The little cook in the book has fallen asleep

Chapter 40 A thief breaks into the house

After lunch, the Cheng family saw off Eunuch Pan and the county magistrate, and then they started to get busy again.

The Cheng family boys and Li Huaxiang sat together, carefully learning how to grind pea flour and clean various tools.

At the same time, Old Mrs. Cheng led her two daughters-in-law in the kitchen to make chili oil and cook the bamboo bowls that Old Mr. Cheng and Cheng Lixiao had made today.

Old Mrs. Cheng couldn't help feeling a little proud as she watched her daughters-in-law skillfully stir-frying chili oil. Her daughters-in-law were all good-tempered and they continued to work without being arrogant or impatient even after being rewarded with so much gold today.

Under the tree in the yard, Xiaowu and Xiaoliu sat at the stone table, carefully calculating today's accounts.

Cheng Yiyu also listened to his two younger brothers doing the accounting with great interest, and would give them appropriate reminders when they found mistakes.

Cheng Zhiwen and Cheng Liyao are learning how to grind soy milk from their aunt/mother. They don't have to go back to the private school until the results of the spring examination are out, so they plan to take over their father's job.

It’s time for the three Cheng brothers to get busy with farm work!

When Mr. Cheng learned that today's bamboo bowl actually sold for thirty cents (a take-out cold noodle bamboo bowl costs one cent more), he moved faster and he was able to help the family.

After hearing the news from the secret guard, Eunuch Pan had a higher opinion of the Cheng family. They were neither arrogant nor impatient, and they were able to maintain their original intentions even with so much money. This was truly commendable!

Cheng Yu sat on a small stool, looking into the distance in deep thought, her short legs swaying from side to side and her big eyes rolling around. Cheng Xiaoba looked at the sly smile on her lips and could not help but shudder.

This? Who has offended this little ancestor again?

Someone had indeed offended Cheng Yu, but it was none other than Cheng Pandi and Liu Hua. At this moment, Cheng Pandi was visiting Liu Hua at the old Cheng family.

Two minutes ago, Xiao Ou saw the real-time monitoring function when browsing the system page. It allows users to see what a person is doing by looking at his clothes or personal items.

Cheng Yu thought of Liu Hua, who had bad intentions, and looked at the tattered piece of cloth left by Liu Hua at the door (which was hung on the door when she was beaten). He walked over to pick it up and handed the piece of cloth to Xiao Ou.

Then, a display screen appeared in front of Cheng Yu, just like watching TV, and of course it also broadcast the entire conversation between Cheng Pandi and Liu Hua in real time.

"When my mother-in-law went to get the gold brick, I saw that there was no official seal!" Liu Hua was greedy after all, so she saw the key point at a glance. They didn't dare to covet the silver even if there was an official seal.

At that time, the emperor was afraid that the Cheng family would not dare to use the gold with the official seal, so he asked Eunuch Pan to make the change.

Generally, rewards from the palace cannot be used unless absolutely necessary, so when Eunuch Pan left, he told Cheng Lixiao, Cheng Yiyu and others that the gold could be used.

"That's easy. By the way, how many people can your brother Chen find?" Cheng Pandi said.

Their plan was to enter the Cheng family through the wall of Cheng Pandi's house, because Grandpa Cheng and his men had reinforced the external wall, which was very high and impossible to climb.

When the time comes, Cheng Pandidi will put the ladder in the corner of the wall, and they can enter the Cheng family unimpeded. After taking the things, they can go out directly from the door of the Cheng family.

"About ten people, maybe? Do your grandchildren want to come with us?" Liu Hua asked. How could they share the money after doing dangerous things?

"Go, they follow your brother Chen in!" Cheng Pandi thought about what to do if Liu Hua embezzled it, so her grandson had to go with them.

"Okay, let's take action at Chou hour!" Liu Hua said.

"Okay, I'll go back and ask my dog to keep an eye on them." Cheng Pandi stood up and walked out.

Cheng Yu also saw Old Master Cheng sitting at the door. He must be able to hear the conversation in the room.

This hypocritical old man!

"Sister, someone is watching you! And there are more than one person!" Xiao Ou said alertly.

Xiao Ou flew high and could naturally see far. He saw Goudan in Cheng Pandi's yard staring at the Cheng family, and several groups of people were also watching them.

"Don't be afraid, if the enemy comes, we will fight him; if the water comes, we will block it with earth!" said Cheng Yu.

We are not afraid of them coming, we are just afraid of them not coming. The more people come, the better.

It was already very conspicuous for them to go to the county town to do business, and there was a reward of 1,000 taels behind it, so they couldn't just leave...

Cheng Yu waved to his elder brother (Xiao Er), and when he arrived, he asked him to call his third and fourth brothers over. After everyone arrived, he took out the black pills and gave one to each of them!

Without saying a word, Cheng Yiyu took it and stuffed it into his mouth, forcing himself to swallow it. Cheng Zhiwen and Cheng Liyao followed suit, their faces wrinkled and deformed in pain.

Cheng Yu looked at the three people speechlessly. They were really not afraid that she would poison them. Then, seeing the three faces that were distorted with sorrow, he laughed with great joy.

While Cheng Yu was thinking about the thousand taels of gold, Old Lady Cheng was also thinking, "It's not that you're afraid of thieves stealing, but you're afraid of thieves thinking about it."

What she was afraid of was that the Cheng family would not have a peaceful life in the future.

Oh, by the way, Nannan can take things out, but can she take things from inside? I'll ask Nannan later. Oh no! I'll go now.

