Chapter 158： Catch the thief!

Lin Yuelan's house construction is in full swing, buying materials, buying blue bricks and so on.

Looking at the materials of the Yuelan family's carriage and carriage, it was not an ordinary house at first sight. Someone asked curiously and was told that it was to build a three-in-three-out yard in a tile-roofed house.

God, how much does this cost?

Could it be that Manager Lin really gave all the money to this girl?

You know, to build an ordinary farmer's house with a yard, at most, it will be forty or fifty taels. If it is bigger, it may be more than twenty or thirty taels, and it will look like seventy or eighty taels.

But for Lin Yuelan to build this house, it would cost more than 1,000 liang to buy the surrounding vacant land, but to build such a big house, it would cost at least 1,000 liang. I also heard that Yuelan girl wants to spend more than 1,000 liang. Hundreds of acres of land are surrounded by bricks, which is a huge expense.

This sum of money can't be obtained without five or six thousand taels.

Five or six thousand taels, those of them who face the loess and turn their backs to the sky, may not be able to make any money for a few lifetimes. They get a lot of money just because they recognize a relative.

For a while, for Lin Yuelan's nemesis, she was envious, excited, and even more jealous.

How could they not be so lucky to recognize such a rich father, mother and grandfather.

No matter how envious, jealous, and hateful others are, this house and this wall are built every day.

Because of the need for manpower, Lin Yuelan invited Li Zheng to come forward, and invited the honest and honest villagers in the village who had never attacked her, let alone bullied her original villager.

Those who make money and reject Qiao are stupid. Although those people are honest and honest, they are not stupid. They refuse the opportunity to make money because they are worried about the reputation of Lan's nemesis.

You know, twenty-five wen a day is a lot more than going to the town for a day job, eighteen wen a day, which is a few more wen, and this is in the village, so I can take care of my family and occasionally do farm work at home. What a good thing about falling pie in the sky.

This makes those who are very scruples of Lin Yuelan, the nemesis, really jealous and envious.

Guo Bing is the supervisor of this project designated by Lin Yuelan.

He has read a lot of books, learned to be rich in five cars, has a lot of knowledge, and has a lot of knowledge about everything. Even about craftsmanship, he can express his opinions incisively. After reading the book, everything is based on the ancestral craftsmanship and the craftsmanship that they have figured out by their own people. Now some of them are mentioned by Guo Bing, which saves a lot of worry and money.

As for Guo Bing, he never thought that he would be named by Lin Yuelan to be a supervisor when he cultivated the fields.

that's the truth.

As for the house, Lin Yuelan just let it go. As for the direction of food, Lin Yuelan bought a few cauldrons and invited two honest women to cook for them. In terms of food, Lin Yuelan would not be stingy at all, and let them stop at nothing. Satisfying, meals have big meat.

Most of the people who hired people to work were from Linjia Village. When they saw the meat, they thought of their wives and children. They didn't eat rice, and they hadn't eaten meat for a long time. Therefore, they carried the amount of food under their own names. , go home and feed your wife and children.

These Lin Yuelan also turned one eye and closed one eye, but Lin Yuelan also has strict rules. When I'm full, I have to work hard for me. If I don't have the strength to work because I'm not full, or I work well, then I'm sorry. , please go home.

This happened on the third day of work. A villager fainted from hunger because he didn't have enough to eat, just because all the rice at noon was given to his family, and he ate some coarse grain cakes to save a little food. I didn't have enough to eat, so I came back to work in the afternoon.

After Lin Yuelan found out, he fired the person without saying a word. No matter how much that person pleaded, it was useless.

Lin Yuelan looked coldly at the person who begged her, and said sternly, "I'll give you food and drink to give me a better job, not for you to come here for cheap!"

Since then, I have never dared to come to work without having enough to eat.

Although they still often eat the rice and meat under their own name for their own family, their mother-in-law must make enough food for the boss.

In this way, Lin Yuelan doesn't care.

The salary is high and the food is good. I don't know how many people are envious and jealous of those who can work in Lin Yuelan's house. So, no matter whether Lin Yuelan is a nemesis or what, they just think that they can go in and work.

No, villagers from Lizheng's house come every day to ask Lin Yiwei to help him and let him go to work at Lin Yuelan's house.

"Lizheng, you can see that I have both the old and the young. The whole family depends on me to support the whole family. You can help me and let me go to work at Lan Yatou's house, right?" Li Zheng asked.

