Aunt Wu looked at her vigilantly. After hesitating for a long time, she nodded and said, "That's right! I met you when I was about to come back from a long walk."
"Then the little piece of cloth on your hem must have been scratched on this road!" Following Gu Ye's line of sight, everyone saw the torn triangle on the hem of Aunt Wu's skirt.
Li Hao squatted down, put the torch in his hand close, and exclaimed in surprise, "It really is a new hole, the light is so dark, sister Ye'er is really amazing, you can notice it."
Gu Ye's mouth twitched slightly. She has good eyesight, can't she? Can she say that the dim light of the torch is like day to her? Sensitive five senses, many benefits!
Zhang Lihu took a deep look at Aunt Wu, whose face changed suddenly, and turned around and said, "Li Hao, come with me near my house to see if you can find this piece of cloth."
"This broken gap was accidentally scratched when I was cooking in the afternoon, so it's worth your trouble?" Aunt Wu panicked. When she went out, the hem of her clothes was intact. As for when to scrape It's broken, she doesn't understand. Hope is on the way back, torn by branches
Zhang Hu stared at her coldly, and said, "Since it was broken at home, why are you panicking! Village chief, please follow along to have a look, lest this woman say that we have wronged her with a random piece of rags. "Don't tell me, this woman can definitely do it.
Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Wang, the second daughter-in-law of the village chief, took Aunt Wu's arm and pulled her towards them. Jiang shi said with a smile: "Since you have no ghosts in your heart, you are not afraid of being found out. Come on, let's see with us, which wicked thief stole things from Brother Zhang's house. I'm really greedy, 800 If you haven’t eaten meat in years, you can’t steal anything! Only those who are thieves for thousands of days, and there is no one who can prevent thieves for thousands of days, maybe one day they will steal from your family’s head. We must catch people out!”
When Aunt Wu was scolded by Jiang's scolding Sang Huai, she choked for a long time and couldn't recover. At this moment, she seemed to have fifteen fleas in her heart, jumping up and down, praying that the piece of cloth would never be found.
More and more people heard the movement and followed curiously. Seeing that Gu Ye came out for a long time and didn't go back, Gu Xiao's grandfather and grandson came out to greet her uneasy, saw a torch, thought something was wrong with her, and quickly joined the crowd.
A group of people soon came to Zhang Hu's house, and more people joined the search for cloth strips. Obviously, none of the Bodhisattvas heard Aunt Wu's prayer. After a while, Li Hao's excited voice came: "I found it, here it is!!"
The crowd followed the sound to find it. It turned out that the outside of Zhanghu's courtyard was full of neatly yarded firewood, and a persimmon tree was planted in the courtyard next to the top of the wall. It is not difficult to climb from the pyre to the top of the wall, and then down the persimmon tree, even a half-aged child can easily enter the Zhang's yard. And that piece of rag was found on the branches of the persimmon tree.
Li Hao handed the rags to his mother Jiang Shi. Jiang Shi took a comparison of the hem of Aunt Wu's skirt, whether it was the color, material or size, they all matched very well. Aunt Wu's face was pale, her mind was cloudy for a while, and she couldn't think of a reason to refute herself.
The village chief widened his eyes and asked angrily, "Danggui daughter-in-law, what else do you want to say? We Qingshan Village, we don't leave people with dirty hands and feet, give you a few days, you can leave with your man. !"
"No way, the village chief!" A squat woman squeezed into the crowd and shouted eagerly, "This mother-in-law still owes our family six hundred dollars! If you drive them out of the village, who will pay us back?"
"That's right, she still owes me a tael of silver. I saw her as pitiful at first, so I lent her it as soon as my heart softened. I only knew that she likes to take advantage of small things, but I never thought she would be able to steal other people's things. I knew this earlier, You shouldn't have borrowed their money and let the rich man's son capture them and send them to officials!" a villager shouted angrily!
"I was wrong! I did such a conscienceless thing because of the lard for a while. Uncle village chief, give me another chance? Now, and there is no money around them, if they are driven out of the village, the two of them will have to squeeze through the temple together with the beggars. Aunt Wu knew that she was afraid, so she cried with snot and tears, and the words of confession were very smooth.
There are also villagers who are worried: "Village Chief, when this woman goes to someone else's house, she either takes a needle or borrows a thread, and she never brings it back. It's because everyone is embarrassed to expose her for the sake of face, so she raised her heart. , Now I dare to start stealing things. If such people stay in our village, we will have a bad year. "
That's right, who doesn't stock up on some New Year's goods during the Chinese New Year, and there are meat hanging in the yard of every family. Who can't sleep and always guard against thieves
"No, no! I've learned my lesson, I don't dare to take other people's things anymore. If you catch me again, you can chop my hand off, won't you?" Aunt Wu begged.
The village chief tapped his tobacco pouch a few times, thought for a moment, and said, "It would be unfair to drive you out for the New Year's Eve. Well, write a letter of guarantee, and if you commit the crime of stealing again, you will be tied to the county office. In the spring of next year, if you have paid off your debts, you can leave. Our Qingshan Village is too small to hold your two Buddhas. Your man has the skills to see a doctor, and you will never starve to death.”
