22. Thief
It is often said that the left eye jumps wealth, and the right eye jumps disaster.
Su Ji always felt that something was wrong, so he hid in the space and farmed.
After the first plot was planted, some of the fog-shrouded areas had faded, revealing two new plots.
Su Ji divided the plot and planted the vegetables he bought this time.
Growing vegetables is a little more troublesome than growing grain, and you also need to find some wooden branches to support the seedlings.
There were no suitable branches in the yard, and there was not much firewood at home, so I went into the mountains to look for it.
Entering the mountain alone, Su Qi was also a little stunned in his heart, and when he saw that there was no one around, Su Qi released the earth dog in the space.
said that it was a soil dog, but Su Qi had never seen such a dog, and under the shiny hair, there was always a feeling of pride. The two dog-legged dogs, which looked a little stubby, ran for a moment and disappeared. Su Qi didn't know why, and suddenly came up with a name in his mind, Aofeng.
"Aofeng", thinking in his heart, Su Qi yelled at the forest.
A barking echoed in the forest, and Su Qi saw the figure of Aofeng.
In a blink of an eye, he came to Su Ji's lap and spun in circles.
Su Ji touched Aofeng's head and followed behind it, picking up firewood as he walked.
Su Ji was tired of picking up, so he sat under the tree to rest. The dog ran away with a smoke, and when he came back, he still had a pheasant in his mouth.
Several times like this, when the sun set, Su Qi had already picked up a bundle of firewood that was almost as tall as her. Aofeng also caught two rabbits and three pheasants.
Su Qi dressed all the prey, hid it in the firewood, and returned home with Aofeng satisfied.
Su Ji, who returned home, put the firewood in place, and wanted to take Aofeng back into the space, but Aofeng ran up and down to protest.
Thinking that a dog was not a big deal, Su Ji didn't insist anymore, cleaned the pheasants and hares caught by Aofeng, and directly ate a barbecue.
When Su Qi was in the space, he also fed Aofeng, but Aofeng lacked interest and didn't eat a bite.
However, for meat, Aofeng was still interested, Su Qi ate half a chicken, and the remaining two hares, two and a half chickens, all went into Aofeng's stomach.
With the proud wind to look after the house, Su Qi's heart was a little more relieved, and he didn't enter the space that night, and slept on the kang of the old house.
In the middle of the moon, Su Qi was awakened by the screams of Aofeng, struggled to get up and lit the lamp, and saw Aofeng barking at the door.
Thinking of the two days ago, his eyes kept jumping, Su Qi grabbed a sickle and slowly opened the door.
As soon as the door opened, Aofeng rushed out.
Perhaps hearing the sound of the door opening, a dark figure ran out of the house next door, and was about to run across the courtyard wall.
In the end, people can't match the speed of dogs, and the arrogant wind rushes out, pounces on the thief from behind, biting his clothes and not letting go.
"Help, help, don't eat me", a voice with fear sounded, and Su Ji also rushed over.
As soon as he arrived at the person on the ground, Su Qi smelled a smell of urine, and this person was so frightened by Aofeng that he peed his pants.
Lifting the corner of his clothes to block his nose, Su Ji poked with the head of the sickle: "Who are you, what are you doing at my house?" ”
Hearing Su Qi's voice, the man hurriedly begged for mercy: "Su Qi, it's me, I'm grassroots, I'm just idle at night, go out for a walk." ”
Su Qi naturally didn't believe his words: "These three watches are in the middle of the night, if you don't sleep and go out for a walk, your brain is kicked by a donkey." ”
The grassroots are not ashamed at all: "You know who I am, I sleep all day, I can't sleep at night, I have to find something to do for myself." ”
Su Qi patted the grassroots' face: "There are so many big roads and small roads in the village, you can't go anywhere, you have to go to my house, say, what are you hiding." ”
"Tap", touching the sore cheek, the grassroots confidence is a little insufficient: "That, I followed Yan Zhiguo to the town to gamble money before, and I lost all the food I shared. Seeing that winter is coming, I have nothing, how can I spend winter. ”
"Isn't this a little crooked, and I plan to borrow some from someone else's house.
Su Qi: "If you don't ask, you can call it stealing." ”
"Yes, yes," the grassroots responded, "I'm going to steal some food." Other people's homes are high gate compounds, it is not very convenient to enter at night, only you here, there is not even a fence, it is more convenient to enter and exit, who knows when you still have a dog, I haven't touched where you live, I was found. ”
Under the attack of Aofeng's tongue, the grassroots were trembling with fright, and stammered about their own situation, and Su Ji believed it.
However, Su Ji didn't plan to let go of the grassroots, and patted him on the body with a sickle: "I will report this matter to the patriarch, and how the patriarch deals with you at that time is the patriarch's business." ”
The grassroots father and mother died early, and after spending the money from selling his sister, he began to steal chickens and dogs in the village.
In the past two years, because of stealing other people's food, he has been taught a lesson by the patriarch, and he also has an ultimatum, if the grassroots can't get rid of the problem of stealing things, he will be driven out of Xiahe Village.
Shimoi Village is a place where the grassroots grow, and if they leave the village, the grassroots feel that they have no way to live.
As soon as he heard Su Ji say that this matter should be solved by the patriarch, the grassroots panicked, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Please, you forgive me this time, I will never steal your things again in the future." As long as you don't hand me over to the patriarch, you can let me do anything. ”
Su Ji saw that he was tired: "You are so afraid of the patriarch, why?" ”
"If the patriarch knew that I was still stealing other people's things, he would have kicked me out of the village", the grassroots cried pitifully, and Su Ji was moved by a little compassion.
Dropped the scythe and let the grassroots sit up on its own.
Su Ji turned his head to look at the wall of his house, feeling a little uneasy.
Today it is a grassroots root, tomorrow it may be a tree root, as long as the courtyard wall is not repaired, people like grassroots are indispensable.
Su Ji pondered for a moment and asked, "Since you don't want me to hand you over, then I'll give you a chance to make meritorious contributions, and if you do well, I can also give you some food for the winter." ”
As soon as he heard that he didn't need to see the patriarch, the grassroots agreed without thinking about it: "You said, whether it is going to Daoshan or going to the sea of fire, I promise to do it for you." ”
"I don't need you to die, just help me inquire about something."
Su Qi: "I have to repair the wall of this courtyard, Uncle Jin Chuan in the village said that he has a job in his hands, you can help me inquire, are there any people in other villages who can do this job." ”
When the grassroots heard this, they didn't inquire, and directly replied: "No, the craftsmen are all in our village, even if there are people in other villages who can do it, they can't do it well, and you will have to rework when the time comes." ”
Su Qi frowned: "In that case, you can help me find out, where is there to start work recently, I will go to study." ”
"Okay, wrap it up on me", grassroots patted his chest and responded directly to this matter.