Get something in the courtyard

School has started, and Bangge is free.

Qin Huairu thinks about which man to get money from every day, and basically doesn't care about the gossip. Mrs. Jia Zhang only cares about herself. Unless Banggeng is beaten, she basically doesn't ask about Banggeng's affairs.

Bangge plays hooky every week.

After skipping school, Banggeng didn't go anywhere else, just wandering around the street where he lost the money.

On this day, Banggeng was wandering around when a familiar figure suddenly appeared. That figure looked young, probably fifteen or sixteen years old.

He stared at it for a while, then followed him quietly.

The man didn't realize that Bangjie was being followed, and walked into an abandoned courtyard without hesitation.

A slightly older voice sounded: "Skinny Monkey, why did you come here just now?"

"Master, I wanted to practice my skills on the way, but unfortunately I couldn't find a good target."

The old voice snorted: "With your level, you still dare to do something on the street without fear of being beaten to death. I usually ask you to practice more, but you just don't listen to me."

Shouhou said unconvinced: "Master, didn't I get more than a hundred yuan last year? I can't get it now. It's not because of me, but because everyone doesn't bring money with them when they go out."

Hearing Shouhou say this, Banggeng became even more certain that Shouhou was the one who stole his money last year. After all, he was a child and had no experience. He moved and the people inside heard the movement.

"who."

There was a loud roar from inside, and Bang Ge was so frightened that he wanted to run away.

The thin monkey chased him out, and soon caught the stick, took him to the yard, and threw him in front of the old man.

"Master, this guy is the one who eavesdropped on us."

Bangge, who has been lawless since he was a child, didn't even realize that this was outside the courtyard and not a place for him to run wild.

He glared at the thin monkey stubbornly: "Who overheard your conversation. I'm here to catch the thief."

The sentence "catch the thief" frightened the old man and the thin monkey. Although the two are thieves, they don't attack often. The old man also didn't want his craftsmanship to be lost, so he found a successor like Shouhou.

Why did someone suddenly want to arrest them? Banggeng is not scary, but I am afraid that Banggeng will be followed by the police.

The old man looked at Bangjie in confusion: "Kid, this is not your place to play. Go home quickly. I'll give you a piece of candy. Don't tell anyone what happened today."

Banggeng shook his head: "No, I won't leave until he returns my more than one hundred yuan to me."

Shouhou looked at Banggeng carefully and then recognized that Banggeng was the person he practiced with last year. No wonder he couldn't recognize it. Last year, Bangge was wearing new clothes and had a chubby face.

Now Bangge's clothes are quite clean, but they look a bit old.

Qin Huairu washes clothes every day, how can it not be clean?
  What’s even more puzzling is that Bangge has lost a lot of weight.

The old man is not a fool. Just by saying this, Lenovo can guess the truth of the matter. The more than [-] yuan that Slim Monkey got back last year was [-]% good.

The old man glared at the thin monkey. He was not good at learning and was chased into the den. It was really embarrassing.

The thin monkey lowered his head, not daring to look into the old man's eyes.

The old man was not in the mood to lecture Shouhou for the time being, and his eyes were all on Bangge. The thin monkey looks very ordinary, the kind that is hard to find even if thrown into a crowd of people. Those who are thieves are basically this kind of people. Those who are too good-looking or too ugly are easily caught.

It's been so long that even an adult might not be able to recognize it. BangGeng, a child, could actually recognize the thin monkey and even followed him.

This talent is a bit amazing. “Boy, how did you recognize the thin monkey?”

Banggeng said proudly: "If I hadn't been careless and unprepared, he would never have stolen my things. He was the only one who touched me that day, and then I realized that the money was missing. Who else could it be if it wasn't him."

The thin monkey muttered in his heart, he was so unprepared. You kid walked all the way, gnawing on the roast chicken, all your thoughts were on the food.

The old man looked at Banggeng in surprise and secretly cried out that it was a pity. This is truly a once-in-a-century genius.

It would be great if such an outstanding genius could become a disciple. He would definitely teach everything he has to offer.

The old man knew that was impossible. After all, anyone who carries more than a hundred dollars with him is a rich person at first glance. Children from rich families looked down upon his skills.

Seeing the old man's expression change, Shouhou felt very scared and shouted to Banggeng: "Boy, you just found me now, it's already too late. All that money has been spent by me. Your family is so rich, it must be I don’t care about the money. If you are wise, just leave obediently, otherwise I will make you walk around without food."

Banggeng was so angry that he really couldn’t explain it. Who said he was a rich man? He was obviously a poor man.

What kind of life did he live after losing more than one hundred yuan? Silly Zhu was even poorer than him. Every time he entered Silly Zhu's house, he would come out crying. Yi Zhonghai was rich, but he was stricter than Jia Zhang and didn't give him a chance at all.

Unless he takes Jia Zhang's money, it's not that he hasn't thought about it, but it's unrealistic. Jia Zhang's money has to be counted several times every day, and its positions are often changed. If he takes action here, Jia Zhang will know about it.

"Who doesn't care about the money? I got it from other people's houses."

The old man's eyes lit up: "Wait a minute, what did you say, you got it at someone else's house?"

"That's right. My mother is the only one who earns money in our family. She only earns that much a month. There is no money at all in the family."

Shouhou was stunned for a moment and asked stupidly: "Others asked you to take it?"

Banggeng rolled his eyes at him: "Our family is so poor, they should take care of our family. I take it myself so that they don't have to give it away. They still want to thank me."

When I heard it, it was what Jia Zhang said. She said it many times every day. The children at home have been learning this since they were young. It would be strange if they could learn it well.

Of course, Qin Huairu didn't take the lead either. She was the one who encouraged Bangge to go to Silly Zhu.

The thin monkey glanced at Banggeng with envy: "To put it bluntly, isn't it just stealing? The rabbit doesn't eat the grass beside the nest, and you are too courageous. You are not afraid of being beaten to death by the people in your yard."

"They dare. That bastard Yi Zhonghai won't watch our family being bullied."

The old man was stunned for a moment and felt that the name Yi Zhonghai was somewhat familiar: "Who is Yi Zhonghai? He has such great ability."

"Yi Zhonghai is a bastard. By the way, he is an eighth-level worker in the steel rolling mill."

Shouhou immediately remembered Yi Zhonghai's story and quietly told it to the old man.

The old man said in his heart, this is right. It turned out that I was in the same courtyard as that hypocrite and was being guarded by the hypocrite. Hypocrites can embezzle a little girl's living expenses, so it's no wonder that Bangge has been stealing from his neighbors since he was a child.

"Boy, what Shouhou said just now is right. We really don't have any money in our hands, and we can't pay you back even if we want to."

How could Bangge be willing: "If you don't give it to me, I'll find Yi Zhonghai and Silly Zhu. He listens to my mother the most."

The thin monkey burst into laughter: "Do you think we will wait here for that hypocrite to come back? By the time you bring someone here, we will have already run away."

Banggeng was dumbfounded, and his little brain really couldn't figure out what to do. He knew very well that if he took action, he would be the one who got beaten. The old man didn't even need to take action, even Shouhou could teach him a lesson by himself.

But he was really unwilling to let him give up. (End of chapter)