Chapter 34

Shen Wu met Long Yu Jiao’s gaze and guessed that she must have gone to the back mountain and discovered that the wild ginseng was missing.

“Dragon Zhi Qing, what’s wrong? Are your eyes uncomfortable?” Shen Wu said, pointing at her eyes with a smile.

Lu Lao Tai, who was next to her, hadn’t noticed anything wrong yet, “Are you tired? Hot? Come in and have some water first.”

She was about to pour water for Long Yu Jiao.

Long Yu Jiao had already realized that she was being too intense, “Mother, no need, I have something I want to ask the third sister-in-law and the fourth sister-in-law.”

Shen Wu looked surprised, “Something to ask me? You wouldn’t be trying to stop me from taking the teacher exam and competing with you, would you?”

Shen Wu could pass the teacher exam?

Long Yu Jiao didn’t take her seriously at all. She had a higher education than anyone else in Lao Ya Village. She suppressed her impatience, “No, I want to ask you, did you two go to the mountains yesterday?”

Shen Wu didn’t hide it, “We did!”

Long Yu Jiao’s eyes widened.

“The wild vegetables you ate yesterday, you picked them in the mountains, what’s the matter? Did something happen?” Although everyone had gone to work, but going to the mountains in broad daylight, maybe someone saw her. Shen Wu didn’t hide anything.

“What, you wouldn’t be saying that you ate the wild vegetables I picked and something happened to you, would you?” Shen Wu’s voice rose, her beautiful eyes widened, her face full of displeasure.

“Let me tell you, it’s not just you who ate those wild vegetables, everyone else is fine, if something happens to you, find the reason in your own body, don’t try to blame me.”

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If Shen Wu didn’t admit it or acted a little guilty, Long Yu Jiao would really suspect her. But she didn’t even think twice before admitting it, and she was so confident, she even scolded her back. Long Yu Jiao suddenly wasn’t sure.

Her arrogance subsided a lot, “No, I’m not feeling uncomfortable, did you see anything in the mountains?”

When Shen Wu heard that it wasn’t about eating something bad, she also “relaxed” and said lazily, “I found something.”

“What did you find?” Long Yu Jiao raised her voice.

Shen Wu looked at her with a sense of bewilderment, “Wild vegetables, didn’t you eat them?”

Long Yu Jiao’s initial excitement was instantly doused like a bucket of cold water, her heart sank. She felt that Shen Wu was playing with her, and she was so angry that she felt dizzy.

“Just that?” Her voice was almost squeezed out from between her teeth.

Shen Wu’s face gradually became impatient, “How many times have you asked? What did you lose?”

Lu Lao Tai also cared about Long Yu Jiao, “Yes, Yu Jiao, what did you lose?”

The wild ginseng in the mountains, she had originally hidden it and planned to find a chance to sell it in the black market. Of course, she couldn’t tell outsiders. Long Yu Jiao shook her head, “Nothing, it’s my family’s photos.”

Shen Wu guessed that she wouldn’t say it. She had to swallow this bitter pill, whether she wanted to or not.

“You consider your family’s photos treasures, but outsiders don’t. In my opinion, they’re not as useful as wild vegetables. I didn’t see them.”

Lu Lao Tai frowned when she heard this, “Third sister-in-law, what are you saying! You’re so rude.”

She couldn’t bear to see Long Yu Jiao wronged.

“Mother, don’t you think I’m right? She lost her photos, it delayed her work, why did she come to ask me? Could I have eaten her photos?”

Shen Wu mumbled a bunch of things.

Lu Lao Tai wanted to retort, but she felt that there was some truth to it. Family photos, besides being meaningful to family members, didn’t mean much to outsiders.

Looking at Long Yu Jiao’s expression, Lu Lao Tai, who usually spoke loudly to others, softened her voice, “Well, everyone should go to the back mountain when they have time and see if there’s anything to eat. Maybe someone else picked it up. Let’s go ask the village chief and have him announce it on the village loudspeaker. See if anyone found it, okay?”

Lu Lao Tai had never spoken so softly to others. It seemed that sometimes, well-defined characters were difficult to escape the author’s will, especially those who were important to the plot, like her.

