MTL - After Dressing Up As a Stepmother, I Transformed the Whole Family Into Working In the Fields-Chapter 81 exchange

Chapter 81 Exchange

Qin Yao was really worried that nothing happened during the month she was here.

In that case, if she takes away two taels of silver, Mr. Ding will definitely feel uncomfortable that she took so much money without doing anything.

 But now, she doesn't have to worry about it.

Everyone in the house was sleeping deeply, and Qin Yao could still hear Dou'er snoring in the next room in the ear room.

There are only two people left in the Ding Mansion to protect the courtyard. There is also a warehouse in the second courtyard, so one person is left.

The remaining person was guarding outside the door of Miss Ding's courtyard, but he didn't seem to hear anything going on outside the courtyard.

Qin Yao opened the door quietly with a knife in hand, walked quietly down the corridor, and hid behind a pillar.

I thought the thief was going to climb into the backyard, but unexpectedly, a black shadow appeared on the wall, and he actually went to the second courtyard.

 The purpose is obvious, to steal money.

Qin Yao was hiding in the shadows, and he didn't notice it at all. His eyes swept across the inner courtyard and passed her directly.

 This kind of thing is usually done in pairs. Qin Yao watched the thief enter the second courtyard, walk out from the shadow of the corridor, jump lightly, hold on to the eaves with his hands, and jump to the roof lightly.

Standing high, I immediately spotted a piece of wood on the wall behind the house.

The thief climbed onto the courtyard wall by climbing on this piece of wood that was as thick as a man's arm, and then climbed along the courtyard wall like a cat into the second courtyard.

 At the base of the wall, there was still a person standing, looking around with a nervous expression.

It was dark and it was difficult to see his appearance, but from his body shape, he should be a tall, thin man in his early twenties.

Qin Yao suddenly jumped down from the wall and appeared in front of him. This person's mental quality was so poor that he let out a frightened cry of "ah".

With this low cry, the guards in the courtyard immediately woke up and shouted loudly:

"who?!"

 Apparently, the accomplices in the courtyard have been discovered.

Qin Yao stood in front of him and wanted to run away. She threw him with the back of her knife and the shadow quickly fell down.

Qin Yao rushed forward in two steps, raised her hand and pointed a knife at the back of the man's neck, knocking him unconscious.

 She picked up the knife, as if there were eyes behind her back, and swung it out with her backhand.

"ah!!"

Screams came from the wall. The little thief who was discovered by the guards and wanted to escape was chopped down with a knife. There was a bright knife stuck in his thigh and blood was flowing.

 Seeing the knife, Zhang Ba and the guards woke up and realized who had chopped the thief back from the wall.

“Ms. Qin!” Zhang Ba shouted in the courtyard.

Qin Yao responded outside the courtyard and lifted the fainted thief in front of her into the courtyard.

 With a "bang" sound, the two thieves were thrown together.

The guard pulled out the knife from the little thief's leg and gave it back to Qin Yao, causing the little thief to scream again.

Qin Yao frowned and said, "Gag the mouths, tie them together, and send them to the official after dawn."

The guards and Zhang Ba immediately found rags and ropes, gagged the two thieves, tied their hands and feet, and threw them into the woodshed without giving the two thieves a chance to beg for mercy!

Steward Yu hurried over and the matter was settled. He couldn't help but nodded gratefully to Qin Yao and asked her to go back and rest while he took care of the rest.

 Qin Yao nodded and retreated to the inner courtyard.

 The lights turned on in the main room, and Miss Ding asked nervously: "Have you caught the thief?"

Qin Yao replied: "They are just two little thieves. I discovered them as soon as we came here. They have been solved now. It is late at night. Miss, please continue to sleep."

The room paused for a while before a voice sounded: "Okay."

 Then the lights went out and silence returned to the house.

Qin Yao first went to the small kitchen to scoop out water to wash the knife, and then wiped it dry with a cloth before going back to the room to sleep.

