Chapter II: Clearing Suspicions
"Yan girl, don't scare your aunt!" Hu Shi looked at her cautiously and said tentatively, "It can't be that you broke your brain and don't remember, right?" ”
"I didn't break my brain." Ye Jinyan squinted over, as if smiling, "It's the third aunt, why do you think it's my fault without evidence?" Among them...... What's the secret? ”
Ye Jinyan recalled that the time when Ye Shouli and Hu Shi broke in was too coincidental, these two people couldn't have come in with a pinch, right?
In the past, how did the 'stuffy gourd' become sharp?
Hu Shi reined in his mind and said with a straight face: "Yan girl, I saw it with your third uncle, will I still wronged you?" ”
"See? So may I ask the third uncle and third aunt, did you see me beat my grandmother with your own eyes, or did you see me stealing money with your own eyes? Ye Jinyan seized the loophole in Hu's words and counterattacked.
Hu didn't expect that the taciturn Ye Jinyan could get to the bottom of it?
She was stunned for a moment, and suddenly asked with a smile: "Yan girl, you are alone in that room, not you, could it be someone else?" ”
"Third aunt, you're right." Ye Jinyan said coldly, "After grandma got sick, you and your aunt pushed back and forth, and no one was willing to take care of them. In the end, I was the only one who was busy going in and out, serving my grandmother. It's good now, but you've beaten me upside down. ”
The crowd exploded.
You must know that the peasant family pays the most attention to filial piety, and the two daughters-in-law of the Ye family do not serve their mother-in-law, which is a public outrage. Li Zheng's face turned pale, and he glared angrily at the rest of the Ye family.
Hu's face turned red, and she hurriedly changed the topic, "Yan girl, if you steal, you steal, don't quibble!" ”
"But the third aunt, the money was hidden by the two elders behind our sisters' backs. I don't even know where the money is, how to steal it? ”
After saying this, Ye Jinyan was a little dizzy, and his body swayed slightly.
Ye Jinyu hurriedly held her up and asked cautiously, "Sister, are you okay?" ”
Ye Jin shook his head, the original owner's body was already weak, and he lost too much blood after being injured, so it seemed that it should be solved as soon as possible. A hint of determination flashed across her pale face.
"Ye Yatou is so pitiful, she has done so much work, but she has been wronged!"
"But no, in the past, the Hu family was smiling, I thought she was a kind-hearted person, but I didn't expect to be so vicious!"
"That's, that's, and that Jiang. A few days ago, I also saw that she reprimanded Li Erniang's daughter-in-law for being unfilial, but she didn't do the same! ”
Seeing that Ye Jinyan's face was pale, the villagers talked a lot, and they all had some sympathy.
Ye Shouren coughed heavily, and the discussion stopped.
He turned his head, looking like an elder admonishing a junior, and frowned: "Yan girl, how do you talk to your elders?" You don't go too far. ”
Excessively? I don't know who is really excessive?
Ye Jinyan's sharp eyes shot over, and his heart jumped.
"Uncle, I'm just telling the truth! Today, the third aunt saw me decocting medicine. I was holding the decoction, and as soon as I entered with my front foot, the third uncle and third aunt rushed in with my back foot. Uncle, tell me, what is enough time for me? ”
Ye Shouren was speechless for a while.
"Maybe that's possible!" Ye Shouli pursed his lips, rolled his eyes, and said angrily, "As you said, what did you do when you entered the house, but no one saw it." ”
With the spear of the son and the shield of the attacker, this third uncle is really slippery.
Ye Jinyan cleared his throat and replied calmly: "Third uncle, I saw some fragments of clay pots beside my grandmother's bed, presumably they were used to smash grandma's stun. That clay pot, which used to be placed at the top of the cabinet, was impossible to reach for my size. ”
Ye Shouli wanted to cut off her words, but just opened his mouth.
However, Ye Jinyan didn't leave him a little space, and continued: "Take 10,000 steps back, I haven't even gone to the town, why do you want money?" ”
"My sister is right, I've been with her all the time, and I've never seen money at all." Ye Jinyu took a few steps forward and said loudly.
The villagers knew in their hearts that Ye Jinyan had been wronged. Some people have begun to speculate about who the real thief is.