In fact, his purpose is simply to work, but to sneak in and eat and get money.

Lin Yiwei rolled his eyelids and scolded the man very seriously and sternly, "Lin Youcai, you are shameless, I usually don't see you to support the family, and often idle, the farm work at home is given to your 60-year-old grandmother, Fucking with a five-year-old son, now you have the face to say that there are old things.

Don't think I don't know your purpose, do you eat and drink and wait to get paid? I tell you, no way! "

Lin Youcai licked his face, said all his good words to Lin Yiwei, and made himself look pitiful, but he would still be rejected by Lin Yiwei, his face immediately became extremely ugly, and he no longer had a good tone to talk to Lin Yiwei. Speaking, he said disdainfully,

"Bah, it's her blessing that I can work for her. Hmph, that dead girl is a nemesis, do you think I'm willing to work there? I don't know when I was killed by her. Bah! "After speaking, he turned ashen and left Lin Yiwei's house imposingly.

This Lin Youcai is a rogue ruffian, who often does some rude things.

This time, he was staring at Lin Yuelan's house building.

Lin Yiwei looked at Lin Youcai who was far away, he sighed and said, "It seems that I have to remind Lan girl, don't let this person speak."

Having said that, Lin Yiwei went to find Lin Yuelan.

When Lin Yuelan heard Lin Yiwei's reminder, she nodded and said, "Thank you, Grandpa Lizheng, I got it!"

At night, it was pitch black, and I couldn't see my fingers.

At this moment, everyone is immersed in sleep.

Outside the fence of Lin Yuelan's construction site, three figures are sneaking around. If anyone pays attention, there are two ladders leaning against the fence.

"Lin Youcai, are you sure, there is a lot of meat in this greenhouse?" A shadow asked in a low voice with his head lowered.

"Sure. They cook here every day, and the meat must be hidden here." Lin Youcai said.

"Is there no one guarding here?" Another asked suspiciously.

Lin Youcai said, "Don't worry, I've already inquired. Although there are people guarding here every day, we just need to strike first and knock people out."

In order to eat meat, one climbed up first, then moved one of the ladders into the wall, and then the three climbed over the ladders one by one and entered the wall

Their movements were careful and didn't seem to alarm anyone.

After that, the three of them sneakily walked towards the greenhouse in the dark.

As soon as they entered, they looked carefully to see if someone was really guarding it, but they walked around the greenhouse and found no one.

This time, they were relieved, and then they opened the fire book in a low voice and went to the place where the meat was hidden.

They quickly found three large tanks, and the three opened them up and beckoned with fire sticks. Then, they almost exclaimed with joy.

Because of the three large vats, one is full of water, one is filled with rice, and the other is the meat they are looking for.

"We took all the rice and meat away."

Although the vat is big, the three of them are big men after all, so they still have some strength.

It doesn't take much to take these things away.

The three of them immediately opened the cloth bag, put the meat first, and then the rice. After a while, they finished all the meat. There was still a little rice left in the big vat, so they couldn't hold it, so the three of them took off their clothes and put Take away the rest of the rice.

"Let's be careful, don't startle people."

The three of them carried large sacks and a small cloth pocket hanging on their chests, and ran carefully and hurriedly towards the direction where the ladder was placed.

The three of them carried the sacks one by one, followed the ladder, climbed up, and then followed the ladder to take the meat and rice outside the fence.

It's just that when the two people on the side saw that the other person had gone down, they suddenly heard each other's "ah" sound.

The two hurriedly asked, "Lin Youcai, what's the matter?"

The other party did not want to respond.

The two called two more times, but the other did not respond.

The two looked at each other and had a bad feeling in their hearts.

Afterwards, the two climbed the ladder to the outside of the wall. After the two got out of the dark, they bent over and whispered, "Lin Youcai, Lin Youcai, ah..."

A startled scream of "ah" followed.

Immediately, torches were lit around them, and standing in front of them was a majestic white tiger, but a girl sat on the back of the tiger, and there were five or six men around, at their feet, But there is a curled figure, there is no doubt that this person must be Lin Youcai.

The two were so frightened that they immediately threw the sack they were carrying, their faces were pale, and they were paralyzed on the ground, with only one sentence in their minds: it's over, it's over, it's over.

Lin Yuelan rode on the back of the tiger, looked at the three people who were slumped to the ground, and then glanced at the three sacks in front of them, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and said to the three, "It seems that the harvest is good? All the rice and meat in my rice vat and meat vat have been taken away, right? Lin Youcai, Zhou Lin, and Er Laizi from Lijia Village."

