Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

Chapter 92 Obsessed
"You are so obsessed that you can just accuse others of stealing?"

Shen Zhao was not going to let her go, and pressed her, "Speak clearly now! Is my horse yours?"

The woman’s dark yellow face was swollen and she shook her head repeatedly: “No, no! My son died last month. Someone saw your family bought the same yellow horse yesterday, so they asked me to come and recognize him.”

Zhang Shanyue bowed to the three elders and said, "Three elders, you have heard everything, right? This man is from Yuli Village, but he deliberately slandered my family for theft without any evidence. If we continue to tolerate this, won't our village be framed as a den of thieves?"

The three elders' faces turned green when they heard this.

He is in charge of the education of a village. If the locals are casually accused by outsiders, it would be tantamount to framing him. How could he sit idly by and do nothing?

"Tie this man up and send him to the authorities!" The three elders waved to the village guards, and two of them came to capture the woman.

The tattered woman screamed in fear, grabbed Gao Qiuqiu's arm, and begged for help: "Sister, save me! I came here for you!"

Gao Qiuqiu frowned and pushed the woman away impatiently: "What nonsense are you talking about? You were the one who said the horse was stolen, so I just gave you a warning. How can you say it was for me?"

The woman cried, "It was you who said I could get a horse afterwards, so I listened to you and came to the Shen family."

"I don't know what you are talking about!" Gao Qiuqiu pushed the woman away and left.

Shen Zhao watched the woman leave and narrowed his eyes slightly.

It seems that this woman is more troublesome than the Xue and Qin families. I was careless and negligent.

In that case, I'll pay special attention to her from now on!

When Mr. Gao saw that the woman was so useless, he was so angry that his teeth itched.

Knowing that he would lose face if he stayed any longer, he followed his sister and left.

The other Yuli Township officials clasped their fists towards the three elders of Anle Township and apologized, "We were negligent and believed the woman's words. We are really sorry."

The three elders said yin-yangly, "It's okay, at least now we have figured it out. Otherwise, there would be more false cases in Anle Township."

Several officials left the village in silence and soon said goodbye and returned home.

Afterwards, the three elders prepared to go back with the gagged woman. Before leaving, they asked a few more questions about the inn and the tofu workshop.

The Shen family is getting better and better these days, and everyone knows it.

Now even the Shen family and several other neighboring families are living a good life, which makes the three elders and the village officials envious.

"Shen Heng, if you have a good idea to make the whole village live a good life, I will recommend you to take the civil service examination in the county." The third elder said earnestly.

Shen Heng wanted to shake his head, but his sister pinched his arm fiercely, so he had to change his words: "Okay, I'll think of a way."

The three elders were satisfied, patted Shen Heng on the shoulder and left.

After everyone had left, Shen Zhao and his second brother took a basket of mutton offal to the Jinshui River to wash it.

Not far from the river, we met two figures.

One was Gao Qiuqiu who had just left, and the other was Xue Yi.

When the two saw someone coming, they walked further away, and no one knew what they were doing.

Shen Zhao cleaned the mutton offal calmly, and went back to find Song Yuan's sister Song Qiaoer.

"Come, let's sit inside and talk." Shen Zhao took a plate of burnt slices and placed it on the table in the side room, looking at the timid little girl.

Song Qiao sat down at the table stiffly and asked in a low voice, "What does Sister Zhao want to talk to me about?"

"I am indeed busy." Shen Zhao pushed the plate towards her: "Eat a candy first."

Song Qiao took a piece of sesame candy and chewed it slowly, then glanced at Shen Zhao cautiously: "It's delicious."

"If it tastes good, eat more and bring some back to your brothers and sisters." Shen Zhao said. Song Qiao smiled and nodded: "Thank you, sister Zhao, you can tell me what you want." Her brother Song Yuan has been doing business with Ah Shi and others. He comes back every three days and brings back two or three hundred coins each time.

So the lives of the four brothers and sisters were getting better and better, and she was very grateful to the elder sister of the Shen family for taking care of the Song family.

Shen Zhao thought for a moment and said, "It's not a big deal, I just want you to pay attention to Gao Qiuqiu."

The Song family is not far from the Qin family, just to the south of the Qin family. As long as Song Qiao occasionally goes to the vegetable garden, she can see the Qin Yang family.

Song Qiao also knew what Gao Qiuqiu had done today, and nodded immediately: "Okay, Sister Zhao, don't worry, I will always keep an eye on Gao Qiuqiu's movements."

"You don't need to keep an eye on her all the time. Just pay attention to who she hangs out with." Shen Zhao whispered, "Be careful not to let her find out that you are observing her."

Shen Zhao took out three sets of clothes, pants and shoes: "Take these back with you. You can take your brothers and sisters out for a walk in the future."

Although Song Yuan is earning some money now, he has to feed four mouths and cannot afford to buy clothes and shoes for his younger siblings.

Giving these to Song Qiao is considered as a reward to her.

Song Qiao was speechless for a moment as she held the clothes in her hands. Suddenly, she knelt down in front of Shen Zhao and said, "Thank you, Sister Zhao, for the gift of clothes."

Shen Zhao was startled and quickly pulled him up: "This is what you deserve, why are you thanking me?"

"Sister Zhao, I actually know something about Gao Qiuqiu." Song Qiao said softly, "Since the eldest son of the Qin family went to serve in the army, I often saw her teasing the youngest son of the Xue family."

Shen Zhao: ...

She suddenly remembered what she saw by the river today.

There was something wrong no matter how you looked at it when a girl of eighteen or nineteen held the hand of a boy of fourteen or fifteen.

But then again, Xue Yi was shorter than Xue Lingyao and looked like a child in his teens. How could he possibly have anything to do with the Gao family? Maybe I was overthinking it.

After seeing Song Qiao off, Shen Zhao took out the small bronze mirror and found that all the goods in the shop had been sold, leaving only the bronze tripod worth two million.

And her account balance has become 1.1 million.

The complaining brother also left her a message: "I have asked someone to clear your shelves, but the price of the bronze tripod is a bit high. Can you make it cheaper?"

Shen Zhao quickly replied: "We can discuss it."

The complaining brother replied immediately: "What's the lowest price?"

Shen Zhao thought for a moment and asked, "How much do you want to pay?"

"For me, the cheaper the better. If the merchant is willing, I would like to pay 10,000 yuan." The complaining brother joked.

Shen Zhao: "Ten thousand is impossible. Please give me a serious price and I will see if it works."

The bronze cauldron is a container for cooking rice and meat. It would be worth at most a few thousand coins to me, but Xiaoqing has estimated its value at two million. There is no way I can sell it at a low price.

The complaining brother hesitated for a moment and said, "To tell you the truth, this thing will definitely not sell for a high price in a store. Only if you take it to an auction house will someone pay attention to it.

How about this, you give me a 40% discount, let me make a little money, and the deal will be done."

When Shen Zhao heard him say that, he quickly called Xiao Qing and said, "I asked them to give me a 40% discount on that bronze tripod. Is that a loss?"

[If you buy the baby at the original price and then sell it at a discount, you will lose money.] Xiaoqing answered with a blink of an eye.

Forget it. I knew Xiaoqing would say that.

Shen Zhao waited for a few minutes and replied to the complaining brother, "A 40% discount is not enough. I can only give you a 30% discount at most. The tripod was also left here by someone else. It would be difficult to report it if it is less."

(End of this chapter)