Seeing that the villagers gradually fell to Ye Jinyan, Jiang's heart was very uncomfortable, she wanted to speak, but was stopped by Ye Shouren. Ye Shouli and Hu glanced at each other, and they both saw the panic in each other's eyes!
Seeing that things were gradually becoming clearer, Li Zheng was both appreciative and sympathetic to Ye Jinyan, and he decided to find out the truth of the matter and return her innocence.
"Don't make a noise, listen to me. What Jin Yan said is very reasonable, catch the stolen goods and take the stolen goods. Let's start from this point and search her place to see if there is any money, how about it? ”
In this way, I just follow my own wishes. Ye Jinyan responded.
Ye Shouren and Jiang thought that the money was taken by Ye Jinyan, and if they searched for it, they would definitely be able to find it, and they also agreed. Ye Shouli and Hu looked very weird, and Li Zheng called several times before answering.
The Ye family split up at an early age, and Ye Shouren was the eldest son and inherited most of the property. Ye Shouli is the youngest son, and he is loved by the two elders of the Ye family, so he has a lot of property. Only the father of the original owner did not fight or rob, so he only got a dilapidated thatched house and an acre of mountain land.
Before, Ye Jinyan and the three of them took turns to live in Ye Shouren and Ye Shouli's house.
After the grandmother fell ill, the two families were afraid that the grandmother would die in their house, so they let them move back to this thatched house.
The three of them huddled in a thatched hut, and they also passed by. However, Jiang came over again and said that his grandmother was sick and needed to recuperate, and asked the two of them to move to the firewood room in the back.
The moment everyone pushed the firewood room open, a puff of dust was raised, and when they looked around, there were dense cobwebs everywhere, and countless mosquitoes were hanging on them. Looking down again, there were some straw on the potholed ground, and a cover was placed on it.
They were shocked in their hearts, is this where people live?
"Jin Yan, Jin Yu, do your brothers and sisters live in this kind of place?" Li Zheng looked a little sad.
Ye Jinyan keenly felt that he was a good person, and if he used his strength, the next thing would be simple.
She lowered her head, blinked hard, and when she looked up again, her eyes were red.
"Uncle Lizheng, it's good here, but there are more mosquitoes." She said softly, "And when it rains, the roof leaks, the quilt is wet, and my brother and I can't sleep, so we can only huddle in the corner." ”
Listening to Ye Jinyan talk about the past, Ye Jinyu's eyes were full of tears, but she endured it.
When the villagers saw it, they were very distressed. They looked at the Ye family with contempt, sympathizing with these two hard-working children in their hearts.
Ye Shouren was embarrassed, but he couldn't refute it because of the facts that Ye Jin said.
Jiang's heart was even more resentful, she didn't care about her past suspicions, and raised these two little rabbit cubs. If you are not grateful, forget it, she is still slandering herself in the village, and she will be asked to be a person in the future!
At this time, Hu quietly retreated back.
"Uncle Lizheng, you can search it!" Ye Jinyan said calmly, "Dad once said that the most important thing in being a man is reputation, and I don't want to be on my back, such a stigma!" ”
In this way, the sensible Ye Jinyan won the favor of Li Zheng, he nodded, "Let's do it!" ”
The villagers scattered and searched the inside and outside of the firewood house, and found nothing.
"You don't have anything to say, do you?" Li Zheng looked at the Ye family.
Ye Shouren and his wife were very surprised, but Ye Shouli and his wife looked worried.
Seeing this, Ye Jinyan's lips hooked slightly, and the show was about to begin.
She had red eyes, gritted her teeth and said, "Uncle Lizheng, that thief is so hateful, not only hurt grandma, but also caused uncle and them to misunderstand me." Be sure to find the thief too! ”
It's a family affair, and it should be over here.
But when Li Zheng saw the situation of the Ye family's sisters and brothers today, he was also sympathetic in his heart, so he said: "That's right, since the residence of the Jinyan sisters and brothers has been searched, for the sake of fairness, let's go to Shouren and Shouli's house to have a look!" ”
Ye Jinyan looked at Ye Shouren and Ye Shouli coldly, and let out a disdainful sneer in his heart.