Lin Youcai is the ruffian of Linjia Village, Zhou Lin is the gambler of Zhoujia Village, and the son of Zhou Ping who sold the land to Lin Yuelan before; the Erlaizi of Lijia Village is undoubtedly the scum of Lijia Village.

The three of them were pale and sweaty, staring at the big white tiger in front of them with panic and fear, unable to speak at all.

Lin Yuelan didn't wait for them to answer, her tone changed, and she shouted coldly, "Catch the thief and take the loot, what else do you have to say this time?"

Lin Youcai and Zhou Lin are very aware of Lin Yuelan's ability, they can't fight against Lin Yuelan at all, but Li Erlaizi knows who Lin Yuelan is, but she doesn't know that the person in front of her is Lin Yuelan. He was even more afraid of the big white tiger and the men who surrounded them.

He also knew that they could not escape at all.

However, he is also a smart person. Looking at a girl sitting on the back of a tiger, these people are her center, and he knows that the person talking here may be her.

Under his pale face with his head lowered, under his drooping eyes, a fierce light flashed quickly.

He immediately knelt down to Lin Yuelan, pointed at Lin Youcai with his finger, and said loudly, tremblingly, "Girl, it's none of my business, he said, there's a lot of meat here, and he told us to steal it, I didn't want to come. , he has been urging me to come here, it's not that I want to steal, it's none of my business."

When Lin Youcai heard Li Erlai put the responsibility on him, he immediately trembled with anger, and yelled at Li Erlai in anger, nervousness and fear, "You Erlai, you are really a rogue, do you think Can you put the blame on me? You can dream. I tell you, we have stolen money and you can't escape."

Immediately, he was very frightened and smiled at Lin Yuelan, and said flatteringly, "Lady Lan, Mrs. Lan, uncle, I didn't mean to steal your meat and rice, it's just," said this, he was bitter. With a sad face and a very pitiful look, he said to Lin Yuelan, "You know me, there are old people and young people, they are already hungry for a long time, they all blame me for being useless, woo woo..., that's why I Come here to steal rice and meat, Lan girl, please forgive my uncle once, I won't dare to steal again next time."

Lin Youcai was playing the sympathy card and wanted to take advantage of Lin Yuelan's kindness and let him go.

However, Lin Yuelan said with a chuckle, "Lin Youcai, my family has only one grandfather and no uncle, please don't be involved with relatives. Also, if you say you are useless, you are really useless, you have hands and feet. Whoever has grown up to steal and **** it, but left his old mother, his own son, and the hungry skinny." Then, he changed his words and said sternly, "Of course, your family's I don't care about my business at all, but since you stole from me, you are ready to pay the price."

Then, Lin Yuelan lightly patted Xiao Bai's head, lowered her head slightly, and asked with a smile, "Xiao Bai, you don't seem to have eaten raw meat recently, right?"

The three of them listened, their faces were originally pale, and they became even more pale and pale. They stared at the big tiger in front of them with wide eyes, trembling and vigilant.

Lin Yuelan doesn't care what they do, it's just that you keep your head down and play with Xiaobai.

After a while, there was a sound of footsteps, and everyone hurried over with torches.

The leader was Lin Yiwei, followed by Little Twelve, who was the one who brought Li Zheng, followed by the villagers.

When they walked in front of them, the first thing they saw was the mighty and strong white tiger. It was so fierce that people stopped walking and dared not go forward. go.

When Lin Yiwei saw Lin Yuelan on the tiger's back, he immediately asked loudly, "Girl Lan, you said you caught a thief who stole things, what about the person?"

Lin Yuelan jumped from the tiger's back to Qiu, then pointed at the people surrounded by them, and said, "Hey, these people are thieves who stole all the rice and meat from my house."

When Lin Yiwei saw these people, he recognized these people, and immediately became furious. He yelled at Lin Youcai, "Well, you Lin Youcai, I refused you to work here in the morning, and you come to someone's house in the evening. You stole something. Do you have any sense of shame?"

Lin Youcai lowered his head and did not speak, and Ren Lin also cursed here.

In fact, I was secretly happy. Lizheng was here. Lizheng would definitely not punish him too much. After all, the situation was the same as it is today, but it was all handled with care, hit the board twice, and warned again. , let him go.

This time, for sure.

