A group of people escorted the gagged Wu Wei and his wife to the educated youth center. Because of her young age, Wu Xuanxuan almost arrested Lin Aiguo, but now she just followed behind with tears in her eyes.
As for Zheng Tong, he was so old that he staggered when he walked. No one dared to push him for fear of causing death.
Compared to Wu Wei and his wife, Zheng Tong's treatment was much better, at least he was not gagged.
The members of the production team also heard the commotion and came out one by one to watch the fun.
When passing by Widow Liu's house, Bai Xiaohua, who was lying on the bed, suddenly stood up: "What's going on outside?"
Liu Dazhu was drinking porridge with his legs crossed, choking and coughing: "What are you doing, you bitch?"
Bai Xiaohua ignored him and walked out of the house to look at the door.
Seeing this, Widow Liu frowned and reminded: "Xiaohua, it's none of our family's business what's going on outside. Just lie down and raise your baby. Isn't the lesson you learned last time enough?"
Liu Dazhu rarely agreed with his mother: "Yes, listen to mother."
A trace of anger flashed in Bai Xiaohua's eyes, and she pursed her lips: "I'm not a pig. I can only lie down and eat all day long."
Bai Xiaohua could only lie in bed all day long to nurse her baby. There were no entertainment options in this era, and she didn't even have the luxury of eating more snacks. Bai Xiaohua felt like she was going crazy.
If she hadn't been thinking about that book and thought in her heart that she originally married Liu Dazhu, there must be some bad reasons. Maybe Liu Dazhu was the leading actor of this era, how could Bai Xiaohua be pregnant again.
But she didn't know that if she hadn't been pregnant again, Widow Liu and Liu Dazhu would have given in because they were worried about their children. It would not be easy for her to be a pig at home. Whose daughter-in-law only eats and doesn't work all the time.
It's a pity that Widow Liu and the two didn't say it was okay at this moment. After saying this, Bai Xiaohua became more rebellious: "I'll go take a look."
After saying that, he simply opened the door and went out.
Widow Liu became anxious when she saw it: "Hey, why don't you listen to my advice, Aihua, go over and see your sister-in-law, don't let her run around, she is still restless with the child."
Widow Liu's words were unpleasant, but deep down she was really worried about the child. There was no family in the production team whose wife would not do any work when she was pregnant with a child, and that was their family.
Unexpectedly, Liu Aihua hesitated for a moment and only said: "Let the eldest brother go. My sister-in-law will not listen to what I say."
Ever since she had the idea of separating the family, Liu Aihua had been planning it from the bottom of her heart. Although her mother had refused to delay it because her eldest sister-in-law was pregnant, Liu Aihua felt that she would have to leave the house with Xiaozhu sooner or later, so she did not like to get in front of her eldest brother and sister-in-law even more. .
Widow Liu didn't realize what her daughter was thinking, and she thought it was the same when she heard it. Then she saw Liu Dazhu was busy eating, and didn't care at all that his daughter-in-law had walked out.
She kicked her son and said, "Why don't you go see your wife soon?"
Liu Dazhu finished the last bit of porridge, stuffed a mouthful of pickles into his mouth, then stood up and left cursing: "This woman is just restless."
Seeing her son following her, Widow Liu felt relieved and sighed: "I've been working around all day, and I still have to work in the afternoon."
Liu Aihua took the opportunity to say: "Mom, look at my sister-in-law, even if you sincerely consider her, she will not be grateful to you."
"Then what else can we do? My wife has already married into the family, and there are children from our Liu family in her belly." Widow Liu obviously did not understand what her daughter meant.
Liu Aihua pursed her lips and said, "Isn't Xiaozhu also a son of the Liu family?"
Widow Liu looked embarrassed for a moment. She glanced at her youngest son and gave them two pickles with chopsticks: "Okay, eat quickly. You have to go to the fields to work after eating."
People had formed a circle outside the Educated Youth Center, all here to watch the fun. Bai Xiaohua couldn't squeeze in. She clutched her stomach and cried out that it hurt. As soon as others got out of the way, she slipped in.
The man who had taken the seat scolded: "Dazhu's wife must be mentally ill."
Someone next to him advised him: "She can't think clearly. I think you should stay away from her, otherwise if there is something wrong with your stomach, I will blackmail you. Last time, Wu Zhiqing gave their family a lot of things." "
Others thought the same thing, there was no need to get into trouble just to watch the fun, and they all stayed away from her.
Bai Xiaohua didn't care at all about the words behind her. She craned her neck to look inside the educated youth center. She looked around but couldn't find Wu Mengting, and she felt disappointed in her heart.
