Chapter 25 Flying away

So the fish told Qin Henglin about the carved stones she wanted to find. After carefully remembering it in his heart, Qin Henglin immediately went out to help the fish find it and returned to the Qin family happily until it was getting dark. Qin Henglin took the trouble to find raw materials for the fish, so he brought good news to the fish as soon as he came back.

The fish was very happy when she got the good news. Soon she made an appointment with Qin Henglin. When she drove out the embroidery items in her hand, they went to pick stones together.

After Qin Henglin learned that the fish planned to carve shadow carvings for money, he was not idle for the next few days. He had been wandering around the village and bothering to observe the stones everywhere for the fish. Soon he found several places full of various stones, and planned to slowly take the fish to choose in the future.

In a blink of an eye, more than three months have passed. In the past three months, the fish have rushed to catch up and finally kicked out the first big business they received. The 30 pieces of embroidery were also helped by Qin Henglin to take them to the city and gave them to the owner of the embroidery shop and exchanged nearly 5,000 yuan for the fish.

As soon as the fish received the money, the small treasury immediately increased to 15 taels of silver!

Although these 15 taels of silver are not enough for the fish to return home, they are enough to buy the tools and other materials needed for carving shadow carving. Therefore, after the fish put the nearly 5,000 penny brought back by Qin Henglin in the small box, and then carefully hid the small box with all the savings, she couldn't wait to pull Qin Henglin to pick stones, trying to prepare things up early and start carving shadow sculptures.

Qin Henglin took the lead in bringing the fish to a stream west of Baishi Village. He pointed to the dark blue stones in the stream that were washed very smoothly by the stream and said, "Ba Niangzi, look, are these the stones you are looking for?"

When the fish heard this, he lifted his trousers tube and went into the water. He bent down and took out a few stones from the water. After careful observation, he said to Qin Henglin with a happy face, "Although these stones are not as good as the Qingdou stone produced by our Hui'an, they can still be used to carve pictures."

The fish said and started to pick up stones in the stream, while Qin Henglin helped the fish put the picked stones into a bamboo basket. Soon the small bamboo basket was filled with a basket of stones. When the fish saw that it was almost picked, he greeted Qin Henglin back to the village, thinking that it would not be too late to pick it again.

After the two returned to the Qin family, Qin Henglin said anything to help the fish carry the heavy bamboo basket into the house, but he could only respond in the end. However, when Qin Heng entered the house, the fish only stood at the door and told him to put the bamboo basket in the corner from afar. When Qin Heng put the bamboo basket out, the fish quickly walked into the house.

The fish had already written down all the things she wanted to buy in the city, so she handed over the list to Qin Heng, so she closed the door and climbed into the bed, lifted the mattress, and wanted to withdraw some money from the box where she had hidden money. Unexpectedly, the fish climbed to the innermost corner of the bed and lifted the mattress, but she couldn't find the money box... ...

The money box is the fish's**. At present, it suddenly disappeared and made the fish turn the whole bed upside down, but after turning over, there was still no trace of the money box, which made the fish's eyes red immediately, and he could only search randomly in other parts of the house.

And Qin Henglin had been standing outside the house waiting for the fish to withdraw money for him. Seeing that the fish hadn't come out for a long time, he couldn't help but feel confused, so he stood at the door and asked the fish, "What's wrong with you, Ba Niangzi? But what happened?"

Qin Henglin's words fell, and the door was opened with a "squeak". A face full of anger and a trace of anxiety appeared in front of Qin Henglin. The beautiful eyes that were so anxious that Qin Henglin looked at it subconsciously. Now he asked nervously, "What's wrong with you, Ba Niangzi? But who bullied you?"

The fish bit his lips angrily and looked at Qin Henglin for a long time. Finally, he couldn't help it and poured out the words in his heart: "My money box suddenly disappeared! There is always a woman sitting at the door of the Qin family, so this money box must not be stolen by outsiders!"

Qin Henglin's face suddenly changed when he heard this. He thought for a moment and quickly took the fish to the house where Gan lived. As he walked, he said, "Let's go with you to my mother. Since your money box was lost at our house, my mother will definitely find out the matter and give you an explanation."

Although Yuer is angry, she also knows that this is her only hope. Only when Gan, the mother-in-law, is willing to make the decision for her can she find the stolen money box. So the fish did not break free from Qin Henglin's hand and let him pull her into the house where Gan lived.

