Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 345

Da Zhuang stood in the middle of the crowd, his face covered in black ash from putting out the fire. He said hesitantly, "I didn't see how the fire started, but at first it only burned to the pile of firewood at the door, and then slowly burned to the wall."

After hearing what he said, Zhong Ruyi walked towards the burning firewood and bent down as if looking for something.

Chen Dongzhi had calmed down and followed her when he saw her looking for something.

Soon he found a tinder that had not yet burned out in the corner of the wall. "It's a tinder. Someone set the fire!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Arson? What if someone died? Who is so heartless?

Someone tentatively asked, "Could it be that someone is jealous of Ruyi, so he resorted to this trick?"

"Yes, it can't be that someone from our village set it off, right?" An aunt curled her lips and agreed with the man, "People from other villages are jealous of our village for having a workshop, and they also envy us for being able to get such a high salary per month. I think maybe someone from another village came here to do this!"

The village chief frowned upon hearing this. Although his youngest son did not suffer any substantial harm in the fire, who could bear it if something really happened?

People from several villages flashed through his mind, but he eliminated them one by one.

Zhong Ruyi was also wondering who it was, and after much thought, it turned out to be Boss Zhao.

Ever since the affair of Mr. Fang's uncle was exposed, the canned food has never been replaced again.

As a result, Boss Zhao couldn't make the recipe even if he got it. Now he finally found someone who could help him replace the cans, but he was ruined again.

It is inevitable that a dog will be cornered and do something immoral.

But we can't come to a conclusion on this matter for the time being. We have to wait until we find evidence.

Just when everyone was discussing who had committed the arson, footsteps suddenly sounded from the back mountain, mixed with the barking of a few dogs.

When they got closer, they could see that the person was Ji Jiang. He was holding a person in his hand. He was a little surprised to see so many people here. "What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"

Zhong Ruyi squinted her eyes and saw clearly that he was really holding a person in his hand, and it was a stranger. She asked him where this person came from.

Ji Jiang threw the man to the ground and pointed at him, saying, "This kid was sneaking on the mountain with two other people just now, holding a torch in his hand. I heard the noise and came out. The three of them scared two of them away."

As soon as these words came out, the villagers started shouting:

"Let me see who this bastard is. How dare he come to our Xinghua Village to cause trouble?"

"Tell me! How many accomplices do you have? Did you set the fire in our workshop?"

The man was shaking and couldn't utter a word. He was almost frightened to death.

He was the one holding the torch just now. His two companions had already run away when they saw that something was wrong, leaving him alone and dumbfounded.

He refused to say a word, so Zhong Ruyi had him tied up and thrown together with a few goslings.

"Thank you for your hard work tonight. Go back to bed and we'll see how to deal with this in the morning."

The crowd didn't stay long and went back with the buckets.

Mother Chen brought Xiaoxue over and said, "Dongzhi, you should go back and have some rest. This might be the work of jealous people from other villages."

There was a hint of fear on her face, and she was glad that the fire was put out in time.

"Yes, girl, go back to sleep first and stop thinking about it. You never know which idiot might have done this!" Zhong's mother and others also asked her to go back and rest.

She was in a hurry that night and a fire broke out in the middle of her sleep. Although only one wall of the workshop was burned, this was her daughter's hard work and Zhong's mother was worried that she would feel sad.

Zhong Ruyi didn't have any wild thoughts, but was just trying to figure out who was so heartless as to do such a thing.

After they went home, she was still thinking about it, but she looked unhappy with a stern face.

Chen Dongzhi glanced at her carefully and said softly, "I just saw you put your hand on the bucket and it was filled with water. Did I see it wrong?"

Zhong Ruyi stopped to think and was a little shocked. She thought she had been very careful just now, but she didn't expect to be seen by someone?

The two looked at each other, and the air froze for a moment.

She coughed twice, not knowing where to start. She hesitated for a long time but couldn't explain clearly. She simply waved her hand on the table, and several watermelons and durians appeared on it.

Chen Dongzhi watched quietly. Although she had no idea where these things came from, at least she was willing to tell her.

"Hey! Wasn't I a fool before? But I wasn't really a fool. My soul just went to another place. I returned to my body when I was seventeen years old. What you see now is that I can transform objects through the air. This is an opportunity for me. Do you understand?"

Zhong Ruyi blinked and tried to explain it to him simply.

Chen Dongzhi was a little confused. He reached out and rubbed his nose. "Are you telling the truth?"

"Of course! I have put the evidence in front of you, and you have just seen it yourself. Do you still doubt that what I said is false?"

"Then you should put away the thorn ball first. I think it smells a bit."

"Okay, I think it smells pretty good. Since you don't like the smell, I'll put it away for now." Zhong Ruyi obediently put the two durians back into the space.

The two of them sat on the edge of the bed, Chen Dongzhi asked a question and she answered it.

"Then you won't be called back suddenly in the future?"

"How could that be?" Zhong Ruyi said helplessly, "Didn't I tell you that I was originally from Dazhao? It was just that the King of Hell made a mistake and I ran away to live somewhere else for more than ten years. After they found out, they immediately sent me back!"

Chen Dongzhi reluctantly believed what she said, otherwise he could not explain everything he saw tonight.

It was too late now, he patted her waist gently, "Okay, go to bed, I believe everything you said, but there are more important things to deal with right now, so let's go to bed early."

The next morning, Chen Dongzhi went out to buy some blue bricks for repairing the wall, while Zhong Ruyi and Li Guihua counted the losses in the workshop.

After counting, only a pile of firewood, a wall, five dustpans, two wooden racks and a door were lost. Everything else was not affected too much, which was a blessing in disguise.

The workshop was closed for two days, and during these two days, the burned walls and doors had to be repaired as quickly as possible.

Near noon, Zhong's mother came to her and told her that the man who was caught last night wanted to see her.

"Looking for me? Did he say anything?"

Zhong Ruyi asked as they walked. She thought that this man would never tell anyone, so how could he want to speak after such a short while?

When they arrived at the place, the man was surrounded by two little geese, who were tilting their heads to look at the human, as if wondering why someone who was not of the same species could stay with them.

"Tell me what you want to say as soon as possible. I have to go back and clean up the mess you made." Zhong Ruyi stood in front of him with her arms folded across her chest.

The man stammered, as if he was a little scared. After a long while, he finally spoke, "Will you let me go after I tell you?"

"It depends. If you can satisfy me, I might let you go."

Although these words did not mean that he would definitely be let go, the man was able to feel at ease. At least he could comfort his heart which had been frightened the whole night.

"...Someone asked me and a few brothers to go to Xinghua Village and set fire to the entire village when no one is around."

Zhong Ruyi frowned. Set fire to the whole village?

Could it be that he doesn't have a grudge against her, but against everyone in the entire village?

"Speak clearly!"