Three-pot porridge and naan

At the end of April, because of the arrival of the Dragon Boat Festival, the market is filled with the fragrance of rice dumplings and wormwood.

Wandong also cooked a pot of rice dumplings and sold them along the way.

Brother Qiu saw that Wandong was extremely busy these days, but he saw that although Wandong looked thin, the big pots and iron buckets were moved around by Wandong himself, and he never asked for help.

Brother Qiu only said that Wandong is really capable.

Wandong's three pots of porridge and naan were sold out, and he was wiping off his sweat when he saw a man leading four or five horses walking down the street, and the sound of bells around the horses' necks could be heard.

The horse team stopped in front of Wandong's shop, and Wandong looked over suspiciously, only to see the man scratching his head and looking at him.

"A few days ago, you said that you went to visit relatives, so why are you still leading the horse team around the city?" Wandong asked suspiciously.

When the big man saw Wandong talking to him, he walked over and said with a shy smile, "...our boss and his clan brother must have moved. We've been looking for people all over the city to find out where to live these days."

"Yingbei is so big, it's not easy to find someone."

"Yeah, I've been looking for it for several days. The boss said that if he can't find anyone, he can only go to the North Racecourse of the camp. There are still a lot of people waiting to eat." The man said and handed him the money, "Give me the money." Five pieces of naan."

Wandong swiftly wrapped the naan and handed it to him, and said: "Let the government help you find it faster."

The man showed a look of embarrassment: "We are not from Dayi, and the government office is a bit troublesome for us."

Wandong smiled when he heard this: "Go to the nearby teahouse. There is an old fortune-teller who can help you get a household registration first. Let's talk to the government to help find the person."

The man's eyes lit up: "Hu Lun'er thank you little brother."

This Hu Lun'er looked a little older, but in fact he was only 21 years old, not much older than Wan Dong.

*

It was almost Xu time, the lights in the street were dimmed, and there were few people. Hu Lun'er led the horse back to Datong shop in the racecourse, and the brothers all came back.

He put the remaining naan on the table, glanced at the room again, and then exclaimed: "Where is my brother?"

Someone smiled faintly: "Let's go out."

Hu Lun'er was so angry that she wanted to jump her feet: "I shouldn't have listened to my mother and taken him out!"

Hu Lun'er's brother's real name is Hu Yu'er. After coming to Dayi, he found that the name didn't sound good, so he changed his name to Hu Che'er.

Hu Che'er's lightness skills are top-notch, but he is a well-known thief in Xidi, and he followed Hu Lun'er to the Central Plains because he was hunted down by the Xidi government.

While in Luoyang, Hu Che'er had itchy hands and stole the treasures of the Luoyang county guard's house and returned them back.

"Hahaha, we can't stop your brother."

The brothers in the caravan didn't know that Hu Che'er was a well-known thief in Xidi, they only thought that Hu Che'er was taciturn and had some martial arts skills.

It was about three o'clock when Hu Lun'er waited outside Datong's shop until his brother came back.

"Where have you been?" Hu Lun'er asked him with a gloomy face.

The two are of the same stature, but Hu Che'er is much thinner than Hu Lun'er. Of course, he has all the muscles a Hu man should have, but the lines look softer.

Hu Che'er didn't want to talk to Hu Lun'er at first, he was used to being taciturn, and even though Hu Lun'er was his own younger brother, the two of them didn't have a deep relationship. The wheel went far away to the Central Plains.

But this time Hu Che'er stopped suddenly, and said lightly, "Go out and have a look."

After so many years of being a thief, he is not used to living in groups, nor is he used to getting together with many people.

"Yingbei Africa is more than other places. You have seen the city walls here. If the government ordered the city to be closed, the flies would not be able to fly out." Hu Lun'er was trembling with anger, "If it wasn't for mother, I wouldn't bother to care about you! You were killed What does being scratched have anything to do with me! I'm just afraid that my mother will be sad!"

Hu Lun'er turned her head and wanted to leave.

But I heard Hu Che'er shouting: "Wait."

Hu Lun'er looked back at him angrily: "What's the matter?"

"I went out today and met someone."

After hearing this, Hu Lun'er was even more strange, looked at his elder brother suspiciously, and said coldly, "What does it have to do with me?"

Hu Che'er understood that he didn't want to talk to him, so he had to finish speaking because of doubts in his heart: "That person's kung fu is light, and his ability to steal things is not inferior to mine."

Originally, he just wanted to go out for a stroll, but he unexpectedly ran into a colleague who was not inferior to him, so he felt a little uneasy.

Hu Lun'er didn't understand what his brother meant, but he would not ignore the uneasiness revealed in his brother's words.

Although his brother caused trouble and didn't know what he was doing every day, he really wanted to scold his brother, but when had he ever seen his brother look restless?

Hu Lun'er took a deep breath: "Say what you want to say, if you get into trouble, leave Yingbei first, and I'll talk to the boss."

"...that man came out from a large household, stole something, and left with a box on his shoulders, but I didn't follow."

Although he lost the opportunity because he didn't judge clearly that there was another thief, but it was enough to prove that the thief was not weak.

*

In the early morning of the next day, the steward of Luoshang Building in the east of Yingbei City panicked and reported to the government office, saying that one hundred gold had been stolen from the owner's warehouse.

One hundred gold, such a large amount, the police officers of the government have never heard of such a large amount since they handled the case.

Luoshang Building has a living in Yingchuanjiang County, Shangjing, but Yingbei County is their main building.

For such a big family, a hundred gold may not be a big deal to them, but it is simply shocking to ordinary people.

