Chapter 13: Door-to-door questioning
Zheng Xiaoyue and his wife are busy these days, although the business of tender tofu can't be done, but the business of this old tofu is still good! The two of them also knew Jiang Huaiyu's character to some extent, so they didn't say anything to divide it.
Instead, forty percent of the money earned belonged to Jiang Huaiyu, forty percent was reserved for going to the county to open a shop, two transactions were given to the clan, and the remaining one percent was kept for themselves.
Zheng Xiaoyue and his wife are not stupid, but they have their own bottom line, and the money is not something that Jiang Huaiyu said that they could accept with peace of mind if they didn't want it.
So they planned to return the money they had saved to Jiang Huaiyu once in a year.
With the support of the clansmen, Wang Dazhuang does not have to carry tofu to sell by himself, the village selects a few young people to sell tofu together, and the women help make tofu.
The people in the county town are not unaware of another old tofu, but no matter how old or tender, it seems that it is not easy to start now, so they can only watch the tender tofu be made into dishes to attract guests.
Jiang Huaiyu slept refreshedly this night, and after picking up the well water and letting it go for a while, he wiped the little face of the sugar packet that was red from sleep, and then walked out of the door with it on his back.
Find the place where the chief of the security guard works, a very ordinary mud house, but it is similar to the existence of the yamen in the village.
Jiang Huaiyu walked in and saw the gray-haired chief of the security guard smoking a dry cigarette, and immediately reminded him: "The chief of security, my family has been robbed, I want you to take a look." ”
"What... What the? ”
The chief of the security department only noticed her when he heard the noise, and he knew that it was a thief, and almost choked on the cigarette.
Jiang Huaiyu nodded and confirmed: "My family was robbed, the chickens in the family were trampled to death a few days ago, and yesterday a piece of jade pendant was missing, worth thirty taels of silver, and I bought it in Suxuezhai in the county!" ”
The chief was a little impatient when he heard the first two sentences, and it was really a big deal to find him for these trivial things.
But as soon as he heard the words behind him, the chief immediately couldn't sit still: "You are telling the truth!?" ”
"Nature is the truth." Jiang Huaiyu felt that his acting skills were really not good, and he couldn't give the panic to the performance, so he had to sigh: "I know what crime I am framing for lying and falsely, how dare I joke with you?" ”
The chief smacked his pipe, his eyes were gloomy: "A jade pendant worth thirty taels of silver...... This is not a small amount, if someone really steals it, he will be sentenced to at least ten years of hard labor if he is caught. Okay, I'll go with you first to see how the scene is, and if you can't find the thief, I'll report to the yamen and ask them to send a catcher to investigate. ”
If it's just a trivial matter, he, as the chief of security, can naturally ignore it, but if thirty taels of money and property are stolen, it's different.
Jiang Huaiyu smiled with a sigh of relief: "I'm sorry to protect you!" ”
After that, she led the chief of the security who was smoking a dry cigarette to walk home, and happened to meet Zheng Xiaoyue who went out to buy some pork on the way, and the other party immediately laughed when he saw her, but he froze when he saw the chief of the guard.
You must know that the chief of the village is equivalent to the county magistrate in the county, and if there is any dispute in front of him, he will really be punished and put in prison!
Even the patriarchs and clan elders couldn't say a word.
Zheng Xiaoyue first greeted the chief of security, and the other party responded indifferently, she immediately came to Jiang Huaiyu's side and asked in a low voice: "Yu Niang, do you want to find the chief security officer to punish that Xu Chunhua?" ”
"Yes." Jiang Huaiyu glanced at her with some surprise, but she didn't expect Zheng Xiaoyue to be able to guess.
Zheng Xiaoyue was anxious, she glanced at the chief who was smoking a dry cigarette and didn't pay attention to this side, and said, "I forgot to tell you this, I know that this Xu Chunhua is doing nonsense in the village, but can she still be fine?" It's because this chief is her mother's cousin!