It turns out that I must have my own reasons for making friends with Wu Mengting.
After Bai Xiaohua woke up again, she wanted to make friends with Wu Mengting, but unfortunately Wu Mengting ignored her. Later, because of the miscarriage, Widow Liu came to the Educated Youth Center several times to cause trouble, and Wu Mengting had to pay the Liu family some money. and food.
After such a fuss, Wu Mengting would not pay attention to her anymore.
Bai Xiaohua was determined to take the strategy, but Wu Mengting didn't take the initiative. She became pregnant again and had to stay at home to raise her baby, so she had to temporarily put down the plan.
At this time, Liu Dazhu chased after her. Seeing that there was no one around her, he walked over carelessly: "Mom asked you to go home and lie down. Don't run around."
Bai Xiaohua said without raising her head: "I'll go back after watching the excitement."
Liu Dazhu looked at the noisy Educated Youth Center and suddenly became interested. Instead of urging his wife to go home, he watched the excitement with relish.
It would be great if Wu Mengting was in trouble. She could take the opportunity to extend an olive branch. Bai Xiaohua's eyes were filled with flames. Looking at the noisy Educated Youth Institute, she seemed to see hope.
Little did she know that the moment she appeared, a pair of sharp eagle eyes were fixed on her body.
Zheng Tong hid behind the crowd and looked at Bai Xiaohua through his messy white hair, with shock in his eyes.
In the educated youth center, Lin Aiguo brought people to his bed: "I always put the bag of grain here before."
Gu Mingdong glanced at it and saw that the beds on the Datong bunk were all empty and could store some daily items.
"The stove where educated youths cook is outside. If someone takes something out of the room, people outside can't possibly miss it."
Lin Aiguo glared at Wu Wei and his wife: "They must have stolen it while I was away."
Gu Mingdong asked, "As you said before, the grain bags were still there when we were cooking last night. From cooking to sleeping, there should be someone here at the Educated Youth Institute, right?"
"It's even more impossible to wait until daytime. They have a lot of heavy work, and they are being stared at by so many pairs of eyes. How can they sneak over and steal things."
Lin Aiguo was stunned. Another educated youth nodded and said, "There are always people there. We all take turns doing laundry."
Gu Mingdong laughed: "That's the problem. Since there are always people here, if a stranger comes in, he will be discovered immediately. How can he have the opportunity to steal the food bag?"
Gu Jianguo said what he meant: "A Dong, do you mean that the person who stole the things was an acquaintance?"
Upon hearing this, several educated youths became nervous: "You can't talk nonsense, how could we steal things."
Gu Mingdong signaled them to calm down: "Lin Zhiqing hid the grain bags under the bed. Everyone in the Zhiqing Institute knows about this, but where did those new comers come from to inquire about it?"
"They have been inquiring about the Educated Youth Institute." Lin Aiguo insisted.
Gu Mingdong asked: "They asked who inquired and what they inquired about?"
A male educated youth touched his head and said naively: "They asked for the names of all the educated youths. They said they wanted to get familiar with the production team, so I told them."
"What are they? Why are you talking to them?"
"Then I didn't expect it. They said that they need to be familiar with the production team to better carry out transformation."
Gu Mingdong interrupted their argument: "I only asked how many people and their names, but didn't ask about the specific situation?"
The naive educated youth nodded: "That's all. I didn't ask anything else. I definitely can't tell them if I ask too many questions."
Gu Mingdong nodded and said: "Then they must not know that Lin Zhiqing's food is hidden under the bed. If you want to steal something, you have to rummage through the door. Have you found any traces of rummaging in the house?"
"No."
"sure?"
"Make sure, my things are all put away in categories. I will definitely know if someone touches them." This is a mysophobic person who never lets others touch his things. He often quarrels with educated youths because of this.
His bed was very close to the door. You could almost see it when you entered the door. If a thief tried to dig through it, it would be impossible to get past his bed.
Gu Mingdong said: "According to the current clues, after entering the door, the thief went straight to Lin Zhiqing's food bag, took the bag and left, leaving the other items completely untouched."
Gu Jianguo couldn't help but said: "This is not right."
The onlookers also started talking. After all, if you really want to steal something, since you don't know what is in the house, how can you not search at all, unless this person knows where the things are hidden from the beginning.
"It doesn't look like it was done by those few."
"Who else could it be if they weren't them?"
"We won't have another thief in our production team. How embarrassing..."
Gu Mingdong suddenly pointed to a bed: "Whose bed is that?"
When several educated youths saw it, they all said, "Qian Zhiyi's."
