Chapter 179

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Protagonist:

Chai Mi

In this day and age, quite a few families have bicycles, but to have a bicycle and also a pair of long legs — that's really not too many.

Although Song Qiushui's physique isn't too good, her legs are long... running away on foot might not work, but riding a bicycle to run away, that's like the wind and lightning...

Song Qiushui ran away freely like the wind...

And at the Chai Family Laozhai, Chai Dajun was the first to push open the main gate and rush out, then with a thud he stepped on the soybeans and fell flat on his face.

Che Lianyun behind him couldn't stop either, one foot slipped and she fell sprawling...

Chai Zhongxiao behind them fell spread-eagled...

Wang Huirong fell sitting like a frog at the bottom of a well...

Several people crashed together, in so much pain they were crying for their parents... screeching and howling...

"Who the hell is so immoral as to scatter beans at the doorway?" Wang Huirong cursed frantically: "Lacking virtue for eight generations. I (omitting several hundred words of profanity)..."

Chai You De also came out dragging his still-unhealed leg, he stared blearily at the several people fallen in a heap, didn't dare continue forward, and when he heard Wang Huirong cursing, he said: "Mom, naturally it was done by that person who smashed the glass, he definitely feared we'd catch up to him, so he resorted to this desperate measure."

Chai Zhongxiao got up, furious, but didn't dare continue running, he walked gingerly a few steps forward, saw there were no more soybeans, then turned back and asked Chai Dajun: "Did you see who did it?"

Chai Dajun was the first to run out, but by then Song Qiushui had already slipped away... he only saw a back figure riding a bicycle speeding wildly, so he said: "Didn't see clearly who it was, riding a bicycle, ran off toward the west."

Chai Zhongxiao glanced at the empty street to the west, where was there any human figure anymore?

The Xiakeng of Sanjiacun where Chai Zhongxiao lives is like this: the east side borders the mountain foot, the south side borders the village's Nanwa group, the north side is the highway, past the highway is the vegetable garden, the west side is Niuhe River... past the river is Hexi's land. And the entire west side for a long distance has no other villages!!!

Of course, from the west side going south or north, there are roads. From the side street you can also re-enter the village.

You could say, if this person went east, Chai Zhongxiao would naturally think it was those few families on the east side who did it. Go north, that's the vegetable garden people. Go south, that's Nanwa...

Go west...

Chai Zhongxiao was also completely baffled!

But no matter what, this "bad person" ran toward the west, so Chai Zhongxiao had a direction to chase.

"Third Brother..." Chai Zhongxiao called Chai You De then regretted it, Chai You De's leg still wasn't healed, fundamentally couldn't chase anyone.

But Chai Zhongxiao quickly turned his thinking around, said: "Third Brother, you and your wife go block the east side intersection. This dog thing might be playing a feint east strike west trick, deliberately ran west, in a bit might come back east."

Chai You De and Che Lianyun also thought it made sense, so they hurried off toward the east.

Chai Zhongxiao then instructed Wang Huirong: "You go to my Sixth Brother and Fourth Brother's houses to call people, have them get up, help me catch the person together."

Although Wang Huirong felt calling people in the middle of the night wasn't too good, but her own family had such a big incident, calling people was also proper.

If before the Chai Family Laozhai fights were all internal strife, now it's not just infighting anymore, this is outsiders bullying their way to the door.

Before that was family shame not to be spread outside, Chai Zhongxiao didn't want to call people to watch the joke, now the nature is completely different.

They've already bullied their way to the house smashing glass, it's time to show the Chai Family entire clan's unity.

Wang Huirong then went to call Chai Family clan members to help.

Chai Zhongxiao then called Chai Dajun and in a puff of smoke chased off toward the west.

The village right now is chickens flying dogs jumping, due to the Chai Family Laozhai incident, many households have lit their lamps, and there are those bold enough to run out to see what's going on.

The village dogs, they're the ones suffering.

Dog: Although I don't know what happened, barking with all my strength is the right thing to do...

And on the other end, Chai Mi, seeing the timing was ripe, didn't waste words, directly climbed up the old house's back wall, then holding that urea bag, walked along the wall top to the west side, then step by step inching along, walked on the roof back wall's beams.

Because this era's roofs, generally are wooden beams, with some cement placed on top.

Thickness isn't very good.

Even if the Chai Family Laozhai's house is relatively better, still can't escape the norm, roof thickness insufficient, if walking from the middle, inevitably the people in the rooms below would hear thump thump thump sounds.