So Xu Chunhua is greedy for a few pennies on weekdays, although everyone is disgusted, there is nothing to say, just because it is in front of the security chief, and in the end, it will be over! ”
Jiang Huaiyu raised her delicate eyebrows, but her expression did not show the slightest panic, she comforted: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, even if the chief security officer is her Xu Chunhua's father this time, I want him to kill his relatives in righteousness." ”
If the chief security officer still wants to sit in this position safely, then he must judge this case well today, and when it involves the amount of thirty taels, he doesn't want to be Bao Qingtian!
And knowing that the chief security officer protects Xu Chunhua on weekdays, the smile on the corner of Jiang Huaiyu's mouth became more and more confident.
As long as those villagers are still angry in their hearts, and the chief can still defend Xu Chunhua under so many eyes, Jiang Huaiyu will praise him for his courage.
The chief didn't know that he was going to be forced to be the master of the blue sky next, so he followed Jiang Huaiyu into the house, and at a glance he saw a small field in the courtyard, and there was a series of footprints on it, which passed through the wet dirt and left marks.
Extending to Xu Chunhua's house next door, after going up along the wall, the position of about one person high is so shallow that it is not clear to see.
The chief was stunned when he saw this, he knew who the person in this direction was, and he was shocked that Xu Chunhua was bold, and he really dared to steal and leave so much evidence for his mother.
He hurriedly hid the shock on his face, turned around and stroked his beard, coughed twice, and said, "This, can you show me the note you bought the jade pendant?" I had to determine the value of the thing before I could estimate the identity of the person who stole it. ”
Naturally, there is a note, Jiang Huaiyu handed him the note stamped with the seal of Su Xuezhai, and when the old man saw it, his pupils dilated slightly, and he didn't know what to do.
And after Zheng Xiaoyue saw clearly that the jade pendant was sold to Jiang Huaiyu at a price of thirty taels, her eyes widened: "Jade Niang, but this jade pendant was stolen?" ”
Jiang Huaiyu said: "When I got up this morning, I found that the jade pendant was gone, and I saw these footsteps again, so I went to the chief to take a look." ”
Her expression was so calm that she didn't look like a wealthy person, but the other two people in the courtyard didn't have time to take care of that.
Bao Chang is worried, in fact, whether it is from the evidence or his own thoughts in his heart, he believes that the person who stole must be Xu Chunhua, although he is his junior, but he knows what kind of character the other party has.
A few days ago, the chief of the security department heard that Jiang Huaiyu's chicken cubs had trampled Xu Chunhua to death, and he was still wondering if Jiang Huaiyu would come to him.
Unexpectedly, she didn't come at the time, but it seemed to have fueled Xu Chunhua's thief heart, and she dared to break into the house and steal!
The chief of the security can't help but feel remorse when he thinks of this, he and Xu Chunhua's mother are childhood sweethearts, but they failed to get married, Xu Chunhua looks very similar to her mother, so the chief of the security department will take care of her more over the years.
This ......
"Hey, are these footsteps left by thieves?" Jiang Huaiyu saw that his expression was changing, so he simply pushed him and pointed to the obvious footsteps at the base of the wall.
In the case of not specifying, under the identity of the security chief, even if he knew that the footprints were evidence, even Zheng Xiaoyue didn't dare to say more.
Seeing that Jiang Huaiyu was extraordinary, the chief of the security department was neither humble nor arrogant when he spoke to him from the beginning, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it seems that Xu Chunhua is really going to fall on his heels this time.
"Who's next door? Judging by the fact that this footprint passed from here, it is very likely that the jade pendant was stolen...... It's this family! Come with me to the next door and have a look. The chief of the bodyguard's uncertain expression finally came to fruition, his voice was rough and hoarse, and he turned and walked out the door.
The strength of the chief of the security guard knocking on Xu Chunhua's door was not light, looking at the creaking wooden door, Jiang Huaiyu was worried that it would be completely scrapped.
