When Li Mengyue heard what Butler Qian said, she knew that someone must be jealous of the locust-frying business and was deliberately making trouble.

It’s just that there are so many locusts in the field. If you want to eat them or make fried locusts, you can just go to the fields and catch them. There’s no need to bother Li Dazhu and Li Erzhu.

She had only been frying locusts for a few days when she asked Li Dazhui and Li Erzhui to do it. After she finished the work, they bought the goods from her for four cents and sold them in the town for five cents, making one cent per pound.

Don't underestimate this one cent. Now we can sell 150 kilograms every day, which is equivalent to the Li Dazhu brothers making 150 cents a day, which is more profitable than catching locusts in the fields.

She let Li Dazhui and his brother do this seemingly profitable business, mainly because she had just arrived in Xinghua Village and wanted to take her father to the town for medical treatment. Uncle Lao Gen helped to send him to the town without saying a word, and she was very grateful in her heart.

In addition, she also knew that Uncle Lao Gen was seriously ill and would need a lot of money for treatment. Although she could help cure Uncle Lao Gen, she could not advance the money for the medicine.

So, with the idea of ​​helping Uncle Lao Gen, the task of setting up the stall in the town was handed over to the Li Dazhu brothers.

She hadn't been to town for a few days, so who would want to cause trouble?

Li Mengyue was confused, but she still got on the Qian family's carriage and went to the town quickly to prevent the Li Dazhu brothers from being crippled.

Butler Qian knew the seriousness of the matter, so he drove the carriage very fast, hoping to reach the town in the shortest time possible.

You know, his young master is still in charge of the situation. What if the troublemaker is so blind that he hurts his young master?

The main street in Qingshan Town.

The stall where Li Dazhu and Li Erzhu set up was surrounded by people, some came to buy fried locusts, and some came to watch the fun.

The Li Dazhu brothers had bruised faces and noses, and were pressed to the ground in a humiliating position.

On the stretcher next to her was an old woman lying lifeless. Judging from the corpse spots gradually appearing on her face, it was obvious that she had been dead for at least two hours.

The man who stepped on Li Erzhu cried bitterly, "You even sell poisonous locusts to make money. Do you have any conscience?"

Among the onlookers, some said in a pointed way, "What conscience do they have? Locusts are poisonous, and they are selling them for money. Their hearts must be black."

As soon as this person finished speaking, someone else continued, "People like this must not be let off. Report to the police, report to the police quickly, and let the officials punish them."

The crying man paused for a moment when he heard the words "report to the police". Then he pretended to be magnanimous and said, "Although my mother died of poisoning after eating their locusts, I want to forgive them and don't want to make a big deal out of it. As long as they hand over the person behind the scenes, I won't hold them responsible."

"This is too kind."

"Yes, if my mother died from eating locusts, I would definitely make a big fuss."

"Hey, you two brothers, quickly tell us who's behind this, and we'll let you go."

Li Erzhu was selling locusts when suddenly five or six people rushed over and beat him and his brother without saying a word.

Then they said their locusts were poisonous and had eaten the old lady to death, and they wanted them to pay compensation or something.

Of course they would not admit to something they had not done, not to mention that they sold more than 100 kilograms of locusts every day. If there was something wrong, how come others were fine after eating it, but his old lady died after eating it?

He just made a few excuses and was beaten again, and was asked to say who was behind it.

There is no one behind the scenes. It's just that sister Mengyue saw that their family was in difficulty, so she gave such a profitable business to him and his brother.

The two of them made a lot of money in the past few days, and also bought medicine for Dad. After taking it for a few days, Dad felt much better.

The doctor at Tongxintang said that if you drink it for another ten days or so, you will be almost cured.

But the cost of medicine for more than ten days was nearly two taels of silver, so he and his brother worked harder to sell fried locusts.

I didn't expect that when sales were going well today, someone would come and cause trouble.

In fact, when he heard the person behind the scenes, he knew that someone was trying to plot against Sister Mengyue.

Sister Mengyue has done a great favor to their family, so no matter what, he will not harm Sister Mengyue.

The troublemaker saw that he and his brother were too tough and would not say anything no matter how they threatened or bribed them, so he got angry and wanted to teach them a lesson.

Just at this moment, a carriage passing by stopped and a rich young man got out of the carriage.

When Li Erzhu saw the person coming, he felt that he was saved. He had seen this person go to Mengyue's sister's house before, and he suddenly felt less desperate.

"Stop it! You beat people up in broad daylight. Do you have any respect for the law?"

The man who was about to hit Li Erzhu not only did not stop after hearing this, but also arrogantly punched Li Erzhu.

"It's the law. The fried locusts they sold killed my mother. I don't care about the law. I just want the culprit to pay the price."

Seeing how tough the troublemakers were, Qian Dongjie knew that his two brothers had run into a tough opponent.

Before, he went to Miss Li's house to deliver medical fees and thank-you gifts. He saw locusts in the yard and also saw the two little brothers pulling fried locusts. He knew that Miss Li was doing business of fried locusts.

But he didn't quite believe that the locusts sold by Miss Li were poisonous and could kill people.

So he asked Butler Qian to go to Xinghua Village and tell Miss Li about this.

When the troublemakers saw a nobleman appear out of nowhere and disturbed their "good deed", they wanted to teach Qian Dongjie a lesson and tell him not to meddle in other people's business.

Just as the troublemaker was about to hit Qian Dongjie with his fist, a stone was thrown from a distance and hit the troublemaker's fist.

"what……"

"Who... fucking hit me..."

Before the troublemaker could finish his words, Li Mengyue got off the carriage.

"You said your mother ate fried locusts and died."

After Li Mengyue finished speaking, she looked at the old woman lying on the stretcher.

"Anyone with eyes can tell that he was strangled to death. There are obvious marks on his neck, but you say he was poisoned. Do you think everyone here is stupid?"

The troublemaker didn't expect that the girl could see the problem at a glance and knew that his mother was strangled to death.

The people who asked them to cause trouble only said that the person trading locusts was a young girl. They didn't say she was so powerful that they even knew how the person died.

"Butler Qian, please help me report to the authorities."

"what!"

As soon as Li Mengyue finished speaking, the person who was looking for trouble made a sound of disbelief.

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