At this time, the crowd outside the courtyard gate was still shouting: Is there a robber in the Caojia Distillery?

Cao Hongyou responded at the gate of the courtyard: No robbers were found. But before that, I did hear someone shouting to catch the thief, but now the thief has not been found.

Suddenly, a man with a torch stood by the courtyard wall and shouted: "Blood has been found."

The crowd outside echoed: there were also blood stains outside the courtyard walls.

Cao Hongyou followed the sound and observed that there were indeed blood stains on the gloss of the torches, so he said that this showed that a robber had climbed into the courtyard wall.

Cao Yang said, I wondered, I was sleeping in bed and heard someone shouting to catch the thief, who was shouting? Did someone outside shout when they spotted the thief?

A crowd outside replied that we had just rushed over when we heard someone shouting for the thief inside the courtyard wall, and no one among us shouted at all.

Cao Yang frowned and said, that's strange, since the robber has turned into the compound, it is impossible for the robber to shout to catch the thief himself, right?!

Hu Qin said that there are cases where thieves shout to catch thieves, but this is not the case.

People inside and outside the courtyard walls looked at each other, and some said, "Who is shouting to catch the thief?"

Late that night, there was silence in the earthen houses on the western outskirts of the city. The two men who had attempted to be thieves cowered inside, still feeling palpitations. In the dim light, Hu Xiangcai took a toothpick to Wu Daode and picked out the tiny pieces of glass slag stuck in the palm of his hand.

Wu Daodao's hands were full of blood, and he frowned and said, why didn't your hand hurt at all?

Hu Xiangcai said, when you reached out to pull me on the courtyard wall, I stretched out my left hand, and my right hand quickly pulled the hat in my hand, so I was not stabbed when I grabbed the edge of the courtyard wall of the glass slag.

Wu Daode said jealously, fuck, you are smarter than me.

Hu Xiangcai said, don't say I'm smart, as soon as I jumped off the courtyard wall, the black hat that the dog drilled the hole accidentally fell off. Tonight was so unlucky, it seemed to be controlled by evil spirits, I was confused and couldn't control myself, and I was almost caught by the people of the owner and the surrounding neighborhood. It's really in response to the old saying: If you can't steal chickens, you will eat a handful of rice!

Wu Daode said, it is not the evil ghost that controls you, it is Zhong Kui who catches the evil ghost, he is attached to you, and he can be regarded as a demon who can be regarded as a demon. If I hadn't knelt down and kept kowtowing and begging him to spare you, then you and I would have been caught tonight.

Hu Xiangcai said, I don't dare to think about Cao's wine shop in the future, the Zhong Kui you said, even if we are snitches, we can't fight his spells.

"Hmm" Wu Daode nodded.

Hu Xiangcai was still removing broken glass slag for Wu Daode with a toothpick.

After a while, Wu Daode said, it's clean, don't pick it.

Hu Xiangcai threw the bloody toothpick, he said, fortunately, the broken glass pierced in the palm of your hand is not deep, it is easy to find, and it is easy to pick it out.

Wu Daode said that this is a blessing in misfortune.

Hu Xiangcai emphasized that there is a fortunate thing in the misfortune, although we did not succeed in this business, we did not reveal our whereabouts.

The next day, the Cao Family Distillery seemed to break the usual peaceful atmosphere.

When the sun rose, Cao Yang came out of the archway and went around the courtyard to look all the way, and found that there was a black hat of a dog drilling a hole hanging on the branch of the locust tree near the courtyard wall. He picked it up and saw that there were two holes in the rim of the hat.

Cao Yang said to himself: It must have been the robber who climbed into the yard last night. Fortunately, there was no theft, so it can only be said that there was no danger. If it is really stolen, I will take this hat and hand it over to the head catcher in the county office, and it can also be used as physical evidence and clues for the investigation of the case.

There were still blood stains on the locust tree pole, and Cao Yang caught a glimpse of it in the afterglow of his eyes, so he simply turned his head to take a closer look, and it was indeed bloodstains.

Two hours later, two helpers armed with hacksaws knocked down the locust tree. When the locust tree fell to the ground, it also made a loud "click".

Cao Hongyou walked out of the archway with a seven-star cane and accused the two helpers of not cutting down the locust tree.

The two helpers shirked the blame in unison: it was your son who arranged for us to cut down the locust tree.

Cao Yang happened to come out of the archway, and Cao Hongyou also accused his son of not letting them do such a thing, and gestured angrily.

Cao Yang said, Dad, it is good for me to arrange for two helpers to cut down this locust tree.

Cao Hongyou disagreed, but denied it: There is a fart benefit.

Cao Yang said, Dad, I found that the robbers last night climbed the locust tree near the courtyard wall and jumped in, and I asked them to cut down the locust tree, just to remove the favorable conditions for the robbers to climb the courtyard wall.

Cao Hongyou said disdainfully, if the locust tree is cut down, can't the robbers turn it in? Robbers can carry ladders and turn them over the courtyard wall.

