Upon hearing that Xiao Cui had agreed, Mu Laosan smiled and hugged her tightly. However, Xiao Cui pulled away from Mu Laosan's embrace with some disgust and said to him, "Let's go quickly, or we'll be finished if we're discovered!"

Upon hearing this, Mu Laosan immediately crawled towards the dog hole, saying as he crawled, "Cui'er, I'll wait for news!"

Xiao Cui did not answer Mu Laosan. At this moment, she was already in tears. She slumped down beside the stone, venting her frustration on the ground.

Unbeknownst to her, everything that had just happened between her and Mu Laosan had been seen by a shadowy figure hiding on the roof.

The shadowy figure's sharp eyes were now filled with disdain, and with a light tap of its feet, it disappeared into the night sky once more.

...

The appearance of Lu's wife and Lu Youren after their return to Lujia Village became the topic of conversation among the surrounding people.

The attitude of everyone towards Old Lady Lu's family was almost like that of a plague. Old Lady Lu's three remaining sons were so ashamed that they dared not even leave the house every day. As for Widow Wang, she was filled with extreme remorse.

If she hadn't been so wicked back then, she wouldn't be suffering these consequences now.

Unfortunately, there's no going back in life, and Widow Wang could only grit her teeth and endure the gossip and whispers behind her back.

The memory of my shampoo being stolen has gradually been replaced by my busy schedule.

During this period, Jiang Ling was extremely busy. The hot sales of shampoo increased her orders by dozens of times. Even if she gathered everyone in the village to train and put them on the job, the slowest order was still scheduled for half a year later.

Just as Jiang Ling was considering whether to recruit a group of people from the neighboring village, the sound of galloping hooves came from afar and then stopped in front of Jiang Ling's house.

"Come in, the door's unlocked!" Jiang Ling repeated this opening line she said every day.

The door creaked open, and two men with bruised and swollen faces appeared in front of Jiang Ling. One of them had a mole on his face, which made Jiang Ling recognize the two men as the thieves who had stolen the shampoo earlier.

"I've brought the person to you. How do you want to deal with him?" Qin Huang's voice followed.

Jiang Ling peeked behind her and saw the faces of Qin Huang and Zhang Qide.

"Master Qin is indeed decisive and efficient; he caught the thief in just a few days!" Jiang Ling said politely.

"Kneel down!" Qin Huang roared.

The two men knelt on the ground, trembling. They were clearly terrified of being tortured, as there was hardly a patch of unscathed flesh on their bodies.

Although Jiang Ling was curious about the whole story, she felt it was ultimately a family matter, so she suppressed her curiosity and said to Qin Huang, "Thank you, Master Qin, but I think it's best to take this to the authorities! After all, this shipment has resulted in a significant loss of money!"

Qin Huang seemed surprised by Jiang Ling's decisiveness. He frowned, glared at the two people kneeling on the ground, and asked in a low voice, "Boss Jiang, aren't you curious about what happened?"

Jiang Ling smiled and replied, "This is Mr. Qin's family matter. As the saying goes, family scandals should not be aired in public. How could I possibly hurt your feelings, Mr. Qin? Let's send this person to the authorities. The magistrate will make his own decision!"

Qin Huang nodded in agreement upon hearing Jiang Ling's words. He glanced at Zhang Qide and said, "Take him to the county government office!"

Upon hearing that he was to be taken to the county government office, Mu Laosan immediately jumped up from the ground, pointing at Qin Huang's nose and cursing, "Damn it, I'm going to die anyway, so I'll make sure you don't get away with it today! You old lecher, you took a fancy to my Xiao Cui, forced yourself on her, and made her your ninth wife. Don't you even know how old you are? You're old enough to be Xiao Cui's father! Have you no shame...?"

Zhang Qide hadn't expected Mu Laosan to say these things, and now it was too late to shut him up. Mu Laosan was jumping up and down, making a frighteningly loud noise. By this time, a large crowd had already gathered in front of Jiang Ling's house to watch.

Qin Huang's face immediately fell, and he glared fiercely at Zhang Qide, but he didn't say anything out of consideration for his reputation.

Jiang Ling sat there awkwardly listening to Mu Laosan's gossip. After a while, Zhang Qide finally tore a piece of rag from Mu Laosan's clothes and stuffed it into Mu Laosan's mouth, and then the world finally quieted down.

To prevent Qin Huang from feeling embarrassed again, Jiang Ling smiled faintly and said to him, "Old Qin, I am very grateful to you for this. Please stay for lunch today, but please don't mind the simple country-style food!"

Qin Huang could easily tell that Jiang Ling was giving him a way out. He squinted and nodded, saying to Jiang Ling, "Then I'll trouble you, Boss Jiang!" He then turned to Zhang Qide with a stern face and scolded, "Quickly send these two eyesores to the authorities! What if they disturb Boss Jiang with their noisy chatter?"

Zhang Qide was also furious. After slapping Mu Laosan several times, he forcibly tied the two men back to the carriage and drove it towards the county government office.

For lunch, since Qin Huang was there, Jiang Ling didn't eat anything too meager.

Spicy diced chicken, braised pork belly, steamed spare ribs with rice flour, and a stir-fried vegetable dish, plus a bowl of egg drop soup.

As the dishes were served one by one, Qin Huang's expression gradually changed from calm to surprise.

"Old Qin, I'm afraid I'll make a fool of myself!" Jiang Ling said.

Qin Huang tentatively picked up a piece of spicy chicken with his chopsticks, chewed it for a while, and the four flavors of numbing spiciness and freshness filled Qin Huang's whole body like four streams of air. Qin Huang tried hard to control his emotions.

He was internally screaming, "This is fucking delicious! It's an absolute delicacy!"

"What's this dish called? It tastes really good!" Qin Huang tried hard to control his emotions and asked, pointing to the "Spicy Chicken Cubes" on the table.

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