Chapter 52 Looks like we are gregarious
Lin Jianshan hurried to Yuan's house to tell his family about this.
Upon hearing that Tiedan was missing, Ms. Liu, who had just woken up, suddenly became less weak as if she had just returned to her former glory. She hurriedly took her two daughters-in-law out to look for the child, without even caring about her own men.
Village Chief Lin was also anxious. He ignored Yuan Musheng's dissuasion and ran out to look for someone while hanging his injured arm.
Although Mrs. Rong didn't want to see the Lin family, when she heard that the child was missing, she still put down what she was doing and asked her two children to guard Yuan Musheng and run out to help find someone.
News spread quickly in the village. When they heard that Tiedan was missing, every family sent people to help find the child. For a while, the village was filled with voices shouting "Tiedan".
"Tiedan! Let's go home and eat!"
"Tiedan, come out quickly or your father won't beat you!"
"Tiedan!! If you hear this, please respond quickly!"
"Iron egg!!!"
Shitou shouted several times to help, but when he couldn't find anyone, he hurried back and told his family what had happened.
"Sister, let's help look for them too." Shitou hates the Lin family, but what the adults do has nothing to do with the children. Many of the holes on the ground haven't been filled in yet, and he's worried that Tiedan might have rolled in.
"No need to look for it." Shang Wan glanced at the mountains and forests in the distance, "Tiedan is in the wolf's den, and Xiao Hui is guarding it."
Shitou was shocked, "Why is Tiedan in the wolf's den?"
After asking, he felt something was wrong and asked: "Sister, how do you know?"
"The Lin family deliberately lured the villagers under the old elm tree to delay time by arguing so that Tiedan could come to our house to bury the money."
Shang Wan looked at Shi Shi and told him the whole story.
"If it weren't for Xiao Hui, what Lin Jianshan dug out of the ground would be silver, and we would also become silver thieves. Lin Jianshan has your brother-in-law's jade pendant, and this blame will definitely fall on him in the end. Without the reputation of being a scholar, your brother-in-law is handicapped and disabled. What do you think will happen if he gets into trouble and goes to extremes? "
"Yes, yes..." Shitou opened and closed his mouth several times before spitting out the next words, "Seek suicide."
Shang Wan didn't think Lu Chengjing would commit suicide. Even if he did commit suicide, he would probably drag a few people behind him.
Shitou clenched his fists angrily, "Brother-in-law has never had any grudges with the Lin family. Why did they want to kill him?"
"Use your brain." Shang Wan raised his hand and patted Shitou's forehead. "Think about it carefully. Is it true that the Lin family wants to harm your brother-in-law?"
This slap was quite painful, and Shitou's forehead turned red. He rubbed it while thinking, and suddenly thought of the key point, "Why is my brother-in-law's jade pendant at the Lin family?"
Lu Chengjing's jade pendant disappeared in prison. If it was for money, it might have been taken away by the government servants. But now the jade pendant appears in the Lin family as evidence to frame Lu Chengjing. Obviously the person who took the jade pendant did not take it for money, but who has that? Are you going to put your hand in prison?
The person behind it took such a long detour to deal with Lu Chengjing, and it was obvious that he had a grudge against Lu Chengjing. However, in Shi Shi's memory, although Lu Chengjing's temperament was a little colder, he dealt with things in a measured manner and never made enemies with anyone.
Shi Shi scratched his head and couldn't figure out who was targeting Lu Chengjing behind his back. He had to look at Shang Wan for help, "Sister, I really can't think of it. Just tell me who it is."
"If I knew, what else would you want to do?" Shang Wan shrugged, his tone sounding confident.
Stone:"……"
No, isn't his sister taking a test on him? Why doesn't his sister know? Are you teasing him?
Shitou's dull expression once again pleased Shang Wan. She patted the boy on the shoulder and said, "Remember to use your brain. If you can't recall it now, keep working hard next time."
