C133 Playing Dumb to the End

"I won't go with you. This is a matter of your family, so I won't get involved."

Hearing that Xia Yi wanted to go to Mao Cuilan's home, Uncle Wen left first.

Xia Yi also did not keep him, she only went to find Mao Cuilan to find out more about the situation. Even if there was a conflict between the two of them, Uncle Wen could not really interject.

"What's strange is that the door to Mao Cuilan's home is actually closed tight."

She knocked on the door for a long time, but there was no response from inside.

In the end, it was Xia Xuejiao who opened the door for Xia Yi.

"Sister Xia Yi, why are you here?" Xia Xuejiao asked in her heart, knowing that Xia Yi's relationship with him had turned extremely tense, and that Xia Yi had not come to her house for a long time.

Xia Yi looked at the courtyard and asked: "Is your mother home?"

Xia Xuejiao nodded and replied: "Yes, I'll lead you there."

Xia Yi asked Xia Xuejiao: "Why are you locking the door in broad daylight?"

Xia Xuejiao answered with her head lowered, "It's my mother who said that she was a little uncomfortable."

Xia Xuejiao led Xia Yi to the room and saw him sitting on the bed. Half of her body was covered with a blanket and she was holding onto a piece of embroidery.

Hearing some movements, Mao Cuilan raised her head, seeing Xia Yi who was following him inside the house, she asked: "Hey, why are you so free to come?"

Xia Yi laughed: "I heard that Second Aunt isn't feeling well, so I came to take a look."

Mao Cuilan put down the embroidery work in her hands, glanced at Xia Yi and said: "Did you finish reading it now? It's time to go, isn't it? "

Xia Yi replied: "Second Aunt has yet to invite me to take a seat, why are you in such a hurry to chase me away?"

"What else do you want?" Mao Cuilan asked snappily.

Xia Yi said: "I heard that Second Aunt went to collect the wheat yesterday? Second Uncle said it, why didn't she wait for Second Uncle to come back and take it? Even if you can't wait, you can call me. After all, you are my Second Aunt, and I will help you with that. If Second Uncle comes back and sees that Second Aunt is sick because of the wheat, who knows how she will blame me … "

Hearing Xia Yi's words, Mao Cuilan's face slowly became gloomy, and she asked: "What are you saying? I didn't get any wheat yesterday, so I lay at home all day. "

"But Aunt Fengzhi said that she saw Second Aunt in the fields." Xia Yi said as she stared at Mao Cuilan.

Mao Cuilan's eyes flashed, and said: "Oh, I went to the fields at noon."

"So that's how it is. I thought the Second Aunt had gone to the fields to collect wheat."

Mao Cuilan said: "What kind of wheat is it? Your Second Uncle will be back tomorrow, wait for him to come back and take you in. "

"Oh, then did Second Aunt see my wheat field yesterday?" Xia Yi asked again.

"Your family's wheat doesn't grow in your family's fields. Why are you asking me?"

Xia Yi laughed: "I am just asking, what is Second Aunt afraid of?"

"What are you talking about? I don't understand. " Mao Cuilan's strategy was to play dumb to the end.

Xia Yi said: "That's right, I won't disturb Second Aunt."

With that, he turned around and walked out of the room.

Mao Cuilan instructed Xia Xuejiao: "Go, go close everyone up."

When Xia Xuejiao reached the door, he saw that Xia Yi had not left yet. Instead, she was standing at her door, holding her chin, as though she was thinking about something.

"Sister Xia Yi." Xia Xuejiao called out.

"What's wrong?" Xia Yi looked at Xia Xuejiao who was walking towards her. Xia Xuejiao had a conflicted expression on her face, as if he wanted to say something to her.

Since the last time Xia Xuejiao ran away from home, Xia Yi had not seen him again.

Xia Xuejiao walked closer and said: "Sister Xia Yi, thank you."

"Thank me for what?"

Xia Xuejiao said, "If it wasn't for Sister Xia Yi, I probably wouldn't even have had the chance to read. "Father convinced Mother that I could spend two hours a day reading books …"

Xia Yi laughed, "Sigh, why would I do that? I still have a few books at home, if you want to read, go ahead and take it."

"Thank you, Sister Xia Yi." Xia Xuejiao thanked him again.

"Alright, alright, alright. I've received your thanks. I'll be leaving first." Xia Yi felt that this "thank you" was really annoying, so she waved to Xia Xuejiao and prepared to leave.

"Sister Xia Yi." Xia Xuejiao called out again.

"Say what you want to say." Xia Yi knew that Xia Xuejiao had not specially come to speak with her just to thank her.

Xia Xuejiao lowered her head, and said in a low voice: "My mother was not at home yesterday."

With that, he returned to the courtyard and closed the door.

Xia Yi was stunned at first, but then she shook her head and laughed. No wonder Xia Xuejiao was hesitating to speak, so it was because of this.

In fact, even without Xia Xuejiao's explanation, she could already guess the answer.

If it was in the past, Mao Cuilan would have already scolded him. How could he have the good temper to argue with Xia Yi and explain the questions posed by him?

Furthermore, she saw that Mao Cuilan's shoes were stained with some dust and a few barbed wheat.

Everything that Mao Cuilan had displayed today was all telling Xia Yi that she was lying.

But the problem now was, even after looking around the courtyard, Xia Yi was unable to find the wheat that she lost.

The wheat within two mu of land had just been collected and had yet to be ground. Thus, it must have taken up quite a bit of space and wouldn't be difficult to hide.

However, her wheat really wasn't in this yard.

As the proverb goes, catch a thief and take their loot. If Xia Yi couldn't find these wheat grains today, she would not recognize them no matter how much she told Mao Cuilan.

Where would two acres of wheat go?

Xia Yi frowned, deep in thought, she did not have a clue.