, wonderful and free of pop-ups! The two of them worked together to cook the food in the cafeteria.
Nowadays, the front and back yards of the house are full of people, and cooking and other dishes are no longer served on plates.
All are contained in pots.
In the morning and at night, I eat porridge, accompanied by steamed buns and cakes.
At noon, we have dry rice and three pots of vegetables, one meat and two vegetables, so that everyone is satisfied.
By the time lunch was almost done, Sun and the others came back.
The team members who went to make porridge were Sunshi, Dasunshi, Guihua and Dayun.
"Hey, Qing'er and Tangyazi have already cooked lunch? You can smell the fragrance as soon as you enter the courtyard gate."
Da Sun said happily.
Mrs. Sun entered the kitchen, looked at the two people on the pot and under the stove, and smiled happily.
"Tangyaozi, just rest, I'll stop the fire."
Luo Fengtang said: "I'm almost ready. Third Aunt, you go and have a rest."
Soon, lunch was put on the table.
Yang Ruoqing asked Sun, "Why haven't my father and grandpa come home yet?"
Mrs. Sun said: "Yes, your father sent a boat to our house earlier and said they would be here soon. Why haven't they come back yet?"
Yang Ruoqing took off her apron and said, "I'll go into the village to look for him."
Luo Fengtang came over and said, "Qing'er, you can arrange the dinner first. I'll go and see what's going on."
Yang Ruoqing nodded: "Be careful on the road."
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After Luo Fengtang left, Yang Ruoqing said to Sun, "I've already warmed their food there. Let's gather the women, children and the elderly at home for dinner first. I'm afraid everyone is hungry."
Sun nodded: "Okay, let's get ready."
The women, children and elderly people at home were full, but Yang Huazhong and the others still did not come back.
Not only did they not come back, even Luo Fengtang, who went out to look for them, didn't come back either.
"It's strange that you haven't come back even after dinner. Did something happen?" Yang Ruoqing murmured.
Just as he was about to go out to look for her, the voices of men finally came from the front yard.
Chaotic footsteps came towards the backyard.
"Come back, come back!" Yang Ruoqing said.
Sun said: "Then I will bring their food!"
Mrs. Sun went to serve the food, and Yang Ruoqing quickly pulled out the stools for them.
When I looked up, I saw a few of them entering the dining hall, all of them looking unhappy.
"How can there be such a person? It's such a disgrace to our village!"
Old Yangtou said angrily, and the old man sat down with his hands behind his back.
I sat down, still mumbling dissatisfiedly.
Old Suntou said: "Maybe it's not from Changping Village. The villages next door also suffered floods. Maybe it was done by people from other villages..."
Old Yangtou said: "Wang Hong's family has two rooms and so many boxes and cabinets."
"The thief didn't bother to dig through it, so he rummaged through Mei'er's box."
"This means that he is an acquaintance, knows everything about her, knows that our old Yang family loves their daughter, and there is something in Mei'er's box!"
After hearing what Old Yangtou said, Old Suntou fell silent.
Next to them, Yang Huazhong, Yang Huaming and Chang Geng also looked solemn.
Yang Ruoqing pulled Luo Fengtang aside, "What's going on?"
Luo Fengtang also frowned.
"Some people took advantage of the fire and robbed many houses in the village. Your aunt didn't have the more than ten taels of silver at the bottom of the box, and they all were emptied..."
"What?"
Yang Ruoqing frowned.
"This kind of thing is expected!" she said.
Human nature is what it is.
In the face of a great disaster, some people work together to tide over the difficulties.
Some are generous, donating clothes and food.
Some take advantage of the fire and fish in troubled waters.
The good and evil sides of human nature are both vividly displayed.
"Have you been to the scene to see it? Did the thief leave any traces?" She then asked again.
Luo Fengtang shook his head.
He arrived late, and even if there were any clues, they would have been wiped out by Lao Yangtou and the others who arrived earlier.
At this time, Mrs. Sun brought the food over, and Luo Fengtang hurried over to help take the things from Mrs. Sun's hand and put them on the table.
The men were eating and drinking, and at the dinner table, they were still discussing the matter.
Old Yangtou saw Yang Ruoqing, who was helping to serve the rice, and asked her, "Qing'er, you are very smart. What do you think of this? Who do you think is most likely to have done it?"
Yang Ruoqing was startled.
He glanced at everyone on the table and curled his lips.
When did she become a think tank in everyone's eyes?
"I haven't seen the theft scene in person, so I can't draw a conclusion," she said.
"However, after hearing what everyone said earlier, this thief is probably from our village."
"I can't tell who it is specifically."
Old Yang thought for a while and said: "I have a way to find out who is the black sheep!"
"What can I do, dear relatives?" Lao Suntou came over and asked.
Old Yangtou said: "The villagers in our village now live in two places."
"One is the big courtyard of Lao San's house."
"There is another place, which is the Earth Temple at the south end of the village."
"The people in our compound will definitely not do that kind of thing. I can vouch for that."
"Let's go to the south end of the village and search everyone one by one to see who is carrying the stolen goods. Don't we know who the thief is?"
"What do you think of this idea?" he asked.
The expressions and reactions of those at the table varied.
Yang Huaan was the first to express his opinion: "I agree with what Dad said, we should search the Tutu Temple."
"The thief is definitely hiding in the crowd, and the stolen goods must be in his hands!"
Yang Huazhong hesitated and said, "Dad, isn't this bad?"
"Even if the government searches our homes, they still have to get a search warrant from the government."
"We have no proof. If we go over and search people's homes, we will offend a bunch of people." Yang Huazhong said.
Yang Hua'an said: "Lao San, why are you giving up at this critical moment?"
"Think about it, our Mei'er has had ten taels of silver stolen!"
"How many good things can ten taels of silver buy? Do you know how to settle accounts?" Yang Hua'an asked repeatedly.
Yang Huazhong frowned.
"I still say the same thing. Even if we know that the thief is among the crowd, we can't rush to search him like this."
"Firstly, the honest villagers have been wronged. Secondly, brother, can you guarantee that the thief will take the dirt with him?"
"What if he hides somewhere else? What will you do then?" Yang Huazhong asked.
Yang Huaan was stunned by the question and blushed.
"What else do you have to explain? If it weren't for your family's help, they would all be starving to death!" Yang Hua'an said.
"What do you, the third child, want to do? Who among them dares to say no? Whoever dares to refuse to be searched will not be given porridge and steamed buns tomorrow..."
"Brother!"
"Uncle!"
"Boss!"
Yang Huazhong, Yang Ruoqing, and Lao Yangtou almost shouted out Yang Huaan in unison.
Then, Yang Ruoqing rushed to Yang Huazhong and said, "Uncle, please think through it first before speaking next time."
