While Cheng Wanwan and the two sisters were counting the gifts, Zhao Ergou and Cao Yingying had already finished serving tea.
The elders of Lao Zhao's family have all prepared Feng Hong, more or less, that's what it means. Cao Yingying also prepared gifts for the elders, younger brothers and sisters.
The elders have nothing more than clothes and shoes, while the younger brothers and sisters have nothing more than wallets filled with scraps of silver.
Mrs. Sun held the shoes in her hands and couldn't put them down. They had thousand-layer soles, silk uppers, and blooming camellias. They were standard embroidered shoes. She had never worn such delicate shoes.
"Daughter-in-law, these shoes are so beautiful." Mrs. Sun took Cao Yingying's hand and was very affectionate. "After you marry to Dahe Village, will you take care of the mulberry garden there?"
Cao Yingying responded obediently: "There are too few mulberry leaves in the spring and we don't have many silkworms to raise. Just have Kong Xiu Niang over there. I will officially take over after a while."
"Let Donghua go over and help you then..." Mrs. Sun said shamelessly, "We are all a family. With Donghua helping you, it will save you some trouble..."
"Third daughter-in-law!" Old Mrs. Zhao's forehead was throbbing with veins, "I think your life has been going too smoothly recently, and you think about something every day..."
Mrs. Sun lowered her head with a guilty conscience: "Aren't I trying to find a way out for my child? Donghua, you can tell yourself whether you want to help in the mulberry garden."
"I don't want to go." Donghua shook her head directly, "It's better to follow Brother Erwang and learn how to read."
After she finished speaking, she ran away.
Mrs. Sun's mouth twitched in anger, this girl was slacking off in the name of knowing how to read every day, she was really doing too little.
"Grandpa, grandma, second uncle, second aunt, third uncle and third aunt, Yingying and I will go over first."
Zhao Ergou said hello and took Cao Yingying out of the old house.
As soon as they went out, they saw Qiu Hua and Dong Hua sitting on the stone bench in the yard. They poured out the money from their wallets. When they saw it was broken silver, the two girls' eyes began to shine.
"It's silver!" Donghua licked her lips, "You can buy a lot of delicious food."
Qiuhua put the silver back and said, "I'll give it to my mother."
"Third sister, are you stupid?" Donghua grabbed her wrist, "The money is in your own hands. You can buy whatever you want. If you give it to your mother, you will lose everything. With so much money, how can we think of something else?" Making money."
Qiu Hua paused: "How to make money."
"Come here and I'll tell you."
The two girls hid in the corner and planned.
Cao Yingying laughed: "Although Donghua is a bit greedy, she is actually quite smart."
Zhao Ergou felt the same way: "She has her own ideas, but sometimes she gets a little annoyed reaching out to ask for food."
The two of them talked slowly and walked back. The scenery of Dahe Village in the early morning was beautiful, with glowing lights everywhere, birds flying across the sky, and everything growing in the farmland.
"I like it here very much." Cao Yingying breathed the fresh air, "I am really lucky..."
Zhao Ergou couldn't help but hugged her waist. He glanced around with his peripheral vision and saw that no one was passing by, so he quickly kissed her on the forehead.
Cao Yingying's face was so red that she almost bled. She quickly walked forward, leaving her husband far behind.
As soon as the two entered the courtyard, they felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the courtyard.
Cheng Wanwan was sitting in the main room, Cheng Yuanyuan was counting the gifts at the side, the three Wei family siblings were standing beside him uneasily, San Niu and Si Dan also had solemn expressions on their faces.
"What happened?" Zhao Ergou walked in, "Mom, is there something wrong with the gift?"
Cheng Wanwan raised her eyes and said quietly: "Yingying, go check your dowry to see if there is anything missing."
The warehouse here is full of Cheng Wanwan's things, as well as the gifts received for yesterday's wedding. Cao Yingying's dowry is not as large as expected. Four boxes and cages are placed in the new house.
Knowing what might have happened, she immediately went into the new house to check, and walked out after a while: "Everyone is here, nothing is missing."
"There is no shortage of congratulatory gifts." Cheng Wanwan's voice slowly revealed a coldness, "What is missing is the hundred taels of gold rewarded by the imperial court."
She was promoted from the ninth rank to the seventh rank, and the court rewarded her with a hundred taels of gold. This was something everyone in Dahe Village knew.
"Our house was robbed?" Zhao Ergou couldn't believe it. "There are big black and small black dots. There is absolutely no way anyone can approach the warehouse. How could such a thing happen?"
Zhao Sidan stuck out his tongue: "Yesterday I fed the three of them tendons. My sister-in-law said that rice wine was added to this dish, and the three guys were drunk all night."
Zhao Dashan frowned: "This person is very courageous if he dares to take action in Dahe Village. I will go to Uncle Wang to arrange for someone from the patrol team to investigate..."
"I'm afraid it's difficult to investigate." Zhao Sanniu sighed, "There was good wine and good food at the wedding banquet, and most of the people were drunk, so there was no way to investigate."
"Auntie, I have something to say." Wei Xiaohai walked out, "In the middle of the night, I came out urgently and saw a black figure running out of the house with a bundle in his arms. I shouted, but he ignored me and opened the courtyard door. He's gone, that figure looks a bit like an uncle."
Cheng Yuanyuan's body trembled.
Ever since she learned that one hundred taels of gold was missing, she had a vague guess in her mind, but she never dared to think about it.
"It must be my dad!" Liu Daya clenched her fists, "One tael of silver disappeared from Grandma's house last year, and it was stolen by my dad."
Liu Erya gritted his teeth: "My father is very lazy. He sleeps until the sun comes up every day. He suddenly left in the middle of the night. He must have done something wrong."
"Second aunt, please report to the official." Sanmao said slowly, "One hundred taels of gold, this is not a small amount."
Cheng Wanwan curled his lips.
Yesterday, she deliberately placed a hundred taels of gold in the most conspicuous place in the warehouse. You can see it as soon as you come in. The main reason is that the gold has an official seal. Only gold and silver rewarded by the imperial court will have a seal. Such silver is rarely found in the warehouse. It was circulating in the market hundreds of miles away from the capital. It was too easy for her to retrieve it. Moreover, the amount of stolen official silver was so huge that it was punishable by death. She would make Liu Kui shed his skin even if he did not die.
She looked at Cheng Yuanyuan: "Sister, what do you think we should do about this matter?"
How to deal with Liu Kui ultimately depends on the eldest sister's wishes. After all, the two have been married for more than 20 years, and she is afraid that if she interferes too much, she will become a villain.
Cheng Yuanyuan raised her head, with firmness and determination in her eyes that were always weak: "He likes to steal the most. Every household in Liujia Village has been touched by him, and he will take away the dried fish that others dry at the door. But he His surname is Liu. He is his uncle in Liujia Village, and the clan leader is his grandfather. All the things he committed were punished by Li Zheng and the clan leader. He could just steal in Liujia Village, but now he actually reaches out to Dahe Village. , and he still put it on my sister’s head! Sanmao is right, report it to the official, you must report it to the official, and the county magistrate will deal with it as he says, he deserves it!"
Cheng Wanwan breathed a sigh of relief, it would be nice if they could just kill off the relationship, which means that the love between husband and wife has almost been exhausted.
But before reporting to the official, the marriage relationship between the two should be ended first.
She stood up and said: "The county magistrate is very busy. Before reporting to the official, he will go to Liujia Village to look for evidence. Sanniu, please ask four men from the patrol team to go with us."
