Su Qingluan listened to the people around her talking and sorted out the causes and consequences before she roughly understood what had happened.
It turned out that the boy Su Guangfu had caught red-handed was none other than Zhao Tianbao, the son of the previously disliked Zhao family wife, Chen. Chen had once planned to arrange a marriage between Zhao Tianbao and Su Qingluan, simply because she thought that since the Su family could afford ironware, they must have considerable wealth.
Speaking of which, Zhao Tianbao's appearance is indeed quite attractive. In addition, he does not do any farming work all day long and sleeps soundly at home. He is not exposed to the wind, rain, or sunlight, so his skin is naturally fair and tender. He even looks more delicate and tender than many girls of the same age who are busy working in the fields.
This unscrupulous second-rate guy has been insisting on helping me with things since yesterday for some reason.
As a villager from the same village, Su Guangfu naturally knew that Zhao Tianbao had a fair and handsome appearance but was actually a fool who could do nothing, so he initially planned to kick him out.
As a result, Zhao Tianbao didn't learn anything else. He just played rogue one trick after another, saying that his mother was beaten by his father so badly that she couldn't get out of bed. She hadn't eaten for two or three days and was almost starving to death.
If the Su family didn't hire him and give him food, he would simply lie motionless at the gate of the Su family's courtyard. Even if someone deliberately stepped over him, this man could actually endure the humiliation and lie there motionless.
Su Qingluan was not at home at the time and did not know about it, but Su Guangfu and Yang Shi were very worried. Such a living person was lying at the door, looking for death, and there were so many helpers coming in and out.
Even though everyone knows what kind of person Zhao Tianbao is, he is still shameless enough. If something unexpected happens to him, it will be difficult to explain.
Moreover, Su Guangfu and Yang were both honest farmers, so they had no idea this scoundrel would come after them. They were really at a loss. They wanted to ask the village head to seek justice, but Zhao Tianbao hadn't done anything that required "justice."
He was just lying on the ground in front of the Su family's gate, blocking the way to the exit. Anyone who wanted to enter the Su family's yard would have to step over Zhao Tianbao.
Some were bold enough to just walk right in. Others, more timid, had to carefully circumvent it, or were simply so overwhelmed by the performance that they could only stand at the gate, hesitating.
But in the final analysis, although his behavior was disgusting, it did not violate any national laws or village conventions - after all, there was no written document prohibiting lying outside someone else's yard. After all, the area outside the yard was a public area, and anyone could pass through and lie down.
...but no normal person would do that.
After all, we are all ordinary people who work honestly to make a living. How many people are as scoundrel as Zhao Tianbao who is not afraid of losing face and has no morals?
Zhao Tianbao lay on the half-wet soil for the entire morning. He didn't care if his clothes got dirty, and he didn't care if someone stepped over him.
In the end, Su Guangfu and Yang couldn't stand this performance art that was comparable to a monkey show, so they promised Zhao Tianbao that they could let him eat from the big pot during the days when everyone came to help, as long as he didn't make trouble.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Tianbao immediately jumped up and tried to please them by promising to work hard - but was rejected by Su Guangfu and Yang.
It was obvious that the couple didn't believe that a scoundrel who didn't even want to go out for a visit could do any job well.
Su Guangfu and Yang thought so, and it was clear that everyone else present felt the same way. They all said that, despite Zhao Tianbao's seemingly unspoken requests for help these past couple of days, everyone had a similar attitude towards him: he didn't need to do anything, just stay out of the way.
As a result, Zhao Tianbao spent the past couple of days wandering around the Su family's courtyard like a ghost. Initially, Yang, Su Guangfu, and a few other concerned villagers kept a close eye on him—because this kind of scoundrel with a bad reputation seemed particularly prone to thieving.
But as time went on, everyone had to work - even the two little ones would occasionally join in the fun and serve tea and water to everyone - and they didn't have the spare energy to stare at such a big living person wandering around.
As a result, today, Zhao Tianbao was discovered by Su Xuanhe sneaking around in his sister's house.
Although this kid was less than eight years old, he was very strong. With a roar, he made Zhao Tianbao, who was caught off guard, stagger.
But the child was not as slippery as Zhao Tianbao, a man who was nearly twenty years old. After Su Xuanhe knocked Zhao Tianbao down with all his strength, he also fell to the ground. However, he did not get up as quickly as Zhao Tianbao, so he could only shout for help.
Fortunately, when this happened, several people in the yard were discussing how to modify the smoke vent if an additional stove was built in the kitchen. Therefore, when Zhao Tianbao ran out, he was caught red-handed by Su Guangfu in the yard.
After everyone searched Zhao Tianbao, they found a palm-sized scarlet brocade bag with a forsythia pattern on it. They squeezed it and found something hard and a piece of paper inside.
After Su Guangfu took it out, he saw that there was another dark brown cloth bag inside the brocade bag, but this time it was sealed with needle and thread, so he couldn't tell what was inside.
Su Guangfu originally wanted to open the cloth bag to see what was inside, but the little girl Su Xueyan said in a baby voice: "Dad, this is my sister's treasure bag! I saw my sister put it in the box beside the bed!"
Su Guangfu immediately stopped and was about to open the brocade bag - although he was the head of the family, his eldest daughter was already thirteen years old. As a father, he was a man after all, and it was not convenient for him to open his daughter's things like this.
Thinking of this, Su Guangfu stuffed the inconspicuous cloth bag back into the vermilion brocade bag.
Yang took the brocade bag handed over by her husband, looked at the crooked stitches inside the cloth bag, and nodded: "This is obviously Daya's needlework."
After all, since they were in front of outsiders, Yang was very protective and did not reveal the true nature of her daughter's needlework skills. She simply carefully placed the sachet in her arms, turned around and glared at Zhao Tianbao, who was pinned to the ground by Su Guangfu. "We in the Su family treated you to delicious food and drinks, and we didn't tell you what kind of work you were asked to do. Did you come here just to steal and rob?!"
And it was at this moment that Su Qingluan pushed the door open and walked in.
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