Chapter 168

I looked at the door of the vegetable shed. The bamboo door plaque can open the door with a slight pull of my hand, so there is nothing special. If I had been in my previous life, I would check my fingerprint and know who did it at once, but at the moment, this place doesn't have this technology.

But the snow hasn't melted yet, so it left a few footprints on the ground. Fang ruxiu looked at the size of the footprint. It should be an adult's foot, but she couldn't tell whether it was a man's or a woman's.

Fang ruxiu looked along the footprints and could see that the footprints really came from the top of the west wall. Someone should have climbed up the wall and turned in.

When making this wall, Fang ruxiu's family made it very high. Ordinary people still can't turn over the two meter high wall.

Nowadays people like to plant thorns around the yard, but Fang ruxiu's yard is too big to find so many thorns for a while, so she simply didn't get these thorns. Unexpectedly, these people have an opportunity to take advantage of it.

However, she put some sharp wooden and bamboo thorns on the top of these walls. If someone climbs up, it will hurt his hand. But now it's snowing, these sawdust can't be seen, and the snow is very thick. It's estimated that these things won't work.

It's no use thinking about these at present. Fang ruxiu simply retreated a few steps and turned over to the wall. Looking at the footprints on the wall, Fang ruxiu with sharp eyes found that there was still a sharp bamboo thorn with a little blood on it.

The man must be too heavy, so he stabbed his foot. Otherwise, why don't you have anything to do? Fang ruxiu thought and jumped off the wall.

Outside, she found traces of ladders, but the footprints below were messy. The man must have climbed up the wall from this place, and then moved the ladder to the other side. On the way to move the ladder, the stress area of the bamboo thorn increased greatly, so he hurt his foot.

But this is not the point. Fang ruxiu continued to follow the footprints. She found that the perpetrators had changed from one to two. One person should pick up the lead outside and one person should steal it inside.

The footprints came and went. Fang ruxiu could recognize them at first, but she couldn't distinguish them any more when she came to the mouth of the village. At this time, after all, it was a little late. Many villagers had got up. They came to the wellhead early to draw water. The footprints at the wellhead were very messy.

And in winter, most people wear clogs. She can't tell the same structure. After all, she's not professional. However, although the clue stopped here, it at least gave her a direction. She felt that the direction of the home of the thief who stole her vegetables should be roughly in the same well and her vegetable garden.

If it's the residents in the middle of the well and her garden, they don't have to run so far. If it's the residents on both sides of the wellhead, they can choose a closer way to leave when stealing vegetables. They don't think it's so considerate, and they don't think they want to come to the wellhead for a walk. After all, they are guilty of theft, Surely I won't think so much, and there are many people at the wellhead. What if a villager gets up early to draw water? They should also be afraid of being found.

Thinking of these, Fang ruxiu continued to go ahead.

When they met some villagers on the road, they would also say hello to Fang ruxiu: "ruxiu niece, where are you going in the early morning?"

Most of these people have worked as helpers for Fang ruxiu's family, so they also know her. Although Fang ruxiu can't call their names, she has seen them once or twice, so she will answer sweetly when she sees them: "I'll catch the thief."

"Catch a thief? What's the matter?" when those people heard Fang ruxiu say they are going to catch a thief, they all surrounded one after another and wanted to listen to a lively conversation.

"Someone stole our vegetables and broke our vegetable shed. Our vegetable shed was built by the senior officials in the county. Now that they broke it, the senior officials will be furious. Maybe they will catch him and go to jail." Fang ruxiu casually made up a reason and said that he had a nose and eyes.

These people all know Fang ruxiu's former identity. They absolutely believe that Fang Changfu's family will know one or two officials.

"Who is so bold to steal your food?" asked one of the slightly plump women.

"I don't know. I'm looking for it now." Fang ruxiu said to the villagers around her: "My father went to the county early in the morning to explain this matter to the senior official. Maybe they will come and catch people at that time. If you see someone stealing our vegetables, you must come and tell us. If anyone helps catch the thief, our family will offer a reward of two liang of silver!"

