Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

"Lin Baoyan! You can't just frame someone just because the neighbors didn't hear any noise." Yi Zhonghai reprimanded hastily.

Jia Dongxu was also in a hurry to curse: "Lin Baoyan, my family did have some conflicts with yours in the past, but that was long gone. Why are you accusing my mother now?"

"Don't you know what kind of personality your mother has? She goes wherever there's excitement, but look for yourself, where is your mother now?" Lin Baoyan retorted.

Someone shouted, "Zhang Xiaohua, Zhang Xiaohua, Lin Baoyan reported that you stole the Zhou family's radio! Come on, tell me whether you stole it or not."

Jia Zhang, who was hiding at home and had no idea what was happening next door, immediately jumped up as if her butt was on fire, rushed out of the door and yelled: "Lin Baoyan, you money-loser, what are you talking about? When did I steal anything? Come out and explain it to me."

"Huh, you're hiding at home when there's so much going on." Lin Baoyan turned to the police and said, "I remember that Zhang Xiaohua's shoe size is 35."

The two police officers immediately walked out the door: "Everyone, please make way. We are going to find Comrade Zhang Xiaohua to find out the situation."

Jia Dongxu was so anxious that he quickly signaled Qin Huairu outside to take Zhang Xiaohua away.

Qin Huairu had felt bad when Lin Baoyan reported it, and wanted to inform Jia Zhangshi. Who knew that some wicked person would be quick to speak and provoke Jia Zhangshi to come out. At this time, she could only quickly pull Jia Zhangshi out and say, "Mom, it's enough for us to know that we didn't steal. Calm down."

As the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law walked quickly to the hall, two police officers pushed Jia Dongxu and Yi Zhonghai away and squeezed out. Following the arms of some neighbors on the corridor, they saw the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were about to enter the hall, and hurriedly ran while shouting: "Stop, stop! If you go any further, we will think you are absconding from the crime!"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were frightened by the shouting and froze, unable to move. It was not until the two police officers caught up with them that Qin Huairu explained with a sullen face: "Comrade police, you misunderstood. My mother was just angry because she was wrongly accused. I took her out to calm her down. We didn't intend to do anything else."

Jia Dongxu, who followed, also explained: "My mother was furious when she heard someone falsely accuse her. She really didn't steal anything. It was Lin Baoyan who made it up."

Yi Zhonghai also explained: "The Jia family had some unpleasantness with Lin Baoyan in the past. It was a long time ago and everyone had almost forgotten about it. We didn't know that this child was so vindictive and wanted to take revenge now. Zhang Xiaohua is really not a thief."

Lin Baoyan stood in front of Zhou's door and shouted, "The thief left shoe prints and palm prints. If she stole it, we can just check whether her shoe prints and palm prints match. If she didn't steal it, I will compensate her and apologize."

"Hiss~ He even said he would pay compensation and apologize. So, it was really Zhang Xiaohua who stole it."

"If Zhang Xiaohua didn't steal, would she just run away with her head covered? She must be feeling guilty."

Not only Zhang Xiaohua felt guilty, but Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu, who were originally unaware of the situation, also felt guilty. How could they not know what kind of personality their mother had? If she felt so guilty now, she must have done something sneaky.

The two police officers stared at Jia Zhang and said, "Comrade, we now suspect that you are involved in this theft case. Please cooperate with our investigation."

Jia Zhang didn't know anything about palm prints or shoe prints. She just knew that she must not admit to stealing anything. She immediately clapped her hands on her thighs and cried out, "Old Jia, come and see, everyone is trying to wrongly accuse me now. They are blaming me for all the thefts. Come up and take them all away."

I haven't heard Jia Zhang crying at a funeral for several months. It's quite scary to hear it on New Year's Day.

The people on the corridor leaned back, trying to stay away from Jia Zhang. Yi Zhonghai's face changed and he quickly scolded: "Zhang Xiaohua, shut up, what nonsense are you talking about."

A police officer glanced at Yi Zhonghai and said to Jia Zhang in a serious tone, "Comrade, your actions just now involve promoting feudal superstition. Are you sure you want to continue?"

Jia Zhang opened her mouth, looked at the serious face of the police officer, and finally closed her mouth.

The group returned to the door of Zhou's house.

A police officer held up the shoe print and said, "Zhang Xiaohua, let me check your shoe print now to see if it matches yours."

Jia Dongxu said: "Comrade from the police, even if the shoe prints are the same, it doesn't prove that my mother is a thief. There are many people with the same size feet. How can you convict someone based on just one shoe print?"

Yi Zhonghai didn't say anything. Apart from the shoe prints, he knew very well what palm prints were. Even if the shoe prints didn't match, as long as the palm prints matched, he would not be able to escape the guilt.

Another police officer nodded and said, “Indeed, many people have the same foot size, but shoe prints not only prove the size of the foot, but also prove what kind of shoes they are wearing. Even if the shoes are bought from different families, they are the same when they are bought, but they are worn for different periods of time and have different degrees of wear and tear, so the marks left behind are also different.

Jia Zhang was forced to take off her shoes by two neighbors, and when compared with the shoe prints, they were exactly the same.

When the results came out, everyone was shocked.

"Oh my god, it was really Zhang Xiaohua who stole it."

"When Lin Baoyan said that, I thought she disliked Zhang Xiaohua and deliberately framed her."

"What do you mean by intentional framing? That's too harsh. It seems that they have disliked Zhang Xiaohua for a long time and wanted to frame her."

"But I really can't believe that Zhang Xiaohua would dare to do such a thing."

"How did Lin Baoyan figure that out?"

"Didn't I say that? Zhang Xiaohua's performance today was too outrageous. She actually didn't join in the fun."

"Yeah, she didn't come to join in the fun because she was afraid of being discovered."

Jia Zhang collapsed on the ground, motionless.

Jia Dongxu said with a bitter face: "Mom, you, you"

Yi Zhonghai approached Lin Baoyan and said, "Baoyan, look, we have been neighbors for many years. I will ask Zhang Xiaohua to return all your things to you and then ask her to apologize to you. How about we forget about this matter today?"

Lin Baoyan looked at Yi Zhonghai in surprise. She didn't expect that after so many changes over the past two years, Yi Zhonghai still liked to smooth things over.

She shook her head and said, "Zhang Xiaohua didn't steal from my house, but from Zhou Kangzhan's house. Why are you asking me to let it go? I'm not the victim. Besides, Zhang Xiaohua hasn't confessed her accomplices yet. Wait until she confesses her accomplices, returns all the stolen items, and negotiates with Zhou Kangzhan, then you can talk about other things."

Some people around were laughing, and Yi Zhonghai's expression changed.

Oh no, I forgot it was the Zhou family that was robbed. It’s all this damn girl’s fault. She acted like the owner and made me forget whose house it was.

Jia Dongxu quickly asked Zhang Xiaohua: "Mom, mom, please tell me who the other person is. What did you take from him? Please return it to him immediately."

Zhang Xiaohua said in a panic: "I don't know. I just woke up at night and heard a noise next door, so I got up to check. Who knew that the door next door was open, so I went in, went in and took a look. I didn't take anything, really, I didn't take anything."

When she said this, everyone burst into laughter. As neighbors for so many years, no one believed that Zhang Xiaohua just went into Zhou's house and came out without taking anything.