She was replaced by a husband, married the future tyrant and farmed to fight back

Chapter 135 Witness Evidence

Hongzhu frowned and whispered, "Madam Ying, Qin Erlang and Qin Sanlang are really causing trouble."

She looked at Liu Yingyue with some worry, worried that Liu Yingyue would be scolded by Qin Yiran.

But Liu Yingyue looked calm and walked into the main house.

Sitting in the room were Old Master Qin, people from the two branches of the Qin family, and Qin Xiuzhu who had rushed back early in the morning.

Liu Yingyue greeted everyone one by one and was pulled by Qin Xiuzhu to sit next to Madam Qin.

Qin Yiran glanced at her, then scolded Qin Erlang and Qin Sanlang.

"Brother, you only keep criticizing us. Why don't you say that there is a problem with the people arranged by sister-in-law? I said there is no need to hire temporary workers, but Manager Qi made the decision on his own and found a dozen or so people to come. God knows if those people have ulterior motives?" Qin Erlang shook his sleeves in dissatisfaction.

"What happened? Yiran?" Liu Yingyue pretended to be ignorant and looked at Qin Yiran.

Qin Yiran's face was gloomy, "Three hundred bags of grain are missing from the warehouse."

Liu Yingyue was surprised and said, "A bag of grain weighs about 100 kilograms. Is there 30,000 kilograms of grain missing?"

"Isn't it? Sister-in-law, your manager Qi has a bad character. All the people he found are thieves. They cut rice during the day and steal it at night. It's really hateful." Qin Sanlang shook his head with a gloating look, "Someone came to collect the grain. Grandpa and uncle have already received the money, but now there is 30,000 kilograms missing. Our family has broken their promise."

"Sanlang! What does this have to do with your sister-in-law? Shut up!" Old Master Qin shouted.

"Yingyue has always been prudent in doing things. You can't say that about her." Madam Qin said anxiously.

"How is it okay? My sister-in-law is at the farm every day, but she is not at home during the days when the rice is harvested. Isn't it obvious that she doesn't care about her subordinates and allows them to steal?" Qin Sanlang shouted.

"Grandpa, don't you think there is a problem with this?" Qin Erlang also said.

"Dad, what Erlang and Sanlang said is correct. You should interrogate Dalang's wife carefully." Madam Qin Er raised her eyebrows with a proud expression.

"Dad, I think what Erlang and Sanlang said is right." Master Qin also said.

"Yingyue has been in charge of the farm for two months and nothing has ever happened. There must be other problems with the land. Second brother, you can't say that about Yingyue." Madam Qin was so anxious that she didn't know what to say.

"Sister-in-law, Yingyue is your wife, so of course you should speak for her. We are just being fair here." Madam Qin Er sneered.

"Stop arguing and listen to Grandpa Dalang!" Grandpa Qin said loudly.

"Sister-in-law, what is going on?" Qin Xiuzhu, who had just returned home, was confused.

"Shh, listen to grandpa's instructions." Liu Yingyue pressed her hand.

Qin Xiuzhu didn't know what was going on. She was anxious and kept winking at Qin Yiran, "Brother!"

Qin Yiran was looking at Liu Yingyue.

He found that Liu Yingyue was surprisingly calm.

In the past, when something big happened or someone said this to her, she would fly into a rage and become hysterical on the spot.

But now, she looked as if she was reading someone else's story, with a happy expression.

"Why did Dalang's wife go out those days?" Old Master Qin looked at Liu Yingyue.

"She is accompanying me out, Dad." Madam Qin said hurriedly.

"My third aunt's grandson was one month old, so I accompanied my mother to a banquet. Later, my mother said she wanted to go back to the old house to take a look, so we went to the old house again. My mother said it was cooler, so we stayed there for a few more days." Liu Yingyue said.

"The old house is not far from the village, less than ten miles away. Is it necessary to be away for several days and not come back?" Madam Qin Er sneered.

"We didn't know what would happen in the village." Mrs. Qin said anxiously.

"Hmph, I think she is deliberately persuading my sister-in-law not to come back. My sister-in-law is honest, how can she be her opponent? The Liu family is notoriously cunning, who in the nearby villages doesn't know that?" Madam Qin rolled her eyes.

"Are you done arguing? I'll bring in some witnesses after that." Liu Yingyue looked at everyone and said calmly. Qin Yiran raised his eyes and looked at Liu Yingyue.

Liu Yingyue looked back at him and said to Hongzhu beside her, "Hongzhu, go call your mother."

Hongzhu blinked, "Ah? My mother?"

"Go quickly, your mother is the witness!" Liu Yingyue nodded.

Hongzhu was confused. She left the main room and went to the kitchen to call her mother, Aunt Chun.

"Aunt Chun, tell me what you saw." Liu Yingyue nodded to Aunt Qin.

Aunt Chun's family is in financial difficulty and she is extremely short of money, but she is a strong-willed person and refuses to accept charity from others.

Liu Yingyue often found some chores for her to do and rewarded her.

This time, she was sure that Qin Erlang and his brother would embezzle the money, so she arranged for Aunt Qin to guard the warehouse.

Normally, the warehouse is just locked and no one is stationed there.

She told Aunt Qin that if she found anything unusual, she should not make any noise and just quietly get the evidence.

Aunt Chun's job is to wash clothes for the Qin family. The Qin family was not at the farm in the past few days, and Aunt Qin had no clothes to wash. She had nothing to do. She swept the floor in the farm during the day and slept in the corner of the warehouse at night.

She was not very tall and hid in a corner by herself without being noticed by anyone.

Aunt Qin pointed at Qin Erlang and Qin Sanlang and said, "They went to the warehouse and took away the grain with a lot of people."

"Nonsense!" Qin Sanlang shouted immediately.

"You dare to frame me? Forget about your job at the farm!" Qin Erlang sneered as he flicked his sleeves.

"My job was given to me by Qin Dalang. If anyone wants to drive me away, it should be him." Aunt Chun is thin, but neither humble nor arrogant.

Qin Erlang was speechless.

"Aunt Chun, is there anything else?" Old Master Qin asked with narrowed eyes.

Aunt Chun pointed at the soles of the Qin brothers' shoes and said, "I laid a layer of oil paper on the ground inside the warehouse door, and there are the brothers' footprints on it."

As she spoke, she took out a rolled up oil paper from her sleeve and handed it to everyone to see.

Qin Dalang took it, looked at Qin Erlang and Qin Sanlang, and put the oil paper on the ground, "Second brother, third brother, step on a footprint and see."

The two brothers from the second branch of the Qin family were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they dared not step on it.

Aunt Chun then added, "Also, I painted the wheels of the ox carts and donkey carts they brought here with black paint. Mr. Qin can check the ox carts and horse carts nearby to find out who helped them transport the grain."

There are not many people in each village who own ox carts, donkey carts, or horse carts. There are only three or five people in a village who own vehicles, so it is not difficult to find out.

If we find one, we can follow the clues to find out the accomplices.

Mr. Qin's expression became more gloomy. "Da Lang, get someone to check!"

Aunt Chun continued, "Oh, and there is more. I was hiding at the door of the storehouse. It was dark and they didn't see me. I quietly painted black paint on the hem of their robes. Look, there is black paint on the back of Qin Erlang and Qin Sanlang's clothes."

Everyone looked at the hem of Qin Erlang and Qin Sanlang's robes.

Their expressions all changed, the second wife looked frightened, the first wife looked sullen.

"Oh, there really are black marks. Second and third brothers, it turns out that you were the ones who stole the food?" Qin Xiuzhu exclaimed in surprise.

(End of this chapter)