Stepmother Reborn: Dad, my mom hasn't hit me for three days

When Zhang Xiuhua got home, she ate the noodles Li Jianguo had prepared and ate the hot dishes. Li Jianguo explained to her, "I think the thief is very likely to know the situation of our village chicken farm."

Zhang Xiuhua nodded, motioning him to continue.

"The chicken farm has bells installed, and only the villagers know about it." Li Jianguo looked quite heavy. They have lived in the same village for decades, and he felt bad when there was a black sheep among them.

Zhang Xiuhua frowned, "Are you mistaken? The chicken farm was invested by the whole village. There are very few families who didn't invest."

Only a few families did not invest due to special reasons. One was their family, the other was Aunt Wang's family, the third was Li Xing's family, and the third was Xiang Xiang's family. Li Xing's family wanted to grow ginseng, and Xiang Xiang's family wanted to build a greenhouse to grow fungus, so they had to save money. Needless to say, their family did not invest.

"You don't doubt Aunt Wang, do you?" Zhang Xiuhua thought his guess was unreliable. "She is a bit nagging and a bit obsessed with money, but she is not a bad person."

Li Jianguo frowned, "Even if they are not from the village, they are people who understand the structure of the chicken farm. At least they have seen the equipment."

Zhang Xiuhua still couldn't figure it out, "Who are you talking about?"

Although some people come to their village to buy eggs, they all go to the old village chief's house and cannot enter the chicken farm. How can they see the structure?

Li Jianguo thought of a possibility, "It could be a competitor. They came to me to buy equipment before, and I took them to see the structure of the chicken farm. This year, there are many villages raising laying hens."

The village that raised broiler chickens lost money, so it switched to raising laying hens. But eggs will also become saturated. Especially in hot weather, eggs cannot be stored for so long. The end of August is the peak period for laying hens.

What if there are too many eggs stockpiled in the village, making it impossible for them to sell their own eggs? Is it possible that someone might do something shady?

Zhang Xiuhua was not very clear about the situation in each village. "Do you have any suspects?"

Li Jianguo really didn't, but he had already thought of a good idea. "This time they succeeded, but there was no substantial damage to our chicken farm. I think they will do it again."

Zhang Xiuhua understood, "Are you planning to sit back and wait?"

Li Jianguo nodded.

"But you can only be a thief for a thousand days, but you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days." Zhang Xiuhua thought this idea was not a good idea. Besides, the autumn harvest was coming soon, and the grass in the fields of each family was growing wildly. Pulling weeds during the day was tiring. I really didn't have time to guard it.

Li Jianguo also knew this, and he had already thought of a safer solution.

The next morning, he asked Jilin to modify the anti-theft device.

Ji Lin agreed, then thought about it for a long time in the room, and then went to the two chicken farms to reinstall the equipment.

Zhang Xiuhua stayed at home for three days and nothing happened.

When she was packing up to go back, she felt a little regretful that she didn't get to see the thief being caught this time.

Li Jianguo was amused to see her high spirits. "What's so interesting about catching a thief? It's not like you haven't seen it before!"

Zhang Xiuhua smiled and said, "I just didn't expect there would be such a plain and simple business war."

In her previous life, she had watched TV dramas in which business wars were all very grand and high-end, but in real life, they were straightforward and shady. It was very exciting.

Li Jianguo didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Next time if you come back too late, you can stay in the county for a night. It's too dangerous to come back so late at night."

Zhang Xiuhua nodded in agreement.

Zhang Xiuhua just left with her luggage. She thought she would not see the thief being caught, but in fact she was wrong.

Even the dumbest thief would not come back again soon after stealing once.

They waited for more than ten days before taking action again.

This time they decided to do something big, and took several sacks, ready to catch a hundred chickens.

A group of more than a dozen men crouched down and walked into the village, following the route from last time, and once again found the chicken farm of the old village chief.

There are many alleys here, which is convenient for hiding people. Besides, this family was too tired from working during the day and slept too soundly. Unlike the chicken farm before, the woman there was too alert and would wake up immediately to check if there was any noise.

Everything was quiet in the dark night. Zhang Xiuhua originally took the bus back from the county at around 4 o'clock, but she didn't expect the bus to break down halfway and everyone got off. She had to walk. The original one-hour bus journey took her three hours to walk. Why did it take so long? Because she was carrying a large bag of things.

Inside were the seasonal clothes she bought for Li Jianguo and their three children. They were extremely heavy.

When we got to the town we had to walk again, and when we reached the village it was already dark.

She arrived at the entrance of the village and sat down to catch her breath. A cool breeze blew over her and she shivered involuntarily.

Autumn comes early in the Northeast, especially the temperature difference between day and night is huge. The lowest temperature is 22 degrees, and the highest temperature at noon is degrees. She was walking along the way, it was too hot, so she took off her coat and tied it around her waist. The wind was a bit cold, so she put her coat back on. She rubbed her nose and was about to get up. Suddenly, a shrill pig cry sounded!

