Chapter 143 Over the Wall and Stealing the Prescription
No, after a stick of incense, Bai Shitong limped in.
The first thing I did when I entered the house was to declare that I would never take any more orders to catch him. If I did, I would have to pay for his life.
Zhou Shengcai looked at the crying and silly look of the man in front of him, and kept winking at the waiter, "Are you sure this person is reliable?"
"Reliable!" the waiter assured: "Not only is it reliable, the price is also cheap, it only costs twenty cents!"
"Twenty cents?" Zhou Shengcai was moved. Twenty cents was exchanged for four hundred taels of silver. This business was profitable!
So he didn't hesitate to take out eighteen copper coins and put it on the table, "An acquaintance recommended it, it's cheaper, eighteen cents."
Know-it-all: "..."
Even the beggars are not spared. Can you pick any more?
After a moment, he tearfully accepted the eighteen cents and asked Zhou Shengcai about the appearance of the person he was looking for.
Zhou Shengcai described the looks and figures of Shu Mingzhi and others one by one, including Mrs. Shu and Yan Yan who were here for the first time, and even what the bamboo baskets they carried behind them looked like.
After Bai Shitong got the detailed information, he went out to look for someone. Just after passing through the street in front of Baiwei Tower, business came again.
This time it was Fang Shengtian who came, and the person he was looking for was Shu Mingzhi.
Knowledgable asked him about his appearance and characteristics as usual, and as he listened, he realized something was wrong. These two guys were looking for the same group of people!
Get two bucks for one job and make a fortune!
Bai Shitong accepted the business without hesitation, and then took the thirty-eight cents he had just earned to buy some cornbread on the street and distributed it to his brothers.
There are too many monks and too little gruel. Dozens of beggars share a dozen or so cornbread, and each person can only get a small piece.
However, they were quite satisfied with this. Holding the steamed buns in their hands, they squatted in the corner and listened to Know-How describe the appearance of the task target.
Shu Mingli and Shu Mingzhi have ordinary looks and nothing memorable, but it's different with Yan Yan and her fancy dog carriage.
Immediately, a beggar came forward and said that he had seen them at a stall selling candied haws in the south of the city. As for where he went after buying the candied haws, he didn't know.
Bai Shitong immediately took a group of people to the south of the city to inquire, and finally found out that they left the county and went south. They should be people from the south of Qinshui County.
So a group of people went all the way south, asking around while walking, and they really followed the clues and found Xingfu Village.
After getting the news, Baishitong returned to Qinshui County overnight and told Zhou Shengcai and Fang Shengtian what he had discovered.
The two were very satisfied with his ability to do things, so they each gave him an additional forty cents and asked him to bribe an acquaintance to steal the recipe for making coconut oil.
It was the first time he had taken on such a business, and he was still getting paid twice for one job. Bai Shitong was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night, and he couldn't wait to leave the city as soon as the city gate opened the next day.
However, when they arrived at Xingfu Village and looked at the empty village, they were dumbfounded.
It's clear and sunny, but why does this village look like it's haunted? Not even a single living person can be found?
Bai Shitong walked around the village twice in confusion, and finally met Zhao Laosan and his wife at the east end of the village who were digging the ground behind the house.
The old couple was wielding a rake, cursing at the same time, sometimes cursing father and mother, sometimes cursing people to death.
The nagging look on his face made Bai Shitong's heart pound.
But for the sake of those dozens of copper coins, he still stepped forward to say hello: "Uncle and aunt, do you know where all the people in the village have gone?"
Mentioning this, a trace of resentment flashed across the old woman's face.
That petty shrew of the Shu family would accept coconuts from everyone but not hers.
The day before yesterday, she specially picked coconuts and sent them to her. She shamelessly said a bunch of nice things, but she refused to eat them and drove her away regardless of her kindness.
Although Mrs. Shu is not collecting coconuts for the time being, the villagers are still restless and have gone to the barren mountains a few miles away to pick coconuts. They say they have to save them in advance to avoid finding them later.
But she and her husband had nothing to do but dig up this piece of land at home.
It really pissed her off!
The old woman became more and more angry as she thought about it. She picked up the rake and dug heavily into the soil. At the same time, she said: "Go to hell!"
Bai Shitong was startled by her sudden movement. He lowered his head and met her gloomy eyes again. He was so frightened that he was paralyzed.
Could he have entered a ghost village?
Bai Shitong had the intention to quit, but thinking about his brothers who were waiting for his triumphant return, he gritted his teeth and took the plunge.
"Auntie, do you know a man named Mingzhi in your village? If so, are you familiar with his family? If so, I have something to ask you for help. I will thank you very much after it is done."
The old woman listened to him babble a lot and remembered the last sentence without remembering the first word: "When things are done, I will be grateful."
Under the temptation of money, the old woman changed her face instantly and asked with a smile: "What do you want me to do? How much do you want me to do? I won't do it if the money is less."
Bai Shitong lowered his voice and said, "Go to that house called Mingzhi and try to figure out their recipe for making coconut oil and coconut mash. As long as you have the recipe, money is not a problem."
"What are coconut oil and coconut mash? I have never heard of it, and how could other people tell me their recipe? Their family is very good at it, and they won't tell me."
The old woman had a bright mind and raised questions on the spot.
"Oh, you are stupid. If they don't tell you, wouldn't you lie on the wall and peek? Just remember what they did and tell me later."
"But..." The old woman looked embarrassed, but she was afraid of being discovered and beaten.
Bai Shitonghui misunderstood and thought that she would not be able to climb over the wall, so he used his many years of experience in catching rapes and came to give an on-site lesson.
The two of them, one teaching and the other learning, were extremely focused.
What they didn't know was that Mrs. Zhang was standing in the coconut forest not far away, listening with her ears open.
She was hit on the head while picking coconuts yesterday. She felt very dizzy when she got up this morning, so she did not go to the barren mountain and thought of doing something near home.
Who would have thought that I would hear such an incredible thing.
Climbing over walls and stealing prescriptions, these two are really mean!
No, she had to remind the old shrew, not for anything else but for those seaweed dumplings.
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at the same moment.
Shu Laosan and his family were on their way to the dock to buy a store.
Originally, according to Mrs. Shu's wish, the store could wait two days before buying. At least the coconut mountain at home should be cleaned first.
But Yan Yan couldn't wait any longer. Before going to bed last night, she kept whispering in her ear, telling her to take action when it was time to do so. Otherwise, it would be too late to buy before the store was sold.
Mrs. Shu thought what she said made sense, so she discussed it with her family during dinner early in the morning. When everyone heard that it was Yan Yan's idea, they agreed without even thinking about it.
On such an important occasion as shopping for a store, the whole family must go out. Shu Mingli and Shu Mingming were afraid of causing trouble to their family, so they even wore hoods to avoid people.
When a group of people rushed to the small restaurant they had visited last time, they happened to find the restaurant owner locking the door, and the boy next to him was crying and wiping his tears.
Mrs. Shu's heart sank, "It's not really sold, is it?"
Shu Mingzhi, who had his head covered with a black cloth and his eyes exposed, said: "It doesn't look like it. I'll go over and ask."