"Okay, Xiao Mu, let's go wash up, the meal should be ready. Zhang Laohan got up and said to Xiao Mu.

At the dinner table, Xiao Mu didn't speak, although he ate cornmeal, timid Mu still felt that it was very fragrant, he liked the aroma of cornmeal, which was a long-lost taste.

Just as Xiao Mu was eating with relish, the old man suddenly said, "Xiao Mu, don't bring others back casually if we are not at home in the future." ”

"Well, I know, not anymore. ”

At that time, people were very harmonious and smiling on the surface, but they were all smiling with knives hidden in their smiles. One set on the surface, one set behind the back, and it's not strange to steal.

Zhang Laohan, who has long been accustomed to all this, is not so sad after that, he can only accept all this, and figuring out who the murderer is may be the only hope!

And Xiao Mu didn't publicize it, maybe he was really sensible.

The next day, in order to get information about the wrongdoers from others, Zhang Laohan spread the news.

In fact, it doesn't matter if the news is said or not, it just needs evidence to confirm it.

A few days later, Zhang Laohan passed by the old street, and was very thirsty, so he went to the store to ask for saliva to drink, and the weather was hot, so he rested in the store for a while.

"Boss, there is no water, it's too hot, I'm here to ask for saliva to eat." Zhang Laohan said to the boss with a smile.

"Hey, Lao Zhang, where are you talking, isn't it just saliva, it's a lot, you wait, I'll call you." ”

The boss carried a full scoop of water and handed it to Zhang Laohan, "What are you doing on such a hot day?"

The weather is hot, a big scoop of cold water goes down, it is very comfortable, "I, I'll go and see the chestnuts, this is not about to ripen, let's see if there is anything to pick." ”

"Oh oh, I heard that there are quite a lot of chestnuts this year, I wonder if your family is rich enough?"

Zhang Laohan looked at the desolate streets, "Alas, it's about the same every year, it's normal to have more and less, not more, not less." ”

"Oh!"

The boss just replied lightly and didn't say much.

The two were silent for a long time, and Zhang Laohan asked, "Boss, shouldn't your business be very good here in the past few years?"

This can be asked about the boss's sore spots, only to see the boss shook his head, "Don't say it, in the past few years, you look at this street has also been cold, there is no original prosperity, I don't have a field like you, and no one looks at my small shop, and I am almost so depressed that I can't help with rice, oil and salt." ”

It's also quite miserable, there is no world, you can only live on retail small goods, but you have lost your popularity, but the reality is so cruel.

The more the two chatted, the more energetic they became, and while chatting, the boss asked Zhang Laohan: "Lao Zhang, I heard that your house was looted by thieves, is it true?"

"But isn't it, I don't have any rice to eat, don't you say it's unlucky?"

The reality is that no matter the wind and rain, you can't escape it.

"It's miserable, what exactly was stolen?"

"It's not much, mainly because the family is already poor, two bags of rice, half a jar of rice, and a few hundred yuan. ”

"Oh, that's a lot, at this juncture, there isn't much food for a year, it's miserable. ”

After speaking, the shopkeeper scratched his head, "Hey, when you say that, I seem to have some impressions, a few days ago, there were two young men who seemed to be carrying two bags of things, I don't know what they contained, they sold them on the street, and they ate a bowl of beef when they were sold out." ”

Zhang Laohan was already very sure of the two boys at this time, but he didn't say it.

Zhang Laohan continued to ask: "Oh! ”

The shopkeeper patted the table and said, "Yes, yes, yes, how do you know?"

"Hehe, I guessed, I didn't expect to guess it. ”

After speaking, Zhang Laohan was almost rested, so he planned to get up and go home.

"Boss, let's go, I've drunk the water, I'm resting, I'm almost time to go. ”

The shopkeeper was still very enthusiastic, "Don't you think about staying for lunch and then going back, it's a hot day, and you don't have time to eat." ”

"No, no, my wife is still waiting, so I won't stay and eat. Zhang Laohan politely refused.

After speaking, Zhang Laohan walked away.

Along the way, Zhang Laohan was very conflicted in his heart, and he imagined countless ideas to debunk, but he didn't feel very good.

What if the two boys are exposed, and they don't admit it? I don't have enough evidence, and the words of the shop owner alone can't prove anything!

If the two boys are exposed, what should I do if I bite myself back at that time, and then the relationship will be stiff.

If after exposing those two boys, they will also admit it and pay compensation, but there is still Xiao Mu at home, what should I do if I retaliate when the time comes?

If......

After a series of ideological struggles, Zhang Laohan still decided not to expose it, as if nothing had happened.

Unconsciously, I arrived at the door of the house, and after pushing the door open, I saw Xiao Mu at home, "Xiao Mu, where is your grandmother?"

Xiao Mu didn't even look at Zhang Laohan and responded, "Grandma went to the vegetable field to get vegetables, and I guess I'll be back soon." "Continued to play with his 5 dollar excavator.

It didn't take long for the old man to come back with a handful of vegetables, "Oh, what's the situation this year, the vegetables have been eaten by worms, and there are only some vegetable stalks left." ”

Before the old man finished speaking, Zhang Laohan hurriedly said: "Old man, don't ink first, come to the house, I'll tell you something." ”

Hearing that Zhang Laohan was going to say something, Xiao Mu immediately put away the toy and put it in the box.

"Grandpa, grandpa, whatever you have to say, I will also listen. He shouted and ran in.

The old man sat down on a shabby wooden stool, which was still missing legs and was easy to sit over.

"Tell me, what's the matter, I'm in such a hurry, I can't even wait for me to cook a meal. ”

"I said, old man, I'm sure it's those two boys who stole our things. ”

The old man didn't understand why Zhang Laohan would say this, "Why do you say that, don't wronged a good person!"

Zhang Laohan was obviously a little anxious, "No, you listen to me first, today I went to the street store to rest for a while, and the shop owner said that the street saw those two boys selling things on the street, and they were also two bags, don't you think it's very suspicious?

Speaking of this, Xiao Mu interjected, "That's right." When we were herding cattle that day, we passed by the street, and the fat brother said how nice it would be to be able to eat a bowl of rotten stew."

Zhang Laohan clapped his hands and said: "That's right, that day, those two boys and Xiao Mu herded cattle together, and then went home to eat at noon, did Xiao Mu take the key and was seen by them? But I am sure that I have visited our house and gone up to the second floor. ”

Hearing Zhang Laohan say this, Xiao Mu remembered that when he asked the two brothers to come out to get food, he felt that they were a little nervous.

Zhang Laohan continued: "After eating, those two boys took Xiao Mu away, left our house on the pretext of going home, and then turned to our house to steal things after Xiao Mu went away, so it was reasonable. ”

With such a reasoning, the truth is revealed, the thieves are those two boys, and no one else.

The old man raised his head, thought for a long time, and seemed to have figured it out, "Then what should we do, do we say it or not?"

"Let's not talk about this for now, I don't think it's necessarily a good thing. ”

Although Zhang Laohan has been entangled on the road for a long time, but now that he is asked by the old man, the result he thinks about is not so firm, and he is a little shaken.