When he walked to the gate, he turned his head to Da Niu and said, "Brother Da Niu, the people in the yard should wait well, and when Uncle Niu comes back, everything will be clear, do you know?" ”

Da Niu hurriedly took a few steps forward and asked, "Is it really him?" I can't see it. ”

Nie Shuyao looked at Da Niu with blazing eyes, it seemed that he had already thought of something.

"Brother Big Niu, do you know how long does it take for a pig to give birth to a baby piglet?" She smiled.

Da Niu scratched his head honestly, and his black and red face was full of doubts, "This, how can I know this old man." ”

"Flutter!" Nie Shuyao's sister and brother laughed.

Nie Tianxi said: "How old is Brother Da Niu, and he is still a big man!" My sister is saying that you should go over and ask Lao Lu Tou, so that everyone knows this time, combined with when the pig was found last time, and then bend your fingers to calculate the ....... ”

"Oh, oh! I'll go. ”

Da Niu wanted to run over and ask immediately, but Nie Shuyao grabbed him and said, "Don't worry, let's go back first, don't let the two of them go before Uncle Niu comes, understand?" ”

Da Niu nodded vigorously, and he did everything Shuyao commanded, which was a habit he had developed since childhood.

When they said this, their voices were not small, and several people in the courtyard also frowned and thought about it. Aunt Niu was already talking about the last time she lost the pig, and the old Lu Tou also interjected a few words from time to time.

That day, Lao Lu Tou was originally contacting the seller of his fat pig, but he heard that someone had lost a pig on the way, and he was afraid that his pig would run away, so he wanted to go back and have a look. I didn't expect to go back and see that there were two pigs in his pigsty, so I drove out the pigs that were not my own, and when I met Uncle Niu, I realized that this was his pig.

"Yes, it's such a coincidence, thanks to old Lu Tou. In this way, the two of us got to know each other, and the pig began to fatten up under the guidance of Lao Lutou. Aunt Niu explained.

Hearing this, Nie Shuyao pulled Nie Tianxi to turn around and leave, and the door of the Niu family was also closed.

The siblings walked back down the bluestone alley and pushed open the door of their house, and what they saw was Nie asleep on a chaise longue. The half-ringing sun was shining on her, just in time for sleep.

Nie Shuyao looked at the sky, it was still early to make lunch, so he walked to the dustpan where the medicine was drying and picked up the poison-weed mixed in it.

This medicine is Chuanbei, which is most susceptible to wind and cold at the turn of spring and winter, and this is a standing medicine in their pharmacy. But Nie's is mixed with a grass fritillary that is easily confused with Chuanbei, and it looks not much different from Chuanbei.

It is a very poisonous thing, and if it is mixed with Chuanbeili and given to the patient, it will not only not cure the disease, but may also kill people. For this reason, the two siblings chose very carefully with their eyes wide open.

It's just that their stepmother is very fond of this kind of game, if it weren't for the solid pharmacological knowledge of the two siblings and the fact that they couldn't learn the means of identifying counterfeit drugs from the old shopkeeper of the pharmacy, their family might have been reunited in the yamen prison.

Thinking of this, Nie Shuyao looked at Nie Shi, who was sleeping peacefully, and sighed: "Who the hell is this, looking at her method of mixing all kinds of poisons and medicines in medicinal materials, she is really a woman who doesn't take human life seriously." ”

Although I can learn a lot of useful things from her, it hurts my sister and brother. She's okay, she's over thirteen, but Tianxi is still an eleven-year-old child.

She touched the small bag on Nie Tianxi's head, and said softly: "It's not biological or different, alas, why is the life of our sister and brother so bitter!" ”

Nie Tianxi raised his head and smiled sweetly at her, "Sister, this is not to blame for the stepmother, she just has this hobby." We have to be considerate of her. ”

"Yes! Our Xi'er's heart is good. Nie Shuyao said with a smile.

Although she sometimes hates her stepmother to death, especially when she is beaten, she still treats her stepmother as her own mother. In short, it is not easy for a woman to raise two children.

Nie Tianxi lowered his head and picked up the fake Chuanbei seriously, and asked, "Sister, did you say that it was really him who stole Aunt Niu's pig?" ”

"Who does that Xi'er think it is?" Nie Shuyao asked.

Nie Tianxi said: "I also think it's Lao Lutou, but I feel that Lao Lutou's evidence is insufficient." ”

"Inadequate?"

"Even if he used vegetables to lure the pig to follow him, wouldn't the pig bark? Also, if he really stole the pig, can Uncle Niu really get it back when he goes there? The other is, sister, are you really sure that the pig has cubs? Nie Tianxi asked, these are all things he can't understand.

