528: Chapter 526: A Thief Enters?
528: Chapter 526: A Thief Enters?
Sun Shitou’s Wife hurriedly withdrew her hand and, seeing that everyone in the courtyard was looking at her, she forced a smile and said, “I haven’t been to grandfather’s place before, just wanted to have a look around…”
Old Granny Zhang paused with the bowl in her hand and directly said to Wang Yongzhen, “Eldest girl, things are pretty chaotic at ho now.
Shitou’s Wife is pregnant, and it’s inconvenient for her in many ways.
If she unintentionally offends soone, that would be terrible.
You’ve had your al, and it’s getting late, plus the road is long.
If we delay further, I’m afraid it will be dark soon.
All the empty rooms in our house are now occupied by the craftsn, so we won’t be able to keep you.
Go back!”
Isn’t it just about wanting to eat at?
The at has been eaten, so why haven’t you scramd?
Wang Yongzhen didn’t dare decide on her own; she looked first at Wang Laozhu, then at Old Lady Sun, feeling conflicted.
Upon hearing this, Old Lady Sun realized that the Wang Family was trying to send them away.
Anyway, they had their fill of food and drink; it would be good to go back earlier.
She snorted coldly, “Fine, we’ll leave!
But let say this upfront, everyone from our family ca here to help out today, three n and three won.
You can’t shortchange us even a penny of our wages!”
The other won who ca to help were astonished; they had never seen soone so shaless.
The Wang Family really had bad luck to have such relatives!
Old Granny Zhang slamd down her chopsticks.
Providing food and drink was already generous, and they still wanted money?
Wang Laozhu pulled her aside and said, “Old woman, just give it to them!
Let’s send this whole family off quickly.
If they stay here, who knows what kind of trouble they’ll cause tonight!”
This was spending money to avert disaster.
Hearing Wang Laozhu’s tone, as if he was rushing to send off a disaster, Wang Yongzhen’s expression darkened, and she shed tears.
At this mont, nobody cared about her.
Taking a deep breath, Old Granny Zhang knew that with a shrewish and unreasonable person like Old Lady Sun, there really was no arguing.
Before, when Zhuzhu was mistreated at the Sun Family, her sons had stord over and made a scene, even smashing their table, and had declared a break in relations.
But later, wasn’t it Wang Yongzhen who shalessly made up with them?
Seeing Old Lady Sun swallow such a big loss today and still endure, it seed that she wouldn’t leave without so money.
There’s a saying, the barefoot are not afraid of the shod!
Now, the Sun Family was barefoot while the Wang Family was shod.
The Sun Family could afford to be shaless, but the Wang Family needed to save face!
It was also the first ti for Wang Yongzhu to encounter such brazen people.
If she had no ties to the Wang Family, it would have been easy to handle.
But there was the complication of Wang Yongzhen in the middle.
Without giving any face at all, she feared others would say that the Wang Family was cold-hearted.
There are so people in the world who, no matter what the truth is, would only need to see the Wang Family actually sending away Wang Yongzhen and the Sun Family, and by tomorrow the whole village and the neighboring regions might be talking about how Old Granny Zhang, the stepmother, was terrible, dominating the Wang Family, and driving out the Wang Family’s eldest daughter.
But if she really paid, she wouldn’t feel good about it, as if she had swallowed a fly—simply disgusting.
However, at this mont, Wang Laozhu was right; they had to get the Sun Family out first before dealing with anything else.
Being a decisive person, once Wang Yongzhu had a clear thought, she imdiately said, “Okay, we’ll settle your wages now, but once they’re paid, you must leave.”
Saying so, she went inside to count out sixty Large Coins, then listed the Sun Family’s headcount in the ledger, noting an expenditure of sixty coins for wages.
She had the Sun Family mbers press their fingerprints to receive the money.
Old Lady Sun was eager to take the money, but when it ca to pressing her fingerprint, she declined, “Let Eldest Brother’s Wife do it.
I’m too old and clueless about these things.”
Wang Yongzhen, with a face turning purple, stepped forward and pressed her fingerprint, whispering, “Thank you, little sister!”
She had barely touched the money when Old Lady Sun snatched it from her, “I’ll look after the money!” Stuffing the coins into her bosom, she dragged Sun Shitou’s Wife towards the exit of the courtyard.
While walking, she continued to say, “Quickly call your dad and the others to co ho, The money’s been collected, why waste any more effort?”
Sun Shitou’s Wife still had so dissatisfaction, “Granny, is this all?
What about the first eting gift for when I first visited the Shitou’s?”
Nobody knew what Old Lady Sun murmured, but faintly, the word “at” could be heard, and suddenly Sun Shitou’s Wife fell silent.
Wang Yongzhen followed behind with her head down and also left the Wang Family Courtyard.
As soon as the three of them left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Lady Lin stepped forward in a few strides and shut the courtyard door, “Finally, they’re gone!”
Wang Laozhu went back to his room with a stern face, no longer in the mood to work on the furniture.
Old Granny Zhang also perked up, “Alright, the plague is finally sent off!
Let’s tidy up and get ready for dinner, see what’s missing and replenish it.”
The helping won quickly started to clean up, when suddenly one of them exclaid, “Where did the at in this basin go?
It was still here before lunch, could a thief have gotten in?”
Upon hearing this, everyone rushed over to look, at the doorway of the cooking room, the at that had been cut and left over from lunch, had been lightly salted and was intended to be eaten that evening, had now vanished without a trace, leaving only an empty basin.
“How could a thief get in when everyone’s here in this yard?
Perhaps a cat took it away?” suggested a woman.
With just these people in the courtyard, everyone understood each other’s integrity to so extent, unlikely to do such a shaful act over a piece of at.
Everyone started to speculate with all sorts of guesses.
“This is really strange, so many people in the courtyard and no outsiders coming and going, how could the at just disappear?”
“Exactly, if a wild cat had taken it, wouldn’t we have heard it ow?”
“Could it be that so child mischievously took it away?”
…
The comnts were diverse and nurous.
Wang Yongzhu furrowed her brow; she suddenly rembered the vague word “at” she had heard from Old Lady Sun earlier, could it have been her?
Once suspicion arose, many inconsistencies ca to mind.
Back then, Sun Shitou’s Wife was loitering around, trying to get inside the house, drawing everyone’s attention, indeed, no one was noticing what Old Lady Sun was doing at the ti?
Moreover, Old Lady Sun settled the wages and left so quickly, not even letting Sun Shitou’s Wife stay despite her talk of a first eting gift, but instead hurried her away…
All these clues put together, who else could it be but Old Lady Sun?
Old Granny Zhang suddenly slapped the table, “No need to guess anymore, I know who took it.”
“Who?” Everyone turned back to look at Old Granny Zhang.
“Who else but Old Lady Sun and Sun Shitou’s Wife, who else would be so shaless as to co into their relatives’ house and steal at!” Old Granny Zhang felt indignant and got up, intending to run outside.
“Such a large piece of at, we can’t let their family benefit for nothing, I have to chase it down and get it back!”
Wang Yongzhu hurriedly held Old Granny Zhang back, “Mom, let it go!
Given Old Lady Sun’s character, even if you catch up to her, they probably won’t admit it.
Besides, Shitou’s Wife is pregnant, can we really lay a hand on her?
If she clutches her belly and screams sothing’s wrong with the baby, we might even be wrongly accused of causing harm.”
Old Granny Zhang was not willing to give up, with the Sun Family shalessly taking the wages and on top of that, stealing such a large piece of at, their loss was great today.
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