PFC Chapter 324
Chapter 324
Here, Butler Fang returned to the Fang Mansion in a hurry. Old Master Fang was sitting in the hall, pointing at and cursing the Second Young Master Fang, who had just gotten up because he had been out too late the night before.
When he finally saw someone coming, he barely suppressed his rage and waved his hand to let his son go down.
Fang Erlang seemed to be afraid of being caught and scolded, so he ran away quickly. Old Man Fang sat down and drank a sip of tea to calm down.
"Master, I just came back from Xinghua Village."
"How is it?" Mr. Fang put down the teacup in his hand and asked impatiently, "What did Miss Zhong say? Do you have any extra for us?"
Butler Fang shook his head with a bitter face, "Master, it can't be exchanged. They can't produce the goods over there, and..."
"And what? Just tell me quickly! Why are you hesitating?" Mr. Fang was so anxious that he almost slammed the table.
Butler Fang wiped the sweat off his forehead and answered cautiously, "Miss Zhong said that this can didn't look like it came from their workshop. It must have been swapped. When I was in the village before, I opened two cans and checked them. There was indeed nothing wrong with them. When I found them halfway, they had already passed through the hands of many people, so now we can't be sure who swapped them."
He glanced at his master's face and continued, "I have just sent someone to the Yu family to inquire about the situation. Now I am waiting for someone to come back."
What he meant was that if there was nothing wrong with the canned food from the Yu family, then it was very likely that there was a traitor in their Fang family.
Mr. Fang didn't believe it. "How do you know that only a few of these cans are good and the others are replaced? After all, isn't it true that their workshop can't produce goods?"
He couldn't believe that such a person came out from under his command, who actually messed up his own business and did such a disloyal thing.
Butler Fang opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, a servant came running in from outside the door. It was the one he had asked to go out to get the news.
"Master, there is no problem with the canned food from the Yu Mansion. It was delivered to Jinzhou a long time ago." The servant wiped the sweat from his forehead and told him everything he had learned. "The Yu Mansion ordered 2,000 canned food last month, 1,000 chili sauce, 500 pork jerky and meat floss each. There is no problem with them. They were delivered two days later than ours and have arrived now."
Seeing that the master in the upper position stopped talking, the servant secretly went to see Butler Fang, and after receiving the message from him asking him to go down, he walked away with his back bent.
"Master, the people from Yu Mansion went there to pick up the canned goods on the same day as us. How come there was no problem with theirs? If they really had replaced them at the workshop, how could they have put the bad ones on our carriage so accurately when there were so many cans in such a mess?"
Butler Fang sighed, thinking how could this workshop make cans like this for no reason? Even if they really sent them to Nanzhou to sell, once this was discovered, how could the two families continue to cooperate? Based on his understanding of Miss Zhong, she was not the kind of person who would do such a thing.
The master and servant discussed in the hall and decided that they should deal with the canned food issue first and then catch the traitor.
"I've already talked to Boss Zhong about the canned goods. I asked her to help process and make more. She also said that we need to send them to the capital in case of emergency. If that's not possible, we can only ask Master Yu for some leniency and ask him to give us the canned goods made in the workshop first."
Master Fang sighed, nodded helplessly, and did what the housekeeper said. The traitor had to be caught and the cans had to be driven out first. The ones in hand couldn't be given away at all. The difference between the cans was too big! How could these be sold?
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Towards evening, dragonflies flew low in the sky, circling one after another above people's heads or at their feet. Zhong Ruyi glanced at the sky, which was covered with dark clouds. It was estimated that there would be heavy rain tonight.
She locked the door of the workshop and went home. Her husband had already prepared dinner for her.
Speaking of the cans being swapped, Chen Dongzhi was a little surprised. "I remember the workshop gave the Fang family 3,800 cans last month, right? Were they all swapped?"
Zhong Ruyi said, "Yes, three thousand eight hundred, the Yu family gave exactly two thousand."
It's just that the number is too large. It's impossible that they were replaced in her workshop. The village is so small that if something happened, everyone in the village would know about it in a moment.
Chen Dongzhi served her a bowl of fish soup. He cooked all the meals tonight. He caught the fish from the river in the morning. He sent two back home, kept one for himself, and sent two to his parents-in-law.
Zhong Ruyi took a sip of the soup. The fish soup was very fresh. Just a little bit of salt was enough to make one's tongue taste delicious. She liked to drink it piping hot. If it was cold, the fishy smell would be stronger and she didn't like it.
Seeing how happily she drank it, Chen Dongzhi decided to catch more fish when he was not at home escorting the goods during the days, and cook more if his wife liked it.
After eating and drinking, it was Zhong Ruyi's turn to clean up the mess.
We waited until we were lying on the bed before continuing the conversation.
"...I just don't know when the Fang family will be able to catch the person who made the swap. Now they want me to make more canned food as soon as possible and send them away in a hurry. I have to hire people again."
Zhong Ruyi turned over, lay on the man's chest and gently touched his muscles.
Chen Dongzhi helplessly grabbed her restless hand while talking to her. She was having her period and they hadn't dared to get too close to each other for the past few days, for fear of accidentally having sex. Now she was teasing him again, how could he bear it?
She couldn't help but pressed the woman down and kissed her randomly for a while. When she was about to lose control, the man forced her out of bed and went to the kitchen to rinse her with cold water a few times.
Zhong Ruyi was kissed so hard that she was dazed. When the man came back feeling cold all over, she realized what he had been doing. She sat up slightly and said, "It's so cold. Don't take a cold shower next time." She lowered her voice and said something, causing the man's breathing to become heavier.
"Don't bother me. I have to stock up the goods in a few days. It would seem pitiful for me to have meat but not be able to eat it." Chen Dongzhi's voice was muffled. He didn't dare to look at her. The two of them had moved a little too much just now and her collar was torn open, revealing the whiteness underneath.
I finally lay down again, and suddenly I heard the sound of raindrops falling on the eaves outside, and the sound of the rain gradually became louder.
"Ah, it's raining so hard, I'll have to ask people not to bring firewood tomorrow, there's nowhere to put it."
Zhong Ruyi sat up and looked out the window. Raindrops hit the windowsill. It was a bit cold in March when it suddenly rained.
She got up and lay down again and again, and her sleepiness was driven away. Chen Dongzhi could only get up and watch the rain with her for a while before going back to sleep.
When I got up in the morning, it was still raining, but it was much lighter than last night.
There is a lot of firewood piled up in the workshop, and a lot of it is used every day, so there are always people in the village picking it up and sending it over.