Chapter 101 The Thief Was Actually Him
When Liu Ye got home, she immediately noticed something was wrong as soon as she entered the outer room. Oh no, someone had come to the house. There were dark footprints all over the floor, and the large footprints clearly belonged to a man. They were the same footprints she had seen in the kitchen that morning. It was the same person. Luckily, she was smart and had put everything into her spatial storage beforehand.
She went inside and saw that there were footprints not only on the floor, but also on the kang (a heated brick bed). The kang sheets were all dirty, and the quilts that were originally folded at the head of the kang had been overturned. Several drawers of the cabinet on the kang were not closed.
"Damn it!" The thief was trying to steal her money while she was away. She quickly went to Bai Zilin's room and saw that the floor and the kang (heated brick bed) were covered with footprints. "Damn it!"
She went outside to get a broom, swept the floor clean, wiped the kang (heated brick bed) in Bai Zilin's room with a rag, put away the things she had bought that day, removed the kang sheet, and slipped into her spatial dimension.
Liu Ye washed the kang sheet and hung it to dry. Then she went out and brought in a pot from the kitchen. She started cutting and rendering the fat. The fat from one domestic pig and three wild boars was quite a lot. The five jars she bought were full, and two basins were filled to the brim. It would be enough to eat for several years.
Okay, now she won't lack oil to eat. Oh, and she also sold 20 jin of soybeans today. She took the soybeans out of her basket and put them on the edge of the black soil. She also took out the potatoes and put them aside. After this batch of grain is harvested, she will plant the potatoes and soybeans.
She slipped out of the space and found it was already dark outside. She went to the kitchen, put the pot back on the stove, and then went to the backyard to feed the cows. She picked up a bunch of hay and threw it in front of the yellow cow, then tossed a cabbage. The yellow cow ate it heartily. The big yellow cow was getting stronger and stronger, and it looked much smarter than when it was first bought. It would bellow as soon as it saw her.
She looked at the spot where the thief had climbed over the wall yesterday; there were still black footprints on the wall. The thief hadn't found any silver during the day, so he might come back tonight. Oh dear, why didn't she buy a few animal traps from the general store? If the thief doesn't come tonight, she'll go to town to buy some tomorrow.
If the thief comes again tonight, he will definitely go to the kitchen again. He thinks she bought grain in town today, so he will hide in the kitchen tonight and wait for her to come to him!
But where could she hide? The kitchen was only so big. Suddenly, she saw the firewood next to her and had an idea. She immediately went to get the firewood and stacked it against the wall in the kitchen. She deliberately left a gap at the back, which was just right for her to hide in. She would hide there tonight.
As night fell, people went home and birds returned to their nests. Liu Ye saw that it was almost time, so she quietly went to the kitchen, gently closed the door, and hid behind the wood chopping board, listening intently to any sounds outside. If the thief didn't come, she would have endured the cold for nothing. She hadn't lit a fire that night and had eaten pancakes in her spatial dimension; the kitchen was a bit cold.
About an hour later, a strange noise finally came from outside. Liu Ye excitedly gripped the woodcutter's knife in her hand. The thief had finally come! You son of a bitch, let's see who you are!
Wang Tieniu once again scaled the wall and entered the courtyard, heading straight for the kitchen. He gently pushed open the kitchen door and skillfully opened the cupboard, only to find it empty. He couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "Could it be that Liu Ye put the newly bought grain in the house? It must be, that cunning little fox!"
Wang Tieniu tiptoed out of the kitchen, gently closed the kitchen door, and climbed over the wall to get out, planning to come back when Liu Ye wasn't home during the day.
Liu Ye emerged from behind the woodpile with a dark expression. She never expected the thief to be Wang Tieniu. She was completely taken aback. "Hmph, he's just like Wang Dani. No good in the whole family!"
Back in her room, she lay in bed for a long time, unable to fall asleep, pondering Wang Tieniu's motives. Why did Wang Tieniu come to steal her? Didn't he want to pursue her and like her? So why did he come to harm her? Could it be that his liking for her was fake, and his real intention was to steal her?
It could be to avenge Wang Dani, or it could be that he has other schemes. As the old saying goes, a fox will eventually show its tail. He came home empty-handed tonight, so he must have guessed that she left all her things in the room. She will definitely come back to steal them again. Humph! Then she will create an opportunity for him. She will go out again tomorrow.
Willow Leaf drifted off to sleep in a daze and woke up the next day. She stretched comfortably, having slept late the night before. Oh right, she still had to go out today. She put on her clothes and slipped into her spatial dimension. She filled a bag with about 10 kilograms of rice and then slipped out of the dimension, placing the rice bag in the basement cabinet.
Okay, this 10 kilograms of rice is the bait. As the old saying goes, you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub!
After washing up and eating, she carried her basket and went to town again. No sooner had Liu Ye left than Wang Tieniu climbed over the wall and entered Liu Ye's room, successfully finding the rice he had put in the cupboard.
Wang Tieniu opened the rice bag and saw that it was full of white rice. He was so happy that he grinned mischievously and said, "You really bought rice."
He weighed the rice bag in his hand and estimated it to be about 10 jin (5 catties). 10 jin of rice was worth a lot of money, more than ten taels of silver. The hunter Bai couldn't possibly give her too much silver; this was the most he could give her. She definitely couldn't afford to buy more rice.
Wang Tieniu, carrying a bag of rice, returned home once again without anyone noticing and locked the bag in the cupboard.
Having arrived in town, Liu Ye went straight to the general store and spent one tael of silver to buy five animal traps and five bells. As for what she wanted to do with the bells, she hadn't thought about it yet; she just bought them first.
When she got home, she knew the thief had been there as soon as she reached the door. There was a trail of footprints leading from the door to the backyard, and they were the same person's footprints. Sure enough, they had come again.
Back inside, she quickly checked the grain in the cupboard and, sure enough, it had been taken. "Wang Tieniu, fine, this grandma will play with you!"
Liu Ye went to the kitchen to get a basket, grabbed a machete, locked the gate, and went up the mountain. Wang Tieniu, who had been hiding in the shadows and spying on Liu Ye, also came up the mountain furtively and followed Liu Ye at a distance.
Liu Ye lost her food and has no money to buy more. She must have gone up the mountain to dig for wild vegetables. But there are no wild vegetables on the mountain in winter, and it just snowed heavily. Humph, I'll wait until she's starved for three days before I make my move. By then, she'll be fighting over shit for me!
Liu Ye had already noticed someone following her and guessed that it must be Wang Tieniu. She found a tree root, squatted down, peeled away the snow to reveal the wild grass on the ground, and then squatted down to dig with a machete. She dug out the grass roots and threw them into her basket, deliberately talking to herself: "Sigh, Brother Bai, when are you coming back? All our grain has been stolen, and I've spent all our money. If you don't come back soon, I'll starve to death...!"
"well."
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