Nie Shuyao replied: "Eighty percent may have been done by Lao Lutou, and fifty percent of the suspicion of Xiao Zheng's butcher is also fifty percent. ”

"I don't think Xiao Zheng Butcher would do such a thing, he is a person who has read the books of sages after all." Nie Tianxi defended.

Nie Shuyao looked up at him seriously and said, "Could it be that all those who read the books of sages are good people?" If this is the case, there will be no traitors in the world. Do you dare to say that the traitor's article is not well written? In terms of learning, perhaps this traitor is more rewarded than a loyal minister. ”

Nie Tianxi lowered his head and said, "This ......, Xi'er knows that she is wrong." Sister is right, everything depends on evidence and motives, and the line between good people and bad people will never be so clear, it's just ....... ”

"It's just that your husband and classmates are preaching that 'everything is inferior, only the scholar is high', right? makes you look down on anything other than studying, and you won't care about your mother and sisters as much as you deserve. They even think that because they are women, they should be born to serve them, right? Nie Shuyao said sternly.

She didn't want her brother to become such a dead nerd, and he thought he was noble when he did something wrong.

Nie Tianxi lowered his head even lower, "Sister, I really don't think so." Sometimes being with them for a long time will be affected, but my sister's words are more correct than what they say. ”

Nie Shuyao touched his head and said, "It's good to know." There are many things in the world that turn black and white upside down, but we can't refer to the deer as a horse, no matter what, there will always be a day when the truth will be revealed, and there is only one fact. This requires a clear mind, jumping out of the original emotional shackles, and thinking calmly. Xi'er is going to be an official in the future, if there is prejudice in his mind from the beginning, how can he distinguish between right and wrong? Don't make black white. ”

"Yes, Xi'er has been taught." Nie Tianxi got up and said solemnly, secretly swearing in his heart that he must be a big official that his sister likes in the future.

But he still has questions: "It's just that my sister said that Xiao Zheng butcher is also suspected of stealing pigs?" ”

Nie Shuyao rejoined the grass and fritillary and said, "Let me analyze it for you slowly." ”

"First of all, let's talk about Lao Lu Tou, there are several suspicions about him: First, Lao Lu Tou has been to see Aunt Niu's pig many times in the past half a month, and the pig often sees him, and he always gives good food to the pig, and the pig has no resistance to him."

"Second, Lao Lutou knows which wild vegetables are the most popular among pigs who raise pigs all year round. For example, the gray cabbage I saw at the gate, and the vegetable juice in the pig's trough, proved that someone had lured the pig to follow him. Don't ask why, because it's a pig, as long as there is something to eat, it doesn't matter who it is? ”

Hearing this, Nie Tianxi smiled, "My sister seems to know a lot about pigs." ”

Nie Shuyao glared at him, and said: "He also went to repair the canal like most people, and he must be familiar with Uncle Niu's family, and the work and rest time is naturally very clear. ”

And the most important thing is that he sent it back when Aunt Niu's family lost the pig for the first time. After that, his pigs were sold, and he also ordered a daughter-in-law, presumably now the family is surrounded by four walls. The new daughter-in-law can't let her look down on her like this, and at this time, the town organized the repair of the canal, and he also met Uncle Niu's family again. Because he sent the pig back last time, Uncle Niu must have said something to thank him, and he will definitely talk about how his pig is. ”

Nie Tianxi nodded and said, "When I went to call Brother Da Niu and them, Brother Da Niu also told me this, that is, from then on, Lao Lu Tou often came to see their pigs. However, Brother Da Niu went home with Lao Lutou today to put things, and he didn't see any pigs in their house. And when Old Lu heard that their pigs had been lost again, he looked even more anxious than them. ”

Nie Shuyao said with a smile: "Let's just say that this is a thief's heart." ”

Nie Tianxi asked again: "Will the pig really be with Lao Lu's daughter-in-law who has not passed through the door?" ”

"When Uncle Niu comes back, won't you know? There is also the question of time, it takes about 114 days for a pig to give birth to a pig, from the first time Aunt Niu's pig runs, you calculate, how many days is it now? ”

Nie Tianxi calculated carefully for a while and said, "It's already three and a half months and ten days, which means that the pig may give birth to cubs at any time?" Could it be that Lao Lutou doesn't want the pig, but the little piglet? “

Nie Shuyao nodded.

"Since my sister knows that it is Lao Lutou, why do you still suspect Xiao Zheng Butcher?" Nie Tianxi asked again.