I live in the countryside

Chapter 146 The Melon Thief (1 more)
After all, it wasn't too far away. Qiao Churan and Qin Muzhou walked together and arrived at the melon shed in a few minutes.

Before he got close, he could see a faint light from the shed in the night, which was different from the bright moonlight, and there was really someone inside.

Qiao Churan's face changed slightly, but Qin Muzhou pulled her away and prevented her from moving forward, "Stand here, don't go over."

Qiao Churan wanted to say that he knew how to do taekwondo, so it wasn't a problem, but Qin Muzhou obviously didn't allow it, so he frowned slightly, but went carefully into the shed.

There is only one east-facing entrance to the shed, and Qin Muzhou opened it abruptly: "Who is it?"

There were four teenagers inside, each of them was holding two unpicked cantaloupe in their hands at this time, and someone was caught off guard at this time.

It was almost eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, and everyone in the village should be asleep by this time, only the sound of insects chirping far and near in the fields.

People who were originally sneaky suddenly heard a voice and hurriedly threw the things in their hands and shouted to flee outside. Unfortunately, despite the moonlight, the melon shed was dark and not very bright, and they were probably discovered all at once. Panicked, he ran around and couldn't find his way, and Qin Muzhou grabbed both arms all of a sudden, and two of them were caught.

By the moonlight, one could clearly see that they were two teenagers of fifteen or sixteen years old. Although their clothes were sleek, their faces were still immature, probably not much older than Qiao Yiyao.

At this moment, Qiao Churan was also blocking the way outside, stopping the two people who wanted to escape. Seeing Qin Muzhou dragging the two people out, seeing one of them, he frowned and said, "He Lin?"

Her eyes were on a boy who was about the same age as Qiao Yiyao, with dyed yellow hair, wearing a black T-shirt, and a pair of ripped jeans.

When He Lin saw Qiao Churan, he didn't feel much frightened, and he grinned and said, "Cousin."

This person is none other than Aunt Qiao's son, He Lin.

He Lin was grabbed by Qin Muzhou's arm, looked back at Qin Muzhou, and grinned: "This is my cousin's husband, the force is so strong, my arm will be broken."

Qiao Churan frowned: "It's midnight, why are you here?"

"I saw that your greenhouse is quite fresh, and I heard that the melons are ripe, so I'll come and take a look." He Lin always had a smile on his face, kind of flattering, but people didn't like it at all.

Qiao Churan didn't have any relationship with this cousin, and she wasn't close to her. Hearing what he said, she still had the same attitude, and she looked a little unhappy: "If you want to eat, just tell me at home, that's it. It's fun to be a thief in the middle of the night?"

"What kind of thief is not a thief? Can you not speak so harshly?" He Lin was dissatisfied: "We are all a family. I take it when I go home, and I take it when I come here. Why are you like this?"

Qiao Churan was also laughed out of anger, and with He Lin's temperament, he was exactly like Aunt Qiao. At this moment, Qiao Zongming hurried over to the shed with a few people. He heard that there were thieves in the shed. , so he called the men from several clans near his home. Unexpectedly, when they rushed over, they ran into a few half-grown teenagers who were captured by Qin Muzhou and Qiao Churan.

Qiao Zongming was also very surprised to see his nephew He Lin.

"He Lin, why is it you!?"

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Half-aged children, only fourteen or fifteen years old, but what the village hates the most are these children who do not learn well, stealing peaches and plums every day, stealing chickens and dogs, and their parents don’t listen to education. Two of them are from the village, so why? Lin and another boy live in the same town.

The stolen melon was still thrown on the ground, and he was caught. Naturally, he couldn't deny it. He Lin had a stern look on his face. Since he was Qiao Zongming's nephew, he didn't feel that he had done anything wrong, but the other three teenagers were very guilty. , kept his head down, and didn't dare to say anything.

But there are more serious things.

There were many openings on all sides of the shed, all of which were broken. These people didn't enter through the door of the shed, but they cut through the plastic openings and got in.

That's okay, all four of them were dragged back to Qiao's house.

Two of the uncles went to inform the parents of the two teenagers in the village. They were in the yard. Qiao Churan looked at He Lin with an ugly face: "Tell me, what's going on, why are you here?"

He Lin changed his previous rhetoric when he saw Qiao Churan in the greenhouse, and said in a nonchalant tone: "We went to catch voles, and we went in to look for it when we saw it sneaking into your greenhouse. We really didn't steal anything from you."

He acted as if I was doing well and sitting upright: "Just a few broken melons, who cares."

Qiao Churan laughed angrily, turned out her phone and showed it to He Lin.

The scene captured by the testing equipment is very clear. Although it is not clear most of the time, the occasional shots, against the background of the moonlight, can also see the clear faces of several teenagers, as well as the recorded voices talking in a low voice. sound.

He Lin and the others never thought that there was such a thing in the shed, they were so shocked that they couldn't speak at the moment, and finally dissatisfied: "Isn't it just a few melons, and it's not someone else, what's wrong with me taking two? "

It is even more reasonable to be a thief.

It looks like you can't do anything to me even if I don't plead guilty.

The other three teenagers were also silent, especially the other two teenagers in the village, who lowered their heads and remained silent all the way. Compared to He Lin, who looked like you could do nothing to me, the other three teenagers kept silent don't say anything.

