The female educated youths worked quickly, and in the time it took to say just one sentence, the large wooden box was opened.
The contents inside were clearly visible, even to Lu Guoan, He Shenghua, and the others standing at the door.
To make it clearer for everyone, the female educated youth carried out the bag of grain and opened it.
"Hiss, it really is grain."
"See? I told you she stole it, but she wouldn't admit it. Let's see what she has to say now," the middle-aged man said.
Yang Caihong tried to argue, "This is a frame-up. I didn't steal any grain. You all conspired to frame me."
“Shenghua, you have to believe me. You saw it when I came back. I ate and went to bed. I didn’t go out again. You know that.”
He Shenghua was speechless. How would he know if she left afterwards? They weren't even in the same room. This sounded strange, giving the impression that either they were accomplices or had some shady relationship.
He told the truth, "I did see you when you came back, but I don't know if you went out afterwards."
"I didn't go out after that; I lay down and went to sleep."
“You’re lying. You went out later, for at least half an hour,” Hongxia finally spoke.
She had been at the back of the crowd, not wanting to get involved, especially since they were all educated youth. She didn't want people to think she was taking advantage of their misfortune. But Yang Caihong was stubborn and still wouldn't admit it.
“You woke me up when you left. I thought you went to the bathroom, but you didn’t come back for a long time. The door was not locked, and I couldn’t sleep. You came back and even carried a bag of things into the box.”
Now we have both witnesses and physical evidence.
"Tsk, I didn't realize that Yang, the educated youth, was actually a thief."
"Oh dear, I lost two food coupons earlier. I thought I had accidentally lost them. Could she have taken them?"
"It's hard to say. Once I forgot to put the soap away after taking a shower, and when I used it again, it felt much smaller. She probably took it and used it secretly."
“Once I forgot to put the oil can away from the kitchen, and when I remembered it, half of it was gone. At that time, Yang Zhiqing was using the kitchen, and I guess she stole the oil.”
...
The educated youth chattered amongst themselves, mostly reminiscing about things they had lost in the past. The unsolved mysteries of the past seemed to have found their answers at this moment.
If Lu Yuan were here, he would definitely be amazed by the state of humanity!
Yang Caihong continued to shout that she was innocent, but no one believed her.
Lu Guoan waved his hand and said, "Tie them up and take them to the warehouse for guarding. Everyone rest first. When it gets light, Lu Yuan will drive the tractor to take them to the commune. He Zhiqing will come with me."
He Shenghua nodded in agreement.
But something else happened before dawn.
"Captain, that bitch has run away."
"They ran away? What happened?"
Lu Guoan quickly put on his clothes and strode out. Logically speaking, Yang Caihong was tied up and guarded by three grown men, so there was no way she could escape.
The brothers Lu Yuanchao and Lu Jiefang also got up and followed behind.
The messenger stammered and couldn't explain why he had run away.
When Lu Guoan saw him like this, he knew that the problem lay with the guards.
He said to his two sons behind him, "Jiefang, go and call the accountant. Yuanchao, go and call Ayuan over too."
The two brothers responded and ran off to call for help.
Lu Yuan was fast asleep, holding his sweet and soft wife. He knew that Yang Caihong would be arrested that night, but he couldn't be bothered to go and watch the spectacle. He had already confessed everything he needed to. He felt that the captain could handle things perfectly well, so he was neither here nor there.
Instead of wasting time watching the spectacle, it would be better to spend some quality time with your wife on the kang (heated brick bed).
Indeed, while the search and arrest of thieves were taking place outside, he and his wife were busy on the kang (a heated brick bed).
But to everyone's surprise, even after they had kidnapped the person, they were still able to escape.
"Three grown men couldn't keep an eye on one woman? That's ridiculous."
Lu Yuan followed Lu Yuanchao toward the warehouse, and was incredulous to hear that Yang Caihong had run away.
"Who knows? My dad asked Uncle Er Gou what happened, but he didn't say."
"Besides Uncle Er Gou, who are the other two guards?"
“It’s Uncle Zhu and Old Gentou,” Lu Yuanchao said.
Lu Yuan thought that these three people shouldn't have any connection with Yang Caihong.
"Are any of their family members on good terms with Yang Caihong?"
He suspected that the three men had let her go; otherwise, he couldn't understand how three grown men could have failed to keep an eye on a woman with her hands and feet bound.
Lu Yuanchao scratched his head. "I've never heard of that. When they were arresting people before, they were almost about to hit them, especially Uncle Zhu. He even raised his fist. If my dad hadn't stopped him, he definitely would have hit Yang Caihong."
Lu Yuan frowned; this was something he couldn't quite understand.
When the two arrived at the warehouse, accountant Zhang Yong'an was already there. Lu Yuan greeted him by calling him "Uncle Zhang".
"Captain, what's going on?" Lu Yuan asked.
Lu Guoan's face was extremely ugly. He glared at Zhang Tiezhu with a dark expression, pointing at him with his finger in exasperation.
"It's all because of these despicable things..."
Lu Yuan looked at the middle-aged man sitting on the ground with his head down. He hadn't noticed before, but now he realized that the man had a head injury and his black hand was covered in blood.
According to Lu Yuanchao, it was this Uncle Zhu who raised his fist to punch someone, but was stopped in time.
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