Delicate Flower - Chapter 32

[Chapter 32 The Thief]

Yu Tang frowned slightly when she heard Madam Chen’s scolding.

Not to mention, Mrs. Chen’s scolding really makes sense.

The house was stolen twice, both when Yu Wen was away.

How can it be so coincidental?

Chen Shi also thought it was a coincidence, and took Yu Tang to Yu Bo’s house, hoping to invite Yu Yuan to stay at home for a few days while Yu Wen was away.

While Yu Bo was still busy with the shop, Mr. Wang agreed and discussed with Mrs. Chen, “How about we decide Atang’s marriage sooner? There are people in your family, and those people don’t dare to go in and out casually.”

Their family is too thin.

Chen Shi sighed and said, “We have to wait until the Wei family’s child is seven or seven. We can’t be too eager. A Tang can also wait.”

Wang Shi sighed and asked the servant to move Yu Yuan. idiomatic things past.

When neighbors saw it, they couldn’t help but ask a few times.

Chen shi told the neighbor about the family, and the neighbor sighed and comforted Chen shi: “It’s fine if you hired a son-in-law

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When you get home, clean up your room.

Yu Tang squatted in the corridor and played with Xiao Huang, but he was thinking about Pei Yan.

This person is really arrogant and arrogant. He will draw conclusions when he knows only a little, and he will not listen to explanations.

The huge property of the Pei family fell into his hands, and he didn’t know how he supported it.

Yu Tang sighed faintly, feeling that he was unfavorable in his fleeting years, and his luck has been bad recently.

She held Xiao Huang and gently stroked its hair, and two yamen came to the door.

It is said that I have been ordered by the master to patrol the streets and stroll around here more often.

Mrs. Chen thanked him again and again, invited the two to come in for tea, and instructed Shuangtao to buy tea.

These two people not only lived in Lin’an City for generations, but they were also hereditary errands. Although they were clerks in the yamen, they acted in a measured manner.

On weekdays, he and the rich and powerful people in the city also walk around as neighbors.

Seeing that Mrs. Chen was sincere,

Yu Wen had always had a good reputation in Lin’an City, so she was polite, sitting in the front yard and drinking tea in front of the hall, gossiping with Mrs. Chen.

“It’s strange to say that this area has always been quiet and peaceful, so why was your home stolen, and it was stolen twice in a row. Could it be that I got it from you last time, and you’re thinking about it?” One of the surnames was Li’s question.

Mrs. Chen said: “It shouldn’t be! Our family didn’t lose anything last time. Besides, who doesn’t know how many good things our family has done in a row, and the family’s money has been used up. If nothing else, it’s Lu Xiucai’s. For the funeral, our master even borrowed a few taels of silver from shopkeeper Tong! If you want to steal it, you shouldn’t steal it to our house!”

Another servant, surnamed Wang, said, “You must have lost something. You don’t know. In my experience, if you didn’t steal something, it’s impossible to come to your house twice in just a few days. Most of the time, someone was thinking about something, and it didn’t steal last time, but it’s here again this time.”

Yu Tang thought so.

But what is it that people miss?

She thought of Yu Wen’s study.

Could it be that there are any heirlooms in their family that her father didn’t even know about.

She told Chen to listen.

Mrs. Chen smiled and said: “Before your grandfather died, you divided the family property clearly, and when you take off your filial piety for your grandfather, your eldest uncle and your grandfather will officially separate. I’m not sure, not only did I invite Lizheng, but also two neighbors. If there was something, it would have been missed long ago, so why wait until now?”

Yu Tang remembered the previous life, the new neighbor next door to the Li family, and disliked it. Camphor was planted in the yard, and a box of silver was dug out under the camphor tree…

Anyway, she was idle and had nothing to do. The Chen family didn’t urge her to embroider these days. She simply went to help her father tidy up the study.

The lion rolled hydrangea thrown under the bookcase, the “Abandoned Gold Hairpin” covered with dust on the top of the cabinet, and the “Mrs. Wei’s Tombstone” on the small bookcase next to it… Yu Tang even found a box of Cao’s family in the corner of the study Purple Cloud Ink Ingot.

She took the opportunity to help sort out her father’s usual manuscripts, calligraphy and paintings.

When Mrs. Chen came in, she saw calligraphy, painting, paper and ink, words and picture books all over the floor, like a thief in the house, while Yu Tang was fascinated by the book next to the bookcase with a smile.

“You child!” Chen shi said with a smile while packing up the books on the ground, “I think you are more powerful than that thief. Looking at this house, you don’t even have a place to stay.”

Yu Tang smiled and put it down .

With the book in his hand, he took a dirty purse and said, “Mum, guess what is inside?”

“What is it?” Chen shi smiled and packed up a path.

“It’s a picture of a flower I drew for you when I was a child.” She happily ran over and showed it to Mrs. Chen, “I still remember that I said to keep it well, but it disappeared for some reason, but I found it today. Look, there are words written by me on it.”

Mrs. Chen took it over and saw the word “first” written crookedly on it.

She also remembered it, and couldn’t help but smile: “This is the first flower I asked you to paint.”

Yu Tang nodded again and again, and said, “I didn’t expect that I was hiding in Dad’s study at that time.”

Chen Shi smiled Said: “Your father’s study is about to be cleaned up.” The

mother and daughter talked and laughed as they sorted out the things in the study.

