks on me every day and even wants to beat me up. I really don't want to stay in this broken house for even a day."
"Did he hit you?"
Chu Dawei nodded vigorously.
"Second Uncle is going too far! What era is this? Corruption is not acceptable. If he hits you, it only means he has no respect for you at all."
Every word touched Chu Dawei's heart. At first, Chu Dawei hated Chu Song just like his father, but slowly, he changed his mind.
Sister Chu Song is simply the person who understands him the most in the world! She agrees with every one of his ideas! Unlike his father.
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