Traveling through the 1970s: The young wife loves to make trouble

Chapter 109 Money and Tickets Stolen
Close to the Wei family yard.

Li Zi lowered her eyes to look at the dead tree that Tao Qiuyi was dragging, then ran to the front and opened the gate. Tao Qiuyi praised her for being a good girl and dragged the dead tree into the yard.

"Sister-in-law." Xiao Huai, who was sitting at the door, saw the two people coming back and hurried to greet them.

Putting the dead tree down, Tao Qiuyi looked at Xiao Huai and asked, "What happened at home?"

"Li Zi ran out to wait for her sister-in-law to come back, but she didn't tell her sister-in-law." Xiao Huai was very surprised.

Looking at Li Zi, whose eyes suddenly widened and whose cheeks turned red with embarrassment, Tao Qiuyi said with a smile, "I did, but I didn't explain it clearly."

Li Zi is a very simple-minded girl and can be easily led astray.

Xiao Huai knew very well what kind of person his sister was. He had been waiting at the door because he was worried that Li Zi would not be able to explain what happened at home.

Sighing, Xiao Huai glanced at Li Hongying's room and said, "Sister-in-law, grandma came back this afternoon. Not long after she returned to her room, she came out and said her money and tickets were missing."

"My eldest aunt went back to her room to check, and when she came out she also said her money and bills had been stolen. Seeing this, my third aunt hurried back to her room to check, and when she came out she also said her money and bills had been stolen."

One by one, two by two, three by three people said that their money and tickets were stolen. He and his eldest brother heard the cursing of grandma, eldest aunt and third aunt in the house, and they looked at each other.

He didn't say a word for a long time.

"Xiao Huai, are you sure that the money and tickets of the three of them were stolen?" Tao Qiuyi looked at Xiao Huai in surprise, with an expression that said, "Are you kidding?"

"Yes, that's what they said." Xiao Huai nodded. "Grandma, my eldest aunt, and my third aunt cried and cursed so hard that they almost fainted."

Tao Qiuyi sneered and said sarcastically, "There are two families living in this courtyard. Three of them had their money and tickets stolen, so the four of us are the first to be suspected."

Yes, Xiao Huai nodded. He heard that the words his grandmother scolded him were implying that they were the ones who stole it.

Xiao Huai said, "My third uncle went to invite the old Party secretary and my fourth uncle to come home. My eldest uncle also went to invite my third grandfather and called my eldest brother over as well. They were talking in my grandmother's room, and I could hear my grandmother, my eldest aunt, and my third aunt crying and cursing from outside."

He spoke, cried and cursed.

When Tao Qiuyi heard that Wei Jingyuan was also called over, her eyebrows jumped. She had not hidden anything she had done from Wei Jingyuan.

He is so upright, what if...

On second thought, there wouldn't be a chance of that happening. Wei Jingyuan agreed with her actions at the time and would definitely not betray her afterwards.

"Okay, I understand." Tao Qiuyi nodded calmly, put down the basket of herbs and pushed it into Li Zi's arms. "Li Zi, take the basket back to the house and bring me the axe."

"Oh, okay." Li Zi responded and ran into the house with the backpack. She quickly came out with an axe and handed it to Tao Qiuyi.

Taking the axe, Tao Qiuyi squatted in front of the dead tree and started chopping with the axe.

After hesitating for a long time, Li Zi came to Tao Qiuyi and said, "Sister-in-law, shouldn't we go and take a look?"

"What are you looking at?" Tao Qiuyi stopped and turned his head to look at Li Zi.

Li Zi said, "Grandma and the others' money and tickets were stolen. Wouldn't it be bad if we didn't go check it out?"

Tao Qiuyi raised her eyebrows. "Your grandma and the others must be upset because their money and tickets were stolen. They will be even more upset when they see us. If we go to see them now, they might think we are there to laugh at them." Although she felt that what her sister-in-law said made sense, Li Zi still felt strange.

"Sister-in-law," Xiao Huai explained, "Li Zi's point is that there are only two families living in this courtyard. Grandma and her family's money and tickets were stolen, so the first suspects are the four of us."

"It just so happens that the old Party Secretary, Fourth Uncle, and Third Grandfather are here. If we don't go over and clarify now, Grandma and the others will be even more convinced that we stole the money and tickets."

"If we go over and clarify things, won't your grandma and the others think that I was the one who stole the money and tickets?" Tao Qiuyi asked, smiling as he looked at Li Zi and then at Xiao Huai.

Xiao Huai and Li Zi were speechless, for they both knew the answer in their hearts. Yes, if they went over to clarify now, Grandma and the others might think they were quibbling.

Unless the money and tickets are found, grandma and the others will still believe that they were the ones who stole the money and tickets.

Seeing that the brother and sister were silent, Tao Qiuyi knew that they had figured it out. He snorted coldly, "As long as they can produce evidence to prove that I stole their money and tickets, feel free to come and confront me."

After saying that, he lowered his head and continued to swing the machete to chop down the dead tree.

Tao Qiuyi knew almost everything about the whole incident. She only took the money and notes from Comrade Li Hongying and her aunt, and left some for them. She did not take all of it.

Only Aunt San knew whether her money and tickets were stolen.

After living in this courtyard for a few days, Tao Qiuyi roughly figured out the habits of the other members of the Wei family.

Li Hongying likes to be the boss and make everyone obey her, but unfortunately she is not smart enough and does not have the ability to do so. Wei Laoda and his wife are the kind of people who will not hesitate to do anything if there is a profit to be made.

The most bizarre thing is the Wei Laosan couple. Although they look honest, they are actually very clever. Li Yuegui stole the quilt from Xiao Huai and Li Zi's room when Xiao Huai wasn't paying attention. He is a person who loves to take advantage of small gains and likes to steal.

She only took back the quilt that was stolen by Li Yuegui, and left the rest of her things untouched. Li Yuegui said that her money and tickets were also stolen. There are only two possibilities.

First, she wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to fish in troubled waters and reap some benefits. Second, she had taken the remaining money and tickets for Li Hongying and Zhou Mei, so she cried "stop thief" to confuse the public.

After all, last night, the Wei brothers and their spouses and the Wei third brother were guarding Li Hongying in Mr. Jiang's thatched cottage, and there were only the four of them and Li Yuegui and her son in the whole yard.

"We didn't steal their money and tickets, so they definitely won't be able to produce any evidence." Li Zi said, picking up the branches that Tao Qiuyi had cut and piling them together.

Li Zi thought too highly of human nature, so Tao Qiuyi decided to teach her another lesson. "Even if there's no evidence, it's okay to have witnesses."

"Witness, who is it?" Li Zi asked in surprise.

Tao Qiuyi glanced at Li Zi and asked instead of answering, "Who was at home in that room last night?"

"Third Aunt and Wei Aiguo." Xiao Huai answered in a deep voice, his expressionless face looking very unpleasant. "Third Aunt said she also lost her money and tickets, so she can't testify, but Wei Aiguo can."

At this moment, Xiao Huai had roughly understood what Tao Qiuyi meant. Aunt San said that she had lost her money and tickets, which might be fake.

If the money and tickets that Third Aunt lost were fake, then it would be obvious who stole the money and tickets that were stolen from Grandma and Eldest Aunt.

After all, this was not the first or second time that Third Aunt had stolen things.

The quilt in Sister-in-law and Li Zi’s room disappeared yesterday. Maybe it was secretly taken away by Third Aunt.

(End of this chapter)