Qiao Muchen thought for a moment and asked, "That Old Lady Wu is a habitual offender. She often embezzles the food Country Gentry Wei sends to the school, right?"
Zhao Zhitong nodded. "Yes, yes. When the young servant who found the stolen goods came back, he said there was a big jar under the table."
Wei Shulan also nodded in agreement.
Qiao Muchen wondered, "Since Old Lady Wu had been embezzling the food Country Gentry Wei sent to the school all along without getting caught, why did she suddenly decide to frame Auntie today?"
The three little ones looked at each other, their brows furrowed in thought.
After a while, Wei Shulan spoke up, "Could it be because there was less mutton this time and my uncle found out, so Old Lady Wu wanted to find a scapegoat?"
Qiao Muchen shook his head. "That is indeed a possibility. However, from Country Gentry Wei's demeanor when he arrived, it's apparent that he didn't notice the mutton was missing. So, we can rule out this hypothesis."
