Yao Qimei had lunch at Lao Pan's house, and in the afternoon, Yao Baozhong and his family came to sit for a while, Han Naiyun made a pair of tiger shoes for each of the two big fat boys, and packed up the small clothes and pants that her grandson wore when he was born into a cloth pocket and brought them over, and said to Zhang Xuelan, "These are all worn by my grandson last year, and they are used to change these two boys." ”

Zhang Xuelan hurriedly took it over, and said with joy, "This is good, Pan Ying's clothes when she was a child didn't know where to throw them away." ”

Saying that, Zhang Xuelan glanced at the west, and saw that Wang Jiamei was talking to Xiuying and Yao Qimei, and didn't pay attention to them, so she lowered her voice and said, "Pan Yan still has the little clothes when she was born, even if people don't mention it for Xiuying, it's not good for me to open my mouth to mention it."

Regarding the matter of the second daughter-in-law of the old Pan family, Han Naiyun has heard Zhang Xuelan muttering behind her back, and now Zhang Xuelan just said a few words, Han Naiyun also understood, gave Zhang Xuelan a look, and then smiled, "It's still good to use old clothes, new clothes, wait for the two boys to wear them when they are older." ”

Almost all experienced old women in the countryside know that no matter how good or bad the conditions at home are, newborn children will not give them new clothes, especially underwear, most of which are used by their sisters or brothers, such as pullovers, small underwear and diapers, the more torn the better.

Why? This era is not more rough than a few decades later, the fabric is more rough, the skin of the newborn doll is tender, wearing new underwear will grind the skin, the worn is different, the fabric will be much softer after wearing, and the little doll is comfortable to wear, especially diapers, even if the family has not used it before, it will tear the existing torn sheets at home into pieces and use them as diapers.

Therefore, if a child comes to the countryside, and someone else sends some torn clothes and diapers, the host will be grateful, no worse than sending new clothes. At present, there are two boys in Lao Pan's family, and they lack small underwear and tattered diapers, Han Naiyun sent these over, but Zhang Xuelan couldn't ask for them.

Yao Baozhong's family of three stayed until almost evening, before leaving, Pan Yang wanted to keep them for dinner, Yao Baozhong hurriedly excused himself, "We have a relationship, what do we have to do so politely, while it is not dark, we hurry home, the house is still a mess waiting to be busy." ”

Hearing Yao Baozhong say this, Pan Yang no longer forced him to stay, and sent away Yao Baozhong's family of three, Pan Yang looked at the big grandfather clock at home, it was almost five o'clock, and it was time to make dinner, so he said to Zhang Xuelan, "In the evening, the leftover vegetables at noon are hot, and you can eat two bites casually." ”

Zhang Xuelan opened the vegetable cabinet and looked at it, there were still a lot of leftovers at noon, she just brought the leftovers to the table of the eight immortals, Wang Jiamei took two plates and walked to the kitchen, saying as she walked, "I'll help my mother burn the hearth." ”

Helping to burn the hearth, that means staying for the meal again.

Zhang Xuelan rolled her eyes at Wang Jiamei and muttered, "This is not over yet." ”

Pan Yang heard Zhang Xuelan's muttering, sighed, patted Zhang Xuelan's shoulder and said, "That's it, who let you have such a son and marry such a daughter-in-law!" ”

In Zhang Xuelan's concept, since you have split up, then don't come over sticky and come over today to rub a meal tomorrow, although Xiuying and Wang Jiamei are both daughters-in-law, but Xiuying was unwilling to split up at the beginning, you Wang Jiamei was clamoring to split up, you want to live your clean little life, now that you have a clean little life, you are too bitter and unwilling to live, just ask how there is such a good thing in the world, what do you want?

Zhang Xuelan, who is in an extremely unhappy mood, has an elongated face all night, Wang Jiamei is not blind, can she still see Zhang Xuelan's dissatisfaction? It's just that in the face of greed, Zhang Xuelan's anger is nothing, as long as she doesn't fight with her Wang Jiamei, she can turn a blind eye, eat her when she should eat her, and drink her when she should drink her.

What Wang Jiamei thought in her heart was that she was also a daughter-in-law, Xiuying ate and drank well all day long, why couldn't she get some light?

After eating and drinking, Wang Jiamei didn't care whether the pots and pans were washed or not, she wiped her mouth directly, and went back to her own small home with the child in her arms, leaving Zhang Xuelan so angry that she scolded her mother, and had to clean up the dishes and chopsticks to brush the pots and wash the dishes.

After finishing these chores, Pan Yang sat at the hearth to boil hot water and wash his face, and Zhang Xuelan routinely carried out her daily 'inspection' to see if there was any shortage of money in the places where she hid money.

The money in the noodle jar is still there, there is also the rice jar, there is a lot of money in the cellar, and the bricks in the vegetable garden have been found, Zhang Xuelan seems to can't believe his eyes, afraid of remembering wrong, Zhang Xuelan picked up the row of bricks one by one and looked at it, and none of the bricks pressed down for twenty yuan.

