1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 31 What kind of thief is so despicable?
Ge Baocheng dared not say that he had been sleeping soundly at home and had not heard a sound. It was only when his grandmother finished chatting with her old friends in the village and came home to prepare dinner that she discovered that the house had been robbed. His uncle was still there. If he told the truth, it would be too embarrassing: "Aunt, let's talk as we walk. My grandmother is still at home. I'm worried about her."

Ge Xiulan thought her nephew was right, and said urgently to her husband, "Dad, please ask the team for leave for me. I need to go back to Gelizhuang."

After saying that, he grabbed his nephew and hurriedly left.

The two villages are separated only by a river, and since the work site today is right by the river, it didn't take long to reach the Ge family's house.

Before even entering the house, one could hear cries and curses coming from inside: "Oh my god, this is terrible! Which heartless bastard stole my house? They have no conscience! I curse you to have children without an anus and your whole family to die a horrible death!"

As soon as Ge Xiulan entered the room, she saw her mother with a tattered towel on her forehead, her eyes brimming with tears: "Mom, how are you?"

"Daughter, this is terrible! Our house has been burgled. They stole all the valuables from my room, and even took the two chickens from the kitchen and the back."

Granny Ge was crying her eyes out; it was a genuine expression of her feelings, absolutely no pretense.

Ge Xiulan asked anxiously, "Have you called any village officials?"

It would have been better if this hadn't been mentioned, because mentioning it only made Granny Ge even angrier: "They came, but they didn't find anything out of the ordinary. They even stopped us from reporting to the police, insisting that it concerned the village's reputation and that the village should conduct its own investigation first."

Ge Xiulan looked around and realized that there was nothing on the kang except for the tattered quilt under her mother. She was alarmed: "They stole everything so cleanly, where are my brother and the others?"

Granny Ge was crying her heart out when she heard her daughter's question. She wiped her nose with her hand and then wiped it on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed). She choked out, "Your eldest brother went with the village officials to the homes of those hooligans in the village to see if they could find the things that were missing. I thought we couldn't just let it drag on like this, or we might not be able to find anything at all. So I sent your second brother to the commune to find your sister and brother-in-law. Once Daguo arrives, let's see if those village officials will still dare to stop us."

Looking at the house, which had been almost completely robbed, Ge Xiulan said, "What kind of thief is so despicable that he even stole the bedding from the kang (heated brick bed)? He deserves to die a horrible death."

Speaking of this, Granny Ge was even more heartbroken: "You don't know, I thought that if your plan went through, Bao Cheng would get married soon. I just traded more than ten catties of cotton with someone yesterday morning, but I never expected that it would benefit that thief."

Then she started crying and singing again: "My God, you really have no eyes! Why don't you send down a bolt of lightning to strike that thieving kid to death?"

Fearing that her mother might cry herself into a bad mood, Ge Xiulan could only keep trying to comfort her.

It took all his efforts to calm the person down.

But the first thing Granny Ge said after she recovered was, "The family hasn't saved much money over the years, and after this ordeal, we have even less money to help Bao Cheng get married. You'd better pay attention to that matter you mentioned before."

Thinking about what happened this morning, Ge Xiulan said with some worry, "I'm afraid it will be difficult."

Granny Ge's eyes widened immediately, and she turned hostile towards her daughter: "You're Bao Cheng's aunt, how can you go back on your word? Given the current situation at home, if the lost money and valuables can't be recovered, do you want him to remain a bachelor forever?"

(End of this chapter)