A few days ago, Xu Zhiguo's eggs were inexplicably lost in the eggs laid by the new hens who had just laid eggs at home, and Xu Zhiguo once suspected that Zhu Xiuya's old woman was making a stumbling block. Xu Zhiguo has an extra heart every day, deliberately locking up the new hens that lay eggs to see if they can lose their eggs, if they will lose their eggs, then it must be a "masterpiece" of mice, no wonder who goes up. This time, because Xu Zhiguo was secretly watching the every move of these chickens, naturally there was no shortage of eggs. After supervising like this for a few days, Xu Zhiguo's heart became impatient, mainly because he didn't have the energy to waste a long time of effort on a few chickens; Second, the normal production of chickens shakes their confidence in the object of their suspicions. There is no direct evidence to prove that Zhu Xiuya is a "thief" who steals eggs.

Xu Zhiguo relaxed his vigilance, and the next strange thing that happened made Xu Zhiguo angry again. It turned out that Xu Zhiguo's three chickens that had just laid eggs suddenly disappeared en masse, and this blow was like a bolt from the blue for a family.

Xu Zhiguo and Jin Xiaoju put down the other farm work in their hands and rummaged around the corners of the village. Unfortunately, these chickens seem to have disappeared without a trace. Xu Zhiguo was confused: why did the three live hens disappear like this? Someone reminded Xu Zhiguo that if someone kills and eats it, he will come out to pour chicken feathers, and now there are no chicken feathers in the corner of the front and back of the house, so it proves that people have not killed chickens and eaten meat at all, so the chickens must still be alive and well, the question is where do they live and continue to lay their eggs?

Wake up the sleeping man with a word, Xu Zhiguo re-aimed the object of suspicion at Zhu Xiuya, because Zhu Xiuya's behavior and behavior are the most suspicious people. Zhu Xiuya has been staying at home now when she has nothing to do, and she doesn't go out of the door, and she doesn't know what to do at home. He decided to set his sights on Zhu Xiuya's daughter's village. Xu Zhiguo thought that Zhu Xiuya was going to steal the chicken and send it to her daughter's house, and it was most likely to send it to the eldest daughter's house, because the eldest daughter's house was closest to her home, and she was old and an old man with small feet wrapped in her feet.

Without hesitation, Xu Zhiguo immediately began to act. He walked alone into the street of Liujiacun, where Zhu Xiuya's eldest daughter was. This is a medium-sized natural village in Chifeng Township, with about 300 families and a population of 1,000. Xu Zhiguo didn't know where Zhu Xiuya's daughter lived, and it was impossible to find the entire village by blindly searching for it. Xu Zhiguo followed the main route of a village, starting from the west and looking for the east. He kept whistling his own familiar chickens as he slowly approached the flock's foraging spot on the street to observe.

When several women in Liujia Village saw the stranger keeping an eye on the foraging chickens, they thought Xu Zhiguo was plotting against him. They secretly called their man to stop him and question him. Xu Zhiguo had no choice but to explain his purpose to the people of Liujia Village. Someone suggested that he go directly to the vicinity of Fang Caizhu's house to inquire about these situations, Xu Zhiguo said that he did not know the specific location of Fang Caizhu's house, so someone asked his children to take Xu Zhiguo over.

Xu Zhiguo soon came to the vicinity of Fang Caizhu's house under the leadership of a child, and he let the child go home by himself first. Xu Zhiguo pretended to wander around Fang Caizhu's house, whistling while staring intently in the direction of Fang Caizhu's door. After a while, there was some reaction in the flock. I saw a few chickens with their heads sideways and their necks stretched out to listen to his whistle carefully, giggling and running towards him, Xu Zhiguo was overjoyed.

After a while, I saw Fang Caizhu chasing out of the house, and those chickens were immediately caught up by Fang Caizhu. I saw Fang Caizhu stepping on the hemp rope tied to the chicken's feet with one foot, and said something while scolding. Xu Zhiguo hurriedly caught up, stopped Fang Caizhu and said, "Sister Caizhu, did your mother give you these chickens last night?" Fang Caizhu saw that it was her mother's next-door neighbor Xu Zhiguo who was looking for chickens, and knew that the person who came was not good, so she deliberately avoided Xu Zhiguo's question and said: Oops! It's Zhiguo's cousin, my eyes are not good, I didn't pay attention to you just now, why did you rush me here so early, don't be busy, let's have a cup of tea in the first room. Xu Zhiguo didn't appreciate it and said: "Sister Caizhu, I'm actually very busy, I came here today to see if my chickens 'flew' to Liujia Village." Caizhu bent down and hugged the two chickens tied to the ankle rings tightly before saying: "Cousin Zhiguo, you are really joking, a chicken, it has the greatest ability, and it is impossible to 'fly' to such a far place in Liujia Village, besides, these beasts are nameless and surnameless, who can be sure that these chickens are your chickens?" ”

Xu Zhiguo felt very funny in his heart: "Sister Caizhu, you refuse to admit that these chickens belong to Xu Zhiguo, and you still embarrass me for being nameless and unproven, it is obvious that you are flustered and want to cover up the truth of the matter." Xu Zhiguo smiled and said to many neighbors in Liujia Village who gradually gathered around: "Everyone came to evaluate for me, whether the chickens Fang Caizhu held on her body were her own family, no one could say, she said that she raised them herself, I said that my new hens." In order to prove that I, Xu Zhiguo, did not lie, I want everyone to testify for me: If these chickens prove that they are not mine, I will let you deal with them, and you can beat and scold and fine. But if it turns out that these chickens are mine, I don't need to take any responsibility, just let me carry the chickens back smoothly, what do you think? ”

