Chapter 431 Search the house without paying back the money
The next day is the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, and every household is making steamed buns. If a woman is skillful and makes a particularly beautiful cake, she will gain a lot of face.
In recent years, the Bai family's financial situation has not been very good, and the old lady is not good at these things, so she hasn't done much, just making some five-color steamed buns for the occasion.
Although what happened yesterday made everyone less interested, early in the morning Bai Banxia still proposed to make flower buns, and the whole family could participate to see who could do it better.
"I have prepared a lottery. Everyone is a judge. The one who does the best will get the lottery." Bai Banxia wanted to take the opportunity of making flower buns to restore the Chinese New Year atmosphere at home.
"Then I want to make five-color pancakes, okay?" Bai Tian asked playfully.
Bai Banxia gave him a big eye roll, "Dad, is your creativity limited to this?"
"Hey, if you say that to me, I won't do it anymore. I have to do something special!" Bai Tian rolled up his sleeves, as if he would never give up if he couldn't do it well.
The old lady was amused and said, "I will do it too. The rabbit I make will scare you to death."
"Do you think you are making a tiger?" The old man also laughed.
Everyone was in high spirits, even Xiaocao was clamoring to make a small snowball steamed bun.
The noodles became harmonious, and soon the colored noodles also became harmonious, and everyone showed off their skills.
Will Bai Banxia's fingers become inflexible when playing with needles? She directly made a small yard, which was modeled after Bai's yard. There were several little people and even a cat in the yard.
"Sister, sister, am I the youngest?" Xiaocao asked with excitement on her face.
Bai Banxia pinched her little face, and the flour on his hands got on her face. Bai Banxia couldn't help laughing, "Yeah, it must be our little grass that is so cute."
"The kitten is a little snowball, so cute!" Xiaocao said enviously. The little snowball she wanted to make was still a piece of dough.
"When it's steamed, I'll give you the little snowballs to eat." Bai Banxia said with a smile.
Xiaocao shook her head vigorously, "I can't bear to eat it."
At noon, everyone's steamed steamed buns were steamed one after another. In the final evaluation, Bai Banxia didn't take first place.
She looked at Qi Zhen's carp leaping over the dragon gate unconvinced. Hum, isn't it more agile than her?
"I didn't expect Xiao Qi to be so good with his hands. This is so beautiful!" Zhang Lingzhi praised.
The old lady also said happily: "I will put it on the table during the Chinese New Year. Everyone who comes to visit can see it and see who doesn't praise it. I am always proud."
"The Pinellia ternata is also on the table. It's also good." The old man praised the Pinellia ternata at the right time.
"I think my daughter's is the best." Bai Tian said to his daughter in a ruthless manner.
Bai Banxia also had to admit that Qi Zhen's one was more brilliant than hers. Not only was the color more vivid, but also because it was a living creature, and there was the big action of jumping over the dragon gate, the sculpting was extra points, not to mention that he really made it.
The carp was pinched alive.
Just as the Bai family was happily admiring each other's flower buns, the owner of a restaurant in the town came to the Wang family with someone.
Zhao Lang, the shopkeeper of the Zhen Gourmet House, took the deed and said: "This is written in black and white on a piece of paper. The medicinal formula can only be sold to our Zhen Gourmet House family. It turns out that the whole village knows the recipe. Are you kidding us?"
When the old man of the Wang family saw that the other party was approaching fiercely, he hurriedly bowed and said: "Don't be angry, we have something to talk about."
"What the hell!" Zhao Lang scolded, "I don't want to be the same as you guys during the Chinese New Year. I'll give you thirty taels of silver and forget about it. Otherwise..."
He said in a long voice, "We can only go to see the official."
There was a lot of commotion in Wang's yard. The neighbors heard it and hurried to report the news to the village chief.
Mrs. Zhao San, who lived next door to the Wang family, was so angry that she hurried to Bai Banxia's house to report the news.
"Panxia!" Mrs. Zhao San was out of breath as she ran, "People from restaurants in the town came to the Wang family and said that they had defrauded people of thirty taels by selling herbal formulas, which are the herbal formulas you taught the villagers!"
Before Bai Banxia could reply, Mrs. Bai jumped up and said, "You're welcome, I have to go take a look."
After yesterday's commotion, the old lady temporarily put the matter behind her, but now that she mentioned it, her anger suddenly jumped up again.
Bai Banxia hurriedly explained to Mrs. Zhao, saying that they already knew about it when they had dinner in town yesterday.
"The Wang family is really shameless. This is simply cheating and ruining the reputation of our village." Mrs. Zhao San said angrily.
"That's right, we have to let the village chief take care of them this time," the old lady said.
Bai Banxia took a small cloth bag, grabbed some peanuts and melon seeds, then held her mother and the old lady in her arms and said, "Let's go eat melons and watch a show."
Seeing that she was not angry at all, Mrs. Zhao couldn't help but admire her and said, "Even though Banxia is young, her magnanimity and composure are unmatched by ordinary people."
The Bai family went to the theater, and other families in the village also came to the theater after hearing the news. They gathered outside the gate of Wang's courtyard and began to curse.
"Medicinal diet was taught to everyone by Banxia. The Wang family actually used it to defraud money. How shameless are they?"
"I'm ashamed of my ancestors. If the ancestors of the Wang family were alive, they would crawl out of their graves in anger."
"Thirty taels of silver. This is fraud. The Wang family should wait for a lawsuit."
"..."
In the yard, the Wang family looked very ugly because they could not afford thirty taels of silver.
Zhang An arrived after getting the news, his face was livid with anger, and he said sternly: "Mr. Wang, return the money to me, don't embarrass our village anymore."
Mr. Wang's face flushed with anxiety, "What can I give in return? I have no money!"
"In just a few days, you have spent all your money?" Zhao Lang asked in disbelief.
The Wang family's eyes flickered and they did not dare to answer.
"It seems that I don't want to tell the truth. I don't have time to talk nonsense with you. Let's search the house and find the money." Zhao Lang ordered his subordinates.
Logically speaking, officials are not allowed to search other people's houses at will, but what the Wang family did was so unethical. Zhao Lang still had the deed signed by Wang Dahu in his hand. If he didn't pay back the money, he would have no choice but to search the house.
The waiter from the delicacies restaurant rushed into the house to look around. Suddenly, Wang Taohua's scream came from the house.
"Ah... they killed someone! Can you bear the child who scared my stomach?" Wang Taohua shouted.
The people who searched the house were stunned. Although they wanted to recover the money, they didn't want to kill anyone yet. When they heard that there was a pregnant woman, they didn't dare to move without permission.
A woman outside couldn't help but spit and said, "It's not shameful to be pregnant with a bastard before you're married, even if you still have the nerve to carry a child."
This incident was originally a family scandal, but Wang Taohua used the child in her belly as a shield, which suddenly aroused even greater resentment among the villagers, and everyone onlookers started to curse.
Mr. Wang's face turned purple with anger, and he rolled his eyes and fell to the ground.
