A thorough search revealed nothing.

Jiang Tieniu wasn't flustered at all; he had long expected that the item couldn't possibly be hidden on any of them.

Seeing how nervous Jiang Xun and the others were about carrying their baskets, he was certain that the item must be hidden inside.

He quickly gave instructions, "If it's not on them, it's in their baskets! Search the baskets quickly!"

Several villagers looked at the village chief, who nodded and said, "Go ahead and search."

Only then did the villagers begin searching the baskets.

Four villagers walked up to the baskets on the backs of the four Jiang brothers, squatted down, and began to rummage through them.

When they removed the top layer of grass, the villagers stared wide-eyed at the basket.

The villagers who had gathered around to watch were also stunned.

Seeing this, Jiang Tieniu smiled smugly, "Hahaha, see? It really was hidden in the basket." He turned to look at Old Man Jiang and said with a grin, "Hehehe, Fifth Brother, don't waste your time standing here. Hurry back and gather twenty taels of silver."

Grandma Jiang glared at Jiang Tie Niu, "Pah, Jiang Tie Niu, don't be so smug, we don't even know what this is!"

Maybe the girls went up the mountain last night to collect eggs or hunted a pheasant!

"Eggs! So many eggs!"

"Wow, these baskets over here are also filled with eggs!"

"Good heavens, there must be at least fifty eggs!"

"My God, there are two wild rabbits too! What incredible luck Old Jiang's family has! They've found so many wild eggs and even caught two rabbits!"

......

Upon hearing this, Old Lady Jiang broke free from Zhu's arm and ran over, with Hu following behind. The two women peered out and, sure enough, there were eggs and two wild rabbits!

Grandma Jiang seemed to understand why Jiang Xun and the others had been so tense earlier.

It turned out that they were so nervous because there were eggs and wild rabbits in their baskets, and they were afraid that the villagers would see them.

It startled her; she had thought these guys were feeling guilty!

Therefore, Zhang Cuihua and Jiang Zhuzhu's affair must have nothing to do with the younger children in the family.

Grandma Jiang felt a little relieved.

Jiang Tietou looked at the eggs and rabbits in the basket on his back, a glint of malice flashing in his eyes.

These eggs and rabbits are barely worth twenty coins.

The villagers responsible for searching the baskets suppressed their shock and, with trembling hands, continued to search the baskets.

They searched inside and out, taking out all the wild vegetables, herbs, mushrooms, and eggs from their baskets and placing them on the ground, but they couldn't find anything.

"Village chief, we didn't find anything strange on Da Xun, not even his basket!"

"The same goes for Oe."

"Large rivers and lakes are also included."

"Father, we didn't find anything strange on Wan'er's body or in her basket."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Tieniu looked at the group in disbelief. "Impossible, absolutely impossible! You must have missed something!"

As he spoke, Jiang Tieniu glared at Da Niu, Er Niu, and San Niu, "You three good-for-nothings, why aren't you going upstairs to look for them?"

"Yes, Father." The three of them searched the place together with Jiang Tietou.

Jiang Tietou seemed unable to believe it, and he roared, "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

“Yes, they most likely lost the items on their way down the mountain!” Jiang Tieniu said, looking at the village chief.

Aunt Wang and the other women scoffed, "Hmph, we knew you'd say that, so when we went down the mountain, Aunt Wang walked at the front of the group, and the rest of us walked beside Jiang Xun and the others. If Da Jiang and the others lost something on the way down the mountain, we would have seen it."

“You, you all side with them!” Jiang Tieniu said, his face pale.

"Father, Father, stop making a fuss, listen to me!" Da Niu tugged at Jiang Tie Niu's sleeve. "The reason Mother got hurt was because of Little Sister. She can't see, and when she heard the strange crows, she was so scared that she clung to Mother and ended up pressing down on her."

So, not only did Mother twist her back and break her arm, but she also fell into a coma.

After Da Niu finished speaking, the entire courtyard fell silent instantly.

Jiang Tieniu turned around and glared fiercely at his eldest son, wishing he could beat him to death. "You wouldn't say anything before, so what are you saying now!"

He was about to say something when the village chief shouted angrily, "Enough, Tie Niu! How far are you going to cause trouble! We've searched, and we found nothing. What else do you have to say?"

"Village chief, I..." Jiang Tieniu was about to argue when the village chief glared at him. "Da Niu just said how Cuihua got injured. I think it's probably a ruse by the mother and daughter, or maybe they accidentally touched something in their eyes while they were digging for wild vegetables on the mountain, which is why they got injured."

"Just as you and Wan'er just discussed, your family will compensate Wan'er with twenty taels of silver!"