Chapter 39: Caught in the act, no room for denial
The next day.
When Dai Lan'er met Lin Xi and his wife again, she found that their relationship had returned to normal, and was even closer. She felt relieved, because there would be no overnight hatred between husband and wife.
The three of them plus Ge Xuecai, a group of four, arrived at the restaurant in the town.
Dai Lan'er was still introducing the place to Ge Xuecai everywhere, but she didn't know that Ge Xuecai had already been there not long ago and was very familiar with the place.
Xiao Yongyan turned and went into the house next door and continued writing his article.
"Well, sister, what do you think we should ask him to do?" Dai Laner asked.
Lin Xi smiled and pointed at the pile of bacon on the shelf, "Follow me to sell bacon first."
"This..." Dai Lan'er was still a little hesitant. She knew her man a little bit, but he had no experience in business. Lin Xi asked him to be in charge of such an important job all of a sudden, and she couldn't help but worry.
"No problem." Ge Xuecai understood what Dai Lan'er meant at a glance and immediately took over the conversation, while giving Dai Lan'er a warning look.
Lin Xi pretended not to see Ge Xuecai's actions. She continued to tell Ge Xuecai the selling points of the bacon, the location of the warehouse, the location of the cash box and other information.
Dai Lan'er beside her couldn't stand it anymore. She wondered if Lin Xi said too much.
However, Ge Xuecai seemed like a different person today. He followed Lin Xi and kept saying nice things to him, and kept assuring him that he would do a good job.
Ge Xuecai had said so much that Lin Xi felt that it would be unfair to him if she didn't give him a chance.
"By the way, I suddenly remembered that I have something to talk to my husband about. You guys go ahead and do your work." After saying that, Lin Xi turned around and left the store, leaving the store completely to Dai Laner and her husband.
Inside the house.
Xiao Yongyan was not idle at the moment. Ge Liyang from Dai Laner's family ran in and pestered Xiao Yongyan.
Xiao Yongyan had never dealt with many children in his life, so he had no idea how clingy children could be. He was immediately disturbed by the little guy.
In desperation, Xiao Yongyan decided to teach the little guy to read.
When Lin Xi came in, Ge Liyang was studying with Xiao Yongyan.
"In bad years and famine, your people, the old and weak, are trapped in ditches..."
Lin Xi herself found these contents very difficult to understand, but she did not expect that Ge Liyang could read them quite well, almost as well as the kids in a private school.
Ancient Chinese texts are difficult to read. The little guy couldn't pronounce it smoothly after reading it several times. He even got a little angry and kept rereading it.
Lin Xi raised her eyebrows slightly. She didn't expect that this child, despite his young age, was so competitive.
"Xi'er is here." Xiao Yongyan smiled when he saw Lin Xi and poured her a cup of tea. "Have you handed the store over to them?"
"That's right," Lin Xi sat next to Xiao Yongyan, "Give him a chance. If he seizes it, he will benefit in the future. If it's something else, he will have to bear the consequences himself."
Xiao Yongyan looked straight at Lin Xi, suddenly chuckled, and thought to himself, what a little fox.
Lin Xi didn't understand and looked at Xiao Yongyan in confusion, but Xiao Yongyan just smiled and said nothing.
Ge Liyang, who was obsessed with memorizing, finally memorized it, but saw Xiao Yongyan and Lin Xi looking at each other and smiling, without even looking at him, the student. He pouted his face, feeling unhappy.
The first day passed peacefully. In the next two days, Lin Xi adopted a similar strategy, asking Ge Liyang and Dai Laner to look after the store from time to time and finding an excuse to go out.
Everything seems to be going according to plan and naturally.
However, when Lin Xi checked the cash box while the two were not paying attention, he found that the weight was not right, as if it was too light.
On this day, Lin Xi found another excuse to go out. The difference was that this time, Lin Xi did not go out alone, but took Dai Laner with him.
The two went to the cloth shop together. Lin Xi used the excuse of making clothes for someone in the shop and dragged Dai Laner out to look at the cloth.
Originally he said he would be back in an hour, but after walking out for a while, Lin Xi suddenly said, "Oh no, I forgot to bring my purse."
Dai Lan'er also said anxiously, "Why don't we go back and get it now? It should still be in time."
"That's right, let's walk faster." Lin Xi said.
Both of them were fast walkers, so they hurried back to the store. However, when they arrived at the door, Dai Laner found it closed.
This is strange. It was open when they left just now. How could it be closed now? It doesn't make sense.
"Oh my," Lin Xi said deliberately, "Could there be a thief in the store? Otherwise, why would the door suddenly close?"
Dai Lan'er didn't know either. She saw some scattered branches on the ground and picked up a thicker one. "Don't be afraid, sister. I'll go take a look."
The two men tried to move as lightly as possible and carefully moved the door panel through the gap that was not completely closed.
When the people in the room heard the noise, they immediately became nervous. The sound of messy footsteps was accompanied by the sound of copper coins colliding with each other.
Dai Laner got angry and raised a thick branch to hit the black shadow in front of her, "I'll beat you to death, you petty thief, how dare you steal things from our store!"
Dai Laner was merciless, hitting the man again and again, causing him to flee in panic. With nowhere to hide, he shouted, "You want to kill me?"
Hearing this familiar voice, Dai Lan'er was stunned for a moment. How could it be Ge Xuecai's voice?
That shouldn’t be the case. Shouldn’t he be watching the store now?
Lin Xi moved all the door panels open, and the sunlight poured in. The man sitting on the ground with a cash box in his hands was none other than Ge Xuecai.
All of a sudden, Dai Lan'er felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She had never imagined that this so-called thief was actually Ge Xuecai.
She really wanted to ask if there was some misunderstanding, but he was holding the cash box and acting sneaky, and the evidence was solid, so he could not deny it.
"Boss," Dai Laner wailed, "I finally gave you a chance, why did you steal the money from the store!"
Dai Lan'er originally thought that there was finally a glimmer of hope in her life, but at this moment she felt like she had hit rock bottom. Life once again dealt her a painful blow.
"What do you mean by stealing? Can you speak, you damned bitch?"
Ge Xuecai forced out a flattering smile, looked at Lin Xi and said, "How can this be called stealing, Boss Lin, I am just borrowing money to pay back the gambling house. I swear I have absolutely no intention of stealing your money."
Lin Xi raised an eyebrow, "You mean you haven't stolen the money yet?"
Ge Xuecai immediately swore that he had done nothing and was caught red-handed by Lin Xi and the others when he just had the thought of doing it.
"If that's the case, we can just do the math and we'll know." Lin Xi flipped open the account book. "In the past five days, the store has sold a total of 53 pieces of bacon, totaling 5 taels and 448 coins. If you didn't take any money from it, the money in the cash box should be this amount."
As soon as these words were spoken, Ge Xuecai's smile suddenly became forced.
He cursed in his heart, this little whore was really a profiteer, it turned out she was waiting for him here.
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