The fake piece Lu Xin sold to their home rolled out from a mezzanine.

“Why is it here?” Chen shi murmured, wanting to put it back where it was.

However, Yu Tang felt unlucky, and said, “No one is here, so what are you still keeping it for? I’ll take it to Shopkeeper Tong’s pawnshop tomorrow, and Shopkeeper Tong said that this painting can still be sold for a few taels of silver. Anyway, let’s subsidize it. Our family’s household. In order to hold his funeral, Dad also borrowed money from shopkeeper Tong. If it can make up for the empty space at shopkeeper Tong’s side, this painting can be regarded as returning to the original owner.”

Chen thinks this is a good idea , smiled and said, “You’re the only one who has so many ideas.”

Yu Tang wrinkled her nose playfully, and took the scroll back to her room.

In the middle of the night, they were awakened by Xiao Huang’s cry, and Yu Yuan’s anger came from the study: “Who is it? Come to our house to steal something!”

Yu Tang ran out wearing clothes, and saw Yu Yuan and a skinny boy men in black are fighting.

“The thief has been caught! The thief has been caught!” Yu Tang shouted loudly.

The people next door were startled when they heard the sound.

The lights gradually turned on, and the quiet Qingzhu Lane became noisy.

Neighbors either came running with sticks or kitchen knives.

The man in black was caught.

Madam Chen approached with the oil lamp.

The thief was actually a kid from their Green Bamboo Lane.

The crowd was in an uproar.

Master Wu angrily asked people to call the boy’s parents, and said, “You have to inform your own family. If you are like you, you have to be removed.

” Don’t tell my family, I, I was framed, I just wanted to steal a few taels of silver and use it, I don’t mean to hurt people and kill them, and I don’t dare to hurt people and kill them!”

Master Wu remained unmoved .

, said: “Being framed?! Who can frame you? I think you usually don’t study well, that’s why you’re going to be wicked. People like you, if you keep them, will harm others and yourself!”

He was angrily scolding when the boy’s mother came. Seeing this scene, she knelt down in front of Mrs. Chen with a “thump”, begging for mercy for her son: “As long as you don’t send him to office, you can say anything?”

Chen was very embarrassed.

If you don’t punish this kid, their family can’t just be stolen in vain; if you punish this kid, everyone has lived next to each other for so many years, and you can’t see each other when you look up, how will you get along with people who meet their family in the future?

Yu Tang saw a move in his heart.

She didn’t know this kid very well, but when his mother was kowtowing just now, he turned his face to the side, looking like he couldn’t bear to look at it, and stopped begging for Master Wu.

She walked over.

The boy was crying silently.

Yu Tang pondered in his heart that his father didn’t come when such a big thing happened to this kid.

Don’t know if there is no father?

Or does the father care?

Whether it is the former or the latter, both can be used.

She went to pull Chen’s sleeves and whispered: “The neighbors have all come to help, you first invite them to have a cup of tea in the house, there is a big brother, this kid will tie up and let A Tiao guard. , I’ll talk about it when Dad comes back.”

Chen felt that this was a good idea, and after discussing Yu Yuan, he invited everyone into the room for tea.

When everyone saw that the matter was over, in the middle of the night, who still had the heart to drink tea, thanked them one after another, and said goodbye to Mrs. Chen.

Chen shi gratefully sent them out one by one.

Only the boy’s mother sat on the ground in mourning, crying silently.

Mr. Wu was a little worried and said, “Why don’t our little servant come over and do me a favor.”

“Thank you, thank you!” Yu Yuan respectfully saluted Mr. Wu again, and said, “I’ll save it. It’s getting late, we’ll wait tomorrow. When my uncle comes back, my uncle and I will go to the door again to thank him.”

Seeing that Yu Yuan was doing everything well, Master Wu nodded and went home with his hands behind his back.

The boy’s mother kept kowtowing to Chen and begging for mercy.

The boy cried so much that everyone twitched.

Yu Tang pointed to the kid’s mother and said to the kid, “Look, what you did has affected your mother. The people don’t complain, the officials don’t investigate. Tell me the truth, why are you coming to our house? Yes? If you tell me honestly, I will help you to plead with my father and let you go. Your mother doesn’t need to be looked down upon, and she will never be able to hold her head up for a lifetime.”

The boy looked up after hearing this.

Yu Tang glanced at him, showing hesitation.

Yu Tang knew it, and continued: “Stealing things is the most useless thing. Look at those family rules and clan rules. Who can tolerate those thieves who steal things. My father and Master Wu The same, I hate this kind of thing the most. He may not report to the official, but he will definitely let your family drive you out of the house and remove your name. When your mother passes away, there will be no one to worship incense…”

The boy burst into tears again, he choked and said, “My daddy is betting outside and sold all the family’s ancestral house. I, I just want to get a few taels to rent a house.”

Yu Tang sighed. : “Then I have nothing to say. You just wait for my daddy to come back and send you to the government, and then go to your parents.”

“No, no.” The boy hurriedly said, “Miss Yu, You, if you give me five taels of silver, no, you can give me three taels, and I’ll tell you.”

Yu Tang said calmly, “You lied to me! You don’t even have a tael of silver, you like to talk about it or not. .” After speaking, he got up and made an appearance of calling someone.

The boy panicked and said quickly: “Someone gave me five taels of silver to come to your house to steal a painting… Don’t send me to the official, I didn’t steal it…”

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[End of this Chapter]