Reborn in a small village in the 1990s

Chapter 137

Zhou Chunwen nodded: No wonder Auntie has such a good temper; it turns out Zhao Da'e bought all the purlins for her future house construction, which cost three or four thousand yuan. More expensive than getting married…

If Aunt Zhao gives so much, any other comment from her would be disrespectful to money!

"Hey goose, can I ask you something?"

"Don't ask me." Zhao Da'e resolutely refused: "There are only about seventy trees in the backyard. When you find a husband or build a house, don't ask me for them. I don't have any more."

"I'm sorry for worrying about you." Zhou Chunwen complained. "At worst, I'll wait another ten or eight years. After this batch of trees is planted and houses are built, new trees will grow and they'll be ready in ten years or so."

"It's no use. Your in-laws are damn poor. It'll take them at least twenty or thirty years to build a new house," Zhao Da'e said helplessly.

"Hey, hey, hey, are you on the wrong channel? I haven't found a husband yet, and I absolutely refuse to marry a poor man." Zhou Chunwen said confidently, "I won't marry someone without a new house."

"Let's not talk about whether you'll marry him or not, that guy outside is still here. What are we going to do?" Zhao Da'e said worriedly. "Big sister, you can't expect me to go out, can you? It's the middle of the night, what if he's a bad guy? I'm only six years old..."

“I’m also a virgin, I’m only sixteen. Bad guys might not have any designs on you, but they’ll have even more designs on me…” Zhou Chunwen said helplessly.

Zhou Chunwen then dressed, but did not turn on the light. Instead, he quietly got out of bed, went to the outer room, and knocked on the door in a low voice: "Dad, Big Brother. There might be a thief in our house."

After a while, the sound of dressing came from inside: "Chunwen?"

Zhou Chunwen said in a low voice.

Zhou Yuren cursed in a low voice, "Who doesn't want to live, coming to our house to steal things? I'll catch him and kill him."

Tianfu, you don't need to get up, I'll go out myself. Damn it, which thief has a death wish, trying to steal from our house? I'll chop him up today!

As he was speaking, Zhou Yuren came out, holding a pickaxe in his hand, and his face looked extremely bad.

In this era, there are many thieves. There are professional dog thieves, chicken and duck thieves, and even cattle and sheep thieves. Every village has its share of thefts, especially during the winter months.

"Dad, wait a minute. Don't rush. That guy has been squatting by the woodpile in front of our door for more than half an hour. Da'e and I have been watching him the whole time, and he hasn't moved."

Zhao Da'e, dressed and ready, came out: "Uncle, since you're so clever, let's do a surprise attack. You sneak out of my window, go out through the backyard, go around to the front, and then hit him with a brick..."

Zhou Yuren nodded: "Okay. You two don't go out. These days, thieves don't know their own strength, and it would be bad if they ran into you two. I'm going out now, you two stay under the bed and don't show your faces."

Then Zhou Yuren quietly went out through the west-facing room.

Zhou Chunwen and Zhou Chunhong squatted under the kang (a heated brick bed).

Zhao Da'e sneaked to the crack in the door, locked the door, and peered out through the crack.

Because there were two cowsheds to the west of the Zhou family's house, and the westernmost window was not visible from the outside, Zhou Yuren could not be seen from outside when he went out through the western window.

With an axe in his left hand and a stone picked up from the wall with his right, Zhou Yuren followed the alley to the west, went to the backyard, climbed over the wall, and then circled around to the east side of the front of the yard.

Because it was dark and the middle of the night, Zhou Yuren didn't know who the other person was. He took the stone, aimed at the spot where there were sparks, and then threw it.

Snapped.

"Ouch... Ouch... Ahhh..."

"You bastard, you came to our house to steal things!!! I'll chop you up today!!!" Zhou Yuren saw that the stone had hit the other party, and rushed out with his axe.

The man turned and ran, and Zhou Yuren chased after him for a while but couldn't catch him. He then returned.