Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 745: Continuing to recall the eight (grudges with the No. courtyard)
Wang Zhan spent a whole day organizing the books and placed them neatly on the bookshelf in the east wing of the backyard. As a result, Wang Zhan didn't want to go out even more. Wang Zhan was an introverted and calm person. Since he had these, he stayed at home reading, writing, and teaching his sister.

One day, his sister suddenly ran to Wang Zhan and told him that the big bucket of biscuits in her room was missing. The biscuits were specially sent by Brother Liu, there were only two buckets in total, and he said they were spoils of war.

Wang Zhan was very puzzled. No one had ever come to his house, and it was impossible for a thief to come. How could a thief only steal cookies? So he accompanied his sister to turn her room upside down. Neither the brother nor the sister could find the biscuits. Wang Zhan had no choice but to take another bucket from his room and put it in his sister's room, and told her to hide it well this time.

After more than a month, Wang Zhan felt that something was wrong. He cooked his own breakfast in the morning, but every time he went back to the kitchen, he felt that a lot of things were missing. However, he couldn't tell what exactly was missing. He now suspected that there was really a thief in his house.

Wang Zhan began to pay special attention to things in the kitchen, but after observing for a long time he didn't find anything wrong, which made Wang Zhan wonder if he was being too suspicious. Until one day, when he was accompanying his sister to take a nap at noon, he heard a mess at the door, noisy sounds, and howling. He got up sleepily, covered his sister with a quilt, and then got up and walked to the front yard.

As soon as we arrived at the gate, we saw that all four doors were wide open. Several soldiers were holding down a man wearing glasses, and standing next to him was Brother Liu, Uncle Li's subordinate.

Wang Zhan shouted, "Brother Liu, what's going on? Why are you here?"

Comrade Liu smiled and nodded to Wang Zhan, saying hello. Then he pointed at the man with glasses who was moving a case and asked, "Do you know him?"

Wang Zhan looked at him, thought about it carefully, then shook his head and said, "I don't know him. I've never seen him before."

When the man heard what Wang Zhan said, he became anxious all of a sudden. While trying to break free from the soldiers, he shouted loudly: "We know each other, we really do. My name is Yan Bugui. I'm from the family of Yang Ruihua, who cooks for you. I'm your Aunt Yang's husband."

Comrade Liu sneered and said to Wang Zhan, "Wang Zhan, go check the rooms and see if anything is missing."

Then he turned to the soldiers below and said, "Watch him carefully. If he talks or moves again, just shoot him."

When Yan Bugui heard what this person said, he was so frightened that he dared not move. Brother Liu said to another soldier, "Go and find the military control committee and the person in charge. Tell them what happened here and say that I asked them to come and take a look."

When Brother Liu walked to the front yard, he saw Wang Zhan standing blankly at the door of the east wing, staring at the empty east wing in amazement. There was nothing left inside, and most of the things in the west wing were also gone.

Brother Liu smiled and touched Wang Zhan's head, saying, "Wang Zhan, the things that this family asked you to look after are all lost, and you don't even know it."

Not long after, Captain Li and Sister Wang came in a hurry. As soon as they entered the yard, they saw Yan Bugui squatting on the side with a table next to him. Brother Liu shook hands with Captain Li and said, "Old Li, go and take a look. The front yard is almost empty. Who is this person? He even bullies children?"

Sister Wang, who looked depressed, was about to answer when a woman suddenly rushed in from the front gate and started yelling, "Misunderstanding, all misunderstanding, he is my husband, not a thief."

Sister Wang turned around and saw that it was Yang Ruihua. She looked at her coldly. Sister Wang now even wanted to eat her. Brother Liu looked at the woman who came in and said, "We won't wrongly accuse a good person, but we won't let a bad person go either. I'll give you a chance to explain. Go ahead."

At this time, Yan Bugui was under gunpoint and dared not say a word. Yang Ruihua looked at Yan Bugui and said with a stiff face: "My husband came to help me with work. He saw that the things in the front yard were idle, so my family wanted to borrow them. When we need them, we will return them at any time." Yan Bugui nodded quickly. Brother Liu was amused by the lame excuse made up by the couple. He did not believe it at all and sneered: "Borrow it, who did you say hello to?"

Captain Li also became furious. He called two people and asked them to take the couple to the Military Control Committee without saying anything. He turned his head and looked at Sister Wang angrily and said, "This is the person you are looking for. Bring the list of this house and check it one by one to see how much they took away."

Wang Li just ran to the front yard and complained in a baby voice, "They also took my cookies and candies."

Lieutenant Li was so angry that he could not utter a word. He shouted, "They even took the children's things. Take them back and interrogate them strictly. Find out even a single needle."

The couple was taken away. Their faces were pale as they left. Yan Bugui muttered, "I'm not a thief. I just wanted to take advantage of you."

"You dare to take advantage of us. Let me tell you, if you can't get your things back, you'll be shot." The soldier who was escorting him said angrily.

Sister Wang felt extremely guilty at this time. Brother Liu shook his head and said to Captain Li and Sister Wang, "Forget it. You don't need to find someone to take care of the brothers and sisters. We can arrange it ourselves. You don't need to worry about what's going on here."

Brother Liu said hello to Wang Zhan and left in a hurry with his men.

When everyone else had left, Sister Wang held Wang Zhan's hand and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Wang Zhan, it's all because of your Aunt Wang's ignorance of people that you have been wronged."

Wang Zhan quickly said, "Aunt Wang, this is none of your business. I didn't keep an eye on it. It's really okay. I didn't even notice it. If Brother Liu hadn't come, I really wouldn't have known anything about it."

Sister Wang looked at Wang Zhan who was a little anxious and said, "It seems that you and your sister are both very innocent children. There are all kinds of people in Beiping now. You must be careful when you do things and judge people. You can't trust everyone."

Wang Zhan nodded obediently and said, "I understand, Sister Wang, don't take it too seriously. It's those two people who are wrong. It has nothing to do with you."

Sister Wang smiled, patted Wang Zhan's head, and said, "Okay, you don't have to comfort me. I can't escape this punishment. I have to go back to the Military Control Commission first. You close the door."

Sister Wang left, and Wang Li looked at her brother and asked, "Brother, why did they steal our things?"

Wang Zhan thought for a moment and said, "I don't know either. Maybe it's because we are young and easy to fool. Come on, I'll take you to read a book and tell you a story."

Wang Zhan took his sister straight back to the study, not taking the matter seriously at all.

(End of this chapter)