The growth of the eldest daughter-in-law of the farm gate

Chapter 134 The Storm ([-])

"Aunt Plum Blossom, how is this batch of soap divided?" Zhao Yunlan asked when everyone was quiet.

"Hey, the lard for this batch of soap was made by the six of them," Liu Meihua pointed to the six of them, and continued: "The ashes are made by us."

Zhao Yunlan nodded, "Then who is responsible for the plant ash in this bucket now?"

Liu Meihua: "The ones in this bucket were made the day before yesterday. I, Caixia and Fengying fired and precipitated them together. Because there was not much ash left that day, I only arranged for three people to work in that room. It was made by the three of us, and there are scratches I carved with stones on it."

Zhao Yunlan pondered for a few seconds, and then asked, "Ding Fengying made plant ash these two times?"

As soon as this question came out, these old aunts and sister-in-laws exploded.

Liu Meihua stood up and said, "Fengying is not that kind of person. She finally managed to earn extra wages for the family. It is impossible for her to do these things."

But Zhang Lan said: "Who knows if she is playing tricks for money from other places!"

Zhao Caixia also said affirmatively: "Fengying works the most and is the most diligent on weekdays, and she is also honest, so she wouldn't do such a thing!"

Gong Xiaoyan said quietly from behind: "Knowing people, knowing the face, not knowing the heart."

Zhao Yunlan saw that everyone was talking to each other, but she didn't have a clue.Thinking of Ding Fengying, I have met him before. She has been married to Lijia Village for six years, and she has always looked like a good old man.It was because Ding Fengying's family was really poor, so when Ding Fengying came to apply for a job, Zhao Yunlan agreed on the spot.

Ding Fengying's father-in-law is called Li Bao. Because he is the only child in the family, he has been loved since he was a child. Li's father and Li mother worked hard to earn Li Bao's family property, so that Li Bao lived carefree until he was a teenager. Ding Fengying's natal family also took a fancy to Li Bao's family's financial conditions at the beginning.Only two years after marrying, Li Bao's parents both passed away due to overwork.

Seeing the family's savings dwindling, and his wife and daughter also living a hard life, Li Bao had to bear the burden of the family, so he went out to do odd jobs.

But when he was working as a helper, Li Bao accidentally injured his leg by a falling stone from a high place. Ding Fengying spent all her family's savings in order to treat Li Bao's injury, but Li Bao's leg injury still caused sequelae. It hurts badly when it rains, so I have to prepare medicine at home at any time.

Later, the second child of the family was born. Because Ding Fengying did not take care of her when she was pregnant, the second child was born prematurely. The second child was weak and sick from birth, and he had to drink medicine to maintain his health. Life became more and more difficult, and for a time it was hard to get rid of the pot, and Li Bao also sold the first-class land cultivated by his parents twice.Fortunately, Zhao Yunlan opened a soap shop later, and Li Bao was able to make sweet potato flour at home on weekdays and sell it in Zhao Yunlan's shop. Only then did the family start to have a way of life.

"Everyone, don't say anything about this matter, and don't speak out until there is no evidence to make a conclusion." Zhao Yunlan ordered, turned around and took Cui Nanny out of the room, and whispered in Cui Nanny's ear: Send someone to visit Li Bao's house, and let Li Zhongyou send two young men to watch the night here."

Nanny Cui replied with a serious expression: "Yes, servant girl, let's go now!"

Zhao Yunlan turned around and entered the room again: "All aunts and sisters-in-law, let's go home first today!"

Liu Meihua wanted to say something more, but Zhao Yunlan shook her head and didn't want to listen any more.

After everyone had left, Li Mingmei stepped forward and said, "Sister-in-law, do you think Ding Fengying did it?"

Zhao Yunlan shook her head: "I don't know, let's go back first, take this batch of soap home first."

"Then what should Uncle Wu do?" Li Mingmei asked worriedly.

Zhao Yunlan: "I won't give away the peach blossom soap this time. I saved a lot of wintersweet soap last winter, so let's take some out, and send the rest with ordinary soap."

Li Mingmei: "That's the only way!"

"Let's go, let's go back first." Zhao Yunlan pulled Li Mingmei back to Li's house together.

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After waiting for an entire afternoon, Li Mingren finally saw Zhao Yunlan come back, just as he was about to step forward to ask, Mrs. Wang said from behind: "Yunlan, is there something wrong with the workshop?"

Zhao Yunlan is not the kind of character to take things on her own, so she calmly said: "Those soaps have been tampered with, and this batch of soaps has not been formed."

Li Mingren worried: "Have you found the reason?"

Zhao Yunlan shook her head.

Li Mingmei was depressed, and whenever she saw Wang, she went up to nest beside Wang.

Seeing Li Mingmei's appearance, Wang didn't make a sound to comfort her, but just gently stroked Li Mingmei's back.

Nanny Cui has already handed over this matter to Li Zhongyou, and this is also a test for Li Zhongyou by Zhao Yunlan.

Li Zhongyou sent Xia Qu to quietly go to Li Bao's house to check the situation. At this time, Ding Fengying was helping Li Erniu to boil medicine at Li Bao's house.

"Brother Bao, I've boiled the medicine in the pot. Watch out for the heat. I have to go to work tomorrow. I'll go pick up some firewood and prepare it for you. Qingming is coming soon, and it's going to rain for a few days." .” Ding Fengying said in detail.

Li Bao looked at the woman's hands that became rougher and rougher because of supporting the house, and felt a little sour in his heart. The only response to Ding Fengying was: "Go early and come back early, don't pick up too much if you can't carry it on your back."

"Yeah, I'm going out first, remember to watch the fire!" Ding Fengying went to the mountain, and Xia Qu visited Li Bao's house and found nothing unusual, so he followed Ding Fengying's footsteps and went to the mountain.

On Li Zhongyou's side, he took Qiushou Qiujing and Dongzang to the hilltop workshop to check again. After looking through it carefully, he found another bag of unknown things.In the evening, autumn harvest and Dongzang are arranged to watch over the workshop.

Li Zhongyou went to the town with a bag of things, found a pharmacy to inquire, and found that there were some cooked Chinese herbal medicines and some soil in it.Then hired a few small beggars in the town to find out who the workers in the workshop have seen recently.It was close to Haishi after a busy trip, Li Zhongyou drove the carriage to Liji Hot and Sour Rice Noodles, and stayed with Liu Yang for one night.

On the second day, just after noon, the little beggars came to the hot and sour noodle shop to report to Li Zhongyou what they had heard. Among them, there was a man named Yang Sanyuan who made Li Zhongyou suspicious, so Li Zhongyou sent a little beggar to follow Yang Sanyuan for a few days.After the arrangements were made in the town, Li Zhongyou drove the carriage back to Lijiacun.

In Lijia Village, everyone came to work early today, and Zhao Yunlan also came to the workshop to take care of her early in the morning, but Zhao Yunlan saw that everyone was absent-minded, except of course Ding Fengying.

Zhao Yunlan also thought that Tomb Sweeping Day would be tomorrow, so she told everyone to go back and rest for a few days, and then come back to work after Tomb Sweeping Day.

Ding Fengying also noticed everyone's abnormality, and felt inexplicably worried, and when she turned around and went out, she bumped into the door rail.

Seeing this, several women who doubted Ding Fengying couldn't help but become more suspicious. They quickly distanced themselves from Ding Fengying and walked home.

After Li Zhongyou came back, he told Zhao Yunlan what he had found out, and Zhao Yunlan sighed in his heart that the beggar's work efficiency was quite high.

Xia went there and found nothing unusual about Ding Fengying's house.

(End of this chapter)