After becoming the villain's eldest sister, I take charge of the whole family

Xie Linghe was shocked: "What?!"

Moldy food...

She couldn't help but think of how Sun Shaozu's family in the book made their first fortune from grain.

Inside the book.

It was Xie Lingdi who introduced Sun Shaozu to a grain merchant who took advantage of the flood and the court's factional struggles to drive up grain prices and make a fortune.

after that.

The government forced the disaster-stricken people to return the grain, and they had no choice but to sell their land. Sun Shaozu bought hundreds of acres of fertile land at a low price, planted mulberry trees, and sold the silk to the second male lead Murong Qing.

so?

They were selling moldy rice?!

How dare?

Xie Linghe was angry.

Moldy rice can kill people. They sell it at a sky-high price of dozens of coins per pound, and they even sell rice that cannot be eaten. They really don't value human life.

Think of this.

Her disgust towards the Sun family was not only based on hatred for her own family, but also on her disgust as a normal person.

However, the book didn't mention many deaths. Could it be that something unexpected happened...

Xie Linghe couldn't figure it out.

but.

One thing is certain.

Here's her chance!

It would be fine if this was just a misunderstanding, but if the Sun family really sold moldy rice, they would have no chance of turning things around this time.

She pressed on, "How did you find out? Is it all moldy rice? How much is there?"

The little beggar recalled: "Last night at midnight, I was resting, but I drank too much water and woke up in the middle of the night..."

At this point, he glanced shyly at Xie Linghe, then glanced at the back and continued, "Coincidentally, I heard the sound of wheels rolling."

"I took a casual look and saw a few ox carts and a few human figures."

"Because I've been following Sun Shaozu every day these days, I'm very familiar with his back and recognized him at a glance."

“So, I followed quietly.”

"Then, I saw them arrive at the back door of the grain store. The door opened, and they quietly carried the things from the cart inside."

"Since no one was around, I bravely went up and broke open a rice bag. I grabbed a handful of rice and found it was moldy."

"I wanted to continue checking, but they came back very quickly and I had to leave."

As he spoke, his face became guilty: "I'm sorry, sister Xie."

“I don’t know if it’s all moldy rice.”

"If it's all moldy rice, it would weigh several thousand kilograms, and three ox carts would each carry more than a dozen bags."

"However, I can find a way to go in and take a look tonight..."

Hear this.

Xie Linghe interrupted without thinking: "Don't go."

"You've done very well. Don't take any risks. This information is very useful now."

The little beggar's tone was still low: "Oh."

Xie Linghe stared at him, and worriedly warned him, "Your safety comes first. You really can't go. Do you understand?"

Eyes facing each other.

The little beggar smiled guiltily, then nodded seriously: "I understand."

Xie Linghe breathed a sigh of relief.

The little beggar took her words very seriously and worked for her wholeheartedly, so she naturally didn't want him to get hurt.

Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect.

After spending some time together, Xie Linghe also regarded the little beggar as a friend.

Punishing Sun Zhaozu is nothing compared to the safety of the little beggar.

"I know about this. I will find a way. You go back and wait for my news."

"it is good."

Xie Linghe suddenly thought of something: "Oh, take this hundred coins. The owner of the bun shop knows you now and won't chase you away. Use it to buy buns if you want, or steamed buns if you want."

Fortunately, she always carries some money with her whether she goes out or not.

Hear the words.

The little beggar's face quickly fell.

Soon, he returned to normal and slowly continued: "Okay, thank you, sister."

Xie Linghe patted his head out of habit, just like he did with Xiao Ai: "As you should."

He only reacted after touching it, was stunned for a moment, and put his hand down.

"Let's go."

The little beggar's body was tense, but after hearing her words, he gradually relaxed. He glanced at the hand she had just touched him and nodded reluctantly: "Yeah."

Xie Linghe waved.

Behind.

Xie Linghe looked at the hand that had touched the little beggar, his eyebrows raised: "The little beggar looks dirty all over, but his hair is quite clean and fresh~"

Although I knew about the moldy rice.

Xie Linghe did not go to investigate immediately. He calmed himself down and continued to go into the mountains.

She advised herself: "Don't rush it."

at the same time.

Xie Dahe's family.

Xie Lingdi was sweeping the yard absentmindedly when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in the palm of her hand. She gasped and hurried to check. It turned out that a splinter had pierced her flesh.

She dropped the broom.

He frowned and prepared to pull out the thorn.

result.

Tears were about to burst out in pain, but she still didn't pull it out. At this moment, a bony hand grabbed her hand, accompanied by a low and elegant voice: "Let me help you."