 Have a good night's sleep, as if what happened last night didn't happen. However, she could ignore it, but the three masters and servants of Miss Ding could not. They waited for Qin Yao to get up and immediately asked about what happened last night.

Qin Yao said briefly and then asked: "Are we still studying today?"

Ms. Ding’s attention was diverted, and the two began a pleasant role-playing game.

At noon, Butler Yu came over to report the progress of the matter to the lady.

"The two thieves have been sent to the government. Thanks to Mrs. Qin's early discovery, the two thieves failed to succeed and there was no loss of property in the family."

The tiles on the roof of the inner courtyard were stained with a little blood, but he arranged for Zhang Ba to wipe them clean early in the morning.

Ms. Ding said "Oh" to show that she knew.

In the past, thieves were often encountered at home, but not as often as they succeeded, so for Miss Ding, as long as there was no loss, it would be fine. She just asked the housekeeper to arrange more manpower for the night and that would be it.

 She is still more interested in teaching.

“Ms. Qin, we have been reading for so many days, shall I teach you how to draw today?”

Qin Yao asked curiously: "What to draw?"

 “Well the Dragon Boat Festival is the day after tomorrow, let’s draw a rice dumpling!”

 Is it the Dragon Boat Festival? Qin Yao counted the days in her mind and it seemed that it was coming.

I don’t know how Liu Ji, his father and son, plan to spend their time at home.

Drawing is much more difficult than studying. Qin Yao is not used to holding the brush, and she feels distressed when the drawing paper is scrapped one after another. Miss Ding is still interested and insists on teaching Qin Yao how to draw rice dumplings.

Only one side of the waste paper was used, and the other side was left empty. There were still many blank spaces. Qin Yao couldn't help but curiously asked how to deal with these waste papers.

Ms. Ding was startled for a moment, "I don't know. My old aunt who was useless in the past will keep it. She should take it to the kitchen to light the fire."

Qin Yao frowned, "The empty space can be used to practice calligraphy. It would be a pity to burn it."

 “Do you want it?” Miss Ding asked.

She knew that people sometimes collected these waste papers and used them as toilet paper, but she didn't use them anyway, so she let them go.

She originally thought Qin Yao was not that vulgar, but she didn't expect that she would be greedy for this little advantage.

Qin Yao doesn't care what Miss Ding thinks, she just thinks that these blank spaces can be cut out and used as notebooks.

　　He nodded and asked her if she could give him the waste paper, "I can catch two birds for the lady to play with."

“Really?” Miss Ding asked excitedly, “Is it a live bird?”

Seeing Qin Yao nodding confidently, she suddenly felt that Qin Yao was not so tacky. At least she was trading with her, not trying to take advantage of her.

Catching birds was too easy for Qin Yao. During the day, while Miss Ding was taking a nap, she went alone to the mountain where she had logged trees before and caught two sparrows.

 Cao'er hurriedly found a birdcage, put two sparrows in it, and happily brought it to Miss Ding.

“You really caught me!” The little girl was very happy and waved her hand, “Aunt Qiao, all the waste paper in my house this month will be given to Mrs. Qin!”

“Oh, if you can catch another squirrel for me, I will also give you the Enlightenment Illustrated Book you have read several times before!”

Qin Yao raised her eyebrows, is there such a good thing?

　　 Confirmed with a smile: "Miss, you want a squirrel, right?"

Ms. Ding nodded fiercely regardless of her image.

So Qin Yao went for another walk in the mountains, caught a gray squirrel in a trap, and exchanged it for an "Illustrated Book of Enlightenment".

She wanted to exchange for other books, so she asked Miss Ding if there was anything else she wanted.

 It's a pity that Miss Ding has squirrels and birds, and she thinks it's enough. However, Qin Yao is allowed to read the books on her bookshelf as she pleases.

Qin Yao smiled lightly, this is not bad.

 (End of this chapter)