Chapter 671: Something Happened to the Kong Family

"It's okay, I'm not sleepy yet."

"Well, Fubao is here to wish us a happy new year, so how can I go to sleep? Godfather hasn't given you the New Year's money yet. It's okay, you can sleep at night. Godfather will stay for three days this time, so you have time to rest. There's no need to rush now."

Both father and son are stubborn.

He was afraid of disrespecting the Jiang family and being impolite, so he refused to go to bed.

But she couldn't persuade Jiang Fubao, so she pulled one with her left hand and one with her right hand.

He dragged the father and son into the house.

She didn't return to the main room until they agreed to have a good sleep.

Dong Qingyi gave her a thumbs up.

"Fubao is amazing!"

"Hey, godmother, let me show you the nails that my second and third sisters and I painted a few days ago." Jiang Fubao smiled and took her arm, and started talking about women's aesthetics.

The two of them look so intimate, like mother and daughter.

As Jiang Fubao's biological mother, Zhang Yanzi was not jealous at all.

Someone loves her daughter, and she is happier than anyone else.

The couple sat next to Zhang Jinlan and Jiang Shoujia, drinking tea in silence and listening attentively.

It was almost noon and neither the father nor the son woke up.

It seems that he is very sleepy at home.

"It's really strange. Why haven't Mingxue and the others come yet? It's almost time for lunch. How could they not come? Why didn't they call a servant over to tell them?" Zhang Jinlan's voice was filled with some doubt. She looked outside. There was no one else in the yard except the servants passing by.

The meals in the kitchen are almost ready.

However, no one from the Kong family came. If there was something wrong, they should have sent a servant over to tell us.

You know, the Dong family cooked for several extra people.

"It's strange, Grandpa, please send someone to take a look. I feel something is wrong." Jiang Fubao said.

My godfather and stepmother are in business, and they know etiquette better than anyone else. It is impossible that they told our family they were coming to pay New Year's greetings and then didn't show up at noon.

Therefore, it is very likely that something happened, and it was very serious, so he didn't even have time to send someone to tell them.

Sure enough, quarter of an hour later, the servant sent by Dong Wei came running back with an anxious look on his face.

"It's bad, it's bad, something terrible has happened to the Kong family."

These words made everyone sitting in the room stand up.

Everyone looked anxious.

It's the New Year, and one thing has not been resolved yet, another thing has arisen.

"What happened? Tell me quickly! What happened to the Kong family?" Zhang Jinlan was the most anxious. After all, her eldest granddaughter was married. If something happened to the Kong family, the first person to suffer would be her eldest granddaughter.

Coincidentally, the eldest granddaughter and grandson went back to the Kong family together in the morning.

Thinking of all the bad news, Zhang Jinlan's voice trembled.

"Someone was making trouble at Kong's Canteen, saying that his mother ate at Kong's Canteen and died after sleeping there. This person came early in the morning dragging a coffin to make trouble, saying that the food at Kong's Canteen was poisonous and killed his mother, and he wanted the Kong family to pay 500 taels of silver.

She is just an old woman. Regardless of whether she was really poisoned, even if she died, she would not have to pay so much. She is simply lying. There are many men in her family, all of them are strong and healthy, so the Kong family cannot escape now. The police have already called the coroner..."

The servant sounded angry.

He was probably also angry at the person who cheated him out of money. When he was halfway through his speech, two people dressed as officials came in from outside.

Interrupted the servant.

"Tell me, what's going on!" Dong Qing asked the officer in a sharp voice.

The servants had just arrived and might not understand much, but the officials had arrived early, so no one knew what happened better than them.

"To answer Madam, on the day before New Year's Eve, an old woman from Zhoujia Village outside the city came to the town with her family. It was said that someone introduced a widower in the town who was seriously ill and was anxious to marry a wife to bring good luck. It was said that someone had calculated that the wedding must be on the first day of the new year. When the old woman heard the news, she sold her little granddaughter for five taels of silver.

After that, she bought some New Year's goods and was about to go back to the village. When she passed by Kong's Restaurant, her grandson insisted on going there for dinner. Unable to persuade him, the old woman took her family to Kong's Restaurant to eat a bowl of shredded pork noodles. Her grandson didn't finish the soup, and the old woman felt sorry for the money, so she picked up the bowl and drank the soup. As a result, she went home and fell asleep and died..."

The official understood exactly what had happened, and he explained it carefully, word for word.

"That's not right. He drank the soup on New Year's Eve and died after sleeping all night. Then why didn't he cause trouble yesterday? And only one person died?"

Jiang Fubao frowned and asked loudly.

"Yes, only one person died, which is strange. But the coroner confirmed that the old woman died of poisoning. As for why he didn't come yesterday, the man explained that he was afraid of causing trouble during the New Year and disturbing others, so he kept it a secret and waited until today to make trouble."

The officer looked at Jiang Fubao and explained to her.

"No, that's not right. Logically speaking, if the noodles were poisonous, it wouldn't be possible for only one person to die. What happened to the child who ate the noodles?" When Jiang Fubao heard that the noodles were for the old woman's grandson, he thought that the so-called grandson was a child. If he knew anything, he wouldn't make a fuss about going to the food farm to eat.

How many people in the village can afford to eat in the canteen?

Even the cheapest shredded pork noodles are enough to go to a bun shop outside and buy several meat buns.

Isn’t it more delicious than shredded pork noodles?

"Well, he's not a child, he's already about 20 years old. He looks like he wasn't well taken care of in the womb, so he's a little, um, a little stupid, different from ordinary people. As for him, I asked a doctor who lives nearby to check him out. He showed no signs of poisoning and is in very good health. So, I came here to ask you to make a reservation for him."

When the officers heard Jiang Fubao talking about the child, they could no longer control themselves.

He continued to explain.

Then Meng Bujiu was mentioned.

"I'll go call him now. Fubao, you're a good doctor, you can go check it out later."

No matter how much Dong Qingyi loved her son, she couldn't delay her work. She left the main room, and after a while, Meng Bujiu and Meng Zhili came over.

The two changed their clothes and washed their faces.

After taking a nap, even though they didn't get enough sleep, their complexions looked much better than in the morning.

"Go ahead and we'll talk about other things on the way. Don't delay."

I guess Dong Qingyi said this while they were washing their faces.

Meng Bujiu already knew what had happened, so he raised his chin towards the officer and motioned him to follow him.

"I'll go too." Jiang Fubao followed. She was really worried. This matter was too strange and full of loopholes.

Besides, she didn't believe that the noodles from Kongjia Shizhuang would be poisonous.

Who would poison a poor ghost living in the village for no reason?

Enough of life?

But the coroner came and said that the person was really dead and had really been poisoned.

So, it was a frame-up?

Jiang Fubao didn’t know, so she wanted to go and take a look. She must not let anything happen to the Kong family.

Not to mention that the eldest sister married Brother Mingxue, even if she didn't, Kong Yuanbao and Wan Xian were still her godfather and godmother, and they were family.