The formation of the concept of possession and property, that is, the concept of private ownership, is of milestone significance in the history of human development. Once property has an owner and belonging, some people will cherish and care for it, so that wealth can be fully utilized. With private property, there is a relentless effort on the part of people to acquire and accumulate wealth. There is an unsatisfying pursuit of wealth by the individual, and as a result, the wealth of the society is enriched, and the society is more and more developed.

In fact, the synergy formed by the pursuit of dissatisfaction and the acquisition of personal wealth is the source of the continuous progress of our society.

However, the concept of possession and property is also a double-edged sword. Because, too, in the pursuit of possessions, it will also tempt people to do whatever it takes. Even doing bad things for the sake of gaining wealth, and doing things that harm others and groups for the sake of self-interest.

As a result, some people believe that the pursuit and acquisition of wealth will be the root of all evil. Furthermore, it is believed that individuals can only forget their own selfish interests, and individuals can only stop pursuing private property. Only then can people refrain from doing those bad things, and only then can they eradicate all kinds of evils that arise from them.

In fact, these people must be wrong, because it is impossible for people to be without selfish interests. Under certain historical conditions, it is impossible not to strive for private wealth.

In order to maintain unreasonable and unfair institutions, such as feudal privileges and hierarchies, rulers will also try to advocate and induce people to forget about personal interests. Because the more people don't care about their own interests, the more they are able to accept and endure the injustices that are inflicted on them.

Thus there were various religions and doctrines that served this rule, such as: the Nine Commandments of Moses, abstinence, self-denial......

What's wrong with it is the bad self-seeking behavior, not the self-interest itself. A person may choke on eating, can he give up eating because of choking?

Contrary. A good and dynamic society will strive to actively create conditions for people's self-interest behavior and open up the way for self-interest behavior. Again, a good society. It will also strictly regulate people's behavior, and standardize people's behavior as much as possible within the scope of the rules.

In other words, each individual can do his best to pursue his own interests, but only through the right channels.

Just as we do with the flow of water. Water can flow freely in the channel, but water can only flow in the channel, because if it breaks out of the embankment, it will flood. Those who advocate making people forget about self-interest can only have other intentions, if not ignorance.

It is precisely because the people in this village have not yet formed the concept of private ownership, so there has been no theft in the history of this village.

The so-called road is not forgotten, and the house is not closed at night, which may be the ideal state in other places, but in this village was once the real norm, really.

However, not anymore, because there is theft in this village.

In this village, if anyone has something superfluous, or something that they won't need for a while, if someone else needs it, just take it. It doesn't matter if you don't greet the host.

Even if the owner of the thing is not at home, it is not a problem to take it without permission?

However, there is one thing that must be done, and afterwards, the master must be informed of the matter.

When the first person said that they had lost something, everyone didn't believe it, thinking that someone needed to take it, but they forgot to say a word afterwards.

But several families have lost things in a row, and everyone has no way to disbelieve it.

Panic ensued. This has never happened in this village, and the air in the village is very tense.

For such a thing that has never been encountered and has never had a precedent, the patriarch and the council are at a loss and helpless.

They could only find Qin Yi, and they could only push Qin Yi out to deal with this matter.

An ordinary act of stealing in the world where he came could cause such a big shock and cause such chaos here, which not only surprised Qin Yi, but also made it difficult for him to understand.

The thief must be found as soon as possible, otherwise, there will be no peace in this village.

Qin Yi first looked for the people who had lost their things, and what things had been lost in the registration? What opened Qin Yi's eyes was: There are still such thieves in this world? When he came to this thief, how could everything become a good thing? Why did he steal everything? From food, vegetables, and fruits to clothes, shoes, cloth, and children's toys. Even if they have just picked herbs from the mountains, they will not let go, but who did it?

Qin Yi knew that the aborigines in this village should not do such a thing, and the thieves were most likely from the new residents.

Because of the same origin, Qin Yi has more time to deal with these new residents, and Qin Yi is basically familiar with these people.

There weren't many people, Qin Yi had gone through everyone's mind, and there was one person who caught his attention.

This person is here after the front foot of Wagyu Daliang, and he is lazy to do it on weekdays, and when he needs to contribute, he can't see his figure.

The person is obscene, and the name is also ugly, called Yang Gou.

In the countryside, there is such a habit. People who are not prosperous are afraid that their children will die, so they give them such a name, called Gouyu.

What do you mean? It's the leftovers of wild dogs. If the wild dogs don't eat it, the king of Hades won't even worry about it?

is also the same as Niu Daliang, a bachelor.

