Chapter two hundred and thirty seventh caught the thief
Although Zhou Lie's family felt particularly distressed after giving out the money, her distress quickly eased when she thought of the profits that would be made in the future.
only……
She couldn't help but ask Zhang Li, "When the glutinous rice is stolen, aren't you afraid that they will find you?"
Zhang Li said plausibly, "Let's steal 80% and keep 20%. When they use it and find something wrong later, my nephew won't be guarding the warehouse, and he can't be found."
The Zhou Lie family felt that there was some truth in what they said. It seemed that this kind of low-class poor person was quite treacherous. But this was good, as it would be harder to find her.
So she waited with peace of mind for the next day.
With excitement and anticipation, Zhou Lie's family waited until midnight - this was the time she had agreed with the villagers. Everyone had already fallen asleep by this time, even if they made a little noise
, and you don’t have to worry about anyone coming over.
Zhou Lie's family also took their two sons with them on this trip. They stood in front of the warehouse door, waiting for others to come and help move the glutinous rice.
It's just that they waited and waited, and time kept passing by, but they still didn't see anyone.
The faces of the Zhou Lie family were ugly. Are they being let off?
Her eldest son Zhou Tong asked: "Mom, did you really remember the time correctly? Did you really come here to move today? Didn't you say you had bribed twenty villagers?"
They have already contacted the grain store, they just need to move the glutinous rice there.
Zhou Lie's family was impatient to wait, gritted their teeth and said, "I just asked Mr. Zhang during the day, and it was right at noon tonight."
"If they don't come, they will be ugly." Zhou Fu, the second son, felt that his feet were sore.
"They won't betray us, right?"
The Zhou Lie family's voice was a little shrill, "Do they dare?"
Zhou Tong turned around and walked to the warehouse. Suddenly he seemed to have discovered something. He turned around and said, "Mom, this door is unlocked! The lock is not fastened."
Zhou Lie's family hurried over to take a look, and found that the door of the warehouse containing glutinous rice was actually unlocked. She quickly removed the lock, and the door opened with just a push. Bags of glutinous rice were piled neatly.
Over there, glutinous rice worth five thousand taels was piled together like a mountain. The scene was shocking. In the eyes of the three of them, mother and son, this was clearly money wasted.
The Zhou Lie family breathed a sigh of relief. Although they didn't know why those people didn't come over tonight, they probably didn't betray them, so the door was unlocked.
Seeing so much glutinous rice, Zhou Lie's family was excited and had a headache. Is it possible that they should move it back by themselves?
"Mom, we can't put it off any longer. If we put it off any longer, we might not be able to finish the move by the time dawn comes. Look, there's a cart over there. Let's just put the glutinous rice on the cart and push it to the city.
." Her second son Zhou Fu showed a smile, "It just so happened that Su Yueling spent money to repair this road last year and made it very smooth. It will be much easier to push this car. After a few trips, we should be able to finish pushing.
Su Yueling probably never dreamed that the good roads she spent money to build would actually benefit them in the end.
Unable to wait for the villagers, Zhou Lie's family had no choice but to go up on their own.
She gritted her teeth and said, "We'll try to bring bad luck to them tomorrow. Let's push the cart by ourselves first. When we get to the city, we'll let the guys from the grain store help us push it together."
She has been serving Mrs. Chen for many years, doing light work, and she has never experienced such hardship.
Zhou Fu hurriedly came over to move the glutinous rice. During the move, he also discovered something.
“These glutinous rice bags actually have a seal stamped on the outside!”
In the lower right corner of each bag of glutinous rice, the name Su Yueling looked clear and distinct, and the font was different from anything he had ever seen before, which was impressive.
Zhou Lie's family thought this was normal, "Don't worry. You can just change the bags after moving to the grain store."
It doesn't cost much money to change the bag.
Zhou Fu felt the same way, but he didn't know why there was a lingering uneasiness in his heart.
Maybe it was because the twenty villagers and Mrs. Zhang Li failed to show up as promised, which made him feel anxious that things were out of control.
He and his eldest brother struggled to carry the glutinous rice to the car. Thirty bags were placed in one car. It was really heavy. If there hadn't been a cart, there would have been no way they could have moved it by themselves.
Zhou Fu comforted himself that he only needed to move it this time anyway, and he would just let the helper come over for the rest.
The clerk also had to transport the moldy rice from the store to replace it.
After the move, Zhou Lie's two sons were so tired that they stuck out their tongues. The clerk from the grain store hurriedly helped unload and move the goods and put the molded rice prepared in advance on the cart. It was just the clerk from the grain store.
There were only four of us. No matter how hard we tried, we couldn't make more trips in one night. We really couldn't move most of the glutinous rice away.
Zhou Lie's family was very angry, "That Zhang Li is so unreliable. I will definitely seek bad luck for her in the morning."
She has to at least arrange a few more moving times. How can she make it happen this time?
Zhou Fu said: "Maybe something happened in Lushan Village, so they didn't dare to come over. They took all the money and let us move the goods. They are already in the same boat as us, so forgive them.
Don’t have the guts to betray us.”
Zhou Lie's family looked distressed, "Thank you both for the hard work."
Zhou Fu naturally feels tired, but thinking about the money he can get tomorrow, it feels sweet no matter how tired he is. Although his mother is the wife's valued companion, and he is also a small steward, the Chen family is not just the wife's word.
The beloved aunt was keeping an eye on the main courtyard. Zhou Fu had to be careful if he wanted to make some money.
But today is different.
A few of them were carrying the glutinous rice enthusiastically, sweat dripping down their cheeks.
When they were moving for the third time, Zhou Tong's expression changed, "Second brother, do you think someone is coming from the front?"
And there were also faint footsteps coming.
Zhou Fu and the grain store clerks raised their heads. In the dark night, the firelight was particularly conspicuous. It was obvious that someone was walking towards them with a lantern.
Zhou Fu said: "Someone is coming. Let's avoid it."
They were all covered with linen on the glutinous rice bags, so the other party wouldn't notice.
Zhou Tong nodded, "Let's see who it is first."
He guessed that it was the villagers from the next village who got up early. They got up really early. He had inquired, and it would take three hours before today's road construction would start.
But when he heard the footsteps getting closer and closer to them, Zhou Tong could not help but become nervous, especially the footsteps, which sounded like there were many people.
Not long after, he saw a few familiar middle-aged men - he had just met them the day before yesterday. They were the road construction villagers who had been bribed by them. Originally, they should have come to help them move their things, but they did not expect to show up at this time.
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Zhou Tong's expression relaxed. He remembered that the one at the front was named Zhang Bin.
He opened his mouth and was about to say that they arrived too late when he heard Zhang Bin pointing at them and said, "Sir! It's them! They stole the glutinous rice we use to build roads!"
"Caught the thief!"
Six government servants walked out from behind Zhang Bin and eight villagers.
The leader of the government office snorted coldly from his nose, "How brave! How dare you steal glutinous rice? Come with us!"
Zhou Tong was completely stunned and couldn't react at all. At this moment, he felt as if ice water had been poured down from his head. It was so heart-breaking.