Xie Lingdi looked at him blankly.

Ye Xiao looked serious and carefully found the splinter and pulled it out cleanly and neatly.

Xie Lingdi couldn't help but utter a sound: "Hiss~"

"Does it hurt?"

Ye Xiao's face was full of heartache, and he leaned over to her hand: "Let me blow it for you."

It blew softly.

See this.

Xie Lingdi's pupils trembled and her heart beat uncontrollably.

"Does it still hurt?"

She blushed and shook her head: "It doesn't hurt anymore."

Ye Xiao let go of her hand and warned her, "Be careful."

"Ahem, I'm going back first."

Xie Lingdi immediately became nervous: "Are you coughing again? Is your wound uncomfortable again? I'll make some medicine for you..."

Ye Xiao interrupted her: "Don't be nervous, my wound is fine."

Xie Lingdi: "But..."

Ye Xiao smiled gently: "It's really okay, don't worry about me, it was just a gust of wind."

"OK then."

Xie Lingdi nodded reluctantly, but still worriedly said, "If you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me immediately."

"Ah."

Ye Xiao turned around, his gentle expression disappeared, and became expressionless.

Behind.

Xie Lingdi looked at him almost obsessively.

How can anyone not be tempted by such a wonderful Ye Xiao?

Xie Ling'ai, Ye Xiao belongs to me, don't even think about snatching him from me.

next moment.

She gathered her thoughts, her face solemn, and murmured, "The Sun family should have received that batch of grain. I hope they'll follow my method and deal with the moldy rice first. Once it's no longer noticeable on the surface, they can mix two-thirds of good rice with one-third of bad rice and sell it at a lower price. Don't be too greedy..."

"I don't know why, but I've been feeling really nervous."

……

Xie Linghe is here.

After lunch, she went to town on the pretext of buying some meat.

Go straight to Sun’s Grain and Oil Shop.

Standing in an inconspicuous corner, secretly observing the store, from time to time someone would go in and come out carrying bags of rice.

She waited for a while.

then.

Seeing a young woman with a simple temperament walking out of the store, I followed her quietly.

It was quite a distance away from the grain shop.

She called out, "Sister in front, please stop."

In front.

Qu Ping looked depressed: now a pound of grain costs twenty cents, the head of the family works as a porter at the dock and only earns four or five hundred cents a month, and I only earn about a hundred cents a month by washing clothes for others. My mother-in-law's medicine costs a hundred cents a month, and her two children are not even a month old, and she has no milk, so she can only cook rice porridge. The family has no extra money, and no one knows how long they can hold on... This world is too difficult for ordinary people.

Sudden.

A voice came from behind her, and she turned her head subconsciously: "Who are you?"

Xie Linghe strode forward and asked with a worried look on his face, "Hello, sister. I saw you coming out of Sun's grain and oil shop. I'd like to ask, how much is their grain selling for per jin now?"

Qu Ping immediately imagined it and said nothing.

With a feeling of being a fellow wanderer, he replied in a gentle voice, "Twenty cents a pound. That's the price in town, but it's still cheaper than in the county."

"So expensive?"

Xie Linghe took a breath: "Sister, can you let me see this rice?"

Qu Ping was a little puzzled: "Look at the rice?"

However, I didn't think much about it and handed it to her directly.

It was also because Xie Linghe was a woman, and her clothes were not luxurious but clean and decent, so Qu Ping was not on guard against her.

Xie Linghe quickly opened the bag.

The slightly yellow rice comes into view.

She grabbed a handful, observed it carefully, and thought to herself: There doesn't seem to be any moldy rice?

On the road.

She suddenly thought that Sun Shaozu could mix good rice and moldy rice together and sell them. After all, rice in ancient times was not pure white, but slightly yellow.

Somewhat lost.

Seeing that she was motionless, Qu Ping couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with the rice?"

Xie Linghe shook his head.

Suddenly, an idea struck her. She sniffed the rice and her expression changed rapidly. Then she quickly returned to normal. She put the rice into the bag and said with a smile, "It's good rice. Thank you, sister."

Hand it to her.

Qu Ping took it and said with a smile, "I think this rice is good too. I'll take it home and make rice porridge for the children."

"Cooking rice porridge?"

Xie Linghe's eyes moved: "A baby?"

Speaking of the child, Qu Ping's face was as gentle as water: "Well, just one month old."

Xie Linghe frowned.

Qu Ping waved her hand and said, "The price of rice changes every day now. You'd better go buy some rice quickly."

talking.

Turn around and leave.

"Sister, this rice..."