Originally, the bachelor had stayed with the family that had brought him here. When Yang Gouyu and Niu Daliang came here, it happened that two families moved back to their hometowns and vacated two houses, and the village was divided between them.

Anyway, the house is idle, and they will have to get married sooner or later.

I stole so many things, I have to put them at home, right? I should go to his house first? But I usually never go to his house, and when I go suddenly, there must be a reason?

The reason that Qin Yi immediately thought of was to go to Yanggou's house to drink. Okay, that's the idea.

Seeing that it was almost time to eat, Qin Yi went to the cupboard to get wine.

What's going on? When I got wine for Niu Daliang a few days ago, there was still a bottle of wine in the cupboard? Why was it gone? Could it be that this bottle of wine was also stolen?

I remember that there were still a few packets of peanuts and dried tofu, and if I didn't have alcohol, I would bring some snacks with me. When I put my hand in and touched it, it was gone, and it seemed that it was thrown along with the wine.

Like other families in the village, when Qin Yi was not at home, the city gate was wide open. Thieves come to steal things, and they can be caught with no effort.

Qin Yi hurriedly went to check his valuables, but because he put them carefully, he was not discovered by the thieves.

I thought that if he was a thief, he was now on the verge of stealing, and it would be better not to startle the snake.

Suspicion is suspicion after all, and you can't conclude that people are thieves just because they are lazy and lazy, or even because their appearance and name are not good, right?

Now that this thief is so active, what needs to be done now is to find someone to keep an eye on him and follow him secretly.

Qin Yi thought of one person, Niu Daliang.

On the one hand, Niu Daliang is still smart, and on the other hand, the two of them have been here for about the same time. If it is discovered, it is easy to find a reason to cover it up.

found Niu Daliang, who hated the thief so much.

He often interacted with the aborigines, and always heard from the aborigines that the village never lost anything. The implication is that he and all the new inhabitants are the object of suspicion?

Because of the fight, everyone said that he could accept anything, but he couldn't stand it when he was suspected of stealing?

After receiving the task given by Qin Yi, he was extremely happy. I don't know what to do to repay Qin Yi's great kindness? Can I help Qin Yi do things, is it something that I can't ask for?

Let him follow Yang Gouyu, it means that Qin Yi trusts him, what kind of honor is this?

Niu Daliang and Qin Yi said that he must take Yang Gouyu to death, and he must arrest him.

Qin Yi thought for a while, afraid that Niu Daliang would encounter danger or tie down. Tell Niu Daliang that as long as you can find out whether Yang Gou is or is not a thief, don't startle the snake?

Niu Daliang agreed.

A few days later, Niu Daliang came to Qin Yi very confidentially, saying that Yang Gou Yu must be a thief.

"Did you find anything? Quick, sit down. Qin Yi was very happy.

In the past few days, the village has been complaining, and he is also a little anxious.

"For the past few days, I haven't done anything, just staring at him, staring at him. However, I didn't let him find out, it was all the way to follow him. ”

Niu Daliang said, looking at Qin Yi proudly, Qin Yi nodded approvingly.

"I recently found out that Yang Gou is wandering around the village if he is fine. On the surface, he seems to be believing in the reins and walking casually, but in fact he is not, he is observing. When he saw that all the people in his family had gone out, he casually followed behind. When he saw that the family was far away, he returned and went straight to this person's house.

|“ After entering the house, he was quite able to pretend, as if he didn't know that the family was not at home, as if he had come to this house for something? He had to knock on the door first and shout the name of the person in a loud voice. Then, I went into someone's house and came out in a short time. It seems that when the family finished their errands and left, they still shouted that they didn't need to send it.

"Although, he doesn't usually hold anything in his hand, but, if you pay a little attention, you can see that he has bulging bags on his body. I think he must have put the stolen things on his body. ”

Speaking of this, Niu Daliang paused, took the water cup handed by Qin Yi, and took a few sips of water.

Qin Yi didn't answer, he was listening quietly.

"I thought he was supposed to go home and send the stolen stuff home. Niu Daliang continued: "However, he did not go home, but went directly to the mountain. I thought it was a little weird? I just went up and saw what was going on?

"Walking into the mountains, there was no one on the way. Yang Gou Yu is very alert and sometimes turns back suddenly. Don't dare to get too close, you can only follow from afar. After walking for a while, I came to a very secret place, and Yang Gouyu walked into a dense forest."

Speaking of this, Niu Daliang picked up the cup and drank a few more sips of water.