Shanzi stood up at this time.

"My sister took the money. She asked me to steal my mother's key and all the money in the small box. She said she would use the money as travel expenses and she would go there to see and come back."

Qiao Xiaohong became anxious when she heard this, "Shanzi, don't talk nonsense, you are going to kill me unjustly."

Jiang Xiu sat on the bench and sulked, hating that she was incompetent. As long as there was a man in the family, Qiao Xiaohong couldn't be so arrogant or bully.

Lin Anan "comforted" Jiang Xiu, "Mom, consider yourself unlucky. I have already said that I will make money from selling things in the future. I will try to pay back the betrothal gift as soon as possible. Seven hundred yuan can be used to recognize a person without losing money."

Seeing that the whole family had this attitude, Lin Dong turned around and asked Qiao Xiaohong, "Xiaohong, tell the truth, did you take it or not?"

Qiao Xiaohong looked at Lin Dong with watery eyes, "No, others don't believe me, so don't you believe me either?"

Qiao Xiaohong's eyes were red, and Lin Dong felt a little guilty. Didn't he just ask her because he didn't believe her?

"I know what to do."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Cheng pushed the door open and walked in.

Lin Dong was startled when he saw the person coming, then stood up suddenly, strode over, and punched Ji Cheng, "Ji Cheng, why is it you?"

The two were once comrades in the same platoon. Lin Dong was discharged from the army due to injury in the third year, and then gradually lost contact.

Lin Dong looked at Ji Cheng's crutch and asked, "Isn't it you who is engaged to Xiaohong?"

"it's me."

Lin Dong had some objections to Qiao Xiaohong's sister. It was honorable for soldiers to be injured. How could they be described as lame?

"Ji Cheng, you came just in time, what do you think we should do?"

"This is easy to handle. When someone left quietly, he once bought something in the canteen. The shopkeeper took ten yuan and wrote a word on the ten yuan. You are in this business. This is a clue, right? ?I suggest calling the police, seven hundred yuan is enough to file a case."

Lin Dong asked: "What word?"

"I can't tell you now. You are considered a relative of the suspect. I can't trust you. When the police come, I won't hide a word."

Lin Dong still didn't believe that Qiao Xiaohong would be so bad, but everyone was convinced that in order to clear Qiao Xiaohong's innocence, it was advisable to call the police.

"Then call the police."

Ji Cheng looked at his mother and said, "Mom, ask my father to call the police station and tell him that someone in the village has had his money stolen."

Ji's mother was eager to beat up the drowned dog, so she agreed, "Okay, I'll go right away."

Qiao Xiaohong finally panicked and secretly pulled Lin Dong's cuffs, "Brother, don't call the police."

Lin Dong's expression was ugly, "Why don't you report it? Don't you want to know who did it? Let others pour dirty water on you?"

Qiao Xiaohong couldn't care about anything else. When she left that day, it was still dark and she still had a few miles to go to the station. She did knock on the door of the small shop in the village and bought a flashlight for lighting.

I was given ten yuan in change. What if there were really writing on the money?

She didn't dare to gamble.

"Brother, I took it. I just wanted to use it as travel expenses, but I was also afraid that if I couldn't find a home, I couldn't sleep on the street."

Lin Dong looked at Qiao Xiaohong and was very disappointed with this sister.

Lin Dong turned around to find Ji Cheng.

"Qiao Xiaohong has already admitted that she took it. I will pay back the money and just call the police. It is all a family matter and there will be no consequences."

Ji Cheng smiled slightly, a bit sarcastic, "There is evidence. What if there is no evidence? Do you think we collaborated to frame her?"

Lin Dong really believed Qiao Xiaohong when she was crying.

"Give her another chance. I'm a policeman and I know better than you. I can't convict Xiaohong just by relying on a written note."

"Are you ready to take sides to the end?"

Lin Dong felt a little uncomfortable, "She has suffered for twenty years. As an elder brother, it is normal to be partial."

