Xiao Qiongzhi made a comprehensive analysis according to the answers of the eldest girl, the dog, and the stone, and turned his head to ask Zhou Dazhi and Chu Yunniang: "Father, mother, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Chu Yunniang shook her head with a sad face: "I don't know what to do, Zhi'er, I went out this time, and I only brought the money to buy cotton and cloth for you to make cotton clothes and cotton shoes, and the rest of the money was put in the five chests at home, since the granaries have been stolen now, I am afraid that the money in the five chests will be gone......"

"This matter should be related to Zhou Lili, however, he is quite cunning, usually sneaking things, will not leave any traces, this time, since he dares to swagger in and out of the gate of our yard, then, he must have come prepared, and it should not leave any traces in our house." Zhou Dazhi was very worried, and at the same time, he was also very angry.

Xiao Qiongzhi noticed that the green tendons on his hand pinching the braids burst out, but he was relieved and didn't ask any more.

This matter must be related to Zhou Lili, but Zhou Lili can't come to the house to fight the autumn breeze at every turn, and Zhou Dazhi basically responds to requests.

Including this morning, although Zhou Dazhi said cruel words, he actually met Zhou Lili's request.

She is actually a little worried that Zhou Dazhi will take care of Zhou Laojiu's old feelings when the time comes, and he will not seriously investigate the current theft.

Soon, Zhou Dazhi drove the ox cart to the gate of the yard.

The onlookers in the village noticed Xiao Qiongzhi's family when they shouted at the big girl, the dog, and the stone before Xiao Qiongzhi.

At this time, they all gathered around and talked nonsense.

"Dazhi, the theft of your house, I guess the children told you just now, I have already discussed it with my mother-in-law, if you hadn't reminded us in time that we would have run out of food in the rain to harvest rice, so we are willing to give you half a bucket of grain." A tall, dark-faced middle-aged uncle preemptively spoke.

"Brother Dazhi, our family will give you a bucket, my mother-in-law has just gone back to get it, and she will be able to bring it soon." Zhou Youcheng said next.

"Dazhi, my mother-in-law's mother-in-law, came to me in the morning and borrowed a load of grain, a bucket, I took it out and struggled, send you half a bucket, no problem." A chubby uncle said.

"Brother Dazhi, my mother-in-law's mother-in-law asked me to borrow two loads of grain, and I will also give you half a bucket." Big girl Chu Qian said.

"Brother Dazhi, I ......"

……

After a while, almost all the onlookers said that they wanted to send millet.

Except for Zhou Youchong and a few other people, who are sending a bucket, the others are all sending half a bucket.

Xiao Qiongzhi roughly estimated that he could receive at least nearly twenty buckets of millet.

One load of millet is ten buckets, one hundred and twenty catties, and these twenty buckets are two loads of millet, two hundred and forty catties.

There are more than 150 families in the village, and only half of them come this time, and according to the current proportion, it is expected that they will receive at least five quintals of millet because of this theft!

Haha, that's much higher than the number of stolen people, and it's a blessing in disguise.

The more Xiao Qiongzhi thought about it, the happier she became, and at the same time she felt very warm, and obediently followed Zhou Dazhi and Chu Yunniang to express her gratitude to all the villagers who sent rice.

Zhou Lili's old lady Liu Lao Vixen, who was sitting on the threshold of the courtyard, probably didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, but she was still making trouble, and she didn't make trouble now.

She looked at Zhou Dazhi with bright eyes, and said loudly: "Dazhi, you are my righteous son!" Now that you have so much grain, you should at least share half of it to honor me!" ”

"You old shrew, do you want to be ashamed? What kind of son is my father? My father-in-law didn't marry you in the first place, but joined your family! ”

"Since ancient times, men have been counted out of the house, and since they are all out of the house, my father's father-in-law can no longer be regarded as my father's father-in-law, and you are even more unqualified to come to my house to climb relatives!"

Xiao Qiongzhi knew that in the face of this kind of old shrew, a big man like Zhou Dazhi was not good at arguing with her, and Chu Yunniang was a good-tempered person who didn't know how to quarrel with her, so she simply didn't care about the three seven twenty-one who came out on their behalf and fought back fiercely.

"You! You! You little, what are you talking about? What nonsense, huh? Are there any rules? When adults speak, do you have the right for your little prostitute to interject? Get out of the way! "Old Vixen Liu took care of the loss, so she came to be brutal, and while speaking, she reached out and pushed Xiao Qiongzhi.

Xiao Qiongzhi is not easy to bully, so she took the opportunity to stretch out her hands, grabbed the hand she pushed herself, lowered her head on her wrist, bit her hard, and then let go of her hand, hid behind Zhou Dazhi, and deliberately stuck out his tongue at her.

"Ouch, you little prostitute, you cruel tooth, beast reincarnated!" The place where Old Vixen Liu's wrist was bitten by Xiao Qiongzhi was bruised and swollen, and every tooth mark exposed on it was oozing blood.

She had never suffered such a loss, she was so angry that she completely lost her mind, and rushed over with a roar to beat Xiao Qiongzhi.

Zhou Dazhi immediately protected Xiao Qiongzhi behind him, reached out and grabbed Old Vixen's hands, twisted them behind her waist, and instructed Chu Yunniang: "Yun Niang, go to the house and get a rope and tie her restless hands for me!" ”

"Dad, I'm running fast, I'll go!" Xiao Qiongzhi is happy to run errands for this kind of thing.

She quickly found a straw rope from the courtyard, and quickly wrapped the hands of the old shrew around a few times with her hands and feet, and handed it to Zhou Dazhi to tie the knot.

In this process, Old Vixen Liu kept scolding Zhou Dazhi and Chu Yunniang, and even tried to turn her head and spit on Zhou Dazhi.

However, it did not work out.

Because, she and Liu Wuxiu are old enemies, and Liu Wuxiu has already come over with a bucket of rice at this time.

Seeing that she was sprinkling, Liu Wuxiu directly took off the shoe board on her feet and stuffed it into her mouth, so that she could neither spit or scold, but could only keep staring at her eyes and retching.

Xiao Qiongzhi looked at it, and really wanted to laugh.

What others don't know, she knows.

Liu Wuxiu has a mantra called "If you don't take a bath for half a year, you can keep your body good." ”

In other words, she often does not wash herself.

You can imagine how smelly her feet and the shoes she wears.

However, she is a very conscious person, every time she comes to Xiao Qiongzhi's house, she will take the initiative to stand or sit on the leeward, basically doing her best to reduce the smell of sweat on her body.

"Dazhi, come here, accompany me into your house and take a look." At this time, Zhou Yuandong, the patriarch who had already taken a few people and was guarding the courtyard, suddenly beckoned to Zhou Dazhi from the courtyard.

Zhou Dazhi hurriedly put down his hand that grabbed the old shrew and walked into the courtyard.

"Mother, I'll go and see it with my father." Xiao Qiongzhi understood that Zhou Dazhi and Zhou Yuandong were looking at the scene to find the traces left by the thieves, so they hurriedly said hello to Chu Yunniang, and trotted to follow Zhou Dazhi's footsteps.

Zhou Dazhi has always admired Xiao Qiongzhi's intelligence, and when he saw her coming over, he understood that she wanted to help herself and find out the clues left by the thieves, so he simply led her and walked together.