Marrying a rich man after rebirth: The daily life of a legitimate daughter

He Shuzhen was so angry that she didn't even bother to change her clothes: "Madam, my yard is right in the middle of Liu's house, and it was robbed."

The old lady's heart skipped a beat. The capital was now full of refugees. Could it be that the refugees had crawled into the Liu Mansion to steal things? She asked nervously, "What did you drop in your yard?"

"Rice and leftovers from yesterday."

The old lady looked puzzled: "Why did the refugees only steal the rice in your yard and the leftover vegetables from yesterday?"

This made He Shuzhen very angry. Did the old lady really not know or was she just pretending to be ignorant? "Don't you think it's strange? No other places in the Liu Mansion were robbed, but my yard was robbed."

"How would I know? I'm not a refugee who steals things. Maybe they just stumbled upon your small kitchen by mistake and thought it was the public kitchen of the Liu Mansion."

He Shuzhen shouted angrily, "How do you know it was the refugees who stole the things in my yard, not the people from the Liu Mansion?"

"You need to produce evidence." The old lady finally realized that in the morning, the fourth concubine came to her yard with rice. She thought that the rice was bought by the four of them with their own money. It turned out that it was stolen from He Shuzhen. Considering that they had food to eat and had not forgotten her, she did not give the four of them up: "You can't falsely accuse people in the mansion with your own mouth."

He Shuzhen came to the old lady because she couldn't produce any evidence: "Let the servants search the mansion and we'll know."

The old lady did not answer immediately. She secretly glanced at the four concubines sitting there. Seeing that they looked calm and composed, she knew that they had cleaned up the mess. "You are the mistress of the Liu Mansion. Search if you want! Anyway, the food will not be found for a while, so go back and change your clothes first."

At this time, Liu Chen walked in from the main entrance and said, "It's just some rice that fell, don't make a fuss about it."

"That's easy for you to say. That bag of rice weighs nearly 100 kilograms. It would cost nearly 1,000 taels of silver to buy it from a store outside."

Liu Chen also knew that this was a special period, and food was more expensive than gold. In times of unrest, even silver couldn't buy food, so he stopped trying to stop He Shuzhen: "Do whatever you want."

The Liu Mansion was not very big, so the search could be completed quickly. He Shuzhen ordered the servants in the mansion to search every courtyard.

The fourth concubine was not in a hurry at all. After they divided the rice, they burned the bags of rice. He Shuzhen was wasting her efforts.

Aunt Mei pulled Liu Chen to sit at the dining table and served him the cooked rice: "Master, eat it while it's hot. You'll be full today."

Liu Chen hadn't eaten a lot for a long time. He picked up the bowl and started eating.

He Shuzhen vowed to find the person who stole the rice. She ignored the old lady and the others, turned around and walked out, and the cat droppings on her skirt fell to the ground.

The old lady had a look of disgust on her face and waved at the maid beside her.

The maid immediately cleaned up the cat feces on the ground

He Shuzhen didn't have time to change clothes, so she stood in the yard and supervised personally.

The servants searched every courtyard of the Liu Mansion, but could not find the rice that He Shuzhen had lost.

He Shuzhen was so angry that she started cursing.

The servants in the mansion didn't dare to talk back or resist. They just stood there with their heads down.

Tired of scolding, He Shizhen returned to the yard angrily and asked Xiao Yu who was not far away: "Who stole my rice?"

"The thieves must have hidden the rice where we can't find it. Maybe they have eaten it. Let's not waste our efforts." Xiaoyu smelled the stench coming from He Shuzhen and stepped back unconsciously: "Madam, your clothes are dirty, wash them quickly."

At this time, He Shuzhen didn't care about the rice and ran to the bathroom next door to take a shower.

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The old lady waited for Liu Chen to leave, and then asked the fourth concubine: "Where did you get the rice you sent me?"

The four of us pushed each other and no one dared to speak.

Under the old lady's scorching gaze, Aunt Mei was the first to give in. Thinking of how the old lady had taken care of them, she told the truth: "We stole the rice from He Shuzhen's yard."

"You are so brave that you dare to steal rice from He Shuzhen's yard. If you are caught by her, she can send you to the government.

The four of them had forgotten about this matter. With the old lady's support, they were not afraid: "If He Shuzhen is willing to take out the rice, we don't have to steal it."

"You..." The old lady didn't know what words to use to describe the fourth concubine's behavior: "It's fine if you stole the rice from He Shuzhen's small kitchen, but what's with the cat feces on her body?"

The four of them couldn't hold back any longer and burst out laughing. When they had finished laughing, Aunt Mei stood up and said, "I was the one who put cat shit on He Shuzhen's doorstep last night."

"Why do you want to do this? He Shuzhen is the mistress of the Liu Mansion after all, and she is the daughter of a wealthy family. If you tease her like this, she will get angry and sell you all out one by one."

Aunt Mei hugged the old lady's arm and said, "Old lady, please don't scare us. With you as her backer, if she wants to sell us out, you will definitely not agree."

Hearing the flattering words, the old lady laughed out loud: "This is all true. I spent so much money to buy you back, just to keep you to continue the Liu family. How could I let He Shuzhen sell you? Don't do this again in the future."

Aunt Zhu asked, "Is it that we should not steal rice anymore, or is it that we should not stuff cat feces on He Shuzhen's door frame anymore?"

The old lady knocked on Aunt Zhu's head and said, "You can't do either of those things anymore." The fourth concubine stole so much rice, enough for them to eat for a while.

The old lady spoke, and the fourth concubine did not refute her face to face, but nodded. However, they did not think so in their hearts. After the stolen rice was eaten, the refugees from the capital had not left yet. In order to have enough food, they would continue to steal rice from He Shuzhen's small kitchen.

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He Shuzhen took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and sat on a stool.

Xiaoyu walked forward and asked in a low voice: "Madam, you haven't eaten all day today. I will go to the kitchen to make you some side dishes."

At this time, He Shuzhen felt hungry. She took the key and drove to the warehouse, which was full of rice. She was afraid of being stolen again, so she only took out a small bag of rice this time, enough for the people in the yard to eat for a few days: "After eating, I will go to the warehouse to get more. Before going to bed at night, lock the door of the small kitchen, so that if a thief enters the kitchen, he will make a noise."

Xiaoyu nodded and left with the rice.

He Shuzhen soaked in the flower petals bath in the tub for a long time, but she could still smell the stench of cat feces on her body. She picked up the floral water on the table and sprinkled it on her body.