Three-pot porridge and naan

"Kang Boning was not all killed by the iron rod." Wandong said when he got to Mo Li's office.

"What do you mean?" Mo Li raised his eyelids and looked at him.

"He was strangled to death first, and then crushed to death. Apart from the iron pestle, was there anything else?"

Mo Li: "There are also traces similar to fighting, and a few rotten peaches that fell on the ground."

Wandong recalled the peach grove, the place where Kang Boning died, there were indeed traces, but it wasn't.

Wandong spoke lightly, and said slowly: "That's the trace of Kang Boning's legs kicking out when the rope strangled Kang Boning. They shouldn't have fought fiercely. If there was Kang Boning, they would have called people. I think Kang Boning should have called people repeatedly. There is no chance of escaping, and if you are directly held down or injured, you can only struggle needlessly in the end."

After listening to his narration, Mo Li suddenly agreed with Wandong's statement.

Mo Li: "Qingqing, the boy who first discovered Kang Boning's death, said he heard a little noise, but he didn't care."

Chef Wang in Santaoyuan’s back kitchen is deaf, and his cooking skills are really good. He used to work in the Mashi restaurant, but because his ears were too reciting, he often misunderstood the names of the dishes, so he was fired. Kang Boning liked it very much. He eats the dishes he cooks, so he was hired here. The three meals of the Kang family are cooked by Chef Wang, and the servant Qingqing is half helper and half apprentice.

Detective Ye visited Kang Erniang twice a day, but was turned away.

The rumors in the neighborhood about Kang Erniang are that she is fair and slightly mellow, because she is pretty and there are many people who went to the Kang family to talk about marriage in the early years, but she is timid and even a stray cat can scare her sick, and she doesn't like to go out. He didn't go anywhere except Taoyuan, so he hired a son-in-law.

A year and a half ago, Erniang's family and Kang Sanye's family belonged to Santaoyuan. Later, the courtyard walls were built and the three families separated.

Just after noon, Captain Ye came back quickly, saw Mo Li in the yamen, and told about Erniang Kang: "My lord, why don't you go directly."

Detective Ye was getting a little annoyed. He spent the whole morning with the maid of the second lady of the Kang family, but he didn't ask a word, so the second lady of the Kang family just didn't see him.

Maybe the woman was just afraid of officials, and Aunt Yao was the same, she had to go through several layers of lip service before agreeing to interrogate, and Captain Ye could understand that they probably didn't even think that there would be a murder case.

Wandong went back to the shop to have lunch, and then went out to the stall. Last night, he made noodles and boiled mutton. It would be a pity not to make them.

It's just that porridge is not sold today.

While baking the naan, he thought, who can beat someone as tall as Kang Boning?

Who else has a similar figure to Kang Boning near Santaoyuan?Wang Zhi was tall but thin at the opposite door, and the third uncle Kang Shu'an was a little stronger than Wang Zhi. Among the rest, the second uncle of the Kang family was a heroic man...

Now Wandong recalled that the second uncle of the Kang family and Kang Boning seemed to be about the same height and build.

Why didn't I notice this before...

Wandong pursed her lips and smiled, turning over the mutton that was cooking in the pot.

A man leading a camel stopped in front of him, and the man asked him in blunt Chinese, "How long will it take?"

"At least a quarter of an hour."

Wandong thought that this man would leave impatiently, but he didn't expect that he really waited for a quarter of an hour.

The man looked at Wandong while he was eating the buns: "I came to Beijing from the west to make a living, little brother, do you know where I can find work here?"

Wandong stopped, looked at the gate of the market not far away, and thought for a while: "Go to the horse market, and those who are short of grooms will hire people there. Moving goods, if you have some martial arts and want to be a theater watcher for a rich family, you must first have a serious household registration, and you have to go to the old man Liao at the market teahouse to spend five taels of silver and he can help you do it."

The man probably didn't know that he could answer so seriously, so he clasped his hands together, expressing his gratitude.

In the afternoon, Wandong sold the three pots of mutton and baked naan.

When he was about to close the stall, Mei Xiaobai came in a hurry, but this time he came alone, without the dog servants that Zou Wu'an pointed out to him behind him.

"Wandong, Wandong!" Old Wan next door was afraid that he would not see Mei Xiaobai coming, so he hurriedly called him at the top of his voice.

Even Lao Wan's careless daughter-in-law came out with a feather duster.

"It's okay, Lao Wan, don't worry if that kid dares to sell me to Qiuxiang Tower."

Lao Wan blushed, it turned out that Wan Dong knew about it.

This is a gossip among the neighbors, saying that Mei Xiaobai is crazy about money, and wants to sell Wandong and enter Qiuxianglou to become a servant girl. After all, Wandong is more beautiful than the number one in Qiuxianglou.

"Cousin, my mother said that if you don't collect the late rapeseed in your field, they will rot in the field after a few days of heavy rain! I tell you to go back and collect it!" Mei Xiaobai came here in a hurry just to spread the word He listened to his mother the most. When his mother told him to come, she put down the bowls and chopsticks and came riding on a little donkey without eating.

Wandong's aunt and his mother both came from Xuejiazhuang. They don't have the same surname, but they got along well when they were young.

Wandong: "I forgot..."

Xiaobai put his hips on his hips angrily: "My mother is right, you don't know you need to collect rapeseed until the oil is needed! Go back quickly and I will take Fu Geer and the others to help you get it together. After it is finished, squeeze it Drag the oil over again."

