Siheyuan: Walking the Path of Qin Huairu

Under the police's questioning, Banggeng took out a handful of change from his pocket, and then went home and took out some bills from under the bed.

It turns out that Banggeng is also a thoughtful child. He stole the money and did not give it to his grandmother, but hid it for himself, thinking that he could buy delicious food for himself later.

This afternoon, he took some money and went to the supply and marketing cooperative at the entrance of the alley to buy ten pieces of candy. When he saw a few friends he usually played with, he generously gave each of them a piece of candy.

In fact, there were only 68 yuan in He Yuzhu's drawer. The reason why he said 186 yuan was that he wanted to take the opportunity to cheat Jia Zhang, who only took in money but never gave out.

Seeing that the money did not match the number, the police asked Jia Zhang: "Where is the remaining money?"

Jia Zhang: "No, I don't know. Bang Geng didn't give me any money."

He Yuzhu: "Impossible, I lost 186 yuan. This is just the beginning. No, police comrade, why don't you go in and search again, maybe you can find it."

Jia Zhang: "No. The money in my house is my money. Why do you want to search it?"

He Yuzhu: "The Jia family keeps saying that they are so poor that they can't even afford to eat. They also asked us to donate to them. How much money can they have? Do you think that's right?"

Jia Zhang's eyes rolled around. She had more than 500 yuan in her little treasury. She couldn't let the police search it. If they found all the money, how could she cry poor in the yard in the future?

So she asked Bang Geng: Good boy, tell grandma where you got the remaining money.

Bang Geng: "I took it out to buy some delicious food, and I shared it with my friends?"

Jia Zhang: "How much did you spend?"

Bang Geng: "I don't know either." Jia Zhang was so angry that she burst into tears: "Oh my God, this life is unbearable, Old Jia..."

Just when I was about to call Lao Jia, I suddenly realized that this trick wouldn't work, so I stopped talking.

At this point, the matter was basically clear. The police took Jia Zhang and Bang Geng back to the police station for further interrogation.

Jia Zhang was not happy: "I didn't steal it, Bang Geng did it, why are you arresting me?"

Police: "How could a child this small crawl in by himself and take out so many things? If someone saw us, you are an accomplice."

Jia Zhang was fed up and burst into tears, "They live a life of luxury every day, just like the landlords in the old society. My son's salary alone is enough to support a family of five, and we can barely afford to eat. Why can't they help us?"

Policeman A: "You're making a lot of sense. Our socialist principle of distribution is to distribute according to work. More work, more pay. No work, no pay. According to what you said, there's more money in the bank. Why don't you rob the bank?"

Just like that, no matter how much Jia Zhang threw a tantrum, she was still taken away by the police. Jia Dongxu also followed. Although he was usually quite cowardly and listened to his mother in everything, at this time, he had to step in to solve the problem.

Seeing this, Qin Huairu handed Xiaodang to an old lady and asked her to help take care of him, and she also went to the police station.

After entering the police station, under the pressure of the police, Banggeng told the whole story in detail, pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

Although he was a child, he was also afraid and pushed all the responsibility onto Jia Zhang, saying that it was Jia Zhang who asked him to go, and it was Jia Zhang who carried him to the windowsill, and it was Jia Zhang who took the things home.

As for the money, he didn't know how much he took or how much he spent, but anyway, the rest was all here.

Jia Zhang was not stupid. She said at the beginning that it was Bang Geng who did it. She just did not stop it. When the disaster came, she no longer treasured her precious grandson. The key point was that she thought Bang Geng was young and the police might be lenient with him, so that the big thing would be small and the small thing would be nothing.

But the police are not vegetarians. Should they believe the words of a 7-year-old child or an adult? Isn't this too obvious?

The case was quickly resolved. Considering Banggeng's young age, if he was sent to a juvenile detention center, his life would be ruined, and his future employment and military service would be affected.

Under Qin Huairu's tearful plea, the police hinted to Jia Dongxu that Jia Zhang should bear most of the blame, so that Banggeng could reduce the punishment and just criticize and educate him. But Jia Zhang must be sentenced because the amount of theft was huge. In this era, stealing 200 yuan is considered a relatively large amount.

Jia Dongxu was in a dilemma. If he had to choose between his son and his mother, he would definitely protect his son. But he couldn't bear to watch his mother being sentenced.

Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu discussed it and decided to go back and discuss it with Yi Zhonghai first.

After returning to the courtyard, Jia Dongxu and his wife entered Yi Zhonghai's home. Jia Dongxu told Yi Zhonghai the police's suggestion.

Yi Zhonghai pondered for a while and said, "Now that things have developed to this point, why don't you take the initiative to compensate He Yuzhu for his losses? If you can get the He family to withdraw the case, that would be the best way. Maybe your mother can be released too."

Jia Dongxu: "Our two families just had a fight yesterday. Can Shazhu agree?"

Yi Zhonghai: "How do you know if you don't try? This Shazhu used to be such a good kid, I don't know what happened, he has become so unkind now. If he hadn't reported it to the police, this matter would have been solved in the yard and it wouldn't have been so troublesome. Oh!"

Qin Huairu was also puzzled. He Yuzhu had been very nice to their family before and would occasionally give Banggeng a lunch box. But she didn't know when his attitude took a 180-degree turn. He treated her like an enemy when he saw her. Yesterday he even called himself an old sow that had given birth to eighteen litters.

After the two returned home, they searched through boxes and cabinets for the money hidden by Jia Zhang. In their Jia family, his mother was the head of the family, and the money was kept by her mother.

After searching for a long time, the two finally found a small cloth bag in Jia Zhang's pillowcase. When they opened it, they found that there were 546 yuan in total. Jia Dongxu was also shocked. His mother cried poor every day, but he didn't expect that there was so much money in the family?

Qin Huairu was also surprised, but at the same time she was very happy. At least she knew how much money the family had. If her mother-in-law didn't come back this time, she would have the final say in the family, and the money would be hers. Thinking of this, she suddenly felt that it was good that her mother-in-law didn't come back.

More than 60 yuan in cash and stolen items were seized from Banggeng, and the police took them away as evidence. They will be returned to the He family after the case is fully investigated.

He Yuzhu said that his family lost 186 yuan, and Jia Dongxu didn't know where the rest of the money went. His mother said she didn't see it, and his son said he didn't know how much he took. Now is not the time to worry about these things.

Jia Dongxu made up his mind, took out 150 yuan, called Yi Zhonghai, and went to He Yuzhu's house overnight.