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Chapter 1450: Shocking the Beasts
After the Su family's door was calm again, Su Ning turned around and busied himself with cooking. "Xiaojun, let's eat dinner quickly. The next thing might be the chicken theft incident."

"Then what are you going to do?" Chen Xiaojun asked Suning about his plan in confusion.

Suning sneered and said, "Of course we have to teach these beasts a lesson and let them see that this world still belongs to the common people."

"Alright! I feel like these three gentlemen really have the upper hand."

Sure enough, when Su Ning and Chen Xiaojun were having dinner, they heard a noisy quarrel coming from the middle courtyard, especially the spy voice of Xu Damao, which was particularly recognizable.

At this time, Su Ning and Chen Xiaojun looked at each other helplessly, and they knew that the plot of "Love in the Courtyard" had begun.

It turned out that Xu Damao returned home and found that the old hen he raised was missing, and there was chicken soup stewing on the stove in He Yuzhu's house in the central courtyard. Naturally, he suspected that He Yuzhu had stolen his chicken.

However, He Yuzhu did not really steal Xu Damao's chicken. Instead, he stole Xu Damao's wife Lou Xiao'e. It can be said that everything is destined by fate.

After a fierce dispute, Xu Damao asked Lou Xiao'e to call the second uncle who was responsible for mediating neighborhood relations to come and uphold justice, because he knew that the second uncle would definitely speak on his side.

In fact, the chicken soup on He Yuzhu's stove was brought from the steel rolling mill canteen. On his way home from get off work, he met Qin Huairu's eldest son Banggeng and his two sisters eating beggar's chicken with relish. He Yuzhu realized that the chicken Banggeng and his sister were eating must be from Xu Damao's family.

At the same time, Xu Damao also knew in his heart that Sha Zhu was unlikely to steal the chicken, but there was no more suitable "chicken thief" than He Yuzhu in the entire slum. If anyone was to be blamed, it should be He Yuzhu, who was the "sucker" of their slum.

However, facing Xu Damao's accusations against him, Sha Zhu quarreled with him angrily. Qin Huairu hurried over to persuade them, and then the second uncle Liu Haizhong also rushed over.

In the end, the argument did not produce any result. They felt it was too shameful that such a thing happened in their compound. Another main reason was that the second uncle Liu Haizhong's desire to be an official came back, and he even clamored to convene a meeting of the entire compound.

The meeting was presided over by the first uncle, and the second and third uncles echoed each other, but the first uncle Yi Zhonghai introduced Su Ning and Chen Xiaojun first.

Uncle Yi Zhonghai looked at the neighbors in front of him and said, "Everyone, please be quiet for a moment! We have a new neighbor in our courtyard today. Let's let the new neighbor introduce himself first."

At this moment, Suning immediately stood up and introduced himself to these beasts. "Hello, neighbors! My name is Suning, and I'm a police officer from our neighborhood police station. This is my wife, Chen Xiaojun, a Chinese teacher at our neighborhood elementary school. I hope you can all take care of me in the future."

Uncle Yi Zhonghai quickly greeted everyone and said, "Everyone, welcome."

"Clap clap clap..."

"welcome."

Then the eldest uncle Yi Zhonghai talked about the most important thing again, but he wisely handed the right to speak to Liu Haizhong, "Okay! Now, the second uncle will introduce the details to us."

As expected, Second Uncle Liu Haizhong flaunted his authority but acted like a clown. "Hey! What happened is this: Xu Damao from the backyard came back and found that his old hen was missing. And there was chicken soup stewing on the stove in He Yuzhu's house in the middle courtyard. Naturally, he suspected He Yuzhu of being the culprit."

As soon as Liu Haizhong finished speaking, Yi Zhonghai immediately turned to Sha Zhu and asked, "Zhu Zi, did you steal this chicken?"

"Uncle Yi, why are you so unreasonable? Is it necessary for me, an eighth-level chef, to steal chickens?" As expected, Uncle Yi Zhonghai's words made Sha Zhu ask back with an embarrassed look on his face.

"This……"

At this time, Su Ning, who was watching the show nearby, couldn't help but ask, "Wait a minute! Three uncles, I remember that as the uncles in charge, your only authority is to ease neighborhood conflicts. Why are you now asking about a theft case?"

"Huh? This..." As expected, Uncle Yi Zhonghai was unable to respond for a moment.

Sure enough, the idiot Liu Haizhong beside him smiled and explained, "Suning, you don't understand! Stealing is one of the neighborhood conflicts."

"Uncle, I doubt you've ever been to school. How could you say something so foolish? I'm a police officer from our neighborhood police station, and you, a rough guy, are asking me what I don't understand?"

