AWB Chapter 398 Catching the Thief
Chapter 398 Catching the Thief
Shen Rongshan nodded: "Light up the oil lamp, and be careful."
We have to keep some people in the village for fear that they may have accomplices.
Ji Wenhe put on his clothes and said, "Aunt Lan, I'm a little worried. Let me go to the village entrance and take a look."
"Okay, I'll go with you. Just lock the door."
As the two walked eastward, Li Chunhong, Wang Erfeng and others were standing near their homes, looking towards the village entrance.
Lan Qiuhua shouted, "Chunhong, go home quickly, or the two girls will be scared at home."
"Go to the village entrance."
"Yes, let's go to the village entrance and take a look."
"Okay, go ahead."
The two came to the entrance of the village. Shen Feiling, Shen Liao, Shen Jingzhu and Shen Chuanbai, the four of them stood on both sides of the entrance, looking outside the village vigilantly.
Seeing them coming, he called out politely.
Ji Wenhe asked: "Where did your eldest brother from Rongshan go?"
Shen Feiling replied: "Two people ran to the east, and they took Dahei to chase them."
Lan Qiuhua asked worriedly: "Can they catch him? It's so dark in the night, we can't even see the shadows of people."
"We can catch him. His big black nose is very sharp and he won't lose him."
Standing at the entrance of the village, I heard a noisy shouting coming from the village next door. Listening carefully, I heard someone shouting to catch a thief, and some said the thief was running over there.
Niu Guilan yawned as she walked over: "Damn it! They won't let me sleep well in the middle of the night. I think we should just catch these thieves and beat them to death."
He goes around the village stealing things, he deserves to be beaten to death.
Lan Qiuhua shrank his neck and said, "Let's catch him first."
"I don't know when the village head will come back. When he comes back, send these thieves to the government and let them spend the rest of their lives in jail. Let's see if they dare to steal again in the future."
As they were talking, two people came over from the direction of Zhangjia Village. They were Shen Erniu and Shen Ergui.
From a distance, Shen Erniu said, "The thief who ran to Zhangjia Village was caught, one of his legs was broken, and he was tied up with a rope."
Niu Guilan asked: "Boss, didn't you ask which village they came from or if they were familiar faces?"
Shen Ergui nodded: "It's a familiar face."
Ji Wenhe was a little confused and stamped his feet: "Aunt Niu, what do you mean by familiar faces? Have they come to the village to steal things before and been caught?"
"Yes, he not only stole in our village, but also in other villages. He was caught and beaten, and then ran away. We haven't seen him since the famine, but now he's out again."
"I was wondering why they didn't steal from other people's houses, but from the head of the village. They must have stolen things from our village before, so they know which family has the most money."
Everyone in the village knows the people from Zhangjia Village and Zhaojia Village.
They would go into the mountains to dig wild vegetables and winter bamboo shoots. If a stranger entered the village, everyone would be alert and ask which village he was from.
If he wasn't from a nearby village, he would have been exposed after a few questions.
Niu Guilan said to Shen Ergui, "Let's go to Zhangjia Village. The other three people must be his accomplices. Let everyone in the village identify which nearby village they are from."
Lan Qiuhua shook his head: "I guess it's not from a nearby village, it must be from a distant village."
Ji Wenhe stood at the entrance of the village and looked to the east. It was too dark and no shadow could be seen more than ten meters away.
After waiting for a while, they heard the barking of Dahei and the dog.
Shen Liao looked over quickly: "They are back, they are back."
Four people walked out from the darkness, two in front, with their hands tied behind their backs with belts.
It happened that Niu Guilan came back from Zhangjia Village. When she saw the two people, she said, "They are all familiar faces."
He said with a spit: "Why don't you learn your lesson? Do I have to break your legs?"
One of the men, who looked to be in his thirties, said: "We didn't want to do that either, but we really had no money and we had children to support at home, so we had no choice but to..."
"Bah!" Lan Qiuhua went up and slapped him. "You have children to feed, but we don't have any children to feed, right? You stole their money, how can they live?"
"People with hands and feet don't go to town to find work, but think about stealing things and becoming thieves. Shameless things."
After saying that, he slapped the man next to him.
The two men didn't dare to resist at all and just lowered their heads.
Seeing them like this, Ji Wenhe took a step back and asked, "What should they do then?"
Niu Guilan said, "Take them to Zhaojia Village and let Li Zhaojia Village Chief take care of them. The village chief of Zhangjia Village said that we will think of a way to deal with these four people tomorrow."
Shen Rongshan looked at her and said, "You go back with Aunt Lan. I'll send the people to Zhaojia Village and come back."
"it is good."
Several people walked back.
Lan Qiuhua blew air into her palms and said, "I think if we send those people to the town, they will be released after a few months in jail. Maybe it won't take more than a few months."
"A few years ago, there was a thief who was sent to the government. He served a month in jail and was released. Later, he went back to the village to steal things. It wasn't murder, so the government wouldn't let them stay in jail for life."
Ji Wenhe looked back and saw them standing at the back, not knowing what they were saying.
"Aunt Lan, if the man with a broken leg is sent to the government and told that the villagers beat him up, will the villagers be in trouble?"
"It's okay. The villagers all stand by their own village. If the government wants witnesses, the villagers can say that no one did anything and that he broke his finger himself. The government will still believe them."
She nodded: "Aunt Lan, I'll go to your house."
Passing by Shen Yuanshan's house, I saw that the gate was open: "Hey, where did they go?"
Lan Qiuhua looked into the house and asked, "Maybe he went to your house because he was worried that you would be scared at home alone."
Ji Wenhe shouted, "Wenshan, Yuanshan."
There was no answer from inside the house.
"Let's go, Wen He, let's go to your house."
As she walked forward, she saw two figures approaching, and she asked, "Are they Wenshan and Yuanshan?"
"It's our sister-in-law." Shen Wenshan replied, "Why isn't our sister-in-law at home? We went to the yard and found the door was locked. We were worried, so we walked around the house again."
"Aunt Lan and I are going to the village entrance. Your eldest brother will be back soon. The thief has been caught. You should go back to sleep. I will go to Aunt Lan's house and wait for him to come back."
The two agreed.
When we arrived at Lan Qiuhua's house, there was light in the house.
"Xiao Lian, An Guo, your sister-in-law is here."
Amelia Su in the room said: “Sister-in-law, come in.”
Shen Anguo opened the door: "Mom, sister-in-law, have you caught the thief?"
"They've been caught. Rongshan and Shen Liang have taken them to Zhaojia Village. They'll be back soon."
The three of them sat down inside the house.
Ji Wenhe sighed: "It's so late at night, it's really annoying."
"Yes, I was awakened by the shock when I was sleeping soundly." Su Xiaolian leaned against the pillow, "Mom, there are a lot of thieves. If they are caught, will there be other thieves entering our village?"