Farming in another world to make a fortune

Jin Chuan knew Yu Zhou so well, Yu Zhou only frowned slightly, and he knew that the sweet potatoes in his field had been stolen.

But today, several people from the village were invited to help, and Yu Zhou didn't tell the story of the theft, and he wouldn't mention it either.

Although Chen Feng is not as good as Jin Chuan and Yu Zhou, but yesterday when Yu Zhou was making a mark, he was also watching from the ridge of the field. He felt something was wrong and asked, "Someone came to steal sweet potatoes at night?"

"I stole about a basket." Yu Zhou picked up a few rotten sweet potatoes from the ground and handed them to Chen Feng who came over, "We were very careful when we dug yesterday. Those who came to steal the sweet potatoes did not dare to light torches, but only took advantage of the moonlight to drop several pieces of dug up rotten ones in the ground."

"And this land is obviously wetter than the place we dug before. It should be stolen in the middle of the night."

His rhetoric was well-founded, and the grumpy man who came to help the workers immediately said in a hurry: "It's okay, the farmer in the field dares to steal, and no one in the village can sleep peacefully in the future."

"That's right, who doesn't have anything outside all year round, boy Zhou, go to Lizheng's house and ask him to catch the thief out."

Some people also expressed doubts, "Our village has always had a good atmosphere. I have never heard of anyone throwing away melons and few fruits in these years. It shouldn't be for these sweet potatoes."

After speaking, the man was afraid that Yu Zhou would misunderstand, so he quickly explained: "I don't suspect that your claim that the sweet potatoes were stolen is a lie, but I just can't think of anyone who would do such a shameless thing."

Yu Zhou has lived in Yujia Village for so long, so he doesn't need to be told about the atmosphere of the village, so after hearing this, he said: "I understand what you mean, Uncle Liu, let's put this aside in advance, everyone, please help me Take back all the sweet potatoes in the field."

As the saying goes, if you catch a thief and steal something, if you don't catch someone digging sweet potatoes in their field, you will lose the best opportunity. Even if you make a big move and ask Li Zheng to investigate, you may not be able to find it. After all, the thief is not a person. Silly, stole something and still hide it well and wait for him to find it.

These people came to help dig the sweet potatoes and Yu Zhou paid their wages, and after all, the stolen sweet potatoes did not belong to their family. Hearing Yu Zhou said to put it down first, even if some people thought it was not good, they didn't say much .

Only Uncle Chen discussed with Chen Feng in a low voice, and then said to Yu Zhou: "After digging your sweet potatoes, only the ones in my field are left."

Yu Zhou didn't need Uncle Chen to say it too clearly, he knew what it meant. It would be fine if the sweet potatoes in his field hadn't been stolen, but his own had been stolen, so it would be unreasonable to keep Uncle Chen here to help, so he hurriedly Said: "You and Chen Feng hurry up."

"Then I'll leave first." Uncle Chen and Chen Feng said before leaving with the hoe on their shoulders, "If you're afraid that you won't be able to finish digging today, you can go to the village to find two more people to help."

The people who had already started working were not happy, "Just this little sweet potato, we dug it out after a short rest."

"That's right," the others echoed, "Maybe one of us will finish work first in the afternoon."

After all the talk was out, everyone was not generally active in their work this day. Before dark, they not only dug up all the sweet potatoes in Yu Zhou's field and sent them back, but also went to help Uncle Chen's house to collect them.

The helpers took the initiative, and Yu Zhou was naturally not stingy. He paid the wages immediately after returning from the field, and Jin Chuan even tied a large bunch of sweet potatoes for each of them to take back.

The sweet potatoes collected by the two families were piled up in the yard. Uncle Chen was still worried. Before going to bed, he even came to Yu Zhou's house and told them that he should let Yu Zhou sleep and be alert at night. He and Chen Feng would take turns to watch the night. If there is any movement, get up and catch the thief.

There are fences that are as high as people around the yard, and the gate of the yard is also locked when he sleeps at night. Yu Zhou never thought that someone would steal into the house because of the constant security. After hearing what Uncle Chen said, it was inevitable Will be a little surprised.

Uncle Chen smiled helplessly, "You young people have never experienced it. In the years when floods were easy to cause, everyone had to hide everything they had. Even if people in our own village didn't steal it, we had to be careful People from other villages."

Yu Zhou has indeed never experienced this kind of life. Although he grew up in the countryside before crossing, the folk customs are simple and honest, and there will be no problem even if he does not close the door at night.

But now that Uncle Chen is talking about this, and his family has more sweet potatoes than Uncle Chen's at 01:30, if anyone wants to steal it, he must steal his house first, so he quickly responded: "I won't sleep to death at night. "

After Uncle Chen left, Yu Zhou didn't read any more. After washing with Jin Chuan, he went to bed to rest. Today he dug sweet potatoes all day and went back and forth between home and the field many times. He was already exhausted.

Just lying on the bed, unconsciously thinking of the traces of the stolen sweet potato field in my mind.

After waiting for a while, realizing that Jin Chuan was not asleep, and knowing that he was always careful, he asked, "Did you find any clues about those sweet potatoes that were stolen from us?

Jin Chuan was also thinking about this matter, and said immediately after hearing the words: "Tell me, could it be someone from another village who stole it?"

