Chapter 338

"You, what happened to you?"

Fan Jinyou was shocked when he saw Heizi and Gou Dan'er. The two looked too miserable; their shoes were lost, and their heads were cracked open.

Had they been abused by dozens of big men?

"It's all your fault, you've screwed us over."

Heizi complained.

Thinking of the invisible attacker, he felt a chill down his spine.

Having heard too many ghost stories, and thinking about the things in the night that couldn't be described, attacking without a trace, he talked more.

"How did I screw you over?"

Fan Jinyou was confused.

"We just got to the six acres of land when strange things attacked us. We couldn't see them, couldn't hear them, and we don't know what they were."

Gou Dan'er added.

Fan Jinyou was also confused. Looking at the miserable state of Heizi and the other, they weren't lying.

"We're quitting."

"As for the six acres of land, find whoever you want, just don't come to us again."

"Also, look at how badly we're hurt. We won't dare to walk at night anymore. You must give us one hundred yuan in compensation."

Heizi spoke up.

Neither of them had a formal job, so they cared most about money.

"The job wasn't even done, and you two are asking for money?"

Fan Jinyou was no sucker.

He didn't want to give the money.

"We're injured!"

Heizi was very annoyed.

Although the two didn't have broken arms or legs, they had too many external injuries and would need at least half a month to recover before they could go out and earn money again.

What about these two weeks?

How could they live without money?

"That's right, you must give us the money."

On the issue of money, Gou Dan and Heizi's thoughts were consistent.

Whether the job was done or not, the money had to be in their hands!

Slap!

Fan Jinyou slapped his thigh, startling Heizi and the other.

"I remember what attacked you. It's not a ghost at all. Where would there be ghosts?"

"I tell you, the owner of the six acres of land, Wan Ping'an, keeps a nest of owls. You two should have heard of owls, right?"

"They are a type of bird, different from others. Owls only come out at night, and they don't make a sound when they fly."

Fan Jinyou had a toothache.

Why did Su Qingshan keep owls?

If it weren't for the owls guarding the place, Heizi and the others would have succeeded.

"You two go back one more time, bring some tools, kill the owls, and I'll give you one hundred yuan."

Fan Jinyou made a request.

"No!"

Heizi and the other said in unison.

Owls are silent at night and they fly. Even if you could barely see them at night, you couldn't see them clearly. How were they supposed to kill the owls?

The two had psychological trauma from the owls.

"I'll add another fifty. You go and kill the owls."

Fan Jinyou gritted his teeth.

"No, give us the money quickly, we're going home to recover."

Heizi shook his head.

"That's right, we're going home to recover, we're in so much pain."

Gou Dan'er grimaced.

External injuries, not serious, didn't mean they didn't hurt.

Fan Jinyou was helpless and had to give the two one hundred yuan as they requested.

Watching their departing backs, Fan Jinyou kicked the door.

"Wan Ping'an, I, ouch..."

Fan Jinyou jumped three feet high.

He had just kicked the door, and while the solid wood door was fine, his toe felt a sharp pain that made him scream.

He hopped around for a long time.

Fan Jinyou took off his right shoe and saw that his big toe was twice its normal size, red, and hurt terribly if touched.

"Wan Ping'an, it's all your fault. If it weren't for you, would I have kicked the door?"

The next afternoon.

Sihe Academy.

Wan Ping'an returned to the Sihe Academy, and Sun Tiezhu also returned with him, even helping Wan Ping'an carry a bag of pumpkins.

He was very helpful.

When Sun Tiezhu got home, he saw his mother, Wang Dahua, scolding Niu Niu.

"I told you to watch the house, how did you watch it?"

"Look, the dried pumpkin is gone."

Wang Dahua pointed to the basket in front of the house where the dried pumpkin was drying; only a small strip remained, along with a dime, but the pumpkin was gone.

"I, I just went to the backyard to play for a while, and the dried pumpkin was gone."

Niu Niu felt very wronged.

She didn't know where the dried pumpkin had gone either.

"Mom, don't scold Niu Niu, she didn't do it on purpose."

"The most important thing now is to find the dried pumpkin and see who stole it. I'll go ask the Third Aunt if any outsiders have been here."

Sun Tiezhu turned and ran to the front yard.

After asking the Third Aunt and confirming that no outsiders had come all day, it must have been someone in the courtyard.

"It must be Jia Zhang, I'll go settle the score with her."

Wang Dahua gritted her teeth.

Among the people in the courtyard who were light-fingered, only Jia Zhang had been discovered so far; perhaps there were others, but at least they hadn't been caught.

"Mom, wait, we don't have any evidence."

"Besides, Jia Zhang is an unreasonable person. Going to her is useless. Let's go straight to the police!"

Sun Tiezhu suggested.

"Okay!"

"Tiezhu, you go report it!"

Wang Dahua agreed.

"Wait, what's the matter that needs reporting to the police?"

Liu Haizhong happened to return, passing through the middle yard to the back yard, and heard Wang Dahua wanting to report to the police. He was very dissatisfied; why hadn't they asked him?

He was the First Master now.

Everything in the courtyard was under his management.

If everything was reported to the police, what was the use of him as the First Master?

"First Master, look."

"When I left this morning, I had a lot of dried pumpkin drying, and now only one strip is left, along with a dime. Isn't this stealing?"

Wang Dahua pointed to the only remaining strip of dried pumpkin.

Stealing?

Liu Haizhong immediately thought of Jia Zhang.

Most people in the courtyard, once something was stolen from their home, would immediately think of Jia Zhang. This was an impression formed over a long time.

"Don't be in such a hurry to report to the police, let me handle it first."

Liu Haizhong headed straight for the Jia family.

Knock, knock, knock!

He knocked on the door.

He knocked three times before he got Jia Zhang to come out.

"Jia Zhang, did you steal the dried pumpkin?"

Liu Haizhong questioned her directly.

"Liu Haizhong, are you still the First Master?"

"How can you just throw dirt on me like that?"

"I'm telling you, if you don't give me an explanation and compensate me ten yuan, I'm not done with you today."

Jia Zhang pointed at Liu Haizhong's nose.

Liu Haizhong had a headache. He was just guessing. Since Jia Zhang didn't admit it, he couldn't prove that the Sun family's dried pumpkin was stolen by Jia Zhang.

"Jia Zhang, if you really don't admit it, the Sun family is going to report it to the police."

"The Sun family's dried pumpkin was grown by Wan Ping'an. The Sun family said the dried pumpkin they were drying is worth at least ten yuan."

"If they report it to the police and the person who stole the dried pumpkin is caught, they will definitely go to jail."

"Do you want to go to jail?"

Liu Haizhong wasn't actually stupid. A flash of inspiration in his mind gave him a way to scare Jia Zhang!

If he could scare her, all problems would be solved.

"Report what to the police?"

"Liu Haizhong, you are not allowed to frame me. I bought the dried pumpkin, I didn't steal it, I didn't steal it!"

"I paid for it!"

Jia Zhang's face changed drastically; she didn't want to go to jail.