Chapter 39: Clues
Although I don't know what happened in Lu Dao, I can also feel that things are not simple from Wang Shushang's serious face. Looking in the direction of the village chief Lin Changqing's finger, he didn't see anything wrong at first, and he was very satisfied looking at the rice that had been put down. However, when I looked at it, I found a sense of disobedience, some of the fallen rice was a little scattered, and in some places the soil below was exposed. Even if Lin Zhu didn't understand farming, he could see that something was wrong, someone stole rice, and he also covered it up. Lin Zhu's face sank suddenly, he didn't expect that there were such people stealing chickens and dogs in this simple countryside.
"Uncle Lin, has this happened in the village before?" Lin Zhu first wanted to know if this kind of thing happened for the first time or if it had happened before, and it stands to reason that this kind of stealing of crops is a heinous crime for the farmer. Every family here is harvesting in autumn, and every family has land, and once someone finds out that someone is stealing, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the village. Looking at Lin Changqing's uncertain expression, he seemed to have something unspeakable. "Uncle Lin, do you see something?" "It's not good to say, it hasn't happened before." Lin Changqing knows some things, his cousin Lin Changsheng's family is the Wen Shan Niang who met in the market has always wanted Lin Zhu's two acres of land, his family has more than three acres of dry land and Lin Zhu's dry land is very close, when the forest steward is still there, Wen Shanniang had to let Lin Changsheng tell the forest steward that he wanted to exchange the more than three acres of dry land for these two acres of paddy fields, at that time, the forest steward didn't look at it, but his unconscious mother-in-law Wen Shanniang is a love to take advantage, this time he knows that the Lin steward is gone, only Lin Zhu is an orphan girl, It's a little unscrupulous, nine times out of ten it is a good thing she did, mostly to force Lin Zhu to exchange the land for her. But he can't say it now, after all, there is no evidence, just suspicion, and if it concerns his cousin, he has to save some face.
Lin Zhu felt that the village chief seemed to know something, but he didn't say it, and it was not easy to ask after him. "Uncle Lin, please help pay more attention to this matter, not only will I have a loss if this kind of thing happens, if it is spread out, the people in our Lin Family Village will not have to lose face." No matter what era it is, if there is a thief in a family, the family is looked down upon, and if there is a thief in a village, everyone in this village is looked down upon, of course, Lin Changqing, who is the head of a village here, is even more disgraced.
Although Lin Changqing felt that Lin Zhu had something to say, he couldn't explain too much at this time, and Lin Zhu had saved him a lot of face, so he could go to Lin Changsheng's house in private to inquire about it. Now is the time to be busy, and no matter how fast the village chief is, he has to wait until the evening. So the village chief went back to his field first. Lin Zhu and Wang Shudun are left, father and son.
When the village chief walked away, Lin Zhu said to Wang Shudun: "Uncle Wang, you should do it first, if the village chief comes forward, you should soon know what is going on in the road." "Little bamboo girl, don't be in a hurry, this kind of thing has never happened in the village, maybe someone from another village did it." Lin Zhu knew that the king of Dao wanted to relieve her heart, but her land was surrounded by the village chief's house and another family's land, even if someone from another village stole it, it would not be able to steal her, besides, looking at the village chief's face, there was a chance that the village people did it, and the village chief must have counted it in his heart. Lin Zhu was just waiting for the village chief to give her an explanation now.
At this time, Wang Lin walked over and handed his father something, "Dad, this is what I picked up from the stolen field just now." Wang Shudun took it and saw that it was an object worn by a woman, a silver hairpin. Wang Shudun was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and handed it to Lin Zhu who was standing beside him, Lin Zhu only took it and put it away, "Uncle Wang, don't tell me about this matter first, wait for the village chief to have the result." She looked at the silver hairpin with some familiarity, and for a while she couldn't remember where she had seen it, but this also made her sure that it was indeed done by someone from the village, but she was only walking around the village, and it was impossible to grudge with people, this matter was obviously aimed at her, and she had confidence when she had evidence in her hand. Uncle Wang, if someone in the village steals crops, what will the people in the village think? "How else can you look at it, spitting at him is cheap, and the whole village who wants to scold someone who picks up an egg knows that if you steal the crops, you won't have to make a fuss." Wang Lin quickly said what he had seen before. "We have this as evidence, and when we go to the village and ask, we will know who Lu Dao is. If the village chief doesn't find anyone, we'll trouble him too. Look at which one lacks virtue and does a good thing. As soon as he finished speaking, he was slapped on the back of the head by Wang Shudun, "Stinky boy, if you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute, stay well, don't make bad ideas." He turned back to Lin Zhu and said, "Miss Xiaozhu, don't listen to his nonsense, this kid just doesn't clean up." ”
"Uncle Wang, don't blame Second Brother Wang, it's up to the village chief to handle this matter, he will definitely handle it impartially." Lin Zhu knew that the father and son of the Wang family were all good for her, they only got along with her for one day, and they just treated them well in terms of food, but in exchange for them to think about her so much, Lin Zhu was very moved.
Lin Zhu took the back slip that Wang Shudun asked him to take home yesterday, and found that the bowls and jars inside had been cleaned, and when he left, he instructed the three of them, "Uncle Wang, if someone comes to ask, you should treat it as if you don't know, don't reveal anything, and ask the village chief why he came to see what you are doing here, and then tell me who has come." "Okay, don't worry, I know the seriousness of the matter, and I won't let these two stinky boys talk too much." Listening to Wang Shudun's words, Lin Zhu nodded with satisfaction, it seems that Wang Shudun is a very smart person, he can see his thoughts at a glance, and he also understands what he means, and he talks to him very easily.
After Lin Zhu left, Wang Lin expressed his doubts to Wang Shudun, "Dad, why don't you let me say it?" If the people in the village had known about it, they would have found him out quickly. "Second brother, can't you see this? The handle is in the hands of the little bamboo girl, that person will definitely jump out, and besides, there is still the village chief, and the village chief will also deal with this matter, if you don't believe it, you just wait, someone will definitely come to talk to us later. Wang Sen said with a determined face. Seeing that the second son still looked puzzled, Wang Shudun was a little angry in his heart, this second son is just a little tendony, his brain does not turn, he won't think about it when he encounters something, and now he looks at it, even an eight-year-old girl is not as good. "Miss Xiaozhu already knows in her heart, this person can't run, and it's not good to publicize this matter in the village, not only the village chief's face is gloomy, but even the people in this village have to lose face, even if Xiaozhu girl suffers a loss, the people in the village will have to hate her. Who doesn't have any relatives in other villages, and when they go out, they make people laugh, and it's strange if they don't complain when they come back. Let the village chief solve it privately, it is best to solve it, and if it can't be solved, there is a way to deal with that person. "Now not only Wang Lin understands, but even Wang Sen didn't think that Lin Zhu would think so far-reaching for such a small person." Dad, you said that Miss Xiaozhu also thought of this layer. "Nine times out of ten, you wouldn't have told us that." Wang Shudun observed very carefully, and could understand the meaning of Lin Zhu from a few words. If Lin Zhu heard Wang Shudun's words, he would definitely be shocked, his mind was seen through so quickly. It seems that where there are people, there are not only rivers and lakes, but also hidden smart people.