Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Chicken Thief
A day passed in a blink of an eye, Li Chen was having lunch, and Aunt Sun's loud voice sounded outside the courtyard: "Xiao Chen, something is wrong, come out quickly." ”
Li Chen has to admire the aunts in this village, that voice, if you go to sing, how can there be anything like Dai Yuqiang, Phoenix Legend and so on, it's just a second kill!
Li Chen had no choice but to put down the chopsticks in his hand and walk outside quickly, after all, something big happened, so it couldn't be delayed.
"Aunt Sun," Li Chen asked a little seriously and anxiously, "What's wrong?" We talk as we go. ”
"Okay," Aunt Sun also looked anxious, and said quickly as she walked: "That's the case, my chickens have been missing inexplicably in the past two days, there must be chicken thieves!" ”
Li Chen's footsteps stopped, and he asked in a daze, "You ran over in a hurry and shouted something big, is this the thing?" ”
"Oh, I can't tell, it's just me, many people in the village have stolen their chickens and ducks." Aunt Sun said anxiously.
Li Chen took it seriously, after all, this was not a trivial matter of stealing one or two people.
When I came to Aunt Sun's house, I found that there were more than a dozen uncles and aunts in the village chatting in the yard, including Aunt Lin and his wife.
After seeing Li Chen coming, they all stood up one after another, Xiao Chen shouted for a long time, and then they came to the things one by one, and after sorting them out, it was a few simple words:
Their chickens and ducks were all lost in the past two nights, and they didn't notice it at all, and they lost two or three chickens and ducks in two days for no reason.
After Li Chen listened, it was almost half an hour later, no way, the people in the village just like to nag so much, and what can be said in a simple sentence can be divided into dozens of paragraphs for you, and then slowly narrated for you.
"Ahem" Li Chen coughed twice, and after attracting their eyes, he said:
"From your description, we can make some assumptions first, and then use those assumptions to find clues......"
"Oh, Xiao Chen, you just say how to do it, let's just do it." The sixth aunt at the head of the village said impatiently, what Li Chen said was hypothetical, she was a little confused.
When the sixth uncle next to him heard it, he scolded: "You are a woman, don't intervene, let Xiao Chen continue, what do you know." ”
"I don't understand it, so it's better to arrange it directly." The sixth aunt muttered in a low voice.
"You ......"
The sixth aunt was stunned by her husband and stopped talking, and most of the people in the village were still in the male position.
After watching his mother-in-law quiet, he turned his head to Li Chen and said, "Xiao Chen, you continue." "And with a smile on his face.
Looking at this scene, Li Chen was also tired, but he still explained: "Uncle, aunt, we have to sort this matter out slowly before we can arrange how to do it, right?" ”
"That's right, it makes sense."
"Yes, yes."
"Well, you go on."
“……”
Looking at these uncles and aunts who didn't know how to pretend to understand, Li Chen simply didn't say anything big, and said directly:
"I don't think it's man-made, it's that something wild has come down from the mountains, and it's probably something like a wild cat!"
After hearing Li Chen's words, a group of people quarreled-
"Ahh What to do, it's hard to catch. ”
"Wildcat...... I haven't seen it in a long time. ”
"Thirteen, didn't your female cat disappear the year before last? It should have run to the mountains and become a wild cat. ”
"Fart, I'm a small cat, how can I take away such a big chicken and duck."
“……”
"Can you be quiet and listen to me?" Li Chen had to raise his voice and said helplessly.
After hearing Li Chen's words, they gradually calmed down.
"Just a few of your houses were stolen in our village, it should be because it is too close to the edge of the forest, I think the thief will come over tonight." Li Chen paused, and then said:
"My plan is to install one of my monitors in your house, and when I know what this thief is, I can find a way to find out what it is, right?" This is to ask Aunt Sun for them, after all, without their consent, the installation of the monitor cannot be forced.
"No problem, as long as you can catch this thief, you can do anything."
"This method is good, you can pretend, one can't do it, pretend to be ten or eight."
“……”
Li Chen was speechless, there were still ten or eight, what do you think this is!
"Okay, that's it, I'll go back and bring the monitor."
These monitoring equipment were all installed by Li Chen by the fish pond, there is no way, the greed of human beings is really crazy.
If you want to dismantle more than half of the monitors, it should be fine for one night, not to mention that there are Huayi and they are shocking!
When I got home, with the help of Ye Jingting, I finally disassembled the six monitors, thinking that I would install them tomorrow, and I suddenly wanted to cry without tears.
When I came to Aunt Sun's house, after installing them one by one, it was already past five o'clock, and I was dragged to have dinner together, but Li Chen refused because he had something at home.
On the way back, every household began to cook, the fragrance of all kinds of rice wafted out, and Li Chen's stomach had already begun to drum in protest.
As soon as I arrived at the gate of the hospital, I heard my mother's voice, and I thought that I was here to help cook! Now in the family, Li Chen's status is the lowest, and his wife's status has jumped to the first place.
When I entered the yard, I heard the sound of "chirping, chirping......" from the kitchen, and it was obvious that there would be no one in it except my father.
Li Chen came directly to the kitchen and wanted to help, but obviously he came back late, except for the frying, everything else had been cooked.
"Coming back? Tired or not? ”
My father's words came to my ears.
"I'm not tired, but I'm going to dismantle and install it back tomorrow, and I'm tired." Li Chen said with a sad face.
"You kid, if you want me to help, just say it, talk to your dad and I still beat around the bush." Father Li said angrily.
"Haha, dad is wise."
Father Li waved his hand while stir-frying the vegetables: "Come on, you still bring the dishes over and eat." ”
When Father Li brought the last dish, all of them were already seated, leaving the main seat for Dad.
The main seat, where the head of the family sits, is the default tradition in the village. The general main seat is the position facing the door, which has the meaning of sitting and watching the overall situation.
Generally speaking, even if a person with a high status comes to visit, he cannot sit in the main seat, and must be seated by the host's house.
And to eat, you have to wait for the elders to hold the first chopsticks before you can start eating. But now the children are getting more and more precious, and the first ones to eat on the table are probably children.
In Li Chen's village, there may not be so many rules for his family to eat, and he is free to respect or not. However, if you have guests or a major holiday, you must strictly follow these rules!
This means respecting the guests and showing a good family style.