Chapter 219: The Money Left by the Kidnapper

Jiang Xiaoxiao observed Old Man Li's expression calmly, and then looked at the expressions of the rest of the Li family.

Old Woman Li was as angry and wronged as Old Man Li, Li Shoucai was full of indifference and stayed out of it, and Zhu Shi had a look of watching a good show.

Only Li Shoude and Yun Ying had uncontrollable guilt on their faces.

Jiang Xiaoxiao could basically be certain that the matter of kidnapping children had something to do with Yun Ying and Li Shoude!

As for the rest of the Li family, they should be kept in the dark just like the villagers...

"By the way, I remembered one thing!" At this time, Uncle Zhou, who also lost his niece, spoke up. He fumbled on his body for a long time and finally took out a small blue cloth bag.

"The day my niece went missing, she happened to go to Old Man Zhao in the neighboring village to ask him to buy some wine on his way to town, but Old Man Zhao said he didn't see my niece go, only found this on the road..."

"What is this?" The villagers gathered around to look.

"I don't know what this is..." Uncle Zhou scratched his head embarrassedly, "I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, thinking it was dropped by some passerby, and hadn't opened it to look. Now that I think about it, could it be dropped by that kidnapper who kidnapped my niece."

"Makes sense, I think this small cloth bag must have been left by that kidnapper!"

"That's impossible!" At this time, Yun Ying, who had been silent, suddenly stood out and spoke, "There are many people coming and going on that road, how could it be left by a kidnapper? Perhaps it was dropped by someone else accidentally..."

However, before she finished speaking, little Xiaoya's mother also stood out, "My daughter went to the mountain to pick wild vegetables that day and didn't come back. When I went to look for her in the evening, I also found this on the ground..."

As she spoke, she also took out a small blue cloth bag, "I also thought it was dropped by someone accidentally at first, so I didn't think much about it..."

Yun Ying saw the blue cloth bag taken out by Xiaoya's mother and was visibly panicked: "This, this might be a coincidence..."

"One or two is a coincidence, but what about the third?" Jiang Xiaoxiao said, turning her head to look at Er Niu's mother.

However, Auntie Guihua shook her head: "I didn't find this thing in the place where my daughter went missing."

Didn't find it?

Jiang Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, subconsciously looking at Wang Laifu beside Auntie Guihua, but happened to meet his guilty and evasive eyes.

Immediately, she had a faint guess in her heart.

"Uncle Zhou, open the cloth bag and see what's inside."

"Okay." Uncle Zhou opened the blue cloth wrapped into a ball nimbly.

A moment later, a silver ingot weighing five taels appeared before everyone.

Xiaoya's mother saw this and hurriedly opened the cloth bag in her hand, which was also a heavy silver ingot.

Everyone saw this and gasped one after another.

Five taels of silver per person, this is not a small amount of money!

This kidnapper actually left money for the parents after kidnapping the child!?

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at Er Niu's mother again: "Auntie Guihua, see if there is any extra five taels of silver at home for no reason."

"This, this..." Auntie Guihua was also shocked by this scene. The next second, she seemed to realize something, and her eyes stared fiercely at her own man, saying word by word: "Hand it over, you must have hidden this money!"

Wang Laifu was stared at by her eyes and became more and more guilty, but still said fiercely: "Hand over what! I haven't seen any small cloth bag, and I haven't picked up any money!"

But his guilty appearance had already made the villagers suspicious.

"Wang Laifu!" The Lizheng scolded sternly, "Tell the truth, are you in cahoots with that kidnapper?! Good for you, our village really has a traitor! You actually sold the girls in our village to kidnappers for money!"

As soon as the Lizheng's words came out, the villagers' eyes looking at Wang Laifu became angry.

"How could our village have such a person! If you ask me, Uncle Lizheng, send him directly to the county yamen and let the official interrogate him!"

Wang Laifu was so scared that his legs went soft when he heard he was going to be sent to the county yamen: "No, don't... I'll tell the truth, I did pick up five taels of silver, but I really have no relationship with that kidnapper!"

That day, when Er Niu was boiling porridge, she added too much water to the pot, and the porridge was thin. He had been tired to death after working all day, and couldn't eat a full meal when he got home, so he was really angry and scolded her severely.

Nine-year-old Er Niu ran out of the house crying.

Usually, Er Niu would run to her maternal grandmother's house in the neighboring village to complain when she was wronged. How could this be decent? If it spread, he didn't know how people in the neighboring village would talk about him behind his back.

So, he chased to the entrance of the village to block her.

But he didn't expect that when he arrived at the entrance of the village, he saw a group of people getting on a carriage from afar.

When he chased after them, the carriage had already run far away, leaving a blue cloth bag on the ground.

When he opened it, it was a silver ingot weighing five taels!

He only felt that he had good luck and made a fortune!

Fearing that the owner of the money would come back to look for it, he didn't dare to stay too long, so he hurried home.

But ever since then, Er Niu never came home again.

He faintly felt that Er Niu's disappearance should have something to do with that group of people.

This money was probably also left by that group of people.

Five taels of silver and a worthless little girl, he naturally chose five taels of silver, so he hid this matter...

After listening to Wang Laifu's account of what happened, the villagers hurriedly asked: "Then did you see the appearance of that group of people?"

Wang Laifu shook his head, and then said: "I only saw that in that group of people, there seemed to be a woman with a slightly slender figure..."

"A woman?" The villagers frowned one after another, "This kidnapper actually has a woman?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao cast her gaze toward Yun Ying on the side without changing her expression, and sure enough, she saw her face change.

"If you say so..." Auntie Qiulian's attention immediately fell on the blue cloth bag in Uncle Zhou's hand, "This cloth bag is satin material, and the color is also a material often used by women to make clothes. One foot of cloth costs several dozen wen."

Auntie Qiulian's embroidery skills were famous in the village, and she often went in and out of embroidery workshops and cloth shops. The villagers believed in her ability to recognize materials at a glance.

"Oh my, this material is so expensive, then it definitely isn't from someone in our village."

These country folk couldn't bear to buy coarse cloth that cost two wen a foot, so how could they be willing to buy such expensive satin material.

"Hmph, I don't think so!" At this time, a sharp voice rang out, "We country folk can't afford this satin material, but the Jiang family has plenty!"

Hearing this, everyone looked at Li Dayong's wife: "Dayong's wife, you can't talk nonsense."

"What did I say wrong?" Li Dayong's wife snorted coldly, "Didn't you all see when the Jiang family held a banquet a while ago? Isn't the outer garment Jiang Xiaoxiao wore made of satin material?"

Hearing this, Jiang Xiaoxiao was speechless.

Her family held a housewarming banquet, and she wore slightly better clothes, but she didn't expect to be targeted by Li Dayong's wife. ===== CHAPTER 220 =====