Chapter 32

After saying this, Lu Qiaoge went to talk to Old Mrs. Li: "Grandma Li, I analyze that the weather on the day you lost your gold ring must have been very good, with golden sunshine, and you just happened to get up a bit late. Was there only you at home, and the window was open without a screen, and you were sleeping at the time?"

Old Mrs. Li's eyes widened instantly; she remembered the events of that day very clearly.

But how did this girl Lu Qiaoge say it as if she had seen it with her own eyes?

Lu Qiaoge frowned slightly; this old lady was too suspicious, actually suspecting her?

No wonder the matter wasn't over even after the item was found.

Lu Qiaoge continued: "The swallow also just happened to go out to forage at that time. When it passed your house, it saw the gold ring shining in the sunlight, and it just happened that you were sleeping soundly, so it flew in and snatched the ring away." After finishing these words, Lu Qiaoge asked Old Mrs. Li with an innocent face: "Grandma Li, is my analysis correct?"

Then she added with envy: "My grandma can't sleep in; she gets up at six every day."

An old lady said: "Old Mrs. Li, you don't cook breakfast every day and eat ready-made food, and you can still sleep in. Your two daughters-in-law don't say anything to you, so what else do you want? Don't make trouble for no reason. Will you be happy only when you've stirred up a good life until it can't be lived?"

Lu Qiaoge asked again: "Grandma Li, is my analysis correct or not?"

Old Mrs. Li didn't make a sound.

Li Zhenhui said angrily: "Mom, if it is, it is; if it isn't, it isn't. Why don't you speak?"

Lu Qiaoge laughed: "My goodness, Grandma Li, you don't suspect that I was standing in front of your window that day, do you?"

The crowd burst into laughter.

No one noticed Director Hu and Captain Jin, who had arrived upon hearing the news, outside the crowd.

Captain Jin was Cui Min's cousin; he was here to back up his sister.

This was his second uncle's only daughter. After his second uncle passed away, his second aunt remarried to another military factory and left Cui Min at his house, so she was just like his own sister.

He had wanted to go up, but was pulled back by Director Hu, who happened to be passing by, and told to wait a moment.

But he didn't expect Lu Qiaoge to be here.

This girl is quite interesting!

Lu Qiaoge blinked her watery peach-blossom eyes: "I remember you lost the gold ring on May 19th, but that day I was at the Third Neighborhood Committee pasting matchboxes with everyone. I went before dawn and didn't get home until after eight in the evening."

At this time, someone in the crowd loudly testified.

"That's right, I know this; this girl was at the Third Neighborhood Committee all day that day."

Old Mrs. Li's face turned red, and she hurriedly said: "That's right, your analysis is all correct."

Lu Qiaoge smiled: "That's good."

After finishing, Lu Qiaoge brought a ladder. At this time, it wasn't completely dark yet, but Qi Shuang still took a flashlight and a kitchen knife, and beside her was a basket prepared to hold the swallow's nest.

Old Hu thought Lu Qiaoge would say a few more words, because he found that this girl's little mouth was quite capable of talking.

Unexpectedly, Lu Qiaoge really just took down the swallow's nest and carefully put it into the basket.

She didn't say another word the whole time.

And at this time, Naughty Yan finally flapped its wings and flew out.

Old Hu nodded secretly in appreciation; a smart person who knows when to advance and retreat will have a bright future.

In today's matter, Lu Qiaoge was completely an outsider and didn't hold any position, so she currently wasn't qualified to lecture this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Moreover, everything that needed to be said had been said; saying any more would not be good.

Old Hu thought he had seen through Lu Qiaoge, but he didn't expect Lu Qiaoge to look at Cui Min with a somewhat solemn expression: "Sister Cui, you just said you were going to jump into the river and commit suicide to prove your innocence. I hope Sister Cui was just saying that. I almost drowned a few days ago, and that feeling was too terrible. Then I suddenly remembered a comic book I read before, which said that in ancient times, a big bully wanted to occupy a poor family's farmland, so he framed the family's youngest son for stealing and eating his family's big goose. Do you know what the final result was?"

Cui Min had been tossing and turning, and her anger had long since dissipated by more than half. At this time, she was attracted by the story Lu Qiaoge told.

The few children gathered around liked listening to stories the most. The onlookers had originally come to watch the excitement, but at this time, they were all looking at Lu Qiaoge.

This story hadn't been published yet, so almost no one knew it.

The little boy who wanted to eat roasted bird eggs just now was about eight or nine years old and chased after Lu Qiaoge, asking, "What was the result?"

Lu Qiaoge hesitated for a moment, but still said: "The result was that the child's mother, under duress, took a knife and sliced open her youngest son's stomach, letting the bully and others see whether her youngest son had stolen and eaten the bully's big goose."

The little boy's face changed drastically, and he covered his stomach, asking with a trembling voice: "... Th-then what..."

Lu Qiaoge scanned the focused crowd and said angrily: "Then, of course, there wasn't any."

A dead silence actually appeared on the scene.

Many people looked at Lu Qiaoge with indescribable expressions.

The story this girl told was too scary.

Lu Qiaoge just acted as if she didn't see the crowd's reaction, but she was afraid of scaring the little boy, so she smiled and said to him: "This is just a story, not real, don't be afraid."

But at this time, Old Mrs. Li's face turned white.

She seemed to have heard a similar story when she was a child?

Old Hu was also speechless.

It really was a mix of coaxing and scaring.

He thought Lu Qiaoge would continue, but Lu Qiaoge acted as if nothing had happened, smiling and saying to Qi Shuang: "Sister Qi, I'm taking the swallow's nest away."

Qi Shuang originally wanted to ask where she was taking it, but seeing the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law next door who were speechless and whose faces had changed drastically, she swallowed the words she was about to say.

Even if she moved it to the Lu family, what could happen? Lu Qiaoge obviously didn't care.

Lu Qiaoge walked out of the Qi family's courtyard holding the basket with a smile.

The crowd dispersed, and the dazed Cui Min and the pale-faced Old Mrs. Li both went home.

At this time, Old Hu had long since left, and Captain Jin had gone next door.

Before long, Captain Jin's reprimands came from next door, but he was lecturing Cui Min.

Cui Min: "Big brother, I was just saying it out of anger; I wouldn't die to prove my innocence."

The courtyard was very quiet, and before long, Old Mrs. Li said: "I... I won't make wild guesses in the future."

Qi Shuang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking outside again, Lu Qiaoge had long since walked far away.

By the time Lu Qiaoge got home, Huang Juan had long since left.

But the Lu family was all there, all looking at her joyfully.

Thus, Lu Qiaoge knew she had been accepted.

Lu Qiaoge curled the corners of her mouth; hmm, she was still very happy.

But she still showed the basket to her family and took the opportunity to mention what had happened at the Qi family and the Old Li family.

Grandma Lu was quite happy: "Swallows are good; they don't just eat insects, they also eat flies and mosquitoes."

If it were a normal day, Meng Xia would have long since scolded Lu Qiaoge for meddling in other people's business.

But today was too happy; she was happy to the point of forgetting herself.

She happily instructed her eldest son: "Go get the ladder; fix the swallow's nest right now."

Finally, the location was chosen under the eaves of Grandma Lu's room.

Because that place could shelter them from the wind and rain, it was the most suitable.

Meng Xia looked at her second daughter with satisfaction: "Rest early; you have to report for duty and fill out forms to start work tomorrow, there's so much to do."

Oh my, her second daughter finally has an iron rice bowl and won't have to worry for the rest of her life.

Lu Da was also happy.

His second daughter was first place!