sbdcsierra Chapter 322
Chapter 322
Although it had nothing to do with Boss Zhao, Zhong Ruyi was still worried that there would be a few more people like them, so she had the two men’s hands and feet tied up, their mouths gagged, and then tied together with their backs facing each other.
"Let's get up tomorrow and see how to deal with them. Let's go back to sleep first." She clapped her hands, signaling the villagers to go back and stop watching the fun.
Especially for the aunts working in workshops, they have to get up early to go to work tomorrow, so don’t waste your time on such things.
After everyone left, she praised Zhao Dazhuang and Ji Jiang for discovering the thief in time, "If you hadn't been there tonight, I don't know how many cans would have been lost!"
She saw it all. The two men brought several sacks each. If Da Zhuang and Ji Jiang hadn't discovered it, a lot of the canned food would have been lost.
Da Zhuang smiled foolishly and touched his head, a little shy, "Sister Ruyi, what are you saying? I get paid several taels of silver a month! If I mess up even this little thing, how can I face my fellow villagers?"
He gave Ji Jiang a thumbs up and said, "Uncle Ji, you knocked him down in one go. Otherwise, I really couldn't do it alone."
Grandma Ji had already woken up from the noise just now, and she was smiling with her lips pursed. This child's words were really funny.
A few people talked for a while in the yard, completely ignoring the two little thieves who were tied up and thrown aside.
Without further ado, Zhong Ruyi asked everyone to go back to sleep. The sleepiness that had just gone away from him was now back again.
Holding the man's arm, she slowly walked back to her yard.
"I really thought these two people were called by Boss Zhao. Hey, Brother Dongzhi, do you think what they said is true or false?"
In her heart, she was already inclined to their version of events. After all, who would ask two such stupid people to come and cause trouble? Stealing cans and selling them for money was most likely true, but some people in the workshop were too gossipy.
Chen Dongzhi locked the door and said, "You'll know after asking tomorrow. If it doesn't work, beat them up. If you don't believe them, they won't tell you."
He was in a hurry to go out, so he put on a thin coat. Now that he relaxed, he felt cold.
"Come in quickly. I tucked in the quilt when I got up just now, and it's still warm inside." Zhong Ruyi lifted a corner of the quilt and let him lie down in.
Chen Dongzhi huddled in the bed, and the two hugged each other tightly to keep each other warm.
She was almost falling asleep, but her left eyelid suddenly twitched twice, waking her up again. She was drowsy and the man patted her on the back twice, and she soon fell asleep again.
Because he had some things to deal with in the morning, Zhong Ruyi woke up early. There was no one beside him, and he could hear the sound of an axe chopping wood outside.
After breakfast, many people had gathered at the door of the workshop. Except for the aunts who were going to work, the others were there to watch the fun.
Some of them slept too deeply last night and didn't get up to check. They heard in the morning that the workshop had been robbed, so they came here excitedly.
The village chief was standing in front, and Da Zhuang told him what happened last night again.
Ever since his wife and daughter-in-law started working in the workshop, they have to chop wood, fetch water, wash clothes, cook, and work in the fields every day. They are so tired that they go to bed early at night, so they missed what happened last night.
At this moment, he was frowning as he looked at the two people lying on the ground with their hands and feet tied and their mouths gagged, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
The workshop was closed, so the villagers gathered at the door, and Aunt Tian's eldest daughter-in-law could only prick up her ears to listen to what was happening outside.
On the way home last night, her two sisters-in-law said to her in both explicit and implicit ways that she would lose this job the next morning. Their words were full of ridicule, which scared her so much that she couldn't sleep well the whole night.
She couldn't even eat breakfast when she got up in the morning. If there wasn't someone in the workshop, she would have wanted to tear off the cloth stuffed in the mouths of the two little thieves and find out what was going on.
Among three sisters-in-law, only she could work in the workshop. The other two sisters-in-law were already envious and jealous. If she was fired this time, one of them might be replaced.
When Zhong Ruyi arrived, a group of people had gathered at the door making a lot of noise. The two little thieves were still gagged. It must have been a very uncomfortable experience after a whole night.
After the cloths gag- ing their mouths were removed, the third and youngest brothers' mouths were numb from having been kept open for so long that they could not help drooling when they spoke.
"...I, I." The third brother tried to say a few words, and finally straightened his tongue, "Please, let us go, we won't dare to do it again!"
If he knew he would have to endure so much suffering, he would never have thought of doing this.
Zhong Ruyi and the others finished their words with tears in their eyes, and then they spoke, "Uncle Zhao, I'm sorry to bother you with these two. Although they have bad intentions, we have taught them a lesson from last night. If they dare to come again next time, we won't let them off so easily."
The village chief asked two villagers to take the man away. He wanted to take people to Datian Village to ask their village chief for an explanation. How could someone steal things in their Xinghua Village?
For lunch, Zhong Ruyi specially killed a big fat chicken, left two chicken legs for Dazhuang and Ji Jiang, and fed the rest to Xiao Huang and other dog friends who bravely caught the thief last night.
The little yellow cat was wagging its tail so hard it was about to break. It was so excited that it kept wanting to pounce on people.
The other dogs did the same, circling around Zhong Ruyi. After she put down the prepared dog food for them, they rushed over to grab the food.
Thinking that after this kind of thing happened, I should either hold a meeting for the workers in the workshop or be strict with them. If they can't control their mouths and say something outside, don't blame her for being ruthless.
I pressed my right eyelid, which was twitching constantly, and silently said, "If my left eye twitches, my right eye will cramp."
After taking away the dog bowl that Xiao Huang had finished eating, Li Guihua came over from the workshop in a hurry, "Little sister, something happened. Butler Fang brought a batch of canned food to the door and said that there was a problem with the canned food he made last time, and he wanted to return it to us."
When I walked over, I saw several carriages parked in front of the workshop. The curtains were drawn so I couldn't see what was inside. I hurried into the workshop.
Butler Fang stood in the yard watching everyone work, his expression somewhat ugly and confused.
Seeing Zhong Ruyi coming over, he hurried over and told her what happened, "There's something wrong with the canned food we sent last month!"
He waved his hand, and a servant cleverly brought up an unopened can of food, "Look at what's in this?"
Zhong Ruyi took it and took a look. Wow! The jar contained pork jerky. When she got closer, she could smell a faint meaty aroma, but the color was different.
The pork jerky produced in her workshop is pickled, dried in the sun and then steamed. It is brown or yellowish brown in color, and the color is basically the same.
However, the color of the pork jerky in this can is obviously not brown or yellowish brown, but a light flesh pink.
She picked up a piece and tasted it, her eyebrows jumped. The pork jerky was so salty, as if it was only pickled with salt.
This didn't come from her workshop, and this quality wouldn't be canned and sold.