The things Tao Qiqi and the others bought just now were very simple. In order to make Tao Qiniang feel real, they put the things in the carriage without confiscating them. Even if the official wanted to look for them, they would still be able to see them at a glance.
Seeing how cooperative Tao Qiqi was, the official did not make things difficult for her. He went up to check around and then came down.
As soon as he got off the carriage, before the official said anything, the old lady of the Fang family immediately came over and asked: "Is it in the carriage? I said that it must have fallen into the carriage, otherwise it would be impossible for someone to pick it up in the blink of an eye."
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"No!" the official replied simply.
Hearing this answer, the face of the old lady from the Fang family immediately fell, "How could it not be?!"
"Could it be possible that the lady inside just poured the grain into their grain bags?" said the second eldest son of the Fang family.
When the official heard this, he asked: "What kind of food did you throw away? How many kilograms?"
"Three kilograms of whole grains." The old lady of the Fang family answered.
"But the total amount of coarse grain in the carriage is probably less than three kilograms, so what you said is completely baseless." The official replied patiently.
"Impossible." The old lady of the Fang family looked unbelieving, pretending to go up and see for herself.
"If you don't believe what the official said, then you are doubting the young master as well as the official."
There are always people in the crowd who don't mind the excitement, but I don't know who suddenly said such a thing.
Upon hearing this, the originally displeased official immediately looked at the old lady of the Fang family with a dark face and asked: "What? Do you even question my words? If so, then follow me back to the Yamen to find the county magistrate to investigate."
As soon as she said she wanted to take her back to the Yamen, the old lady from the Fang family immediately gave up. She put her hands and her head in a phantom shape, "No, no, no, no, that's not what I meant, we didn't mean that, we were wrong, we were wrong,
I'm sorry, sir, we misunderstood you."
Tao Qiqi didn't want to cause trouble at the gate of the city, so she replied: "In this year of famine, let alone the food you dropped is missing, even the food you hold in your hands can disappear in the blink of an eye. If it is gone, you can only admit it."
You're unlucky, don't catch anyone and just want to take a bite. I can ignore the waiter's fault and not argue with you, but you just shocked my mother, what should I do?"
The old lady of the Fang family knew better than to be harsh. She rolled her eyes and hurriedly pulled her son and daughter-in-law to kneel down to Tao Qiniang.
"Madam, it's all our fault. I bumped into you and your son just now. Please forgive us if you don't remember my fault."
After saying this, he didn’t forget to kowtow three times.
Tao Qiqi was quite satisfied when she saw this, so she looked at her and signaled to her mother that she could let him go for the time being.
"Forget it, everyone get up."
Seeing that the two parties had reached a settlement, the official said: "Okay, I accidentally lost it, and I can't blame others. The young masters are all people with carriages, and it is impossible to hide your little food even if you think about it with your toes."
Don't cause trouble anymore, otherwise I won't be lenient."
"It's all gone, let's go." After the official said, he dispersed the spectators and returned to the city gate to continue his work.
The old lady of the Fang family could only lead her son and daughter-in-law back to her resting place in despair.
However, Tao Qiqi accidentally saw the old lady of the Fang family staring at the two men who had just bought the little girl, and a suspicion suddenly appeared in her mind.
Sure enough, after the two people had rested and took the little girl to pack their things and set off, the old lady of the Fang family also quickly asked her son and daughter-in-law to pack their things and follow them.
Tao Qiqi, on the other hand, drove the carriage slowly behind them. She wanted to see what other tricks the old lady from the Fang family wanted to play.
After following for almost five or six miles, when the two of them and the little girl were preparing to rest, the old lady and the others also stopped, as if they were waiting for an opportunity.
But at this moment, Tao Qiqi saw one of the two people buying the little girl take out a thick flour pancake from his arms. He thought they were going to eat it by themselves, but to Tao Qiqi's surprise, the man actually took it out.
All the cakes were given to the little girl.
The little girl looked at the pancake handed to her and swallowed her saliva, but did not dare to take it.
Seeing this, the man said: "Eat, I see you have no energy to walk, eat, eat well so you can hit the road."
The words "Go on" frightened the little girl and turned pale instantly. At this time, another man saw this and hurriedly explained: "I see you scared the child. Eat, after eating we can go on our way."
Only then did the little girl carefully reach out and take the pancake, then cut the pancake into three parts and said, "Let's eat together."
The two grown men looked at each other and smiled, without shirk, they took the cake and the three of them started eating.
Because of a pancake, the little girl is no longer as scared as she was at first.
But at this moment, the old lady of the Fang family thought it was the right time, rushed over immediately, grabbed the little girl's ears and cursed: "You are such a slut, you have learned how to seduce men at a young age, even if you have food,
I don’t know that I should respect my elders first, so I’m eating and drinking with men here.”
After saying that, before everyone could react, the old lady from the Fang family snatched the pancake from the little girl's hand with her other hand and stuffed it into her mouth.
But because I was reluctant to drink water all morning, and because I was too anxious to eat the pancake for fear of being snatched back, the pancake finally got stuck in my throat.
Her throat was stuck, and the old lady from the Fang family released her hand holding the little girl's ear.
Then he beat his chest with both hands, trying hard to ask for help, but found that he couldn't say anything except ah, ah, ah.
Even breathing became increasingly uncomfortable, and his face quickly turned red.
Upon seeing this, the two young sons and daughter-in-law of the old lady of the Fang family hurried forward to check.
The second child of the Fang family: "Mother, mother, what's wrong with you? Mother, what are you talking about? Mother."
When the old lady from the Fang family saw her son coming over, she quickly took her son's hand, then pointed at her throat and made two "Ahhhhh" sounds.
At this time, the face of the old lady from the Fang family had begun to turn blue.
Tao Qiqi drove the carriage and pretended to pass by casually, and then reminded: "Oh, the food is stuck, please find a way to get the food out. Do you want help?"
When the second eldest son of the Fang family saw that it was Tao Qiqi, his eyes wished he could kill her, and he angrily replied: "You are all in the same group, there is no need for you to pretend to be kind."
Tao Qiqi: "How can you call this fake kindness? Human life is a matter of heaven and earth."
"Get out!!" The youngest of the Fang family yelled angrily.
"Okay, I'll get out. Then you guys can think of something for yourself." After Tao Qiqi said that, she sat back on her carriage and started watching the show seriously.
Although the two young sons of the old lady of the Fang family understood what was going on, they didn't know how to rescue them, so in the end they could only worry.
At this time, the great grandson of the old lady of the Fang family shouted: "Let the milk drink water quickly."
After shouting, the second son of the Fang family didn't care whether he could do it or not. He picked up the bamboo bucket, opened it and gave it to the old lady of the Fang family to drink.
But the old lady of the Fang family had already passed out due to long-term lack of oxygen.