On the other hand, the tool characters who were written in a one-sided way had their own lives.

Shen Wu was lost in thought.

Long Yu Jiao felt annoyed by Lu Lao Tai’s nagging. She wasn’t looking for any photos. Her eyes fell on Xu Yin.

Xu Yin: “Crazy.”

These even more blunt words made Long Yu Jiao’s heart surge, and finally turned into red eyes.

“Why are you crying! Okay, don’t cry, rest at home, I’ll go find someone to ask for you.” Lu Lao Tai said anxiously, her eyes fell on Shen Wu and Xu Yin, “You two go cook quickly, don’t make Yu Jiao angry.”

She and Xu Yin had definitely gotten the better end of the deal, “We’ll cook.”

She winked at Xu Yin.

Lu Lao Tai coaxed Long Yu Jiao and went out, it seemed like she was going to find the production team leader.

Shen Wu went into the kitchen and winked at Xu Yin.

Xu Yin looked at the same few dishes, she was lazy and not very interested, “It’s always these, eating is just to fill our stomachs, I want to eat rice.”

Shen Wu wanted to too.

“I’ll make you earth and three delicacies, wait a couple more days, and we’ll go to the county to eat rice.” If you have money, you have to find ways to spend it, you can’t let your stomach suffer.

Xu Yin had also read books and understood the background of this era, she just complained a bit, and it passed quickly.

Long Yu Jiao looked towards the kitchen, replaying Shen Wu’s words in her mind, but she didn’t find any clues.

Could it be that they didn’t steal it?

No.

She had inquired, Shen Wu went into the mountains.

But, it seemed that Shen Wu didn’t deny that she went into the mountains.

That wild ginseng, it was quite old, she wasn’t willing to just let it go.

She looked around, Lu Lao Tai was out, Shen Wu and Xu Yin were cooking, Li Ping was lazing around in her room, everyone else was at work, even the children had gone out to play.

Long Yu Jiao lowered her footsteps and quickly walked to the house where Shen Wu and Lu Xuan lived.

The door wasn’t locked.

She pushed it open, and it creaked open. The room was clean, there was a double happiness character on the wall, but many of the things in the room were broken, not as good as hers.

Long Yu Jiao felt a bit disgusted, but she quickly searched the cabinets, took out the pillows, and finally turned the cabinets in the room upside down. Afraid of being discovered, she quickly restored everything.

Shen Wu looked outside and looked at Xu Yin, “Is your bedroom door open?”

Xu Yin nodded slightly.

“The money isn’t in the room, right?” Shen Wu asked again.

Xu Yin, “It’s on me, I don’t feel safe putting it anywhere else.”

Now Shen Wu was relieved. She leaned her head out to look again, her eyes were filled with laughter, her voice was extremely calm, “If she had observed carefully, she would know that I was outside, she would definitely have locked the bedroom door.”

This was what she had done on purpose, to reassure Long Yu Jiao. Shen Wu hummed a happy tune in her heart.

As expected, when she came out of her room, Long Yu Jiao’s face was a bit disappointed. She went to Xu Yin’s room. Shen Wu saw it and felt amused, she looked at Xu Yin and giggled.

Xu Yin thought she was laughing strangely, “What good idea are you thinking of again?” She emphasized the words “good idea.”

Shen Wu leaned over and whispered in Xu Yin’s ear.

Xu Yin had already guessed that she wasn’t thinking of any good ideas, but when she heard her words, she was still a bit surprised, “You can’t offend anyone, but you can’t offend you.”

“Go, go.” Now Long Yu Jiao was probably searching for things with a pounding heart, if Xu Yin discovered her at this time, Shen Wu would laugh just thinking about it.

“You’re really…” Xu Yin said this, but there was a smile in her eyes. She stood up and went outside…

Long Yu Jiao was quickly searching for things. This room was messier than Shen Wu’s. There was a hunting rifle and a bow and arrow hanging on the wall, and there was a dagger on the table.

Was this a normal person’s room?

Long Yu Jiao was searching, and she seemed to hear a noise outside, as if someone was coming towards her. Her heart was pounding, as if it was about to burst out of her throat. She could hear the sound of blood flowing, making her extremely uneasy…