Jiang Chuan didn't know how the original owner died, nor was he sure whether Lin Cao and Lin Hua colluded with outsiders to kill the original owner. After all, the original owner really deserved it. He treated his wife and sister-in-law harshly, was selfish, lazy, and a grown man who relied on Lin Cao and Lin Hua for support. Moreover, he didn't farm well before the drought. The family's land was taken care of by Lin Cao during the year since she got married. Before the drought, they harvested a season of grain, and the two acres of land were the grain harvested by Lin Cao and Lin Hua, and he used the money from the sales to buy wine and meat. Fortunately, the original owner's parents died early and did not give the original owner sex education, otherwise the original owner would not only be a scum, but also a beast. Jiang Chuan also felt that he was not so wronged. After all, other people who traveled through time were the daughters of the prime minister's mansion, but he traveled through time as a lazy man. If he abused the girl again, he would really die at the beginning.

Jiang Chuan was about to fall into a trance when he heard a muffled sound and felt like someone was climbing over the wall into the yard.

Jiang Chuan quietly got up and walked to the door, listening to the noise in the yard.

Brother Wang: "Erzhu, you must have listened to me. Your sister-in-law saw Jiang Chuan carrying a deer, pheasants and fish at night. If we steal the deer, we can definitely sell it for a good price tomorrow."

Jiang Chuan knew who was coming, Wang Dazhu and Wang Erzhu.

Jiang Chuan snorted coldly. It seemed that the lesson he gave them that night was too light, and they still wanted to come to his house to steal the deer.

Jiang Chuan took a look at the venison hanging on the beam and came up with an idea.

Jiang Chuan only skinned the deer and did not process the internal organs. After all, in his memory, Lin Cao could use the internal organs to exchange for food with others. He didn't know who Lin Cao had exchanged with in the past, so he didn't do anything.

Jiang Chuan took out some of the herbs he had picked from the foot of the mountain and stuffed them into the deer's body. He also took a small piece of firewood that had not been burned cleanly from the stove and stuffed it into the deer's body. Then he picked up the fire stick and the only copper basin in the house, quietly climbed out of the window, stuck to the wall, and listened to the movement inside.

Wang Dazhu and Wang Erzhu quickly reached the kitchen door. Hearing no sound from inside, they quietly pushed the door open.

The two of them immediately saw the deer hanging on the beam.

Wang Dazhu pointed at the venison and Wang Erzhu reached out to take it, but they were not as tall as Jiang Chuan, so they could only reach the venison but not the rope hanging it.

Wang Dazhu squatted down and patted his shoulders. Wang Erzhu rode on Wang Dazhu's neck with ease, and Wang Dazhu stood up.

Just as Wang Erzhu untied the rope, Jiang Chuan suddenly knocked on the copper basin with a fire poker and shouted, "There's a thief!"

The neighbors all heard the noise and rushed out with torches and weapons.

Jiang Chuan quickly went back to his room, got a candle and lit it, then stood in the yard and continued to shout at the top of his voice: "There's a thief! Someone come quickly! If we can't catch the thief, he will steal from my house today and yours tomorrow! Someone come quickly!"

Jiang Chuan knows how to take advantage of the psychology of the masses.

The villagers quickly rushed to Jiang Chuan's house.

The leader is the Li Zheng, who is also the village chief.

Jiang Chuan: "Village head, they are in the kitchen, come and help, they are here to steal my deer!"

The villagers hurried to the kitchen door.

The village chief pushed the door open and found that there was no one in the kitchen, but the window was open.

Jiang Chuan: "Village head, window! We can't let them escape! Otherwise the whole village will suffer!"

Everyone entered the kitchen, and the torches lit up the kitchen as bright as day.

Village chief: "Did you see the person? What does he look like?"

Jiang Chuan: "No, I came out to pee and saw two figures entering the kitchen. They can't run away! Uncles and brothers, please keep an eye on my house. Don't let them run away, or they will steal from the whole village."