When Lin Aiguo first arrived, he wanted to compete with Qian Zhiyi for this bed, but Qian Zhiyi was not easy to mess with, so he rejected him in just a few words. The relationship between the two people has never been good.
Gu Mingdong walked over and pointed to a bag of snacks placed on the bedside: "Look, Qian Zhiqing has a bag of snacks placed on the bedside. Not only are these snacks more expensive, they are also more convenient to eat, and they are placed on the outside. , why didn't the thief take it away?"
"Yeah, why didn't the thief take the snacks?" Gu Jianguo said, "If you steal the rice, you have to cook it and eat it. It's troublesome and easy to be discovered. If you steal the snacks and eat them, no one will notice."
"Is it possible that the thief was blind and didn't see the snack?"
"You can find the rice under the bed, but he can't see the snacks placed by the bed?"
"Then why do you only steal from educated youths and don't use money from educated youths?"
Everyone's expressions became strange, and they were obviously diverging in strange directions.
Lin Aiguo also frowned and suddenly said: "They are acquaintances, and they only stole my things. I think it was Qian Zhiyi who did it."
After saying that, he walked over and searched for Qian Zhiyi's bedroll.
The educated youth next to him quickly stopped him: "Lin educated youth, let's wait for Qian educated youth to come back first. Maybe it's all a misunderstanding."
Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Lin Zhiqing, this is just a random guess without any evidence."
Gu Mingdong had already received news from Zheng Tong, and knew that Qian Zhiyi could not have obtained this food at all. Qian Zhiyi was a bit more noble, but he was not at the end of his rope. You could tell by looking at the snacks.
"If there is a misunderstanding, you will know after searching." Lin Aiguo originally had a grudge against Qian Zhiyi, so how could he miss such a good opportunity.
Lin Aiguo rushed over, pulled off the quilt, and shook it off.
Suddenly, something fell from the quilt with a splash.
Before Lin Aiguo could see the thing clearly, he shouted in surprise: "I found the evidence. He stole my thing."
Unexpectedly, he picked it up and saw that it was not the grain bag he thought it was, but a piece of cloth.
"What the hell is this?" Lin Aiguo shook it off twice. No matter how he looked at it, he thought it was just a rag.
But the women who were watching burst into laughter: "Hey, isn't this a woman's bellyband? Why is there such a thing in Qian's educated youth's quilt?"
"Why does a man have a bellyband? It can't be one of his sweethearts, right?"
"There is such a big movement and Qian educated youth has not come out. Who is he looking for?"
"Did you notice that Wu Zhiqing didn't come out either? They wouldn't..."
Lin Aiguo's face froze, and he subconsciously tightened his bellyband.
At this moment, Qian Zhiyi came back. When he saw the situation, his face darkened. He rushed over and snatched away his bellyband, and punched Lin Aiguo in the nose: "How dare you touch my things."
Before Lin Aiguo came to his senses, he was hit. He immediately wanted to fight back in dissatisfaction: "I touched your things like this. Did you steal my food?"
"Is it worth stealing the things you picked up from Sosou?" Qian Zhiyi almost went crazy.
Seeing the two of them fighting together, Gu Jianguo shouted sharply: "Hurry up and pull them apart."
The frightened educated youths started to pull them away, and the Du brothers could no longer just stand by and separate them one after another.
Lin Aiguo's face was bruised after being hit several times. Qian Zhiyi was feeling better, but his eyes were also bruised.
Looking at the two people fighting like a bullfight, Gu Jianguo frowned and cursed: "What are you doing? If you fight, you will get into trouble."
Qian Zhiyi rubbed his eyes and explained: "Scorekeeper, I was too impulsive. When I came back and saw Lin Zhiqing rummaging through my things, I moved my hands in anger, but he was wrong first."
Lin Aiguo frowned and cursed: "I suspect you stole my things."
Qian Zhiyi sneered and said, "Come on, everyone, please tell me. It's been almost a year since I, Qian Zhiyi, came to Shanghe Village. Do I need some food and drink? Do I need to steal your things?"
Others were right when they heard that Qian Zhiyi was not criticized for his work, and later he asked girls from the production team to help him work, but he did appear to have no shortage of money.
They didn't know that Qian Zhiyi's money was about to bottom out, but that was the impression they had always had, and they all said it was impossible.
Qian Zhiyi sneered and said: "Only your precious rice, you are willing to eat it several times in the few months since you came here. The finger of hiding in Tibet may have been stolen by rats, but you want to blame it on me."
"Even if the mouse ate the rice, could it be possible that it also stole my bag?" Lin Aiguo shouted unconvinced.
