Chapter 561 Missing
Chapter 561 Missing
This cloth bag looks bulging, as if it contains a lot of things.
The old lady carefully untied the thin rope on the cloth bag and peeled off the wrapped cloth layer by layer, as if there was some rare treasure hidden inside.
Every time she peeled off a layer, she would look around nervously, afraid of being discovered.
Just like that, layer after layer, she didn't know how many layers she had peeled off, but in the end, only a tiny bit of the originally bulging cloth bag was left.
When the last layer was lifted, two copper coins appeared inside!
The old lady reached out her hand carefully and picked up one of them.
Then, quickly wrap the remaining copper coin in cloth and put it back to its original place.
The old lady looked at the copper coin in her hand and a smug smile appeared on her face.
She secretly rejoiced in her heart: "Hehe, I didn't expect that I am so smart even at this age! Those young people can't compare to me!"
In the blink of an eye, it was time for dinner.
While no one was paying attention, the old lady secretly stuffed the copper coin into a bowl of rice and then moved the positions of all the bowls.
Even she herself couldn't tell which bowl contained the food.
Then, she cleared her throat and said loudly, "I put a copper coin in one of the nine bowls of rice! Whoever gets to eat the bowl of rice with the copper coin will have the best luck! The task of drawing lots will be given to him!"
After hearing what the old lady said, the others found it very interesting and expressed no objection.
So everyone picked up a bowl of rice and started to eat.
For a moment, the only sounds could be heard: the "crunch, crunch" sound of chewing and the clatter of dishes and chopsticks.
The old lady sat quietly aside, casually picking up the rice in the bowl with the chopsticks in her hand.
Although she seemed to be eating nonchalantly, she actually raised her eyes from time to time, secretly observing the people around her.
She wondered in her heart: "Who will get this copper coin?"
As the old lady thought about it, she scanned everyone's face, trying to find some clues from their expressions.
After watching for a while, the old lady found that no one had received any copper coins, and the rice in everyone's bowl was almost empty.
She was a little anxious and didn't even bother to chew her food. She stared at everyone's bowl, afraid to miss the moment when the copper coin appeared.
The old lady was thinking, will this copper coin be eaten by her beloved grandson?
After all, the house collapsed before, but it didn't crush him underneath, and he was unharmed. This is a sign that those who survive a disaster will be blessed in the future.
However, just when the old lady was full of expectations, she was surprised to find that everyone had finished their meal, but the copper coin still did not appear.
The old lady's eyes suddenly lit up, and she realized an important fact - since no one else got the copper coin, then the copper coin was in her bowl!
Thinking of this, the old lady immediately became excited. She quickly swallowed the rice in her mouth that she had not had time to chew, quickly picked up the chopsticks, and kept digging in the bowl, while not forgetting to put the rice into her mouth.
As I was eating, my pace suddenly slowed down.
The old lady frowned slightly, she felt something was wrong.
She chewed the food in her mouth slowly, picking up the last bite of rice with chopsticks, and the chopsticks did not touch anything hard.
Finally, the food entered his mouth, but the coin was not in it!
The old lady's eyes widened, she couldn't believe it. She turned the bowl over several times to make sure there were no coins inside.
She stirred the coin in her mouth with her tongue out of concern, but still couldn't feel it.
"How is this possible? Where did the copper coins go?" the old lady muttered to herself.
She began to recall the eating process. Although she ate a little faster because she was a little anxious, she also chewed her food carefully. There was absolutely no way she would swallow the coin!
And the copper coin is so big that if you swallow it, you will definitely choke.
Just as the old lady was daydreaming, everyone around her noticed her abnormality.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the old lady, expecting her to take a copper coin out of her mouth.
Fugui even smiled and said, "Grandma, did you get any coins? Take them out and show them to us!"
The old lady's eyes suddenly became cold, as if they could penetrate one's soul.
She slowly glanced at everyone present, and her gaze was chilling.
"Didn't you spend any money?" Her voice was cold and questioning.
Everyone looked at each other, you looked at me, I looked at you, and then shook their heads.
"No."
"No."
"I didn't taste it, grandma."
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When the old lady saw that no one acknowledged her, her face became even gloomier.
She slowly put the bowl down and stood up.
He walked slowly to them, stopped in front of them, and asked again: "Let me ask again, who got the copper coin?"
However, no one answered.
The old lady's face turned ashen, and she clenched her fists in anger, the veins on the back of her hands bulging.
"Hand it over now, and I won't pursue the matter. If I find out later, I'll skin him alive!"
Her voice rose an octave, anger evident.
However, even though the old lady was extremely angry, no one had the courage to stand up and admit what they had done.
She stretched out her finger and slowly moved it across the eight people, as if that finger was a sharp sword that could pierce through their disguise.
"Eight of you, search each other! After you're done searching, switch places with the person next to you and continue searching! I don't believe that thing can grow wings and fly."
There was undisguised anger in the old lady's voice.
The eight people looked at each other, and no one dared to disobey the old lady's order.
They silently began to search each other, and everyone's movements seemed a little stiff and unnatural.
The body search was unusually quiet, with only the occasional sound of clothing rubbing against each other.
However, when the body search was completed, the copper coins were still nowhere to be found.
The old lady's astonishment was beyond words and her eyes almost popped out.
She couldn't believe that the copper coin could disappear under her close surveillance.
When they were being searched just now, she was walking around them without blinking, and she even checked the ground carefully.
It was impossible for someone to dig a hole and bury the copper coin right under her nose in such a short time.
The old lady murmured suspiciously, "This is really strange, how could it suddenly disappear?"
She thought to herself that her son and daughter-in-law should not take this penny.
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