Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

Chapter 258 Body search

The yard was in chaos, and Mei'er in the house was planning how to get Chen Dongren out first.

If Chen Dongren doesn't go out, the lost thirty taels cannot be blamed on the Zhao family.

Yes, this was all Mei'er's idea.

The moment she heard the village chief call Xing'er in, she already knew what the village chief was thinking.

But isn't a few taels of silver too cheap for the Zhao family?

So when Xing'er came in, she took the opportunity when Chen Dongren was helping Tao'er apply medicine, pulled Xing'er aside and asked her to go out, saying that she had lost thirty taels of silver, and told the villagers that the thirty taels were to be distributed to the villagers.

Xing'er was very clever and did a great job. Everyone in the village believed that thirty taels were indeed lost. Now it depended on how they could prove that it was the Zhao family who stole the money.

Just as Mei'er was trying to find a way to get Chen Dongren away, Chen Dongren stood up.

Because of Mrs. Zhao's deliberate act, most of the sisters' injuries were in places that could not be seen by others, so Chen Dongren could only roughly treat the injuries on their faces and hands, and asked Sanni and Xing'er to help them deal with the rest later.

"Mei'er, I have already dealt with what I can. The rest can only be dealt with by Xing'er and Sanni. But the wound caused by the cane may not be so easy to heal. You'd better go to the city to have a look."

"Uncle, we understand. Please help us prepare some medicine. I'll ask Sizhu to go to your house to get it. When we find the missing thirty taels of silver, we'll give it to you as well."

Chen Dongren nodded and went out with the medicine box without thinking much.

There was such a big noise outside just now, and he also heard that the Zhao family stole thirty taels, so he didn't suspect anything. Anyway, the Zhao family was there, and it was only a matter of time before they found him, and it would be the same to pay for the medicine when the time came.

Watching Chen Dongren go out, Mei'er turned her eyes to the little brat who was cowering in the corner after being threatened by Sanni.

The kid, who was silently repeating "Can't see me, can't see me" in his heart, was almost scared to death when he saw Mei'er's eyes looking at him. He was afraid that Mei'er would come over and slap him, so he kept backing away in fear.

Mei'er suddenly laughed: "Xiaobao, come here? Come, don't be afraid, sister has something to tell you."

Looking at Mei'er's sudden friendly expression, even though Zhao Xiaobao was only four or five years old, he understood what it felt like to have a chill on his back.

His intuition told him not to go over there, but his legs stood up involuntarily and he walked slowly towards Mei'er. He was really too afraid of being slapped again.

Zhao Xiaobao came over, and Mei'er stopped him: "Xiaobao, what were you looking for in our room just now?"

"Look...look at the toys." Zhao Xiaobao answered stutteringly.

"Hey~ If a child tells a lie, he will be taken away by a jackal. It was obviously your grandma who asked you to check the silver, right? Huh?"

Mei'er grabbed Zhao Xiaobao's arm tightly and stared at him.

"I...I...I'm here to look for toys. No, no, it was my grandma who asked me to look for money."

Zhao Xiaobao was completely confused by Mei'er's threat. He was just a four-year-old child. No matter how naughty he was on weekdays, he was caught off guard and received two slaps in the face. Now he was threatened like this again and he had no idea what he was doing here.

Mei'er nodded in satisfaction: "That's right, when the village chief asked you what you were doing here, what did you say?"

"Say...say I'm here to look for silver."

"That's right, Xiaobao." Mei'er pinched Zhao Xiaobao's face and stood up.

She did put the twenty taels that Zheng Yuan gave her in this room. If Old Man Zhao and the others had come to search this room at the beginning, some of it might have been taken away.

Fortunately, they didn’t think there would be any good things in this house, so they went straight to Duan Minniang’s room.

How could they know that Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin had been as close as a family during this period of time, that the money was completely under the control of Zheng Yuan, and that the family's rice, flour, grain and oil had all been moved to Zheng Yuan's house.

Mei'er moved quickly and ran straight to where the money was hidden.

There were five taels of gold sandwiched under the bed board, five taels of gold placed on the beam, five taels of gold stuffed on the window seal, and the last five taels of gold were pulled out from a rat hole in the corner of the wall.

Tao'er and Sanni widened their eyes. They didn't expect Mei'er to be so good at hiding.

After Mei'er found all the silver, she called Zhao Xiaobao over and pretended to comfort him, but in fact she quietly put the silver into his arms.

Zhao Xiaobao was still young and only knew that his sister had suddenly become easy to talk to. He had no idea that he had twenty taels of silver more in his pocket.

By the time Mei'er had finished her work, the noise outside had almost died down.

The village chief made the final decision - to search the Zhao family.

He was worried at first, wondering if Xing'er didn't understand what he meant and wanted to take revenge on her grandmother's family, so she reported such an outrageous number. But seeing Xing'er crying and looking heartbroken, it didn't seem fake.

No matter what, we must teach the Zhao family a lesson today. Even if we can’t find the items, we must make them return the smashed items and medical expenses.

When the Zhao family heard the village chief say they wanted to search them, they initially disagreed. But Fang Cui whispered a few words into Old Lady Zhao's ear and changed her attitude.

"You want to search me, right? Fine! We'll let you search me. But we have to make it clear in advance, what will we do if we can't find you?"

"If we can't find it, you have to compensate us thirty taels!" Fang Cui shouted impatiently.

She had just asked her father-in-law and the children who had entered the house to search, and they all said they didn't find a single thing.

These bitches from the old family are still trying to put the blame on others, so let them shoot themselves in the foot.

As soon as these words were spoken, the villagers who had been excited and wanted to search people suddenly calmed down.

Thirty taels? That would take years of not eating or drinking to save up that much.

Seeing the Zhao family members holding their heads high, it seems that they really didn't steal anything. Then who would dare to accept the thirty taels?

Seeing the villagers hesitate, the Zhao family became even more proud.

"Okay! If we can't find it, our family will compensate you thirty taels!" Mei'er walked out of the house.

Although she had been given medicine and had changed her clothes, it was not difficult to tell how badly Mei had been beaten from her pale face and limping gait.

"Oh, Mei'er, why did you come out?" Old Mrs. Chen went up to support her with concern.

"Grandma Chen, I'm fine. My sister has been beaten by grandma and can't get out of bed. If I don't come out, she will be bullied to death. Ahem..."

After saying this, Mei'er coughed violently a few times, which made her look even more pitiful.

Seeing her like this, the onlookers began to blame the Zhao family again.

"You little bitch, you've even learned to sing opera! I'll tear your mouth apart!" Old Mrs. Zhao got angry when she saw her like this.

"Mother! Mother, don't be angry." Fang Cui hurriedly held onto Old Lady Zhao, "Didn't Mei'er say that if they couldn't find thirty taels of silver, they would compensate us with thirty taels of silver? Why are you angry with her now? Search me quickly to prove your innocence."

"Yes, mother, if we can't find the thirty taels, let's see what they will say!" Li Xiangqin squeezed forward unwillingly.

"Yes, yes, yes. Search them. What are you going to do if we can't find anything? Village chief, we agree to the search, but you must promise that if we can't find thirty taels, then they will compensate us thirty taels."

"Nonsense! You are the ones who came to our house and you want us to pay you thirty taels. How can this be justified?"

The village chief didn't want to agree because he was unsure.