Several strong men looked at the village chief, the village chief nodded, and several strong men walked out of the yard.

Village chief: "Dazhu! Go out through the window and take a look."

A man at the side said, "Li Zheng, Brother Dazhu is not here."

Village chief: "This Dazhu, Erzhu! You go!"

The man said again: "Li Zheng, Er Zhu is not here either."

Village chief: "Xiaotie, you guys follow Jiang Chuan to have a look outside. Jiang Chuan, where are Xiaocao and Xiaohua?"

Jiang Chuan: "Inside the house, the two sisters are sick with fever."

The village chief said: "Old Wang, go ask someone's wife to go inside and take a look."

Lao Wang responded and went out to call for help.

Jiang Chuan took someone's torch and climbed out the window.

The person following Jiang Chuan spoke up: "Jiang Chuan, what's behind your kitchen?"

Jiang Chuan answered according to his memory: "The private plot is now a wasteland, and there is a toilet over there."

The man nodded and followed Jiang Chuan back.

Everyone soon saw two stupid thieves, one carrying the other, trying to climb over the wall, but the deer on their backs was too heavy, and they had to free one hand to hold the deer's leg, so they couldn't climb over at all.

Jiang Chuan gave a flying kick and Wang Dazhu was knocked over, and Wang Erzhu also fell down with the deer on his back.

Jiang Chuan looked back at the man who had followed him out and said, "Brother Tiezi, catch them quickly."

The man called Tiezi Ge happened to not have a torch in his hand, so he went straight forward and subdued Wang Dazhu. On the other side, some villagers also held down Wang Erzhu.

Jiang Chuan: "Take him back quickly, Village Chief, Village Chief, we caught the thief."

Tiezi Ge pulled Wang Dazhu up and saw his face clearly. He was stunned for a moment. However, he couldn't let Wang Dazhu go because so many villagers were watching.

Everyone returned to the kitchen.

Jiang Chuan spoke first: "We caught the thief. I shot the deer with great difficulty, and he dared to steal it? Humph!"

The village chief knew from the look on Jiang Chuan's face that this matter would not end well. He just prayed that the thief was from another village, so that it would be easier for him. Otherwise, if the matter got out of hand, he would be finished as village chief.

There are two major surnames in Qingyan Village, one is Wang and the other is Jiang. Almost half of the people on each side of the village are from these two families. There are also some people from other families. For example, Lin Cao's father is a son-in-law from the neighboring village. If the Lin family had not been poor in the beginning and had some money later, Lin Cao would have been called Wang Cao.

Tiezi Ge and his men also came back with the thief. When everyone saw that it was Wang Dazhu and Wang Erzhu, their faces changed instantly.

Li Yin, the village secretary, spoke first.

Jiang Chang: "Jiang Chuan, are you sure these two are thieves?"

Jiang Chuan: "Everyone is watching. They are climbing over the wall with the deer on their backs."

When Wang Dazhu saw his father, he broke free and said, "Dad, I'm not a thief. They owe me this."

Jiang Chuan turned to look at Wang Dazhu, his eyes fierce, and said, "Debt? Where does it come from?"

Wang Dazhu: "Dad, Lin Cao has been borrowing grain from our family before, and today we agreed to use deer to pay off the debt."

Jiang Chuan: "Lin Cao gave your wife five copper coins last night, and we've settled the matter. Your wife didn't give you anything, but that's not a reason for you to come to my house in the middle of the night and steal the deer, right? Do you think this reason is tenable?"

Wang Dazhu felt guilty for a moment, but then he remembered that no one saw Lin Cao give the copper coins, so he made up his mind and said, "He didn't give it at all! You even pulled me with a hatchet! The deer was agreed to be compensation!"

Jiang Chuan: "Are you contradicting yourself? You just said the deer was for debt repayment, and now you say it's compensation. Why don't you say the deer is yours?"