"I..." At this moment, Liu Haizhong's face immediately turned crimson purple.

The calculating Third Uncle Yan Bugui's eyes flickered a few times before he asked, "Suning, do you have any opinion on this case?"

"Three uncles, you have no right to handle theft cases. This kind of thing must be reported to the police. Your actions are feudal, patriarchal thinking and extremely reactionary."

Sure enough, the three uncles were stunned by Suning's big hat. "Ah? Suning, it can't be that serious, right?"

"Hmph! I think you three gentlemen really need to study hard. Your ideas are even more reactionary than those of the reactionaries before the founding of the People's Republic of China."

"..." At this time, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong and the other two were dumbfounded, and for a moment they didn't know how to deal with this "big hat".

At this time, Xu Damao looked at Su Ning with a donkey face and asked, "Suning, do I really need to call the police about this?"

Su Ning looked expressionlessly at the donkey-faced Xu Damao and asked, "Xu Damao, before you call the police, let me ask you one question: do you have any evidence to prove that He Yuzhu stole the chicken?"

"What more evidence do you need? My chicken was lost, and Sha Zhu was stewing it. Who else could have stolen it if not him?" However, Xu Damao was making a fuss as if it was his own fault.

Su Ning looked at the donkey-faced man in front of him with a mocking expression and asked, "Xu Damao, according to your theory, if your family lost the chicken, does that mean that the entire city can't eat chicken anymore?"

"This……"

"Also! He Yuzhu got off work around 4 or 5 today. Did anyone in the courtyard see him stealing a chicken? Where did he kill the chicken? Where are the chicken feathers and internal organs?"

"..."

"Xu Damao, today I'm going to give you some legal knowledge. Now, the principle is that whoever reports must provide evidence. It's useless if you just try to make unreasonable demands."

"I……"

Then, the third uncle, Yan Bugui, also tried to make trouble. It was obvious that these beasts had already set their sights on Jiaozuo Shazhu. "Suning, where did Shazhu get the chicken?"

"Uncle San, what does this have to do with you? And is it necessarily connected to Xu Damao losing his chicken? You're an elementary school teacher, yet you're so stupid and unreasonable. It seems I need to go to the neighborhood office tomorrow to report this."

"Ah? Not really! Not really! I was just asking casually."

"Humph! And there's more! There's only half a chicken in this casserole. It's not the whole chicken that Xu Damao threw away. Can't you three stewards see that?"

As the victim, Sha Zhu couldn't help but clap his hands in surprise. It was the first time he realized how adorable the police were. "Pa pa pa! See! This is what professionalism is all about. I told you I wouldn't steal a chicken."

Then, the old sinister Yi Zhonghai said with a sullen face, "Suning is right! Xu Damao's accusations against Zhuzi are groundless. Let's just forget about this matter."

Xu Damao couldn't accept it. "Ah? Uncle, my chicken is just lost like that?"

"..."

However, Su Ning took the initiative to look at Xu Damao and assured him, "Xu Damao, you must go to the police station in person to report the case tomorrow. You must follow the formal procedures. The police station will seek justice for you."

"Suning, thank you! I will go to the police station and report the crime tomorrow morning."

"..." Uncle Yi Zhonghai wanted to stop Xu Damao from calling the police, but he became afraid when he thought of the accusations that Suning had just made.

At the same time, Qin Huairu also had a complicated and worried expression. After all, if she called the police, they would definitely find out that it was Banggeng who stole the chicken.

Then Qin Huairu made up her mind to put an end to this matter, and the most suitable person to take the blame would definitely be that Sha Zhu. She secretly decided to go find Sha Zhu later.

Uncle Yi Zhonghai, with a somewhat grim expression, adjourned the meeting. "Since everything has been made clear, let's adjourn!"

"Wait." However, Suning stopped everyone again.

Sure enough, Suning's obstruction made Yi Zhonghai a little angry, "Huh? Suning, do you have something else to say?"

However, Su Ning turned to look at the donkey-faced Xu Damao, "Xu Damao, you seem to have forgotten something?"

"Me? I didn't!" Xu Damao looked at Su Ning in front of him with a confused face and asked back.

"You wrongly accused He Yuzhu of stealing a chicken, so you should at least apologize to him, right?"

"Ah..." Sha Zhu also became excited after hearing Suning's reminder, "Yes! Sha Mao, you must apologize to me."

"Shazhu, you..." Xu Damao looked at Shazhu in front of him with a face full of grief and anger.

Wanting to get this over with as quickly as possible, Yi Zhonghai urged Xu Damao gloomily, "Xu Damao, today's incident was originally caused by you. Hurry up and apologize to Zhuzi. Don't let everyone suffer in the cold here."

