I messed up the Siheyuan

"Ouch!...Who is this?"

The gossipy third aunt asked curiously, "There are still people like this in our compound?"

"Who knows who it is?" Yan Fugui said indifferently: "But, I see...it seems like he came from the middle courtyard."

"Middle Court?!...Then...the boss, did he steal the chicken?"

"No!" Yan Fugui shook his head, then laughed and said, "The chicken thief was locked in the house by Pingzi and Guangtian."

"Ah!..." Auntie looked at Yan Fugui in surprise, "Why is he locked in the room? What about Pingzi and the others?"

"After they locked the person up, they all went back." Uncle Three said, "From what I could see... they wanted to lock the person up for one night before making any further comments.

This matter! ...Tomorrow morning...there will be something exciting to watch!"

......

Jia Zhang was short and fat, and not very agile.

Plus there’s not enough light in the room.

So after she pried open the lock and went in, it took her a long time to catch the old hen.

After that, she sat down on the ground, wiping the sweat from her forehead and breathing heavily.

When he recovered a little, he felt something was wrong.

Why is it so dark in the room?

When she just came in, she left the door open to let the moonlight in.

Why is this door closed again?

Let the wind blow?

Feeling something was not right, Jia Zhang struggled to get up from the ground and walked to the door cautiously.

She took a deep breath and gently pushed the door.

As a result, the door was not opened as she expected.

Jia Zhang thought to herself: It’s bad!

Then she pushed again, but the door didn't budge.

She was a little panicked and threw the old hen in her hand to the side.

The old hen groaned, flapped its wings twice, and then stopped moving.

But at this time, Jia Zhang no longer cared about the life or death of the old hen.

She put her hands on the door, took a deep breath, and pushed hard.

This time, the door shook a few times, but still could not be pushed open.

However, when the door swayed, the door lock moved with it a few times.

Although Jia Zhang heard the slight friction sound of the door lock, it also made her completely despair.

She knew: someone had used that padlock to lock the door again.

"Who?"

"Who did it?"

"What kind of wicked person would have a door with a smoking lock?"

......

In the dark room, Jia Zhang cursed angrily.

Of course, in order not to alarm others, she cursed in a very low voice.

The reason she cursed was just to vent the anger in her heart.

After scolding for a long time, she was tired and stopped, panting.

But then she realized another more serious problem.

What to do tomorrow?

What should I do when someone comes to open the door tomorrow morning?

Admit that you came here to steal chickens and got locked in the house?

No! ...No! ...

If I admit this, then my Jia Zhang family’s reputation will be completely ruined.

The reputation of our Jia family has also been ruined.

Therefore, you must never admit to stealing the chicken.

I have to find a way...I have to find an excuse...

Jia Zhang frowned and began to think...

......

Jia Dongxu put on his clothes, sat at the door, and waited... waited...

He waited for a long time, but there was no noise coming from the front yard.

What reassured him was...

Since there was no movement, it meant that his mother was not caught when she stole the chicken.

But what about people?

Where have people gone?

Mom! ...No matter whether you stole the chicken or not, please come back quickly!

It lasted too long, even Qin Huairu couldn't lie still on the kang.

She turned over and sat up. After a moment's hesitation, she said to Jia Dongxu at the door: "Dongxu, why don't you go and take a look! Don't let anything else happen..."

Jia Dongxu hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Okay! I'll go take a look. What's going on?"

After saying that, he stood up and walked out.

As a result, Qin Huairu reminded him again: "Dongxu, if there is anything, just say 'I went to the public toilet and stopped by to check it out'..."

"Okay, I get it."

After Jia Dongxu replied with a hint of impatience, he gently opened the door and walked out quietly.

Like Jia Zhangshi, after going out, he first looked around.

Under the bright moonlight, almost every detail can be seen.

This made Jia Dongxu feel slightly relieved.

Feeling a little anxious, he quickly stepped through the hanging flower gate and came to the front yard.

The front yard was quiet at this time, with no sign of anything happening.

After looking around, Jia Dongxu walked towards the back room where Liu Guangtian and his brother lived.

At the door, he hesitated for a moment before trying to call out, "Mom! Mom!..."

Who would have thought...

Jia Zhang's response came immediately from inside the door.

"Dongxu, is that you?"

Jia Dongxu breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the big padlock on the door again, and asked with a little confusion: "Mom, how did someone lock it in?"

"I don't know what happened..." Jia Zhang said angrily, "I saw the door was open and locked it without checking if there was anyone inside."

"Mom! What should I do?"

Jia Zhang hesitated for a moment, then passed a piece of wire through the crack in the door.

"Dongxu, do you see this wire?"

"I see, Mom!"

"Use this wire to poke the keyhole and see... if you can poke it open?" said Jia Zhang.

"Mom, is this... okay?"

Jia Dongxu took the wire in his hand and asked hesitantly.

"Sure, why not?" Jia Zhang said, "I just used this to poke the lock open."

"Okay, Mom... I'll give it a try..."

I have to say that the Jia family's talent for lock picking is amazing.

Jia Dongxu just poked it, and the iron lock opened with a click.

The mother and daughter of the Jia family, both inside and outside the door, looked delighted at the same time.

To them at that moment, the sound of "Ka Ba" was like the sound of nature.

But at this moment, a roar suddenly came from the distance.

"There's a thief...Everyone come and catch the thief!..."

This one move almost frightened the Jia family's mother and daughter to death.

It was this moment that completely woke up the sleeping front yard.

Each household turned on the lights one after another, illuminating the small space in the front yard.

Immediately afterwards, everyone who walked out of the house blocked the Jia mother and son who were still wandering at the door of the back house.

Wang Ping led Liu Guangtian and his brother to the front and pretended to be surprised and asked, "Brother Dongxu, Aunt Jia, why are you here in the middle of the night?"

"Hey!...No!...This door is locked!"

"How did you get it open?"

Having said this, his face changed drastically. He pushed open the door and rushed into the back room.