"Uncle Village Chief" Aunt Wu was still begging, but was stopped by the village chief waving her hand. The village chief asked Aunt Wu to be sent home, and he reprimanded Wu Angelica, who was lying on the kang, and the incident ended like this.
After the village chief and the villagers left, Aunt Wu glared at Gu Ye with wicked eyes and gritted her teeth: "Now, are you satisfied?"
"What am I satisfied with? It's not that I asked you to steal things from Uncle Zhang's house. You are calling yourself a sin!" Gu Ye couldn't be bothered with this woman, and she didn't bother to bother, she said to Wu Danggui, who deserved it, "There are some medicinal herbs. It's not something you can learn by looking at it. If you go to someone else's house to steal a teacher like you, no one will speak for you if you are beaten to death. In the future, let's have a snack!"
Hearing her sneering tone, Aunt Wu was so angry that she picked up the broom for sweeping the kang. Aunt Wu was stunned for a moment, then sat down on the ground, patted her legs, stretched her emphasis and cried, "I beat people! A family of young and old bullies me, a woman and a virtuous family, is there any reason for it?"
"Shut up! Just because you steal, believe it or not, I can throw you into a prison in Fucheng, and you won't be able to get out for the rest of your life?" Gu Xiao's eyes flashed coldly, and the aura emanating from his body made people tremble.
Aunt Wu was like a chicken pinched by her neck, her cries suddenly stuck in her throat. She widened her eyes, her nose dripping from her nostrils, and she didn't dare to wipe it. Until the three of Gu Xiao and grandson left, she got up from the ground with lingering fears.
Oh my god, this Gu Wu is too scary. For a moment, Aunt Wu felt that her life was about to be explained. This Gu Wu has killed people on the battlefield, so he can't be offended!
Aunt Wu just stood up when a broom head hit her on the head. She cried out, "Ouch", full of grievances: "Master, why are you hitting me?"
"What did you say you did? You've lost all my old face!! What are you doing wrong, but you steal other people's things! If you steal things, you will steal them, and someone will arrest them. You want to be mad at me!" Wu Danggui's face was flushed with anger, if he could stand up, he would definitely beat this woman up.
"Didn't I see that you were injured and wanted to get you something good to repair your body! If it wasn't for the dead girl named Gu, we would be able to eat fragrant pheasant soup at night."
Aunt Wu smacked her lips in a stubborn manner, and suddenly remembered something and said: "The dead girl went to Zhang Hu's house, and she didn't know what good things she gave, but it smelled delicious. To be rich, our village elder Gu The five families are the first one. You didn’t see that among the gifts that Yancheng sent yesterday, there are several sets of clothes for the dead girl alone. Each set is made of good materials. Where's the silver!"
"Don't hit her with her ideas. The fifth master Gu is so lavish, he is definitely not an ordinary soldier who retired. He didn't say that if you provoke girl Gu Ye again, he will let you sit in prison. What does this mean? There is someone from the government! We still have a lawsuit on our backs, you can't cause trouble for me anymore. Stay at home honestly, do you hear it?" Wu Danggui thought about it and figured out the reason. People don't fight with officials, not to mention that he committed something else elsewhere!
"Hey, there are still more than ten days until the Chinese New Year. Look at our family. The food is only enough for half a month. The only vegetables are the cabbage, radishes and potatoes in the cellar. It's a big New Year's day, so it shouldn't be a bit meaty, right?" Mrs. Wu sat down. Sighing at the bedside.
Wu Angelica asked Aunt Wu to bolt the door of the yard, and said in a low voice: "I also hid 10 taels of silver in the biggest radish in the cellar. Don't make a fuss. When the spring flowers bloom, I will save some more silver, let's Just get out of here and go south"
"Doesn't that mean that we don't need to pay back the dozens of taels of silver we borrowed?" Aunt Wu's eyes lit up, and all the valuables in the family were searched, and there was nothing to cherish here. She can collect medicine, and her man can cure people. No matter where she lives, it is better than staying in this poor valley.
As for the lawsuit they got involved in, so many years have passed, and the looks of their husband and wife have changed a little. No matter how long the man's hand was, he couldn't possibly reach the south. The idea of a man is good, why didn't you think of it before
Wu Danggui is scheming: "I have to pay back some. Only in this way can they relax their vigilance and we can leave smoothly. You are more honest recently, and don't make trouble everywhere! Otherwise, don't blame me for throwing you away!"
When Aunt Wu heard this, she nodded hastily and said, "Don't worry, I won't go anywhere recently, just serve you and me at home and I won't cause trouble in the future. Don't leave me alone."
Wu Danggui glanced at the snot on her face and the mucus in the corner of her eyes, and said with disgust: "Hurry up and wash your face. I will apologize to Zhang Hu tomorrow and ask him to forgive you." .