Chapter 42 The Flesh-Aching Wenshan Niang
Lin Changsheng found that Aunt Li's tone was a little wrong, as if he had already decided that his mother-in-law was the one who stole the rice, not like just asking, and Aunt Li obviously had something to say, which made Lin Changsheng feel a little unhappy, "Sister-in-law, what do you mean by this?" How could Wenshan's mother do such a thing? "Changsheng, don't worry, your sister-in-law is just asking, speaking of which, when I went to the field today, I was very surprised, although our village is not rich, but there has never been such a thing as stealing crops, just now when I was at home for dinner, I asked again, but no one in my family went out last night, this is not to come to your house to ask, and it is not easy to make a noise about this kind of thing." After listening to Lin Changqing's explanation, Lin Changsheng could also understand his thoughts, if this kind of thing was to spread in the village, it would cause a stir, after all, no one wanted a thief around him. But in Lin Changsheng's opinion, even if his mother-in-law usually likes to take advantage of a little advantage, she will definitely not be involved in stealing crops.
When Wen Shanniang heard Aunt Li deliberately say that she was wrong, she was a little weak and didn't dare to look at her. Seeing that her husband was so protective, she felt as if she had confidence and insisted on denying it. She didn't want to make a fool of herself in front of Aunt Li, she didn't expect the village chief to give a little orphan girl a head, and no one saw this kind of thing, and if she admitted it, she couldn't hold her head up for the rest of her life. Besides, this afternoon, she saw that Lin Zhu's family's rice had been pulled away in the field, and she couldn't send it back secretly if she wanted to, and now she could only die and not admit it, and no one could do anything about her.
Lin Changqing and Aunt Li couldn't ask anything at her house, so they went home. But when they went out, Lin Changsheng called his mother-in-law into the back room. "Tell me, what the hell is going on?" Lin Changsheng's face was very gloomy, he felt that even if she didn't do this kind of thing, she must know about it. Since she came back from the town two days ago, she has been saying bad things about Lin Zhu at home, plus she used to think about exchanging the bad dry land for the two acres of paddy fields that are good, Lin Changqing and the others suspect that she is not without purpose. "What's going on? How do I know the way? I didn't do that. Wen Shanniang flatly denied it. You really didn't do it? Then what did you do when you came back late last night? Lin Changsheng knows his wife very well, she is not a diligent person, and she will only come back early when she works in the field, not late. But she was a little later than the others yesterday, so it wasn't normal.
"What? You think I did it? Wen Shanniang screamed, "Yesterday my hairpin fell, I searched in the ground for a while, but I didn't find it, it was worth two taels of silver!" "Wen Shanniang is very painful, it is really a matter of stealing chickens and rice, those rice are only worth a few dollars, I am afraid that people will see it, she only took a little, and the rice is not even twenty catties, but her hairpin is made of real silver, which will be regretted by Wenshan Niang. Not to mention that when she went home today, she deliberately passed through the field of Lin Zhu, and she didn't find the shadow of the hairpin at all.
"Okay, it's not you, it's not you, tell don't fight the idea of that place, as soon as a child, just point to that bit of land to live, don't do things that make people poke their backbones in the back." After Lin Changsheng finished speaking, he left, leaving Wen Shanniang alone in the house sulking. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that the hairpin was picked up, maybe it was the father and son of the Wang family, they had been working in the field, Lin Zhu's girl was not in the ground at all, this afternoon, they were loading rice in the field The most likely to see the hairpin, maybe they picked it up and secretly hid it. The more Wen Shanniang thought about it, the more she felt that it made sense, and she couldn't wait to go out to Wang's house to ask clearly. But there was no reason, it made her anxious. It's just that she doesn't want to think about it, the father and son of the Wang family are the most prophetic people who lost crops in the field of Lin Zhu, if she goes to the door to ask about the hairpin, isn't it just that there are no three hundred taels of silver here?
The Wang family, the family is sitting around the table for dinner, the protagonist is still Lin Zhu's dinner for the Wang family father and son, the rice and vegetables, the dishes are the same as last night, but there are more cold dishes with braised pork heart slices, Lin Zhu has already put the seasoning in, so they can eat it directly. Mr. Wang tasted the pig's heart first, and after eating, he immediately asked Wang Shudun to take out the wine he had kept for the festival, and with a good side dish, Mr. Wang was not stingy, and poured a small glass for each of the men in the family. The family had a full meal. "I didn't expect it, I'm getting old, and I'm not small." Old Man Wang wiped his mouth with satisfaction and put down the dishes and chopsticks. "You've met a good boss this time." "Dad, Miss Xiaozhu is not only a good person, but her heart is also first-class. It's better than all of us. Wang Shudun remembered today's events and said with a sigh. Oh, tell me. Is something wrong? "Old Man Wang is very curious about Lin Zhu.
Wang Shudun thought about it, picked up some inconsequential and told the old man Wang, only saying that he had lost some rice, and Lin Zhu asked the village chief for help, and he was very knowledgeable and did not make a public announcement. Old man Wang nodded again and again when he heard this, this crop is the lifeblood of rural people, and whoever is stolen will be in a hurry, but this has never happened in Linjia Village, if it is violently spread in the village, it will definitely make people panic, and it is very embarrassing to let people in other villages know the truth, maybe the people in a village will not be able to raise their heads. "Who is so lacking in virtue to do such a thing?" Old Man Wang was very angry, "This kind of person has to be taught a good lesson." "Dad, this matter can't be spread out, let's talk about it after the village chief has an explanation." Wang Shudun said to the rest of the family, "You must also keep your mouth shut, and don't talk nonsense outside." Everyone nodded yes.
How Wenshan Niang's flesh hurts, how angry the Wang family is, Lin Zhu doesn't know, now she is playing with the silver hairpin to tease the black beans. She didn't care about the theft of the rice at all. If the man admits to returning the rice, she will return the silver hairpin, if not, then I'm sorry, the silver hairpin belongs to her, and the silver hairpin is worth much more than the rice she lost.
In fact, Lin Zhu knew in his heart that that person was nothing more than seeing that she was alone, helpless, and still a child, and he definitely thought that she would not find out, and even if she did, she would suffer this dumb loss and dare not speak out. If she speaks out, not only will no one believe her words, but it will attract the rejection of the people of Linjia Village. So Lin Zhu didn't want to make a big deal about it at all, as long as the village chief knew the road, of course, this thing was discovered by him and Wang Shudun together, which was equivalent to slapping him in the face, when this kind of thing happened, the one who didn't want people to know the road was the village chief, and making a big fuss was equivalent to telling people that he was incompetent as the village head, even if he found the culprit later, he would lose face together. Maybe he can't even raise his head in front of other village chiefs.
So Lin Zhu was not in a hurry, it was the village chief and the person who threw the silver hairpin who were anxious.