As night fell, voices quieted down, and Wozi Village lay in an eerie stillness, save for the darkest corner of a pigsty where the filthiest deeds were being committed.
Suddenly, a cry rang out, "Thief, catch the pig thief!"
The shout startled the households just drifting off to sleep, and torches, one after another, were lit.
Sister-in-law Quan nudged her husband and said, "Husband, quickly get up, there's a thief, a pig thief."
In their home were two large sows, both capable of bearing piglets, if they were to be stolen, it would spell doom for the entire family.
Upon hearing his wife's words, Quan Mancang quickly got up, threw on a short coat haphazardly, and grabbing the tea-pounding stick from inside the house, he shouted, "Where's the thief, where's the thief?"
"Quick, check our pigsty," Sister-in-law Quan also dressed.
Outside, someone struck the gongs and drums to alert everyone to catch the thief, and some ran out with torches in hand.