"Shazhu, I'm sorry! I was wrong about you."

"Hahaha, it's okay! Grandpa, I forgive you."

"..."

Just like that, the chicken-stealing incident that disgusted many viewers and readers ended. In fact, this matter was not complicated at all. It was nothing more than the three uncles and Xu Damao bullying Sha Zhu.

You have to know that Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui are hoping that Sha Zhu will be embarrassed and suffer losses, and Yi Zhonghai also wants Sha Zhu to take the blame for the real chicken thief, so after weighing the pros and cons, Sha Zhu was the one who was taken advantage of.

Then Suning took his wife home. This was the first time that these neighbors behaved themselves. From now on, at least they would think twice before causing trouble.

"Suning, I feel like you handled it very well."

"Actually, this matter is not complicated at all. Many things are known to everyone. It's just that these people want to bully honest people."

"Hasn't Master Yi Zhonghai always favored Sha Zhu? Why did he choose to target Sha Zhu tonight?"

"Because the real chicken thief is Qin Huairu's son Bang Geng, letting Sha Zhu take the blame will also allow Bang Geng to escape punishment."

"That's right! These people are really too selfish."

"Hmph! Just wait and see! I've already figured out how to deal with them."

"Ah? Suning, what are you going to do?"

"Hehe, the mountain man has his own clever plan."

"..."

……

At this time, Qin Huairu went to find Sha Zhu as soon as possible. Her mother-in-law, Jia Zhang, was also very anxious and did not want others to know that it was Bang Geng who stole the chicken.

Qin Huairu once again looked at Sha Zhu with a sorrowful expression, "Sha Zhu, you have to help your sister! Once Xu Damao calls the police tomorrow, they'll definitely be able to trace the case back to Bang Geng."

"What are you afraid of? I've already eaten it. How can Xu Damao take it out?"

"You don't understand! Banggeng is still a child, he can't be accused of stealing a chicken."

"Sister Qin, what do you mean?"

"I see that Suning has a good relationship with you. Why don't you just admit that you stole the chicken and then compensate Xu Damao for the chicken."

"This……"

"Silly Zhu, I'm begging you. I'll go back to my hometown early tomorrow morning and bring my sister over for a blind date with you."

"Really?"

"Silly Zhu, I, your sister, will definitely not lie to you this time."

"Okay! I'll go sit with Suning and thank him for speaking up for me today."

Then Sha Zhu took out two bottles of Niulanshan and some local specialties such as dried chili peppers, garlic and dried black fungus.

"Silly Zhu, what are you doing?"

"You can't come to ask for help empty-handed, right?"

"..."

Then Sha Zhu left under Qin Huairu's distressed gaze, and Qin Huairu hurriedly searched Sha Zhu's house, but found that there was not a single hair left in Sha Zhu's house.

When Sha Zhu arrived at Suning's house, Suning and Chen Xiaojun were preparing to wash their feet and go to bed. They were quite surprised by Sha Zhu's sudden visit.

"Zhu Zi, what's going on with you?"

"Suning, I came here specifically to thank you, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to handle the three of you joining forces to punish me."

"What I said were all very obvious truths, but they just thought you were the most suitable person to take the blame."

"The scapegoat?"

"Zhu Zi, people in this era care most about reputation. A real chicken thief doesn't want to bear a bad reputation, so he can only push you out."

"So that's it."

"You'd better take your things away! I won't take your things."

"Huh? Suning, I want you to help me dissuade Xu Damao. If the police are really called, it will be bad for the reputation of the compound."

"You know the real chicken thief?"

"This……"

"Zhu Zi, you've come to the wrong place! You should take these things and go find Xu Damao. As long as Xu Damao is willing to end it, everyone will be happy."

"Yeah! Why didn't I think of it?"

"It's getting late tonight, you'd better go over there quickly."

"Okay! Suning, I'll treat you to a drink later."

"..."

Then Sha Zhu left Suning's house with two bottles of wine and local specialties, but he still found that moral bitch Yi Zhonghai in advance, and he successfully calmed down Xu Damao's anger.

Suning and Chen Xiaojun were lying on the bed, hugging each other and resting. Only then did Chen Xiaojun sigh and say, "Suning, it seems that this idiot Zhu is really hopeless."

"It's okay! I've prepared a surprise for him. I'm sure he won't be able to cause any more trouble."

"Ah? Tell me what your plan is?"

"Hey, you'll know tomorrow morning."

"..."

"Junjun, a night of spring is worth a thousand gold. Flowers have fragrance and the moon has shadow. Let's hurry..."

"what……"

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(End of this chapter)