Chapter 238 The Coal Thief
Now there are two quilts in every room of the house. The one in Shen Jun's room was given to Shan Mancheng, so only Wu and Shen Qingqian had their own quilts.
After hearing her say this, Shan Mancheng thought about it and decided not to refuse. "Thank you very much, Auntie."
After saying this, Wu asked Shen Qingqian about her next plans.
Shen Qingqian had already thought about it and said, "If it's just snowing, it won't affect the kiln, but given the current situation, we still need to burn some more charcoal."
There are more than a hundred people in their yard. Except for the troublemakers from the Wang family, everyone else has been working hard these days. They don't have cotton to make cotton-padded clothes and quilts to keep warm, so they can only burn more charcoal.
"Okay, then I'll call people over tomorrow and arrange the time for each family to fire the kiln. It's snowing now, so we can leave the seeds in the fields alone. But we can't sit idle either. We have to start selecting the seeds we distributed earlier tomorrow." Mrs. Wu pondered.
The imperial court was very strict with the convicts. Only a small amount of seeds were distributed in the first year, and those were not good seeds. After that, they would no longer care about them. Whether they could survive depended entirely on themselves.
Now, whenever she has the chance, Mrs. Wu will ask the people in the opposite yard for advice. She has become more and more knowledgeable about farming and is very capable in arranging these matters.
Shen Qingqian was thinking about how to mix the seeds in her hand in, and didn't notice that Shan Mancheng was watching her intentionally or unintentionally.
Just as they finished talking and were about to go to bed, a scream was heard outside the Shen family's yard.
"Ah! Let me go!"
"What's going on!" Wu stood up suddenly.
Shen Xiao and Shen Jun had already rushed out first.
Shen Qingqian's thoughts were interrupted, and she tightened her cloak around herself and ran out.
As soon as the straw curtain was opened, she met the long-lost gaze.
Cheng San is back.
Sheng Ze stepped on the face of the person under him, raised his eyes and met Shen Qingqian's gaze. The corners of his lips curled up unconsciously, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
Chen Xiao pointed at the person on the ground and asked in surprise, "Third Brother Cheng, what are you doing?"
The man on the ground was beaten beyond recognition and he had no idea who he was, but the man's screams sounded familiar.
"Brother Shen, I caught a thief on the way back. He's just over there in the valley where you're reclaiming land. I'll leave it to you to question." Sheng Ze turned his gaze away from Shen Qingqian's face and looked at Shen Xiao.
He hurried back and when he passed by the valley that Shen Qingqian and his team had cleared, he found that something seemed to have been newly built there. He intuitively thought it was related to Shen Qingqian, so he stopped for a moment.
Unexpectedly, during the moment he stopped, he saw several dark figures rummaging through something. Without a second thought, he immediately grabbed them.
Later, Ling Yun caught up with him, so he handed the others to Ling Yun and took the leader back to the Shen family's small courtyard.
The "little thief" Shen Xiao was stunned for a moment. Before he could figure out what this person had stolen, the person on the ground started sobbing.
"I am not a fighter! I am not a fighter."
Chen Xiao and others: "Sorry, I don't understand at all!"
"Brother Cheng San, this is Wang Hao, right? Did you catch him stealing the charcoal we placed next to the kiln?" Shen Qingqian guessed from the figure and voice of the person on the ground that this person should be Wang Hao.
At this point in time, if you went outside the valley to steal something, the only thing you could get was the charcoal they had stored outside the kiln.
When Wang Hao heard Shen Qingqian's words, he nodded and shook his head vigorously, his face covered with tears and snot, but what he said was difficult to understand because he had knocked out several teeth.
Sheng Ze explained to everyone, "It was Wang Hao, but he wasn't the only one who stole the charcoal. There were also several people from his family. I asked Cheng Yun to tie them up. They should be here soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ling Yun's voice sounded behind him.
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