Cynical Master of the City

Li Miao arrived at the residence with a trace of remorse. As soon as he entered the door, he saw the landlady chatting with a man in the yard who looked like a Taoist priest in black robes. Li Miao's first reaction was that this guy was definitely a liar, but the landlady was extremely superstitious. People, they have no doubts about ghosts and gods. 【 】

It turned out that the landlord's aunt had invited this black-robed Taoist priest all the way from other places. Why on earth did the aunt invite this guy? It was because the aunt's right eyelid was always twitching wildly for several days in a row.

At the same time, the cold clothes in the courtyard are always missing, and it is precisely some women's underwear that are lost. At first, the aunt doesn't think so, thinking that someone else has collected the wrong clothes, but this one after another is always lost, so let She was very puzzled.

As a result, several residents of the opposite sex were panicked. Since then, the landlord has been paying attention every day. Whenever the door is opened, the aunt will be the first to secretly see who it is. clothes thief.

And that big yellow dog, don't look at how happy he barks during the day, it's as if he's dead at night, unless he barks twice when he sees a stranger. If it's an acquaintance, the big yellow dog is honest, just like Li Miao When I first came here, I was almost scared to death by this dog, but on the second day, this dog obediently circled around Li Miao, it is really a pure dog that can bluff.

Aunt has been unable to sleep at night for the past few days. She has been listening carefully to the sound of the door opening and the barking of the big yellow dog all night, for fear of missing any clues.

Originally, the landlord aunt wanted to lock the door tightly at midnight, but several residents could only come back at midnight, and sometimes had to work a night shift, and when they came back, it was one or two o'clock in the morning, so they had to keep the door open.

However, this time, ever since aunt's eyelids began to jump wildly, aunt suspected that the person who came back was late and forgot to close the door, which caused someone to come in. She even suspected that it was her own insider who committed the crime, because aunt kept guarding the door and didn't see her. Someone has to be near.

So, in order to lure out the clothes thief, not only did the aunt not put away the clothes the night before, but she got some of her favorite underwear and hung them up. It seems that if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get a tiger's cub, so this move also made the aunt feel cruel.

Moreover, my aunt has also learned this time. She specially sprinkled a thin layer of lime powder around the clothes-drying area. In the middle of the night, basically no one would care. Auntie learned this from TV. If you trace the footprints on the powder, or look at the shape of the soles of your feet, it will be much easier to find out who is next.

Just do what you say, that night the aunt deliberately sprinkled lime powder in the courtyard when the night was dim, and just like that, the aunt stayed in her room and looked out through the crack of the door. Time passed by, Aunt was so sleepy that she dozed off,

At around 3 o'clock in the morning, the aunt was so sleepy that she fell asleep directly. When she woke up, it was already past 5 o'clock, and it was already dawn. At this time, the aunt opened the door in a panic and looked at the clothes rack.

My aunt made a miscalculation this time, as usual, all the clothes were gone, even the old-style underpants that aunt had treasured for a long time, were still confiscated, looking at the white lime powder on the ground, let alone footprints, just a touch There were no traces of it, and the aunt was so scared that she shuddered. Could it be that it was haunted?

The aunt's first reaction was that she usually slaughtered pigs and sheep, offending some gods, which caused the current situation.

She hastened to tell her guess to her wife, that is, the uncle of the landlord. Although the uncle has not studied for a few years, he also advocates science. Seeing that the aunt is so superstitious, she told him that lime powder is not good, and people steal things. You can put a plastic bag on your feet, sprinkle some on you after stealing, you can see what it is.Although there has been no strong wind in the middle of the night recently, there has been a slight change. You are not Monkey King, so you can see it.

As soon as the aunt heard it made sense, she hurriedly asked the uncle for advice. The uncle told the aunt to make some mud, which should be exactly the same color as the ground, so that the thief would definitely step on it, and the yard would be full of mud. , This thing is not easy to deal with, once stepped on, there will be a depression, and it is difficult to deal with the dirt in the yard, he has no time to clean up the mess.

My aunt just woke up like a dream, she just did what she said, and hurried to find some loose soil, and kneaded it into a slime. This stuff is just like kneading noodles.

At night, taking advantage of the darkness, I quietly sprinkled the mud all over. From a distance, I couldn’t see anything on the ground at all. Unlike yesterday’s lime powder, there were more or less abnormalities on the surrounding ground. Seeing the fruits of her labor, the aunt was excited for a while, and after a while she saw that the thief was caught, so she didn't kill him.

Also today, my aunt found some underwear of her own. When she was young, my aunt was also a flower in the alley. The uncle often satirized him for lacking everything, not short of underwear. So this time, my aunt found some more. hanging on the clothesline just to get that guy's attention.

The night is getting dark, today is also the [-]th day of the lunar calendar, the moon is full, and the sound of a dog barking occasionally comes from the alley, of course it is not the yellow dog at the gate, how can that guy bark when he is sleeping.

The aunt was also waiting at the door. This time, in order to prevent herself from falling asleep, the aunt bought a can of Red Bull. It seems that she is really a sentimental person.

In this way, the aunt watched every minute and every second, for fear of missing the slightest bit.

crunch~ crunch~~

The door opened.

Aunt's heart rose to her throat.

But he was soon disappointed. This is Xiao Zhang on the second floor who came back from the night shift. Xiao Zhang is a wage earner. He has been in Yunlu City for many years. For the expansion, Xiao Zhang worked overtime day and night regardless of his physical exhaustion in order to make money.

Could it be Xiao Zhang?

But then, Xiao Zhang went straight to the south room on the second floor, and after a few minutes of tidying up, there was a thunderous snoring sound.

Alas, Auntie seems to be disappointed. The sound insulation effect of the bungalows is not very good, and the night is relatively quiet, so Auntie can hear Xiao Zhang's snoring clearly.

Then at around 2 o'clock in the morning, the door opened again. Although the aunt was a little tired, the Red Bull was not for nothing, and it still had some effect. She stood up suddenly, and looked through the crack of the door with wide eyes.

But it was Xiao Zhou who came back. Xiao Zhou is a software engineer with thick glasses. He usually works overtime to design software. This time, in order to solve a database conflict problem, he didn’t come back until early in the morning today.

But Xiao Zhou went straight to the east room on the second floor with his messenger bag on his back, and then there was no movement.