Chapter 76: Someone Comes in the Middle of the Night
The officials came to Hujia Village twice because of the so-called thieves, and they also notified the villages along the way, so that everyone could strengthen their guards. The people of Hujia Village and Weijia Village once made a fuss because of this incident, and discussions were all over the sky, and thieves once became a topic of conversation after dinner.
Now everyone no longer has the heart to take this as a joke, and everyone is worried.
In the afternoon, many people found the village chief Tang Daming, especially the family only had old people and no young strong men.
Tang Daming could only smile slightly, comforting everyone: "Don't worry, the people from the Yamen will come soon, if the people from the Yamen can't come up with the charter, let's discuss with Weijia Village and organize people to patrol the night." The thief only came to commit the crime during the day, and it alarmed the people of a village, so there is no need to worry too much tonight, just lock the door of the house. ”
Although Tang Daming is not the oldest in Hujia Village, he naturally has some prestige when he becomes the village head, and everyone is relieved when they hear it, of course, there are some doubts.
"What if the thief is so bold that he comes back in the night? And if the yamen ignores us, how can we deal with those thieves on our own? ”
Tang Daming also thought so in his heart, but he couldn't admit it so directly on his face.
"That thief knew that he had alarmed the whole village, and he was being arrested everywhere, how could he risk this stall. Besides, the yamen will not ignore us. "Tang Daming's righteous words are very certain, and no one can doubt them.
Fox Dayou told Tang Daming's words to Wei Sanniang and others as they were.
Wei Sanniang sighed: "In the past, it was okay to stay at home day and night, but now thieves dare to steal things during the day." The Celestial Empire is a grand event, and these people are becoming more and more unkingly. ”
Fox Fence breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as the thief escapes inside, I have to go to the school tomorrow, if I can't even sleep well at night, I will be punished by Mr. for dozing off in class tomorrow." ”
"Not necessarily." Fox Xiaomei said leisurely: "No one saw the thief go to the Xiaojia River with their own eyes." ”
The fox fence looked at her with her mouth open in a daze, and said half-loudly: "Second sister, are you bluffing me?" The village chief said it was fine. Then I thought that in the afternoon, Fox Xiaomei said that the thief was hiding in someone's house, but the figure was not seen, and the heart of mentioning it was suddenly put down again, and pouted: "Second sister, although your brain is better than before recently." But can you be better than Daddy? Dad said it was okay. You're guessing. ”
This is calling her stupid in disguise!
Hu Xiaomei turned her head expressionlessly and said coldly: "You mean to say that I used to be stupid?" ”
The fox fence flickered and retracted his gaze, looking away, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly. Some of them are smiling. whispered, "You said it yourself." ”
Fox Xiaomei was close to him. Naturally, when he heard it, his eyebrows bent, and a smile appeared on his delicate face. Word by word: "No matter how stupid I am, I am better than you pig." ”
"What did you say?" The fox fence jumped up, raised his thick eyebrows, glared angrily, pointed at the fox Xiaomei and pointed at his own nose, looked at the fox Dayou and Wei Sanniang sitting next to him, and said in disbelief: "Dad and mother are still here, you dare to scold me for being a pig?" ”
"Mingren doesn't do dark things, it's because my father and mother are here that I teach you a lesson, and I don't bother to pay attention to you when my father and mother are not there. The eldest sister is like a mother, and my mother and eldest sister don't have time to take care of you, so I will share their worries. ”
The fox fence's face was flushed, and his eyes were about to pop out, and he actually used the words "eldest sister is like a mother" to discipline him?
Hu Xiaomei didn't give him a chance to speak, and continued: "Tell me yourself, are you the latest one in our family?" When you don't go to the school, you don't get up until three poles a day, and when you go to the school, you also come out after three urgings and four invitations, and the pig in the pigsty is more diligent than you! ”
"I only hear you say that you read at home all day long, but why do I never see a 'A' in your schoolwork? Not even a 'B'. ”
The outstanding teachers of the students' coursework are judged by "A, B, C, D".
The fox fence blushed for a while, and his thick eyebrows were about to stand up, but he couldn't refute Hu Xiaomei, and as soon as he heard about him in the school, Wei Sanniang's cold gaze swept over, and his hairs stood up.
The bitterness in the fox fence's heart, he has never won against the fox Xiaomei in his lip service, damn it, why does he want to provoke this second sister!
Woo woo... Also, how did the second sister know that his schoolwork was poor!
There was no need for Fox Xiaomei to speak again, and the fox fence automatically shrank her head and took the book back to the house.
Fox Xiaomei is in a good mood and smiling, this younger brother still has a faster mouth than his head!
When the fox Xiaomei was proud, she heard the fox fence Xiang ask her: "Second child, why don't I know when you will be literate?" ”
Fox Xiaomei secretly said badly, pulled out a smile and looked at Fox Lixiang, pretending to be proud: "Eldest sister, who told you not to listen to Xiaosan's reading, this is an unexpected gain." Well, besides, eldest sister, your ambition is not here, I'm afraid I won't be able to learn it after watching it. ”
Regardless of whether she will make Fox Fence Xiang angry now, cut off her thoughts first, otherwise, if Fox Fence Xiang really runs to listen to Fox Fence Reading one day, it won't be a leak. No matter how talented a person is, he will not be able to read just by listening to others!
