Chapter 265 All the Firewood Is Lost

Uncle Deng has always been honest and loyal, and he rarely gets so flustered.

Shen Ningning blinked her big round eyes: "Uncle Deng, please tell me slowly, what's wrong?"

She looked calm on the surface, but her little feet were whistling like the wind as she rushed towards the village.

Could it be that something happened to grandma?

Unexpectedly, Uncle Deng said: "Our home has been robbed!"

Shen Ningning suddenly frowned in confusion: "Were you robbed?"

"Yes, half of the firewood stored in my firewood shed was stolen." Uncle Deng said, almost crying.

Shen Ningning's heart sank: "How could it be? Firewood is not easy to hide. People come and go in the village. How could someone steal half the house's firewood without noticing it?"

She stopped and listened to Uncle Deng tell him what happened.

It turned out that in the afternoon, three or four strangers with strange faces came to the village to visit the old village chief.

They said they were here to buy excess cotton quilts.

The old village chief had already sold it once, but he thought that if he sold more points, he could make another fortune.

So I asked Uncle Deng to lead two people to the back room to look at quilts and mink furs.

Taking advantage of this time, the remaining two people gathered around the old village chief and chatted about home affairs, very enthusiastically.

The old village chief was wary at first, but he saw that these people were well-dressed and did not look like bandits.

What's more, we are in a village now, and villagers are coming and going outside. Even if these people are really gangsters, they don't dare to make any mistakes.

But this group of people spent a long time choosing. Either they disliked the quilt being too thin, or they thought the mink fur coat was too expensive.

In short, nothing was bought in the end, and these people left in the carriage again.

After they left, a while later, Uncle Deng went to the woodshed to get wood for a fire and prepare to cook.

Only then did I realize that half of the woodshed had been evacuated!

When Uncle Deng explained the reason to Shen Ningning, he happened to return to the old village chief's house.

Many villagers have gathered around the house. The old villager has a head full of white hair and looks haggard and tired in the light of the lights.

He just passed out once and kept covering his heart.

He murmured in his mouth: "It's over, it's over, most of the firewood is gone, how can the rest be enough?"

"I can't survive this disaster year, I can't survive..."

The villagers expressed their condolences.

When Shen Ningning entered the room, everyone consciously kept silent and stepped aside to make way for the little guy.

Seeing Shen Ningning, the old village chief felt like he saw a savior.

He almost choked and said: "Ning Ning, how can this be done!"

Shen Ningning still remained calm: "Grandpa, village chief, don't worry. Wait until I ask clearly. If it doesn't work, just report it to the official. Those people can't go far."

As he spoke, the little guy looked at the surrounding villagers.

"Has any of you clearly seen what they look like?"

The villagers looked at each other.

Sister-in-law Liu said in embarrassment: "It's evening, it doesn't matter whether it's dark or not, you can just see the outline of it."

A villager followed up and said, "I did see them carrying things, coming in and out."

"But I thought it was people from outside who came to buy things from the old village chief."

"When I passed the door, I saw our village chief laughing with that man. How could I have thought that this was stealing!"

Come in the evening, before the lights are lit.

The division of labor was even, with two people entangled Uncle Deng and two people guarding the old village chief.

The accomplices outside were responsible for the transportation.

A horse-drawn carriage would definitely not be able to transport half of the firewood in the woodshed.

Shen Ningning just looked at the ruts outside the house and estimated that three carriages came back and forth.

Uncle Liu said in a serious voice: "Let's chase the guys now and follow the car tracks. Are we afraid that we won't be able to catch them?"

Everyone agreed.

But Shen Ningning shook her head: "No, after leaving the village entrance and walking another mile, you will reach the official road."

"The ruts there are crisscrossed. If they come prepared, they won't let us find them easily."

The old village chief wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes: "Those pieces of wood were given to me by Ning Ning."

"It's really hateful to let these thieves steal it!"

Shen Ningning said soothingly: "Don't worry, village chief, we will report to the official soon."

After hearing this, the old village chief could only shake his head silently and sigh, with a sad look on his face.

Everyone knows that once something like firewood is stolen, those people will store all the wood separately.

Even if I file a police report, what will happen?

There is no name written on the wood. How can you prove that it was the old village chief who lost it?

Shen Ningning's voice was soft and innocent, with a soothing calmness.

"It may take some time to investigate the case. There are too many people reporting to the government, and the people in the government are too busy."

"But it doesn't matter. In the meantime, the village chief will use the emergency wood first."

Previously, Shen Ningning reminded the villagers to find a place to store some wood for emergency use.

It comes in handy now.

The old village chief suddenly woke up from his dream and hurriedly looked at Uncle Deng: "That's right, son, hurry up and call Hei Wazi to transport our firewood back."

Uncle Deng paused and nodded.

Shen Ningning generously lent them his carriage.

After dealing with it, the villagers went back to their homes, leaving only two men to accompany the old village chief to prevent him from thinking too hard.

Shen Ningning returned to her village house. Wolf Si and several wolves came down the mountain at some point and were playing in the snow in the yard.

Grandma Qin heard the noise and walked slowly to the door with a cane.

"Ningning is back? What happened at the village chief's place? It's so noisy. I want to go and see. Your friend, Mr. Jiang, won't let you go out."

Grandma Qin said with a smile.

Jiang Zhi was helping to wash vegetables and light the fire in the kitchen.

Hearing this, she shouted, "Grandma Qin, you can't run around now. Be careful not to fall again."

"Wait for me to cook and then go find out what happened. Don't worry."

Shen Ningning smiled and patted the snow on her trouser legs. She walked into the yard with a round and cute face.

She rubbed Wolf Four who came over.

She said to Grandma, "It's nothing. The firewood at the village chief's house was stolen."

Grandma Qin was shocked: "There are still thieves in public?"

After all, Xiangyun Village is backed by Wolf Mountain and has a good reputation.

Don't talk about thieves. During the most serious drought, they killed a vicious bandit. Since then, no one dared to come to Xiangyun Village to make trouble.

People on the road would want to avoid it when they pass by Langshan.

Shen Ningning took out a clean red fruit from the basket and opened her mouth to bite it.

The sweet juice flowed down her tongue.

She hummed: "It is probably someone familiar who ordered the crime."

"That person must know the Deng family very well, knowing that there is only an old man and Uncle Deng in the family."

Therefore, they can arrange a few people to come and entangle the father and son of the Deng family separately.

And they chose the dusk, so they must know Xiangyun Village well.

That person knew that at this time, every household in the village was cooking, and even if people came and went, they were not afraid of attracting attention.

Whenever someone asked, they explained that they came to the old village chief to buy things, so as to dispel the villagers' suspicion.

Grandma Qin looked serious: "The one who targeted the Deng family could not be the village chief's previous daughter-in-law, Wang Qiaoer?"

Shen Ningning finished eating the red fruit and smiled lightly.

"Then I don't know." Anyway, she didn't tell the old village chief about her guess for the time being, for fear that he would faint again out of anger.

Shen Ningning and Jiang Zhi accompanied Grandma Qin to finish dinner.

It just so happened that the Black Wolf King also strolled down the mountain.

Shen Ningning just sat on the back of the Black Wolf King and wanted to go back to the mountain, when she saw Sister Liu rushing over in a hurry.

"Ningning, it's not good, you should go to the village chief's house quickly, their family is really unlucky this time."