Ji Cheng swore, "You're really blind. Stay a few more days. Maybe it can be cured."

Even if this matter is over, Lin Dong only has more than 100 yuan in cash. The rest will be written as an IOU and will be sent over after returning to Heshi.

Lin Dong came here mainly to see Lin Anan and to stand up for Qiao Xiaohong.

Is it really as bad as Qiao Xiaohong said? It really takes two days to stay and observe before drawing a conclusion.

This is difficult for Jiang Xiu. Life is poor, what can he eat?

Lin Anan was applying medicine to Shanzi. The weather was warm and there was dirt on her hands. It would be bad if she got infected.

After listening to Jiang Xiu's words, Lin Anan felt calm, "I can do whatever I eat on weekdays, and they don't pay for it."

Jiang Xiu gave her an angry look, "That's your brother."

"He is not my brother alone. He is now partial to Qiao Xiaohong."

"It's normal to be partial. Compared with Qiao Xiaohong, we are all outsiders."

Alas, Jiang Xiu's words are heartbreaking.

Lin Anan only earned 12.4 yuan when she stayed at Westinghouse. Counting the cost of the stickers, she earned even less.

Lin Anan pinched the cents and sighed. Even if he earned 12 yuan a day by selling apples, it would only be 360 ​​yuan a month.

It's impossible to have a day off for a month, and it's impossible to earn so much every day.

A poor person has short ambitions, and a poor person has no dreams.

Lin Dong knocked on the door and walked in. He looked at the money in Lin Anan's hand and asked, "How did you start doing business?"

When he was in Heshi, his sister was not good at anything, and her family found many jobs for her, but even An An couldn't look down on any of them.

After just a few days, my sister changed.

Lin Anan said very directly, "Qiao Xiaohong left and took away the 700 yuan gift. I don't know how to make money, so how can I return it to the Ji family?"

Lin Dong's face was burning, as if someone had slapped him in the face, "It's Xiaohong's fault this time. Don't worry, I'll send money when we get back and cancel the marriage with Ji Cheng."

Lin Dong leaned closer to Lin An'an again and asked, "There are only two of us here. Tell me the truth. How is the Qiao family treating you? Are you full?"

Lin Anan thought that Qiao Xiaohong must have said a lot of bad things about the Qiao family and the Ji family, otherwise Lin Dong would not ask this question.

"I'm not wronged. My mother and Shanzi eat black noodles, and what I eat is white noodles. Not to mention how good the food is, but it is the best she can make."

In the kitchen, Qiao Xiaohong walked up to Jiang Xiu and said, "Mom——"

Jiang Xiu hurriedly stopped her, "No, you have a noble status and I am not worthy of being your mother."

"Mom, please don't do this. Isn't it okay that I was wrong?"

"You didn't admit your mistake to me. You only admitted your mistake after someone exposed you and you had no choice. Before, you insisted that we framed you."

Qiao Xiaohong couldn't say a word, that's what she did.

Jiang Xiu accepted her incompetence. After giving birth to a daughter, she did not give birth to another child for more than ten years. During that time, Qiao Xiaohong was her only favorite.

Even if Shanzi was born later, Qiao Xiaohong was timid and would stick to her first if any good things came to her.

People change so fast. No, it's possible that Qiao Xiaohong was always like this, but she doesn't pretend now.

For dinner, the dumplings made by Jiang Xiu were all made of white flour, so they couldn't follow Qiao Xiaohong's wishes, which proved how much she had been wronged!

At noon the next day, Lin Dong invited Ji's family over. He made the decision, returned the bride price (IOU) for Qiao Xiaohong, and terminated the engagement between the two families.

Ji Cheng felt good, he was relieved.

"Ji Cheng, do you think An An looks familiar?"

Ji Cheng looked at his former comrades and asked, "Lin Dong, what do you mean? There are more male soldiers than female soldiers in the army, and we don't see many female comrades in a year. How can Lin Anan look familiar?"

Lin Dong was relieved.

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