Unexpectedly, someone outside shouted at this time: "Hey, don't worry about whether there is food or not. Qian Zhiqing, what happened to the bellyband hidden under your quilt? Are you messing around with men and women?"
Qian Zhiyi's face stiffened, and he held back his anger and spread out the rag: "This is not a woman's bellyband, it's just a handkerchief made of rags. It's just that I'm not good at making it in weird shapes, so it looks a bit like it."
He spread out the rag, and everyone took a closer look. Sure enough, they found that the cloth looked a bit like a bellyband, but there was still a difference when they looked closely.
The members were immediately disappointed. They thought they could still see a big bustle, but who knew it was a misunderstanding.
Gu Mingdong glanced at the seemingly disorganized and messy rag handkerchief, and his eyes dimmed slightly.
Qian Zhiyi had quickly put away the veil, his fingers trembling.
Seeing that everyone was siding with Qian Zhiyi, Lin Aiguo jumped angrily: "What about my food? I can't just run away by myself, right?"
Gu Mingdong said: "I have just said so much. First of all, we can confirm that this thief is very familiar with the educated youth center and knows where Lin Zhiqing hides the food, so he can steal the food quietly and live with the educated youth. All of you are indeed the most suspicious."
Lin Aiguo suddenly looked suspiciously at the few educated youths around him.
The educated youths quickly said: "We didn't do it. Otherwise, if you search, I won't take anything from you."
It was rare for the Du brothers to speak: "From last night to now, we were either at work or with the big guys. There is no way we have time to steal things."
When he said this, other educated youths also testified for him.
Gu Mingdong nodded and said: "Then invite all the educated youths out first and check them one by one to see if anyone has been alone since last night and has time to steal things."
"Okay, it wasn't me anyway." Du Ming responded first.
The other educated youths also stood up and started talking one by one.
"We were with Sister Zhenzhen last night. We cooked in one pot. After eating, we washed the dishes and then went to the river to wash up. After washing, we came back to sleep. We haven't gone out since. We can Witness each other."
"We brothers have been together all the time. No one else can testify, but we ate out while Lin Zhiqing was cooking. Later, we met them when we came back from doing laundry, and we even talked to him at that time."
"The same goes for both of us. Lin Zhiqing, if you doubt anyone, you can't doubt us. We went to the river to wash clothes together."
Following the words of each educated youth, everyone's eyes fell on Qian Zhiyi again.
Qian Zhiyi's heart skipped a beat. He suddenly remembered that when he was looking at the pot last night, Wu Mengting had entered their house alone. At that time, Xu Zhenzhen and the three female educated youths had already returned to the house, and Brother Du Ming had not returned from going to the river. , Lin Aiguo and the others had just left.
Could it be Meng Ting? Qian Zhi subconsciously thought it was impossible.
But there was a voice in his heart telling him that Wu Mengting was the biggest suspect.
With thousands of thoughts running through his mind, Qian Zhiyi heard himself say: "Wu Zhiqing and I were dining together. We were the last to cook. Everyone came back after dinner, so there was no time to steal anything."
After hearing this, everyone has evidence.
Gu Mingdong cast his eyes on Qian Zhiyi and asked, "Qian Zhiqing, are you sure you have been with Wu Zhiqing?"
Qian Zhiyi's face turned cold: "Of course."
"That's strange. Everyone has alibi." Gu Mingdong said.
In fact, it is the best way to let Wu Wei and his wife come forward to identify Wu Mengting, but once they come forward, Wu Mengting will not run away, but Wu Wei and his wife will definitely be in trouble.
After all, Wu Mengting could say that all this was instigated by the couple, and the food was indeed eaten by them.
Once the truth is revealed and Wu Mengting is unlucky, they will be even more unlucky.
Therefore, in order to protect themselves, Wu Wei and Zhou Zijin could only knock out their teeth and swallow blood if they could completely escape the crime.
Gu Mingdong asked again: "Where has Wu Zhiqing gone? There is no one around now?"
Xu Zhenzhen and the others shook their heads: "Wu Zhiqing didn't say anything. She never tells us anything."
Compared to Xu Zhenzhen and three other female educated youths, Wu Mengting preferred to get along with male educated youths. Since two more female educated youths arrived, Xu Zhenzhen had company, and she was no longer close to Wu Mengting.
On the contrary, the old Liu's daughter-in-law, who came to see the fun, said: "Wu Zhiqing asked my father-in-law for leave early in the morning, saying he was going to town to buy sanitary products."
Xu Zhenzhen said with a strange expression: "Hygiene products?"
Doesn't Wu Mengting still have a lot of them? Are you going to buy them again?
Gu Mingdong didn't ask further questions and said, "Then let's draw a timeline now."
