The sky is getting dark, and the Zhuangzi is brightly lit, and it is as lively as if it is holding a banquet.

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner began.

This is the first time that the government has arranged a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner for farmers during the New Year's Festival.

Although the food is not a delicacy of the mountains and seas, there are meat dishes on each table, as well as fragrant dry rice, which is enough to make everyone happy.

Not to mention that Steward Li also brought someone to bring some wine......

How much does it cost to make wine?

Not to mention that the people of Yunlai Village have never tasted it, and even the farmers have only a few people who have ever tasted alcohol.

Steward Li said something with a smile, and then went back to his yard.

After Steward Li left, the villagers looked at the wine jar placed on the side and thought to themselves: It's just that the wine sent is just so ordered, if you want to pour a bowl per person, it will definitely not be enough......

Therefore, the dealers did not mention the matter of pouring wine.

The middle-aged farmer, who is also the head of the village, glanced at the person around him, and the person quietly retreated.

Lin Changsheng casually sandwiched a pair of boiled cabbage with chopsticks......

Zhuang Tou glanced at Lin Changsheng and pouted disdainfully: Little rabbit cub, eat a few more bites, see if you can eat it for a while!

To talk about this wine.

Although the people in Linjia Village haven't drunk it, it doesn't mean they don't know.

When escaping from the famine, when Xiao Yu told them stories, he didn't tell many stories about drinking and mishapping.

In their opinion, this wine is not only expensive but also not satisfying, and the biggest use is probably that Zhong Da uses it to clean wounds.

So they're not greedy.

On the contrary, Sun Taibao and others were greedy.

In the past, when they were in Qinglong Town, they could drink a little from time to time, but since they arrived in Anzhou, they haven't tasted wine for a long time.

Thinking of that taste, Sun Taibao couldn't help but smack......

Halfway through the meal, Sun Taibao, who was itching, saw that everyone didn't mention pouring wine, and was about to do it himself.

As soon as Sun Taibao stood up, a dealer ran in in a panic.

Zhuang Tou scolded: "What are you doing in a panic, can you get into the thief?" ”

The man hurriedly bowed down and said, "Yes, it's a thief." ”

"What?!" Zhuang Tou got up suddenly, and left in a hurry without saying a word.

It was not a trivial matter for a thief to enter the Zhuangzi, and everyone followed......

Sun Taibao thought for a while, and said to a person next to him: "Dayou, go back and see, is there anyone in our yard?" ”

Lin Erniu also patted his head and exclaimed, "Oops, I'll go back and see our mustard!" ”

……

Everyone followed the head of the village and went straight to the residence of the villagers.

I saw that the doors and windows of one of the rooms were open, and when I looked in from the outside, I could see that the house was turned into a mess......

When Zhuang Tou came out of the house, his face was very ugly, and he said to a person next to him: "Go and ask Steward Li to come!" ”

"Yes."

When Steward Li was invited, he smelled of alcohol and his eyes were slightly narrowed, obviously drinking before he came.

It wasn't until he saw the messy appearance of the house that he was shocked and suddenly woke up, "What's going on?!" ”

Zhuang Tou arched his hand and said: "Steward Li, there are thieves in the village and things have been lost, please call the shots." ”

"Into the thieves? Can you catch someone? Did you send someone to chase it? ”

The dealer who had been the first to discover the thief stood up and said, "I have never seen a thief, but when I found out, it was already like this here." ”

Steward Li frowned slightly, and no one found out when Zhuangzi entered the thief, "What did you lose?" ”

Zhuang Tou suddenly had a bitter face, "The villain has lost the pension money he has saved for half his life!" There are twenty taels of silver, and I ask Steward Li to make the decision for me! ”

"Did anyone else lose anything?"

The dealers all shook their heads, and one of them said: "Most of our savings are not even one or two, I think the thieves are too little, and we haven't even entered the house......

Steward Li turned his head to look at Lin Changsheng again, "Is there anything missing in your yard?" ”

At this time, Dayou and Lin Erniu came back, "It's okay, there is no trace of thieves entering our courtyard." ”

Steward Li nodded, and said to the guards beside him: "Send someone to ask all over the village, if there is anything suspicious today......

At this time, Zhuangtou spoke again: "Steward Li, although our Zhuangzi is not as tightly guarded as the Su Mansion, there are also people on duty at each gate.

If the thief wants to sneak in, steal the money and run out, I'm afraid it's not easy. ”

Steward Li glanced at him, "You mean, you did this by your own people?" ”

"It must have been done by the people in the village! Otherwise, you can't just turn over my house, which obviously knows something about what is going on in our village...... Or maybe it was premeditated.

Although this time it was only a small one to lose more than twenty taels of coffins, if this thief is still hiding among us, it is hard to guarantee that he will not do it again.

Please also ask Steward Li to investigate this matter strictly and severely punish the thief! ”

"Then how do you think this matter should be investigated?" Steward Li also came to his senses at this time, this Zhuang Tou obviously had a plan for this matter, and called him to come just to support the field and make a decision.

"The little ones think that they have to be checked one by one!

Before we went to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the yard was fine, and the money was gone, apparently the thieves sneaked out while we were eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

There are so many of us, so many pairs of eyes, one by one, there is always someone who can see something. ”

Steward Li pondered for a moment, during which he glanced at Lin Changsheng without a trace, and seeing his indifferent expression, Steward Li nodded, "It's okay, then let's inquire one by one!" ”

Naturally, the investigation was carried out by the people in charge of Li, and everyone waited outside the courtyard and entered the courtyard one by one to be questioned.

Steward Li was also waiting outside the hospital, and it took a lot of time for so many people to be interrogated one by one......

It's just that the investigation is much smoother than Steward Li imagined.

He had only sat down to drink half a bowl of decanting soup, and people began to report it one after another......

Two quarters of an hour later, the dealers had all finished their trials.

All the evidence points to the great presence around Sun Taibao, strictly speaking, it is a group of people led by Lin Changsheng.

Steward Li's heart moved slightly, and he got up and entered the courtyard, apparently preparing to inquire in person.

……

After the dealer finished the trial, Dayou was the first to be called into the courtyard.

When he saw that the dealers were all present, he was stunned for a moment: Didn't they check one by one? Why are so many people here?

Without waiting for a lot of thought, I listened to Steward Li ask: "Some people say that not long after you started eating on Chinese New Year's Eve, you went out and went for a long time, but is there such a thing?" ”

Big nodded, "I went to the thatched house at that time......"

"But the man said, 'You've been there for more than a quarter of an hour, and it's taken that long to get to the hut?"

Dayou scratched his head embarrassedly, "I, I'm in trouble with my stomach......"

A farmer jumped out, "Heh, you have a stomach trouble at the beginning of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, who are you fooling?"

I think it's clear that you took the opportunity to go to the thatched house, ran into our yard to steal something, and went to hide it again, so you have only been out for so long! ”