Chapter 79 Stealing
The clerk at Jinyutang looked at the worried-looking Shopkeeper Yao and consoled him, "Shopkeeper, you haven't eaten for almost a day. Please eat something!"
"Oh! Jinyutang has lost so much money, how can I afford it?" Shopkeeper Yao had a bitter face and looked listless.
The clerk also knew the seriousness of the matter. If he had been the one guarding the store that day, he would definitely want to die now. There were so many jewelries and fifty or sixty taels of silver!
You have to know that his monthly wages are only a few hundred coins, and he will have to pay back all this money in an eternity! It is understandable that the shopkeeper couldn't eat, so the clerk didn't continue to persuade him.
When the yamen runners Zhou and Tang approached, Shopkeeper Yao's eyes lit up. He walked up to them and asked in surprise, "Ye Zhou, why are you here today? Is there any news?"
Meeting the hopeful gaze of Shopkeeper Yao, Zhou Yayi felt a little ashamed. Although he had made a new discovery, he still didn't have many clues about the thief.
Seeing Zhou the yamen runner shaking his head, Manager Yao's spirit, which had been high up, instantly waned.
"Manager Yao, although I don't know who this thief is, I have made a new discovery. I hope you can tell me what you know."
Shopkeeper Yao nodded. He would tell everything he knew, after all, the loss from the theft would be blamed on him.
Zhou, the yamen runner, informed the shopkeeper Yao of his discovery, who was stunned for a long time.
"Manager Yao, Manager Yao, did you see the person who knocked you out that night?"
After being called several times, Shopkeeper Yao came back to his senses and shook his head. "I didn't see anything. When I was blowing out the candle, someone grabbed me from behind and knocked me unconscious. When I woke up, I heard that Jinyutang had been robbed."
"Then can you feel the general shape of the person who hit you?"
Shopkeeper Yao shook his head and said, "Everywhere was pitch black at that time. I was completely terrified when I was trapped. I have no memory of it at all."
"Okay, Manager Yao, I'm really sorry to bother you. I will be the first to inform you when I have any news." Zhou Yayi was a little disappointed because he didn't get any answers.
He thought of Pei Yian again, wondering if the restaurant owner could know something?
When Zhou Yayi arrived at Baiwei Restaurant again, there were not many diners at this time. It was their break time.
Pei Yian saw Zhou Yayi as expected, and said with a warm and hospitable look on his face, "Sir, what would you like to eat?"
"Boss, it's me, the table eating over there! You even told me that shadow might not be real!"
"Is there something wrong with you?"
Zhou Yayi reported all his findings, "That shadow was fake, but I can't find any information about the thief."
Ji Zhisui also listened to the general situation. She said, "Since we can't find the external thief, how about looking for the internal thief?"
In her previous life, Ji Zhisui had seen many scenes of the thief crying "stop thief" on the news, or the store clerks and outsiders teaming up to steal the treasures in the store. After hearing what Zhou Yayi said, she felt more and more that this was the case.
Zhou Yayi looked surprised. His eyes fell behind Ji Zhisui and then on Pei Yian. He saw Pei Yian nodded, obviously agreeing with what the young lady said.
This direction was something Zhou Yayi had never imagined. He was confused for a moment at first, but then he felt that what he said did make some sense.
Zhou Yashi thanked the two men, "Thank you very much, both of you! If you really catch the thief, I will be very grateful!"
The two watched Zhou Yayi go away. Noticing that the eyes of the people around them were always on him, Ji Zhisui became a little suspicious. "What's wrong? Is there something dirty on my face?"
"No." Pei Yian shook his head.
"Then why are you looking at me?"
"Sui Niang is very smart."
"Hmm!" Ji Zhisui was not very receptive to such compliments. She did have a little cleverness in her.
"You're not bad either!"
I have to say, when it comes to intelligence, the smartest person should be the one next to me.
She was able to think of other aspects so quickly only because she had heard similar news in her previous life, but Pei Yian was different. He was a native and had been a son of a wealthy family. He should not have been exposed to these things.
But after he heard it, he reacted so quickly, and the clues found by Zhou Yayi seemed to be suggested by this man. Ji Zhisui felt that his cleverness was totally not enough in front of this man!
Pei Yian did not agree to this statement, but handed the account book to Ji Zhisui, "Sui Niang, this is today's account book."
Ji Zhisui took the account book and saw today's income, one tael and three qian of silver.
Although there is not a big increase, for Ji Zhisui, stability is a good sign. After all, today is not like the big move by Brother Mao yesterday.
The family packed up everything in the restaurant and prepared to go home.
The two children were yawning all the way. Seeing this, Ji Zhisui felt a little distressed. She had originally wanted to let the two children rest for a while in the morning, but Pei Tiantian still noticed her getting up and insisted on going to the restaurant with them.
These two people are stubborn and are determined to come and help. As of now, the restaurant can be considered a stable source of income, so maybe she can hire one or two more people.
The two children are growing up and the old lady is old. We can't always let the two children and the old lady get up early and go to bed late.
On the way back, the Pei family met Old Lady Liu who was carrying a basket of vegetables.
The two families didn't get along in the first place, and with Old Lady Liu's bad temper, she naturally wouldn't give the Pei family a good look. She didn't forget to curse at them even when she passed by them.
"Some people! They look decent, but who knows what sneaky things they do behind the scenes!"
When he said this, he looked at them with an indescribable look, and this sentence became a directional statement.
Ji Zhisui was not one to be mocked, so he shot back, "I don't know who was the thief who stole Grandma Zhao's food."
She imitated Old Lady Liu's gaze, looking at her with an indescribable expression, then looked at the dishes in the basket on her hip.
Old Lady Liu's smug look froze for a moment. She glared at Ji Zhisui and left in a hurry, looking a little guilty.
There were indeed some of Grandma Zhao's vegetables in her basket, but she only took a little bit. It was because the vegetables in the widow's vegetable garden grew so well!
Besides, he was giving face to the widow by liking her dishes. But the old widow was a restless person and often quarreled with him.
After returning home, seeing the family across the street talking and laughing as they closed their doors, Old Lady Liu complained inwardly: They are still laughing. She will report to the police tomorrow to see if this family can still laugh!
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