Chapter 9 The truth about falling into the water
Lin Baobao said that there is a way, but he didn't say anything specific. He muttered a few words with Lin Wulang, and said to Village Chief Lin: "Grandpa Village Chief, can you ask two people to go with me to the back mountain?"

Village head Lin had a headache from the trio's quarrel, and he couldn't see what was going on from the two chicken legs. He had the idea of ​​using a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and called his grandson Lin Dazhuang and another young man surnamed Zou to follow.

"I'll go for you." Gu Shi said.

Lin Baobao thought for a while: "It's okay."

Just now when she was talking to Lin Wulang, Gu Shi was standing beside her, and she could hear her clearly, so there was nothing to explain.

The three of them left for the end of the village. Lin Baobao carefully observed Mrs. Zou's expression. There was no guilt on her face.

It seems that he believed that his chicken was stolen by Brother Wu and the others.

"Aunt Zou, you said someone saw my fifth brother and the others go to the back mountain? Who is that person?"

Mrs. Zou cast a disgusted glance at her granddaughter who was standing beside her like a mute.

Zou Xiuyu flinched: "Yes, it's me... Then my grandma asked me to go home and pour water, just... I just saw...the two of them..."

She didn't seem used to being stared at by so many people, she didn't dare to raise her head, and her voice became lower and lower as she spoke.

Lin Baobao glanced at her, but didn't speak again.

A villager couldn't help but said: "I'm sorry to see you, such a good girl, why is she so timid?"

"What else could be the reason?" The speaking woman pouted at Mrs. Zou, "I think it's better to stay in Zou's house and be a child bride-in-law like girl Xiuhong."

"No."

Mrs. Zou pulled her face down, and pinched Zou Xiuyu's arm angrily: "You lose money, who are you showing such a ghostly look to?"

"Mrs. Zou, what do you mean by losing money? Aren't you a woman?"

"I'm talking to my granddaughter, is it none of your business?"

There was another quarrel here, Feng rolled his eyes.

The relationship between her and Mrs. Zou was formed because of talking for that girl.

At that time, the two had a fight, but it turned out well. The girl hid when she saw her later, as if someone had bullied her.

……

It took about a quarter of an hour for Gu Shi and the others to come back.

During the period, other members of the Lin family also came back from strolling outside. After hearing what happened, they glared at Mrs. Zou one by one, which made Mrs. Zou hide behind the crowd in fright.

When I saw them coming back, I stood up again.

"What do you mean?" Village Chief Lin asked.

"It's up to everyone to decide together." Gu Shi opened the lotus leaf bag in his hand, and saw a pile of black ashes inside, and a few half-burned feathers were mixed with the ashes.

The feathers are brownish red, which is strangely beautiful.

"This... looks like a pheasant feather."

As soon as these words came out, everyone reacted instantly.

Pheasants have different coat colors than domestic chickens.

"I picked it up from the ashes left by Brother Wu's roast chicken. The two of them can testify."

The two who had been to the back mountain nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, we can testify."

Mrs. Zou curled her lips: "There are pheasants in the back mountain. Is it normal to lose a few hairs? Maybe it was mixed in when Lin Wulang was picking up firewood."

When everyone heard it, it made sense.

Feng was so angry that he slapped Lin Wulang on the back of the head: "Stinky boy, you roast chicken as long as you roast chicken, why burn the hair?"

If it hadn't been burned, could the son-in-law only bring back this point?
Lin Goro has a hard time.

Lin Baobao raised his forehead, she really didn't expect Lin Wulang to play the game of destroying corpses and eradicating traces.

Secretly, she now seriously doubts the origin of the pheasant.

Just when everyone thought this matter was about to reach a stalemate again, Gu Shi coughed lightly: "Ms. Zou, don't worry, we found your chicken for you too."

"What? Did you find it?" Mrs. Zou was dumbfounded: "I searched around at home but couldn't find it. Where did you find it?"

Gu Shi looked at Lin Dazhuang, and everyone realized that Lin Dazhuang was also holding something wrapped in lotus leaves.

When I opened it, I saw a pile of bones covered in mud.

Everyone: Tch, I thought it was a live chicken.

Lin Baobao finally found out, despite how calm Gu Shi usually looks with a sullen face, he is still a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy on the inside—childish.

Then, without Gu Shi opening his mouth, Lin Dazhuang told what happened.

It turned out that after Gu Shi took them to pack pheasant feathers, he was worried that Mrs. Zou would mess around, so he went to Zou's house again, and dug up the pile of bones in the vegetable garden behind Zou's house.

Don't ask him how Gu Shi found this thing so accurately, Lin Dazhuang is also curious.

Mrs. Zou was completely confused. It was impossible for Lin Wulang to run to her house to hide the bones at the risk of being discovered after eating the chicken.

Isn't that sick?
Feng sneered, and entered the yard without saying a word.

Everyone looked at each other in dismay, and was indiscriminately harassed at the door of the house. Now that the truth is revealed, Feng's unexpectedly took the opportunity to blackmail him back?
It seems that Feng Shi is not as difficult as they thought.

Feng Shi: Naive, I just went back to drink water when I was thirsty.

"Then who stole my chicken?" Mrs. Zou felt her old face burning.

"Isn't it obvious?" Lin Baobao glanced at Zou Xiuyu.

Zou Xiuyu trembled.

Mrs. Zou turned her head sharply, and slapped it directly: "You stole the money-losing goods, didn't you?"

"I, I..." Zou Xiuyu wanted to explain, but Mrs. Zou didn't give her a chance to speak at all, so she slapped her left and right, and knocked her to the ground.

"When your wings grow hard, you even dare to steal the chickens at home. See if I don't beat you to death."

If it wasn't for what this dead girl told her when she saw Lin Wulang go to the back mountain, how could she lose such a big face?

Mrs. Zou usually beats and scolds her granddaughter frequently, so she would avoid people to some extent. Today, she was angry and ignored her completely, sitting on her buttocks and pinching and pinching her.

Zou Xiuyu couldn't escape, so she could only cry and beg for mercy: "Grandma, I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore..."

The villagers who were still muttering when they learned the truth couldn't bear it, and tried to persuade them one after another.

"Isn't it just a chicken, how can it be so serious?"

"Xiuyu girl is a coward, she must be very hungry to do that."

"Yeah, don't hit me soon, if you break it, you have to spend money on medicine."

Zou Xiuyu also cried: "Grandma, I'm just too hungry... I really know I'm wrong..."

Lin Baobao looked at it coldly: "I'm afraid it won't stop."

Her voice was so indifferent that everyone present trembled inexplicably.

Mrs. Zou raised her head: "Lin Xiaoliu, what do you mean by that?"

"If I'm not wrong, she should have stolen the chicken after seeing my fifth brother and Da Mao go to the back mountain."

Don't look at this simple order exchange, stealing chickens first can be said to be lying for fear of being beaten.

If it's the latter, isn't it just to plant blame?

Girl Xiuyu doesn't look like such a scheming person.

"What's in it for her?" Some people didn't believe it.

"Good? Didn't everyone clamor just now to drive our family out of the village?"

Their family was already disliked by the villagers, and if the theft happened again, it would definitely arouse public outrage...

Everyone was embarrassed. Before they could figure out what the relationship between the two was, what Lin Baobao said next surprised everyone present.

"Grandfather of the village chief, grandfather of the two patriarchs, Zou Xiuyu pushed me into the pool and killed me, I implore you to make decisions for me."

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