Xie Linghe's smile was a little stiff. "Please sell me this rice. I'm too lazy to go to Sun's grain and oil shop to buy rice. I'll give you twenty-one coins per pound as a token of my gratitude for solving my problem."

Qu Ping was stunned for a moment, then looked confused and uncertain: "You..."

"Don't misunderstand, sister."

Xie Linghe said anxiously, "Let me tell you the truth. The owner of Sun's Grain and Oil Shop, Mrs. Li, is a bitch. We know each other, but we have a bad relationship. I was afraid she'd see me when I went to buy food and we'd start a fight, so I thought..."

Hear this.

Qu Ping's expression relaxed. "Is that so? Fine. I'll sell it to you. You don't have to pay me twenty-one cents. Twenty cents will be enough. I bought three pounds, so give me sixty cents."

Xie Linghe mentioned that Li's anger and disgust could not be faked, so she believed it.

Hear the words.

Xie Linghe did not insist any longer.

Gave the money and left.

Go to the corner.

She immediately stopped and looked at Qu Ping quietly.

Qu Ping took the money and was planning to buy food, but suddenly her face changed drastically and after a while, she changed direction.

That is Wang’s Rice Shop.

See this.

Xie Linghe breathed a sigh of relief.

His excuse just now was full of loopholes. Since he had a bad relationship with Li, why did he buy food from her family?

only.

She was still worried that Qu Ping wouldn't react.

Fortunately.

This did not happen.

Now, she has not found any substantial evidence. If Qu Ping goes to Sun's Grain and Oil Shop to make trouble with her behavior, it may arouse their vigilance and even make her lose the opportunity to deal with them.

but.

Xie Linghe has no regrets.

If a baby who has just turned one month old eats this moldy rice that has been treated with medicine, it can really kill him.

Adults may be able to hold on for a while, but children are too fragile.

“He actually used medicine!”

"Now the situation is tricky. Even if we take this bag of rice to the government and prove that there's something wrong with it, it doesn't mean there's something wrong with the Sun's Grain and Oil Shop."

"They can just say they were deceived too."

Xie Linghe frowned. "Besides, how do I explain why I discovered the problem with this rice?"

She thought of smelling it because Xie Lingdi showed her talent for medicine several times in the book, and her family now runs a Chinese medicine store.

Sure enough, when I smelled it up close, there was a faint musty and pungent smell.

If she hadn't assumed that there was something wrong with the rice, she might have thought it was her own illusion.

"So, we have to think of a different way to break through."

But for the time being, there was no other way.

She could only go back to Sun’s Grain and Oil Shop and continue to wait to see if she could find any problems.

"Thank you, sister!"

The little beggar's cheering voice came from behind.

Xie Linghe turned around and smiled faintly: "I didn't see you just now, and I felt strange."

The little beggar said with a serious face: "Sister Xie, please follow me."

Xie Linghe raised his eyebrows.

When they reached a dead end, Xie Linghe said, "Tell me, what's going on?"

The little beggar said word by word: "Thank you sister, I think there is someone who can help you."

Xie Linghe opened his eyes slightly: "Who?"

The little beggar said firmly, "I'm a waiter at Sun's Rice Shop."

Xie Linghe frowned. "Qian Gou? He's from the Sun family, why would he help me?"

"He shouldn't know."

The beggar replied, "Because I saw him buy rice too. I followed him back and he washed the rice and cooked. Then I asked the neighbors, and they told me that he has an elderly father at home who has difficulty walking and is not in good health. Qian Gou is very filial to his father. It is impossible for him to give this rice to his father knowing that it is defective."

Hear this.

Xie Linghe deeply agreed with this.

"That's right, that's great. Qian Gou can indeed help me. He's also an old man in the grain shop and is very familiar with the Sun family. They won't be particularly wary of him."

talking.

She thought of something and looked at the little beggar in surprise: "Little guy, you are so quick-witted. You can actually think of this from a bag of rice?"

"I do not know why either."

The little beggar touched his head and said honestly, "That's what I thought about, and it came to me."

"well done."

Xie Linghe didn't think much about it and changed the subject: "Where is Qian Gou? Take me to find him."

The little beggar nodded: "Okay."

……

Qian Gou's house is in the north of the town. It has only three rooms, which are shabby and the door is a little broken.

She went up and knocked on the door.

"Knock down."

inside the house.

Qian Gou had just finished cooking the porridge and was about to serve it to his father when he suddenly heard a knock on the door. He wiped his hands and opened the door.

Saw someone coming.

He looked surprised: "You, why is it you?!"