Pastoral little master

Chapter 64 Countermeasures
Qiduo took Liulang to the kitchen, left him behind, and called Mrs. Xu back.

After closing the door, Qiduo talked about the theft at home.

When Mrs. Xu learned of what had happened, she was startled and terrified, and regretted, "I should have let your elder sister watch Liu Lang at home. Fortunately, Liu Lang is smart, otherwise..."

"Mother, no one would have thought that such a thing would happen, please see what is missing first." Qi Duo hurriedly comforted.

Mrs. Xu nodded, and after some inspection, she found that a gilded silver zodiac statue was missing, which was consistent with what Liu Lang said.

"This is so good, it was given to your father by your grandfather, and your father has always kept it like a treasure.

I accidentally took it out when I was cleaning the house today, and when I was about to put it back, your sister-in-law came and asked us to cook, but I forgot to put the things back. Xu's eyes were red with anxiety.

Although things are worthless, they can be of great significance.

Qiduo stepped forward and pulled Mrs. Xu to sit down, "Mother, don't worry, let's find a way. If the Wu family takes it, it must still be in our Tan family, and I will definitely get it back."

Xu nodded, frowned and said, "But what can we think of? Even if we find someone now, he will definitely not recognize him."

"Mom, let's go back to the kitchen first. I'll take Liulang to the upper room to see if the two thieves are in the house. If they are, we'll discuss what to do next." Qiduo said calmly.

There is no other way at the moment, Xu has no choice but to agree.

Xu and Qiduo closed and locked the doors and windows, and locked the Moon Gate at the same time, so they were relieved.

Qiduo took Liulang's little hand, and whispered some advice to him, and then the two walked into the upper room under the pretext of bringing hot water to the Wu family.

Mr. Tan sat with a man from Huaiwu with a purple face.

The man was about the same age as Mr. Tan, with inverted eyebrows, a fierce gleam in his eyes, and a very loud and domineering voice. He looked at Mr. Tan with disdain and contempt in his eyes.

Qiduo guessed that this person should be the uncle of Wu's natal family, and he should be called grandpa according to his seniority.

"...Brother, let me tell you, to be an elder, you should look like an elder, like my son and daughter-in-law, who would dare to..." Grandpa Wu was spitting and talking, patting old man Tan from time to time. The shoulders look like an educated Mr. Tan.

Mr. Tan accompanied him with a smiling face, and echoed a few words from time to time.

Apart from the two of them at the main table, there were Tan Decai and five other men of the same age as Tan Decai, all of whom were from the Wu family, and all of them had arrogant expressions.

Mrs. Wu and three other women sat on the square stool beside her, and all four of them could not conceal their complacency.

The Wu family sitting at the main table, apart from their disgusting expressions, were sitting upright, while a dozen or so young people on the other benches were too frivolous, with their backs against the wall, arms crossed, and Erlang legs, full of ruffian.

Seeing them like this, Qiduo's anger surged upwards, and she really wanted to step forward and slap each of them to vent their anger.

Seeing Qiduo and Liulang come in, two or three young people immediately looked her up and down with presumptuous eyes.

Qiduo ignored it, and went to the main table with an earthenware pot to add water for everyone. Someone called her, "Hey, little girl, also bring us some tea to drink. We are all thirsty. How do your Tan family treat guests?"

Qiduo followed the sound and looked over, and the piercing light flashed across her eyes immediately, it really didn't take much effort.

There was a black thing on the left cheek of this man, but it was not a mole, but a wart. He was sitting on the bench at the farthest corner.Wearing a brown bunt, with wicked eyebrows and mouse eyes, he looks about 25 or [-] years old.

Liu Lang, who was standing beside her, immediately grasped her hand tightly with his small hand, holding it firmly, reminding her.

As soon as the man with warts opened his mouth, countless voices echoed immediately.

Grandpa Tan hurriedly said, "Qiduo, hurry up and make some tea, bring some bowls, and pour tea and water for all uncles and cousins." Then he was busy apologizing to Grandpa Wu, "I'm really sorry, I just kept talking , I forgot to tell the children.”