Wang Dazhu: "Yes! This deer is mine! How do you prove it's yours?"

Jiang Chuan: "I expected it. You said the deer was yours, but where's the deer skin? When did you kill the deer? Where's the deer blood? You all know how much blood will come out when skinning the deer, right? Look at the blood in the yard, is it deer blood? Otherwise, please go to Wang Dazhu's house and see if there is blood in their yard."

Wang Dazhu: "I killed the deer by the river, so there is no blood in my yard."

Jiang Chuan: "And then? You killed the deer and took it home?"

Wang Dazhu: “Yes!”

Jiang Chuan: "Li Yin, please bear witness for me. I said that I killed the deer. Someone saw me carrying a deer back from the village entrance. I also skinned the deer. The deer skin is on that rack. I haven't had time to deal with the deer's internal organs, but I put herbs in the deer's body to feed the forest grass and forest flowers. They are all herbs that clear away heat and detoxify. Also, when I was poking the herbs, I had a hard time and a piece of firewood fell into the deer's body. You can cut the deer open now to see if it is the deer."

Jiang Chang was so jealous of the Wang family becoming the village chief. Jiang Chuan gave him such a good opportunity, and Jiang Chang would not let it go.

Jiang Chang: "We can't rely on your one-sided statement. After all, the relationship between Wang Dazhu and the village head is obvious. Let's cut open the deer and see the truth."

After saying that, Jiang Chang picked up the hatchet beside him and cut open the deer's belly.

Jiang Chuan: "Butt, I stuffed it in from the butt."

It was too late for the village chief to stop it. He could only watch as Jiang Chang neatly cut open the deer's intestines, revealing the herbs and firewood.

Jiang Chuan: "You all saw it, didn't you? It was Wang Dazhu who coveted my prey and came to my house in the middle of the night to steal the deer. The village head didn't care and let Wang Dazhu talk nonsense. Did any of the neighbors hear or see Wang Dazhu and his wife take the copper coins from my house in the evening? Please speak up for justice."

A man stood up and said, "My wife saw it and told me that after Wang Dazhu's wife came out of your house, she threw the money on the ground and stepped on it several times. She picked up the money again and cursed before leaving. I told my wife not to borrow food from Wang Dazhu's family. Xiaocao borrowed five kilograms, and he asked you to pay back thirty kilograms, right? My wife heard it all."

The village chief couldn't hold back his expression and said quickly, "Jiang Chuan, I never said anything to help Wang Dazhu. He stole your deer, that's a fact. You see, he compensates you and the matter is over, okay? We all live in the same village, Dazhu just lost his mind for a while, what do you think is appropriate?"

Jiang Chuan thought for a moment and said, "Li Yin, I am young and have little experience. Please make the decision for me. No matter what, your decision is my opinion. Is that ok with you?"

Jiang Chang glanced at Jiang Chuan and suddenly felt that this kid had come to his senses.

Jiang Chang pretended to think for a while and said, "Come on, take Wang Dazhu and Wang Erzhu to our firewood room first. We'll discuss whether to compensate them or send them to the county tomorrow. It's the middle of the night and everyone has worked hard. Go back and lock the door to avoid being robbed again. Jiang Chuan, do you think this is okay?"

Jiang Chuan: "It all depends on Li Yin."

The village chief said, "No, we are all from the same village. I will guarantee that Wang Dazhu and Wang Erzhu will not run away. Can you use our firewood room as collateral?"

Jiang Chang thought for a moment and said, "That's fine. You all heard it. The village head said he would guarantee Wang Dazhu and Wang Erzhu. If they run away, you have to be their guarantor."

Village chief: "No problem, no problem, everyone go back to sleep."

Everyone dispersed.

Jiang Chuan entered the room, where Jiang Chang's wife was, accompanied by Lin Cao and Lin Hua.

Jiang Chuan: "Aunt, thank you for your help."

