roccoschili Chapter 220 Theft Incident
Chapter 220 Theft Incident
When Su He and others returned home, they found that Uncle He and his family had been waiting at the door for a long time.
As soon as they saw the host get off the carriage, the eldest and second sons of the He family came over to help move things.
"Miss, you are back. Haha, I have raised mules, cows, and horses. If you trust me, I can leave it to you."
Uncle He walked over and greeted Su He with a smile.
"Sure, Uncle He, you will be in charge of this from now on. Everyone follow me in."
Wang Qingqing's house is just opposite, and she has already gone in with Old Man Li and his family.
Seeing that Su He had someone to help him, Liu Bai left too.
Mu Tou and Miao Miao were in the study in the front yard. When they heard the noise at the door, they came out to greet their sister.
"Sister, did you bring me anything delicious?"
As soon as Miaomiao met her sister, she started to act coquettishly with her sister. But when she saw a group of strangers following behind her, she immediately became sensible and kept silent.
Mu Tou nodded calmly to everyone, and Su He took his sister and the others to the kitchen.
The kitchen in the new house is bigger than that in Huaihe Village and can easily accommodate fifty or sixty people.
This time it was Su He who stood on top again. Mu Tou and Miao Miao followed behind their sister. The He family opposite all lowered their heads waiting for their master to reprimand them.
"Mu Tou, Miao Miao, Uncle He's family will be ours from now on. Let's get to know each other today. Uncle He, please introduce yourselves."
Uncle He quickly looked up and introduced himself with a smile.
Uncle He is the head of the family. Uncle He’s wife is called Aunt He for easy remembering. The eldest son is called He Dashan, his wife is Cui Niang, and their daughter Xiaohua is 6 years old this year. The second son is called He Dahe, and his wife is Ping Niang.
After Uncle He introduced them, Su He then introduced Mu Tou and Miao Miao to them.
"We are the three siblings in our family. The rest of our relatives live nearby. My brother is Su Che, and this is my sister Su Miao. My brother and my nephew may go to the county town to study next month, so I need two of your families to take care of them. The house is on Changshui Street. You can discuss this among yourselves, or you can take turns for one month each."
"My sister is currently in the countryside. We have a mule and two cows at home. Uncle He takes care of them and does the laundry and cooking. We have three meals a day, and you eat the same food as us. Cui Niang and Ping Niang just need to cook for 13 people every day. It's almost spring plowing time, and you are familiar with this, so I don't need to explain more. There are 10 acres of paddy fields outside our house. Can you make it in time?"
The two brothers of the He family looked at Uncle He, only to see Uncle He reply with a smile.
"Miss, don't worry, another 30 acres will be no problem. We have mules and cows at home, and they are all good helpers."
Su He was very satisfied. "Okay, you are in the front yard now. There is a large piece of land in the backyard where sweet potatoes are grown. I will find someone to teach you how to grow them tomorrow. Remember, the land in the backyard is more important than the paddy fields outside. Take care of the land in the backyard before going to the paddy fields outside. It's getting late today, Cui Niang, you guys should cook first. Just make enough for 13 people. In the future, unless there is a special situation, we can eat together in the kitchen."
Cui Niang and Ping Niang looked at each other and knew that the test from the new master had come. They both responded excitedly and nervously.
"Uncle Dashan, you guys go to your own room first. Except for the two rooms in the middle which are made of wood, you can choose any other room. We sleep on a kang at home. If you don't know how to heat the kang, ask the wood."
Su He looked at his brother, Mu Tou nodded and took He Bo and the others away.
Aunt He was still standing there and didn't follow them.
"Miss, there are piglets for sale in Shuangguan Village. I can go and ask around tomorrow. We have lived there for twenty years and we are very familiar with it."
Su He nodded with satisfaction. This family was really considerate.
"Aunt He, there's no need to be so anxious. Just learn about it this month. You can make your own clothes first, and we'll take our time. As long as you don't have any bad intentions, we'll be easy to talk to."
Aunt He quickly responded with a smile, "That's right, Miss. Then I'll wash my hands and help my two daughters-in-law cook."
Su He nodded and agreed.
Miaomiao saw that her sister had finished her work, so she pulled her hand and indicated that she had something to say.
Su He took Miao Miao to the backyard. Miao Miao looked around like a thief and said, "Sister, we saw them distributing porridge at the entrance of the village this afternoon. Some uncles gave them very watery porridge and treated them very badly."
Su He frowned, "Those officers and soldiers don't care?"
"I don't see any officers or soldiers."
Su He pursed his lips and thought for a few seconds, "Did you see it once, or is it like this every day?"
"Several times. Tiantian and the others saw it, too. They all said these people were so pitiful."
The two sisters looked at each other and said, "Come on, follow me to find grandpa. We need to inform everyone about this. I'm afraid something might happen."
Half an hour later, everyone in Tian Yuan's group knew that the victims were being targeted.
Although Su He said that the victims might endure the grievances, everyone took the attitude of preferring to believe it than not, and sent four people to keep watch every day.
They couldn't control the officers and soldiers and the indigenous people of Qingshan Village, so they could only take more precautions.
Two days later, a wealthy family in Shuangguan Village was robbed. All the livestock were killed and the house was full of blood. The key point was that no sound was heard at night, and the family was not discovered until they got up early and went to the toilet.
The officials from the county government were staying in Qingshan Village. They rushed there as soon as they heard the news. Unfortunately, they found nothing. The next night, another family was robbed. This time the thieves were more arrogant and stole everything from the entire house. The only good news was that no one was hurt.
Now all the nearby villages, big and small, were nervous, and everyone thought that it was these thousands of disaster victims who did it.
The Qingshan Village was also on alert. During the porridge distribution operation, 100 more people were posted guarding the gate. As soon as the operation was over, a simple wooden fence would be put up.
There are still people from the village guarding the gate day and night, and Su He and his group are even more alert. They guess that nothing will happen during the day. Now everyone rests during the day and is ready to fight at night.
The atmosphere between the two parties became increasingly weird.
On the eighth day after the house was built, a group of disaster victims took advantage of the cover of night and quietly bypassed the four guards guarding the door.
Su He saw everything clearly through the telescope. She didn't give these people any time and directly struck the gong she had prepared.
“Ding! Ding! Ding!”
The sound of the gong was particularly loud in the quiet night, and the villagers reacted immediately. In a few breaths, the village was filled with noise from one end to the other, and those who had oil lamps lit them.
The leading disaster victim was about to crawl into the house when he heard the sound of a gong that resounded throughout Qingshan Village, waking everyone in the house. He cursed inwardly, thinking how these people had discovered them when they hadn't made any sound.