Aunt Wu looked at her vigilantly, hesitated for a long time, and then nodded: "Not bad!" When I walked the bend and was about to come back, I met you. ”

"That'...... The strip of cloth on the hem of your shirt must have been scratched on this road! Everyone followed Gu Ye's line of sight and saw the broken triangle on Aunt Wu's skirt.

Li Hao squatted down, leaned over the torch in his hand, and exclaimed in surprise: "Sure enough, it's a newly broken opening, the light is so dim, Sister Ye'er is so powerful, you can notice this." ”

The corners of Gu Ye's mouth twitched slightly, her eyesight is good, isn't it? Can she say that the dim light of the torch is like day to her? The five senses are sharp, and there are many benefits!

Zhang Lihu took a deep look at Aunt Wu, whose face changed suddenly, and turned around and said, "Li Hao, you come with me to the vicinity of my house to see if I can find this strip of cloth......

"This ...... This broken gap was accidentally scratched when I was cooking in the afternoon, and it is worth your busyness? Aunt Wu panicked, when she went out, the hem of her clothes was intact, and she couldn't understand when it was scratched. Hope is that on the way back, the branches are hung to the torn ......

Zhang Orion stared at her coldly and said, "Since it was broken at home, then why are you panicking!" Village chief, please come along and have a look, lest this woman say that we will make a rag and wronged her. "Don't say it, this woman can definitely do it.

Jiang and Wang, the second daughter-in-law of the village chief, grabbed Aunt Wu's arm one by one and pulled her to her body. Jiang said with a smile: "Since you don't have a ghost in your heart, you are not afraid of being found out." Let's go, let's see which thief lacks virtue and stole the things of Brother Zhang's family. It's crazy, I haven't eaten meat in 800 years, and I can't steal anything! Only those who are thieves for a thousand days, and those who do not have a thousand days to prevent thieves, may steal from the heads of you and me one day. Gotta get people out! ”

Aunt Wu was scolded by the Jiang family, and she was so choked that she couldn't come back for a long time. She was now bouncing up and down as if she had fifteen fleas in her heart, praying that the cloth would never be discovered.

More and more people heard the movement and came out curiously to follow. Gu Xiao's ancestor saw that Gu Ye had come out for a long time and didn't go back, so he came out to greet her uneasily, and when he saw the torches, he thought that something had happened to her, and he quickly joined the crowd.

A group of people soon arrived at Zhang Orion's house, and many more joined the search for cloth strips. Obviously, the bodhisattvas didn't hear Aunt Wu's prayers. After a while, Li Hao's excited voice came: "Found it, here!" ”

The crowd followed the sound and looked for it. It turned out that outside the wall of Zhang Orion's courtyard, there were neatly stacked firewood, and a persimmon tree was planted next to the wall in the courtyard wall. It is not difficult to climb from the firewood pile to the top of the wall, and then follow the persimmon tree, even half-grown children can easily enter the Zhang family's yard. And the rag was found on the branch of the persimmon tree.

Li Hao handed the rags to his mother Jiang. Jiang took it and compared it to Aunt Wu's skirt, whether it was the color, material or size, it was extremely consistent. Aunt Wu's face was pale, her mind was clouded for a while, and she couldn't think of a reason to argue for herself.

The village chief widened his eyes and asked angrily, "Angelica daughter-in-law, what else do you have to say?" We in Qingshan Village, don't leave people with unclean hands and feet, give you a few days, you leave with your man! ”

"No, village chief!" A short and fat woman squeezed into the crowd and shouted eagerly, "This woman still owes our family 600 yuan!" If we drive them out of the village, who will pay us back? ”

"Yes, she still owes me a tael of silver. At the beginning, I saw that she was pitiful, so I lent it to her as soon as my heart softened. I only knew that she liked to take advantage of small advantages, but I didn't think that she could steal other people's things. If he knew this, he shouldn't have borrowed money from them and let the son of the rich man's family arrest them and send them to the official! One of the villagers shouted angrily!

"I was wrong! I was confused with lard for a while, so I did such a conscience-losing thing. Uncle Village, give me another chance, will you? I will definitely change my mind in the future and never take other people's things again...... "It's almost the New Year, and there is no silver around them, if they are driven out of the village, the two of them will have to squeeze through the temple with the beggars." Aunt Wu knew that she was afraid, so she cried so much that she cried two lines of snot and tears, and her words of confession were very smooth.

Some villagers also said uneasily: "Village chief, this mother-in-law goes to someone else's house, either takes a needle or borrows a thread, and never returns it." It was for the sake of face that everyone was embarrassed to expose her, so they raised her heart, and now they dare to steal things. If such a person stays in our village, we will have a good year. ”

Yes, who doesn't stock some New Year's goods during the New Year, and there is meat hanging in the yard of every house, and no one can always guard against thieves without sleeping, right?

"No, no! I've learned my lesson, and I don't dare to take other people's things anymore. If you catch me again, you will chop off my hands, will you not be able to? Aunt Wu begged in a wailing voice.

