Mrs. Ke was a little confused, but she still kept walking into the house and closing the door. Then she searched through all the valuables in the house and found that most of the money in the box was missing!
She was so frightened that she swayed, and feeling a chill run down her spine, she quickly counted the money three times over. It was indeed 239 yuan short!
Their family of eight had saved up their savings for over twenty years, and all of that was gone in an instant...
Mrs. Ke put the things back and came out with a light step. Under the anxious gaze of the fourth son of the Ke family, she said in a tearful voice, "My dear husband, we are short 239 yuan!"
Ke's fourth son gritted his teeth and pounded on the wall, "Who's so bold as to mess with me?"
After saying that, he told Ke's mother to go cook first, and then turned around and went into the main room.
They all pointed out what was missing and then looked at the second son of the Ke family.
“Don’t look at me. Even mice don’t bother to sit in my house. But I don’t know why my brothers are suddenly so greedy after we split up. It seems everyone in the family is shrewd. It’s just that I’m busy working and don’t know how to plan for my own family!” he said with a mocking laugh.
Grandpa Ke and the others ignored him.
“We’re all very alert when we sleep; it’s impossible for us not to know something was missing. It couldn’t have been done by someone in the family,” the eldest Ke brother said. “We don’t have anyone like that in our family. Should we call the police?”
The third and fourth sons of the Ke family couldn't help but glance at the second son again.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" the second son of the Ke family roared irritably. "Yesterday it was just half a bowl of sugar water. How do you think my woman made it? If she had that ability, I'd cut off my head and give it to you to sit on!"
"Call the police then, what am I afraid of?"
At this moment, Aunt Ke Er poked her head out from the doorway and said angrily, "Don't push your luck. There are plenty of people in the village who take advantage of others. Are they all suspects?"
"However, when I got up to go to the outhouse in the middle of the night, I saw Seventh Girl wandering around."
Ke Meiyu, who was tagged, lifted the curtain, leaned against the wall, crossed her arms, and chuckled, "Hmm, why do I feel like this is a frame-up?"
“I slept soundly in the house until dawn, but my second aunt said I went out for a stroll.”
"Tsk tsk, unless I'm sleepwalking, one of us is definitely lying!"
Ke Enshu pushed open the door, somewhat annoyed, and pulled her mother, who was adding unnecessary details, inside. She looked stubbornly at Grandpa Ke and said, "Grandpa, since there is a possibility of a thief in our house, we might as well search the entire house, inside and out."
"It would be better to call the police and find out it was an inside job, otherwise our Ke family would become a laughing stock in Luofeng Village!"
The fourth son of the Ke family squinted and looked over coldly, "Everyone knows about Second Sister-in-law's affair yesterday, and now such a big thing has happened in the family. It's hard to say that someone might be holding a grudge and deliberately framing someone."
“Fourth Uncle, what you’re saying is completely unfounded,” Ke Enshu said calmly. “Why don’t we turn the whole house upside down? That might make it clear who’s right and who’s wrong.”
"Flip it if you want, who's afraid of who!" Ke Meiyu said, raising her chin slightly.
“Bao’er,” Grandma Ke walked over and shook her head disapprovingly.
Anyone with eyes can see that if the item is found in Ke Meiyu's house, her reputation will be completely ruined!
A thief within the family, and he stole so much stuff; this is not the same as stealing half a bowl of sugar water.
The second wife is now desperate to hold onto Ke Meiyu tightly.
"Grandma, don't be afraid," Ke Meiyu said with a light laugh, putting her arm around the old lady's shoulder. "I've done nothing wrong, so I'm not afraid of being searched. Besides, I'm lucky, and I'll never be framed."
As she spoke, she gave the old lady a look.
Grandma Ke remembered the things that kept appearing in her room every now and then. That made sense; with Wong Tai Sin around, Yu Bao'er would definitely be fine.
She looked at the second son of the Ke family, "Second son, it's best if this has nothing to do with you! Otherwise..."
"What else can we do?" Ke's second son said with a gloomy face.
"You scoundrel, how dare you speak to your mother like that?" After his pipe was smashed, Old Master Ke had nothing to throw, so he simply grabbed a feather duster to use instead.
"Ha, so now you all think that what's missing from the house has something to do with our second branch? It turns out that decades of affection have been ruined by half a bowl of sugar water. How ridiculous!" The second son of the Ke family chuckled.
"Alright, if it was stolen by our second branch of the family, then we'll let you do whatever you want with it! But what if it belonged to someone else in the family?"
Old Master Ke's face was cold and stern. "No matter who you are in the family, move out and never say you're a member of the Ke family again!"
"Severing ties with relatives?" Everyone looked over in surprise.
The old man valued his reputation above all else and loved having the whole family together in a lively atmosphere. Unexpectedly, he made decisive decisions twice in a row.
“Yes, none of our Ke family members have children or grandchildren who steal from their own family,” the old man nodded.
"Alright, Father, remember what you said. Don't let it slide when it comes to your favorites." The second son of the Ke family said with a fierce look in his eyes.
“Of course, no one can be fooled! This is a matter of principle,” the old man said coldly.
Afterwards, everyone in the family kept an eye on each other. Once breakfast was ready, the young wives took the children and went out, leaving only the older generation of the Ke family, the grandchildren, and Ke Meiyu and Ke Enshu.
They searched the rooms one by one in groups, and soon found all the hidden money in each house.
Aunt Ke Er had barely opened her mouth with a sarcastic smirk when she was fiercely rebuked by Old Lady Ke.
Having lived under her mother-in-law's thumb for over twenty years, her servility was ingrained in her bones. Reluctantly, she joined the search team and personally went to search Ke Meiyu's house.
Everywhere, including chicken coops, pigsties, and even the stones used as stepping stones next to the latrines, was turned over.
Ko Eun-sook's expression grew increasingly grim. Had she guessed wrong, and the item wasn't actually at the Ko family's house?
What puzzled her even more was that the part that had been hidden was also gone!
Now that things have escalated to this point, she's determined to find that box of treasure.
"Seventh cousin and Comrade Qin got their marriage certificate. Maybe their things are in the cowshed," Ke Enshu said through gritted teeth. She searched the back mountain many times but couldn't find it. Further in were places where ferocious beasts and birds of prey roamed, which didn't seem like the place that the pampered Ke Meiyu could reach.
After thinking for a long time, this was the only place left.
The big guy stared at her strangely.
"Wrong, wrong, wrong, we haven't finished searching our house yet. Uncle's room hasn't been touched." Ke Meiyu raised an eyebrow and chuckled.
"What's there to rummage through in our house? You can see the whole thing from the bottom," Aunt Ke said, pouting, her eyes gleaming with envy at the things that had been rummaged through the other rooms. "Father, Mother, before the family division, everything belonged to the common people. How come my eldest brother, third brother, and fourth brother have so much private property? Isn't that unfair? Shouldn't we redistribute it?"
"Pah, what is it that you're eyeing?" Old Mrs. Ke looked down on her. "I know everything they have; it's all gifts from their maternal families."
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