Zhang Xuelan immediately shouted, "Pan Zhaoke, come out quickly." ”

Hearing Zhang Xuelan shouting like this, Pan Yang thought something was wrong, so he hurriedly threw the tongs and went to the yard, and saw Zhang Xuelan pinching her waist with both hands, staring at the vegetable garden angrily, eager to poke a hole in the vegetable garden.

Pan Yang hurriedly said, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhang Xuelan said hatefully, "Pan Zhaoke, the twenty yuan I pressed under the bricks is gone!" ”

Zhang Xuelan's voice shocked everyone in the family, except for Xiuying, Pan Shiyao's brothers and sisters all came out to see what was going on.

Pan Yang glanced at everyone in the family, frowned and asked Zhang Xuelan, "Was this money there yesterday?" ”

Other Pan Yang didn't dare to say it, just a few people in the family, Pan Yang dared to guarantee that there was absolutely no one in her old Pan family who would steal money. Cheap things, you know, the old Pan family's change box is placed on the wardrobe in the east room, although the change is not much, but it is also common for there to be ten yuan and eight yuan in the box, not to mention that Pan Shiyao's sisters and brothers will not worry about it, even Pan Shijiao and Pan Ying's two radish heads, none of them have taken a look, the family has never been less than a penny, and now it is cold and there is a lack of twenty yuan, Pan Yang will only think about this to outsiders.

After all, Lao Pan's family lives at the mouth of the alley, and there are many people who usually come to visit the door.

But then again, how would outsiders know that Zhang Xuelan stuffed money under an inconspicuous brick in the vegetable garden?

Zhang Xuelan pointed to one of the inconspicuous bricks, and said angrily, "Yesterday before going to bed, I also deliberately read it again, and the twenty yuan was pressed here, just now, I will be gone if I look at it again!" ”

Pan Yang spread his hands and said, "Needless to say, it must be which one was taken today, you think about it, who came to the house today." ”

Zhang Xuelan clapped her hands, almost determined, "Little sister, otherwise it's Yao Baozhong." ”

As soon as Zhang Xuelan's voice fell, Pan Shisong took over and said, "It can't be them, how many years have they been with our family, who are they, if others don't say it, can Ada?" If this is that kind of person, the kiln factory has so much money in and out of the account every day, can there be no loopholes? In the past two years, how can you think Ada's accounts will go wrong?! ”

The reason why Pan Shisong was so excited was also because he didn't want Zhang Xuelan to think about Yao Qimei so much, subconsciously, Pan Shisong didn't believe how Yao Qimei could do such a shameful thing for these twenty yuan!

Zhang Xuelan is also anxious, now that she hears Pan Shisong say this, she herself looks back on it, and she also thinks that this is the reason, but the old Pan family has come today except for Yao Baozhong's family of three, and no other outsiders have come in

Because of this, Zhang Xuelan couldn't sleep when she was lying on the bed at night, she couldn't sleep, and Pan Yang, who was tossing, couldn't sleep.

After Zhang Xuelan sighed again, Pan Yang closed his eyes and said leisurely, "I think you can forget it, there is no proof of this kind of thing, you just want to break your head and have no answer, if you want to talk about me, we should take a bad loss and buy a lesson, take back all your private money, don't leave it outside, just hide it in a corner of our house."

Speaking of this, even Pan Yang couldn't help but sigh and said, "If someone else wants to steal your money, someone will steal it wherever you go."

It's not that Zhang Xuelan cares more about the twenty yuan, but since this kind of thing has happened, Zhang Xuelan's temperament can't let it just turn the page, no matter what, she has to think of a few suspicious characters and find out people one by one.

Just when Pan Yang was about to fall asleep, Zhang Xuelan sat up from the bed suddenly, slapped Pan Yang twice, and said repeatedly, "Pan Zhaoke, you get up quickly, I think of which one, I guess Jiamei took the twenty yuan!" ”

The more Zhang Xuelan thought about it, the more she felt that it was very likely, after all, today she asked Wang Jiamei to go to the vegetable garden to pull green onions, except for Wang Jiamei who had approached the vegetable garden, other people, Zhang Xuelan really couldn't think of anyone else.

Pan Yang was completely drowsy by Zhang Xuelan, so he had to sit up and said, "You can eat indiscriminately, you can't talk nonsense, you just talk about it in front of me, you didn't see it with your own eyes, it was Wang Jiamei, this is your daughter-in-law, not your daughter-in-law, Wang Jiamei knows that she is going to fight with you." ”

Pan Yang said this, not to defend Wang Jiamei, on the contrary, it is precisely because Wang Jiamei is not her own person in Pan Yang's eyes, so she will remind Zhang Xuelan not to talk nonsense, if this is true, if it is framed, no one will want this basin to be buckled on their heads, and it will be strange if Wang Jiamei does not fight with Zhang Xuelan at that time.

