Chapter 45: The Theft

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Song Ju'an walked over and stood by the window with her to look outside.

"Look over there! Is there a shadow moving? Du Ruo pointed to the direction of the path in front of the hut and whispered.

Because he was in the bright light just now, it was suddenly dark again in front of him, and Song Ju'an couldn't distinguish what was around him for a while.

At this moment, Du Ruo suddenly took a step back in fear, and accidentally bumped into Song Ju'an next to him, Song Ju'an was defenseless for a while, 'Ah', covered his chin, and Du Ruo also covered the back of his head in pain.

She rubbed her head, still looking out with her eyes wide open.

The figure outside suddenly stopped walking and turned his head to look at where she and Song Ju'an were.

She knew that it must have been an accident, and besides, the room was darker than the outside, and it was impossible for the figure to see the two of them, but when he turned his head to look, she couldn't help but be startled.

In the blink of an eye, the figure was gone.

Du Ruo hurriedly looked back at Song Ju'an, "How are you?" ”

"It's fine." Song Ju'an said.

Du Ruo felt that Song Ju'an didn't look like she was fine, after all, the back of her head was still aching faintly, and her movements just now were a little violent.

"Maybe it's someone from the village who goes out at night." Song Ju'an said.

Du Ruo nodded, and said suspiciously: "In the middle of the night, who will go out to run errands?" What can be done? ”

"Someone in the family is sick and asks Lang Zhong or something, Zhou Ning's mother-in-law should be fine, let's go back." Song Ju'an said that he had touched the door and pulled the wooden door open.

Du Ruo followed him out, and the two of them returned along the way they came. On the way back, Du Ruo walked very close to Song Ju'an, she was not afraid of ghosts and gods, because she didn't believe it, but she was afraid of people's hearts being sinister, and the shadow was swaying from not far away and behaving strangely had to make people think about it.

Back home, the two walked into the west room lightly, Du Ruo looked at the bed, and suddenly remembered that Cai had swept away the bed on Song Ju'an's ground......

Her mood suddenly became complicated, and she quickly glanced at Song Ju'an, and found that he walked straight behind the desk and put away all the scrolls on it, with an indifferent and calm expression.

In the past, she hated the Cai family and hated Song Ju'an, but her opinion of him has changed a little recently, and she seems to be less hostile and tends to be peaceful.

These thoughts were only quickly passed through in his heart, and Du Ruo had already adjusted his mind.

She walked to the bedside, took off her shoes, covered her dress with a bed net, and lay down her hair on the bed, consciously making a piece of space beside her.

There are some things that she can't change too obviously, after all, Du Rulan was in love with Song Ju'an in the past, and she couldn't wait for him to climb into bed and have a warm time with her.

Song Ju'an was still standing on the other side of the bookshelf and didn't come over, and he didn't know what he was doing, Du Ruo closed his eyes, turned sideways and faced inward, and remembered the events of the day.

The Hong family refused to let go of the Song family after three and two troubles, and the last time she attempted to murder her in the Fairy River, now Hong Sheng has spread rumors that she is stealing, which makes the people in the village even more disgusted with her, thinking that her hands and feet are not clean and she steals frequently.

How can she clear herself of suspicion?

Do you want her to go to the yamen to report to the official in person? But it was not the Song family's cattle that were lost, and the yamen should not be nosy.

Du Ruo turned over depressedly again, facing the outside, thinking about it in his head.

Shui Ning's family lost the cow, the whole village must have been searched, it is said that even the slaughterhouse has been found, but still not found, a cow is so big that it is not easy to hide, the cow was not stolen by her, who is the person who stole the cow? Where did you hide the cow?

Hong Sheng seems to be the biggest suspect.

What about their own little scalper? Was it also poisoned by Hong Sheng?

Since she hadn't eaten anything at night, she suddenly felt a little thirsty, couldn't sleep without drinking some water, and had to get dressed again, which was really troublesome.

Du Ruo sat up with one hand, raised his head, and took the opportunity to pull his long hair back with the other hand.

Coincidentally, Song Ju'an lifted the bed tent with one hand, and happened to meet her eyes as she got up.

Both of them were stunned for a moment.

The red belly pocket on Du Ruo's body was loose and couldn't hide the white flowers on his chest, and he got up from the bed with a bit of coquettish and lazy attitude, his lips were slightly open, because of the reason he had cried before, his eyes were watery as if he was shy and timid, and he glanced at it lightly, which seemed to be able to hook people's souls.

It's not moving, it's not moving!

Let's move, show more in front of him, and there seems to be a suspicion of hooking up with him, he probably looks down on her even more in his heart, don't move, it's not a way to sit crookedly with your upper body.

Song Ju'an's face was facing away from the light, and he couldn't see his expression clearly at this time.

Just as Du Ruo was about to say something, he put down the bed tent and said to her from outside, "I'll go drink some water." ”

Du Ruo: "...... Then you pour me a bowl of water. ”

She pulled the quilt up and sat on the edge of the bed waiting, a request he should not refuse.

Song Ju'an came back quickly, handed her a bowl of water, and walked to the side again.