Xu Chunhua was admiring the excellent jade pendant in her room, when she heard the sound of the wooden door being slammed, she almost threw the jade pendant down the bed by mistake, and she was so angry that she wanted to scold.
But as soon as her eyes turned, she thought that the people who knocked on the door so loudly in the past were all here to reason with her or ask for justice, and if she didn't return the jade pendant that had just picked up Jiang Huaiyu, Xu Chunhua was still a little weak-hearted, she was mainly afraid that the jade pendant would not be able to exchange for money after it was searched, and as for whether there would be any loss because of this, Xu Chunhua didn't care about it at all.
After thinking about it, Xu Chunhua stuffed the jade pendant into the dirty clothes under her coarse cloth clothes, and then twisted her waist and scolded her mouth to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, Xu Chunhua was stunned.
When the chief heard her voice, he stopped knocking on the door, so he also heard the pickled words of Xu Chunhua's shrew scolding the street, and with depression on his face, he scolded: "Who is the thing that died early?" When did you become like this! ”
Xu Chunhua didn't dare to spill with anyone, so she hurriedly laughed and said: "Uncle, why are you here, Chunhua just thought that Da Niu was out to collect debts, so he scolded like this, you forgive me." ”
Facing her backer, Xu Chunhua spoke politely and politely, which was really like that.
It's just that when she saw clearly that Jiang Huaiyu and Zheng Xiaoyue were still standing behind the side of the door, her expression changed slightly, and she immediately shouted like a furry wild cat: "What are you two doing at my door!" Get out of here! ”
With the chief of security here, she is not afraid of Jiang Huaiyu and the two.
But in the eyes of the security chief, her appearance was like a thief, and she said disappointedly: "Chunhua, let me ask you, did you go over the wall to Miss Jiang's house to steal something yesterday!" ”
"Stealing over the wall?" At this time, Xu Chunhua was confused.
Jiang Huaiyu raised his hand and brushed the tip of his nose, and then said unintentionally: "My aunt also looked so innocent last time, and I almost wanted to believe that you didn't go to my house to kill the chicks in the chicken pen, what's the matter, do you have to pretend to be another time this time?" ”
When Zheng Xiaoyue heard this, she understood everything, and immediately pointed at Xu Chunhua and scolded: "It's you rotten mother-in-law again, Yu Niang is alone with the child, it's just that you don't want to help, why do you always want to bully her!" ”
Xu Chunhua first made the chief of the security guard confused, and then wondered if Jiang Huaiyu had something to say, and then was scolded by Zheng Xiaoyue, and slammed the door to the side.
"You dare to scold the old lady?!"
She rolled up her sleeves to make a move, her nails tipping at the claws.
The chief immediately scolded: "Xu Chunhua, are you crazy!" ”
"Uncle......" Xu Chunhua was stunned, stupid.
"Don't call me uncle! No matter how close you are, as long as you violate the law of the Great Cloud, I will take it down! "Although the chief looks like a little old man, he is still very intimidating when he starts his temper.
Jiang Huaiyu took this opportunity to hide his face with his sleeves, although there was no sadness on his face, the words he deliberately lowered his voice made people feel distressed when they heard it.
"I don't know where I offended my aunt, I want you to go over the wall to destroy my field, slaughter my chickens, and steal the jade pendant I want to buy for my children, if the jade lady does something wrong, the aunt points it out, why do you do this?"
She has a good appearance and is not charming, her voice is as crisp as Lingling spring water flowing in a mountain stream, her words are clear, and her words are reasonable and well-founded, and she can't hear grievances, but the sympathy that has appeared on the faces of the chief and Zheng Xiaoyue has appeared.
Not to mention the villagers who came around, they all began to accuse Xu Chunhua of not being right.
And this time, with the chief of the bodyguard, Xu Chunhua didn't dare to be the shrunken turtle at all, because she knew that if she didn't make it clear, her uncle, who always protected her on weekdays, would definitely be more affectionate than anyone else at this time!
I really dare to close the door and be a turtle with a shrunken head, this door can be kicked by the old man immediately.