Wealthy Beauty in the 60s
Chapter 72 - 71 The Thief Has Arrived

Chapter 72: Chapter 71 The Thief Has Arrived

"What about the other production teams?"

"Those production teams are way worse off than Guangming Production Team. Their crops are failing miserably."

"Big Teeth, don’t tell me you’re holding a grudge against Guangming Production Team because you were taken care of by He Hongjun and Gao Guoqiang that year, is that why you’re saying this? Last year, the best harvest was from Red Star Production Team."

"Do you think I’m talking nonsense? This year, the best is Guangming Production Team. If you don’t believe me, go and see for yourself," the man called Big Teeth immediately said.

"I trust you, of course I trust you." Wang Ergou rubbed his chin and squinted his eyes with a smile, toward the one called He Dato, "He Dato, which family should we go to?"

"Guangming Production Team," He Dato spat.

Big Teeth immediately followed up, "Exactly, that He Hongjun, he’s useless with a broken leg, but he has a good gun in his hands. I took a bullet from him once, and it’s still in my shoulder blade. And then there’s the captain Gao Guoqiang, who’s also from the battlefield, a tough nut to crack. Apart from these two, there’s nothing to fear."

"Big Teeth, you’re familiar with Guangming Production Team and have experience. This time you lead the way, and we’ll successfully steal the grain from Guangming Production Team," He Dato said.

Big Teeth nodded, "Don’t worry, I’m very familiar with Guangming Production Team, we will certainly pull it off."

Wang Ergou said, "That Guangming Production Team has a few female educated youths who don’t look half bad, should we steal them as well?"

"I’ve heard that in Guangming Production Team, there are children of officials. We quietly kidnap them, and nobody will know it was us," Wang Ergou said.

He Dato paused and waved his hand, "No way, it’s not easy to escape with women."

That night, Xia Xiao was having some trouble sleeping. After a tiresome day, she should have been sleeping soundly, but her mood was inexplicably restless.

Everyone else in the dormitory was sleeping soundly. Xia Xiao slowly got up, put on her shoes, and walked toward the door. The moon was high outside, and the stars were stunningly bright, but the night was also extremely quiet.

"Now, hardly anyone keeps dogs. When people have nothing to eat, where’s the room for keeping poultry." Even in the fields, the croaking of frogs was seldom heard, the whole night was peacefully quiet.

After drinking some water in her space, Xia Xiao came out, looked at the star-filled sky and the night scene of the production team, her mood became peaceful.

Woo...

Just then, a sound rang out, like that of a wild animal. Xia Xiao listened to the footsteps and ran toward the sound.

Xia Xiao slipped into her space and moved toward the sound. Thanks to her space, she was faster than everyone, but upon arrival, she saw no wild beast, only a figure sneaking away.

"Damn it, I’ve walked into a trap," Xia Xiao said, before slipping back into her space and heading in the opposite direction—toward the production team’s granary.

Sure enough, she saw quite a few people approaching the village of the production team.

Thieves! Xia Xiao was immediately startled, her heart thumping wildly, and she was about to shout for help when she stepped on something.

"It’s a snake," said Shitou.

Ah! Xia Xiao screamed, her feet chaotically stomping and jumping, afraid the snake would touch her.

But then she heard another voice behind her.

"What are you doing here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?" Gao Jiaxing frowned upon seeing Xia Xiao.

"There’s a snake," Xia Xiao said, seeing Gao Jiaxing as if he were a lifeline, and she hurriedly ran towards him.

"The snake was scared away by you," Gao Jiaxing said.

"Xia Xiao, you scared us all. What are you doing running around out here at this time of night, not sleeping?" Fang Yuejin complained.

"I couldn’t sleep, so I came out for a walk, to look at the stars, then I walked over there and heard a cry. I thought it was something, but then I saw a shadowy figure sneaking off. I was just about to tell you guys, when I stepped on a snake."

"A shadowy figure?" Gao Jiaxing said.

"Yes, it definitely wasn’t one of our production team members." Xia Xiao nodded.

"Everyone, be on alert, get ready for action," Gao Jiaxing said sternly.

"Can we trust what Xia Xiao says?" Someone voiced their doubt.

"Whether we can trust it or not, we still have to be careful," Gao Jiaxing said, and Xia Xiao softly exclaimed, "Look over there, isn’t there a shadow moving?"

"You must be seeing ghosts," Fang Yuejin looked over and saw nothing.

"It’s true, pay attention, those bushes are moving, there really are people," Xia Xiao pointed in the direction of the thieves.

"I didn’t see it," Gao Yuejin said again.

Xia Xiao glared, "You can’t see with your four eyes; do you need new glasses?"

"You..." Fang Yuejin’s face filled with anger, wanting to say more, but he stopped himself, remembering he was facing Xia Xiao, and simply said, "Tigress, I won’t deal with you."

"You... cowardly shrimp," Xia Xiao clenched her fists, feeling an urge to punch someone as she was called a tigress.

Fang Yuejin was one of the educated youths who arrived at the production team with the original owner, often working together in a group. He was unhappy with the original owner for being slow and holding them back.

"Stop it, there really is someone," Gao Jiaxing said seriously, "Xia Xiao, go tell my mom and dad, and my brother."

"Okay, be careful," said Xia Xiao and quickly left.

"Gao Jia, you go notify the others, it might be thieves," Gao Jiaxing said with gravity.

"Okay." Educated Youth Fang’s face also turned solemn, and after a glance toward the direction of the bushes, he rushed to notify the others.

After informing Gao Guoqiang’s family, Xia Xiao ran back to the dormitory, where everyone was still sleeping soundly.

"Sister Aihua, Sister Xuehua, Yuhua, Sister Feng Ying, Meihua, wake up quickly, thieves are coming, we need to be careful," Xia Xiao woke each person up almost by shaking them.

"What? Thieves dare to come, such audacity," Wang Aihua was the first to wake in shock.

"Yes, get up quickly," Xia Xiao said.

Wang Aihua helped Xia Xiao wake up the others and notified more people. Hearing about the thieves, everyone was nervous and scared.

"Xia Xiao, I’m scared," Xu Mei tugged on Xia Xiao’s sleeve.