Lin Yiwei looked at the others again, and when he saw the two ruffians, he became even more angry.

He pointed at the two and scolded, "Well, you Zhou Lin, Li Erlai, you stole something and went to Linjia Village. I really thought that Linjia Village was a good talker, and I didn't dare to do anything to you, didn't I? Tell you, today I represent Linjia Village, I will punish you once."

With that said, Lin Yiwei looked at Lin Yuelan and asked, "Girl Lan, what do you want to do with them now?"

Lin Yuelan sneered and said, "Catch the traitor in pairs, catch the thief and take the stolen goods. The evidence that they are thieves and stealing things is conclusive, and the best punishment is of course to be sent to the government. After you come out, you can be a good person."

When the three heard that they were going to be sent to the government, they didn't care about being frightened, they got up from the ground, and then knelt down and kowtowed, "No, no, don't send us to the government."

I heard that those who are sent to prison are either dead or disabled, and they will ruin their whole life.

Of course they would be afraid, so they could only beg and let it go.

Lin Yuelan said sternly, "Anyone who does something wrong, don't you just say I'm sorry, I'll be fine if I'm wrong? Then why should the yamen do it? Hmph, before you were stealing or robbing, it's none of my business, but now I'm sorry for stealing my head, but you have to pay the price for your wrongdoing. Now that you go to the government, it is already the lightest punishment, otherwise..."

Lin Yuelan stroked Xiaobai's fur lightly, and said sharply, "If you want me to do it myself, don't blame me for being cruel!"

She has never been a good person, so don't think about making her a saint.

After hearing this, Lin Yiwei could only sigh lightly and said, "Okay." Then he instructed the young man, "Tie the three of them to the ancestral hall and send them to the yamen tomorrow."

It's just that other people have some opinions when they hear that Lin Yiwei is really going to send people to the yamen.

Among them, Lin Changzhi stood up and said, "Lizheng, one of our villages has already been sent to prison, do we need to send another in? What will others think of our Linjia Village in the future? Are you telling people in other villages? , Lin Jiacun has all the people who do bad things.

You can't just blindly believe the words of some people and trample the reputation of our Linjia Village to the ground. She doesn't want the reputation of Linjia Village and is not afraid of the eyes of others, but we can't. Therefore, it must not be sent to office. "

When talking about certain people, his eyes swept across Lin Yuelandi, and there was some hatred in his eyes.

As soon as Lin Changzhi's words came out, he was immediately echoed by many people, nodded and said, "That's right, that's right. I just stole a little something, not gold, silver and jewelry, so what kind of government should I send it to? The big deal is that we will tie people up and imprison them ourselves. In a few days, just teach me a lesson."

The meaning of the words is that nothing has been stolen, and it should not be the government.

Lin Yuelan looked at them coldly as they defended the thieves and pleaded guilty.

Then, she sneered and said, "Hehe, it's not your family that steals your feelings. Since my family's rice and meat are just a little thing, that's fine, let's change tomorrow and let them steal all your food, anyway. It's a little thing, isn't it? Don't think that they really dare not steal it. Do you know what the characters of these three people are?

Or, some of you are thinking of letting them go and stealing all my money? After all, in your eyes, my nemesis is already very rich, isn't it? "

Some villagers immediately shut up and stole other people's things. They just felt a little pity when they watched from the sidelines, and even thought that compared to the money, it was nothing at all.

However, in case these people stole them, they had to find someone else to go to them desperately.

This is human selfishness.

Looking at the loss of other people's interests, I just don't think it's a big deal, but when it comes to myself, it's a desperate posture.

Early the next morning, the whole village knew that Lin Youcai stole something from Lan Yatou, and now Lin Yuelan sent it to the government without mercy.

Hearing that he was sent to the government, some people scolded him, "What a prodigal. With her here, the reputation of this Linjia Village will definitely deteriorate day by day.

Some people were just a little shocked. The girl Lan was really cruel and lost her conscience. She said that she was sent to the government, and she sent it to the government. She didn't even consider that there are elderly people and children to take care of.

In short, all kinds of scoldings against Lin Yuelan are endless.

However, Lin Yuelan didn't understand these people at all. For her, catching the thief was just a small episode. The purpose of her sending people to the government was to deter those who were just around the corner.

She is very busy now, and is busy preparing to officially take over the Lin Kee Pharmacy from Lin Deshan. The most important one is to recruit a shopkeeper.

Then, let Linde Hill rest.