Chapter 202 Lost the Wine

While the moon is high.

The three of them left the shop, locking the back door before leaving.

That way no one would know they had been to the shop.

The night watchman saw a dark figure scurrying about on the street and thought he had seen a ghost. He was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. Out of fear, he slipped and dropped the gong.

The noise was particularly loud.

The three were also startled. They hid in the dark alley, squatted down, and dared not move.

He was afraid of being caught by the night watchman and taken to the police as a thief.

The night watchman's hands were shaking, and he wanted to run away, but when he remembered that the bronze bell was still on the ground, he gritted his teeth and bent down. He couldn't lose this thing, it was more important than his life.

After picking up the copper gong.

The night watchman ran towards the city gate.

If you don’t know, you might think there is a ghost chasing him.

After a long while, Bai Qianshan stretched his head out and leaned over carefully, only to find that the night watchman was gone.

He also ran home with his wife and children.

After arriving home, the three of them felt relieved.

Their breathing became louder and louder.

"Okay, go back to sleep." Bai Qianshan waved at his son and went back to the room to rest.

late at night.

Apart from the night watchmen and the officers guarding the city gates, there was not a single person on the street.

This was the time when Jiang Fubao was sleeping soundly.

She smacked her lips, hummed, and turned over, struggling to move like a newborn pig.

The chickens in the backyard were also lined up in a row, taking a nap in their chicken coop.

The small cock head is buried in the big body.

Its pointed beak is covered by thick feathers.

Looks kind of cute.

Sun Pingmei, who drank too much mung bean soup during the day, woke up because she had to pee. It was too hot in midsummer, and if she peed in a urine bucket, the foul smell in the house would make it impossible to stay there. She could only half-close her eyes, grope her way out of the house, and pee in the toilet in the backyard.

The noise was not loud, but it made the sleeping rooster open his eyes and look over.

Seeing that they are one of our own.

Just go back to sleep.

After peeing, Sun Pingmei felt refreshed. She continued to touch the wall with half-closed eyes, went back to the house, and fell into a deep sleep.

If she wasn't afraid of falling, she wouldn't even want to move her eyelids.

One night passed.

Dawn is coming.

A golden ray of dawn quietly casts its light over the village. Villagers, carrying hoes and dung buckets, head for their fields to start a new day of farming.

On the big tree at the entrance of the village, a few birds were singing happily.

The old cow, with a full belly, pulled the Jiang family out of the village.

As soon as we arrived at the shop.

Jiang Fubao discovered that the seasoning in her jar was missing.

really.

Someone broke into the shop last night.

It is estimated that it is the Wan couple.

Jiang Fubao had a wicked smile on his face.

She pretended nothing happened and played alone in the yard.

"Oh no, Mom! The wine is gone!"

Zhang Jinlan was kneading dough in the yard. When she heard her second son's voice, she ran to the kitchen without even washing her hands.

"The wine is gone? How could it be gone? Did you put it in the wrong place? Look for it carefully again."

Although I know my second son wouldn't be so careless.

But Zhang Jinlan still searched the kitchen thoroughly but still couldn't find the bottle of wine.

Is that possible?

The shop was robbed?

Thinking of this, Zhang Jinlan shuddered with fear, and she hurriedly called out loudly to her son and daughter-in-law.

"Yamato, Shigin, Yingqiu...you guys, don't rush to open the door and work, check the shop and see if anything is missing. The wine in the cabinet is gone, I'm afraid it must have been thieves."

I heard that the shop was robbed.

Their expressions also became more serious.

Separate to check what's missing from the shop.

"Mother, what should we do? This wine belongs to Yang, the shopkeeper of the Rouge Shop. I thought I could not poison it if I sealed it, so I did not take it away. I heard that this wine is very expensive, a small bottle costs one or two silver coins. Yang, the shopkeeper, said that he would come over at noon today and asked us to help him cool down. He wanted to drink it with barbecue. Now the wine is gone, where can we get it?"

Jiang Eryong's face was filled with anxiety.

"Come, take my mother's money bag and go to the wine shop to buy an identical bottle. Money is a small matter. We can't let Yang, the shopkeeper, go without wine. He often comes to our shop. Don't offend old customers. It's not too late in the morning. After buying it, calm down quickly."

The flour on Zhang Jinlan's hands had spread all over the kitchen.

She didn't care about touching the money bag again.

Jiang Eryong took the purse and ran out to buy some wine.

Fortunately, my shop opens late.

There's still time.

Zhang Jinlan was in no mood to knead the dough anymore.

She paced back and forth in the yard.

"Mom, nothing is missing from the front of the shop, but the drawer has been opened. I remember I didn't close it tightly yesterday, so a gap was left. I just checked and it was closed tightly, so the shop was indeed robbed. I'm afraid it was the Bai family who did it."

Jiang Yahe lifted the curtain, walked over, and spoke through his clenched teeth.

"Mom, there's nothing missing in the backyard."

"Mom, nothing is missing in the room. Everything under the bed is still there. It seems that they were not here when the immortals delivered the things. They must have come in the middle of the night. Fortunately, we took all the seasonings away yesterday, otherwise they would have stolen them all."

Others responded.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they realized that only a bottle of wine was lost.

"Strange, why did the Wan family steal the wine? Could it be that they couldn't afford it?"

Sun Pingmei was very confused.

"This wine is very expensive. As they say, a thief never leaves empty-handed. I guess he didn't steal anything, but he was unwilling to give up, so he wanted to take the wine away. Otherwise, our shop would be empty, what else could he take? Would he take those few pieces of firewood home to light the stove?"

Jiang Siyin joked.

Jiang Fubao almost laughed out loud.

She discovered that her father had a sense of humor.

"Mom, they don't really want to do the same business as us, do they? No wonder they always come to the shop and pretend to want to help us. I think they just want to steal our food. We rent her shop, and she only gets two taels of rent a month. If she does business on her own, she can earn it back in half a day."

Zhu Yingqiu's head suddenly rang with a sound.

She suddenly realized.

"Yingqiu is right. Anyone can choose between earning two taels a month and earning several taels a day. I think they are jealous of our prosperous business. Fortunately, they only lost the wine and one tael of silver.

However, even if they knew what seasonings we used, it wouldn’t matter. This stuff is expensive, and they can’t make any money, unless... they raise the price several times. In that case, why would customers spend more money to eat at their restaurant? Hum, what a bunch of idiots. "

Zhang Jinlan sneered.

The reason why her family can make so much money in business is all thanks to her granddaughter.

There are no seasonings sent by the immortals.

How can barbecue be sold so cheaply?

So what if the Wan couple stole it?

Spices are as expensive as gold, and if the price of barbecue doesn't increase, it will only make a loss.

And the stolen things will eventually run out.

Once you need to buy it yourself.

Then you won’t make any money.