Chapter 068 The Thief is Discovered
Seeing Li Qingqing rushing towards her crying, Su Lianyi quickly dodged: "Miss Li, what are you doing? Your brother and I have already divorced. Miss Li, please respect yourself. There is no sister-in-law here."
Being avoided by Su Lianyi, Li Qingqing was extremely embarrassed, but she continued to cry, "Brother's wound has festered and I'm afraid he will become disabled. Mother is also sick... Sister-in-law, we are husband and wife, you can't just ignore them, sister-in-law."
Su Lianyi laughed out loud upon hearing this. "I wouldn't dare, a mere merchant girl wouldn't dare try to establish a relationship with the noble Li family. You, the Li family, deceived me first, then poisoned me. You should be thankful that your brother wasn't exiled. How dare you come begging me?"
She sneered, "Miss Li used to call me a merchant girl, but now she's suddenly trying to establish a relationship with a merchant girl like me. I really don't deserve it!"
Li Qingqing's face turned pale and blue. Seeing that Su Lianyi refused to pay attention, she turned her head and pleaded with Shen Ning again: "Shopkeeper Shen, please persuade my sister-in-law. A day of marriage is a hundred days of grace. After all, we have been family for more than three years..."
Shen Ning quickly avoided it: "I'm sorry, we are not familiar with each other, Miss Li, please do as you please and don't interfere with our business."
Su Lianyi raised her voice beside her, "Hey guys...quickly get them out, and don't let in any random people who have nothing to do with business in the future."
The burly guy at the door came in and dragged Li Qingqing out. Seeing that there was no hope, Li Qingqing could no longer endure it and started screaming and cursing.
"You ungrateful merchant girl, you are so vicious, there is no good end for you. I will not let you go, you bitch. Who was the one who rushed to throw himself on my brother? You deserve it, you are a despicable woman."
Shen Ning frowned: "Seal her mouth."
The guy grabbed the rag next to him and stuffed it into Li Qingqing's mouth to stop her from saying dirty words. Li Qingqing whimpered at Chen Ning a few more times before being dragged out.
Su Lianyi was so angry that her face turned ugly. She took several deep breaths before she could speak: "What a thing, it's just ridiculous."
Shen Ning patted her back: "Just ignore it."
Su Lianyi hummed, then sneered: "It would be better if that bastard man was crippled, he deserves it."
After saying this, thinking of Li Qingqing's appearance, he seemed to remember something: "She must be unable to enter the Xu family, so she is anxious. She is desperate and actually came to me for help. She is really shameless."
Shen Ning could also think: "Did the Xu family cancel the engagement?"
Su Lianyi scoffed, "It's more than just breaking off the engagement. I heard someone say... Li Qingqing followed the third son of the Xu family's second wife for no apparent reason and then made a fuss about marrying in. The mistress said someone so lowly was unfit to be a wife, and either she should get out or she could enter through the back door she used to get into bed and become a concubine."
No one can stand the fact that the former wife becomes a concubine. After all, here, concubines can be disposed of at will.
The powerful and wealthy families did not regard concubines as human beings at all, and any good and honest family would rarely be willing to let their daughters become concubines, let alone Li Qingqing who had always called Su Lianyi a "merchant girl".
She was so arrogant, but in the end she was demoted from a wife to a concubine. When the third young master's wife comes home in the future, how can she be nice to this concubine who almost became his wife?
No wonder she went crazy...
When the shop owners in Pingning County learned that this was Mi Ji’s last batch of canned food this year, orders began to drop like snowflakes.
Chen Ning asked July to help Su Lianyi in the store, and she took Yuanyue and Eryue to check out the farm.
There are a lot of people and raw materials this time, so nothing can go wrong.
Not long after leaving the city, we arrived at the village. From a distance, we could see the guards patrolling around the village. There were three teams in each shift, and the three teams patrolled around the village in an alternating manner. Not even a wild rabbit could get in.
When Chen Ning's carriage stopped at the gate of the manor, the steward immediately came up to greet her: "The boss is here."
There was also a carriage following behind Chen Ning, which contained rice, flour, vegetable oil, and three cooks. Chen Ning smiled and said to the steward, "I'll make some delicious dishes for everyone today. Please go and inform them that they will be dismissed half an hour earlier this afternoon."
The manager responded with a smile, welcomed her in, and then instructed someone to notify other managers.
Knowing that the boss was coming to treat them to a meal, the workers immediately became more motivated. By the time it was almost time to get off work, the whole village was filled with the aroma of food.
Before long, the village was filled with laughter and joy.
Due to limited conditions, there were no tables. The prepared meals were placed in large basins, and the workers lined up to serve themselves one by one.
The white rice was piled high, and the shiny fat and soup were poured on it. The rice absorbed the red broth and became more translucent. Two more spoonfuls of vegetables were added, and everyone held their bowls, squatting or sitting, and started to eat with big mouthfuls.
This is a delicacy that they may not be able to eat during festivals and holidays. The white rice and the bright red braised pork are so delicious that people want to swallow their tongues when eating it.
Moreover, you can play more after eating, so you can always feel full.
There's soup in the big wooden barrel next to it...
After all the workers had eaten and drunk their fill and went home, the village suddenly became quiet.
Of course there were other people, patrolling guards, workers on night shifts responsible for the ice cellar and sealing, etc. When night fell, Shen Ning was also ready to return to the city.
Now, besides Yuanyue and Eryue, she also has hired guards, so she doesn't have to worry about her safety anymore, but she still has to get back before the city gates close.
But just when Shen Ning was about to leave the village, Er Yue suddenly came to report: the patrol had discovered a thief.
Shen Ning had explained this before, so the patrolling guards did not alert the thieves and let a smart one follow them.
Shen Ning frowned immediately: “What did you steal?”
Is it Madam Pan again, or Yuexiang Pavilion?
Er Yue's usually gloomy expression also revealed a hint of doubt: "Peach skin."
Shen Ning was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"
February repeated: "Peach peel, peeled peach peel."
The fruits used for canning must be peeled. There is a special place outside the farm for dumping peach peels. After cleaning up the peach peels from the farm every day, they are covered with a layer of soil to prevent the odor of rotting. Layer by layer, they can be used as fertilizer in the farmers' fields.
The peach peels were just poured out today and haven't been dealt with yet. Thieves stole the peach peels?
Shen Ning frowned slightly, so she simply asked Yuan Yue to go and take a look.
The thief's residence was not far from the Canning Village, and Yuanyue was a fast walker, so he returned quickly.
However, Chen Ning discovered that Yuan Yue, who was aggressive and cold when she left, had a complicated expression when she came back.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Shen Ning asked him: "What do those people steal peach peels for?"
She really couldn't imagine what stealing peach peels could do if someone was up to no good.
If it wasn't a bad thing, then she couldn't understand it...
At this moment, she saw Yuan Yue across from her lowered eyes and whispered, "Eat."
"Hmm?" Shen Ning was stunned for a moment: "Eat?"
Yuan Yue nodded. "There are many refugees in that village. They have no land or food. They take the peach peels home to cook."
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