"There is no need to order such a small matter. If you come to our house, you don't need to ask, and you can eat and drink. This is the most basic way of hospitality." Grandpa Wu showed disdain, and satirized Tan's family Don't understand etiquette.

It's just that he came to our Tan family to talk about something, but took the opportunity to steal something, such a 'proprietary' Wu family, Qi Duo sneered in his heart,
"Yes." She answered obediently, and then led Liu Lang away.

She can now be sure that the thing was definitely stolen by Warren Man, otherwise Liu Lang wouldn't be so precise.

Entering the kitchen, before Qiduo could ask, Liu Lang said, "Sanjie, the man who spoke has moles, and there is another one sitting with him, the one in the blue long coat."

Qiduo nodded, knowing who he was talking about, the man with warts was sitting in the back, and next to him was a man in blue, about 30 years old.

"You two saw it, didn't you go to find someone?" Xu asked worriedly.

"Mother, we are not fools, how could we ask." Qi Duo smiled and said, she already had a plan.

When he was about to speak, the kitchen was pushed away, and Tan Dejin pulled Tan Debao in, talking while walking, "Fourth, calm down, come in first and then we can talk."

"Father is very ruthless to the family members on weekdays, how come he turns into a soft-footed shrimp when he sees outsiders, really embarrassing the face of our old Tan family." Tan Debao scolded bitterly, and grabbed Tan Dejin's hand forcefully, Sit down on the woodpile.

Mrs. Xu asked with some doubts, "Fourth Uncle, why did you come back with De Jin?"

"I met on the road, and I heard my brother talk about the family affairs. Why don't I come back. Sister-in-law, what are you doing, and you are going to cook for them? Why don't you use some rat poison to kill them." Tan Debao is like a powder cartridge, full of anger.

Qiduo was originally full of anger, but after listening to Tan Debao's words, she suddenly became very cheerful and couldn't help laughing, "Fourth Uncle, your suggestion is good. After taking the medicine, you can sell it at the market, maybe you can still sell it." A few taels of silver, hehe."

Tan Debao looked at Qiduo, and he also grinned at the evil words, "You girl is more ruthless than me."

Mrs. Xu patted Qiduo's shoulder lightly, annoyed, "Duo, don't talk nonsense."

Then he persuaded Tan Debao, "Fourth Uncle, calm down, Dad is doing it for the sake of the family, if we really quarrel with them, it will be our family who will suffer."

When Tan Dejin was about to come to persuade him, Qiduo hurriedly called out, "Father, mother, fourth uncle, now is not the time to tell who is right and who is wrong, but to find a way to get rid of this bad breath and get the place back. At the same time, They also stole things from our house."

Briefly talk about the process of the wart man stealing things.

Now Tan Dejin was also angry, not to mention Tan Debao, if Xu Shi, Qiduo, and Liuju hadn't blocked the door, the two of them would have rushed into the upper room to settle accounts with the wart man.

"Duo, what do you think should be done?" Tan Dejin asked Qi Duo, his voice was rough.

He didn't ask Xu Shi and Tan Debao, but asked Qiduo, which surprised Tan Debao, when did Qiyatou have such weight in the elder brother's heart?
Qiduo was also unambiguous, and said, "Let's go and invite the patriarch here first. As for whether the Wu family can eat this meal, it depends on whether they are worthy."

Then she explained her thoughts and plans in detail, and everyone listened carefully.

Tan Debao and Tan Dejin nodded, but they were a little worried, "Can Liu Lang do it?"

"I can do it." Liu Lang patted his thin chest with a firm expression.

Tan Debao said, "Good boy, don't worry, with my fourth uncle here, no one will bully you."

Qiduo whispered a few words into Liulang's ear, he nodded his head, went to the upper room and quietly called out Mr. Tan.

Tan Dejin and the others were worried that Liulang might not be able to call Mr. Tan, but Qiduo was confident that he could.