Someone then said: "You are a person from another village, why do you say that the chickens of the Caizhu family are yours, you have to come up with strong evidence, otherwise, the people in our village are not soft persimmons." Someone else chimed in: "That's right, be careful that you don't look foreign in our village." More people said, "There is some truth in what this out-of-town man said, so let's let him prove what he said first." ”

Xu Zhiguo said: "Sister Caizhu, you first let go of the chickens and let others watch them first, we will each spread a handful of millet dozens of meters away from the chickens, and then call these chickens ourselves, and you will know the result by watching the reaction of the chickens." ”

At this time, many people gathered around Liujia Village, most of whom supported Xu Zhiguo's suggestion. Fang Caizhu couldn't get off the stage, so she had to agree to give it a try. Someone brought over half a liter of rice and gave it to Xu Zhiguo and Fang Caizhu respectively, and asked the two to walk away from each other, start to scatter grain on the ground, and then start calling chickens.

Xu Zhiguo was very happy in his heart, from the beginning of the people in Liujia Village who supported his proposal, Xu Zhiguo was full of confidence and knew that he had won. I saw him walk away unhurriedly and scatter all the rice on the ground unhurriedly, and then he was not in a hurry to whistle. He smiled and said to Caizhu: "You are my sister, can you call your chicken first?" If you can't call it back, I'll call it, and if I can't call it, the chicken will still be yours. The neighbors applauded and encouraged the beads. Fang Caizhu's face turned red and white for a moment, she knew that these chickens must have been brought by her mother from Xu Zhiguo's chicken coop, and there was no way back at this time, so she could only face the battle hard. Fang Caizhu had called the chicken countless times, but the chicken didn't seem to hear it, and it didn't even react at all.

Xu Zhiguo stood there, put two fingers in his mouth, only lowered his head, and with a loud whistle, the three chickens ploughed out like arrows and rushed in his direction. The crowd erupted in thunderous applause.

Bao Yumei has been in custody of Zhu Xiuya for three days. The neighbors were very dissatisfied with Bao Yumei's behavior, although it was indeed wrong for Zhu Xiuya to steal Xu Zhiguo's chicken, but Bao Yumei should not treat her mother-in-law like this. And Bao Yumei felt that Zhu Xiuya had lost all the face of her family. Therefore, despite the opposition of her neighbors, she firmly imposed severe punishment on her mother-in-law. The Fang clan had to recommend Li Zhutao (Zhangshupo) to come forward to discuss the matter with Bao Yumei. Li Zhutao came to Bao Yumei's house and said to her: Yumei, everyone admits that your mother-in-law did something wrong, and now that Xu Zhiguo has forgiven her, you are her daughter-in-law, you should get off the donkey down the slope and let your mother-in-law go, right? Bao Yumei said hatefully, wife, it's not that I, Yumei, am hard-hearted, but that this old man in my family is dying, and now I punish her to let her have a lesson, remember what to do in the future, and what must not be done. Li Zhutao said, what you said is not wrong, but your mother-in-law is also so old after all, you treat her like this, in case something happens, you can't afford it, Yumei, what I said may be a little harsh, but it is indeed for your good. Bao Yumei thought about it, and began to realize her mistake, so she instructed Fang Benquan: "Benquan, what are you still doing standing here, hurry up and take the key to let Lao Fu die." Li Zhutao smiled and said, "Benquan, I'll go with you, I have something to say to your mother." Before Li Zhutao went upstairs, he said to the other party: It is wrong for your wife to treat your mother like this, although your mother is at fault first, but the fault is not all on her, I say something you don't like to hear, you should also talk more about your wife on weekdays, think more for your mother, she is such an old person, you still can't bear to let her do so much heavy work? In short, since I came to talk to you today as an elder of the Fang family, it means that our Fang family is definitely not satisfied with some of your couple's practices. We only hope that you can honor your elders, respect the elderly, educate your children well, and hope that you yourself will have a little dignity. It's not that we look at your family and make money, but we hope that you will lower your head a little bit so that everyone agrees.

Bao Yumei has never lost such a big face in front of others. But the fact that Zhangshu Po came forward to talk to her shows that things have reached a point where it is difficult to clean up. Bao Yumei knew what the result of provoking the anger of the people was, although she was extremely unhappy with the warning of Zhangshupo, but the anger was difficult to quell, so she had to admit her mistake on the spot and let Zhu Xiuya go.

Bao Yumei knew that her strategy had deviated, and she deeply reflected on it. Fortunately, she is extremely adaptable. She immediately began to make gestures of affection to her neighbors. She went door to door to admit her mistakes to Fang's neighbors, and cried bitterly in front of the elders, beating her chest and feet, although this kind of performance deceived many elders of the same clan, but Zhang Shupo did not believe in Bao Yumei, just out of politeness, she still praised Bao Yumei very happily: "Yumei, we are all very happy that you can correct your mistakes." To be honest, in our Fang family, your ability and housekeeping skills are all places we should learn, okay, don't worry about others, we still like talented people like you the most. ”