"I heard that everyone in the Luo family's mansion wears silk. It really is a rich family."

"I went to other places. Everyone knows the Luo family in Yingbei. Do you know who the eldest son of the Luo family married as a wife?"

"I don't know. That's the daughter of the Yu family in Shangjing. I dare say that the Yuluo family is the richest in the world."

"Then the hundred gold?"

"I've heard some guesses that the steward of Luoshang's house found out that he had lost a hundred gold. He was afraid that the masters would punish him, so he immediately reported it to the authorities when he discovered it early in the morning."

"After reporting to the official, the manager was fired."

"It's a great responsibility to lose a hundred gold, and it's right to be fired."

*

After the Lushui government office accepted the case, the master took a few policemen to investigate the case, but was told by the people in Luoshanglou that it was a misunderstanding.

The master asked: "Is there no gold stolen?"

The clerk in Luoshang Building couldn't answer, they just ordered the government to investigate the case and say it was a misunderstanding.

"What's the meaning of this? Call someone in charge of your building to come over." The master narrowed his eyes and asked.

A middle-aged man came and talked with the master for a while before sending the master away.

After the master walked out of the market where Luoshanglou was located, the master said to the policemen, "Since you have nothing to do, let's leave. I will go to the teahouse at the gate of the city to talk to Qiu Butou."

Master Zhang, Qiu Chen, and Qiu Tutou are all from Lihua Village, Sanlihe, outside Yingbei City.

Qiu Butou had been sitting in the teahouse at the gate of the city for a while, when he saw Master Zhang approaching from a distance.

Master Zhang held a jar of wine in his hand: "How long have you been waiting?"

"It's been a while, isn't it a rest today, why are you still working on the case?"

"Yesterday, the theft of the Luoshang Building in the Luo Mansion in the east of the city was reported yesterday. I saw that the number was too large and immediately filed a case. I was thinking of waiting for the adults to come back to make a decision. I didn't know that the people in the nearby restaurant this morning said that the manager I was fired as soon as I went back, and I felt strange when I heard about it, so I took the police to investigate, but their new manager actually told me that nothing was missing, and even stuffed me with two taels of silver."

"You picked it up?" Qiu Bu raised his eyebrows and looked at him.

"If I don't pick you up, how can I drink now? Didn't I learn from your brother?" Master Zhang teased.

Qiu Butou laughed a few times, poured his wine and drank.

The teahouse clerk who was busy at one side looked at the two of them, and it was really interesting to come to their teahouse to drink.

"Did the Luo family lose a hundred gold?" Qiu Butou asked again.

Speaking of this, Master Zhang moved closer and his voice became much quieter: "I think it is true that the manager looked flustered yesterday and lost one hundred gold. Master Luo is so generous."

"Since the Luo family doesn't want to investigate, then forget it."

"That's what I meant."

The two chatted until after noon before coming out of the teahouse and going to their respective homes.

As soon as Qiu Butou arrived near the Sanli River, he saw a fast catcher rushing over.

"What's the matter?" Qiu Butou asked.

"Someone reported the crime just now! It was said that a box was found in the field, and my lord asked me to go and have a look."

Detective Qiu quickly followed him.

When Detective Qiu went there quickly, there was indeed a box lying in the field, and there was no one around the box, but there were several people standing on the ridge of the field.

Seeing that the arresters were coming soon, the people discussing on the ridge also stopped.

Qiu Bu went up to have a look, and saw that the box was more than two feet long, not small in size, and inside the box...

"This..." Startled the two captors.

"Who discovered it first?!"

After shouting twice, no one came to answer, and after shouting again, a young man who looked young and articulate came to answer:

"This was first discovered by the lazy old man in the village, but this is the field of the old widower in the village. At that time, they all thought that there was something good in the box, so they scuffled in the field, saying that the box belonged to them, and ended up making trouble in the village. Right there, Lizheng sent someone to pry open the box without scaring them to death, and in the end the two of them refused to admit that it was their box, so Lizheng sent someone to report to the police.”

Qiu Butou glanced at the box again from the corner of his eye, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead: "I'll call Wu Zuo here first!"

Today, Wuzuo went back to his hometown after taking a break. Qiu Butou called the nearby doctor over. The doctor looked at it, covered his mouth, and said with a pale face, "I can't do an autopsy on this corpse...!!"

The doctor said and slipped away without looking back...

At this time, another policeman suggested: "Boss Qiu, are you going to invite that Dr. Mei?"

Catcher Qiu thought for a long time what to ask Wandong to buy, but he bought the candied haws of Grandpa Candied Haws together with the straw target and brought them to Wandong.

Wandong looked at the more than 20 candied haws stuck on the target and smiled.

Qiu Butou didn't understand what Wandong's smile meant, but felt his vest was cold.

Wandong finally closed the stall, and went out of the city with the candied haws target and Qiu Tutou on his shoulders.

Before leaving, he also promised Brother Qiu next door to bring him the Youth League.

"Wandong, why do you have such a good relationship with the guy next door to you?"

"You recognize him?" Wandong looked over suspiciously, then suddenly smiled again, "That's right, your surname is Qiu."

"You didn't see that his face turned black when he saw me looking for you. He used to be from our village, but his surname was not Qiu. Because his parents left early, he was adopted to be his uncle in Yingbei City as his son. That's why I came out of Sanlihe. That kid was a mess before, but he was as smart as my brother. My brother also said that it was a pity that he was adopted. His uncle didn't let him study later, so he didn't If you are an official, you can only sell books."