In the morning, Zhang Hulan got up early as usual, heated up the braised meat, cooked the pig brain, and then went to the county town with Zhang Hujun to deliver the goods.
After Zhang Hulan left, Zhao Cheng and Liu Yongquan went outside the village. They weeded in the fields on the roadside leading into the village, and occasionally glanced at the main road.
Zhang Hubing, Liu Yonggui and Zheng Tiezhu cut bamboo and made backpacks at the entrance of the village. Everything seemed natural.
Zhang Hulan and Zhang Hujun arrived at Manfulou. Ding Mingao watched them carrying things into Manfulou with an inexplicable expression on his face.
Zhang Hulan returned to the village and no strangers came to the village in the morning.
In addition to buying pig heads today, Zhang Hulan also bought some lean meat.
She chopped the lean meat into pieces and fed it to the owl Xiaohua, who ate it happily, making a gurgling sound while taking one bite at a time.
Zhang Hulan felt that Xiaohua was showing off to the peregrine falcon Xiaohui, as it specifically targeted Xiaohui for meat.
The peregrine falcon screamed at Xiaohua as if it was cursing.
These two guys don't fight much now. Whenever they fight, Zhang Xinyue hits them with a stick. Now they are more obedient. At most, they just yell at each other a few times, and the fighting has turned into cursing.
Little Gray looked a little angry, and flew away after flapping its wings.
After a while, he brought back a sparrow and called out to Xiaohua twice while eating it.
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As the day passed, the village was very quiet, and no strangers appeared in the morning or afternoon.
Zhang Hulan was not in a hurry either. She planned to wait for three days. If no one came after three days, she would send that person to the yamen.
The next day, Zhang Hulan continued to deliver goods.
Not long after she and Zhang Hujun left, two peddlers, one old and one young, carrying loads on their shoulders appeared on the road leading into the village.
Zhao Cheng and Liu Yongquan looked at each other and pretended not to see it. They continued to work in the fields.
But not long after the two men passed by, another peddler appeared behind them.
Three peddlers? Zhao Cheng and Liu Yongquan looked at each other again. They were a little worried that Zhang Hubing at the entrance of the village would attack the two peddlers in front of them, so the peddler behind them would definitely run away.
The two men did not come out of the field, but walked directly towards the village in the field, following from a distance behind.
The two peddlers in front came to the village entrance. Seeing someone weaving a backpack at the entrance, the older peddler smiled and walked forward, but before he could open his mouth, Zhang Hubing pounced on the peddler from behind.
Liu Yonggui also quickly knocked down the young peddler and held him down.
The two peddlers shouted, "What are you doing? Are you trying to rob?"
Zhang Hubing laughed loudly, "Wow, two of them came at once..."
The young peddler shouted, "How dare you rob people in broad daylight? Aren't you afraid that I will sue you at the government office?"
Zhang Hubing snorted and said, "Humph, you want to sue us at the government office? Don't worry, we will send you to the government office. But it's not you who will sue us, it's us who will sue you."
The young peddler was a little confused. "You want to sue us? We didn't cause any trouble. What do you want to sue us for?"
Zhang Hubing said, "You didn't cause any trouble? Let me tell you, you caused a big trouble."
Just when Zhang Hubing and his men captured the two peddlers, the peddler behind them saw the commotion at the village entrance and turned around and left.
But as soon as he turned around, he was knocked down by Zhao Cheng and Liu Yongquan.
"What are you doing?" The peddler behind him kept struggling, "Let me go, is your village a den of bandits?"
The movement here also attracted the attention of Zhang Hubing and others. Zhang Hubing and Zhao Cheng were very surprised. They didn't expect that there was another person outside.
Zhang Hubing was delighted. He had captured three people and could take credit for it to Zhang Hulan.
The three peddlers were tied together with ropes. The old peddler said anxiously, "My dear friends, if you want money, that's fine. We will give you all the money and goods we have. We only ask you to let my son go."
Another peddler was anxious at this moment, because he knew that the man must have died here yesterday. He didn't know whether these people had killed him or what happened to him, and he didn't know what would happen to him next.
Zhang Hubing ignored what the old peddler said, and together with Zhao Cheng and others, he took the three people to Zhang Hulan's house.
Wang, Li and Xiang Chunhua were all very surprised. They didn't expect that someone would actually come to the village to inquire.
At the same time, they became worried, as it seemed that someone was trying to steal Zhang Hulan's marinade recipe.
Zhao Guoliang came over quickly and asked, "How do we deal with these three people?"
Zhang Hubing said, "Let's wait until my sister comes back and see how she will deal with these people."
Zhao Guoliang nodded, "Okay, let's wait until Hu Lan comes back."
When Zhang Hulan returned home, she was also surprised when she saw the three people trapped.
Zhang Hubing went to Zhang Hulan to ask for credit, "How was it? Did my method work? We caught them as soon as they arrived at the village."
Zhao Guoliang said, "Hu Lan, you should send these people to the authorities. You can use them to fish, but you can't resort to lynching."
Zhang Hulan thought that since the other party had already lost several people here, they would not easily send people. Even if they sent people, it was estimated that they would not send ordinary people, but would most likely send those gangsters or people from the underworld.
If these people were sent here, the villagers and Zhang Hujun and his men might suffer, so they had to report to the authorities immediately.
Although she really wanted to know who was behind this, she didn't plan to ask directly. She just thought of it as a thief stealing things and reporting it to the government, and then she would see who these people were in contact with later.
If she asked directly, she would break the paper. If the other party had power, she would have to break off relations with him. She didn't have the ability to confront others head-on.
She could only find out who was behind it from the side and then find a way to get back at it.
Although she and Ye Hongyun are acquainted now, she doesn't want to put her family's safety in the hands of others.
At present, she has a good impression of Magistrate Wu and his wife, but in Zhang Hulan's mind, how many officials are truly good people?
A truly good person cannot become an official.
In fact, she knew clearly who was behind the scenes and was probably certain that the man ran a restaurant.
Finally, Zhang Hulan nodded and said, "Okay, then send it to the government office."
Zhang Hulan then said to Wang, "Mother, the family is in your hands. We will send the people to the government office now."
Wang nodded, "You guys go ahead, don't worry about the family, we will help you get it done."
Zhang Hulan said to Zhang Hujun, "Brother, go get that guy out from last night."
Zhang Hujun entered the house and dragged out the man he had caught last night.
When the man from last night and the peddler who was caught later today saw each other, the man from last night had a surprised expression, while the man from today had a look of "as expected".
The four of them were loaded onto the donkey cart, and Zhang Hujun accompanied Zhang Hulan. Zhao Guoliang also went with them.
When they arrived at the county government office, the runners at the door saw that it was Zhang Hulan again. They all looked a little strange. Why did this woman come again?
Zhang Hulan stepped forward and said, "Excuse me, officer. I need to report to the police."
The bailiff asked, "What do you want now?"
Zhang Hulan pointed at the four people tied up on the donkey cart and said, "We caught these people stealing from my house."
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