Siheyuan: It’s so nice to be Lao Liu

Yi Zhonghai looked at Qin Huairu's calm appearance, and said loudly to her: "Huairu, the police now suspect that Banggeng did it, go and bring Banggeng out."

While speaking, Yi Zhonghai did not forget to give Qin Huairu a wink.

After hearing Yi Zhonghai's words and seeing the look he gave her, Qin Huairu also understood.

According to her understanding of her son, Banggeng has inherited her mother-in-law's "traditional virtues and skills" and is proficient in all kinds of stealing and cheating. It is possible that it was Banggeng who did it this time, and he did not come out because he felt guilty. She has to cover for her son and cannot let the police arrest him.

"My son Banggeng is not feeling well today and has been sleeping in the house. My mother-in-law is watching over him in the house, so there is no need to call him out." Qin Huairu said calmly.

But what she didn't know was that Yi Zhonghai's wink at her had been seen by Deputy Director Liu, and it immediately caught his attention.

Coupled with Qin Huairu's evasive words, Deputy Director Liu's suspicion of Bang Geng deepened.

"Comrade, if Bang Geng feels uncomfortable and cannot come out, we can go in and check on him." Deputy Director Liu narrowed his eyes and stared at Qin Huairu as he spoke word by word.

How could Qin Huairu let the police enter her home? Seeing that she couldn't escape, she said, "Then wait a moment, I'll go wake up Bang Geng."

After saying this, he hurried towards the Jia family.

Qin Huairu walked into the house and saw Banggeng and Jia Zhang lying by the window. Qin Huairu asked angrily, "Banggeng, tell me, did you steal the flour and money from the eldest uncle's house and the rabbit from Yan Bugui's house?"

Without waiting for Bang Geng to answer, Jia Zhang, who was protecting her child, started to argue first, saying, "Qin Huairu, what are you talking about? My grandson is a good boy, how could he steal something?"

"Besides, is it considered stealing if we take things from Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui? Our family is in such a difficult situation, what's wrong with taking their things? Our family has not eaten meat for a long time and has become thin. What's wrong with eating some of their good things to replenish our bodies?"

Seeing his grandmother helping him, he was a little scared when he heard his mother say that, but now he was not afraid anymore and replied, "I didn't steal anything from their house. The rabbit from Yan Bugui's house escaped. If I hadn't caught it, it would have run away. I went to Yi Zhonghai's house and took a bag of flour, not his money."

Banggeng gave the stolen rabbit and flour to his grandmother, but hid the money outside. He was not stupid enough to give it to his grandmother. If he handed the money over, his grandmother would only give him a dime or two as pocket money. He was not stupid. He kept the money for himself and could spend it as he pleased. He could buy countless whips and snacks. He was excited just thinking about it.

"Banggeng, if you took money from an old man, give it out. If you don't, you will be taken to the police station." Qin Huairu advised earnestly.

My son has been raised astray by his mother-in-law and has no correct ideas at all. As a mother, I feel sorry for him and cannot bring myself to teach him a lesson.

"Mom, I didn't take his money. I swear, if I took Yi Zhonghai's money, I will never have snacks to eat." Banggeng swore in a pretentious manner.

Although Banggeng swore that he would never have snacks to eat, he thought in his heart, if there were no snacks, then there would be no snacks, and he could just play with a small whip.

Qin Huairu was helpless and said to Bang Geng, "Come down, take the rabbit and flour out, and apologize to Master Yan and Master Yi."

"Why should I admit my fault? At worst I can just return the things to them. My grandson did nothing wrong."

When he heard that Qin Huairu wanted his grandson to apologize to the two old ladies outside, he was naturally unhappy and made a loud noise.

Qin Huairu was also tired. She had thought that she could escape from the suffering by marrying into the countryside, but she didn't expect to marry a coward and have a nagging and vicious mother-in-law who also led her son astray.

Ignoring Jia Zhang's unreasonable demands, Qin Huairu grabbed the stick, carried the rabbit and a bag of flour and walked out of the Jia family's house.

When Jia Zhang saw her beloved grandson being dragged out by Qin Huairu, she was afraid that Bang Geng would be bullied, so she quickly put on her shoes and rushed out.

When they saw Qin Huairu carrying out the rabbit and flour, everyone knew what was going on.

Yan Bugui, who was standing by, saw his own rabbit and rushed over to snatch the rabbit from Qin Huairu's hand, shouting, "This is my rabbit, and it was stolen by your Jia family."

Then Yan Bugui seemed to have thought of something and was about to speak to Deputy Director Liu. Yan Jiefang knew what his father wanted to say. According to his father's calculating nature, he must want to ask the Jia family for compensation, so he covered his mouth with his hand, and only Yan Bugui could hear a whimpering sound.

Yan Jiefang quickly leaned close to Yan Bugui's ear and whispered, "Dad, let's watch the show first."

Yan Bugui looked at his son, then at Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai, then nodded and signaled his son to take his hand away.

After seeing that his father understood what he meant, Yan Jiefang also took his hand down.

He didn't want his father to get involved, his goal was to cause a quarrel between the Jia family and Yi Zhonghai. Anyway, he had taken Yi Zhonghai's 1,500 yuan, if Yi Zhonghai was willing to give up the 1,500 yuan and not pursue Bang Geng, he, Yan Jiefang, would have to find another opportunity to complete his task, if not, the two families would definitely quarrel.

As expected, when Yi Zhonghai saw Qin Huairu carrying out his flour, he ran over in a hurry and asked anxiously, "Huairu, where is the money that Banggeng took from me?"

Now that he knew it was Banggeng who stole his money, he immediately changed his statement and said "took" instead of "stole". He also didn't want Banggeng to be arrested, which would affect Banggeng's reputation.

Without waiting for Qin Huairu to speak, Jia Zhang, who ran out with her, immediately shouted, "Bang Geng didn't take your money. Didn't my good grandson just take a few kilograms of flour from your family? You actually falsely accuse him of stealing your money. What is your intention, you damned person?"

Jia Zhang also cursed casually, not knowing that the word "extinct" was Yi Zhonghai's Achilles' heel. Although Qin Huairu said Banggeng was his son, he believed it for the most part. But this was something that could not be made public. In public, he was an extinct family with no offspring, and people would point fingers at him when he walked outside.

"Jia Zhang, shut up. I think it was you who ordered Bang Geng to go to my house and steal my money. Now you are deliberately arguing that you didn't take it." Yi Zhonghai was also angry with Jia Zhang and retorted.

Yi Zhonghai looked at Deputy Director Liu and said, "Deputy Director Liu, you also saw that the things were taken out from the Jia family. My money should still be in the Jia family."

Yi Zhonghai didn't know that his money was actually hidden by Bang Geng. He thought that Jia Zhang was holding it and refused to return it to him, so he wanted to get the money back through the police.

Deputy Director Liu also nodded in agreement, looked at the angry Jia Zhang and said, "Comrade, please hand over the money you stole from Yi Zhonghai, otherwise we will search your home. If we find any, the thieves will be severely punished."

Banggeng panicked as soon as he heard this. How could this be too much? He actually wanted to punish himself. His body couldn't help but tremble.

But Jia Zhang was even more angry. Her grandson had said that he did not take Yi Zhonghai's money. How could this old man who had no money frame her grandson? How could she tolerate this?