Accompanied by a burst of hoarse shouting.

The entire courtyard was shaken. The residents, who didn't know what was going on, closed their doors and windows and rushed out of their houses with weapons in hand.

"Whose house was robbed? Come on, let's catch the thief together!"

"Do you need help calling the police?"

"Don't worry about it. By the time we call the police, the thief will have already run away. It will be much easier if we catch him on the spot and then send him to the police station!"

All the residents responded.

At this time, in the backyard, Liu Haizhong's family.

Hearing the commotion coming from outside, Liu Haizhong, who was still a little drunk, suddenly sobered up.

"Youquan, did you hear who was shouting thief?"

"It's strange. Our compound is at the end of Nanluoguxiang, and no thief has come to our compound for many years!"

"How come it was stolen today?"

His brows furrowed in his bangs.

Hearing this, Li Youquan, who was sitting at the table, wiped his mouth and stood up: "From what I heard, it seems to be Jia Zhang?"

"This happened suddenly, so it's better for us to go out and take a look at the situation."

"Aunt, Second Uncle, what do you think?"

Hearing this, Li Huifen and Liu Haizhong naturally had no objection.

He quickly stood up, opened the door and walked out.

"Honghong, my aunt and I are going to take care of some things in the compound. You go home first and don't run around!"

After giving instructions to Honghong.

Li Youquan also hurriedly followed him out.

Inside the compound at this time.

Residents have begun house-to-house searches.

Various shouting and noises came one after another.

"Hey, who let you in? If you don't rest, I have to rest too!"

"There's no thief in my house, why are you coming to my house?"

"Hey, Damao, what are you talking about? What if there really is a thief hiding in your house?"

at this time.

Several rough men from the backyard rushed into Xu Damao's house with hammers and clubs.

This scared Xu Damao, who was dozing off on the bed, so much that he pulled up his pants and tried to chase the man out.

Similar situations are happening not only in Xu Damao's family.

The entire front, middle and back yards were a mess.

In name, they are all working together to catch a thief, but in reality, they have different ideas at all.

Some residents sincerely wanted to help, while others just wanted to watch the fun.

And even more people, after checking that there were no problems with their own things, closed their shops indifferently.

For a moment, three different mentalities were reflected in different residents.

Some contradictions naturally arise from this.

There were even a few households that had heated arguments over different concepts.

The situation seemed to be out of control.

Li Huifen also quickly stepped forward to smooth things over.

"Everyone! Listen to me first! Don't panic!"

"Let's be quiet for a moment and discuss this matter together."

Under Li Huifen's coordination, most of the residents in the backyard calmed down first.

However, there were even more people making a mess in the front and middle yards.

Seeing this, Liu Haizhong immediately ran over to calm the situation.

"Stop arguing!!"

"Instead of arguing, why not come up with a plan together?"

"If there really was a thief in our yard, wouldn't he have run away long ago while the chaos was going on!?"

Liu Haizhong stood at the main entrance of the central courtyard and shouted, and the commotion in the courtyard suddenly stopped.

At the same time, Gong Shoude and carpenter Lao Zhou also squeezed out from the crowd.

Li Huifen's eyes lit up when she saw this:

"Hey! Brother Zhou and Brother Gong, you're here just in time. Come on, help me close the front and back doors of the compound first!"

"There is a low wall at the gate of the courtyard. There are two young men there. Don't let the thief get away!"

Liu Haizhong calmed the situation and Li Huifen began to arrange the work in an orderly manner.

Soon, many residents gathered in the central courtyard at the call of the two.

As the octagonal table was set up, Liu Haizhong and Li Huifen took their seats.

An impromptu full-house meeting was held.

"Okay, let's all deal with this together now."

"Jia Zhang, you were the first one to shout 'Catch the thief', right?"

"What was missing from your house? How do you know it was stolen?"

Liu Haizhong was the first to ask questions.

As soon as he finished speaking, Jia Zhang stood up with a look of grief and indignation on her face.

"It's me!"

“My family lost money!!”

“And I lost a lot of money!!”

Jia Zhang sighed and said this, then took out a small, empty cloth bag covered in dust from her bosom.

"My family's money was originally stored in here, but now there is not a cent left. It must have been stolen by that damn thief!!"

"Liu Haizhong, Li Huifen, you two are now the people in charge of our compound, you must give me justice!!"

"Oh, if we don't have this money, how are we going to survive?"

As she was talking, Jia Zhang collapsed to the ground and began to slap her thighs.

Seeing this scene, everyone in the compound, including Li Youquan, couldn't help but look unhappy.

It's true, listening to your words is like listening to a conversation.

Jia Zhang talked on and on for a long time, but she didn't get to the point at all.

She can't even explain why her money was stolen, who can help her?

"Jia Zhang, don't get excited first, think carefully about what's going on!"

"Where do you usually keep this money? How did you find out it was stolen? What if you accidentally lost it?"

Li Huifen asked helplessly.

Upon hearing this, Jia Zhang also became anxious: "It is absolutely impossible that I lost this! What is placed in here is the pension that my old Jia's unit gave to him when he passed away! ”

"It's two hundred and seventy yuan in total. Director Li from the factory handed it to me personally!"

"This is the money that my old Jia worked so hard for! I haven't touched a single cent of it in all these years! It's all in my vegetable cellar, behind the bricks, wrapped tightly in a cloth bag. Even mice can't chew it. How could it be lost?"

After Jia Zhang said this, everyone present suddenly understood.

It turned out to be Old Jia's pension, and the amount was not small. No wonder Mrs. Jia Zhang was so anxious.

Most people these days have experienced hardship and know how hard it is to earn money, so they generally save it well.

Especially for people like Jia Zhang, who are good at budgeting, they usually pay more attention to the storage of money at home.

From this perspective, it is highly likely that what happened today was indeed a human theft.

While everyone was discussing, Yi Zhonghai and an old lady in the crowd looked at each other silently.

It seemed that they could see a hint of urgency in each other's eyes.

"Hey, Jia Zhang, just because you didn't touch a penny doesn't mean your family members didn't touch a penny either!"

"Jia Dongxu, Qin Huairu, have you touched the money?"

In front of the eight-immortals table, Liu Haizhong's eyes fixed.

Look at Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu, a couple, standing in front of the crowd.

"Second Master, I just married into the Jia family not long ago. I don't even know where I put the money, let alone move it."

Qin Huairu cleared herself of the involvement.

Then, Jia Dongxu, who was standing next to him, also said anxiously:

"Yeah! I...we definitely can't move!"

"My mother just said that it was the money my father risked his life for! How dare we touch it..."

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