Chapter 40 The third uncle lost his car
"Ouch! It's my bicycle!" The third uncle, who was holding a fishing rod and preparing to go fishing, saw that there was nothing in the corridor where the bicycle was parked, and he suddenly panicked.
"Lao Yan, what's wrong?" The third aunt who was still lying in the room didn't even bother to put on her clothes when she heard this. She picked up the cotton-padded jacket beside the bed, put it on her body and ran out of the room.
"What's going on, Mr. Third?" Neighbors around also came forward to ask.
"The bicycle I parked here is gone!" When the third uncle said that the bicycle was gone, the third aunt also stamped her feet anxiously.
"I heard yesterday that Sister-in-law Yu Li and her old aunt were coming to the capital to look for someone to borrow a bicycle. It couldn't be that Brother Xie Cheng and the others rode away." Someone with good intentions told what they heard yesterday.
"No, the boss has nothing to do with us since the incident last time." The third aunt covered her chest and turned pale.
"What about Yan Jiefang and his two brothers?"
"They are all still sleeping in the house." The third uncle frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.
"What are you doing here making noisy noises?" The old man was getting ready to go to work when he saw the crowd and said.
"Lao Yi, it's terrible, our courtyard has a thief, and my bicycle was stolen." Seeing the first uncle coming, the third uncle hurriedly stepped forward.
"Lao Yan, don't rush to a conclusion. Think carefully about whether you are lending it to someone?"
"No, last night our youngest wanted to borrow a car to go to the Temple of Heaven to learn radio gymnastics, but I didn't agree." The third uncle thought for a while and said firmly.
"Starting from today, our door must be locked."
"Lao Yan, please go to the police station to report the crime first." After much deliberation, he didn't have a clue. What was lost was a big item like a bicycle, so the first uncle had to arrange for the third uncle to go to the police first.
"Qin Huairu, I can't leave now. Please go to the factory and ask for leave for me later." Valuable items were lost in the courtyard, and as the steward of the courtyard, he couldn't leave. He was worried about what to do.
I happened to see Qin Huairu watching the fun in the crowd.
"Okay, sir."
"Oh, I'm just here to watch the fun, I'm almost late for work." After agreeing to the uncle, Qin Huairu suddenly remembered about going to work. After saying that, she hurried to the factory, and other neighbors gathered around to watch the fun.
They also scattered in all directions and set off in a hurry.
While the third uncle went to the police station to report the crime, the first uncle visited houses to ask if any property had been lost.
"Comrade, my bicycle has always been parked here. It was still there when I came back from the toilet last night, but it disappeared early in the morning." Not long after, the third uncle led two policemen from the police station to the compound.
He hurriedly pointed to where he parked his bicycle.
"Teacher Yan, apart from your bicycle, have other residents in your courtyard lost anything?" The two police officers originally planned to take a look, but found that the ground had already been covered with footprints by neighbors watching the fun, so they had no choice but to ask first.
Ask the third uncle.
"Two comrades, I am the master of this courtyard."
"I asked just now and they all said no." The old man who came back from the backyard responded quickly.
"Teacher Yan, have you had any disputes or conflicts with others recently?" The taller police officer took notes and looked up at the layout of the courtyard.
"Comrade, do you mean that someone is maliciously retaliating?" The first man heard what the police meant and guessed.
"I'm not sure, but I can't rule out the possibility." The policeman raised his head and glanced at the old man, then lowered his head and continued writing and drawing.
"Yes! There are two people I have had conflicts with recently, and they all live in the same courtyard as me."
"Jiang Che, who is across from me, had a conflict with me some time ago because of a meeting in the courtyard. I was so angry that I was hospitalized."
"The other one is He Yuzhu who lives in the middle courtyard. He overturned my table last night." When the third uncle heard about "retaliation", he didn't care about the friendship between neighbors. He poured out the beans through the bamboo tube.
"Those who pay a thousand dollars can't steal our bicycles even if there is a conflict. We saved money and spent so many years to buy a bicycle and offended someone." After hearing this, the third aunt burst into tears.
"It can only be said that it is possible. Now let's find these two people and let's ask about the situation."
"I'll call He Yuzhu over first. He hasn't left yet."
"There is no one at Jiang Che's house, so this is his house." The first uncle pointed at Jiang Che's house, and just after he finished speaking, the third uncle ran to the middle courtyard like a gust of wind.
"Hello, comrade, we are from the Hongxing Police Station. We need to ask you about something." When the third uncle brought He Yuzhu over, the tall and thin man who just spoke asked.
"Um...Okay." He Yuzhu, who had not yet woken up, was confused.
"Comrade He Yuzhu, where were you from last night to this morning? What did you do?"
"Go to sleep. The third uncle called me here before I even woke up."
"Comrade Public Security, what happened?" He Yuzhu looked confused.
"The third uncle's bicycle is lost, and the police comrades are helping to find it." The first uncle looked at He Yuzhu's clueless look. It was obvious that the third uncle just didn't tell He Yuzhu why he called him here.
"Well, if something as big as a bicycle is lost, you should report it to the police."
"That's not right, Third Uncle, are you doubting me?!" He Yuzhu, who had just recovered, turned to question the Third Uncle.
"We have more than one bicycle in this compound. What's more, ours is a second-hand old car. Why did it just happen to be lost in our house?"
"It doesn't make sense to say that it's because our family lives in the front yard and it's easy for thieves to do it. Jiang Che is right across the street from our house. His is the latest Flying Pigeon."
"Our family has always been kind to others and has never been embarrassed by others. It's just you and Jiang Che who can't get along with us, Lao Yan."
"If it hadn't been for the reminder from the police comrades just now, we wouldn't have remembered you two." The third aunt felt sorry for the lost bicycle and was not as kind as usual. What she said was cunning and mean.
"Auntie, we are just saying that there is a possibility but not confirming it." Another police officer hurriedly explained the matter clearly.
"Third Aunt, if you say that, there's nothing we can do about you in the future!" He Yuzhu couldn't believe that what he just said could be said by Third Aunt herself.
"Everywhere? What a fart!"
"Why didn't you say this when you turned over my table last night?!"
"Why didn't you consider this when you stole our bicycle?!" The third uncle became more and more crazy like the third aunt, as if what was lost was not his bicycle but his life.
"Comrade He Yuzhu, could you please tell me in detail what you did besides sleeping last night?"
"After I left the third uncle's house last night, I stayed inside and drank, then went to bed and didn't go out again." He Yuzhu
"Can anyone prove it?" The tall and thin man asked repeatedly.
"My sister can prove it."
"Family relations are not good." When they heard that they were relatives, the police shook their heads repeatedly.
"Widow Qin came to my house last night to borrow food. Does this count?"
The two police officers went to the factory with He Yuzhu to find Qin Huairu, and this temporarily proved their innocence.
He Yuzhu proved his innocence, but it only aggravated Jiang Che's suspicion. Fortunately, the factory said that he was returning home on leave and the house was neatly arranged with no signs of running away.
Chapter completed!