My aunt waved her hand and said, "It's not a problem. Go to bed. I'm going back too."

Jiang Chuan: "Thank you."

My aunt got up and left.

Lin Cao and Lin Hua looked at Jiang Chuan.

Jiang Chuan: "Where else are you two feeling uncomfortable?"

The two shook their heads.

Jiang Chuan: "Continue to sleep or eat something?"

Lin Cao: "No, no, I'm not hungry. I can just go catch some fish tomorrow."

Jiang Chuan: "Wait."

Jiang Chuan went to the kitchen, lit a fire, and cooked the other chicken.

Jiang Chuan entered the room carrying two bowls of chicken soup with meat and broth.

Jiang Chuan: "You two ate it."

Lin Cao and Lin Hua were so scared that they didn't dare to move. After all, Jiang Chuan had a history of playing hard to get. He would let you eat and then beat you up after you ate it.

Jiang Chuan sighed and said, "Xiao Cao, Xiao Hua, I was sorry for you in the past. From now on, I will never hit you again. Let's live a good life together, okay?"

Lin Cao looked up at Jiang Chuan. Jiang Chuan looked serious and didn't seem to be playing hard to get.

Lin Cao nodded, picked up the bowl and started eating.

Seeing this, Jiang Chuan handed the other bowl to Lin Hua.

After the two sisters finished eating, Jiang Chuan took the bowls to the kitchen again.

Lin Hua followed.

Lin Hua: "Jiang Chuan, I'll wash the dishes."

Jiang Chuan: "Let's wash it tomorrow. Come and sit down. Let's chat."

Jiang Chuan patted the bed, Lin Hua nodded and sat over.

Jiang Chuan: "Your fever?"

Lin Hua touched her forehead and said, "It should be fine now."

Jiang Chuan: "I originally picked some herbs for you. I used them when Wang Dazhu came to steal the deer. I will go up the mountain to pick some more tomorrow. I will sell the deer skin tomorrow. You and Xiaohua just stay at home and don't go out."

Lin Hua took out some copper coins from her bosom, handed them to Jiang Chuan, and said, "It takes money to make saltpeter, you can use it first."

Jiang Chuan thought for a moment and said, "No need. I will sell the deer tomorrow and I will have the money."

Lin Hua nodded and said, "You really won't hit me anymore?"

Jiang Chuan: "I swear, I will never hit you and Xiaohua again."

Lin Hua: "Then let me tell you something. Someone came to save Xiaohua and me today. The extra money and quilts in the house were left by that person. I don't know who it was, and Xiaohua can't tell what that person looks like. I only know that she was a woman, and she also left cakes for Xiaohua and me."

As she spoke, Lin Hua took out half a multi-grain bread from her bosom and continued, "This is it. She gave two, and I let Xiaohua eat one. I ate half of it. This half is for you. I'm going back to sleep."

Lin Hua stuffed the money and half a multi-grain bread into Jiang Chuan's hands and ran back to the room.

Jiang Chuan looked at the copper coins and cakes in his hand, smiled, then put the money away. Just as he was about to get up and put the cakes into the bowl, he seemed to feel something was not right.

Jiang Chuan broke off a piece of the bread, took a bite, and felt something was wrong. How could this small frontier village have such fine bread? It seemed that even rich families did not have so many kinds of grains.

Jiang Chuan had no idea either, so he put the cake in the bowl and lay down to sleep.

Silent all night.

When Liu Jiaojiao heard no more sound, she fell asleep.

Early in the morning, Liu Jiaojiao had just finished washing up when she heard a knock on the door.

Liu Jiaojiao: "Come in."

A guard came in and said, "Greetings, Princess Yongkang."

Liu Jiaojiao hummed.

Guard: "The eldest prince asks you to go downstairs for breakfast."

Liu Jiaojiao: "Okay."

The guard saluted and left.

Liu Jiaojiao: "Tongzi, I'm a princess now, I don't have any maids or anything?"

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