Chapter 225 Stealing Things
She withdrew her gaze and said, "Tell me, why did you come to see me?"
Mrs. Chen knelt down again and said, "County Master, slave... I have something to report, I, I, I... slave, I have reported it to Manager Zhang several times, but Zhang... Manager Zhang..."
One face was red.
I don't know if I'm nervous or excited.
But if she were to continue talking like this, it would be dark, and she might not be able to finish.
Xia Zihan smiled slightly and said, "Speak slowly, don't be in a hurry."
"Yes...yes, County Lord."
Mrs. Chen took a few deep breaths and spoke much more smoothly.
"The lady of the Wang family who came with the slave, her maiden name is Zhu, has a younger brother living in the capital. Since last winter, the lady of the Wang family has secretly taken vegetables from her brother's house, saying that she wanted to give her brother's family a taste of fresh food. Later, her brother every They come every three days to get vegetables, each time weighing more than ten kilograms. Vegetables are expensive in winter, and one kilogram costs fifty or sixty cents. After a long time, the slaves can't stand it anymore. The Qian family's wife also works with Manager Zhang. Reported this.”
"My servant is on good terms with Madam Qian. She told her personally. But when Manager Zhang knew about it, he pretended not to know about it and still protected Madam Wang. Not long ago, we heard that Madam Wang had stuffed a stick worth five taels into her mouth a few years ago. Give her the silver hollow gilt hairpin.”
"Later, when vegetables became cheaper and every household had vegetables, Mrs. Wang stopped bringing vegetables to her brother, and we stopped paying attention. However, her brother still came to visit her often."
"It rains all the time these days and the weather is gloomy. I didn't cover myself with a quilt at night, so I got a stomachache. The night before yesterday, when I got up in the middle of the night, I suddenly saw the wife of the Wang family who lives in the house next to me sneaking out of the house. , walking towards the kitchen, I was worried and followed her.”
"When I saw her walking into the kitchen, I wanted to follow her in, but I was worried about being discovered by her. When I was hesitating, I saw her coming out with a bag of things, so I hid."
"Yesterday, her brother came to visit her again, and I kept an eye on it. I saw her bringing a bundle to her brother, saying that it was newly made clothes for her brother."
"Sister-in-law from the Wang family has always been lazy. She doesn't like to use needles or threads. Even if her clothes are torn on weekdays, the Qian family and I help sew them. How could she make clothes for her brother?"
"After noon yesterday, Ya'er, who was working in the kitchen, secretly talked to my eldest daughter, saying that a pack of dried shrimps and two kilograms of dried mushrooms were lost in the kitchen. The steward in charge of the kitchen couldn't find the things after they were lost. If a thief is afraid of taking responsibility, he will not dare to speak out and suppress the matter. ”
"When Da Ya told me this, I was very scared. But after thinking about it, I can't tolerate this matter, otherwise the Wang family's wife will steal more and more and stretch out her hands longer and longer."< br>
"We were all kindly brought in by the county boss and the old lady, and we were not allowed to live a hard life outside, but we cannot lose our conscience and do things like repaying kindness with enmity."
"I wanted to talk to Manager Zhang, but when I thought that Manager Zhang had been bribed by the Wang family's wife, I... I came to find the county owner."
Mrs. Chen's face turned red, and she glanced at Xia Zihan from time to time while speaking. When Xia Zihan gave her an encouraging look, she gradually and eloquently explained everything in one breath.
In the end, even the slave forgot to call himself.
Xia Zihan frowned, pursed his lips, and his face gradually became cold.
She and her grandmother brought them to Chu's house because they were a group of widows living a hard life outside with their children, and they were afraid that they would be bullied.
Unexpectedly, an underfed wolf was recruited.
Xia Zihan looked at Mrs. Chen, "You go down first, I will handle this matter." He looked at Chu Kuang and gave her a wink.
Chu Kuang took Mrs. Chen down.
After walking out of the door, Chu Kuan stuffed a packet of Fenghong into Madam Chen's hand, "This is a reward from the master."
"Thank you, County Master." Mrs. Chen pinched Feng Hong, but there was not much happiness on her face, but a touch of disappointment.
She risked her face and came to the county lord to report the Wang family's wife, but she actually had selfish motives.
The eldest girl in her family is eleven years old and is assigned to sweep the floor in the garden. She is paid half a tael of silver a month. However, she heard that the girl who works as a roughneck next to the county lord earns one tael of silver a month and does not have much work. , working is not tiring either. If you can win the favor of the county lord, you can be transferred to the side as a maid, then let alone the two taels of silver a month's wages, even the reward, you will get one or twenty taels a year.
Look at this little girl, she is only one or two years older than the eldest girl in her family. She is just a second-class maid guarding the door, and she is wearing a gold hairpin and pearl earrings.
Mrs. Chen's wife glanced at Chu Kuang enviously before leaving with a smile.
In the room, Xia Zihan called Chu Fei and handed the matter over to Chu Fei to investigate.
Chu Fei asked the cute and clever Chu Meng to investigate what happened in the kitchen, while she herself went to Zhu's house to investigate Madam Wang's brother.
In the evening, Chu Fei came back and reported to her, "County Lord, Madam Chen is right. Madam Wang's brother lives in a private house on North Street in Beijing."
She bought a candied haws and asked everything about the Wang brother.