Although Pan Yang gave Zhang Xuelan a preventive injection in advance, but Zhang Xuelan, she has a fire in her heart, which is absolutely impossible to hide, the next day when Wang Jiamei came to bring the child to Lao Pan's house, Zhang Xuelan almost didn't stare out of her eyes, endured and endured, but didn't hold back, and said to Wang Jiamei in a hard voice, "Jiamei, I pressed twenty yuan under the bricks in the vegetable garden, have you seen it?" ”

Hearing this, Wang Jiamei's face stiffened, and in order to hide her weakness, she quickly stretched her face and asked, "Mother, what do you mean, how can I know which brick you pressed under twenty yuan?" ”

Zhang Xuelan was on fire, holding back her anger and said, "Except for you yesterday, no one went to the vegetable garden again." ”

Wang Jiamei was immediately reluctant, and raised her voice and said, "Am I the only one who came yesterday?" Why don't you say that the Yao family took it? Mother, I'm your daughter-in-law, you lost your money, you don't suspect outsiders, but you come to doubt me? ”

Wang Jiamei is so righteous, but Zhang Xuelan hesitated, could it be true that Wang Jiamei didn't take it? Did she misunderstand?

Originally, Zhang Xuelan's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking, and Pan Yang was not ready to interject, but if Zhang Xuelan was allowed to say, she would have been eaten to death by Wang Jiamei, and as soon as Wang Jiamei's voice fell, Pan Yang took over the conversation and said, "It's because you are not an outsider, so I asked you directly, since you didn't take the twenty yuan, you didn't take it, do you need to react so much." ”

Pan Yang's words were lukewarm, and there was a hint of ridicule, and Wang Jiamei was suddenly choked speechless, and it took a long time before she said stupidly, "Aren't I afraid that my mother will misunderstand me, don't think about buttoning this basin on my head." ”

Seeing that Zhang Xuelan still wanted to say more, Pan Yang gave Zhang Xuelan a look and shouted to Zhang Xuelan, "It's noon, don't talk about these things, let's cook." ”

In the kitchen, Zhang Xuelan was stir-frying on the stove angrily, and Pan Yang sat at the mouth of the hearth to burn firewood for her, which made her unhappy in Zhang Xuelan's heart, and even blamed Pan Yang, and said angrily, "Pan Zhaoke, why are you going against me, who else can you take the money except Jiamei!?" ”

Pan Yang didn't raise his head and said, "You also said that it is possible, then it is not 100% certain, besides, did you catch her with your own eyes?" Such a bite is sure to be her? ”

Zhang Xuelan snorted and stopped squeaking.

Pan Yang sighed and said, "Listen to me, this matter is like this, you should be considered to have suffered a loss, you put another fifty yuan under the bricks in the vegetable garden, don't put it anywhere else, just put it under the brick that you originally pressed twenty yuan." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xuelan couldn't help but stare and said, "Your brain is broken, the twenty yuan has already been stolen, and now there are fifty yuan, do you still let people go away if you don't know it?!" ”

Pan Yang smiled and said, "This time you listen to me, if you want to know who it is, then put another fifty yuan there, and don't mention Jiamei's matter, just act as if nothing happened, what should we do." ”

It was easy for Pan Yang to persuade Zhang Xuelan to press another fifty yuan under the bricks of the vegetable garden, if this person is insatiable, there will definitely be a second time, Pan Yang is just repeating the old trick, waiting for him to take the bait.

At this point, the matter of losing twenty yuan is not over, and no one has mentioned it again, how should the family live. During the Dragon Boat Festival, Pan Shixun came back from vacation for the holiday, and the two brothers Pan Shiyao and Pan Shisong just came back from a long distance to catch up with the festival.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Pan Yang called Pan Shixun's three people over, and at noon, the old Pan family had a meal together.

Early in the morning, Zhang Xuelan went to the township to catch the market, Pan Shiyao brothers took the children out for a walk, Xiuying and Wang Jiamei, one sat in the yard to pick vegetables, and the other boiled water in the kitchen to kill chickens.

Xiuying called Wang Jiamei and asked her to pluck a few green onions from the vegetable garden and give it to her.

Wang Jiamei answered in her mouth, and immediately went to the small vegetable garden against the south wall to pull a few green onions, and when she came out of the vegetable garden, Wang Jiamei stopped, her eyes couldn't stop looking at one of the bricks, and after staring at it for a long time, Wang Jiamei still couldn't hold back and picked up the brick.

Obediently, this time the bricks are not twenty, but fifty!

Wang Jiamei almost didn't think about it, and quickly reached out and put fifty yuan into her trouser pocket, really as Pan Yang said, there is a first time and a second time for this kind of thing, and Wang Jiamei can't resist the temptation for twenty yuan, let alone fifty yuan!

Just when Wang Jiamei's heart was beating like thunder but her heart was ecstatic, Pan Yang came out of Pan Shisong's house, shouted Wang Jiamei, and said, "Jiamei, what are you putting in your trouser pocket." ”