Chapter 432 It turns out to be Manager Du
The middle-aged men looked them over one by one, and then the one in the lead stood up and said, "Take me to see your rice."
Boss Lu assumed this was the gentleman from the capital and quickly greeted him with a smile, saying, "Master, please come with me."
The master followed Lu the eldest to the outside of the house and saw the rice being pulled by more than ten oxcarts.
He stroked his beard and asked, "How come you two small farmers have so much rice?"
Boss Lu felt a little guilty, scratched the back of his head, and couldn't say anything for a long time.
At this moment, his second brother came over to smooth things over, saying, "These are all items that the villagers asked us to sell. After we receive the money, we will share some with them."
The old man squinted and smiled, "You're really kind-hearted, but where are the other villagers?"
His second brother continued, "The villagers are all resting at night now, so they sent us to deliver the rice."
The old man continued, "When I passed through Cheng'an County, I heard that your village's rice had always been sold to the Zhou family. Why did you suddenly decide to sell it to someone else?"
His second brother solemnly slandered, "The female manager of the Zhou family is a heartless merchant. Not only did they deduct the amount of rice we painstakingly grew, but they also refused to give us any money. We had no choice but to find another way to make a living."
The old man stroked his beard and glanced into the dilapidated temple, saying meaningfully, "I never expected that the Zhou family manager would be this kind of person."
At this moment, the master's attendant coughed lightly and came over, saying, "Let's hurry and check their rice."
The old man turned his head to look at Boss Lu, raised his hand and said loudly, "Take me to see the rice."
Old Master Lu bent down to lead the way, lifted the straw on the oxcart, then poked open the burlap sack, took out a handful of white rice, and handed it to the master.
The master smelled it, then laughed and said, "It is indeed the Zhou family's fine rice!"
Boss Lu felt uneasy listening to this, and his body stiffened slightly.
At this moment, the eldest brother of the Ding family came over and asked, "Master, where is our silver?"
The master waved his hand at the servant behind him, "Bring the silver over."
Eight hundred taels of silver is a rare high price.
Lu the eldest and Ding the eldest were blinded by greed and eagerly awaited them to hand over the silver.
At this moment, the servants carried a large wooden box out of the dilapidated temple.
"The silver is here."
The master smiled at them, and as soon as he finished speaking, Old Master Lu rushed over with a big laugh.
"Silver, our silver, ha ha!"
As he spoke, he hurriedly opened the large wooden crate.
However, when he saw what was inside, he froze on the spot.
The eldest and second brothers of the Ding family strode over. "What's wrong, Brother Lu?"
Boss Lu pointed blankly into the box and said, "Where's the silver? Where's our silver?"
The eldest brother and his second brother quickly looked into the box, only to find that it contained not silver at all, but stones.
"Stones? Why are they all stones?"
The eldest brother of the Ding family suddenly looked up at the old man who was walking towards the dilapidated temple. He strode after him, "Where's the silver? Where's the silver you were talking about? Why are there only stones?"
The old man stopped at the entrance of the dilapidated temple, turned around and smiled at him, saying, "You steal rice from the village to sell, and all you deserve are these stones."
After he finished speaking, he bowed towards the dilapidated temple and said, "Manager Du, you may come out now."
Du Wanchun slowly walked out from behind the stone statue in the dilapidated temple.
She had been there ever since Boss Lu and Brother Ding entered the room, and she had heard all their conversations and seen all their greedy expressions.
"Manager Du, it's you?"
The eldest brother of the Ding family turned pale and stood there stunned with wide eyes.
The others were even more horrified and panicked.
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