The farm cook is very prosperous

Chapter 107 Inquiries (2)
"Come in." Song Yicheng flipped through the account books on the table and said, "What's the matter?"

"I've already asked Manager Han in the village. The fire started at the third watch last night. The woman in charge of the yard ate wine while on duty last night, so it was a mistake. I have asked Manager Han to put the fire away The mother-in-law has brought it, and I want to go to the village to have a look later."

"Okay, after I finish asking about yesterday, I'll go there with you." Song Yicheng nodded in response.

"Also, help me keep an eye on the black market during this time. Such a large number of seeds will be sold sooner or later. I want to see who is so bold as to set fire to robbery."

There has been no theft in the village for many years. Song Yicheng was always worried at the beginning. The corn seeds in Lijia Village did not expect that these thieves would actually target the Song family in the morning. In the eyes of this group of people, they It has already become a delicious piece of fat, and since Chunniang released the rumor that she would donate a batch of corn seeds to the government for promotion, who would dare to make such an idea.

Not long after, Manager Han led two servants to escort a woman up.

I saw that the woman was forty or fifty years away, and there were still some old oil stains on the coarse linen clothes. When she approached, she could still smell some alcohol from her body from time to time, and she looked a little sloppy.

"Are you the woman who opened the west courtyard last night?" Song Yicheng frowned and said displeasedly.

"Returning to the son, the old lady's husband's family name is Yu, and she was guarding the west courtyard last night. The old lady knows that she was greedy last night and made a big mistake. I only hope that the young master can see that our family is doing things in the village. Forgive me Go to the old woman once, the old woman will not dare again." After speaking, the whole person kowtowed heavily on the ground again.

"Your crime, I have to finish the questioning and decide it. I can make it clear in advance that if there is a lie, you know the consequences..." Song Yicheng just wanted to know the whole story as soon as possible.

"Yes, yes, yes, you can ask what you want to know, the old lady will definitely tell the truth, and dare not lie in the slightest." When Mrs. Yu heard this, it was wrong, she only hoped that she could get rid of the crime as soon as possible.

"Do you usually have the habit of drinking at night?"

Madam Yu shook her head and said.

"Then why were you drunk last night?"

"The old lady doesn't know why she is like this." Madam Yu said bitterly.

"What do you mean?" The man was drunk himself, as if someone wronged him.

"To tell you the truth, my wife's capacity for alcohol is actually pretty good. When I was young, I was nicknamed "I'm Not Drunk with a Thousand Drinks" in our village. At that time, few men in the village could drink like me. Even if I'm old now, I usually drink Four or five altars are not a problem. Last night, the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family passed by my yard and saw my old woman watching the night there, so she took the initiative to chat with me, and even specially brought food and wine to entertain me. I was surprised at the time , but she said that she had just finished drinking, so she packed some leftovers by the way. I saw that the wine was too fragrant, and I couldn't bear the temptation, and the weather was cold, and I wanted to drink something to warm my stomach, so I didn't refuse her. The invitation, I don’t know if it was too much alcohol, or what, so I passed out in a daze, and it wasn’t until Manager Han found someone to splash me with water that I knew something serious happened.”

This Mrs. Yu claimed that she would never get drunk after a thousand cups, so how could she pass away after drinking too much, "You just said that Zhou's daughter-in-law gave you the wine, but this Zhou's daughter-in-law is from our village."

Mrs. Yu was taken aback, although she didn't understand what Song Yicheng said, she still replied honestly: "Returning to your son, this week's daughter-in-law is Zhuangzi Zhou Pinggui's daughter-in-law."

"Zhou Pinggui?" Song Yicheng lowered his head and muttered softly.

"Returning to your son, Zhou Pinggui is the son of the family and is in charge of delivering goods in the village. She is honest and loyal, but her daughter-in-law usually likes to take advantage of everything. She is stingy and easy to compete with others, so everyone is not too close to her. He didn't arrange any work for him at the time, and he just delivered goods with Zhou Pinggui from time to time." Seeing that Song Yicheng was puzzled, Manager Han took the initiative to answer.

"Oh, I think we'll stop here temporarily for today. Song Wu will take care of Mrs. Yu first, and Director Han will go back to Zhuangzi with us to have a look."

"Yes." Manager Han and Song Wu responded in unison.

Zhuangshang is not very far from the Song Mansion, it can be reached in one and a half days. When Song Yicheng and his party rode fast horses, it was already past noon, and after a hasty lunch, they went to the granary.

Just as Mr. Han said, the east side of the granary entrance is for millet, the west is for polished rice, and the innermost is flour. At that time, corn seeds were placed on the west side of the granary, that is to say, put together with polished rice. On the other hand, Manager Han had checked the inventory at that time, and there was a lot of polished rice.They had already seen the fire in the west courtyard when they came, and it wasn't very big, only half of the roof of the wing room was destroyed. Judging from Manager Han's remarks, from dispatching people to put out the fire to when they discovered that someone had sneaked into the granary to steal the seeds, before The interval between meals is only the time of a meal. This group of thieves are very familiar with the situation of Zhuangzi and the granary. short.

"Director Han, go and bring that Zhou's daughter-in-law and I want to ask in person?" Song Yicheng decided to start asking suspicious people first.

"I've already sent someone to look for you, Young Master." Director Han replied respectfully.

"En." Song Yicheng nodded, very satisfied with Manager Han's arrangement.

"Boss, someone brought it here." The boy at the door said.

The servant came in with a little woman.

When the little woman saw Manager Han, she immediately smiled like a flower, and said flatteringly: "Hey, Manager, what happened?".

Manager Han cleared his throat and said, "Daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, don't be so playful. This is our son, why don't you come over to see me?"

Only then did the little woman see this white-clothed young man sitting in the hall, with fair skin, handsome appearance, and outstanding appearance. As a village woman, she usually saw rough people. This was the first time she saw this kind of rich man. Young master, he was a little stunned for a moment.Seeing Song Yicheng looking at her again, his face blushed even more unconsciously, and he quickly bowed his head and said, "Little lady Zhou Qian, I pay my respects to the young master."

The little woman was so rude, she dared to stare at him, if he was not one of the important clues in the theft case, he would not even look at this kind of person: "Let me ask you, last night But you brought wine to Mrs. Yu."

Zhou Qian's eyes rolled, and she thought about it: "My lord, you must see clearly that I was just passing by. The woman saw me carrying good wine and food, and her eyes were tight. I saw her in such a cold day. I gave it to her, I'm so pitiful. This old woman dereliction of duty because she drank too much, which caused the fire in the west courtyard, but I don't care about my business. Not only did this old woman eat my wine, she also wanted to take my wine It's disgusting to shirk all your responsibilities on me. Young master, don't take that woman's words lightly, I've been wronged." After speaking, she took a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes, pretending to be pitiful.

(End of this chapter)