After transmigrating, he supported his family by working at a garbage dump.
Chapter 76 Biting each other
Before Xu Wenjie's family came, there were very few educated people in Laoya Village.
In total, Li Quanfu's family had one son, and Zhang Siye, who, due to his mother's favoritism, had attended school for a few years when he was young and knew a few characters.
Neither Master Zhang nor Zhang Xiaolin were literate; finding a book-like object in the home of such a well-educated family would be incredibly easy for them.
"Brother Xu, why don't you come in with us and search the place? After all, these are your family's belongings. If you come in, you'll definitely recognize them at a glance."
Xu Wenjie is now holding one child in each hand, standing silently beside Zhang He.
He didn't make any physical movements, but seeing his cold expression as he stared at Zhang Xiaolin, Li Quanfu guessed that Xu Wenjie's inner world was probably not as calm as he appeared.
He then whispered in Xu Wenjie's ear.
Xu Wenjie's expression softened slightly, and he shook his head with a frank smile: "It would be troublesome for Brother Li to lead the brothers there. This concerns my family. If I go and find something, it will not convince the others, and wouldn't that be a waste of effort?"
Li Quanfu thought about it and agreed that it made sense. He said no more and beckoned the young men to come inside with him.
But at that moment, Zhang Siye, who had been hiding in the back and hanging high, suddenly came forward very enthusiastically.
He looked troubled and conflicted: "Quanfu, I've thought it over and over. If you just lead a few people into my second brother's house like this and they don't find anything, it will naturally clear Xiaolin's name and be a great joy for our Zhang family. But if it means my second brother's family loses something because of this, I, as his younger brother, will feel terrible. What do you think..."
He paused, waiting for Li Quanfu to continue.
Li Quanfu understood his meaning perfectly and was happy to go along with it, saying, "Master Zhang is right. In that case, Master Zhang, why don't you come in with us and investigate?"
Master Zhang pretended to refuse, but after Li Quanfu's repeated requests, he finally "reluctantly" agreed.
However, he said that he went in not to search, but just to watch them rummage through the place.
Seeing that Master Zhang's eyes were bright and piercing, and although he looked concerned about his brother's family, the desire in his eyes was undeniable, Li Quanfu naturally knew that he was hiding his own thoughts.
Xu Wenjie had seen everything along the way and roughly guessed Zhang Siye's plans. He felt quite contemptuous. It's true that birds of a feather flock together. The Zhang family members are outwardly friendly and respectful to each other, but as soon as Zhang Erye got into trouble, Zhang Siye was the first to have other ideas.
Zhang Siye's words went unnoticed by Zhang Sanye, and his cold expression immediately softened.
Xinwei patted Zhang Siye on the shoulder, "Fourth brother, that's right. We're a family, so we should look out for each other. I'm impatient, so I won't go in and cause trouble. You keep an eye on things for your second brother."
Xu Zhuzhu thought that Zhang Sanye was adorably stupid, of course, only when he didn't lay a hand on anyone. No wonder he was so easily fooled by his older and younger brothers.
Admittedly, what Master Zhang said wasn't without reason. Besides, what he did inside wouldn't bother Li Quanfu at all; on the contrary, it might be of some use, so Li Quanfu naturally had no reason to object.
Zhang Xiaolin had a lot of opinions, but at this point, nobody cared what he thought.
At this very moment, Zhang Xiaolin was being held up by two other young men, unable to move.
To avoid any unforeseen complications, Li Quanfu stopped arguing and acted swiftly, leading everyone to search Zhang Xiaolin's house.
Unfortunately, nothing was found.
As for the room where Master Zhang was lying, Li Quanfu specifically asked Master Zhang to go in with them.
Although there were windows in Zhang Erye's room, the earthen walls were thick, and the windows were not very big. Even in broad daylight, the room was pitch black, not much better than Zhang Xiaolin's room.
When everyone went inside, it was pitch black. It was only after Master Zhang found the oil lamp and lit it that everyone could see a little better.
