Chapter Seventy-Seven: Catch
Seeing this scene, Bai Mingxuan's heart jumped, is this catching a thief?!
Walking over with a puzzled face, she pretended not to know what was going on, and said to Tao Ertong: "Hey, what's wrong?" Why are so many people gathered around our doorstep? ”
As we approached, the voices of everyone spoke more and more clearly.
"Ouch, I didn't expect to be a thief at a young age!" An old woman in a basket stood behind and looked inside, and said with a sigh to the people around her.
"Well, that's called ...... What do you mean by that? Knowing people and knowing faces......" This man said and said but forgot to speak.
"Knowing people, knowing faces, but not hearts!" The people around her helped her complete the next words, and showed off her knowledge by the way.
"Yes, yes, that's it!" The man in front nodded.
"What's wrong? What happened? Why are you all here? The person who had just been attracted by the excitement here didn't understand what was going on, so he asked the person next to him.
"You don't know yet? Someone steals money! ”
Listening to what they said, Bai Mingxuan confirmed the conjecture in her heart, this must be the thief who stole her money!
She didn't care about Tao Ertong anymore, and couldn't wait to go straight through the crowd, shouting while squeezing: "Please let me in." ”
Seeing that it was Bai Mingxuan, everyone invariably got out of the way, and Bai Mingxuan walked all the way into the house.
The room was even more lively, crowded with people she knew, almost all of the Bai family were there, and Tao Niang's family, Tao Erniang was also here.
As soon as I entered the house, I heard the sound of crying, insults, and persuasion in the hall.
"I'll kill you, you seed! Let you steal money! Let you learn badly! ”
"Stop fighting, stop fighting! If you have something to say, it's good to say! ”
"Ahh Don't fight, Auntie, I know it's wrong, woo woo woo-"
"Hey, what are you doing beating children like this?"
The hall was full of people, and Bai Mingxuan squeezed in and couldn't wait to know who stole her money.
I saw that in the small hall, Tao's sister-in-law was holding a bamboo stick in her hand, grabbing Tao Datong and whipping it with anger on her face.
The bamboo strips were raised high and fell quickly, Tao Datong was beaten by the bamboo strips, shrunk and kept hiding, crying loudly and admitting his mistakes.
Tao Erniang and Bai Lao Niang next to them kept persuading, and Tao Shi, who had an ugly face, stood aside without saying a word.
Sure enough, it's Tao Datong!
In fact, Bai Mingxuan is also the most suspicious of her, after all, she has the most sufficient conditions for stealing money. often comes to the Bai family, you can find out the life rules and character of the Bai family, and there are more opportunities, and you can also disguise yourself as a relative, and then use everyone's trust in her to steal money.
At this time, looking at Tao Datong being caught and beaten, Bai Mingxuan had no pity in her heart, only happiness.
Thieves should be beaten!
If it weren't for Tao Datong's lack of greed and being fooled to make another move, Bai Mingxuan's hard-earned money would really never be recovered, and now she only felt a bad breath.
looked around and found that Bai Minglan and the others were all hiding behind, looking shocked, while Bai Mingwei and Bai Mingxin were curious.
The white lady standing inside still tried her best to make a persuasion, and went up from time to time to stop her, "Okay, children will always make mistakes, don't fight." ”
"Yes, if there is something to say, don't hit the child like this." Tao Erniang also followed suit.
"Don't stop me, I'm going to kill this evil seed today! I think I gave birth to her to collect debts! Tao's sister-in-law pushed aside the arm that Bai Lao Niang was holding, held the bamboo strip and whipped it hard, and the bamboo strip made a "whirring" sound in the air, and it was a red mark on Tao Datong's body.
At this moment, Bai Mingxuan saw Tao Ertong coming in, and hurriedly pulled her in, and said in a voice that everyone could hear: "Ertong, what did your sister do wrong?" Why did her aunt beat her like this? ”
These words attracted everyone's attention, and Sister-in-law Tao also stopped what she was doing and looked at it.
Seeing this scene, Tao Ertong almost understood that she had been discovered, her body couldn't help but tremble, and her face turned pale, "I...... I don't know. ”
"You are with her every day, how can you not know?" Bai Mingxuan asked suspiciously.
Tao's sister-in-law looked at Tao Ertong's eyes and became fierce, maybe she instigated her daughter to steal money, she was really a traitor, she should have understood that there was no true love between the concubines!
"I ...... I really don't know! Surrounded by everyone's various eyes, she finally couldn't help crying, "It's not me, it's my sister who wants to steal the money!" I don't know anything! ”
Hearing this, Tao's sister-in-law's eyes became even more fierce: Wow, you know everything, but you hide it and let my daughter steal money, if it becomes you to sit back and enjoy it, if you are discovered, you will leave it all away!
"Okay, now it's all clear." Bai Lao Niang said, "Niece and daughter-in-law, don't beat the children anymore, if you have anything to say, don't let everyone see the joke." I won't say much, everyone is a relative, just return the money. ”
Bai Da and Bai Daddy went to the door and persuaded the people outside to go back.
"Let's go back, things are clear!"
"Disperse, disperse, it's okay."
The crowd outside gradually dispersed, and the surroundings fell silent.
Only the hall was still full of people, and everyone was quiet at this time, and there was only the sound of Tao Datong sobbing intermittently.
"I'm really sorry," Tao's sister-in-law pulled Tao Datong to apologize, "It's me who didn't teach my daughter well and let her do this kind of thing, don't worry, I'll return the money she stole later." ”
As he spoke, he withdrew his daughter, "Datong, apologize to your Bai family's grandmother!" ”
“...... Grandma Bai, I'm sorry...... I shouldn't have ......," Tao Datong said in a sobbing voice.
Before she could finish speaking, Bai Lao Niang interrupted her: "This money is not mine, it belongs to Xuanxuan, if you want to apologize, you should apologize to her." ”
Sister-in-law Tao looked at Bai Mingxuan with complicated eyes: It turned out to be her money, so what she said just now......
Tao Datong, whose face was full of tears, paused, and caught a glimpse of her aunt not responding out of the corner of his eye, so he turned to look at Bai Mingxuan again, and said with a look of regret: "Sister Mingxuan, I ...... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have stolen your money...... I'm just ...... for a while."
Bai Mingxuan was not interested in listening to the reason for her mistake, and directly interrupted her with an expressionless face: "It turns out that you stole my money." Forget it, just give the money back, and don't do this kind of thing in the future. ”
"Woooooooooo......oo I'm not...... I know it's wrong......" Bai Mingxuan's attitude made her faceless to say more, so she had to hide her face and cry.
The afterglow of the setting sun reflected on the courtyard wall, and when the farce was being staged in the hall, Wang and his daughter had already prepared dinner, and the smell of the meal wafted out, reminding everyone that it was time for dinner.
The default rule is that if the guest has not left at the time of the meal, then the host should leave the person to eat with them.
Usually, Tao's sister-in-law may be cheeky and not leave, but today she really doesn't have that cheek, seeing that the Bai family is ready to have dinner, she hurriedly pulled Tao Datong back, and when she left, she couldn't stop compensating, and promised: "Later, I will let this evil seed return all the money." ”
Tao Ertong also followed her silently.
With her words, Bai Mingxuan waited for her to come to repay the money later, who knew that she didn't wait until she fell asleep.
After all, there was an accident.