Chapter 148: Set the sack
The copper coin burning paper that was sent back was short of catties, and the little couple did not make a noise for the time being, but spent a few days to light out all the copper coin burning paper in the warehouse.
Because there is no discrepancy between the number of knives taken away each time and the number of knives returned, plus they are all trusted relatives and friends, so when the number of losses was just counted, it really scared Shen Luzhu, at first glance it seemed that only a small part of the knife was missing, but it was all counted together, but there were more than 20 knives missing, and from the perspective of the number of missing knives, at the beginning, the person only dared to draw a small amount, and the more he seemed to be bolder, the more he was drawn!
After Chu Yi counted the paper money that had been manipulated twice, he was a little puzzled: "The number of knives that have been drawn with paper money is a bit strange, and it doesn't match the amount taken by the three families!"
"Isn't it right? That is to say, he has not smoked every knife he has taken, but some have smoked and some have not, is he afraid of being discovered? But in that case, it is better to spread it evenly into each knife and make it less obvious, rather than drawing more out of some of the knives!"
Chu Yi nodded, this is also what he thinks is strange, saying that this person is timid and afraid of being discovered, he is obviously pumping more and more, otherwise they will not see the difference, but he is bold, but he does not use every knife to do it, just like his family Azhu said, there are ten missing in each of the ten knives, and there are only fifty missing in each of the two knives, it must be the latter that is more obvious!
"In the past few days, when everyone comes to deliver paper money again, I will separate each family, and then tap it once and I will know it."
"That's all there is to it." Shen Luzhu felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, not because of how much more silver could be sold for these twenty dollars of paper money, but because he didn't want to be suspicious of his most trusted relatives and friends because of this kind of thing, once the seed of doubt was planted, it would be difficult to pull it out in the future!
In the next few days, Zhao Cheng, Chu Ping and Uncle Zhang's three places really sent the copper money burned paper made in the past few days, Chu Yi did not show any abnormality when he received the goods, but when he was placed in the warehouse, he specially made a very hidden distinction and mark, and after waiting for people to chat as usual, he tapped the number out, and sure enough, just like Shen Luzhu didn't want to guess in his heart, all the copper coins that had been burned with his hands and feet came from the batch sent back by Uncle Zhang's family, but before leaving, she watched Chu Yi tap the number of each knife with her own eyes!
In addition, Chu Yi also discovered another strange thing: "I thought that the other party was afraid of being discovered, so some smoked and some didn't, because they wanted to mix them together and then fish in troubled waters, but now I found that this is not the case at all, all the ones that have been smoked are put together, and those that have not been smoked are put in another pile!"
Shen Luzhu also felt incredible when he heard it, and he really couldn't figure out what he was doing this for a while, although it had been determined that this matter was from Uncle Zhang, but what to do next, the little couple made a difficulty, and they were distressed for two days, and finally decided to discuss one or two with Shen's mother first.
When Shen's mother first heard about this, she shook her head again and again, and couldn't believe anything: "No, no, your uncle has always been the most honest and responsible, otherwise he wouldn't have done it in that Zhuangzi for so many years, and the owner of the Zhuangzi still remembered the old love and left your cousins in the Zhuangzi!"
Shen Luzhu also didn't want to believe it, although the uncle had fewer chances to see her when he was young, he had always loved her, she didn't want to believe that her uncle actually did such a thing: "Auntie, could it be that the uncle's family has encountered some difficulties recently, lack of money or something, just like this!"
"No, I met your uncle and mother going to the pork shop to cut meat a few days ago, and besides, they have not only worked in Zhuangzi all their lives, but now their sons and sons-in-law are also in Zhuangzi, so it stands to reason that there should be no shortage of silver!"
Chu Yi asked aloud, "Uncle's family has been living with children recently?"
Mother Shen shook her head again and denied: "Your cousin and a few of them came back for a day in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and only your uncle and aunt are at home on weekdays...... That's it, instead of guessing here, it's better to go directly and ask your uncle to go, go, A-Niang will go with you!"
Mother Shen said that she was about to lead the little couple out to ask Uncle Zhang's uncle, but was stopped by Shen Luzhu: "
No. No need for Niang! I'll go with Chu Yi and we will go by ourselves, and A-Niang is waiting for our news at home."
Shen's mother thought about it, it would not be good if there were too many people in her house, so she dispelled the idea of going to Uncle Zhang's house with her, and sat in her yard uncomfortably, waiting for her daughter and son-in-law to return.
When the young couple arrived at the front of the hospital, the uncle of the Zhang family and the eldest aunt Xie were enjoying the shade in the courtyard, and when they saw that it was the niece, they suddenly came to the door and hurriedly invited people to sit in the hall.