She did what she said. After handing over the kitchen work to her two daughters-in-law, Mrs. Cheng immediately picked up Cheng Yu and called the old man into their room.

"Nannan, you can get things outside, but can you also get things inside?" This was the first time that Old Lady Cheng brought up this issue openly. Although Cheng Yu was only an eleven-month-old baby, the old lady was so nervous that she broke into a sweat.

"Of course..." Cheng Yu walked to the wardrobe and silently said "collect" in his heart. The wardrobe that was originally placed there disappeared. Then he said it again, and the wardrobe appeared in front of the three people again.

"Old man..." Mrs. Cheng was interrupted as soon as she opened her mouth.

"Just do what you want, I support you unconditionally!" Old Master Cheng looked at his wife. He was useless. He couldn't keep his wealth and had to rely on his wife and granddaughter.

"Nannan, I will ask your father and others to send the things here later. You put away the gold bars and cloth!" said Old Mrs. Cheng.

Although there will be a lot of trouble in the future, if those people can't be found, they may not come.

"No, grandpa and grandma, listen to me, your grandma, take out three gold bars. We need to move out, and tonight is the opportunity.

Then grandpa, you take my dad and the others to carry back some big stones, probably around a thousand taels worth. Don’t let anyone know!

Grandpa and grandma, you can’t tell another person about what happened today! Don’t sleep too deeply tonight, there will be thieves tonight!" Cheng Yu said calmly in his heart.

If they want to come, then let them come; but it is not certain who will get the property!

After Grandpa Cheng left, he quietly took his son and carried the backpack up the mountain. Although the three Cheng Jin brothers didn't know what was going on, they followed his instruction.

Old Lady Cheng and Cheng Yu took all the gold bars, but they did not take the cloth in the end, because only if the thief destroyed the things bestowed by the royal family could he be severely punished, and killing the chicken would only be effective if it could warn the monkey.

After Grandpa Cheng and his family came back, Grandma Cheng asked her daughters-in-law to hang up the pea starch to dry.

We can’t do that. Nannan said there will be a thief tonight, so we definitely can’t set up the stall tomorrow.

Cheng Yu went to the utility room, and then returned to the main room, touching here and there. In Cheng Goudan's eyes, she was touching the box of gold with great reluctance.

That night, a group of people jumped over the wall from Cheng Pandi's house and went straight to the kitchen. After much deliberation, Cheng Yu decided to move the boxes to the kitchen because she was still worried that her family would be injured or killed.

"Goudan, you said it's here?" Cheng Chen asked.

"Yes, it's here, hurry up!" Goudan saw the Cheng family chattering for a long time before deciding to put the things in the kitchen.

"You guys move, I'll be back soon!" Cheng Chen said, and he walked towards the house where Cheng Lixiao and the others lived.

He hated Cheng Lixiao so much that his grandmother said that he could wipe out all the Cheng family members if he had a chance, but he would definitely not be able to win. However, he could kill this paralytic and all the young members of the Cheng family!

Just when Goudan and the others moved the things to the door, they heard a sound like a pig being slaughtered, and everyone quickly quickened their pace and ran towards the door.

Cheng Yu saw that the time was almost right, so he quickly shouted, "Yes, yes! Yes, yes!"

Cheng Shang, who was sleeping soundly beside him, jumped out of bed in fright and ran to the yard in his thin clothes, shouting "There's a thief! There's a thief!"

The Cheng family turned on the lights, and the boys of the Cheng family rushed out each holding a stick.

Under the moonlight, the Cheng family finally saw the people coming: a group of people wearing black clothes, as well as Cheng Mu and Cheng Jiang from the old Cheng family, and Da Mao, Er Mao, Goudan, and Gou Zi from Cheng Pandi's family. The whole yard was full of people.

Cheng Lixiao dragged a man out of the room and threw him in the yard. It was Cheng Chen!

The battle was about to break out. The men in black protected the people carrying the boxes and ran out of the Cheng family yard. Cheng Lixiao and his brothers fought a bloody battle with the men in black.

The boys of the Cheng family were surprised to find that their strength had increased. They could beat the men until they screamed by swinging bamboo. Cheng Lixiao was especially impressed. He could even split the black-clothed man's knife in half with just one swing of his sword.

The three Cheng Jin brothers held wooden sticks to prevent others from attacking them, while Old Man Cheng ran out of the yard and called for help. He shouted as he ran, and everyone in the village was frightened awake and ran to the Cheng family with sticks in hand.

Old Mrs. Cheng was determined to put on a good show, so she took her three daughters-in-law into the kitchen.

"Ah! Where is my gold? Where is my gold? Where is my cloth?" Old Mrs. Cheng yelled and then fainted.

Zhao Yunniang immediately supported her mother-in-law. She felt something was wrong, but she cried first.

"Oh, damn thief!..." Li Huaxiang and Lin Pan'er also started crying.

Except for Old Madam Cheng, Old Man Cheng and Cheng Yu, no one else knew the truth, so they cried so sincerely.

The remaining people in the yard were arrested. The commotion lasted most of the night. The news of the thief breaking into the Cheng family spread to several surrounding villages, and even the county magistrate was alarmed.

Are you kidding! That is a reward from the emperor. These people are simply lawless!

At the old Cheng's house, Liu Hua and Old Master Cheng were walking around anxiously. At this moment, Liu Hua was completely unaware of the pain of her wound.

Succeeded? Or got caught?

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