Sure enough, it was exactly the same as Chen Xuejiao guessed, when Chen Xuemiao and the merchant had a private meeting, they were not one climbing on a tree, the other standing on the ground. Instead, in the dead of night, the lights were turned off in each room, Chen Xuemiao handed over the code, and the merchant climbed the tree and jumped into the yard along the wall, and the two of them had a private meeting in the hidden place behind the vegetable garden.

Before, he was not so bold, most of them were merchants carrying burdens and pretending to sell goods, staying at the door of Chen's house for a few hours, Chen Xuemiao went to his stall to pick up gouache and head oil, and laughed a few words when no one was around. The most is that two people take advantage of people's inattention, one holds a purse, the other holds the fat powder, hands each other in their hands, and the hands are placed under the burden and do not let go.

Later, the two of them had a private meeting in the courtyard of the Chen family at night.

At the beginning, Chen Xuemiao was worried that her father would find out, and if she didn't kill her, she would have to be broken off. Chen Zichang is a careless person, in his heart, the adopted daughter is used to exchange for silver to enjoy happiness, and it has nothing to do with him whether the two sisters, Xue Yao and Xue Miao, are dead or alive. Zhao is a loving mother, she is always interested in Xue Miao's affairs, and she hopes that she will marry a good mother-in-law, but these days, she has lost face in front of her mother-in-law, and she is still a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, working under her mother-in-law's nose day by day, and she is tired and breathless, where can she take care of her daughter.

Chen Xuemiao came out of the room in the middle of the night, and a vigilant person like the Zhao family should be able to find out, but the old lady Chen heard that the Zhao family also needed someone to serve her at night in Xuzhou Mansion, so she made a note of Zhao in her heart, made a new trick, fully put up her mother-in-law's money, and sent the old man Chen to sleep with Chen Zichang. Zhao slept on the floor in her house at night and served her anytime and anywhere. Mrs. Chen's elderly people inevitably get up a lot at night. The Zhao family waited for a few days in a row, and then he was tired and fell apart, and he had no time to take care of Xue Miao.

Chen Zichang is not at home, the Zhao family is busy again, Mrs. Chen patronizes the Zhao family, Chen Qilin is bored in the house and can't read, Chen Xuemiao has never been so comfortable now. You don't have to learn the rules like in Xuzhou Mansion. You don't have to be taken to Ding's Mansion by your sister to make friends with a rich girl, and you don't have to listen to Zhao's nagging every day about marrying into a wealthy family. Zhao didn't know how long it would take to go back to Xuzhou Mansion, and he consciously owed Xue Miao. There was never a shortage of money for her, except for the hairpin ring clothes and silver that were looted by Mrs. Chen, and the rest of the bits and pieces were given to her. Chen Xuemiao doesn't have to do farm work and housework, and second, she doesn't need to embroider and tailor. Only the brightness and cleanliness of the daily dress. Just walk around the yard.

Chen Xuemiao waited under the bean rack for a long time, a hairpin was about to be bent, and the merchant had not yet come in. I wanted to shout out loud, but I was afraid of waking up others.

"Cui'er, come here." Chen Xuemiao beckoned to Cui'er, who was standing at the root of the north wall, Cui'er looked left and right, and ran to Xue Miao with broken steps and lowered her head, "You go outside and see what's going on." Why is Brother San Lang not at such a time. ”

Cui'er's face turned cold and white in the moonlight, and she shivered with fear.

"Are you going or not going?" Chen Xuemiao did not see the merchant at the appointed time. felt like a cat scratching, standing restlessly, seeing Cui'er so timid, he was angry, and stomped his feet to force Cui'er to go outside the gate.

Cui'er had to go outside.

This side, under the leadership of Chen Qi'an, Chen Xuejiao, Big Egg, Second Egg, Third Egg, and Qi Ping caught the merchant, and the merchant struggled lifelessly at the beginning, although he had great strength, he was no match for the many people, and he was subdued in three and two strokes. When the merchant saw that he couldn't break free, he shouted cruelly: "Do you know who was arrested? Uncle, I will stand at the entrance of the yamen, who dares to step forward, just rely on a few of you little hairy children, and you still want to fight with me. ”

Seeing him like this, Chen Xuejiao sneered: "I didn't know that you had such a great ability, let me ask you, what are you doing climbing the wall of my house at night, do you want to steal chickens or touch sheep." ”

When the big eggs heard the merchant's cruel words before, they couldn't help but be timid in their hearts, and they were pressed more firmly by Xue Jiao's words.

The merchant saw that the children were not so easy to coax, so he began to plead softly.

Chen Xuejiao ignored him, and escorted him into the courtyard, and Chen Xuewa ran to the upper room first to wake up Old Man Chen.

Cui'er saw Chen Xuejiao pressing a few people into the courtyard, although her face was covered, but looking at the clothes on her body, it was not Xue Miao and other merchants, her chest burst out, and she covered her mouth and pressed the screams into her throat.

The merchant found Cui'er, and just wanted to shout for help, but was gagged by Qi An, Cui'er covered her mouth, turned around and was about to run.

"Cui'er, you stop." Chen Xuejiao snorted.

When the stone heard the movement, he walked out of the north wing first, and saw that his little master was holding a man in black, so he knew that there was a situation, and hurriedly stepped forward to help hold it down.

The courtyard was lively, except for the old lady Chen and the old man Chen in the upper room, who had fallen asleep, the lights in the other rooms had just been turned off, and when they heard Xuewa shouting "catch the thief", they lit the lamp and walked out.

"Ouch, it's not a real thief. My mother said every day that I stole eggs, I said that it was a thief who stole them, and she still didn't believe that I was scolded to death, look, this is not a thief is a ghost? Zhang was shocked.

