Chapter 224 There are still sixty acres of land
In the evening, all the guests left and everyone in the Ye family breathed a sigh of relief.
Ye Erquan and his family went back.
Ye Daquan said to Ye Caiping, "Little sister, we have reserved a room for you. You can stay here tonight. Jin'er and Huan'er can also stay."
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "Sure!" and looked at her two daughters.
Ye Jin'er said, "I'm used to my bed. When I moved to my new home, it took me seven or eight days to get used to it."
Ye Huaner also nodded.
Ye Daquan didn't force it. "Okay then, you two can go home."
"Then let's go back and sleep too." Old Man Ye said. It couldn't be that there were only two granddaughters at home in such a big house.
Everyone talked for a while, and some went home, while others stayed.
After washing up, they went to sleep.
At night, the moon was dark and the wind was strong, and the entire Qinghe Village fell into silence.
A figure dressed in black quietly approached the side of Ye Caiping's house.
Then he found a broken ladder that he had hidden in the bushes and placed it on the wall.
The person who came was none other than Gu Han who was preparing to steal cassava!
God knows how anxious he has been these past few days.
Fearing that it would be delayed too long, Magistrate Lu reported the cassava as soon as he finished his work.
But God did not abandon him, and he finally found his chance.
Today is the big day for Ye Daquan to move to a new house. Ye and others will surely fall into a deep sleep after finishing their work.
Moreover, he found out at night that Ye Caiping actually slept at Ye Daquan's house. This was simply an opportunity given to him by God.
Gu Han climbed up the ladder to the top of the wall, then brought the ladder up and put it inside the wall.
He jumped down and was looking for where the cassava was planted, but when he looked up, he saw a small vegetable patch.
Under the silvery moonlight, he recognized it: this was cassava!
Since becoming a "servant" for the Li family, Gu Han was often forced by the Li family to go up the mountain to find and process cassava, so he is very familiar with cassava.
Gu Han was so excited that he took out a small shovel from the sack he carried on his back and started digging.
After digging for an hour, all three cassava plants were finally dug out.
"Humph, I let you plant it! I let you plant it!"
After digging up all three cassava trees, Gu Han was extremely excited.
Now that he had dug up even the thin roots, the Ye family no longer had any non-toxic cassava.
From now on, Gu Han is the only one who has non-toxic cassava! Magistrate Lu wanted to report it but couldn't.
Gu Han carried the three potatoes on his back, escaped from the fence, and ran excitedly along the country road.
His position as the crown prince! His future! His future is all secured! Ha ha ha ha!
A string of wild laughter rang out in the middle of the night, scaring away the wild birds on the roadside.
He didn't know that in addition to these three non-toxic cassava plants, there were sixty acres of land outside!
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Ye Caiping slept soundly at Ye Daquan's house.
"Caiping! Caiping!" There was a sudden knock on the door outside.
Ye Caiping got up and put on her clothes while mumbling, "Dad, what's wrong?"
After getting dressed and opening the door, I saw Old Man Ye with a sullen face, saying, "There's been a thief in your house! All your cassava plants have been stolen."
"What?" Ye Caiping frowned.
Ye Jin'er came out from behind Old Man Ye and said, "This morning, I wanted to go to the vegetable garden to pick some green onions to cook noodles, but I found that the cassava plants my mother had planted had been dug up, without even a root left."
Old Man Ye said anxiously, "This is really strange. Why would they steal those trees? We have 60 acres of land!"
No one knew about the yellow-heart cassava yet, not even the maids, so Old Man Ye didn't say anything.
Ye Caiping narrowed her eyes.
Although she still had sixty acres of land, why did the thief steal her three cassava plants?
Obviously he knew the value of these three cassavas.
Did he steal it back to plant, or did he want to take the credit?
Anyway, no matter what, she had to catch the thief.
Seeing Ye Daquan yawning and walking out of the room, Ye Caiping said anxiously, "Brother, go get the carriage. We are going to find Magistrate Lu."
"Ah...Okay, I'll go right away." Ye Daquan turned around and ran out without asking anything.
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yamen.
The gatekeeper recognized Ye Caiping and, upon hearing that she had something urgent to discuss with Magistrate Lu, he hurriedly took her to the back hall.
After a while, Magistrate Lu, dressed in official robes, came walking towards them in a square step.
It is only 7:30 am now, and the time to go to the government office is 8:00 am.
Ye Caiping and the other two hurriedly greeted him: "Greetings, sir."
"No need to be so polite, just sit down. Madam Ye came to see me early in the morning, I wonder what's the matter?" County Magistrate Lu said as he sat down on the armchair at the top.
Ye Caiping did not sit down and told him about the theft of cassava.
Magistrate Lu said, "From what you said, the thief must know the value of yellow-heart cassava. Based on my experience, the thief wanted to report it first so as to take the credit for our achievement."
Ye Caiping nodded: "I think so too. Did the county magistrate report the yellow-heart cassava?"
"We reported it two days ago." Magistrate Lu said with a smile, "Even if the thief had four legs, we wouldn't have been able to report it right away."
Ye Caiping was delighted when she heard this. The little thief had dug up all three of her cassava plants and thought that all the yellow-heart cassava plants belonged to him.
Who would have thought that she still had sixty acres! And the county magistrate had already reported it.
Even if he ran his legs off, he could not catch up with the fast horses sent by Magistrate Lu.
Ye Caiping said happily: "Fortunately, you are wise and reported it early."
Magistrate Lu laughed: "Hahaha, this is what I should do. Even so, the thief still needs to be captured as soon as possible. Feng Putou."
Immediately, a middle-aged man in his forties came forward.
"Take your men and follow Madam Ye to the village to investigate." Magistrate Lu turned around and said, "Feng Putou is the most powerful spy under my command. He will definitely be able to find the thieves' whereabouts."
"Thank you, sir." Ye Caiping breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Magistrate Lu had already reported the incident, she was still afraid of making a mistake and hoped to catch the thief as early as possible.
At this time, Master Luo stepped forward and said, "Sir, the court is about to begin."
Magistrate Lu stood up and said, "Okay. Madam Ye, I have another case to try, so I won't accompany you to the scene."
"Thank you for your trouble. It's the same even if you have a detective sent by the adults following you."
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Ye Caiping and his group returned to Qinghe Village.
The villagers were all shocked when they saw a group of yamen runners following Ye Caiping.
Mrs. Zhao jumped out of the crowd and said, "Cai Ping...what are these government officials doing in our village?"
"Something was lost at my house, so I called the police. Don't panic, just do what you need to do."
The villagers breathed a sigh of relief and left one after another.
Ye Caiping brought the yamen runners to the small vegetable garden at home. Old man Ye came up and said, "I just checked the fields. The sixty acres of cassava are still in good condition."
Ye Caiping nodded.
The yamen runners searched for two quarters of an hour before they made a discovery. The leader, Captain Feng, said, "Look at the footprints, one deep and one shallow. The thief seems to be a cripple."
"Cripple?" Ye Caiping was startled, and suddenly thought of the unlucky male protagonist, "Gu Han?"
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