In the evening, the housekeeper came with the cook, two days' worth of food, and two taels of silver as a reward for them.
"The master said that you have worked hard on the journey, so you should have a good rest tonight and return to the village after resting tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
"Thank you for the reward, Master."
"My daughter, you brought a lot of things this time."
"Send someone to deliver the farm's supplies tomorrow as well."
"good."
The two of them understood each other tacitly that they would be able to work after the delivery. No, it should be said that only Zhao Xiaoyu would be able to work.
During the past two days of free time, Zhao Xiaoyu has been following her mother in preparing food and clothing for the winter.
There are many people in my family, so we have to stockpile hundreds of kilograms of each kind of winter vegetables. Fortunately, the servants and the head of the village will take care of it.
"Mom, Grandpa Qian loved the pickled radishes last year, so pickle more this year, and also some mustard greens that Dad loves."
"Well, how much cabbage should be pickled?"
"We can pickle about 100 kilograms of sauerkraut and 200 kilograms of kimchi. We can also grow fresh vegetables in the greenhouse. These are enough for us to eat."
"Well, tomorrow we'll buy some canned fruit, and some frozen fruit for when the weather gets cold."
"become."
Song said, Zhao Xiaoyu wrote, that here in the north, before winter comes, it is no different from animals storing food.
Be busy for half a year and work for half a year. The busy six months are also a preparation to avoid starving to death in the second half of the year.
Year after year, I am busy feeding myself and trying to make a living.
Three days later, Zhao Dashu took his daughter to collect all the river gourd sauce, and Xiao Lei also went to the Imperial Examination Hall to take the second exam.
But something happened at home that they had never expected.
The servants in the city house said that the neighbor next door dug through the wall to break into the house and steal things.
She knew that the people next door were not good people, but Zhao Xiaoyu didn't understand. Knowing that they had servants to look after the house, why could they still do such a stupid thing?
How is this any different from going out and telling people they are thieves and come and catch them? What is this family thinking?
Are you crazy?
"What's going on?"
The gatekeeper knelt before them and said, "Master, one day when we were cleaning the yard, we noticed something was wrong with the bricks on the wall. We touched them and found that they could actually move.
After removing all the movable bricks, I discovered that more than a dozen bricks had been pried open.
We went to the next door to ask them why they were prying the bricks, but they denied it and turned the tables, saying that the bricks on the wall were pried open by the guys in an attempt to steal from their house.
He also said he would report us to the police and have us all arrested and beheaded."
Zhao Xiaoyu covered his head and said, "The thief cries thief, that's what they do."
"Is there anything missing at home?"
"No, we checked carefully and nothing is missing from the house."
Forget it, I'm afraid they will be discovered before they have a chance to steal. Even if the crime is exposed, they still know how to put the blame on their servants. They are smart.
"How did you deal with it afterwards?"
"They made a scene and said we were trying to steal from their house. So today we hurried over to find our master. I swear, I didn't steal anything from them. Their family is innocent. Why would we go and steal from their house?"
Yes, their family is very poor, so I wouldn’t choose them as the one to steal from.
It was obvious that they were coveting his house. Fortunately, he sent someone to guard the house, otherwise he would not have known that his family had been emptied out.
This is the bad thing about houses in the capital city. There is only a wall between each household.
"Are they not making trouble today?"
"Yes, I didn't come here to make trouble before I left."
You see, he just feels guilty and doesn't dare to continue making trouble.
"Alright, you guys go back first. We'll go over and take a look tomorrow. If they want to make a scene, ignore them. If they want to report it to the police, that's fine."
Even if they didn't report it to the police, she would have wanted to do so. What kind of people are they? They actually wanted to undermine their family. How could they think of such a thing?
"Xiaoyu, is there something wrong at home?"
When Zhao Dashu came back from a stroll with his grandfather, his wife told him that something had happened to the house in the city.
"Nothing. The neighbors were trying to poach our family while we were away, and the security guard spotted them. He threatened to report them to the police and said one of our servants had pried the bricks away."
Zhao Dashu rarely met anyone more shameless than him. "Can't they be any more shameless? Just ask them what's so worthwhile about their family? They don't even look at how poor they are. The only house in their family that's worth a bit of money is that one, and I heard it was left by their ancestors."
"Yes," the old man had never seen anyone so shameless. "How can they confuse right and wrong? Dashu, this matter cannot be taken lightly. Otherwise, everyone will think we are soft persimmons. Maybe they will try to poach us in the future, thinking that we are easy to bully."
"The old man is right, my girl. Let's deal with this together tomorrow. We must teach them a lesson."
"Okay, let's go and take a look together tomorrow."
She also felt that she couldn't let that family off easily, as they were being too cocky.
"Xiaoyu, did we leave anything valuable over there?"
Song felt that if someone was missing her home, there must be something that they were missing. She couldn't remember what was left there.
"No, but what we think is worthless may be considered a good item by them. Mom, you know that their family is actually a bit poor."
With one person working to support the whole family and two more students, it's hard to imagine how well off they are. But no matter how poor you are, you can't be obsessed with other people's well-being.
In fact, the other party was not without anxiety. After discovering that a servant had gone out, the woman was worried all day and had no mind to do anything.
They are the ones who end up losing the rice while trying to steal the chicken.
It was really unlucky. They were very good at prying bricks, and ordinary people would never notice them. The two of them would pry a little from time to time, and in the past two months, they had only pried off a dozen bricks, but they were discovered by chance.
Is the Zhao family's servant a rat? He can get into anything.
They originally planned to pry it open first, and then sneak in during the winter to steal some things.
They felt upset and disappointed for a long time after they found out that the Zhao family had not left completely, thinking that they would not be able to get anything from the neighbors. However, after thinking and prying slowly, they unexpectedly found a method that worked and there was no trace left from the outside.
When the Zhao family's servants came to ask her yesterday, her heart skipped a beat. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and knew that if she turned the tables on them, they would be unable to do anything to her.
Especially when she threatened to report to the police, the three dogs were scared to death and dared not say a word.
The boss is right. If someone really comes to our door, we have to be tough even if we ignore them. We must never admit that they were the ones who pried open the wall.
Neighbors, it’s either them or the other party who does bad things, so it’s definitely right to persuade and push the blame to the other party.
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