Deep in the night, Chai Mi also couldn't see clearly if the people inside the rooms had all gone out, in case they hadn't all gone out, if people inside heard the noise, that wouldn't be good.

Chai Mi unhurriedly inched along, finally reached beside the chimney of the room Chai Zhongxiao lives in, she took the bricks out from inside the urea bag first, then took the urea bag, along with the soil inside, twisted it tight with force, then threw it into the chimney, then threw down two bricks.

Just about to leave, then felt a bit regretful.

Then went down the roof again, picked up two bricks and came back up, blocked Chai You De's room's chimney too.

Then hurriedly came down and returned to her own home.

Doing all this, the telling takes long, actually only three to five minutes' work.

Chai Mi this person hands and feet nimble, and calculations precise, by the time she reached the doorway, just happened to bump into Song Qiushui turning back, the two people tiptoed pushing the bicycle into the back courtyard. Then entered the room and pretended to sleep.

Chai Xiu was originally sleeping, suddenly saw Song Qiushui come, directly froze.

Chai Mi scolded in a low voice: "If anyone asks, just say Qiu Shui has been playing at our house the whole time, understand?"

Chai Xiu obediently nodded.

Right at this moment, the chaotic noise outside, plus the whole village's dog barking sounds, caused Chai Youqing to wake up too.

He turned on the light, lay on the window inside the room watching...

The old house already brightly lit...

Chai Youqing listening to the sound was from the old house side, thought for a while, then put on clothes, tiptoed preparing to go out and look.

After all, it's his own biological father...

In case...

He died...

"Dad, what are you going to do?" A half-asleep lazy voice came from the west room.

"Ah... I heard movement in the front courtyard, I thought I'd go take a look." Chai Youqing said somewhat guiltily.

"I heard it too, sounded like glass breaking. Who knows what happened? Might be my grandparents and my Third Uncle going at it... but we should go check anyway, pull them apart or something. With this much noise, the whole camp knows. Someone might've been beaten to death..."

Then came the sound of dressing from inside the room.

Chai Youqing listened from outside, didn't move, just waited for Chai Mi's next words.

"Whatever the case, they're still my grandparents. If my Third Uncle and his wife beat them to death, I'd still have to go wail a few times." Chai Mi spoke as she came out: "But last night Qiu Shui and I went fishing, didn't get back till midnight... Qiu Shui's at our place, sleeping like a dead dog..."

"You're the one who slept like a dead dog... I'm wide awake..."

Chai Youqing had no doubts about this. After all, Song Qiushui often came to the house to play with Chai Mi before, and sometimes didn't want to go home, so she'd sleep there. He didn't think much of it.

"I'll go take a look too." Chai Mi pretended to finish dressing and walked out.

But Chai Youqing shook his head: "You stay home. Who knows what's going on? If thieves came and ran into you, that'd be bad."

Song Qiushui also walked out lazily, stretching. She wasn't sleepy at all — for her, this hour was when nightlife started... Anyway, at home she also stayed up late and slept late. Staying up past two was nothing to her, perfect for late-night weight loss too.

Though she sometimes got so thin a gust of wind could blow her over, that didn't stop her from persisting in losing weight.

The love of beauty exists in everyone.

"Oh please, what's there to steal at your grandparents' place?" Song Qiushui's disdainful tone just stopped short of saying Chai Zhongxiao's home was poorer than a rat hole: "Not even a cow hair or sheep hair, just a few broken roosters, sickly at that... If a thief came, only Xiao Doubao's second son would be worth stealing."

"Who'd be that crazy, steal a boy? You'd have to spend money raising him, and then marry him off a wife later. That's asking for trouble." Though Chai Mi said this, in this era preference for sons over daughters was severe, people still liked sons.

Even if it wasn't their own son...

"Who knows." Chai Youqing sighed: "But the noise sounds pretty big. Dogs have been barking nonstop outside. I'll go check. Chai Mi, you stay home. Pitch dark out, don't go out."

"I'll come along." Chai Mi said without showing anything. "Qiu Shui, you sleep. I'll go look, be back in a bit. We can't just watch my grandparents' joke..."

Song Qiushui hehehe'd laughing, didn't speak, went back and really fell asleep.

"Xiu'er, stay home honestly." Chai Mi instructed before leaving.

Chai Xiu answered she knew, didn't move either, just slept quietly, incidentally watching Chai Mi and Song Qiushui act.