"What the hell is going on?" Li rushed over, asked Xue Jiao with his eyes, followed by Xue Ru and Jinghao, and saw a kid lying on the ground, so he asked Xue Ru and Jing Hao to go back to the house.

Chen Xuejiao just wanted to answer her mother's words, but was interrupted by Qi Lin, who rushed from the upper room: "Grandpa and grandma said that the thief was escorted to the upper room for questioning." ”

The group escorted the merchant to the upper room.

When he arrived at the door of the upper room, the thief bit the big egg, the big egg let go of his hand in pain, and the merchant took the opportunity to run, but was caught by the stone and Chen Zifu.

The upper room was brightly lit, and Mrs. Chen and Mr. Chen were sitting on the bed in their clothes, each holding a cup of hot tea in their hands.

"What's going on?" Old Man Chen took a sip of tea and asked out loud.

For so many years, the Chen family has never been stolen, and suddenly heard that there was a thief, and the old man Chen intuitively felt that the children were wrong.

After all, in Maoshan Village, there are often some people who ask for food and escape from famine, especially in autumn, almost every few days. No matter who goes to someone's door, these people who want to eat can ask for a few steamed buns and a few bowls of rice. Usually, the Chen family encounters a lot of such people, and even the old lady Chen, who has always been lonely and widowed, will take out steamed buns and vegetables, in the simple concept of the countrymen. Helping the poor will be a blessing, and the next life will be blessed.

"Master, I read every day until the night, and in the past two days, I often hear that someone has climbed over the wall in the north of the vegetable garden. Chen Qi'an was concise and to the point.

"This man was climbing up the wall along the tree and was caught by a few of us." Chen Xuejiao added.

Old Man Chen frowned slightly. Those who are fleeing the famine or in a hurry will find a sheltered wall to rest at night. But this person actually climbed the wall along the tree, which is really strange.

"You look up." Old Man Chen's voice was unfazed.

The merchant initially tucked his head tightly into his clothes. Hearing Old Man Chen's voice, he shuddered, and raised his head with a twist.

It was outside, and it was too dark in the yard. The Li family, the Cai family, the Zhang family and others did not see the true face of the thief clearly. When I saw it clearly under the light, I couldn't help but be surprised.

"Oh, what's the matter, isn't this not a merchant who sells all day long?" Zhang's was the first to laugh up, and as he spoke, he pushed the merchant forward, "The incense powder I bought from you last time, you also spared an extra box of hair oil, I only treat you as a good one." Why did you steal something from our house? ”

Li and Cai glanced at each other, shook their heads and sighed.

The people in the house are no strangers to the merchants. Since the beginning of the year, he has appeared in Maoshan Village to sell rouge head oil, and the eldest girls and little daughters-in-law in the whole village like to patronize his business.

"Mother, I always said that you wronged me for stealing your eggs, and now I can be regarded as clearing my innocence." Zhang sold a stall to Mrs. Chen with open hands.

"You don't speak, no one treats you as a dumb person." Old Lady Chen rolled her eyes at Zhang.

"What the hell is going on? Merchant, let me ask you, did my grandsons drag you off the wall? "Old Man Chen didn't believe that the merchant who had always wandered around the village was a thief, and he couldn't do this business.

The merchant sat on the ground, his face flushed, and he couldn't make a sound.

"Master, it was me and Brother Qi An who dragged him down." The big egg opened his mouth on his behalf, and the wrist that was bitten by the merchant was hot and painful.

Old Man Chen glanced at the merchant: "You climbed the wall of my house to get something." ”

Old man Chen is a kind person, he didn't say stealing, only taking it.

When the merchant saw so many people looking at him, he stiffened his neck and choked: "Who rarely steals your family's things!" ”

The merchant's attitude did not annoy Old Man Chen, but annoyed Old Mrs. Chen: "You are not rare in my house, what are you doing sneaking over the wall into my house?" ”

As soon as Mrs. Chen spoke, the merchant stopped talking.

"You should talk about it, ah, don't you say yes, okay, Zifu, you go and call the village leader." Old Mrs. Chen beckoned to Chen Zifu.

"What are you doing with the village? This little thing is still looking for someone. Old Man Chen stared at the merchant and thought for a while, he hadn't lost anything at home recently, and looking at the merchant's appearance, it seemed that there was something unspeakable, not like a thief, who didn't dare to spread it until the matter was decided.

There was silence in the room.

"This little brother looks like he is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he is so good, I don't think we are stealing things in our house, but like" Zhao, who had been silent, suddenly sneered, looked at Mrs. Chen, and swept his gaze at Li, "The eldest sister-in-law's house is from the vegetable garden, and now Jinghao and Xue Ru are old, Xue Ru has just been engaged, and this little brother turned over from the north wall and spread out, how good is this." ”

Zhao had a look of good play.

"What do you say? You're, look at me I don't tear your mouth. Li turned around, clenched his fists, and bared his teeth at Zhao.

This Zhao family, whose heart is like a snake and scorpion, has been tortured to this situation by Mrs. Chen, and still likes to stir up storms. She said this for nothing more than two purposes, one is to disgust the big house, Xue Ru has set a good kiss so that she can't swallow this breath, and the other is to please Mrs. Chen, as long as she waits for the big house, Mrs. Chen will be happy.

"Second aunt's words are unfounded, don't forget that you still have a Xue Miao, you always want to hurt others, you see which time you didn't hurt yourself." Chen Xuejiao said viciously.

As soon as the words fell, I saw the curtain of the door be lifted, and a silver-red figure floated in.

"Brother San Lang!" (To be continued......)