"Okay, I understand. You have been busy all day. Go back and rest early." Ye Yuran told them to be silent and sent them away.

When catching thieves and stealing stolen goods, no one was caught. How can they be sure that someone stole it?

Maybe I remembered it wrong, maybe a mouse stole it, who knows?

"Mom, let's forget it like this?" Zhu Bamei waited for the two sisters-in-law to leave, then came over and whispered, "Someone has stolen things from home."

"How do you know it was stolen?" Ye Yuran asked.

"If it wasn't stolen by someone, what else could it be? Isn't it obvious? Besides, it's not the first time these sisters-in-law have done this kind of thing..." Zhu Bamei said the last sentence even softer.

"Did you see it with your own eyes?"

"That's not true, I heard other people say it."

Ye Yuran was speechless: "When you hear one sister-in-law say bad things about another sister-in-law, don't you have any idea in your heart?"

"What do you think?" Zhu Bamei was confused.

"Who do you think would talk about others behind their backs?" Ye Yuran asked.

"Well," Zhu Bamei understood what her mother meant and was a little embarrassed, "Mom, I didn't mean to say bad things about them. I meant it. I really heard them say that."

"When did you say that?"

Zhu Bamei recalled it and said: "Before the autumn harvest, at that time, the family had just dug sweet potatoes in the mountains, and they even stole them."

"What happened next?" Ye Yuran induced and continued to ask.

"Then? Then there seemed to be no more," Zhu Bamei asked somewhat unclearly, "Later, didn't my mother let them hold money in their hands? If there was anything at home, my mother also took the initiative to ask them to send some back to her parents' house. They gave away everything.

, what else are they stealing?”

"Then have you ever thought about why they stole before but stopped stealing later?" Ye Yuran asked thoughtfully.

Zhu Bamei blinked: "I've already said it. Later, mother asked them to give it away, and mother opened her mouth. If they want to steal anything, they can just give it away."

"Then what?"

"what else?"

Ye Yuran was convinced by her, even though she was talking about this, she still didn't understand: "Mom, let me ask you another question. Do you think it is better for the sisters-in-law to steal things, or not to steal anything?"

"Of course I won't steal anything," Zhu Bamei said matter-of-factly.

"Yeah, they just want to send some things back to their parents' house to subsidize them. Mom helped them solve this problem, and they won't steal anymore. So, you can see from this that your sisters-in-law are actually good. They

It’s not that I really wanted to steal, but I was forced to do nothing.”

Zhu Bamei was thoughtful. She seemed to understand what her mother was telling her, but she didn't realize it for a while.

"Don't worry, it doesn't matter if you don't understand now, you just need to remember."

"I understand, mother."

…

After Zhu San came out of the house, he ran around the path to the dilapidated thatched house while avoiding the eyes of everyone.

Halfway through the run, he suddenly remembered: He forgot to bring water!

"I forgot to bring water. You should eat some dried fish first to fill your stomach. I'll cook the sweet potatoes and you can eat them later." Zhu San handed over the dried fish wrapped in big leaves and began to clear the space and prepare to light the fire.

.

"Wow! There are fish?!" Zhang Yan's eyes suddenly lit up.

She had just stayed here for a long time, and she felt a little regretful when she impulsively ran back to Zhu San, but now that she heard that there was meat to eat, she felt relieved.

You know, when she was at Mrs. Mei's house, even if Mrs. Mei kept insisting on her eating, they couldn't even afford meat, so how could she eat it?

He took the fish, stuffed it into his mouth, and started biting it.

"It's a bit hard, eat it slowly." Zhu San reminded her.

Zhang Yan was so hungry that she said vaguely: "Well, I know. Hmm... so ci."

Of course it's delicious, this is his mother's craftsmanship. Zhu San said in his heart, he also cleared an open space, picked up some firewood, and started to light a fire.

Zhang Yan saw him burying something in the fire and quickly swallowed the food in his mouth. She asked curiously: "What are you doing? Why did you bury it in the soil?"

"This is a sweet potato. It will burn easily if you bake it directly. My skills are not good and it will not burn easily if buried in the soil." Zhu San said.

“What are sweet potatoes?”

"You'll know after you eat it." Zhu San couldn't explain this kind of thing for a while.

In fact, after their family harvested the batch of sweet potatoes, his mother didn't let them touch the sweet potatoes very much, saying that they would save the seeds for planting next year.

Anyway, most of the food found in the mountains was left behind by his mother.

After eating a piece of fish, Zhang Yan said: "I'm a little hungry."

"Wait a minute, I'll fetch water." Zhu San could only ask her to help look at the fire, then picked a big leaf and ran to the nearby river to fetch some water.

Big Mouth hated Ye Yuran in his heart because he failed to make money by dyeing cloth. He felt that it was this old godly woman who was responsible. Otherwise, if she had to do this a few more times, wouldn't she be able to subsidize her parents' family?

Every time she saw her mother begging her with tears in her eyes, she felt helpless. It was really pitiful for her to beg a married woman at such an advanced age.

It's a pity that she can't completely make the decision in her husband's house. With her mother-in-law above her and her man watching next to her, it's really hard for her to touch things in the house.

Her husband said that if she dared to steal things from the family again to subsidize her, he would divorce her.

Damn it! She is already a grandmother. If her man divorces her, will she still have the face to see anyone?

Big Mouth had a quarrel with the man and was in a bad mood, so he went out with a basket to pick mint leaves.

Although it was dark, she knew where the mint leaves grew and could pick a basket with her eyes closed. While she was picking, she saw a young man secretly fetching water.

He stared at it: Hey, isn't this the third boy from the old Qian's wife's family? Why is he out here if he's not staying at home at this time?

Somehow, she followed him.

"Drink quickly, this leaf is a little leaky." Zhu San ran back to the thatched house and quickly handed over the water.

Zhang Yan choked on the dried fish and drank it: "It choked me to death!"

"Didn't I tell you that the dried fish is very dry? Let you eat it slowly." After saying that, he found that the fire on the ground was almost extinguished. Zhu San quickly put the firewood, "Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on the fire? Why didn't you add more firewood?"

firewood?"

"I'm hungry. As soon as I eat, I forget about it." Zhang Yan felt aggrieved.

Zhu San also checked the sweet potatoes buried underneath to see if they were burned. Fortunately, he had not been away for long and they were fine.

"I just took two. If they burn out, you won't have anything to eat for dinner."

"It's just two, can I be full?"

"This stuff is filling."

…

Big Mouth hurriedly hurriedly and finally reached the thatched house.

Because it was too dark, she didn't notice the smoke floating in the air, but when she got closer, she faintly saw a fire.

Coming here to light a fire at such a late night, there must be a ghost!
Chapter completed!