It turned out that the couple of the second son of Uncle Wang next door, Wang Tiejun and his wife, who were engaged in live streaming and selling sweet potatoes, had actually set their sights on the four puppies in Liu Qiaoer's yard.
The four puppies are now half a year old. They have grown up and are very fierce. They might be caught in the yard during the day.
Now at night, they are all locked in cages, making them really hard to steal.
I don't know what the couple was thinking. Not only did they take advantage of the daytime when Liu Qiaoer and the others were not at home to steal the puppies, but they also came to steal the puppies late at night. Did they think she would fall asleep
Knowing who it was, Liu Qiaoer first put the small wooden warehouse back into the space, put away the crossbow, and held a steel pipe in her hand.
Just as she was thinking about whether to open the window, close the door and beat the dogs, or let them hang outside and turn on the lights to catch them in the act.
Suddenly, I felt some movement in the yard.
As soon as she came to the window, she saw Cui Boxiao's big face reaching out to her, which scared Liu Qiaoer. If there had not been glass in between, Liu Qiaoer would have kicked Cui Boxiao down.
"How did you get up here?"
Liu Qiaoer opened the window and let Cui Boyao into the house. It was extremely cold outside at night.
Cui Boxiao was fully armed, with only his eyes left. After entering the third floor, he glanced around and said, "I heard some noise and came up to take a look."
Liu Qiaoer looked at him with big eyes. It was still warmer on the third floor, so he took off his hat and gloves. "Haohao told me that there are traps at the doors of your basement, second floor, and third floor. You can't barge in."
"I thought since I couldn't get in from the house, I could only come to the third floor to check. If I couldn't get in, the thief couldn't get in either. Maybe I could chase the thief away from outside."
Liu Qiaoer thought about it and pointed to the opposite side of the third floor: "There is a mechanism. Once the door is forced open, arrows will be shot at you. Those with good skills can dodge them, but those with poor skills will be in trouble."
In fact, Cui Boxiao had already seen the mechanism a long time ago, but he didn't find where the switch was, and he didn't want to tamper with it because Cui Bohao told him that Liu Qiaoer had a wooden warehouse.
Although Cui Boxiao didn't know Liu Qiaoer's background, he still felt that since she dared to build such a house here and hide so many things, she must have certain abilities.
Otherwise, even if she could hide the supplies, she might not be able to protect them.
"Where's the thief? Did you see him?"
Liu Qiaoer pointed to the roof opposite: "I saw it, but I don't know if they will come or not?"
Uncle Wang's yard and Liu Qiaoer's yard are three feet, or one meter, apart.
The couple was looking for a piece of wood to build a bridge, preparing to climb over from the next door.
The man crawled over, and the woman was still trembling. Liu Qiaoer said nothing, just folded her arms and looked at them, waiting for him to see how they would get into her yard.
The platform on the third floor opposite is about the same height as the third floor of Liu Qiaoer's house. The shed on their third floor is a blue one, which can keep out the rain but not the cold and is cheap.
Just when Liu Qiaoer and Cui Boyao were waiting for the two of them to go to the third floor, the woman suddenly lost her grip and slipped off the wooden board.
It didn't matter that she slid down, the board fell down too.
It was so cold outside in this extremely cold weather that Wang Tiejun's hands were numb from the cold, and his wife's body was gradually frozen stiff.
Staying outside for more than ten minutes in such extreme cold weather would make one frozen through, not to mention that it took them nearly half an hour to crawl over from the yard.
With a thud, Wang Tiejun lost his grip on his wife and she fell from the third floor.
Wang Tiejun was about to catch her, but he almost fell down. One hand was holding on to the roof of the third floor, and the other hand was hanging in the air. His whole body was suspended in the air.
You have to know that Liu Qiaoer built a glass house on the third floor. There is no place to step on and it is very slippery.
Seeing this, Liu Qiaoer rubbed her hands and said, "Let's go back. It's quite cold here too."
They couldn't get in, and Liu Qiaoer was getting impatient waiting for them.
Cui Boyao took a look at the ecological water that Liu Qiaoer had made on the third floor. Although there was a layer of ice on the top, there were still small fish swimming underneath, as well as turtles and water plants, full of vitality.
He glanced at the people hanging outside and asked, "Are you not going to save them?"
Liu Qiaoer snorted coldly: "They want to steal my dog, why should I save it? I'll just wish you the best. In this day and age, you can't have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others."
Cui Boxiao looked through the glass at the woman who had fallen to the ground outside, shook his head helplessly, and followed Liu Qiaoer into the house.
Liu Qiaoer was right. We should still be kind at this time. If we steal things without any ability, the consequences will be very miserable.
The bodies of the couple were not discovered until the second day, the third day, the fourth day, and the sixth day.
The reason why it was not discovered before was that after distributing supplies in the village, no one went out.
It's so cold, only a fool would hang out outside.
Wang Tiejun's wife fell to the ground and fainted. Wang Tiejun was hanging there and had a headache due to the cold. Finally, he also fell down. He did not faint, but just broke his leg.
He struggled to crawl back home from where he fell, but it was too cold and the wind was howling outside, so no one could hear him even if he shouted for help.
He crawled to the door, but was unable to open it and froze to death outside.
The village chief and others found the bodies of the two men. Without asking any questions, they carried them to a pit and buried them. They also hired someone to clean up their yard because the eldest brother and his family had not returned yet.
Their furniture was moved to the second floor, the first floor was vacated, and the supplies were moved away, including several bags of sweet potatoes, which could be shared among everyone.
From beginning to end, everyone's expressions were numb, and everyone was doing their own work. As for how and why they died, no one asked and no one said anything.
It was time to collect supplies again. Lu Ming brought his team and drove a Liberation truck to the village again.
They had to be notified of any personnel changes in the village, so Village Chief Wang reported on the casualties in the past few days.
When Lu Ming heard that Wang Tiejun's yard was empty, he casually said, "It's not a big deal for the Cui Bohao brothers to live in Liu Mei's house. Let's give the empty yard to them. The population has been decreasing recently, and there's no one to be resettled. You can do whatever you want."
Cui Bohao was counting supplies and didn't hear what Lu Ming said.
Cui Boxiao was helping to maintain order on the side. When he heard Lu Ming's words, he immediately disagreed.
"What's your business where we two brothers live? Who are you? You've always been bossing Liu Mei around. Can you please show some sense of propriety?"
Lu Ming felt uncomfortable the last time he saw Cui Boxiao. He heard that he and his brother Cui Bohao lived in Liu Qiaoer's house. He had lived there before, so he naturally knew the secrets of Liu Qiaoer's house.
He didn't know whether Liu Qiaoer would tell Cui Boxiao, and he was even more afraid that if time went on, they would do something bad to Liu Qiaoer.
"Is it me or you who don't know the limits? Is it appropriate for you, an outsider, to live in Liu Mei's house? Now that there is a vacant house, I order you and your brother to move out and stop harassing the villagers."
Lu Ming was not polite at all, and even picked up the wooden gun and was about to load it.
Cui Boxiao actually had feelings for Liu Qiaoer, but he didn't know what Liu Qiaoer meant, so he was always polite.
"I tell you, I didn't live there for nothing. See? I gave her all my money. As for the rest, I got it in exchange for other things."