"I guess he's just mean and doesn't care about his son. Or maybe he feels like we, as uncles, can't just leave him alone, and he's playing a game with the Qin family."
Qin Jiandang felt complicated. He let out a deep breath and turned to walk towards the Qingshan Brigade.
Qin Jianjun followed with a smile, and was in a good mood along the way.
Although he failed to find the boss's hundred yuan, he managed to get a dozen or so, so it wasn't in vain.
The two of them returned to Lao Qin's house before dawn. As soon as they pushed the door open, they saw the old lady with a serious expression, which scared them so much that they were scared out of their wits.
"Mom, what are you doing? Why are you getting up so early?" Qin Jianjun patted his chest, a look of lingering fear on his face.
The old lady lowered her voice and asked, "Did you two go to Old Li's house?"
"Mom, what nonsense are you talking about? Are my brother and I such vulgar people? My brother and I just couldn't sleep, so we went out to the toilet."
The old lady pointed at herself and said, "Do you think I believe it?"
Without waiting for the two to answer, the old lady asked again: "Did anyone see it?"
What else does Qin Jiandang not know? He is the only honest man in the family. Even his mother is a secretive person.
Qin Jianjun chuckled and said, "No, no, I'm very careful."
The old lady glared at the two of them and said, "What are you still standing there for? Go back and rest!"
After being scolded by my mother, the two men in their thirties and forties acted like primary school students. They didn't dare to say a word and went back to sleep obediently.
Yes, they were very tired after working all night, so they fell asleep as soon as they touched the pillows.
The next morning, Chen Yunwei got up, packed up simply, and set off for the county with Qin Siyue and Chen Sijun.
That’s right, today is the weekend and the little ones are all on vacation.
Qin Siyue had been staying in school obediently for six days, and her butt was almost covered in sores. How could she miss this rare opportunity to go to the city?
Since Qin Jianye was not at home, it was impossible to keep Chen Sijun at home. The mother and daughter decided on the arrangements for the whole day without even discussing it.
An adult and two children walked in the dim morning light. After about half an hour, they met an ox cart from the neighboring brigade entering the city.
I paid four cents to squeeze in and hid in a corner, but I couldn't avoid being stared at.
"Hey, you're the wife of the third son of the Qin family, right? What's your name...Shawei?"
Chen Yun smiled and said, "Auntie, just call me Xiaowei."
"There is a girl named Xiaowei in the village..." Qin Siyue didn't know why, but this magical song automatically played in his mind.
No one noticed that the aunties were happily asking her mother about her uncle and aunt.
Tell me, tell me, in this era without cell phones and wireless speakers, how could news spread so quickly?
Chen Yun smiled awkwardly, a truly awkward smile. As a younger sister-in-law, what could she say?
We agreed to resolve the crisis, but if we fail to do so, won’t we be blamed?
After finally reaching the county seat, Chen Yunwei tumbled out of the car, saying she had to pee urgently, and ran away. She didn't even take her daughter.
Others curled their lips and went in groups of three or five to places like supply and marketing cooperatives, purchasing stations, and state-owned restaurants.
It was so quick that Qin Siyue didn't even have time to react.
The driver tied the ox to a tree, turned around, and glared at Qin Siyue: "Hey, why didn't you two get off the car!"
After saying that, he looked around but couldn't see Chen Yunwei. "Where's your mother? She just abandoned you two? She's really careless! How about I take you two to the police station?"
Qin Siyue hurried down: "No need, Grandpa, my legs are just numb and I'm a little slow. I have an appointment with my mother to meet at the supply and marketing cooperative, I'll take my brother there now."
The old man nodded and said, "You know the way, right? If not, just wait in the car."
Qin Siyue held Chen Sijun's hand with one hand and waved with the other: "I know, uncle, I've been here a few times."
I figured even if I didn't know, it was just one main street. I'd just walk along it and I'd eventually get there.
What's more, the ladies had just left not long ago, so if she was faster, she could still catch up with them.
Just like that, after walking forward about ten meters, she heard someone calling her name.
Qin Siyue glanced to the side and saw that her mother was waving at her stealthily.
Qin Siyue snorted coldly and walked over arrogantly...
***
In the Lijia Brigade, Li Shanda sneezed several times in a row before he woke up in the morning.
Li Shan's wife was woken up and found that she had pulled the quilt all over. Feeling guilty, she quickly moved most of the quilt over.
At this point, she hadn't noticed anything was wrong at home until half an hour later, when Li Shan woke up and groaned in pain.
Li Shan's wife took a look and was surprised to see so many bruises.
"Dashan, what did you do last night? Did you fall into the toilet?"
"What are you talking about? I didn't even get up last night!"
"Then what did you do?"
Li Shan thought about it, and a dark shadow appeared in front of him: "Fuck, I got beaten up!"
I glanced around belatedly and realized that many things were not arranged according to my usual habits. The cabinets and boxes even showed signs of being opened.
"Miao, our house has been robbed!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he put on his slippers and went to touch the place where the money was hidden.
Sure enough, the two yuan disappeared without a trace. Li Shan grimaced and cursed several times before saying, "Luckily, I gave the money to Xu Antai the day before yesterday, otherwise, it would have been stolen by that damn thief!"
Li Shan's wife felt the same way, but two dollars is still money, and she couldn't let others get away with it.
"Dashan, let's go find the team leader. This is all because of the poor security in the team. We can't just keep this in silence."
Lin Miao continued to grumble, "Who is so arrogant as to sneak in and pick the lock? Do they know we're rich?"
Li Shan narrowed his eyes, his gaze gloomy and cold. "It's all Qin Jiandang's fault. He had to shout things everywhere when he couldn't say them in private. There are so many scoundrels in the village, who knows, one of them might have set his sights on our family!"
Lin Miao pushed him and said, "What are you waiting for? Go and call the team leader to make the decision! If you delay any longer, they'll hide the money and it will be too late!"
Li Shan thought about it and quickly put on his clothes and went out. He found that his mother and brother had been drugged by the thieves. The sun was already high in the sky, but there was no sign of them getting up.
I pushed the door and found it was ajar.
After waking her up and explaining the situation, the old lady sat on the kang and cried, "Who the hell is trying to harm our Li family?"
Li Shan was annoyed and frowned, saying, "Mom, stop arguing. I'll go call the team leader to come and check on the situation."
"Hey, go quickly!" No one in the family linked the incident to Qin Jiandang, mainly because this brother-in-law (son-in-law) was too cowardly and didn't seem like the kind of person who would do such a thing.
Captain Li had just returned from the fields and was about to see how Li Shan was doing and why none of his family had gone to work when he ran into his anxious figure.
"Captain, something bad has happened! My house has been robbed!" Li Shan's loud shouting made Captain Li's heart skip a beat.
"What's going on?" asked Captain Li.
Li Shan recounted what happened last night and this morning, slapping his thigh with a sorrowful expression: "Who is this person? He actually knocked down my parents.
The old man had worked so hard to save up some money for his coffin, but now it’s all gone.”
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