The sound was like a pig being slaughtered, but it was also a little different. Zhang Xiuhua felt that it sounded familiar. She thought for a long time before finally remembering that this was the trick toy she bought for Jilin.

If you pinch it, it will make a sound like a pig being slaughtered. The sound is so evil that it can wake up the whole village.

This was not an exaggeration, because the lights in the previously dark village gradually came on. Zhang Xiuhua, carrying her luggage, saw a dark shadow jump out of her home and rushed out with a swish.

Before she could take a closer look, she saw that the other person was coming towards her.

Zhang Xiuhua tentatively called out, "Jilin?"

Jilin heard his mother's voice and shone the flashlight, "Mom? Are you back?"

Zhang Xiuhua was about to nod, but then she remembered that he couldn't see her, so she said "um", "Where are you going?"

Everyone else ran towards the direction of the sound, only Jilin ran back.

"I'll go find Uncle Li. The thief must have been caught. Let him come and seek justice." After Ji Lin said this, he ran away.

Zhang Xiuhua returned to the house and put the luggage bag into the main room. Yaoyao was also sleepy, rubbing her eyes and yawning, "Aunt Zhang? I seemed to hear the sound of a pig squealing just now?"

Zhang Xiuhua nodded, "Yes!"

Zhuzhu also ran out of the room, "Mom? What's wrong?"

The child was sent back by Ergou a few days ago. He didn't know as much about the situation in the village as she did. When he heard the pig squealing, he thought someone in the village was going to kill the pig.

Zhang Xiuhua asked her to go back to the house and put on her shoes. "There are thieves stealing chickens. You two should stay at home. There are too many people and you can't squeeze to the front."

After she finished her instructions, she quickly went to the old village chief's house, which was already crowded with people.

The strong laborers in the village caught five or six thieves. The old village chief was invited over. He looked a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him.

"Tell me! Which village are you from?"

The thief refused to speak and was very stubborn.

Li Jianguo squeezed in from outside, and Jilin followed behind him. Seeing these people, he didn't have any impression, so he waved his hands directly. Li Jiandang slapped one of them directly, and his face swelled immediately.

But this man was very stubborn and refused to speak. Li Jianguo continued to wave his hands, and Li Jiandang continued to slap him, and only slapped this man.

After being hit five times, the thief couldn't stand it anymore, "Why did you only hit me?!"

Li Jianguo frowned, "Tell me! Which village are you from?"

The thief glanced at Li Jiandang, afraid that he would slap him again, so he could only say, "I'm from Zhangjia Village."

Zhang Xiuhua was stunned. Zhangjia Village? Isn't it the village that stopped their chickens halfway before?

Li Jianguo laughed angrily, "It seems that there are several people in your village who are shot one by one? Do you also want to have a taste of being shot?"

The thieves looked at each other in bewilderment. Then they became scared and said, "No! We are forced to do so. There are too many eggs in your village, so we can't sell our eggs. Many eggs have gone bad."

"Can you transport them to other counties?" Li Jianguo frowned. The eggs couldn't be sold, so they didn't think of other ways but directly stole chickens from other villages. This behavior was clearly a crime!

"Eggs spoil easily, and the road is not good. Half of the eggs will go bad when they are delivered to the next county via a bumpy ride. It's not worth it." The thief tried his best to defend himself.

"Why not send it to the county town?" someone asked.

The thief had a sad face. "The county supply and marketing cooperatives and privately-owned shops all get the eggs from other chicken farms. No one buys the eggs from our village. When I go to the county to set up a stall, I'm often chased away by patrol teams."

Although the country is now in the process of comprehensive reform and opening up, for the sake of the city appearance, patrol teams will still patrol the streets from time to time. Once they find anything fishy, ​​they will confiscate both the car and the goods, and the driver must pay a fine before the car and goods can be taken home.

They thought that this time Lijiatun would definitely forgive them like last time, but Li Jianguo was not the old village chief, and he would not give them another chance.

He directly asked people to go to the police station to find the police and send them to trial.

These people were so frightened that they immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, "We were wrong! We didn't mean it. We are willing to compensate! Please be merciful."

"I showed mercy last time? But you guys are shameless! Don't blame me for being ruthless this time! For people like you who refuse to change despite repeated warnings, you will only be afraid if I beat you up completely!" Li Jianguo looked around at the villagers, "We are about to harvest in autumn, and we don't have the energy to fight these thieves. Let them go this time, but next time we lose chickens, who will compensate for the loss?"

The villagers who originally thought that Li Jianguo was too cruel and could not bear it silently persuaded themselves in their hearts that they deserved it! If they had not come to steal chickens, how could they be caught! This is what they deserve.