Era: Seven money-losing girls? They're trying to trick me into having a daughter again!

"Officer..."

Yang Qian wanted to say something more, but in the end he swallowed his words and just nodded.

"Don't worry, we won't ignore this case."

Seeing his expression, the male police officer added firmly, "Sixty yuan is not a small amount. We have already opened a case and will definitely investigate it to the end."

After saying that, he got on his sidecar motorcycle, and the two young police officers followed him on the vehicle. They soon left Laotang Village.

Yang Qian stood at the gate of his yard, looking in the direction they had left, and asked blankly, "Dawei... do you think I can get my money back?"

Fang Wei glanced at him, but didn't answer the question, changing the subject instead: "Are you staying at home tonight, or going to your dad's?"

"I...I'll go to my dad's."

Yang Qian lowered his head, his voice muffled.

If he goes there on his own initiative, he might not get beaten too badly.

"Okay, go ahead."

Fang Wei patted Yang Qian on the shoulder, then turned and went home.

In the Fang family home, Wu Shaoli sat on the edge of the bed. Her daughters were already asleep on the communal bed. Every now and then, one of the little girls would turn over and let out a muffled murmur in her sleep.

Hearing the sound of the gate opening, she shuddered and quickly stood up, walking to the window to look outside.

Seeing that Fang Wei had returned, Wu Shaoli immediately breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ran over to open the door: "How is it? Did you find the money Yang owed?"

Fang Wei shook his head, pulled her into the room, and took off his shirt before saying, "The police have been investigating for most of the day, but haven't found any clues. We'll have to come back again tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Wu Shaoli's expression immediately turned somewhat unpleasant.

"Dawei, even if Yang owes his family only a few dozen yuan, people will still covet it. But everyone in the village knows that our family has made money and even renovated our house..."

"What if that thief...sets his sights on our house?"

Seeing Wu Shaoli's frightened appearance, Fang Wei quickly took her two cold hands and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

"Dawei... I... I'm not afraid of losing the money... I'm afraid of..."

Wu Shaoli looked at him, genuinely frightened. "I'm afraid that thief will hurt our daughter to steal money. When you're not home, it's just the two of us..."

"No way!"

Fang Wei immediately interrupted her, pulled her into his arms, and said, "We raised our courtyard wall by a foot and a half, and there's a ring of broken glass embedded in the top of the wall."

"Tomorrow I'll go find out and get a puppy to raise. Anyone who dares to climb over the wall, I'll bite off their leg!"

Wu Shaoli sniffed, buried her face in Fang Wei's chest, and mumbled a soft "hmm".

Fang Wei held his wife in his arms, resting his chin on her head, but in his mind he was thinking that he had to find the thief who stole the money, otherwise his family would definitely feel uneasy.

Early the next morning, the sidecar motorcycle sputtered into Laotang Village again.

The male police officer, along with the two young officers, continued to visit each household in the village.

Each of them carried a black notebook, asking everyone they met and taking notes, repeatedly asking the same questions they had asked the day before.

The atmosphere in Laotang Village was even more tense than yesterday.

When everyone looked at each other, their eyes held a greater degree of wariness than before.

In the past, whenever someone cooked something delicious, they would share a bowl with their neighbors. Now, if I see a neighbor standing at my door for a while longer, I start to feel uneasy.

"Who do you think this thief is...?"

An elderly woman sat on her doorstep, holding her grandson, and whispered to the person next to her.

"Who knows? Anyone who knows where Yang owes money must be an acquaintance."

"Oh! What a terrible thing! Why not take the right path and instead steal other people's money!"

"you do not say……"

Fang Wei sat in his yard, holding a blade of grass in his hand, chewing on it intermittently.

The town's schools are starting on September 5th. If Daya and Erya's names can't be changed now, it will be even more troublesome to change them after they start school.

And that thief.

Yang Qian was targeted because he only hid sixty yuan. His family now has nearly five hundred yuan in savings and has even built a house. How many people in the village have been eyeing him?

If that thief can steal from Yang Qian, he'll definitely try to steal from his house!

Fang Wei bit the grass stem in his mouth in two and spat it out on the ground with a "pui" sound.

Wu Shaoli brought the food to the table, called the maids to eat, and then called out to Fang Wei, "Dawei, dinner's ready."

She had barely finished speaking when she saw her courtyard gate being pushed open from the outside.

Fang Wei frowned and looked towards the courtyard gate, where he saw a woman in a floral print shirt swaying as she walked in. It was Zhang, the matchmaker he had kicked out last time.

"Hey! Dawei, are you eating?"

Fang Wei ignored her, only looking at the middle-aged man behind Zhang the matchmaker with an unfriendly expression.

The middle-aged man walked into the Fang family's courtyard with his hands behind his back, his eyes downcast and his face carrying an indescribable air of disdain.

Didn't I tell you this last time?

Fang Wei stared coldly at Zhang, the matchmaker, "You're not allowed to step into my yard again?"

The matchmaker Zhang shrank back under his gaze, her ankles almost giving way.

"Brother Dawei, don't get angry!"

Thinking of the matchmaker's fee she could get, she immediately stepped aside for the middle-aged man behind her, introducing him in a shrill voice, "Look at you, I haven't even finished speaking yet!"

"I didn't come empty-handed today! I brought a distinguished guest!"

She gestured to the side and said obsequiously, "This is Song Changcheng from Xiayang Village, Boss Song!"

Song Changcheng seemed completely oblivious to Fang Wei's expression. After carefully surveying the Fang family's courtyard, he slowly said, "Brother Fang Wei, I've long admired your name."

"I heard that you took the girls to the police station yesterday to change your names and ran into a little 'trouble'?"

Fang Wei's eyes turned cold, and he said icily, "You two get out of here right now! My house doesn't welcome trash!"

"These days, it's hard to get things done without connections in high places, Brother Fang Wei, you should know that too, right?"

Upon hearing this, Song Changcheng sighed to himself and shook his head, advising, "But don't be too anxious. There's a clerk at the police station who happens to be my nephew."

He looked at Fang Wei, whose face was pale, and his smile became somewhat friendly.

"Brother Fang Wei, if you just nod your head and agree to marry your eldest daughter to my youngest son..."

Song Changcheng's face was filled with undisguised arrogance. "When our two families become in-laws, we'll be one family!"

"As for the police station, it's just a matter of a word from me!"

"Regardless of birth certificates or anything like that, I guarantee I can change the names of your daughters to be beautiful!"