Chapter 241 Aunt's entrustment
Zhou Bai jumped out of the box.
Full of doubts in his head, he couldn't help but paced back and forth in the room.
【The old patriarch is not a good person. 】
This rule made it impossible for Zhou Bai to think so simply when judging the behavior of the old patriarch.
Is it his most important mission to protect the interests of the family?
Or, he also has his own selfishness?
Zhou Bai recalled the conversation he just heard.
The old patriarch put the focus of the search on the outside of the old house.
Then, he really thinks that what happened last night was done by foreign thieves.
Even if Zhou Bai hadn't stuffed that form under his door last night, as the manager of a big family, it didn't feel unreasonable to react so arbitrarily.
He really didn't have any doubts about the people in the Wu family?
Or did he know that there was a traitor in the family, and was he deliberately covering him?
When the last guess came to Zhou Bai's mind, he was taken aback by his own guess.
If even the old patriarch might be a traitor, then the difficulty of clearing Zhou Bai's dungeon will simply rise in a straight line.
How should he use the power of a kitten to protect the seemingly impregnable Wu family that is actually riddled with holes?
Zhou Bai felt a little headache when he thought of this.
At this time, Wu Ying rubbed her eyes, then sat up from the bed.
She just woke up, and the first thing she saw was the kitten walking around on the ground.
"Little black cat, you woke up so early?"
Wu Ying stretched her waist, put her feet into the cotton slippers on the ground, picked up her toiletries, and prepared to go out to the toilet outside.
"I can't sleep late today, I have to go outside and pick more herbs for my second brother."
Wu Ying seems to be talking to the kitten, but also seems to be talking to herself.
After finishing speaking, he opened the door and walked out of the room.
Zhou Bai was worrying about how to get out of Wu's old house, to see what was going on outside.
Now that she heard that Wu Ying was going out to gather herbs, she felt that this was a good idea.
So, he walked to Wu Ying's row of panniers.
Looked at the biggest and tallest one, then jumped into it.
Zhou Bai guessed that when Wu Ying went out today, she should carry this pannier.
For fear that Wu Ying would refuse to take him out, he decided to take the initiative to lie down in the back basket.
Wu Ying came back from the toilet, found a thicker floral padded jacket for herself in the closet, and put it on, then walked to the side of the row of baskets.
"Hey, where is the little black cat?"
She questioned in a low voice, and stretched her hand towards the biggest pannier.
Then, she saw that the kitten she was looking for just now was actually lying in the back basket in her hand.
Wu Ying suddenly laughed.
"Little black cat, do you want to go out with me?"
Zhou Bai was lying on the back basket, while Maozhuo quietly grasped the back basket tightly, for fear that Wu Ying would carry him out.
Fortunately, Wu Ying didn't have this plan.
Another piece of cloth was found, and it was covered on the back basket, and then they took Zhou Bai with them, and walked downstairs together.
Zhou Bai was in the basket and saw pedestrians passing by Wu Ying from time to time.
However, they seem to have ignored Wu Ying's existence.
When I saw Wu Ying, I didn't stop to talk enthusiastically like I saw others.
Wu Ying seems to be very used to this.
At this time, a gentle female voice finally sounded, calling to stop the little girl who was walking down the stone ladder.
"Wu Ying, are you going out to collect herbs again?"
Zhou Bai hurriedly moved closer to the basket, wanting to see through the gap in the basket to see who the woman who was talking to Wu Ying was.
Then, he saw a middle-aged woman with an oval face and delicate features, but her face was full of wrinkles, standing next to Wu Ying.
"Yes, great aunt."
Zhou Bai remembered that she was Wu Chong's mother.
And the night before yesterday, Zhou Bai saw her chatting with Wu Chong in the room.
"Wu Ying is really diligent."
Zhou Bai saw the woman in front of him, and showed a kind smile to Wu Ying.
"Also... it's okay.
The old patriarch criticized me yesterday for not being diligent enough. "
Wu Ying felt a little embarrassed when she was suddenly praised.
"how could be?
Wu Ying always picks a lot of herbs and brings them back to Wu Chi. She is a diligent and kind sister to her brother. "
Wu Ying was even more embarrassed by the compliment.
"By the way, I heard that recently there was an old man who always came to sell sesame seed cakes nearby, and they tasted delicious."
Wu Ying immediately became excited when she heard her favorite biscuits.
"You mean Uncle Wang, right?
The biscuits he made are delicious, and he is also a very nice person.
It's a pity that his legs and feet are not very good, and he is limping. It's really pitiful to have to walk such a long mountain road to sell sesame seed cakes. "
Zhou Bai saw that the expression on the eldest aunt's face had changed significantly after hearing about Uncle Wang.
It seems that talking about this old man Wang is the real reason why my aunt stopped Wu Ying today.
"Yeah, limping, that's pathetic."
The eldest aunt lowered her eyes, and her voice became much quieter.
"Then... when Wu Ying comes back today, can you buy me a sesame seed cake too?
I heard it is delicious.
And... and... Hearing you say so pitifully, let me take care of his business too. "
After the aunt finished speaking, she took out a large amount of money and stuffed it into Wu Ying's hands.
Wu Ying looked at the extra money in her hand, and hurriedly wanted to return it to her aunt.
"It's too much. A sesame seed cake doesn't cost that much money."
The eldest aunt turned around and wanted to go back.
"Not much, not much. Isn't old man Wang very pitiful?
You just give him all the money. "
The eldest aunt walked up the stairs without waiting for Wu Ying to continue to answer, not giving Wu Ying a chance to refuse her at all.
Zhou Bai looked at this aunt's behavior, and felt something was wrong in his heart.
Is there any normal person in this old Wu family house?
Wu Ying holds a lot of money in her hand, and the expression on her face is also a bit embarrassed.
However, since the eldest aunt asked her for help, it was hard for her to refuse.
And the eldest aunt has already run away, and now it is too late to refuse.
I could only stuff the large stack of money into my pocket, then carry the basket on my back and continue walking down.
At the door of Wu's old house, there are now a row of people with weapons standing on the left and right sides.
Zhou Bai thought, if the old patriarch is really acting for the clansmen, then his posture is very good.
(end of this chapter)