"Ahem." Steward Chen was the first to react, and hurriedly clenched his fists and coughed on his lips, signaling with his eyes that there were still others in his wife's room.

Mrs. Chen came back to her senses and said coldly to the maids who were waiting on the side: "There's nothing to do with you here, let's go down first." ”

"Yes." The maidens bowed to her, bowed their heads, and went out in silence.

"The old servant is guarding the door, and the lady will call the old servant when she needs it." Mrs. Liu also bowed and said respectfully.

Mrs. Liu is Mrs. Chen's confidant, and she is very considerate of her.

She knew that the matter was very important, so she didn't dare to be sloppy, so she immediately offered to guard the door, so as not to be heard by others and not know.

Mrs. Chen didn't say anything, nodded lightly, and asked Mrs. Liu to take charge of watching the door.

Even if it wasn't Mrs. Liu who took the initiative, she would have arranged it like this, but Mrs. Liu knew the seriousness of the matter and said it first.

"Shu'er, you quickly tell your mother about this matter as it is, what is going on." As soon as the maids were finished, there were only three of them left in the house, and Mrs. Chen couldn't wait to ask.

"That's the kind of mother......" Chen Jinshu told all the scenes that happened in the restaurant today, and he added another sentence, "The shopkeeper Yan said that he saw the rats he caught with his own eyes and returned to the west after eating the parts removed from the puffer fish, and none of them survived." ”

Mrs. Chen's face was very ugly, and she slapped her palm on the table with a force, and her palm was instantly reddened, as if she didn't notice the pain, she was covered with a cold breath, and said without anger: "How can it be reasonable, this matter must be investigated!" I want to find out! Steward Chen—"

"Madame, please command."

"You bring a heavy gift to Qin Siye, and ask him to come forward to help us find out the person who set up the bureau, no matter what he asks, as long as he can help us find out who is behind the scenes, everything is easy to say!"

"Yes." Steward Chen took the order and retreated.

Qin Siye is a local head snake, and he knows people in both black and white, and there are also his people in the dock of Donghuang Town.

With his assistance, the person behind the scenes is a little more certain.

"By the way, you just said that a teenager found out wrong? Who is this teenager? Where do you live? Who are they? Have you asked? There were only two of them left in the room, mother and son, Mrs. Chen remembered the little boy her son had just mentioned, and asked again and again without pause, and Chen Jinshu was a little overwhelmed by the question.

"Mother, he's just a child of a poor family, just buying some mountain goods to make a living, you asked in such detail, people who don't know think he's a suspect when they hear it."

Mrs. Chen didn't answer, but she did have this idea in her heart.

How could a child from a poor family know about the puffer fish and how to deal with it, given that this had just happened, she had to be cautious and skeptical.

Although the mother did not speak, Chen Jinshu looked at the expression on her face and explained to Gu Changning at the moment: "Mother, that young man is definitely not the person sent by the other party, do you think, if he really has a problem, how can he come out to remind us at this time?" ”

Mrs. Chen paused, lowered her eyes, and nodded thoughtfully.

Indeed, if this little boy hadn't appeared, she would have added this dish to the banquet, and she invited all the famous local people, no one could afford to offend, and if she couldn't get one, she would have to put the whole house in.

"But...... How can an ordinary child know a pufferfish? Mrs. Chen frowned and asked with a puzzled face.

"This little brother Gu said that his grandfather was a talent and liked to read, and he had accumulated a lot of books at home before his death, and there was a detailed record of rare ingredients here. Chen Jinshu said good things for Gu Changning.

"So that's ......" Mrs. Chen didn't say whether she believed it or not, she just nodded slightly to indicate that she knew, and then urged Chen Jinshu to go back to the room, "Okay, I will start to order someone to solve this matter, you don't care, let's go back to the room to study, don't delay your homework because of this matter." ”

"Yes, the boy understands." Chen Jinshu nodded in response, turned around and went back to his yard.

"Madam, is this young man surnamed Gu credible?" After Chen Jinshu left, Mrs. Liu came into the house and asked in a low voice while pressing Mrs. Chen's shoulder.

She could hear what had happened clearly when she stood at the door, and naturally she knew that her young master had said good things for this young man.

Mrs. Chen shook her head: "I don't know if it's credible or not, but since he told us about the poisoning of the puffer fish, he should have nothing to do with the person behind the scenes who sold it to us, but don't you think it's too much of a coincidence?" ”

"Madame means...... Want to check on this teenager? Mrs. Liu then asked.

"Don't use it for the time being, so as not to startle the snake." Mrs. Chen picked up the gaiwan in front of her, pinched the tea lid and slowly skimmed off the foam on the tea surface, took a sip, put down the gaiwan and said, "From now on, the people around Shu'er will be re-screened, beware that people with intentions will use him to achieve their own goals, and wherever he goes in the future, he must report to me." ”

"Yes." Mrs. Liu replied.

"I will be a son of Shu'er, and in the future, the huge property of the Chen Mansion will be handed over to him, and I will never allow anyone to beat his idea!" A hint of fierceness flashed in Mrs. Chen's eyes.