"Okay, wait for me at the city gate tomorrow morning. Come back quickly, I'm going to wash up and go to bed." Wandong yawned.

It was rare for Xiaobai to hear that he didn't tell him to get lost, so he was a little surprised.

"Then I'll go back." Xiao Bai looked at him as he walked.

"Do you want me to leave the donkey to you?" Seeing that he didn't speak, Xiao Bai stopped again and said suddenly.

"You can ride back by yourself, that stupid donkey will be charged ten cents for parking overnight in the city." Wandong said without lifting his eyelids.

Xiaobai thought in his heart, what did my donkey do wrong, you have to call him stupid.

"You go early in the morning, or you won't be able to collect it all day!"

Early the next morning, Wandong took a carriage to Xuejiazhuang. There was a carriage going to Xuejiazhuang outside the city. The people also wanted to go to Zhou Langdu, so some merchants started the carriage and horse business.

Ten pennies per person, ten people in a car cost one penny per trip, and such profits have attracted many car owners.

Zhou Langdu is not far from Xuejiazhuang. Wandong has two rapeseed fields, one is near Zhoulangdu, and the other is near Yaojia Village. He intends to collect the field near Yaojia Village today. To collect Zhou Langdu's.

Unexpectedly, Mei Xiaobai brought ten people here, and they collected it all in one morning, mainly because Wandong's land was a little over three mu.

Just as she was about to take her to the vegetable field at Zhou Langdu again, Mei Wandong seemed to see something.

Wandong narrowed his eyes: "When did the iron shop come to Yaojia Village?"

"It's not just the iron shop, the iron factory has moved in." A helper from Yaojia Village said.

Mei Xiaobai wiped off his sweat: "Cousin, you haven't been back for a few months, it's all happened last month, I heard that several fields and forests were occupied, but it was given money, forced I don’t know if you buy and sell by force, I heard old man Liao say that there should be iron stones on the mountain behind Yao’s village.”

Wandong: "Although the government restricted the amount of iron, it didn't say that it couldn't be mined. His Yu family wanted to buy mountains, but no one cared if they went crazy."

"..." Xiaobai scratched his head and didn't quite understand this, so he lowered his head and tied up the rape stalks, "Everyone go to Xuejiazhuang first, and then go to Zhoulangdu after eating, there is only one or two acres of land left, my mother Let’s make dinner and arrange for everyone.”

After lunch, Mei Xiaobai's mother, Luo Shi, brought a large roast goose in front of Wandong. Just as Xiaobai was about to reach out to take it, his mother knocked it on the back of her hand with a chopstick: "This is Wandong's!"

Wandong: "..."

Mei Xiaobai took people to smash Wandong's shop twice, Luo Shi felt very sorry, this was regarded as an apology for Wandong.

Mei Xiaobai had the same lunch as the other helpers. There was a large piece of braised pork, a braised egg, and three or two green vegetables in the bowl. They looked at the roast goose in front of Wandong and swallowed.

Stared at by Luo Shi, they lowered their heads and ate a few mouthfuls of rice.

When Luo Shi was young, like Wandong's mother, she was a beauty in Xuejia Village. She is 30 years old, and she still looks like a slender willow waist and peach blossom noodles, but she has a big temper, and she is merciless when fighting Xiaobai.

Xuejiazhuang is famous for Mei Xiaobai's filial piety, and Xuejiazhuang is famous for his uncle Wandong's fear of his wife.

"Where's uncle?" Wan Dong asked while tearing off a goose wing.

"I went to Meiyi. Your uncle Zeng sent someone to look for him. He must have something to do. By the way, Wandong, how is your health recently? That disease..."

"..." Wandong was probably used to his aunt's ability to change the subject for a while.

Wandong frowned slightly: "I've been fine recently."

But Xiaobai put down the bowl and said nervously, "Cousin, what kind of disease do you have?"

Wandong: If you want to ask, you shouldn't ask at this time, right?Obviously Wandong didn't want to talk about this, especially when there were so many people.

After he took the goose wing expressionlessly, he pushed the plate of roast goose to the center of the table: "Everyone eat together."

After noon, everyone went to Zhoulangdu. At this moment, clouds came in the sky and covered the sun.

"It's not a very good day, let's go back quickly." Mei Xiaobai said, looking at the sky.

At this time, a man riding a horse at the head of the village caught Wandong's attention, and Wandong recognized him.

"Xiaobai, I'm sorry to trouble you about harvesting the rapeseed." Wandong untied the purse and threw it to Mei Xiaobai.

He said and walked towards the village.

Mei Xiaobai still wanted to stop him, but after thinking about the bad weather, he decided to go to work first.Of course, Mei Xiaobai's work is done for Wandong and for his family, half of the rapeseed that Wandong harvests every year is kept for himself, and the rest is sold to Xiaobai's family.

"It's really possible that there will be heavy rain, let's go." Several helpers said and trotted to Zhou Langdu.

The man on the horse was Captain Ye, Xu was looking for Wandong, Wandong walked over and coughed twice.

Detective Ye looked over quickly, and instead of calling him immediately, he went straight to the official road.

Wandong looked around for a while, then followed.

It turned out that Master Mo had invited Erniang Kang to the government office for tea, and Captain Ye would come and tell Wandong right now.

Wandong: "What did you ask?"

Detective Ye quickly said: "The second lady of the Kang family said that Mrs. Yao killed Boss Kang."