Shitou: Don’t let this happen again!
He shook his head and brought the topic back, "Sister, every family in the village has sent people to help find someone. Let's shout a few times to show that we are gregarious." "Don't worry, didn't you help me find someone just now?" Shang Wan stretched and said, "You go help Xiaohuan set the dishes and chopsticks. I'll come back after I've finished moving the remaining wood."
"good."
Xiaohuan made four dishes and one soup. The rice was stuffed with sweet potatoes and tasted like sweet potatoes.
Shang Wan picked out the sweet potatoes, let them cool and fed them to the little guy who was waiting eagerly.
Yuanyuan likes the sweet taste of sweet potatoes, and even eats sweet potatoes instead of custard.
"Are you running out of rice and noodles at home?"
When Shang Wan asked, Xiaohuan swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "I can still cook two meals, sister. Should we buy it in the village or go to the county town?"
"Go to the county seat and take a look at the situation in the county seat."
Shang Wan said as he put a chopstick into Lu Chengjing's bowl of fried pork slices.
"There are many damaged houses in the village. The repair of the houses should fall on the Zhang family. The Zhang family will definitely be busy. Our family can't delay building a new house. I'm thinking of going to the city to find a mason. If the labor is suitable, , just invite people to come back and build us a new house.”
Shitou couldn't help but mutter, "Sister, we haven't collected the money yet. It's too early to think about building a new house now."
Shang Wan didn't take it seriously, "Can't we wait until the Lin family delivers the money?"
"That's only eighty taels."
Xiaohuan reminded Shitou, "There are also fifty taels from the Chen family, which adds up to a total of one hundred and thirty taels."
"No, it's one hundred and sixty taels." Shang Wan corrected. Since the Lin family planned to bury the money on her property, don't blame her for accepting it.
Xiaohuan didn't know yet that Tiedan was going to bury the money in her family to frame her, so Shitou told her briefly, which made Xiaohuan angry and scolded the Lin family for teaching bad children.
After Lu Chengjing finished eating the food in his bowl, he put down his chopsticks and added calmly: "It's two hundred taels. If the jade pendant is sent to the pawn shop, it can be used as a pawn for at least forty taels."
The four of them looked at each other, Shitou took the lead and couldn't help laughing, Xiaohuan covered his chest happily, Shang Wan was amused by their exaggerated appearance, and the corners of Lu Chengjing's lips also curved.
The round child who was concentrating on eating sweet potatoes was smacking her mouth. Although she didn’t understand why everyone was laughing, it didn’t stop her from grinning and joining in.
On one side, the family is happily enjoying a happy life in the future. On the other side, the Lin family is shrouded in dark clouds, and they are shouting hoarse trying to find someone.
"Brother, what on earth did you ask Tiedan to do? It's already this time, so don't hide it anymore!" Lin Jianshui knew that Lin Jianshan asked Tiedan to do something, but he didn't know exactly what to do.
Lin Jianshan glanced at his father. Village Chief Lin looked very unhappy. On the one hand, he was worried about losing his grandson, and on the other hand, the injury on his arm was really painful.
"Dad, can Tiedan..."
"Let's talk when we get back." Village Chief Lin interrupted his eldest son, glanced around at the villagers who were still helping to find someone, and said in a low voice, "This is not the place to talk."
Mrs. Liu said anxiously: "Master, I haven't found Tiedan yet, so I can't go back!"
"Yes, Dad." Mrs. Zhou agreed, "Is there anything we can't talk about until we get Tiedan back?"
In the past, Mrs. Zhou would not have dared to contradict Village Chief Lin like this, but now that her son was lost, she was so anxious that she could not care much. She was just afraid that Tiedan would meet with something unexpected and die young like Daya. How could that have anything to do with poaching her heart? the difference?
Village Chief Lin glared at the two of them and said, "Shut up, everyone. You stay here and continue to look for me. Everyone else comes back with me."
(End of chapter)