Chapter 596 What is the national flower?
"Children can be educated for stealing money, but they should not be abused. With such good grades, if you don’t let her study, aren’t you delaying the country’s future?"
Despite saying this, the police didn’t actually believe Zhou Lanfang’s words. They had encountered too many unreasonable rural women like her, who liked to lie and had a strong preference for sons over daughters.
Even if Shen Mianmian did steal the money, it must have been because of the abuse she suffered. Only having no other choice would she resort to theft. Without money, how could she survive in the city?
"What future of the country?" Zhou Lanfang’s heart ached with anger, and she finally understood why Shen Mianmian had dressed like a beggar today. It was to set them up. That explained why the police had arrived so promptly. "Comrade police, you’ve been deceived by her appearance. Normally, she dresses like a rich young lady. She stole two to three thousand yuan from home and lived so carefreely in the city, not caring whether her father and I live or die. Why would she need us to give her money to spend?"
Stole two to three thousand yuan from home?
That was no small sum; it constituted a major theft.
Of course, the police wouldn’t take Zhou Lanfang’s word for it. With the person in question present, they naturally had to verify the claim.
"Shen Mianmian, did you really steal that much money?"
"Uncle Police, I didn’t steal any money. She’s talking nonsense." With He Nan beside her, Mianmian wasn’t flustered at all. "My family are farmers, my mom doesn’t work, and my dad works in a brick kiln and often doesn’t have work. Where would we get two to three thousand yuan to save? Forget about two to three thousand, we haven’t even saved two to three hundred. If you don’t believe it, you can investigate in our village. Our house is still made of mud bricks. If we really had that much money, even if we didn’t build a house, we would have kept it in the bank. Who would keep it at home?"