My Dear Wife, Please Be Gentle!-Chapter 112 - 113 Who is the Thief_1

Qiao Duo’er shook her head, but it was just that she didn’t know for now.

The person who stole a whole jar of marinade wouldn’t do it just to eat marinated meat themselves, but likely to try selling it, so that person wouldn’t take long to resurface.

Otherwise, if making marinated meat were that easy, wouldn’t everyone just go and make it?

Qiao Duo’er noticed Sun Erhu’s expression and suddenly felt that Sun Erhu seemed even sadder than her.

All she could do was comfort him, "It’s fine, child, it’s just brine from ten days, not gold, we’ll have more in a few days."

Since it had already been stolen, they had to face reality.

Sun Erhu said gloomily, "Sister-in-law, I’m sorry, it’s my fault for not keeping a good watch."

"Come on, it’s not a big deal, you believe me, the thief will not end up well," Qiao Duo’er blinked her eyes.

When she first discovered the theft, she indeed felt a bit down, but now she had completely come to terms with it.

Sun Erhu nodded, but his heart was still uneasy.

It was a unique secret recipe, after all; the reason her marinated dishes were so delicious was because of this jar of old brine.

Now that the brine was stolen, wouldn’t there be others competing with them for business in the future?

However, believing in his sister-in-law’s words, he took his tool and went up the mountain.

Qiao Duo’er clenched her fists, then cleaned the jar with well water, intending to scald it with boiling water several times when she got back.

Who knew if that thief had put something dirty inside the jar?

After bringing the jar home, Qiao Duo’er had Da Ya light the fire, while she silently began making a new batch of marinade.

The flavor of the new marinade would definitely be inferior to the old one; she put the meat in the pot and then set out to make steamed buns again.

Those people spent all day on the ship, where steaming buns was not easy, and most crucially, not everyone’s steamed buns tasted as good as hers. Fortunately, she had saved some old dough when she made steamed buns the day before yesterday.

In the afternoon, Qiao Duo’er, with two baskets of freshly steamed buns and marinated dishes, went to the town.

No sooner had they set up their stall when familiar faces approached - it was the Li Clan, Tan Zhongzhong, and a woman Qiao Duo’er didn’t recognize.

But Sun Erhu knew, it was the mother of the Li Clan.

Then it all became clear; the Li Clan and Tan Zhongzhong had stolen the marinade and taken it to the Li Clan’s maternal home.

The most shameless thing was that they made marinated meat and even set up a stall right across from them!

Sun Erhu, young and hotheaded, couldn’t help himself and confronted them.

"You’ve got no shame, stealing our marinade!" Sun Erhu said angrily.

The Li Clan’s woman touched her belly, "Brother Erhu, what are you talking about? This is my mother’s family heirloom recipe. Surely it’s not that only you can sell marinated meat and no one else is allowed."

"Who are you to talk nonsense here? Go look around the streets, with so many restaurants, do you think they all stem from theft?" the mother of the Li Clan, Zhou Clan, said indignantly.

To have a daughter like the Li Clan’s woman made it obvious that she wasn’t someone easy to deal with either.

Sun Erhu’s eyes widened in anger as he exclaimed, "You...you’re too shameless, it was clearly you who stole it!"

"If you continue to slander us, I won’t be polite anymore!" Tan Zhongzhong said threateningly.

They thought a crowded dock would be good for business, but who would have anticipated Fourth Boss would be there too?

Such rotten luck; they just wanted to make some money, why did it have to be so hard?

Tan Zhenghong said with a stern face, "Third brother, have you no shame? A grown man should not be such an embarrassment!"

Qiao Duo called out, "Enough, don’t bother arguing with them!"