As soon as Qin Henglin and Yuer arrived in front of Gan, before Yuer opened his mouth, Qin Henglin said for her first, "Mother, the money box hidden in her room has been lost. You must make the decision for her and help her find the money she lost. Our family must not cover up the thief who stole the money!"

Gan frowned slightly when she heard the words and asked, "Yang Xiuniang lost her money box?"

When Yuer saw Gan's question, she hurriedly said the matter: "Yes, I lost a box to hold the copper money accumulated on weekdays. I hid the money box under the mattress in the corner of the bed. I had seen it before I went out, but when I came back, it had disappeared."

Yuer glanced at Gan quietly and saw that her look was normal, so she said her inner guess: "There are usually several women in the Qin family sitting outside the door, looking at the free-range chickens and ducks while watching the door for the master's house. Presumably, it is impossible for outsiders to enter and leave the Qin family at will. In this way, they stole my money box. People must be people who often walk around the Qin family..."

As soon as Yu'er finished speaking, Gan's eyebrows subconsciously frowned more tightly, and stood behind Gan's to pinch her shoulder concubine and Aunt Gui's face suddenly changed. She actually broke the rules and snatched in front of Gan's and whispered in a sentence: "I think there are often some long workers in our family these days. Maybe they stole Yang Xiu's money box. zi——”

And another concubine and Aunt Tao standing next to Gan's side also looked a little ugly. She followed Aunt Gui and said, "That's not necessarily true. Although there are few girls and women in our family, three or two hands and feet are not very clean. Usually, they only do some bad things that steal chickens and dogs and lead sheep. Maybe Yang Xiuniang's money box is for them, and they have nothing to do with those long-term workers.

As soon as the fish heard the words of the two aunts, he secretly said that things were a little tricky. There are about ten people in the Qin family alone, not to mention that there are maids, women and long workers. It is not easy to find the person who stole money among so many people... ...

How can this be good?

You can't ask Gan to bring up the Qin family to the master and the subordinates and long workers for her, right?

When Yuer felt that the hope of recovering the money box was getting less and less, Qin Henglin suddenly said, "I remember my mother said in the morning that all the rice in our hundreds of acres of fields will be harvested today!"

Gan nodded and replied, "Yes, there are hundreds of acres of rice to harvest. From today onwards, the next period will be the busiest time in our family."

Seeing that he remembered correctly, Qin Heng hurriedly asked again, "Mom, didn't you say in the morning that the long workers in the family who harvested so many rice at a time were not enough to send the girl and mother-in-law to the field to help, leaving only a few people at home?"

"You're right, Xiaowu. I sent the family to help, and only a few people were left to work at home." Gan said.

"That is to say, not only the long-term workers at home are not there early in the morning, but also few of the girl and the mother-in-law are left." Qin Heng's mind has always been delicate and rigorous, so he quickly caught the key place and found a solution: "Then we just need to call the girl and woman who left at home today to ask As soon as you ask, whoever can't answer well or has a flaw will be the biggest suspicion!"

In fact, Gan didn't really want to help the fish get the money box back. After all, it is the time when the Qin family is the busiest. She doesn't want to delay the work of the servants in the family because of such an outsider like Yuer. What's not to mention that the fish lost is the fish and has nothing to do with her.

But this proposal was put forward by Qin Henglin. In order not to disappoint his son, Gan finally reluctantly called the few maids and women who stayed at home to work today to the room and asked in front of the fish, "What have you done at home today, and tell us carefully. Listen!"

Aunt Huang, who specializes in kitchen food, replied, "I'm sorry, I've been busy cooking for those people in the field since this morning, and I'm too busy to be idle for a moment."

Gan nodded and said, "Aunt Huang really can't be idle for a moment. If she is lazy, she won't be able to make the meals sent to the field."

When Gan said this, Aunt Huang naturally got rid of the suspicion, and as soon as Aunt Huang stood aside and guarded the door, Mrs. Qian came forward and replied, "Madam, I have been sitting at the door with the Li family watching chickens and ducks, and I have never left a step."

Aunt Li, who was praised by Mrs. Qian, nodded repeatedly and echoed: "Mrs. Qian is right. We both sat outside the door all morning, guarding the door while watching the chickens and ducks."

Gan took a faint look at Yu'er when he heard the words and told Yu'er, Mrs. Qian and Aunt Li that they could testify to each other, which also removed the suspicion.

Then it was the turn of the little maid who served by Gan. The little maid stood forward and said, "I stayed in the lady's room all morning and never left."