Qiao Churan couldn't tell that it was He Lin who was behind it, and the three of them probably knew that He Lin was her cousin, so there was no scruple.

Qiao Churan laughed angrily, but indeed, he really couldn't do anything to these people.

The two parents who were notified in the village had already rushed over, neither of them were clan members of Qiao's family. They were two women who lived on the other side of the village.

Qiao Churan knew that the father of the two teenagers in the village was not at home, and their mother was busy tending the fields, and did not discipline them much. It is said that they had already dropped out of school.

As soon as the two women came, they scolded the child bloody.

"How do I usually teach you, whoever tells you to steal things, you will be beaten to death!"

"Go to work tomorrow!"

Angry scolding sounded out of Qiao's yard. The two teenagers were silent, their faces were fierce, watching their mother's swearing, as if the person being scolded was not themselves.

Qiao Churan watched this scene with more sadness than anger.

This is what most teenagers in impoverished villages look like, and they cannot escape like fate.

When the two mothers heard that the two children had scratched through Qiao Churan's shed, they almost turned their backs on their backs!

They have heard that it costs tens of thousands of dollars to build a greenhouse. Isn't this the same as demolishing someone's house? How can the family have the money to pay for such an expensive thing?
"Ranran, Auntie apologizes to you, this kid is cheap, I will make him kneel down to his ancestors and not give him food when I go back!"

"The greenhouse, can it still be repaired? Or I will buy some plastic film from the town tomorrow and stick it on for you. Do you think it will work? I promise it will be glued well and there will be no air leakage."

"Yes, can it be repaired, Ranran?"

The two aunts were so anxious that they were about to cry.

The village is poor, their own house can’t be repaired, and the child’s father has been working outside all year round. When this kind of thing happens, and it belongs to the villagers, they simply don’t know how to explain it. In the future, the villagers still don’t know how to treat them.

Qiao Churan sighed, waved her hands, and didn't pursue the matter, "It's so late, auntie, please take someone back first."

Qiao Churan didn't pursue this matter, so the two aunts who rushed over were temporarily relieved, and led the child away. The child did such a thing, and he was still from the same village. He felt ashamed and humiliated. The family was not well-bred, and felt sorry for Qiao Churan, so she kept apologizing, and finally took the child back cursing.

Grandma Qiao, who was going to bed early, heard the sound and was surprised when she saw He Lin in the yard, "He Lin, why are you here at night?"

Qiao Zongming was holding the mobile phone, and was calling Aunt Qiao, asking him to deal with the child's affairs. Grandma simply mentioned a word.

When Grandma Qiao heard this, she was unhappy: "That's cousin Ranran, what kind of stealing? She can send it to unrelated people one by one, so what is it to give her cousin?"

Qiao Churan took Qin Muzhou back to her room, not letting him watch the mess at home, and ignoring Grandma Qiao's words.

Grandma Qiao has been talking about her harvesting of melons and fruits and taking them away as gifts.

Qiao Zongming saw that Grandma Qiao was making trouble again, and he said in passing that Aunt Qiao's phone was connected. After hearing a few words, he obviously didn't take this matter to heart, and even felt that Qiao Zongming was making a fuss over a molehill. He cursed a few times on the phone, and didn't care that his son was still seven or eight kilometers away in Qingxi Village in the middle of the night, as if he didn't care.

Grandma Qiao was persuading her, but Qiao Zongming's expression turned pale. He glanced at the two teenagers and said to Grandma Qiao, "Stealing things in the village is a big deal. Mom, keep protecting them like this. In the future, everyone in the village will If you want to grow melons, the younger sister can't discipline the two children, and the news of her pampering the children will spread throughout the village at dawn, I see who will return her to Qingxi Village in the future!"

This was the truth, and Grandma Qiao was at a loss for words.

But seeing Qiao Zongming's attitude, he couldn't help pleading for his grandson.

Although he is the child of his own sister, Qiao Zongming and He Lin's nephew are not close at all. In the end, He Lin's father called again, and apologized to Qiao Zongming loudly through his relationship with his relatives, saying He will definitely compensate Qiao Churan for the scratched shed.

Whether to pay or not, everyone knows what the result will be, but at least one must have an attitude.

In the picture taken by the detector, the person who cut the plastic film with his hands is He Lin, who "does not fear the heavens and the earth". Know their attitude.

At the door, I heard Qiao Zongming educate He Lin earnestly: "You are still a student, you should study hard at school at this age, and you are still wandering around the village at such a late hour, what is that like?"

"You met your cousin, our family. If you met someone else, at this time, you don't know how they will teach you. If you meet someone with a bad temper, you may beat them directly."

"It's not a good way to go on like this. We still have to walk on the right path."

He babbled because he really wanted to think about his nephew and didn't want him to take detours, but He Lin obviously didn't appreciate it. Hearing Qiao Zongming's babble, his face was impatient: "Aren't you my uncle, don't care about me so much What are you doing, even my mother doesn't care about me."

Qiao Zongming paused: "You child!"

"It's annoying, like an old man, what's the use of telling me, I'm not your son, can I go?"

Qiao Zongming shook his head, "Let's go."

Impatient, He Lin dragged another boy who also lived in the town, and left Qiao's house in the middle of the night.

(End of this chapter)