The eldest aunt, Xie Shi, was concerned, "Luzhu, why did you two come to the house today? I heard your uncle say that you have been looking much better recently, and you can eat some meat and the like, and you have finally survived this difficult day, and when your aunt was pregnant with your eldest brother, she also tossed a lot of days like this!"
"I'm so tired that my aunt and uncle are worried, I don't have anything to do now, I can eat and sleep, it's very good!"
"That's good, that's good!"
Shen Luzhu touched his nose with some embarrassment: "Uncle, aunt, we have something to ask today!"
"Just say anything!"
Chu Yijue quietly stopped his wife, who was about to speak, and said to himself: "Uncle, there is always a shortage of burning paper received at home recently, so after thinking about it, I decided to ask my uncle and see if my uncle knows what is going on?"
Uncle Zhang was stunned when he heard this, frowned and wondered, "How can there be less, but more?" When did you find out?"
The little couple saw the reaction of the uncle of the Zhang family and the eldest aunt Xie, and glanced at each other, the uncle and the aunt seemed to hear about it for the first time, and at the same time they were relieved, but they were also more puzzled, if it wasn't for the hands and feet of the uncle of the Zhang family and the uncle Xie, then who would it be?
Shen Luzhu told his uncle and aunt in detail about the story before and after discovering this, and the uncle was surprised when he heard it, and his old face was red and ashamed.
The eldest aunt Xie Shi's face was a little pale, and she asked her man in disbelief: "Daddy, do you think it should be Daqiang......
Shen Luzhu was a little puzzled when he heard this: "Daqiang?"
Uncle Zhang explained ashamedly: "It's my brother-in-law Xie Daqiang, last year he saw us making this paper burning at home, and when he heard that he was making money, he thought about it, his family was not very rich, and your aunt and I thought about borrowing your work, pulling him, so I gave him a set of two sets of molds you sent, and since then, this burning paper is actually made by our two families, half of the family, like Luzhu you said, then he must be a ghost!"
The little couple didn't expect that there was such a thing in the middle, but this can also explain the things that they couldn't figure out before, but when it comes to their aunt's own brother, they don't know what to say for a while.
The eldest aunt, Xie Shi, was a little reluctant to believe it: "This! Luzhu, could this be some misunderstanding?"
Uncle Zhang said angrily, "What misunderstanding can there be? Can the paper money grow legs on its own? I'm going to deal with him, it's not him, it's me, or who else can you say?"
"You've always been honest and kind, how could it be that you stole your niece's things?"
Uncle Zhang replied: "It's not enough, it's really a shame, how can you even steal this!" Luzhu Ayi, you wait at home, and I'll arrest the immoral one!"
Although the little couple didn't want to let go of this guy who stole their paper money, they didn't want to cause the uncle to have a conflict with his aunt's maiden brother because of this matter, not to mention that since the person had done it, he would definitely not admit it easily, so they hurriedly stopped the uncle of the Zhang family!
"What are you holding me back? Could it be that he was let go like this? Don't worry about me and your aunt, if you do something wrong, you have to do what you should do!"
Shen Luzhu persuaded: "Uncle dissipates his anger, it is naturally impossible for us to just forget it so painlessly, but I always feel that this matter cannot be his own idea, otherwise what can he do if he steals?" It must be sold to someone else or transferred, and if we want to catch the person behind the scenes, we still have to think about it in the long run."
Uncle Zhang nodded: "Then what do you say? Uncle cooperates with you!"
Shen Luzhu thought for a while and said, "Uncle just needs to pretend that he doesn't know about this matter first, and Ming'er will come to the house to get the yellow burning paper as usual."
"Cheng, then uncle will listen to you!"
Uncle Zhang, the younger couple, rushed back to the Shen family again, and learned another thing from Shen's mother, the relationship between Xie Daqiang and the two of them is not just as simple as his uncle's maiden brother.
It turned out that this Xie family was the Xie family who disliked Chu Yi's poor family before, and the matchmaker didn't even let people enter the door, Chu Grandma asked the matchmaker to show Chu Yixiang, the three girls of the Xie family were also at the age of marriage, and the matchmaker went to the door with the attitude of trying it out, who knew that the Xie family was poor and loved the rich, and they also drove the matchmaker away from their own door, and the matter was known to the entire Hexi Village. How the Xie family will regret it, that is all the talk of the people in the village after tea and dinner!
This matter was shocking enough for the little couple, who would have thought that Shen's mother would then say something even more bizarre: "There is also a kid in his family, who is a well-known lazy man in the village, who is blind all day long, and when your business has just improved, he also yelled at people in the village, saying that his father and mother delayed him and his sister-in-law, and he should have come to ask to marry Luzhu, and his sister-in-law married Ayi!"
Shen Luzhu frowned and scolded, "This person is really shameless!"
"No, I don't know how your second brother heard this, the four of them took advantage of the darkness to put that kid in a sack, beat him fat, and he couldn't get off the kang for almost ten years!"