In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Ran had just gotten up and finished washing, when he was rushed by Sankui, who rushed to the river, and rushed to the section of the river where the fish cages were put on the small river.

Because his mother suddenly came to question last night, Zhang Ran was tired of coping, and then he thought about it for most of the night and slept too late. I got up early in the morning, so along the way, Zhang Ran couldn't get up, his face was sleepy, and he was confused, until he came to the river, he still didn't wake up completely.

"Brother Ran, Brother Ran! Look! Our fish cages... Fish cage..."

"Fish... Cage? What kind of fish cage? Aren't the fish cages still in the river? ”

Zhang Ran replied in a daze, and looked in the direction that Sankui was pointing. Under this look, Zhang Ran couldn't help but be surprised!

It turned out that the fish cage that should have been sunk in the river water at this moment had already been thrown on the shore, and as far as the eye could see, there were many fish cages on the river bank, and no less than a dozen fish cages were still on the shore, and the fish cages were all empty, and the fish had long since disappeared!

"This TM is being turned against the wild!"

Seeing this scene, Zhang Ran instantly sobered up. The fish cage that was supposed to sink in the river was suddenly thrown ashore, and all the fish inside were taken away! It's obvious that someone has rushed ahead of them and stole their prey!

At the same time, seeing the messy scene by the river, Sankui, who reacted, couldn't help but scold: "Which shaft did this good thing?" Don't let Naigong get caught, or you'll have to smash his dog's head! ”

Listening to Sankui's chattering and swearing, Zhang Ran couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart. Thinking of his hard work in the mountains to cut bamboo, weave fish cages, get up early and keep running around the river in the dark, and be busy, but in the end others robbed him of the fruits of his labor, Zhang Ran couldn't help but want to scold.

But despite the anger in his heart, Zhang Ran also knew that this kind of thing was almost avoided. After all, Zhang Li is so small that he can't hide the eyes of people with ulterior motives at the slightest disturbance.

However, thinking about it, there are dozens of families in Zhangli, his own family and Sankui's family have meat to eat every day, big fish and meat, and other people's families are still eating corn rice or bean soup every day, this difference is simply outstanding, and it is difficult for others not to pay attention!

It's just that Zhang Ran didn't expect things to come so suddenly, and before he was ready, the secret had already been discovered.

Once the matter is leaked, it is basically impossible to maintain the status quo ante. Therefore, it is imperative that you must find a way to stop the loss, and it is best to find the murderer, only in this way can you avoid more losses.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ran stretched out his hand to stop Sankui's cursing, groaned slightly, pointed to the fish cage not far away and said, "Okay, stop scolding!" You can see that the top of this fish cage has dried thoroughly, and it can be seen that the fish thief has been gone for a long time, and eighty percent ran away last night. Where to find the murderer at this time? ”

"Huh? Ran away a long time ago? Sankui scratched his head, looked at the fish cage in front of him again, and his face suddenly became bitter, and he said angrily: "Even if I run to the ends of the earth, I must find him out!" Dare to steal Naigong's fish, it's really impatient! ”

As he spoke, Sankui also waved his casserole-sized fist to show his determination not to stand with the thieves!

"What's the use of talking about this now! Wait until you catch the fish thief! Zhang Ran interrupted Sankui's words impatiently, bent down to pick up the nearest fish cage, and said to Sankui at the same time: "Our Qingshui River is only three or five miles around, and we have only used the fish cage to catch fish in the river for a few days?" In terms of time, three to five days, it is unlikely that anyone else will know what we are doing here. So I guess that this fish thief is our insider, as long as you keep a snack in the future, you can find him out sooner or later! ”

After a pause, Zhang Ran said again: "And now, the most important thing for us is to quickly change the fish cage to prevent thieves from stealing fish again." Then dig up some earthworms or something, and rebuild the fish cage, otherwise you won't be able to catch anything today! ”

"Why are you still stunned! Hurry up and help! ”

"Oh, oh! Here it is, here it is! ”

……

It took more than an hour for Zhang Ran and the others to collect all the fish cages and then move them all to a river section far away from the village. After that, it took some more time to re-cast the bait and sink it into the river.

This time, Zhang Ran learned the lesson of the last time and covered all the ropes exposed on the riverbank with leaves or mud.

The other end of the rope was no longer tied to the tree, but was replaced with a stake, nailed to the ground, buried with earth, and then marked to prevent it from being found again.

After doing this, Sankui was still a little uneasy, so he suggested to Zhang Ran: "Brother Ran, what if we leave and the fish thief comes again?" In my opinion, let's leave one here to guard! ”

"What to keep!" Zhang Ran glared at Sankui angrily, and asked rhetorically, "Have you ever seen a thief come to steal something in broad daylight?" Moreover, we made it so hidden this time, if it weren't for the mark, I'm afraid we wouldn't even be able to find ourselves. In this case, if you are guarding this here, don't you have three hundred taels of silver here, and tell people that we have put the fish cage here? Besides, if we take out one person to guard here, who will go into the mountains to cut bamboo? Could it be that we will live with these dozen fish cages in the future? ”

"Huh? This..., this..."When Zhang Ran asked this, Sankui was suddenly speechless, and he was hesitant for a while, but he still said in a snort: "You can't keep it during the day, so it's always necessary to guard it at night!" Maybe the thief came to steal the fish at night? ”

"Whatever you want!"

Zhang Ran shook his head helplessly, knowing that with Sankui's temper, it would be useless to persuade him, so he simply ignored him and turned around and walked directly in the direction of the village.

After a lot of tossing and turning in the morning, when he returned home, it was already 9 o'clock to 11 o'clock, Zhang Ran hurriedly ate a little breakfast, put on his back basket, and entered the mountain with Sankui.

After entering the mountain, Zhang Ran went to the surrounding mountains as usual to check if there was any harvest from yesterday's trap. But I don't know if I went back to the word, I turned around a lot, and I found a rabbit with a small head in total, and there was no other gain.

After returning to the bamboo forest, it was already past noon, and seeing that it was not early, Zhang Ran did not dare to delay. Hurriedly returned home with Sankui carrying the bamboo.

Because they came back too late today, Zhang Ran and the Sankui brothers and sisters were busy until dusk, and they didn't weave a few fish cages. Even in the afternoon, when his mother Zhang Li and his sister Sui'er heard the news and rushed to help, they were too short of time and failed to exceed yesterday's "output".