Uncle Deng has always been honest and loyal, and he rarely gets so flustered.
Shen Ningning blinked her big round eyes: "Uncle Deng, please tell me slowly, what's wrong?"
She looked calm on the surface, but her little feet were like the wind, and she rushed towards the village.
Could it be that something happened to grandma?
Unexpectedly, Uncle Deng said: "Our family has been robbed!"
Shen Ningning frowned in confusion: "We have been robbed?"
"Yes, half of the firewood stored in the woodshed has been stolen. " Stolen." Uncle Deng said, almost crying.
Shen Ningning's heart sank: "How could it be? Firewood is not easy to hide. There are people coming and going in the village. How could half the house's firewood be stolen without being noticed?"
She stopped and listened to Uncle Deng's story. In the end what happened.
It turned out that in the afternoon, three or four strangers with strange faces came to the village to visit the old village chief.
They said they were here to buy excess cotton quilts.
The old village chief had already sold it once, but he thought that if he sold more points, he could make another fortune.
So I asked Uncle Deng to lead two people to the back room to look at quilts and mink furs.
Taking advantage of this time, the remaining two people gathered around the old village chief to talk about home affairs, very enthusiastically.
The old village chief was wary at first, but he saw that these people were well-dressed and did not look like bandits.
What's more, we are in a village now, and villagers are coming and going outside. Even if these people are really gangsters, they don't dare to make any mistakes.
But this group of people spent a long time choosing. Either they disliked the quilt being too thin, or they thought the mink fur coat was too expensive.
In short, nothing was bought in the end, and these people left in the carriage again.
After they left, a while later, Uncle Deng went to the woodshed to get wood for a fire and prepare to cook.
Only then did I realize that half of the woodshed had been evacuated!
When Uncle Deng explained the reason to Shen Ningning, he happened to return to the old village chief's house.
Many villagers have gathered around the house. The old villager has a head full of white hair and looks haggard and tired in the light of the lights.
He just fainted once and kept covering his heart.
He murmured in his mouth: "It's over, it's over, most of the firewood is gone, how can the rest be enough?"
"I can't survive this disaster year, I can't survive..."
The villagers seven Talking comforting words.
When Shen Ningning entered the room, everyone consciously kept silent and stepped aside to make way for the little guy.
Seeing Shen Ningning, the old village chief felt like he saw a savior.
He almost choked and said, "Ningning, how can this be done!"
Shen Ningning still remained calm: "Grandpa, village chief, don't worry, wait until I ask clearly. If it doesn't work, just report it to the official. Those people can't go far."
As he spoke, the little guy looked at the surrounding villagers.
"Have any of you seen their faces clearly?"
The villagers looked at each other.
Sister-in-law Liu said in embarrassment: "It's evening. It doesn't matter whether it's dark or not. You can see the outline of the light."
A villager followed up and said, "I did see them carrying things, coming in and out."
"But I thought, It was someone from outside who came to buy something from the old village chief. "
When I passed the door, I saw our village chief laughing with that man. How could I have thought that this was stealing?"
It was early in the evening and the lights were not lit yet. come over.
The division of labor was even, with two people entangled Uncle Deng and two people guarding the old village chief.
The accomplices outside were responsible for the transportation.
A horse-drawn carriage would definitely not be able to transport half of the firewood in the woodshed.
Shen Ningning just looked at the ruts outside the house and estimated that three carriages came back and forth.
Uncle Liu said in a serious voice: "We are chasing the guys now and chasing them along the tracks of the car. Are we afraid that we won't be able to catch them?"
Everyone agreed one after another.
But Shen Ningning shook her head: "No, after leaving the village entrance and walking another mile, you will reach the official road."
"The ruts there are crisscrossed. If they come prepared, they will not let us find it easily." The old village chief wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes: "Those pieces of wood were given to me by Ningning."
"It's really hateful to let these thieves steal it!"
Shen Ningning said soothingly: "Don't worry, village chief, we'll do it in a minute Go report it to the official."
After hearing this, the old village chief could only shake his head and sigh silently, with a sad look on his face.
Everyone knows that once something like firewood is stolen, those people will store all the wood separately.
Even if I file a police report, what will happen?
There is no name written on the wood. How can you prove that it was the old village chief who lost it?
Shen Ningning's voice was soft and childlike, with a calmness that soothed people's hearts.
"It may take some time to investigate the case. There are too many people reporting to the government now, and the government officials are too busy."
"But it doesn't matter. In the meantime, the village chief will use the emergency wood first. "
Before, Shen Ningning reminded the villagers to find a place to store some wood for emergency use.
It comes in handy now.
The old village chief suddenly woke up from his dream and hurriedly looked at Uncle Deng: "That's right, son, hurry up and call Heiwazi to bring back our firewood."
Uncle Deng paused and nodded.
Shen Ningning generously lent them his carriage.
After dealing with it, the villagers went back to their homes, leaving only two men to accompany the old village chief to prevent him from thinking too hard.
Shen Ningning returned to her village house. Wolf Si and several wolves came down the mountain at some point and were playing in the snow in the yard.
Grandma Qin heard the noise and walked slowly to the door with a cane.
"Ning Ning is back? What happened at the village chief's side? It's noisy. I want to see your friend Mr. Jiang, but grandma is not allowed to go out."
Grandma Qin said with a smile.
Jiang Zhi is helping wash vegetables and light the fire in the kitchen.
Hearing this, he shouted loudly: "Grandma Qin, you can't run around now, be careful not to fall."
"I'll go find out what's going on after I cook the food. Don't worry."
Shen Ningning Smiling and patting the snow on his trouser legs, he walked into the yard with a round and cute face.
She rubbed the Wolf Si who came over.
She said to her grandma: "It's nothing. The firewood from the village chief's grandpa's house was stolen."
Grandma Qin was startled: "There are still thieves in full view of the public?"
After all, Xiangyun Village is backed by Langshan Mountain and has a good reputation.
Not to mention thieves, during the worst drought, a vicious bandit was killed once. Since then, no one has dared to come to Xiangyun Village to cause trouble.
People who are on the road want to avoid it when they pass Langshan Mountain.
Shen Ningning took out a washed red fruit from the basket, opened her mouth and bit it in one bite.
Sweet juice flows down the tip of the tongue.
She murmured: "It was probably an acquaintance who instigated the crime."
"That person must know the Deng family very well and know that there is only one old man and one Uncle Deng in the family."
Therefore, it was possible to arrange a few people to come over and pester the Deng family father and son respectively. both.
Moreover, if you choose to go there at dusk, you must know Xiangyun Village well.
The man knew that at this time, every household in the villagers was cooking, and he was not afraid of attracting attention even if people came and went.
When anyone asked, he explained that he came to the old village chief to buy things, which would dispel the villagers' suspicion.
Grandma Qin looked serious: "The one who went to target the Deng family couldn't be the village chief's former wife, Wang Qiaoer, right?"
Shen Ningning finished eating the red fruit and smiled lightly.
"Then I don't know." Anyway, she didn't tell the old village chief about her guess for the time being, for fear that he would faint again from anger.
Shen Ningning and Jiang Zhi accompanied Grandma Qin to finish dinner.
It happened that the Black Wolf King also wandered down the mountain.
As soon as Shen Ningning sat on the Black Wolf King's back and wanted to go back to the mountain, she saw Sister-in-law Liu coming in a hurry.
"Ning Ning, it's not good. You should go to the village chief's house and have a look. Their family is really in bad luck this time."