When Li Mengyue heard what Butler Qian said, she knew that someone must be jealous of the locust-frying business and was deliberately looking for trouble.

It’s just that there are so many locusts in the field. If you want to eat them or make fried locusts, you can just go to the field and catch them. There’s no need to bother Li Dazhu and Li Zhu.

She had only been frying locusts for a few days when she asked Li Dazhu and Li Zhu to do it. She was the one who made the frying. They bought the locusts from her for four cents and sold them in the town for another cent, making a profit of one cent per pound.

Don't underestimate this one cent. Now we can sell 100 kilograms of rice every day, which is equivalent to the Li Dazhu brothers making 100 cents a day, which is more profitable than catching locusts in the fields.

And she would let the Li Dazhu brothers do this business that looked very profitable. And if she had just arrived in Xinghua Village and wanted to take her father to the town for medical treatment, Uncle Lao Gen would help take him to the town without saying a word. She was very grateful in her heart.

In addition, she also knew that Uncle Lao Gen was seriously ill and needed a lot of money for treatment. Although she could help Uncle Lao Gen with his treatment, she could not advance the money for the medicine.

So, with the idea of ​​helping Uncle Lao Gen, he handed over the task of setting up a stall in the town to the Li Dazhu brothers.

She hadn't been to town for a few days, so who would cause trouble?

Li Mengyue was confused, but she still got on the Qian family's carriage and hurried to the town to prevent the Li Dazhu brothers from being crippled.

Butler Qian knew the seriousness of the matter and drove the carriage as fast as possible, hoping to reach the town in the shortest time possible.

You have to know that his young master is still in charge of the situation. What if someone who is looking for trouble is blind and hurts his young master?

Shanghe Street in Qingshan Town.

The place where Li Dazhu and Li Yuzhu set up their stall was crowded with people, some buying fried locusts and some just watching the fun.

The Li Dazhu brothers had bruised faces and noses, and were pinned to the ground in a humiliating position.

There was an old woman lying on a stretcher next to her, lifeless. From the blood spots gradually appearing on her face, it was clear that she had been dead for at least two hours.

The man who was stepping on Li Zhu was crying and saying sadly, "To make money, you even sell poisonous locusts. Do you have any conscience?"

Among the onlookers, someone said pointedly, "What conscience do they have? Locusts are poisonous, and they're selling them for money. Their hearts must be completely black."

As soon as this person finished speaking, someone else continued, "People like this must not be let off. Report them to the police, report them quickly, and let the officials punish them."

The crying man, upon hearing the words "report to the police," began to tear up. He paused for a moment, then said with a feigned magnanimity, "Although my mother died of poisoning from eating their locusts, I want to be merciful and not make a big deal out of this. As long as they hand over the person behind this, I won't hold them accountable."

“That’s too kind.”

"Yes, if my mother died from eating locusts, I would definitely make a big fuss."

"Hey, you two brothers, tell us who's behind this, and we'll let you go."

Li Yuzhu was selling locusts when suddenly a man rushed over and beat him and his brother up.

Then they said that their locusts were poisonous and had eaten the old lady to death, and they were asked to pay compensation.

They have never done anything bad, so of course they won't admit it. What's more, they sell more than 100 kilograms of locusts every day. If there was something wrong, why was it that others were fine after eating it, but the old lady in his family died after eating it?

He just made a few excuses and was beaten again, and was asked to say who was behind it.

There is no one behind the scenes. It's just that sister Mengyue saw that their family was in trouble, so she gave such a profitable business to him and his brother.

They made a lot of money these days and bought some medicine for Dad. After drinking it for a few days, Dad felt much better.

The doctor at Xintang Hospital said that if I drink it for another ten days, I will be almost cured.

But the cost of medicine for more than ten days was nearly one or two taels of silver, so he and his brother worked harder to sell fried locusts.

I didn't expect that when I was selling something today, someone would come and pick a fight with me.

In fact, when he heard who was behind the scenes, he knew that someone was trying to plot against Sister Mengyue.

Sister Mengyue has done a great favor to their family. No matter what happens, he will not harm Sister Mengyue.

The troublemaker was angry because he and his brother were too stubborn and refused to tell anyone no matter how they threatened or tempted them. He wanted to teach them a lesson.

At this moment, a carriage passing by stopped and a rich young man got out of the carriage.

When Li Yuzhu saw the person coming, he felt that he was saved. He had seen this person go to Mengyue's sister's house before, and he suddenly felt less desperate.

"Stop it! You hit people in broad daylight. Do you have any respect for the law?"

He was about to hit Li Zhu, but when he heard this, he not only did not stop, but also arrogantly punched Li Zhu.

"I'm going to fight the law. They sold fried locusts and killed my mother. I don't care about the law. I just want to make the culprit pay the price."

Seeing how tough the troublemaker was, Qian Dongjie knew that his two brothers had run into a tough opponent.

The other day, he went to Miss Li's house to deliver the medical fee and thank-you gift. He saw locusts in the yard and also saw the two little brothers pulling fried locusts. He knew that Miss Li was doing fried locust business.

But if someone said that the locusts sold by Miss Li were poisonous and could kill people, he would not believe it.

So he asked the housekeeper Qian to go to Xinghua Village and tell Miss Li about this matter.

The troublemakers saw a noble young man appear out of nowhere and disturbed their "business", so they wanted to teach Qian Dongjie a lesson and tell him not to meddle in other people's business.

Just as the troublemaker raised his fist to hit Qian Dongjie, a stone shot over from a distance and hit the troublemaker's fist.

"ah……"

"Who the hell... hit me..."

Before the troublemaker could finish his words, Li Mengyue jumped off the carriage.

"You said your mother died after eating fried locusts."

After Li Mengyue finished speaking, she looked at the old woman lying on the stretcher.

"Anyone with eyesight can tell he was strangled to death. There are even obvious marks on his neck, yet you say he was poisoned. Do you think everyone here is stupid?"

The troublemaker didn't expect that the girl could see the problem clearly at a glance and knew that his mother was strangled to death.

When they were asked to cause trouble, they only said that the person who was dealing in locusts was a young girl, and they didn't say that she was so powerful that she even knew how people died.

"Butler Qian, please help me report it to the authorities."

"What!"

As soon as Li Mengyue finished speaking, the troublemaker made a sound of disbelief.