The village chief clicked the dry tobacco pouch a few times, thought about it, and said, "It's not authentic to drive you out for the New Year." Well, you write a pledge, and if you commit the crime of stealing again, you will be tied up in the county office. At the beginning of the next year, when you have paid off your debts, you can leave. Our Qingshan Village temple is small, and it can't hold your two big Buddhas. Your man has the skill of seeing a doctor, and he never starves to death......"

"Uncle ...... village chief" Aunt Wu was about to beg, but was stopped by the village chief waving his hand. The village chief asked Aunt Wu to go home, and admonished Wu Angelica lying on the kang, and the matter ended like this.

After the village chief and the villagers left, Aunt Wu glared at Gu Ye with a cruel gaze, gritted her teeth and said, "Now, are you satisfied?" ”

"What am I satisfied with? It's not that I asked you to steal Uncle Zhang's things, you call it 'self-inflicted, you can't live!' Gu Ye was entangled with this mother-in-law, and she was too lazy to entangle, she said to Wu Angelica, who deserved her guilt, "The concoction of some medicinal materials cannot be learned by looking at it twice." If someone like you goes to someone else's house to steal a teacher, no one will speak for you when you are killed. In the future, let's have a snack! ”

Hearing her mocking tone, Aunt Wu was so angry that she picked up the broom of the broom, picked it up and was about to beat someone, but Gu Xiao snatched it away. Aunt Wu was stunned for a moment, sat on the ground, patted her legs, stretched and cried: "Beat people!" The family bullied me as a woman, and there is no reason for it————"

"Shut up! Just because you steal, do you believe that I can throw you into the prison of Fucheng and never get out for the rest of your life? Gu Xiao's eyes flashed with a cold light, and the momentum exuded from his body made people tremble.

Aunt Wu was like a chicken pinched by the neck, and her cry was suddenly stuck in her throat. Her eyes widened, and snot trickled down her nostrils, and she didn't dare to wipe it. Until Gu Xiao's grandfather and grandson left, she got up from the ground with palpitations.

Oh mom, this Gu Wu is too scary, for a moment, Aunt Wu felt that her little life was about to be explained. This Gu Wu has killed people on the battlefield, so he can't be offended!

As soon as Aunt Wu stood up, a broom head smashed on her head, she screamed "oops", and said with grievances: "Master, what are you beating me for?" ”

"What do you think you're doing? My old face has been disgraced by you!! What are you doing badly, just stealing from other people! Stealing something is stealing, and people are caught right. You...... You're trying to me off! Wu Angelica's face was flushed with anger, if he could get up, he would definitely beat this mother-in-law.

"Didn't I see that you have injuries on your body, and I want to get you some good patches! If it weren't for the dead Nizi surnamed Gu, we would have been able to eat fragrant pheasant soup at night. ”

Aunt Wu smacked her lips without changing her mind, and suddenly remembered something: "That dead girl went to Zhang Orion's house, and she didn't know what good things she sent, she smelled fragrant." If you want to say that you have money, the five families of Gu Lao in our village are the first. Didn't you see, in the gift given by Yancheng yesterday, there were several sets of clothes for the dead girl, each of which was a good material, and if you used it as a gift, it would be worth a few taels of silver! ”

"You don't have to fight her family. That Gu Wuye shot so generously, he was definitely not an ordinary soldier who retreated. He didn't say that if you mess with Gu Yeya again, he can let you sit through the prison. What does this mean, there are people in the government! We're still carrying lawsuits, so you can't make trouble for me anymore. Honestly staying at home, do you hear that? Wu Angelica was lively and figured out the truth. The people don't fight with the officials, not to mention that he still committed something elsewhere!

"Alas...... There are still more than ten days before the New Year, you look at our family, the food is only enough to eat for half a month, and the vegetables are only cabbage, radishes and potatoes in the cellar. Aunt Wu sat on the edge of the bed and sighed.

Wu Angelica asked Aunt Wu to latch the door of the courtyard and whispered: "I also hid ten taels of silver, in the largest radish in the cellar." Don't keep quiet, when the spring flowers bloom, I'll save some more silver, and we'll leave here and go south......"

"That'...... Doesn't it mean that we don't have to pay back the dozens of taels of silver we borrowed? Aunt Wu's eyes lit up, all the valuable things in the family were searched, and there was nothing to be nostalgic about here. She can collect medicine, her man can heal people, no matter where she settles, it is better than staying in this poor ravine.

As for the lawsuit they got into, so many years have passed, and the appearance of their husband and wife has changed slightly. No matter how long the man's hand is, it will not be possible to reach to the south. The man has a good idea, why didn't he think of it before?

Wu Angelica is scheming: "Return, you have to pay back some." In this way, they can let their guard down and we can leave smoothly. You've been honest lately, stop causing trouble everywhere! Otherwise, don't blame me for throwing you down! ”

When Aunt Wu heard this, she nodded busily and said, "Don't worry, I won't be going anywhere recently, so I'll serve you at home...... I won't cause trouble again, don't leave me behind. ”

Wu Angelica glanced at the snot on her face and the droppings at the corners of her eyes, and said disgustedly: "Hurry up and wash your face." Go and apologize to Zhang Orion tomorrow and beg him to forgive you. "After all, Zhang Orion is in the village, and his words also have weight.