"Don't worry, madam, the young master is talented and intelligent, and he will be able to feel your hard work." Mrs. Liu said with relief.

"I hope so."

***

"Ning Ning, what are you looking for?" Xing'er was busy cutting pigweed, and when she turned around, she saw Gu Changning approaching the tree as if she was about to lie on the tree, looking for something carefully.

"I'm looking for a snail." Gu Changning said without looking back, his eyes were still on the trunk of the tree, and he searched carefully.

"What are you looking for a snail?" Chen Shuang gave her a strange look.

"I've heard people say that feeding chickens with snails is easy to lay eggs, and I wanted to try it."

"Really? Is there still such a statement? Xing'er was surprised, "Why haven't I heard of it?" ”

"I also heard from the old beggar in the broken temple in front of the village, he said that he had seen some farmers in the places he had been to catch this to feed the chickens, and it was said to increase the number of eggs laid by them, and I don't know if it was true or not." Gu Changning shrugged his shoulders and said that he had also heard from others, and she didn't know what the effect would be.

As soon as she heard that it was the old beggar who said it, Xing'er suddenly lost interest: "He's bragging again, right?" I haven't heard A-Niang say this. ”

Aunt Chunhua is a good hand at raising chickens, and it is right to ask her any questions about raising chickens, and Xing'er still trusts her A-Niang very much at this point, and she doesn't believe in the methods that her A-Niang has not said.

"I don't know, I'll try, even if it doesn't work, it doesn't matter, and I don't need money to leave this snail around." Gu Changning said casually.

"Oh, then you can try it." Xing'er nodded, waved at her, and continued to bend over and cut the pigweed.

"By the way, Ning Ning, these days, why don't I seem to see you go up the mountain to pick up firewood?" Chu Chu, who was cutting pigweed at the other end, was always paying attention to the movement here, and when he saw that they stopped communicating, he hurriedly took the initiative to bring up the topic.

"These days?" Gu Changning was holding the snail's hand for a moment, his eyes turned to Chu Chu, and said, "Well, I'm busy during this time, in addition to feeding the more than ten chickens every day, I also have to take care of the vegetable garden in the backyard, so I don't have much time to go up the mountain." ”

As the chicks grew up, the chicken food needed gradually increased, and Gu Changning had to spend more time preparing chicken food for the chicks.

In this way, she has little time to collect firewood, and she has already removed the time of the morning just cutting pigweed, and the vegetable seeds sown in the backyard garden have also begun to sprout, she has to water and weed, and she is also responsible for cooking and other things in the house, almost every day is full, and she can't stop for a moment.

This firewood can only pick up the dead branches that fell on the ground while cutting the pigweed.

"So that's the case, I thought it was because Brother Huai'an took over the job of copying books, and you don't need to prepare to pick up firewood to sell, so you don't pick it up." Chu Chu said with a smile.

At first glance, this sounds fine, but it just feels a little awkward.

Gu Changning was busy every day since he was reborn, and he didn't bother to think about whether there was any special meaning in these words, so he directly pretended not to find anything and replied: "No, the money my brother earns from copying books is only enough for daily expenses, this firewood should be picked up or has to be picked up, not to mention anything else, it is always needed when winter comes, and it is always right to pick up more." ”

"That's what you said, anyway, I'm idle at home, so it's better for me to go up the mountain with you to pick up firewood ducks in the future." Xing'er was still working hard, and replied loudly when she heard the words.

With her aunt at home, everything is done, such as laundry and cooking, taking care of the vegetable garden, etc., Aunt Chunhua has to do, she just needs to cut the pigweed every day.

In contrast, she has a lot of free time, which she used to spend playing with the village children.

For example, walking around the village with the little sisters, chatting under the big trees, occasionally going up the mountain to look for edible fruits, and going to the river to pick up some beautiful pebbles, etc., Apricot never thought there was anything wrong with doing so.

However, since April, after the accident in Gu Changning's family, she suddenly became much more active and diligent, rushing to do all the work, and taking everything to herself.

So at this moment, after hearing Gu Changning's words, Xing'er took over without hesitation, indicating that she also wanted to go up the mountain with her to collect firewood.

"Okay." Gu Changning agreed.

Although she didn't think there was anything wrong with herself, if there were friends who were willing to join her, she would be very happy.

"Well, I'll go too, right?" Chen Shuang saw that the two of them had made an appointment with each other, she thought about it in her heart for a while, and made the same request.

"I'm fine, but are you sure Aunt Chen is willing to let you out?" Gu Changning blinked his eyes twice and said.

After her reminder, Chen Shuangcai remembered this stubble and couldn't help frowning.

In fact, during this period of time, A-Niang was dissatisfied with her often playing with Ning Ning, and every time she came home from outside, A-Niang always grabbed her ear and told her to stay away from Ning Ning, so as not to bring bad luck home.

She herself is not the same thing, she is afraid that A-Niang will blame Ning Ning for this matter and get angry, which will be terrible.

Chen Shuang thought about such a possibility, and made a mistake for a while.