Sure enough, within a short time, Mr. Tan followed Liu Lang to the kitchen in a hurry.

"Fourth, I'm relieved when you come back." Seeing Tan Debao, Mr. Tan felt a little more secure.

Tan Debao gave him a dissatisfied look, and complained, "Father, what are you afraid of those people doing, they can still eat you, it's really shameful."

Old man Tan's face turned red immediately, and he gritted his teeth angrily, "I'm not doing it for our family, I hope everyone is safe and well, why don't I take a step back and fight with them."

"Just hit it, don't you be afraid that they won't succeed." Tan Debao choked his neck.

Tan Dejin and Mrs. Xu hurriedly advised, "Fourth Uncle, don't say a few words."

The scene suddenly became tense, Qiduo was very speechless, and hurriedly said, "Grandpa, fourth uncle, let's get down to business."

Tan Debao sat on the pyre again, not speaking.

Mr. Tan nodded slightly, and Tan Dejin explained Qiduo's thoughts.

"Okay, let's do it like this. Be careful. The second child doesn't know where he is going. I haven't seen a ghost so far. You should spend more time on this matter." Mr. Tan didn't hesitate this time. To save face, of course he agreed.

Tan Dejin and Tan Debao took a jar of wine and went to Patriarch Tan's house. Before leaving, Qiduo gave his father a few more careful instructions to handle the matter properly.

The head of the Tan family is nearly sixty years old, not only the patriarch of the surname Tan, but also the Li Zheng of Yutan Town, very prestigious in Zhuangzi.

The patriarch's house is very close to the Tan family, and he knew something was wrong with the Tan family. Seeing the Tan Dejin brothers coming to invite them to drink, he nodded and agreed without saying a word.

After making some arrangements, he followed Brother Tan Dejin to Tan's house with his hands behind his back.

As soon as the patriarch entered the yard, Qiduo immediately called Sizao and Bali, and asked them to go to the upper room to deliver tea.

Si Zao was very unhappy, pouted and said, "I won't go, I want you to go."

"Fourth sister, what you said is unreasonable. She is from your grandmother's family, so you should be the one to greet her." Qi Duo retorted bluntly.

"Sister go." The young Bali pulled Sizao's clothes.

Sizao glared at Qiduo, and reluctantly followed Qiduo to deliver water.

Qiduo carried two pots of hot water, Sizao carried a basket with a bowl in it, followed by Liulang and Bali, and the four entered the upper room.

"Why did you come here? I'm dying of thirst." Seeing them, someone immediately complained.

"Here." Qiduo didn't seem to hear, but just passed the other kettle to Sizao.

She cast her eyes to the side of the main table, old man Tan gave up the main seat, let patriarch Tan sit, he took the seat before Tan Decai, the patriarch was chatting with everyone.

Brothers Tan Dejin and Tan Decai stood beside the table, like two door gods.

Qiduo glanced at Liulang, and he immediately took a few bowls from the basket and handed them to the Wu family sitting on the bench one by one, Qiduo was responsible for pouring water.

Sizao poured eight pears for the others.

Qiduo and Liulang deliberately chose the direction where the man with warts was located.

When she walked to the man with warts, Qiduo looked carefully at the man with warts and the man in the blue coat. Although she was sitting, she could still see that the man with warts seemed to have a bulging chest.

The zodiac statue is as big as an adult's two fists, so it's very difficult to hide it so that it can't be seen.

Qiduo suspected that Wart Man and the others thought it was pure silver, so they stole it.

"Liulang, hurry up and get a bowl for this uncle or cousin." Qiduo patted Liulang on the shoulder, pointed at the man with warts, and asked him for an excuse.

"Cousin." The wart man didn't speak, and the man in the blue coat muffledly answered for him.

"Oh." Liu Lang responded and looked at the man with warts.

It's just that he didn't go to get the bowl, but suddenly threw himself into Wang Zinan's arms.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Li Zinan was furious, and stretched out his hand to push Liu Lang.

(End of this chapter)