"Aunt Plum Blossom, how is this batch of soap divided?" Zhao Yunlan asked when she saw that everyone was quiet.

"Eh, the lard of this batch of soap is made by the six of them," Liu Meihua pointed to six of them, and then said, "The burning of plant ash is a few of us. ”

Zhao Yunlan nodded, "Then who is responsible for the grass and wood ashes in this bucket now?" ”

Liu Meihua: "The one in this bucket was made the day before yesterday, and I burned it together with Caixia and Fengying." Because there wasn't much ash left that day, I only arranged for three people, and the three of us made the three of us in that room, and there were scratches I carved in stone. ”

Zhao Yunlan pondered for a few seconds, then asked, "Ding Fengying has made plant ash these two times?" ”

As soon as these words came out, these old aunts and sisters-in-law exploded.

Liu Meihua stood up and said: "Feng Ying is not that kind of person, it is not easy to earn an extra salary for the family, it is impossible for her to do these things." ”

Zhang Lan said: "Who knows if she is doing bad for money elsewhere!" ”

Zhao Caixia also said with an affirmative face: "Feng Ying works the most and diligently on weekdays, and she is also honest, so she won't do such a thing!"

Gong Xiaoyan said faintly in the back: "I don't know my heart." ”

Zhao Yunlan saw that everyone was talking about it one by one, and she didn't have a clue. Thinking of Ding Fengying, I have been in contact with him before, and I have been married to Lijia Village for six years, and I have always been a good person. It was because Ding Fengying's family was really poor, so when Ding Fengying asked for a job, Zhao Yunlan agreed on the spot.

Ding Fengying's father-in-law is called Li Bao, because he is the only son in the family, he has been favored since he was a child, Li's father and Li mother are tired and tired to earn Li Bao's belongings, so that Li Bao has been carefree until his youth, Ding Fengying's mother's family also took a fancy to the economic conditions of Li Bao's family at the beginning. It's just that two years after getting married, Li Bao's parents both passed away due to overwork.

Seeing that the family's savings were getting smaller and smaller, and his wife and daughter were also living a hard life, Li Bao had to take on the burden of the family, so he went out to do odd jobs.

But when he was helping, Li Bao was accidentally injured by a stone that slipped from a height, Ding Fengying spent all the family's savings in order to treat Li Bao's injury, but Li Bao's leg injury still fell sequelae, and it hurt badly when it rained, and the family had to prepare medicine at any time.

Later, the second child in the family was born, because Ding Fengying did not raise it well when she was pregnant, resulting in the second child being born prematurely, the second child was weak and sickly from birth, and he has always had to drink medicine to nourish his body. Fortunately, Zhao Yunlan later opened a soap shop, and Li Bao could also make sweet potato flour at home and sell it in Zhao Yunlan's shop on weekdays, and the family began to have a way to live.

"Don't make a noise about this first, and don't talk nonsense until there is no evidence to make a conclusion." Zhao Yunlan commanded, turned around and took Mama Cui out of the house, and whispered in Mama Cui's ear: "Send someone to Li Bao's house to have a look in a while, and then let Li Zhongyou send two young men to come here at night to keep vigil." ”

Mama Cui responded with a serious expression: "Yes, the slave will go!" ”

Zhao Yunlan turned around and entered the house again: "Aunts and sisters-in-law, let's go home today!" ”

Liu Meihua wanted to say something, but Zhao Yunlan shook her head and didn't want to listen to it anymore.

After everyone left, Li Mingmei stepped forward and said, "Sister-in-law, do you think Ding Fengying did it?" ”

Zhao Yunlan shook her head: "I don't know, let's go back first, bring this batch of soap back first." ”

"Then how should Uncle Wu explain it?" Li Mingmei said worriedly.

Zhao Yunlan: "I won't send the peach blossom soap this time, I saved a lot of plum soap last winter, so I took some out, and the rest was sent with ordinary soap." ”

Li Mingmei: "Then that's the only way!" ”

"Let's go, let's go back first." Zhao Yunlan took Li Mingmei back to Li's house.

……

After waiting for an afternoon, Li Mingren finally saw Zhao Yunlan come back, and just wanted to step forward to ask, Wang said in the back: "Yunlan, is there something going on in the workshop?" ”

Zhao Yunlan is not the kind of character who has something to carry by herself, so she said calmly: "Those soaps were made of hands and feet, and this batch of soap has not been formed." ”

Li Mingren worried: "Can you find the reason? ”

Zhao Yunlan shook her head.

Li Mingmei was depressed in her heart, and as soon as she saw Wang, she stepped forward to nest beside Wang.

Wang didn't say anything to comfort Li Mingmei when he saw this, but just gently stroked Li Mingmei's back.

Mama Cui has already handed over this matter to Li Zhongyou, which is also a test for Zhao Yunlan to Li Zhongyou.

Li Zhongyou sent Xia Xiang to quietly go to Li Bao's house to check the situation, and at this time, Ding Fengying was helping Li Erniu boil the medicine.

"Brother Bao, I'm boiling the medicine in the pot, you pay attention to the heat, I have to go to work tomorrow, I'll go pick up some firewood and come back for you, this Qingming is coming, it's going to rain for a few days." Ding Fengying said softly.

Li Bao looked at the lady's hands becoming rougher and rougher because she wanted to support the family, and her heart was a little sour, and she only responded to Ding Fengying: "Go early and return early, don't pick up too much if you can't carry it." ”

"Mmmm, I'll go out first, remember to watch the fire!" Ding Fengying went to the mountain, and Xia Xiang inspected Li Bao's house and didn't find anything abnormal, so he caught up with Ding Fengying's footsteps and went to the mountain.

Li Zhongyou's side, with the autumn harvest and the autumn scenery and winter storage, went to the mountain workshop to check, and looked at it carefully, and sure enough, he found a bag of unknown things. In the evening, the autumn harvest and the winter hid were also arranged to keep vigil at the workshop.

Li Zhongyou went to the town with his bag of things, found a pharmacy and inquired, and found that it was full of some cooked Chinese herbs and some soil. Then he hired a few little beggars from the town to inquire about the workers in the workshop, who had seen anyone lately. When it was close to Hai after a busy day, Li Zhongyou drove the carriage to Li Ji Hot and Sour Noodles and stayed with Liu Yang for one night.

On the second day, just after noon, the little beggars came to the hot and sour noodle shop to report to Li Zhongyou what they had heard, and one of them was named Yang Sanyuan, who was very suspicious of Li Zhongyou, so Li Zhongyou sent a little beggar to follow Yang Sanyuan for a few days. The town made arrangements, and Li Zhongyou drove the carriage back to Lijia Village.

Here in Lijia Village, everyone came to work early today, and Zhao Yunlan also came to the workshop early in the morning to take care of it, but Zhao Yunlan looked at everyone absent-mindedly, except for Ding Fengying, of course.

Zhao Yunlan also thought that tomorrow would be the Qingming Festival, so she asked everyone to go back and rest for a few days first, and then come to work after the Qingming Festival.

Ding Fengying also noticed everyone's abnormality, and was inexplicably a little worried in her heart, and when she turned around and went out, she hit the doorrail.

Seeing this, several women who were suspicious of Ding Fengying couldn't help but be even more suspicious, and everyone quickly distanced themselves from Ding Fengying and walked home.

After Li Zhongyou came back, he told Zhao Yunlan what he had heard, and Zhao Yunlan sighed in her heart that this beggar's work efficiency was quite high.

There was no abnormality in Ding Fengying's house in the summer.