The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 621 - 610: Thief

Chapter 621: Chapter 610: Thief

No matter the turmoil outside, once the three-day holiday had passed, Bai Shanbao had to return to class at the prefectural school.

And once at the prefectural school, the various messages from outside were even more abundant, and the circulation was faster.

Even though he had few friends, he still learned quite a bit of news from Wei Chen and Kang Xiaodong, mainly because these two were very talkative; after getting news from elsewhere, they couldn’t help but share it with him when they came to find him.

Once Bai Shan knew, he naturally shared it with his two little companions, and so Manbao and Bai Er also knew.

Once the two of them knew, everyone in the small courtyard knew too, including Mr. Zhuang.

After dinner, with nothing to do, everyone sat in the courtyard bathing in the setting sun, eating melons, and chatting idly.

They were literally eating melons, as the people who had come into the city were still confined within the city and could not leave; the day before yesterday had been too chaotic, and yesterday there was a search for assassins, so everyone was also anxious and uneasy. Today, the situation had finally improved a bit.

The villagers who had brought goods to sell in the city only remembered to sell the contents of their baskets now.

Zhou Silang went out today to buy bowls and jars and saw that there weren’t many people on the streets, but when he saw some people selling fruits, though they weren’t very fresh anymore, he still bought quite a lot to bring back.

As he put it, "Now even vegetables are scarce on the streets; having fruits to eat is good enough, where can you be picky about freshness?"

So, after dinner, everyone was there eating melons and chatting.

"I heard people say that the Prince of Yizhou’s mansion killed quite a few people yesterday, but still, they found nothing," said Bai Shanbao. "I don’t know when the city gates will open. There were so many people who entered the city for the Dragon Boat Festival; if they keep people confined within the city for too long, I fear there might be trouble."

He added, "I heard the Prince of Yizhou’s chief secretary is about to impeach Envoy Zhang and Governor Ming. Yesterday, in front of all the officials at the mansion, they started arguing and nearly came to blows with knives."

Regarding the first piece of news, Mr. Zhuang did not express any opinion and directly commented on the latter, "The chief secretary is appointed by the imperial court to assist the Prince of Yizhou in managing the mansion’s affairs. With such a major incident, shouldn’t he impeach the Prince of Yizhou? Where did you hear this news?"

"Wei Chen told me. In our prefectural school’s class Yi, there is a student whose father is a subordinate of Governor Ming. He said it."

Mr. Zhuang frowned slightly, "Silang, you should also go out less these days. Just buy vegetables only within Kangxue Street, try not to go toward the main street and city gates."

"Yes, I know." He sighed, "I was originally thinking of going home for a visit after the Dragon Boat Festival; after all, it’s the busy farming season."

"Wait until this matter is over before you go back."

With melons to eat, the snacks made by the cook could not be finished. Manbao and Zhou Lijun collected the snacks from the table to put them back in the kitchen cabinet together.

Then, yawning and stretching, they decided to go back to their room to browse the forum and the teaching room within the system.

Manbao was in the teaching room reviewing medical texts when Keke suddenly said, "Host, someone has entered your kitchen."

"Hmm?" Manbao casually asked, "Is it Silang getting up to eat?"

"No, it’s an outsider."

Upon hearing this, Manbao immediately exited the system, got up, and tiptoed to the window to peer outside.

But it seemed like a long time had passed; the courtyard was dark and silent, everyone apparently asleep, and she couldn’t see anything.

Manbao asked Keke in her mind, "Do you know who it is? What is he doing in our kitchen?"

Keke took a while to reply, "I haven’t collected information on that person, and there are no impressions of him in the system. He’s opened the cabinet and is taking your family’s snacks."

"A thief who’s after the snacks..." Manbao was not in a hurry; she lay quietly at the window, waiting.

After a while, she could barely make out a dark figure emerging from the kitchen, but in a whoosh, she lost sight of it, not knowing where it had hidden.

Keke said, "He’s gone now, he took half of your family’s snacks and left over the wall. He is now beyond the range I can scan."

Manbao lay back down on the bed, yawned, and said, "Well, let it be; it’s just snacks they wanted."

She turned over and slowly fell asleep, but Daji in the room opposite quietly got out of bed, went out the door to the kitchen for a look, and then came back to lie down.

Because he had been tense all night, he slept poorly, feeling that he had just closed his eyes when he heard noises in the courtyard. Unable to resist, he opened his eyes and looked out the window, only to see daylight.

Zhou Silang also yawned and sat up, looked outside the room, saw that he was awake too, and said, "Being a student is quite pitiful too. Throughout the year, except for days off, we can’t even sleep in."

Daji nodded his head in agreement.

With dark circles under his eyes, Daji washed up, had breakfast, and then took the young master to school. Manbao ran to the kitchen, opened the cabinet, and checked the snacks inside.

She saw that only a few pieces were left. The cook, seeing this, laughed and said, "Miss Man, do you want to eat some snacks? I’ll make you some fresh ones in a bit. Last night’s leftovers, Daji took most of them, saying they were for the young master to snack on."

Manbao raised her eyebrows and asked, "Did Daji pack them himself?"

"Yes, what about it?"

"Nothing much, I just thought it strange. I remember Shanbao doesn’t like chrysanthemum cakes."

The cook glanced into the cabinet and said indifferently, "Maybe he was going to share them with his classmates. Doesn’t the young master often pack some snacks to share with them?"

Manbao smiled, agreed with an "Okay," and said, "Aunt Rong, make extra steamed buns tonight. I feel like I have such a big appetite these past few days that I could eat a whole basket of steamed buns."

The cook agreed with a laugh.

Once Bai Shanbao came back, Manbao sneaked off to find him, and the two whispered together in secret.

Daji paid no attention.

As long as he was home, he would not follow Bai Shan closely but would help Zhou Si with things, like brushing the horses or feeding them some fodder.

Even if he saw the two young masters huddled together whispering, he did not mind; after all, isn’t this sort of thing common?

Bai Shanbao, while Bai Erlang wasn’t paying attention, quietly pulled Manbao back to the room. He rummaged through his box and showed her a bottle, whispering, "Look, it’s hemostatic medicine. My grandmother specifically prepared it for me."

Manbao, who had been thinking all day, whispered back, "Didn’t we collect some herbs on the way here? I’ve dried and stored all of them, and among them are also some that stop bleeding. I can wrap them up and stuff them in there too."

"Are you sure it’s an assassin stealing the snacks?"

"I’m not sure, but I think so. Otherwise, who would sneak into our house just to steal snacks and nothing else?" she whispered. "Our horse is right in the courtyard. If he’s skilled enough to climb over the wall and come in, then quietly opening the door and leading the horse away shouldn’t be difficult, right?"

"So even if he’s not an assassin, he should still not be a bad person." Manbao said, "We’ll put these things in the cupboard. If he finds them useful, he will naturally take them; if not, he won’t."

Bai Shanbao nodded.

The two did not tell anyone else about this matter, not even Daji or the teacher, and of course, they would not tell Bai Er either.

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