1952: Walking through Nantongluo Alley

Chen Xiao opened his sleepy eyes and reached out to touch Qin Huairu's little face.

"What's wrong? You almost exhausted me to death yesterday. Can't you let me sleep a little longer today?"

Qin Huairu's pretty face suddenly turned red. She wanted to flirt with him, but when she thought of her mother standing outside the door, her expression returned to normal.

"My mother is here, and Huaiguo!"

"????"

Chen Xiao was confused.

Then he hurriedly got dressed and got out of bed.

When I got outside, Zhang Cuilan was chatting with Huai Guo.

Seeing Chen Xiao coming out, they both stood up from their chairs.

"Sorry, I was busy a little late yesterday."

Chen Xiao said with an embarrassed look on his face.

He was probably the first person to sleep in front of his mother-in-law until noon.

"It's okay, it's okay. Chen Xiao, if you haven't slept enough, wait until after dinner and then sleep for a while."

Zhang Cuilan replied with concern.

Now Chen Xiao is a hot commodity in their family, so no one dares to say anything bad about him.

Ever since Chen Xiao started selling Konjac Noodles, their family's situation has been getting better and better.

After so many days of digging konjac, their family has accumulated assets worth hundreds of yuan and is one of the richest people in the entire Qinjia Village.

However, their family did not keep a high profile in the village.

"Huaiguo, stay here and chat with your brother-in-law. I'll go stew that old hen."

"okay."

Zhang Cuilan took the old hen out to kill it. Qin Huaiguo poured a cup of tea for Chen Xiao, and then took out a wad of money from his pocket.

"Brother-in-law, this is the money I earned from selling konjac these past two days, a total of 300 yuan."

Chen Xiao first rinsed his mouth, then took the stack of money in his hand, took out a few big black tens from it and handed them to Qin Huaiguo.

"Huaiguo, this 40 yuan is your salary."

"From now on, your salary will be 40 yuan every month!"

"Chen Xiao, you don't have to give so much. We are all family." Qin Huairu said from the side.

She was already very satisfied that Chen Xiao could find a job for Huaiguo and get him out of the coal mine.

Chen Xiao immediately looked at Qin Huairu.

I thought Qin Huairu was a brother-supporting woman, but I didn't expect she would consider Chen Xiao so much.

It’s a good decision to marry this daughter-in-law!

"Huaiguo works for me, so I have to pay him anyway."

As he spoke, Chen Xiao stuffed the money directly into Qin Huaiguo's trouser pocket.

Qin Huaiguo wanted to say something, but was stopped by Chen Xiao.

In the yard, Zhang Cuilan gutted and killed the old hen.

Looking at the chicken gizzards and intestines, Zhang Cuilan realized that she didn't bring a bowl with her.

So she got up and went back to the house to get the bowl.

Jia Zhang from next door had been watching the movements here from the window. When she saw Zhang Cuilan return to the house, a bold idea came to her mind.

She was about to take the old hen.

I glanced around and saw that the courtyard was empty.

Jia Zhang murmured.

"My Dongxu is in the hospital, and you still want to eat old hens? How shameless! You've bullied me to this extent."

Then, Jia Zhang tiptoed out of the house, trotted over, grabbed the chicken's neck, turned around and ran away.

Here, Zhang Cuilan came out with a large porcelain bowl and looked at the empty pool. The old hen had disappeared.

Only one chicken gizzard and a bit of chicken intestines were left.

She said angrily, hands on her hips.

"Hey, where's my old hen? Who the hell stole my old hen?"

She turned and shouted into the house.

"Huai Ru, Chen Xiao, something bad has happened! Our old hen has been stolen!"

Hearing that the old hen was stolen, Chen Xiao and the other two in the house hurried out.

"What's wrong, aunt?" Chen Xiao asked.

"The old hen I just killed is missing. I guess someone from your compound took it away."

"How can these city people be like this? They have even less civility than the country people. They just steal an old hen without any hesitation." Zhang Cuilan raised her voice and shouted in the courtyard.

Jia family, Jia Zhang was disdainful when she heard this, she said sarcastically.

"It's only natural for me to take your old hen. Who told you to put it by the pool? If I don't take yours, whose will I take?"

"Such a fat old hen should be left to my Dongxu to nourish his body."

After saying that, Jia Zhang hid the old hen under the bed, then walked out of the room to watch the show.

She stood at the door, looking at Chen Xiao and the others who were furious, and she was so happy inside.

She spoke to them sarcastically.

"Hey, what's going on? I heard your old hens were stolen?"

"Did you catch him? It would be a shame if you didn't."

Chen Xiao looked at Jia Zhang with an expressionless face.

Old Bidden definitely has something to hide when he jumps out at this time.

Besides, in the courtyard, it seems that only the Jia family is at odds with him.

In all likelihood, it was Jia Zhang who did it.

At this time, Chen Xiao saw some oil stains on Jia Zhang's palms.

At this moment, he was even more certain that it was Jia Zhang, the old Bidden, who stole the hen.

Chen Xiao chuckled.

"Mrs. Jia Zhang, you didn't steal my old hen, did you?"

"Nonsense, you little bastard. If you dare to say that to me again, who stole your old hen?" Jia Zhang immediately became anxious.

"Whether you stole it or not, you'll know when the gentlemen come out later."

Chen Xiao glanced at Zhang Cuilan.

"Don't worry, Auntie. I already know who stole our old hen. I'm going to beat him up soon and then call the police to arrest her."

"She must be locked up for a year or so!"

Jia Zhang was a little panicked and she secretly clenched her fists.

"I've hidden myself under the bed. Even if I tried to look inside, I couldn't find it. Besides, no one has the right to search my house without my permission!"

Jia Zhang was secretly encouraged.

Chen Xiao saw all of this and looked at Jia Zhang with a playful expression.

"Jia Zhang, why are you so panicked? Could it be that you really stole my old hen?"

"If you say something nonsense again, I will fight you to the death. Who stole your hen?" Jia Zhang's eyes became fierce.

This time, if Chen Xiao really dares to take action, she will destroy Chen Xiao's whole being even at the risk of her own life!

Chen Xiao cannot have what his son does not have!

"Humph, then let the three gentlemen come out to bear witness."

Chen Xiao stopped arguing with Jia Zhangshi and yelled towards the courtyard.

"Three uncles, come out quickly! There's a thief in our compound. If you don't come out, I'm going to call the police!!!"

Before Chen Xiao finished speaking, three old men came running out in a hurry.

"Chen Xiao, what happened? Were your things stolen?" Yi Zhonghai didn't even dare to breathe and asked directly.

"Chen Xiao, what happened? What was stolen from your house?" asked the third uncle Yan Bugui.

"The old hen I just killed was stolen." Chen Xiao said, pointing to the side of the pool.

"The old hen was stolen?" Yi Zhonghai asked in confusion.

"Chicken feathers and other things are just sitting here. If they're not chickens, what are they? You're the three uncles in charge, right? If you don't want to help us find the chickens, I'm calling the police right now!"

Zhang Cuilan didn't indulge them at all.

In her eyes, this kind of uncle in charge is the kind of person who can make a big thing into a small one and try to smooth things over. He is useless except for smoothing things over.

If it were in their countryside, they would have called the police long ago.