Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

The second aunt screamed and called many people at home, but unfortunately most of them were old, weak, women and children, and no one could help. A group of people talked about it: How could there be a thief in broad daylight? Why is Qin Jingru not at home at this time? Is the door lock still hanging on the door?

The third aunt turned around and looked around, and found that Bang Geng was not in the crowd. She said to the first aunt next to her: "Bang Geng is not here, it's a bit strange, do you think it might be..."

Mrs. Jia had good ears, especially when someone said something bad about her family, she would point at the nose of the third aunt and curse: "Yang Aihua, you are talking nonsense, my grandson and his friends have already gone out to play. Don't wrongly accuse a good person."

"Good man, haha..." The third aunt smiled disdainfully and asked, "What should we do now? Should we wait for Xu Damao's family to come back, or should we call the police now?"

The deaf old lady tapped her cane and said, "Xu Damao is not easy to talk to. Besides, if we report it to the police, we can't tell what's extra or missing. We still have to ask him. Why bother?"

The second aunt asked again: "Should we ask someone to go to the factory and ask him to come back?"

The first aunt looked around and saw that besides the elderly, there were only children, all of whom were five or six years old. During the summer vacation, the half-grown children all ran out to swim in the moat or Shichahai. Who could stay at home? Well, since they couldn't find anyone, the first aunt sat at the door of the second aunt's house with the second aunt, the third aunt and the old lady, to guard Xu Damao's house and protect the scene. Others stayed to chat, and some went back to their houses to do their own things.

Mother Jia looked at the messy scene at Xu Damao's house and wondered in her heart. She saw clearly how nervous Banggeng and his friends were when they came in. She hoped that it was not Banggeng who did it, because that would be a big deal. Mother Jia kept praying in her heart that nothing would happen to Banggeng.

At sunset, people working in the steel rolling mill returned to the yard one after another, and Xu Damao also entered the yard with everyone else.

When I got to the backyard, I saw the four most prestigious women sitting in front of the second uncle's door chatting. I was wondering why these people got together. Just as I was thinking about it, the second aunt called out: "Xu Damao, you're back. Your door is not locked. There's been a thief. Check to see if anything is missing, and then report to the police."

Xu Damao wanted to scold the second aunt and curse his family, but when he turned around and saw the mess in his house, he couldn't say anything. He was just anxious. He ran into the inner room and saw the drawer of the wardrobe lying on the ground. He made a wish in his heart: It must be there, it must be there. When he reached out and touched the innermost part, his heart became cold and his face became longer.

Qin Jingru also came back at this time. Seeing her house in a mess and a group of neighbors standing in the main room, she shouted, "What are you doing? You dare to come to my house to smash and rob in broad daylight? Damao, don't be afraid, I'm here to help you."

Xu Damao was just getting angry, and seeing Qin Jingru yelling like a fool, he rushed over and slapped her in the face, cursing, "You spendthrift woman, you didn't even lock the door when you went out, and you're happy that your house was robbed. You're a jinx, a spendthrift, you've lost all our money and food coupons."

Qin Jingru was slapped by Xu Damao and fell to the ground. She thought that Xu Damao was beaten by others and did not dare to fight back but took his anger out on her. She was about to get up and quarrel with Xu Damao, but when she heard that the money and food coupons in the house were lost, she became frightened and fainted.

Xu Damao thought Qin Jingru was pretending and was still cursing. Auntie couldn't bear it and patted Qin Jingru to wake her up. After calling her for a long time, it was useless. Xu Damao went over and pinched Qin Jingru's Ren Zhong acupoint. After a while, Qin Jingru slowly woke up and said that her limbs were weak and she couldn't get up. Xu Damao was anxious to report to the police, but Qin Jingru suddenly fell ill. He was really worried. In the end, money defeated emotion. Xu Damao begged Auntie to ask Uncle to find someone to send Qin Jingru to the hospital, and he ran to the police station to report to the police.

Public security officer Da Liu and several colleagues once again stepped into the troubled Red Star Courtyard. Da Liu's colleagues searched for traces and took photos to collect evidence in Xu Damao's home, while Da Liu questioned the elderly who were present in the afternoon. After a round of investigation, they gained nothing. Neither the traces of theft in the house nor the inquiries of the neighbors yielded any useful clues.

Although Auntie expressed her speculation that the thief was Banggeng in a timely manner when Liu Da asked about the situation, Liu Da did not completely accept her speculation. Firstly, this theft was obviously organized and premeditated, otherwise there would not be fingerprints and footprints. This also showed that the perpetrator was very experienced and had anti-reconnaissance awareness. Banggeng... Liu Da shook his head involuntarily when he thought of this; secondly, Banggeng didn't seem to have time, as he had not been at the scene.

When the questioning and evidence collection were almost completed, Banggeng came back with several children of similar age in the yard.

Since Xu Damao strongly suggested that Liu ask Banggeng, Liu, in order to help Banggeng get rid of suspicion, asked in front of everyone: "Banggeng, what did you do this afternoon?"

Bang Geng said casually, "My friends and I went to Shichahai to swim, and we ran into Xiang Hongliang and Cao Bin, and we came back together."

"Besides swimming, what else did you do?"

"I didn't do anything else. What's wrong?" Banggeng pretended to be confused and looked at the group of people surrounding him. Even his mother Qin Huairu didn't say a word to respond.

"Xu Damao's house was robbed this afternoon and more than 300 yuan was stolen. Does it have anything to do with you?" Da Liu was being harassed by Xu Damao and had no choice but to ask this question.

"No, what does the missing things in his house have to do with me? I went swimming this afternoon."

Liu turned around and asked Xiang Hongliang and Cao Bin, "Was Banggeng really in Shichahai this afternoon? What else did you do together?"

Xiang Hongliang thought seriously for a while and said, "We are all in Shichahai. Banggeng treated us to popsicles in the afternoon."

Xu Damao seemed to have found a loophole. He grabbed Bang Geng's arm and asked sternly, "Where did you get the money to treat others to popsicles?"

Bang Geng shook off Xu Damao's arm and said, "My aunt gave it to me a few days ago. I didn't spend it. I treated them to some popsicles today. If you don't believe me, you can ask my aunt."

"Why did Qin Jingru give you money?"

"That's enough, Xu Damao. I'm worried about your house being robbed, so I've been patient and asked you to ask my Bang Geng. Stop asking me. Someone has already confirmed that he is not here, and the police also said that it couldn't have been Bang Geng who did it." Qin Huairu's angry voice finally appeared, accusing Xu Damao of being rude.

Xu Damao didn't care about Qin Huairu's mood. The lost money was all his belongings. He gritted his teeth and said, "Since you say you don't have it, do you dare to let us search your house and your body?"

Bang Geng looked at Xu Damao's distorted face and said, "Okay, I didn't steal anything, so I'm not afraid of you searching. But what if you don't find anything? Do you kowtow to me as an apology, or pay me to settle the matter?"