"Lin Zhiqing doesn't have to worry about what happened before he started cooking. Look back after Lin Zhiqing took the grain bag and started cooking."
"Lin Zhiqing was the second cook at the Educated Youth Institute. When he cooked, the grain bags were still there. There were two pots in the Educated Youth Institute. The first cooks were Xu Zhiqing and the Du brothers. Lin Zhiqing started cooking. During the meal, the three of Xu Zhiqing had already finished their meal and came back after washing themselves."
"At this time, Lin Zhiqing himself was still at the door, so we can directly rule out the suspicion of the three female educated youths."
"Next are the Du brothers. When you came back from washing, Lin Zhiqing and the others happened to go to wash up after eating. We met and talked on the way, but after you returned to the Educated Youth Center, you had time to commit crimes."
The faces of the Du brothers darkened: "Qian Zhiqing and Wu Zhiqing were at the door when we came back. We entered the house and didn't come out again until the next morning."
"Yes, we have time to steal, but we don't have time to hide. Besides, the two of us earn enough work points to feed ourselves, so why bother to steal his things."
The Du brothers were afraid that they would be accused of being thieves, so they walked into the house, opened their cabinets, and took out a bag: "Look, everyone, we still have so much rice, there is no reason to steal other people's."
The members had a very good impression of the Du brothers. They nodded and said, "No, the Du brothers are hardworking and honest people. They will not steal anything."
Gu Mingdong nodded and looked at Qian Zhiyi: "Qian Zhiqing, you were sitting at the door. Can you be sure that the Du brothers have not gone out?"
Qian Zhiyi said with a stiff face, "Okay, they didn't come out."
Gu Mingdong understood and added: "Although the other two educated youths did not cook or eat with Lin Educated Qing, they went to the river to wash up together and came back together. They never went out again after coming back."
Lin Aiguo said at this time: "It can't be them, we were together last night."
The two educated youths breathed a sigh of relief.
After turning around, Gu Mingdong's eyes fell on Qian Zhiyi: "Then only Qian Zhiqing and Wu Zhiqing are left."
Before Qian Zhiyi could refute, Lin Aiguo jumped out and said: "It can't be Wu Zhiqing. She is so simple and kind, how could she steal things."
Qian Zhiyi lowered his head and said: "At that time, Wu Zhiqing and I were cooking and eating at the door. When Lin Zhiqing and the others came back, we hadn't finished eating yet. After eating, we went to the river to wash our clothes and face. After we came back, we took a rest. "
Lin Aiguo glanced at him jealously, but said, "That's true. Qian Zhiqing hasn't gone out since he came back."
Gu Mingdong looked at the female educated youths. Xu Zhenzhen pursed her lips and said, "Wu educated youth came back relatively late, but it's true that he hasn't gone out since he came back."
Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows slightly and suddenly asked a question: "Xu Zhiqing, are you sure that Qian Zhiqing and Wu Zhiqing have been cooking at the door after entering the house?"
Before he finished speaking, Qian Zhiyi said with a dark face: "Gu Mingdong, what do you mean? Will Mengting and I be short of that food?"
"Whether there is a shortage or not has nothing to do with stealing or not." Gu Mingdong said lightly.
Qian Zhiyi gritted his teeth and said, "When Mengting and I first joined the production team, we offended you, but you can't avenge your personal grudges."
Gu Mingdong asked strangely: "I just asked about the situation at that time, why did I just avenge a private revenge?"
Qian Zhiyi said with a cold face: "You know it in your heart."
Gu Mingdong ignored him and asked: "Three female educated youths, are you sure?"
Xu Zhenzhen and the three of them looked at each other, pursed their lips and said, "This...we just talked when we entered the house. We don't know what happened outside."
"Oh, that's why I didn't see it." Gu Mingdong said.
Qian Zhiyi felt cold in his heart and secretly thought something was wrong. He looked at Lin Aiguo and said, "Lin Zhiqing, even if you don't believe me, don't you still believe Meng Ting? She is not one of them."
Lin Aiguo frowned slightly.
There was a lot of discussion outside, and several women said loudly: "It wasn't those few who stole the relationship that took a long time, but it was the educated youth who did it themselves."
"That's right. We don't even know where those educated youth things are hidden, let alone those few. It must have been done by one of their own people."
"I really can't tell. Qian Zhiqing and Wu Zhiqing are usually so loose-handed, but they can still do such things."
Seeing that something was wrong, Qian Zhiyi said with a cold face: "Lin Zhiqing, don't you say a word?"
At this moment, the crowd suddenly became lively: "Wu Zhiqing is back."
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