Chapter 264: Chapter 256: Who is the thief?

Seeing his mother remain silent, Bai Xiaofeng continued, "Three students at my school have broken their legs before, and aren’t they all alive and kicking now? They’re perfectly fine."

Bai Xiaofeng said it so casually, as if no one else understood such a simple concept—only an educated person like himself could possibly know.

Old Mrs. Bai was calculating in her head. ’Last time, when Hu Feng broke Dazhu’s hand, Lu Changchun was the one who treated it. Two taels of silver for one hand.’

’This time it’s a broken leg, so how much silver will that be? Two taels as well?’

’How much do I have left in my money box? Will it be enough for Xiao Feng’s tuition and supplies next year?’

To her, Bai Xiaofeng’s education was the most important thing in the world; no other matter, no matter how significant, could ever compare.

She had been poor her entire life and was pinning all her hopes on Bai Xiaofeng becoming successful so that she, too, could finally live the comfortable life she had always dreamed of.

Liu shot Bai Xiaofeng a meaningful look, signaling for him to speak directly to Old Mrs. Bai. The old matriarch had always doted on her grandson and hung on his every word. If Bai Xiaofeng was the one to ask, she would surely agree to spend the silver to treat Dazhu’s leg.

She absolutely did not want her husband to become a cripple; his leg had to be treated, no matter the cost.

Taking the hint, Bai Xiaofeng walked over to his grandmother. "Grandma, please hurry and call a doctor for Father. Look at how much pain he’s in!"

Old Mrs. Bai quickly agreed, "Of course, we’ll call for one. It’s just that it’s not light out yet. As soon as the sun is up, we’ll go get Doctor Lu to treat your father’s injury."

Bai Xiaofeng nodded. "Alright. At this hour, it’s not long until dawn anyway. We can wait a little longer."

Old Mrs. Bai hurried back to her room to count her silver. A resigned Ms. Zhang pulled her husband away. ’Living with a family like this,’ she thought, ’when will it ever end?’

Bai Zhenzhu shot her uncle a resentful glare, cursing him endlessly in her heart. With things as they were, it seemed her hopes of the family splitting up were dashed once again. ’When will I ever be free of them?’

「Hu Family」

Bai Zhi woke up early. Just after freshening up, she headed over to the Hu Family’s home and saw Uncle Hu talking with Wu Jiang and Li Cheng.

’That’s strange,’ she thought. ’Wu Jiang and Li Cheng should be at the construction site. What are they doing here?’

"Zhi, you’re here? Come on over!" Uncle Hu waved to her.

She hurried over and saw two cloth sacks placed next to Uncle Hu, filled to the brim with sweet potatoes.

She pointed at the sweet potatoes and asked, "Are... are these from my field?"

Uncle Hu nodded. "Of course. No one else around here grows these sweet potatoes. Whose could they be but yours?"

Uncle Hu pointed to Wu Jiang and Li Cheng. "They’re the ones who brought these two sacks over."

Wu Jiang picked up the story. "Li Cheng and I went to check on our crops this morning. We went before dawn so we wouldn’t be late for work at the site. But when we got there, we found sweet potatoes scattered all over the path at the edge of my field, along with these two sacks. We think someone tried to steal sweet potatoes from your land and somehow left these two bags behind."

It clicked for Bai Zhi. She took a closer look at the sacks. They looked familiar. Yes, they were very similar to the ones she had used to harvest her sweet potatoes yesterday, only the fabric was a different color and looked a bit older.

She flipped over a corner of one sack and, just as she suspected, found an embroidered character: ’Lan.’ This was Zhao Lan’s handiwork. Zhao Lan always embroidered her name onto the sacks she made to avoid mix-ups when neighbors borrowed them.

She had a pretty good idea who the sweet potato thief was now.

Bai Zhi hadn’t been secretive about it. Wu Jiang and Li Cheng had seen her actions, and they also saw the crudely embroidered character, ’Lan’.

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