The three sisters and brothers laughed and quarreled, blowing away the dull atmosphere just now.
After talking about catching thieves for a while, the topic turned to the matter of fox fence jade getting married, speaking of fox fence jade, fox Dayou and Wei Sanniang naturally thought of fox fence incense and fox Xiaomei.
Later, in the kitchen, Fox Otomo found that the noodles had been reconciled, and asked in surprise: "What is this for?" Still having dinner? ”
When people in this era get married, they usually eat after the noon pick-up person leaves, and those who eat late will not eat until mid-afternoon, and they generally do not eat dinner again at this hour. But Hu Xiaomei is not used to this, she will wake up hungry in the middle of the night if she doesn't eat dinner, how can she stand it!
The family hastily fried the cakes again, and after dinner, everyone went to bed to rest.
I don't know if I ate too much for dinner, I slept until midnight, the fox Xiaomei's stomach gurgled, she couldn't sleep over and over, she endured it for a long time, the bloating was still uncomfortable, she had to lift the quilt, sit up, find the coat and put it on, and woke up the fox fence incense.
"What is the second child doing?"
"I have an upset stomach and want to go to the toilet. I don't know what went bad. Fox Xiaomei quickly sat up and put on her coat, only took off her shoes, and slowly walked to the cabinet in the dark room, fumbling to turn on the lamp.
Fox Fence Xiang had already sat up, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and muttered, "What did you eat?" Didn't we eat the same thing, how could I be fine? As he spoke, he touched his stomach: "Hearing you say that, I don't want to go to the toilet anymore." ”
Over there, Fox Xiaomei had already turned on the lamp, she hurriedly walked out with the lamp, and Fox Fence had to lie down again.
Fox Xiaomei is not used to putting a bucket in the house, and she always feels that it stinks, so she goes to the toilet when she gets up at night.
The latrine at home was in the corner behind the house, and she put the lamp on the floor. I don't know if she really ate something bad, or if she was on fire, or if she still felt sick to her stomach when she was done, she blew out the light again, and waited for a while, as if she was okay again, and then she got up slowly.
Because she was used to the night, she could see things without lighting at this time, but the moonlight was hazy, and the latrine was dark, but she could see clearly in the yard.
It was a winter night, there were no insects or birds, and the night was eerily quiet, and the clatter of broken branches was clearly audible.
Fox Xiaomei frowned, held her breath, pricked up her ears and listened carefully to the movement outside, the sound just now seemed to be an illusion, and the sound of fox fence incense faintly came from the house. She breathed a sigh of relief, and walked slowly out in the darkness with the lamp, when suddenly there was another sound of sting, and then she heard someone gasp.
This time she could hear it clearly, it was indeed someone, still by the courtyard wall. She looked solemn, immediately blew out the lamp she had just lit, moved a few steps out slightly, picked a spot where she could see the courtyard, and stood in the dark.
Next door to Hu Xiaomei's house is the father and son of the Yang family, the two went out a few years ago and have not come back, and the house has been empty.
So, if a thief comes to steal something, it must be to come to their house.
Sure enough, Hu Xiaomei carefully stretched her neck to look out, and just saw a tall figure jumping down from the wall and landing in the yard.
Could it be that this thief is still a kung fu person?
But a thief who knows kung fu would come to the farmhouse yard to steal chickens and dogs? It's a little different from what happens in the novel.
Fox Xiaomei cautiously retracted her head, shielded herself in the dark with something, and watched the scene in the yard from the gap.
The figure jumped into the courtyard and only glanced at the room, then withdrew its gaze.
Fox Xiaomei secretly said Fortunately, fortunately, when she came out, she gently covered the door of the hall, if this person found out that someone came out, I don't know what would happen.
The man stood two steps in the yard, and then went to the chicken shed, where several chickens were sleeping with their heads down, and he opened the door of the chicken shed, and half of his body leaned in.
Fox Xiaomei's heart was pounding, her mind was thinking quickly about whether to run back to the house at this time, Fox Fence Xiang just said that she wanted to go to the toilet, but she was afraid that the fox fence would suddenly get up, and when she thought about it, she saw that the person had withdrawn, holding three chickens with crooked heads in his hands.
Fox Xiaomei was surprised in her heart, and she didn't know how the man made the chickens in the chicken shed not make a sound at all.
She withdrew the half foot that had been stretched out, and stared at the people in the yard without blinking.
The man shook the chicken in his hand, and seemed not very satisfied, his eyes looked around the yard, and the fox Xiaomei quickly shrank himself completely in the corner, perhaps knowing that there was really nothing else to take, he turned around and walked towards the courtyard gate with the chicken.
As long as this person is gone, it doesn't endanger the lives of his family, and dropping one or two chickens is nothing, besides, Hu Xiaomei made up her mind to wait for him to shout loudly as soon as he came out of the yard.
At this moment, the sound of fox fence incense came from the house, and this time the fox Xiaomei could hear it clearly, calling her.
Fox Xiaomei secretly said bad in her heart. (To be continued......)