After washing up, the two went to the kitchen and put out the things that Tongzhiying and Lu Jinyan brought.
Tongzhi Ying took a few sweet potatoes and a small bag of brown rice, which looked to be about two pounds.
Lu Jinyan and Liu Kaifan brought a bag of biscuits and a few pieces of egg cakes.
Zhang Sitong rubbed her hands and exclaimed, "Wow! There are also egg cakes and cookies!"
Su Ruoli said, "Don't get too excited. We'll have to return these to the owner after the autumn harvest."
Zhang Sitong picked up a biscuit, stuffed it into Su Ruoli's pocket, and then took one for herself, saying, "Of course I have to pay it back. After the autumn harvest, we should distribute the grain.
We will have food to eat by then. After the autumn harvest, I will write to my family and ask them to help me with some more money.
Oh! I can’t help my family at all and I’m always causing trouble for them.”
Su Ruoli took out the money given by Lu Jinyan and the others and placed it on the stove. She said, "This is the money Lu Jinyan and Liu Kaifan lent us. It's thirty yuan and there's a note."
Zhang Sitong continued to eat cookies while saying, "They lent it to us, so what are they going to spend it on? Why don't we pay it back first? I've never liked borrowing things from others since I was a child. I always feel like I can never pay it back after borrowing from others."
Some of the biscuit crumbs in my mouth came out.
Su Ruoli also felt that borrowing money from others would always be a waste of time, so when she heard Zhang Sitong say this, she immediately agreed.
"That's what I thought. Let's return it to them when we go to work tomorrow. It shouldn't be a problem for us to have enough food to last us ten days or half a month."
Zhang Sitong nodded. "Yeah, the food will be distributed soon anyway, so we won't starve."
Su Ruoli said, "Then let's go back tomorrow. Today we can only eat a simple meal. I don't know how the police investigation is going. Is it really done by someone from this village?"
The two of them ate and chatted.
At this time, Liu Guofeng had already taken the police to the homes of eight people, and the only one left was Liu Dasheng's home.
The first eight had proof that they were not in the village, and witnesses could be found. The patterns and sizes of the soles of their shoes did not match.
Now only Liu Dasheng was left unasked.
When Liu Guofeng thought of Liu Dasheng's behavior, his heart was pounding. Could it really be Liu Dasheng who did it?
Regardless of whether he did it or not, we have to investigate. If he really did it, he would not cover it up. We have to deal with it as we must.
When Liu Guofeng arrived with several police officers, Liu Dasheng was already drunk and lying sideways on the kang.
Old Lady Wang was washing dishes. Liu Dasheng's father was Liu Guohui. He and Liu Guofeng should be considered brothers within the fifth degree of mourning.
He was sitting on the edge of the kang, puffing on his old pipe, and the room was filled with smoke.
Several people were choking and coughing, and Liu Guohui was shocked when he saw the police.
He quickly got down from the kang, walked out, and asked, "Guofeng, what are the police comrades doing here at my house?"
Liu Guofeng said, "Brother Hui, where's your Dasheng? The police want to ask him something."
Liu Guohui sighed and said, "Ah! That evil creature has been drunkenly passed out. I guess it's impossible to wake him up. How about asking him again tomorrow?"
Liu Guofeng turned to look at the police, he had no say in this matter.
The leading police officer said, "Let's go in and take a look at where he fell asleep."
"It's in the next room. I'll take you there!" After saying that, Liu Guohui turned around and led the way, with Liu Guofeng and several police officers following behind.
Liu Guohui pushed open the door, and the smell of alcohol in the room hit him in the face. Liu Guofeng raised his hand to wipe his nose and said, "Oh my! How much did you drink? Look at the smell of alcohol in this room, just smelling it is enough to make you drunk."
The police officers just frowned and then walked into the house calmly.
He reached out and pushed Liu Dasheng, but Liu Dasheng became impatient and turned over to continue sleeping.
The police officer saw the shoes on the ground and turned to ask Liu Guohui, "Are these his shoes?"
Liu Guohui nodded.
A policeman walked over, picked up the shoes on the ground, and compared them carefully with the picture he had drawn, and found that the patterns on the soles were the same size.
He handed the shoes and the picture he had drawn to the leading police officer.
The leading police officer took it and compared it. At this time, he felt that 50% of the money and things lost from Su Ruoli's home were stolen by the man in front of him.
I pushed Liu Dasheng again, but he still didn't wake up.
He turned to Liu Guohui and said, "Go get a basin of cold water."
"What do you need cold water for?" Liu Guo asked.
"Just go if you are told to go, and don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask," said the police officer.
Liu Guohui turned around to find some cold water. About a minute later, Liu Guohui came in with a basin of cold water, followed by Old Lady Wang.
As soon as Mrs. Wang came in, she asked, "What are you doing in my house?"
But everyone ignored her, and the leading police officer took the basin of water from Liu Guofeng.
He walked over and poured a basin of cold water all over Liu Dasheng.
Liu Dasheng finally woke up and cursed, "Damn it! What's wrong with you?! Who threw the water on me?"
But when he turned around and saw the police, the cursing gradually stopped.
When Old Lady Wang saw her precious baby being splashed with a basin of water, she hurried out to find a towel to wipe the water off and a quilt.
She was still cursing quietly, but she didn't dare to curse loudly for fear of being heard by the police.
The police saw Liu Dasheng wake up and asked, "You must be Liu Dasheng, right?"
"Comrade from Public Security, it's me. What do you want from me?" Liu Dasheng asked nervously.
Could it be that what he did this afternoon was discovered? On second thought, it was impossible. He had made sure that no one was around before he went in.
The leading police officer asked, "What did you do this afternoon? Where did you go?"
"I was drinking at home in the afternoon, so I didn't go. What's wrong?" Liu Dasheng said, but his eyes were a little evasive.
Old Lady Wang interrupted, "Comrade Public Security, what my son said is true. He was drinking at home this afternoon and hasn't been anywhere else."
The police officer looked at Liu Dasheng and also noticed his evasive look.
"Are you sure you didn't go anywhere?" the police officer asked again.
Old Lady Wang continued, "Comrade Public Security, my son has already said he's not gone anywhere. Why don't you believe him? My son never lies."
Liu Guofeng thought to himself, your son is not lying, that is, you think everything he says is right, so you think your son is not lying.
Why don't you go ask around in the village? No one will tell you that your son never tells the truth.
A police officer said, "Auntie, please speak only when we ask you. Can you please be quiet when we don't ask you?"
Old Lady Wang's scoundrel attitude returned. "Why, you police officers still care about what people say? I'm telling you, talking isn't against the law."
"It's not illegal for you to speak, but it's illegal for you to obstruct public service. We are working now."
Old Lady Wang shrank her neck and stopped talking! She was just thinking, these police officers don't look like good people at first glance. They don't even let people speak.
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