Cao Yang said, it's not so convenient to move a ladder, right?! This locust tree, which grows close to the courtyard wall, is a natural ladder, and it is much easier to jump into the courtyard wall by climbing the locust tree pole that is higher than the courtyard wall, and you will not touch the broken glass that is inserted upside down on the edge of the courtyard wall to prevent people from climbing.

Cao Hongyou said, so what's the matter with the blood stains on the courtyard wall?

Cao Yang said that my analysis was that when the robbers fled, they crawled out of the courtyard wall, and their arms were cut by broken glass on the edge of the courtyard wall and dripped blood.

Cao Hongyou stroked a handful of white hair and said, anyway, I don't think it's good to cut down this locust tree, and it's better to say a little if other trees are cut down.

When Cao Yang heard this, he asked a little nervously, what do you mean?

Cao Hongyou said, a tree and a ghost are combined into a locust tree, and if you cut down the locust tree, you have offended the ghost of the tree, which is not good for our Cao family! Especially now that it is a big year, how can you do such a thing if you want to be auspicious?

Cao Yang said regretfully, Dad, why didn't you say it earlier?

Cao Hongyou said unhappily in his heart, how did I know that you would act casually without passing my father? What a rebel! As he spoke, he stomped the seven-star cane he was holding in his hand on the ground a few times.

A few days later, Wu Daode carried a bag of soybeans into the archway of Caojia Liquor and walked to the door of the house where soybeans were purchased.

Cao Hongyou raised the seven-star cane and shook it and said, the soybeans are no longer purchased.

Wu Daode begged, just this bag of soybeans, less than ten catties, take it! I finally managed to get it.

Cao Yang slapped the money bag hanging in front of the placket, saying that there was no money to collect, and so much purchase money had been spent.

Wu Daode took the initiative to put a bag of soybeans in the weighing pan and said, Can't I sell it cheaply to your Cao family?

Cao Yang took out the bag of soybeans in the weighing pan and put it on the ground. He looked at Wu Daode and said, you take it, our Cao family doesn't want soybeans.

Cao Hongyou said, Cao Yang, you write a revelation that you will no longer buy soybeans and post it on the street, lest someone send soybeans again.

Wu Daode raised his eyes and saw that in the room covered with sunning mats, there were a lot of soybeans piled up, like a hill.

Cao Yang said, Dad, these soybeans were sent to Jiangbei on the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, and the time was only two days.

Wu Daode was still standing at the door hesitating not to leave, and when he heard this, he smiled slightly. For a moment, he looked at Cao Yang and asked, has the ship been contacted?

Cao Yang replied, no, there are many boats! After all the goods are transported to Chibi Wharf, you can call a ship temporarily.

Wu Daode said, just use my boat! Take care of my business, and the freight to cross the river is also cheap.

Cao Yang said that about two tons of soybeans were loaded from Chibi Jitou to Wulin Wharf on the other side, how much would it cost?

Wu Daode said that the market price is 20 yuan for a ton of goods to cross the river, and this business will be done for me, and I will only charge 15 yuan for crossing the river for one ton.

Cao Yang said, let's talk about it then!

Wu Daode put down the bag of soybeans he was holding. He said, since your Cao family takes care of my business, my bag of soybeans is about 10 catties, and I will give it to your family without money.

Cao Yang said, how can it be done? picked up the bag of soybeans and handed it to Wu Daodao.

Wu Daode took the bag, but opened the mouth of the bag, took it to the door of the open door, poured all the bags of soybeans into the piles of soybeans, turned around and left with the empty bag in his hand, walked to the middle of the field, turned back again, and glanced at Cao Yang. Cao Yang chased after him and said, forget it, give you ten hangs.

Wu Daode shook his hand and said no. He ran to the door of the archway, turned around and said, Boss Cao, you have so many soybeans to be transported across the river, let me do the business!

Cao Yang stood in the middle of the field and said, our Cao family will cross the river on the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, and your boat must be moored at Chibi Wharf at that time, if you don't see your people that day, you have to use other people's boats.

Wu Daode said, my ship must be moored at Chibi Wharf and wait for your Cao family to load soybeans. Then he walked out of the archway gate and left in a hurry.

Cao Yang returned to the door of the house where the soybeans were stacked, and before he could stand still, Cao Hongyou accused him of not confiding in the information that the soybeans were transported to Jiangbei.

Cao Yang said, Dad, it doesn't matter? People should not be overly cautious, to be overly cautious is to close oneself.

Cao Hongyou suddenly became angry, he reprimanded, nonsense, you haven't even been cautious, and you can talk about being too cautious?

Cao Yang said that in order to pull the shipping business, they also gave us a bag of soybeans without money, which shows the sincerity of the people.

Cao Hongyou asked rhetorically, is that sincerity? That's a means to an end, beware!

Cao Yang said dissatisfiedly, Dad, you have too much heart.

Cao Hongyou glared at him again and said, My right eye has been jumping for the past few days, so I'm afraid that something will happen.

Cao Yang said, whether it beats in the left eye or the right eye, it is all because the person is tired, what does this have to do with the accident? You're too superstitious, too.

Cao Hongyou knocked the seven-star crutch in his hand heavily and said loudly, you stop!