Fourth Master Zhang sat down in front of Second Master Zhang's bed and cried a couple of times, "Second Brother, you must get better. Third Brother and I are worried about you!"
Whether he shed tears or not is unknown, since the room was somewhat dark, and none of the people who came in cared whether he was really crying or faking it.
Li Quanfu went over to take a look and saw that Master Zhang had his eyes tightly closed, his face was extremely pale, and his breathing was even, but there was no sign of him waking up. It seemed that he was really sick.
However, he was secretly amazed. Although Zhang Erye's health was not the best in the village, he was known for being very robust for his age. How could he have fallen ill so seriously in just one day?
Of course, he couldn't be unaware that all of this was Xu Zhuzhu's doing.
Compared to their boisterous behavior in Zhang Xiaolin's room, the young people were much more restrained and careful in Zhang Erye's room, after all, there was still an unconscious patient lying in the room.
But Zhang Siye seemed to be the opposite of everyone else.
Once inside his brother's room, he started searching with more enthusiasm than anyone else, even checking the bed where his brother was lying. His hands were so nimble that he reached under the pillow and searched carefully.
It was like ransacking someone's home.
The others who had come in together stopped what they were doing at that moment, staring at each other with wide eyes, quietly watching Master Zhang act alone, their eyes revealing disdain in unison.
Just as Master Zhang was getting into the swing of things, he came to his senses and suddenly realized that everyone had stopped what they were doing and were all staring at him intently. He immediately felt a little embarrassed.
He explained with a smile, "Why aren't you moving? I saw you working so hard, so I took the liberty of helping out. Quanfu, please don't mind."
Li Quanfu was overjoyed. "Not at all, not at all. Then I'll have to trouble you, Fourth Master." He was too lazy to expose him.
Everyone chuckled, then began searching earnestly again, but found nothing. There wasn't even a scrap of paper in the entire room, let alone any books.
Someone was the first to raise doubts, "Could we really have wronged him?"
Li Quanfu also hesitated. Xu Wenjie only told him that he could search the house if necessary, but he didn't say that he would definitely find anything.
"Could it be in the yard? If someone steals something, they'll naturally hide it well; maybe they'll hide it under the stove!"
Wang Dazhuang was focused on getting rid of Zhang Xiaolin, and seeing that no one had found anything, he was the first to suggest it.
Li Quanfu gave the order, "Go and check the yard!"
They then had several people search the courtyard thoroughly, leaving no corner unchecked.
They all searched intently.
At this moment, Zhang Siye, who was sneaking around, was also looking around the yard. Suddenly, he found a cloth bag about the size of his palm in the pile of firewood and was overjoyed.
He plopped down on the pile of firewood.
He immediately looked around to see if anyone was paying attention to him, then tiptoed behind the gate and secretly stuffed the item into his sleeve.
Little did he know that at that moment, Xu Wenjie's family was silently watching his actions.
Xu Zhuzhu didn't need to wait for her father's words. She ran into the yard, quietly stood next to Zhang Siye, and suddenly shouted, "Grandpa Zhang Siye, what are you looking at?"
The girl's clear, bell-like voice easily attracts attention.
When Master Zhang heard Xu Zhuzhu's voice for the first time, he was startled and shuddered, but he quickly regained his composure and calmly stuffed the things into his sleeve.
However, at this moment, everyone looked at him.
"It's nothing. I just noticed the snow is leaking here, and the firewood is all wet. It's a shame," said Master Zhang, his hands behind his back, looking guilty.
Seeing that Zhang Siye's eyes were darting around, Li Quanfu immediately sensed something was wrong. Without asking any more questions, he simply said "excuse me" and then suddenly pulled Zhang Siye's hand away. Sure enough, a cloth bag fell from Zhang Siye's hand.
The crowd was in an uproar.
Before Li Quanfu could speak, Zhang Xiaolin exploded, cursing, "Zhang Laosi, you're shameless! You even want to frame your own nephew! What good will it do you to harm me?"
Thinking he was turning the tables, Master Zhang couldn't help but curse, "You little bastard, you're talking nonsense!"
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