klisemfg Chapter 189 Wen Jia is on trial
Chapter 189 Wen Jia is on trial
"Then how did you escape?"
Zhong Congyun was very serious and methodical.
"After being caught by the thieves, I was knocked unconscious. When I woke up, I was in a dark carriage. I escaped when they weren't paying attention!"
Wen Jia looked at Zhong Congyun with confidence.
"According to what you said, it's more likely that Yumei will escape."
Sanchuan said thoughtfully, looking at Wenjia very seriously.
"Yeah! And how did you manage to escape and squat outside the Wufu Restaurant so precisely?"
Zhong Congyun pressed the issue again.
Wen Jia turned his head away, feeling a little uncomfortable.
"How would I know? I was outside Wufu Restaurant. I hadn't eaten all night, so I stumbled over here after smelling something."
Wen Jia shrank back into the stool, and the tone of his voice rose unconsciously.
It seems like this will give me confidence.
"Let me tell you, the restaurant isn't cooking anything today. What do you smell?"
Xu Yiyi spoke rudely, and Wen Jia's face froze.
"I didn't say your restaurant smells good. It's not like you're the only restaurant around here."
Wen Jia quickly retorted, but Lin Ke stared at her.
"You have a pretty good nose then."
Xu Yiyi said this sarcastically and turned to look at Lin Ke.
"During the typhoon, the restaurants on this street were basically closed. Aside from breakfast this morning, I haven't smelled any food since then. How did she get here? I advise you to investigate carefully."
After hearing what Xu Yiyi said, Lin Ke's face suddenly turned dark.
Considering that Wenjia was his cousin, he asked the question in a gentle tone.
"Wenjia, this is a matter of life and death. How long are you going to keep it a secret?"
Lin Ke frowned, his eyes full of anger and confusion.
In Wen Jia's memory, Lin Ke was a gentle young man.
But after Lin Ke came here, he got a lot darker and his temper became worse.
The stern look on his face made Wenjia feel extremely unfamiliar.
When he spoke, his voice was like an old bellows, with obvious trembling and dryness: "I... I'm not sure what you mean."
Lin Ke looked at her disappointedly: "Take him back for questioning!"
His chest heaved violently, his hands clenched into fists, his knuckles turning white from the exertion.
Zhong Congyun heard this and took a step forward to take Wen Jia away.
"I don't know, I really don't know. Those people captured us and put us on a boat. I escaped when they weren't paying attention. As for how I got here, I really don't know."
Wen Jia suddenly panicked, and seeing that Lin Ke's tone did not sound fake, he quickly spoke.
"You are such a liar, full of lies, even in the carriage just now."
Sihai covered his ears and muttered.
I thought to myself that adults are so forgetful that they forget what they just said so quickly.
"Yes, yes, didn't you say you were in a carriage?"
Er'er was also puzzled. Several children gathered together and were really curious.
"Is it not okay for me to be in the carriage first and then go to the boat?"
Wen Jia shouted hurriedly.
The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and with a crisp "pop" sound, a tile was torn off the roof.
The tiles rolled and struggled in the air, carried by the strong wind, like a kite with a broken string, plunging into the chaos below, splashing dust and water, leaving only a small piece of the roof broken, shivering in the wind and rain.
"Hey! Is this from our restaurant?"
Xu Anyang suddenly spoke, and tiles as big as his head fell from the sky.
It was smashed into pieces and its original appearance could not be seen.
"It's blowing from somewhere else, not from our house."
Er Er looked up and saw that the roof of his restaurant was in good condition.
Normal weather, nothing special.
But when a typhoon comes, my elder sister will cover the roof with unwanted broken fishing nets and bring some rocks back from the beach to press it down, so the tiles usually cannot be blown away.
With this interruption, Wen Jia's uneasy mood returned.
When Zhong Congyun took her out, she suddenly turned her head and looked at Xu Yiyi.
His eyes looked a little puzzled.
"Is she coming for me?"
Xu Yiyi asked Lin Ke.
"What? You just spoke to me?"
Lin Ke raised his eyes and looked at Xu Yiyi.
"It's okay, I was mistaken."
Xu Yiyi frowned, no longer thinking about the look Wen Jia gave her before she left.
It was not until Lin Ke and his companions left that Wufu Restaurant returned to its original tranquility.
The water in the water tank was stirred up and splashed everywhere, almost drying up.
The mud on the ground was mixed with fallen leaves from the osmanthus trees, making it dirty and messy. Branches and grass debris were flying all over the sky, making it difficult to open your eyes.
Xu Yiyi hid in an empty house, flipping through an ancient book.
He was muttering something from time to time.
The distiller's yeast that Lao Lu bought was placed in front of him.
"I said, can you do it?"
At lunch time, Lao Lu woke up, took a walk and came to Xu Yiyi to join in the fun.
The old man's hair was messy and his face looked sleepy, as if he had just woken up.
He blew his nose and glared at Xu Yiyi.
"Stop looking at me, or I'll beat you up."
Xu Yiyi said this without even raising his head, and then closed the ancient book.
"Let's not talk about this. Has the man we just arrested been thoroughly interrogated?"
Lao Lu leaned against the door and watched Xu Yiyi fiddling with the koji on the sieve.
Just watch her shake her head.
"She kept crying no matter what I said, and I couldn't get any useful information out of her."
Xu Yiyi was also helpless.
If Lin Ke hadn't been there, she would have wanted to take action directly.
"Not brewing wine again?"
Lao Lu saw Xu Yiyi stand up and asked curiously.
"go for meal."
Xu Yiyi glanced at him without even turning his head.
"The water is not good on rainy days. I wonder how muddy the water in the well is. I'd better pick a good day to make some trouble."
Xu Yiyi spoke lazily and stretched as well.
"Does brewing wine require choosing the right weather? You're not going to bother with this, are you? I went out in the hottest weather, under the scorching sun, and ran across half the town to buy these things for you! You're abusing an elderly person, don't you know that?"
Lao Lu said with a glare and a beard.
"Who said it was the weather? I was saying the water in the well is dirty right now and not suitable for making wine."
Xu Yiyi said lightly.
She also remembered it suddenly.
“I haven’t heard of such a requirement.”
Lao Lu said this angrily.
"So the wine you brew isn't very good."
It should be said that most of the wine brewed at this time is like this.
Only the well-established wine shops with extremely good business will pay special attention to these things: the quality of the koji, the quality of the rice, and the purity of the water.
Lao Lu brews wine just like ordinary people do, and he drinks it at home.
The requirements are naturally not that high.
"Don't be angry, I will definitely brew a wine that will satisfy you, making it worth your while to go out in such hot weather."
Xu Yiyi said a few nice words to coax her.
Lao Lu was satisfied only after being appeased.