Yu Zhou turned over and lay on his side facing Jin Chuan, "Tell me carefully."

"In the field in the morning, when you said that someone stole the sweet potatoes, I carefully observed the expressions of the helpers, and I can be sure that they didn't know anything about it," Jin Chuan said, "But think about it, except us and Uncle Chen's family in the village In addition, everyone lives next to each other, and if someone leaves the village to go to the field at night, there is no way that there will be no disturbance at all, and the dogs of those people are not raised for nothing."

After hearing these words, Yu Zhou felt as if Jin Chuan had opened a hole in the road that was blocked by him, and he suddenly realized, "And if you are from our village, there is no need to wait until the middle of the night to go to the field. .”

"Yes," Jin Chuan replied, "And what Uncle Chen said just now, the vibes of the nearby villages are not as good as ours."

Yu Zhou groaned for a while after listening, but finally couldn't hold back, leaned over and kissed Jin Chuan, hugged Jin Chuan in his arms and said, "Why are you so smart?"

"It's...it's okay, the main thing is that when you talk to them, their attention is on you, so I can boldly observe the changes in everyone's expressions." After Jin Chuan thought of something, he paused, a little Dejectedly, "But it's useless even if we know this, we didn't catch anyone on the spot, and we don't know exactly who stole it."

"If the person who stole things is from another village, the person who would go so far to steal things at night may be a habitual offender." At this moment, Yu Zhou felt that Uncle Chen's worry was indeed justified, "He got it easily this time." , I am afraid there will be a next time."

"Then what are we going to do now?" Jin Chuan looked up at Yu Zhou and asked sadly.

"Nothing will happen," Yu Zhou patted Jin Chuan on the back, and comforted him, "I know we lost something, and the villagers will be more vigilant when they sleep at night. I'll tell Li Zheng about it tomorrow. Next, he should also make arrangements."

"En." Jin Chuan replied vaguely.

Yu Zhou thought of something, and said again: "I want to inquire about who has a newborn puppy and brought a dog back to raise it. What do you think?"

"Sure." Jin Chuan is not afraid of dogs, and their family lives in a remote place, so it would be much safer if they had a dog in the yard.

Nothing happened overnight, and when Yu Zhou went to class the next day, he picked up a load of sweet potatoes and sent them to Mr. Wen.

After class, I went to Li Zheng's house and told Li Zheng about the thief.

Li Zheng was also worried about this matter, and even thought about whether to arrange people to take turns to watch the night.

Yu Zhou felt that there was no need to go through so much trouble, mainly because his family had lost a basket of sweet potatoes, and no one else in the village had lost anything, so even if they were worried, they might not be willing to stay up at night to watch the night.

Although the whole village has a turn, at most once a month, but before things fall on their own heads, few people would be willing to lose their sleep time for unknown theft.

Li Zheng was also worried about this, so he only mentioned his idea to Yu Zhou, and did not make any real arrangements.

No one expected that things would turn around so quickly.

On the evening of the third day after Yu Zhou's sweet potatoes were stolen, Er Gouzi dragged his father to Yu Zhou's house and said nervously, "Brother Xiao Zhou, I know who stole your sweet potatoes."

Yu Zhou was shocked when he heard the words, and his first reaction was to look at Er Gouzi's father.

After the well-known honest man in the village met Yu Zhou's gaze, he nodded first, and then said to Ergouzi, "Tell you Brother Xiaozhou what you saw and heard."

Er Gouzi gave an 'hmm' and said, "Didn't my mother buy two baskets of sweet potatoes at your house that day, and she took me to give a basket to grandma in the afternoon."

Hearing this, his father added: "Baby, his grandmother lives in Majiachang, downstream."

Er Gouzi waited for his father to finish speaking, and then continued: "My grandmother told me that no one in their village grows sweet potatoes, and she never gave the sweet potatoes that my mother sent to others, but I saw Ma Si next to him Uncle has sweet potato pulp that can't be washed clean, just like mine."

After speaking, he stretched out his hand in front of Yu Zhou.

When fresh sweet potatoes are broken off from the vine, whether it is the sweet potato or the vine, some white slurry will be secreted. This thing will turn black when it touches your hands, and it will not be unclean for ten or eight days.

Er Gouzi broke the sweet potatoes for him for a day before, and now there are brown and black stains on his hands.

Yu Zhou didn't expect Er Gouzi to be so careful.

He and Jin Chuan also thought of using this method to find the thief before, but there were too many people in the village who had bought his sweet potatoes. It is normal to reach the slurry, so this road is blocked.

Seeing Yu Zhou's surprised eyes, Er Gouzi lifted his chin triumphantly, "I know more than that."

"Oh, what else?" Yu Zhou cooperatively showed an expectant expression.

Er Gouzi continued: "I was catching crickets in an old house this morning, and I heard him tell another person that the basket of sweet potatoes will be eaten up soon, and I will come to your house to steal a second time, and the time is set at On the night of the Lantern Festival in the town, I also said that you just married your husband this year, and you will definitely take your husband to the town to play, and when the time comes, you will come with a load of baskets, and you can pick as many as you want."

Yu Zhou: ...

He didn't expect when he would become a fat sheep in the eyes of others, and this person was not from their village.