It was late at night and the fields were in such a commotion that even the village chief Wang Guangping was alarmed.

As soon as Wang Guangping came to the field in his clothes and slippers, the old man squatting on the ground became excited.

"Brother Guangping, please help me speak a fair word. I'm really not the kind of person who would harm other people's crops! I really drank too much today..."

Wang Guangping looked down and saw that it was someone he knew.

Isn’t this Wang Hongchang from the nearby Shangshui Village!

Speaking of which, both of them have the surname Wang and are from the same clan.

But in fact, the relationship between the two families has long been beyond the fifth degree of kinship, and they are just acquaintances when they meet each other.

But no matter what, he is still a member of the tribe.

Wang Guangping was about to plead for mercy, but just as he was about to open his mouth, he was suddenly blown by the night wind, and his half-asleep mind instantly woke up.

Wait a minute, this isn't right!

Although Shangshui Village is the village closest to Rongxi Village.

But there is a river between the two villages!

In such a remote place, there are no ferries or bridges on the river.

Although many people who can swim can swim to the other side, who would swim across the river to go home in the middle of the night?

Wang Guangping thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out, so he asked his question directly.

"We are just drunk!" Wang Hongchang kept repeating the same excuse, which he himself found unconvincing. He was so anxious that he started pulling his hair out.

His son Wang Changsheng quickly helped explain, "Uncle Guangping, my father and I had a drink in the county town tonight and took a bullock cart to go home.

"The ox cart was moving very steadily, and we both fell asleep on it.

"I was half asleep when I heard the driver yell, 'We've arrived, get off!' So we got off without realizing it and walked up the mountain road.

"You have been to our village, so you should know that except for the river between our two villages, the foot of the mountain and the mountain road are similar.

"My father and I walked around for a long time before we realized something was wrong. Jiang should have been on the right, but how did he end up on the left? That's when we realized we got off the bus in the wrong place.

"I suggested we just find a place to sleep under a tree and wait till daybreak, but my father insisted on crossing the river and returning home.

“I couldn’t convince him, and I was afraid he would be in danger, so I could only follow him all the way to the river.

"Before we even reached the river, my father noticed that this family's crops were growing better than others, and he insisted on coming over to take a look...

"You all know what happened next. I really stopped him immediately..."

Upon hearing this, Wang Guangping turned his gaze towards Ye Qingyuan and the others and asked, "What did you see at that time?"

Ye Qingyuan scratched his head and said, "We went out for a drink tonight, and on the way back we saw someone walking into the fields, and we felt something was wrong.

"Who has nothing better to do than go to the fields in the middle of the night?

"Even Second Brother Ye, who is the most dedicated to taking care of the crops in our village, doesn't work in the fields in the middle of the night!

"We felt something was wrong so we followed him. As soon as we reached the edge of the field, we saw the old man plucking crops with his hands.

"We didn't have time to think about anything else, so we all rushed over to stop it.

"As for whether he stopped it at that time..." Ye Qingyuan turned his gaze to Wang Changsheng, "Anyway, I didn't see it. Why don't you ask other people?"

At that time, Ye Qingyuan was the fastest runner. He was the first to rush into the field, pounced on Wang Hongchang's back, and directly pressed him to the ground.

Upon hearing this, Wang Guangping glanced at the other people.

A few people thought about it and finally shook their heads. No one could see clearly what was going on at that time.

Only the plucked ears of crops clearly recorded what Wang Hongchang had done.

Mr. Zhan stamped his feet in anger and pointed at Wang Hongchang, saying, "Now that everything has been clarified, what else do you have to quibble about?"

Wang Hongchang and Wang Changsheng, father and son, looked at each other and felt that they really couldn't explain themselves this time.

"Hurry up and arrest these two men and lock them up. I'll bring them back to the government office and interrogate them myself!"

Although Mr. Zhan’s rank was not high, he was still an official appointed by the imperial court.

Since he had given the order, Wang Guangping naturally dared not disobey.

He quickly called Ye Qingyuan and others to capture the father and son, take them back and lock them up in his own room.

Wang Guangping was too naive. He thought that the next day, after Mr. Zhan had calmed down, he would be able to release the two and let them go home.

Who would have thought that Mr. Zhan was so serious this time. The next day, he insisted that Ye Lao Er go to the capital, find someone from the Ministry of Agriculture, and hand over a letter he had written to the Shaoqing.

Ye Laoer took the envelope and felt it was quite thick. He then looked at Mr. Zhan and saw a bruise under his eye. No need to ask, he must have stayed up all night to write this letter.

"Old man, what are you doing?" Ye Lao Er was helpless. He really didn't want to go to the capital for such a small matter. "How about you just go back to the city directly and I'll ask Qingyuan to take you there?"

"That won't do. I want to stay in the village and take care of the crops in the fields!" Mr. Zhan said this very firmly, leaving no room for negotiation for Ye Laoer.

"These two men are now being held in the village chief's house, but there's nothing to worry about. Please quickly report back to the capital for me on the situation here. The Shaoqing will instruct you on what to do next."

Having said that, Ye Lao Er sighed helplessly and said to Ye Dasao, "Everything has been clearly arranged by Mr. Zhan. What else can I do? I can only listen to him and come to Beijing.

"I was just thinking, I've been busy with farm work lately, it's time for me to come visit the child's mother."

Mrs. Ye randomly picked out two dishes for him to eat in the kitchen and said with a smile, "How could this be arranged by Mr. Zhan? I saw you were talking for a long time, and only this last sentence was the truth!"

"That's impossible! I just came here to see my sister-in-law!" Ye Lao Er quickly explained, "I also brought you some vegetables I grew at home!"

Mrs. Ye smiled and said, "But your coming is both a coincidence and an inauspicious one."

These words completely confused Ye Laoer.

Mrs. Ye explained, "Your wife has moved to my place to work, so you came at the right time. Otherwise, if you had gone to the dumpling restaurant first, you would have had to make another trip.

"But she's not in the store right now. She's out delivering clothes to someone, so you came at an unfortunate time!"

Originally, the backyard of the dumpling restaurant was too small, so when Mrs. Ye's restaurant got on track, she asked Mrs. Ye's second sister to move in with her things and the embroiderers.

The restaurant not only has a spacious backyard, but also has a two-story building, and has several times more rooms than the dumpling restaurant.

Mrs. Ye directly asked Mrs. Ye Er to lead the embroiderers to work on the second floor, which was quite convenient.

When Ye Laoer heard this, he stopped being anxious and started to eat his lunch slowly.