Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside
Chapter 148: Spread Throughout Every Street and Alley

Chapter 148: Chapter 148: Spread Throughout Every Street and Alley

Xiaoxiao took her medicine, and the two of them returned to the rental courtyard. There was nothing out of order in the house, everything was the same as they had seen yesterday.

They went over to the courtyard wall and examined the interior and exterior areas, discovering numerous footprints on the snow piles. Xiaoxiao’s eyes lit up, "Yang Ming, look!"

Yang Ming analyzed for a moment, "There are many footprints, and they’re disordered. There must be at least three people."

"And the footprints are large, they must be men’s."

But other than the footprints, no other clues were left behind, and Xiaoxiao’s bright eyes soon dimmed again.

"Xiaoxiao, don’t get upset! There will be a way, that packet of medicine is a clue! We can start the investigation from that medicine!" Seeing his wife’s disheartened look, Yang Ming was worried she might despair.

"Yeah, let’s go to the county town!" Xiaoxiao also came to terms with it. Since the incident had happened, they had to find a solution. They had to visit Yuelai Restaurant, and although their bill was already settled, the incident had occurred there; if they could not find the person who had poisoned the dish, they would have to make compensation.

The two of them hired an ox cart and arrived at the county town, but before they could even reach Yuelai Restaurant, the streets and alleys were already buzzing with rumors.

"Did you hear? The pickled vegetables at Yuelai Restaurant were tainted with rat poison."

"I heard that too. We can’t buy from them anymore, what if we end up dead!"

"Who could be so heartless to do such a thing?"

"It must be someone who can’t stand to see Yuelai Restaurant doing well!"

"..."

"..."

What exactly was going on? The Yang Family had not divulged the poisoning incident, and even the villagers did not know about it yet. How had it spread throughout the county town already? There had to be something amiss.

"Yang Ming! It looks like someone is targeting Yuelai Restaurant, and we just got embroiled in it!"

"Let’s first go to Yuelai Restaurant; maybe they have some countermeasures."

With that, the two of them made their way to Yuelai Restaurant and upon arriving, they were invited into a private room by Shopkeeper Wang.

"Uncle Wang!"

"Shopkeeper Wang!"

"If you hadn’t come, I was just about to go to Yang Family Village. This morning, the whole town was abuzz with the news that our restaurant’s pickled vegetables had been poisoned. What’s going on?"

Shopkeeper Wang was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, as this was a significant incident that could damage the restaurant’s reputation, and the Young Master was not around.

"Shopkeeper Wang, to be honest, we discovered that someone had poisoned the pickled vegetables yesterday, and that’s why we’ve come today."

"It seems someone is specifically targeting Yuelai Restaurant; otherwise, the news wouldn’t have spread all over the streets before we had a chance to tell anyone!"

"..." Shopkeeper Wang pondered for a moment. Such a significant matter was beyond his decision-making authority, "I will notify the Young Master about this immediately."

"Notifying him will be too late, we must report this to the authorities!" The Young Master was out of town at the moment, and with the slow communication, a round trip would take at least several days.

"Right, we must report this to the authorities! Did you know that our County has a new County Magistrate?"

"..." When had this happened? They hadn’t received any news, but at least it wasn’t that corrupt official who did nothing but take bribes. For them, this change was good news.

"The new County Magistrate is said to be an honest official, and he might actually be able to help us," Shopkeeper Wang said, somewhat reassured by the thought. "I heard he just arrived and will take office tomorrow!"

It seemed as if the heavens were on their side; Xiaoxiao felt hopeful upon hearing this.

"Shopkeeper Wang, rest assured, if we can’t find the person who put the poison, our Yang Family will compensate in full," Yang Ming still mentioned the matter of compensation, after all, that was why they had come.

"Young Master Yang, there’s no rush on that. The priority now is to find the person who poisoned the vegetables and resolve the current situation," said Shopkeeper Wang.