The person she asked about happened to be the child of the Zhu family's neighbor. Later, she found this neighbor again and gave her a couple of coins, and then she found out everything about the Zhu family.
"Mrs. Wang's parents set up a noodle stall next to the road on North Street. Although they didn't make much money, they didn't go hungry. Mrs. Wang had four girls and one boy in total. The son was the youngest, because he had been waiting for it for a long time. The Zhu family's parents doted on their son very much, which also caused his bad habit of being lazy and lazy. ”
"Lady Wang is the fourth child and the youngest among the daughters. Compared to the other three sisters, Mrs. Wang is also very popular with her parents. Although her bad habits are not as serious as those of her younger brother, she is also famous in that area for being lazy."< br>
"When Lady Wang got her hair, it was very difficult to get married to her husband's family. As soon as people found out that she was lazy and lazy, they were unwilling to marry her. I heard from her neighbor that some tricks were used to marry Lady Wang back then."
Otherwise, how could a girl with a well-known bad habit marry Wang Baowei, a man with strong martial arts skills, a good family, good looks, and a good income?
"Shortly after Mrs. Wang got married, her parents were beaten up because they provoked bullies, and both of them passed away."
The sky of the Zhu family collapsed all of a sudden. Mr. Wang and his wife were gone, and the noodle stall was destroyed. The family's few remaining money also paid for the funeral of the two elders of the Wang family. What was left was Zhu Da, who was not yet married and was lazy in cooking. It became a thorn in the side of the four sisters.
Mrs. Wang herself was lazy and was always disliked by her mother-in-law, so she didn't want to take care of her younger brother. However, her husband's family had the best life among the four sisters. After Zhu Da finished her parents' funeral, she went to the Wang family. She said she was visiting relatives, but in fact she was just acting like a rogue. .
Wang's father drives a carriage for a wealthy family, and Wang's mother raises chickens and sells eggs at home. The old couple doesn't earn much every month, but if they use it frugally, it's enough to support the family, and Wang Weiwei can save the money he earns. .
But after Zhu Da left, not only was he lazy to eat, but he also had to wait for the Queen Mother to serve him when he was selling eggs at the market. He and his wife secretly killed and ate chickens when the Queen Mother came back. The two brothers ate it all. When the Queen Mother found out, she was so angry that she immediately scolded the Wang siblings. When the Wang guards came home in the evening, the Queen Mother was going to divorce the Wang family's wife.
The wife of the Wang family was also lucky, and she happened to be pregnant. She couldn't get divorced at this time, but the Queen Mother resolutely drove Zhu Da out of the Wang family.
At first, the wife of the Wang family disagreed, fearing that Zhu Da would starve to death outside without money or food, so she threatened the Queen Mother with the child in her belly. If the Queen Mother did not keep Zhu Da, she would abort the child.
At that time, this incident alarmed the neighbors, and everyone went to watch the fun. Seeing that Mrs. Wang was so cruel that she even gave up her child, the neighbors who didn't like her at all started laughing at her, considering her younger brother more important than her son.
The Queen Mother has long disliked the Queen of the Wang family. When the Lady of the Wang family was able to marry Wang Guardi, she had to resort to pick-and-roll tactics. Now that she saw that the Queen of the Wang family was devoted to protecting Zhu Da, the Queen Mother was about to divorce her and take away the child in her belly. Knock it off, Lien Da The husbands all called, and finally the Queen Mother of the Wang family saw that her mother-in-law really wanted to abort the child in her belly and drive her out of the Wang family. Then she became frightened and knelt down to beg for mercy. The Queen Mother did not divorce her. After all, she There is still Wang family seed in his stomach.
Zhu Da wanted to stay put, but the guard Wang was so powerful that he didn't dare to stay. He was afraid of being beaten to death by the guard Wang, so he went to live with his other three sisters in turns, feeding them good food and drink. , the Wang sisters were hateful and angry at his scoundrel, but they couldn't drive him away.
After Wang Huowei passed away, the king's father and queen were heartbroken. After receiving the money and land from our government, they sold everything in the house and even quit their jobs. They wanted to take the Wang family's wife and grandson with them. He went to the countryside to farm and live a peaceful life.
The Queen Mother didn't want to go to the countryside to farm, so she wanted to make a life-and-death fight. She also instigated Zhu Da to take away the 200 taels of pension and land deeds from the Queen Mother. At that time, the Wang family was in chaos and everyone started fighting. The royal father and queen mother were no match for Zhu Da, so they were pushed to the ground and beaten by Zhu Da. Fortunately, Manager Lu took the people there in time, and Zhu Da was restrained.
The king's father and queen were escorted to the countryside by someone sent by Manager Lu. The Wang family's wife came to Chu's house, and Zhu Da went back to live in the Zhu family's old house.
However, since then, Zhu Da often came to Chu's house to see Mrs. Wang. Every time he went back, he would hold a bag and said that the shoes and clothes were made for him by Mrs. Wang.
However, according to the information Chu Meng investigated, the Wang family's wife had never left the house or bought any fabric since she entered Chu's house. What did she use to make Zhu Da's clothes and shoes?
Also, every time Zhu Da came to Chu's house, some dry goods would be thrown into the kitchen, such as fungus, mushrooms, pepper, millet, mung beans, etc. Since they were not precious items and were not worth a few dollars, the manager would always take care of them. Go down.
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