"Offer a reward of two liang silver?" the people opened their mouths. These two liang silver are a lot of money. Nowadays people are poor, let alone two liang silver. It's a great thing to save 100 Wen a year. Moreover, two liang silver is just enough to buy a daughter-in-law in the mountain. With a little money, you can also make a bride price for your son and marry a daughter-in-law.

"What if the criminal was caught?" the plump woman asked again just now.

"I don't know. It must be sent to see the official!" Fang ruxiu said without thinking, "at least go to jail."

"Ah, it's so terrible. Didn't you steal two vegetables?" the woman said with some fear.

"Didn't you steal two vegetables? Is this ordinary cabbage and radish? This is a dish that can grow only in summer." Fang ruxiu stared and said sadly: "I was going to tell you how to grow vegetables after planting them, so that you can have a good year, but now it seems that you'd better forget it. Some people in this village are not right!"

"Oh, this is not the time to say this. We can't control the fate of the thief. Now we have to catch the thief," said one of the villagers.

"Yes, yes." someone nearby agreed and said, "is it true to catch the thief and offer a reward of two liang silver?"

"Of course it's true." Fang ruxiu nodded definitely.

"Well, we'll help keep an eye on it. Anyway, your food is special. It's not available in this winter. This little food is either used to eat or sold. Let's pay attention to it." some villagers said.

"Well, if so, I'll trouble your uncles and aunts. Catch the thief and we can plant something ourselves in the future. Can we rest assured?" Fang ruxiu said with a smile.

"Yes, yes." the villagers nodded. Then Fang ruxiu went forward again. Someone asked her where she was going. She said she was going to find the chief.

Hum, if you dare to steal our food, I will make you panic all day. Even if you steal the food, you dare not eat it or sell it! No one will dare to do such a thankless and laborious thing next time.

Fang ruxiu walked around the whole village. The whole village knew that someone in the village had stolen their food, and the food was planted by a senior official in the county. The person who stole the food would go to prison. Most importantly, their family offered a reward of two liang silver to catch the thief!

Two liang silver. Don't you stare at each other for these two liang silver? Even if you don't stare, you're afraid of others staring. Even if you don't stare, can the thief not be afraid?

In the morning, when Fang Changfu came home, Fang ruxiu told him about it, and she let him sleep at home.

After making a thief once, she doesn't have to guard against these thieves. After all, there is no reason to guard against thieves all day. Now she expects that no one in the village dares to steal their own dishes, which is a good thing.

Every time she sees the broken shed where Fang Changfu lives, she feels why she has to come. Making money is originally for a better life, but she wronged her father for the money. But now, spend some money and lose some vegetables. Fang Changfu can come back to bed at night. It's a blessing in disguise.

A brazier has been placed in the vegetable shed that has just entered the cold wind. After a while, it is warm again in the vegetable shed. The food at the door must be frozen and can't be saved, but the food inside is OK.

Fortunately, the food outside was some green vegetables. I dug it up and ate it at my own house.

At noon, Fang ruxiu went around the fat aunt's house who answered this morning and found that their house was on the same line with the well. That is to say, if they want to steal their food, unless they make a big circle, their house must pass through the well.

To tell the truth, Fang ruxiu is definitely bluffing to catch the thief and see the official, but she feels a little unwilling to let them go.

In the morning, at the wellhead, Fang ruxiu felt that there was something wrong with the fat aunt. According to reason, ordinary people would care about the reward, but she was concerned about the end of the thief. Fang ruxiu guessed that she might know the thief, and saw the black under her eyes. She subconsciously thought she was a thief.

However, she was mistaken for a good man, so she decided to come to the aunt's house in person.

The fat aunt's name is Jinhua. Fang ruxiu heard about it today. Fang ruxiu came to Aunt Jinhua's door. When she saw Fang ruxiu, she seemed to see a ghost. She quickly pretended not to see Fang ruxiu and closed the door.

"Aunt Jinhua?" Fang ruxiu went to the door of their house and held out her hand to stop her closing the door before she closed the door tightly.

"What's the matter? Niece ruxiu? Why do you have time to come to my aunt's house today?" when Aunt Jinhua saw Fang ruxiu's outstretched hand, she had to open the door and said with a smile.

"Oh, I heard that Aunt Jinhua seemed to have passed our garden this morning, so I came to ask." Fang ruxiu squeezed into the room with a smile.