Chai Mi and Chai Youqing left the courtyard, just reached the neighbor's door, and saw Wang Huirong hobbling over anxiously, one step at a time.

Wang Huirong had bound feet, mentioned earlier, so walking was especially hard for her.

But right now she was practically running...

So it's said, people in crisis can unleash potential.

Chai Mi mused, if a big wolfhound was chasing this old bat from behind, she might run faster than me...

"Oldest... big trouble." Wang Huirong shouted from several steps away: "Our family's in trouble. Someone just smashed all our glass."

Wang Huirong panted: "That person ran toward the lower end. Your dad and Dajun went after him, don't know if they caught up. You go help too."

Chai Youqing felt mixed emotions, glanced at Chai Mi.

Chai Mi didn't say anything, just said: "Since Grandmother tells you to go, you go."

Only then did Wang Huirong notice Chai Mi was there too. She froze, then suddenly blurted: "The one who smashed the glass wouldn't be you, would it?!"

Chai Mi frowned: "Grandmother, listen to what you're saying. If I wanted to smash your courtyard's glass, would I bother doing it at night? I'd generally go smash it in daytime..."

Chai Youqing: "..."

Wang Huirong was choked speechless for a long while, nearly couldn't catch her breath, turned away.

Chai Mi's words were just too infuriating!

But Wang Huirong thought about it, seemed like Chai Mi had a point...

With Chai Mi's personality, if she openly went to smash glass, Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong and Chai You De and his wife probably couldn't stop her...

Though that would really hurt harmony...

"Then..."

"Then what?" Chai Mi retorted mockingly: "My dad and I just came out, heard noise and came out, then ran into you."

Chai Youqing also nodded: "That's exactly how it is. I slept pretty dead, heard the sound and got up, came right out... I'll go check the lower end, see who's so immoral as to smash all our glass. Mom, you go home. Third Uncle's kid is still home right? Don't lose him. Catching the person is small, but house empty is unacceptable."

Wang Huirong half-believed half-doubted. She didn't believe Chai Mi was that kind-hearted, but seeing is believing. Chai Mi right now truly wasn't flushed or panting, not at all like someone who'd just run a stretch. Really looked like she'd just gotten up.

"Fine, I'll go home first. Better catch that immoral thing. Too immoral." Wang Huirong left after saying this.

Chai Mi had no intention of seeing Wang Huirong off either, just pretended to comfort: "Grandmother, don't overthink it. What if... misfortunes never come singly..."

"Chai Mi you..." Wang Huirong was so angry her teeth ached: "Is that how you talk?"

Chai Mi immediately went "Oh": "Grandmother don't overthink, I haven't read much, used the wrong words. I mean you should think positively. Glass broke but people are fine, that's good news. As long as people are fine... I'm just caring for you. Anger hurts the body. At your age, worry less about trifles. Just some broken glass. Not like the house collapsed. No need to mobilize the masses."

Wang Huirong was even angrier: What do you mean just some broken glass?

It, isn't it humiliating?

The loss is small, the humiliation is big.

What's the difference from letting someone ride on your head and shit?

But...

Though Wang Huirong was angry inside, she still couldn't afford to provoke Chai Mi. After all, one look showed this wasn't Chai Mi's doing...

So Wang Huirong didn't dare say too much. If she pissed Chai Mi off, there'd really be fucking trouble.

Though Wang Huirong felt that whenever something happened at home, Chai Mi definitely couldn't be uninvolved, she had no evidence.

And Chai Mi was right in front of her.

Actually, Wang Huirong was originally sent by Chai Zhongxiao to call people, but she deliberately went to call Chai Youqing first by mistake, because she'd decided in her heart this was eighty percent Chai Mi's doing.

But Chai Mi spoke without panting now, and Chai Youqing also said Chai Mi was home. Wang Huirong dispelled her suspicion.

Wang Huirong knew her oldest son Chai Youqing rarely lied no matter when.

Once Chai Youqing lied, he'd hem and haw.

From Chai Youqing's speaking state just now, Wang Huirong felt Chai Youqing hadn't lied, so she concluded this had nothing to do with Chai Mi.

Wang Huirong schemed in her heart: Who actually did it then?

Wang Huirong couldn't figure it out for a while, didn't want to talk to Chai Mi much either, so she left huffily, preparing to go call other Chai Family clan members.

"Let me find out who did this, and I'll skin him alive!!!"