Du Ruo drank the water and lay back on the bed, feeling that the room seemed to be getting stuffy, which made people very upset. She rolled over a few times, thought about it again, and quickly fell asleep.

The next day.

When Du Ruo woke up, Song Ju'an was not in bed, and he didn't know if he slept here last night.

After breakfast, Du Ruo heard that someone in the village had lost something, saying that it was clothes that were dried outside, and he forgot to collect them when it was dark yesterday.

When Mrs. Wang came to the house, her eyes always swept to Du Ruo's body, as if she was observing what she was doing.

"This mother-in-law is not so bold, she shouldn't go out when it's dark." Cai pointed at her and said to Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "Now this person! Even stealing clothes! It's too shameless! If you wear stolen clothes one day in a village, you won't be afraid of being recognized? ”

Du Ruo sat under the tree in the courtyard to learn embroidery, and listened to the two of them talking.

"Hmph, just like Lan didn't take anything from other families, the cow of the Shui Ning family lost it and looked for the yamen, what are you looking for us to do." Cai Shi Dao.

Du Ruoxin said that Cai's didn't want to speak for her, but for the thirteen taels of silver, and she was not stupid.

Mrs. Wang smiled again.

Day 2 and Day 3...... For the next few days, people lost their clothes, their animals, and their farm tools.

The village suddenly became calm, and everyone met and discussed, exchanging information with each other, saying that another family had lost something! Who has lost something!

And the biggest object of their suspicion is Du Ruo!

Cai's unconditionally protected her in the past few days, and said to the angry villagers who came to the door to find the lost things that she didn't steal, she scolded people more powerfully, but whenever someone came over, she scolded her for a bloody squirt! Some people didn't even see Du Ruo's face, so they were scolded away by Cai's family.

Sometimes Du Ruo sat at home and listened, feeling very uncomfortable, and said in his heart, how can people be vulgar to such a point? In the past, Cai scolded her, she gave her some reaction at first, and then she simply ignored her, maybe she was used to it, and now she can refute it after listening to it.

After lunch, she went out.

Dog days were approaching, and the weather was at its hottest at noon, and everyone was at home and didn't go out much, so Du Ruo took the opportunity to go out and walk around the village.

The doubts in her heart are getting bigger and bigger, and her doubts about Hong Sheng are getting higher and higher.

It seems that there is no one else but him.

When they walked in front of Su's house, Su Mingyang and Su Huiniang were about to go out, and when they saw Du Ruo, Su Huiniang smiled at her, but Su Mingyang looked away as if he hadn't seen her.

Su Mingyang probably thought he was a thief, Du Ruo thought to himself.

There were not many people in the village, some of them were next to each other, some were some distance away, and there were a few empty houses and empty courtyards that were not inhabited, and there were cobwebs in them, and the grass grew so deep that it was easy for no one to enter.

She turned around and went to Zhou Ning's mother-in-law again.

Zhou Ning's mother-in-law was already able to work in the field, and when Du Ruo went, she was wiping the table and bench, and when she saw Du Ruo coming, she had a kind smile on her face, and asked her to sit down quickly.

"You're here to learn how to embroider, aren't you?" Granny Zhou Ning threw the towel in the dirty basin and sat down opposite Du Ruo with a smile.

"I'll come back in two days, and I'm here to see how you're doing." Du Ruo said.

Mother-in-law Zhou Ning seemed to understand, and said to her: "You can come whenever you want, I'm old and I haven't gone out." ”

Du Ruo nodded hurriedly.

This time, Zhou Ning's mother-in-law seemed to be in good spirits, pulling her to talk non-stop, looking at her as if she was looking at her own daughter. In fact, the conversation between the two was not a few words, Du Ruoguang listened to Zhou Ning's mother-in-law, and seeing that she was in good spirits, Du Ruo was not easy to interrupt her.

"When I was young, everyone praised the embroidery work, everyone was familiar with my skillful hands, and the master liked me to make clothes the most! Mrs. Meng was very particular about dressing up, and every time she saw a new style, she called me over and told me to make it......"

Old Mrs. Meng?

Except for the Meng family in Gunan Town, there seems to be no other Meng family in the entire Fengling County, right? Du Ruo thought to himself.

"Later, the young master married the young lady, and the young lady liked me very much, so she asked me from the old lady." Granny Zhou Ning spoke very slowly, thinking deeply, as if she was recalling what happened a long time ago, and stopped for a while to say a few words.

Seeing her stop again, Du Ruo hurriedly asked, "Mother-in-law, is the old lady Meng you are talking about, is it the old lady of Yunshui Embroidery Village?" Is the young lady in your mouth the wife of the current head of the family, Meng Yuanzhou? ”

Zhou Ning's mother-in-law's eyes gradually became hollow, as if she was caught in her own memories, and gradually her face showed a look of fear, as if she thought of something that made her quite afraid, and the hand on the table shook twice.

Du Ruo had long heard that Zhou Ning's mother-in-law had experienced ups and downs, she was a maid when she was young, and she was kicked out by the master's family when she made a mistake, and the people in the village occasionally talked about her behind her back. Du Ruo didn't pay attention to this before, and he hadn't listened carefully, so he didn't know much.