bestfiction Chapter 198 The Damn Thief
Chapter 198 The Damn Thief
The brothers of the Xu family still couldn't believe it. They had just sent those people to exchange for silver yesterday, and only one night later, the silver disappeared?
Seeing that everyone was looking at her suspiciously, Huang shrank her neck in fear, her eyes flickering and she didn't dare to look them in the eye.
"Dad, let's report it to the police first."
Xu Linzhi gritted her teeth and cursed in her heart the person who stole their money, but since the thing had already happened, she had to find a way to solve it quickly.
"Let's first count the losses, and then go find the magistrate in the government office and ask him to help investigate."
After hearing what Xu Linzhi said, the others also reacted and quickly separated their actions in panic.
Xu Linzhi also trotted back to her room, found a small box under the dressing table, opened it, and as expected, it was empty.
She was shocked and angry, and immediately sat down on the chair with weak legs. It took her a while before she thought of something. She rushed to the grain warehouse in panic and pushed open the door.
"what!"
When the other members of the Xu family heard the scream, they all ran out in a hurry and saw Xu Linzhi standing at the door of the warehouse with a terrified look on her face. Everyone suddenly seemed to understand something.
"Ah! My food..."
"My charcoal!"
"They're all gone. Go report to the police..."
Soon, screams were heard one after another in the Xu family's yard, causing people in the neighboring yards to come outside to check.
The people from the yamen came quickly, and soon, a captain of the police led a dozen yamen runners into the Xu family's yard.
"So, with the doors and windows intact, someone quietly moved away all your stuff?"
After listening to what the Xu family said, the captain of the police looked around again and glanced at the Xu family members with a strange look.
There were indeed signs of grain being piled up in those warehouses, but who could have the ability to transport so many things without damaging the doors and windows or alerting the owners of the yard? It would be absolutely impossible without some skills.
Either he is a very powerful master, or it is a lie made up by these people.
"My Lord, what I said is absolutely true. I dare not say a single lie..."
Xu Qingrong's face was pale. He bowed and spoke nicely to the yamen runners, wanting them to quickly find the thief who stole the grain and recover those things.
Otherwise, it will snow in a few days. How can they survive this cold winter without food or firewood?
The same was true for other members of the Xu family. Huang even knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Please make sure to recover our losses, I beg you... wuwuwu... We can't survive..."
Don't let them catch that damn thief, or she will skin him alive!
The captain of the police had encountered many thefts over the years, so when he secretly observed the expressions of this family, he knew that they were not lying.
Although the situation at the scene was a bit strange, he still asked someone to carefully record the situation and the stolen items.
"We will report this matter to you when we return, and we will inform you as soon as possible if there is any progress."
The bailiffs left after saying this, leaving only the Xu family's group of people, watching their backs with hope as they left.
"Buddha bless me, I hope I can find the things back soon..."
Huang knelt in the yard with her hands clasped together, muttering to herself, and her expression was very pious.
"You should all take out your own private money first, and go out and buy some supplies today to hold on until the government office investigates thoroughly. We don't know how long it will take."
Xu Qingrong sighed. He had been the village chief for so many years, so he could see things more clearly than anyone else in the family.
When they were told to wait for notification, it was just a casual remark.
If nothing unexpected happens, those things will probably never be found again.
"Dad, my room was also robbed. Not only did the small change disappear, but even the jewelry I bought before was taken away completely..."
Xu Linzhi felt a little desperate. It was about to snow, and something happened to be lost in her family at this time. The thief wanted to kill their whole family.
"I lost my stuff too..."
"Dad, I don't have any more..."
Then Xu Linzhi's brothers spoke up one after another. For a moment, the Xu family's yard was shrouded in a thick dark cloud, which made it hard for everyone to breathe. They just wanted to ignore everything and cry loudly.
At this time, the family was still immersed in grief, but they didn't know that the food and supplies they were longing for had already been placed by Yuxiu in the large warehouse she bought some time ago.
Thinking about the decision he made last night to use these things for charity, he came to Li Xiao's house in the north of the city alone.
Li Xiao's house is very lively today, because there are fewer and fewer families who need to build a kang these days. Boss Yang handed those matters over to the people in the yamen, and took his people back to the farm to take care of his own affairs.
As for the young apprentice Li Xiao, they originally wanted to arrange for him to continue working to earn a living, but he declined the offer.
This time the yamen arranged to build a kang, and each household was charged a fee by the yamen. Although the fee was not much, the people in the north of the city still could not afford it.
So Li Xiao told his master craftsman Yang about his idea and wanted to go back and build kangs for his neighbors in the north of the city.
This matter is not managed by the people in the yamen. The required materials are prepared by themselves, so there is no need to pay money to the yamen. Each family only needs to pay some labor.
After seeking the master's consent, Li Xiao quickly found his good brothers.
Although people in the north of the city live in a messy and chaotic environment, they are still kind and friendly.
During the time when Li Xiao was busy outside, several of his good brothers, including Tiedan, went to the barren mountains outside the city to chop firewood.
So at this time, Li Xiao's firewood room was already full of neatly chopped and stacked firewood blocks.
When he heard that Li Xiao was going to take them to build kangs for people in the north of the city, his good brothers were all very happy.
You have to know that Li Xiao got help from a noble person and was able to learn how to build a kang, which made these people extremely envious.
Now, Li Xiao not only said that he could help their family build the kang, but also asked them to follow behind and learn a little bit, and help out. They were so happy that they almost flew away.