Su Ran still ate the popsicle bought by Du Hongying, and the two of them stood in the alley of the vegetable market and stuttered, with the thank you gift that Su Ran bought at their feet:

Two catties of fat and thin pork belly, two large carps that have been cleaned, two chubby old hens that can lay eggs in cages and four bags of Hongxing brand full-fat high-calcium milk powder.

"I have every reason to suspect that you are holding me as a coolie!" Du Hongying said as she shooked her popsicle and kicked the sturdy old hen tied to her feet.

"I've worked my coolies, and I'll invite you to eat popsicles and cream when I come out later!"

"That's not good! I want to drink soda!" Du Hongying put on a treacherous appearance of wanting to eat a "big dog".

"Okay! buy you soda! buy two flavors!"

Du Hongying pouted: "Why do you spend money lavishly? Do you think that Teacher Chen asked you to take pictures again, and you can't hold back your joy when you have an income again? Let me tell you, girls must know how to save money! You can't earn as much as you want!"

After Du Hongying finished speaking bitterly, she kicked the old hen at her feet again, "You see that you have bought too much here, we can talk about the long flow of water to repay the kindness, how can you explain when you go home and spend the money you earned today!"

"yes. Su Ran took a bite of the popsicle in distress, chewed the broken ice in his mouth with a crunch, and smiled at Du Hongying with a cool breath, "Or...... Will you lend me some?"

Du Hongying immediately glared: "You haven't reached the point of exhaustion!"

"But what if I can't pay the errand when I go home?" Su Ran blinked and pretended to be pitiful.

"Or ...... If you don't keep this chicken and these bags of milk powder and take them home, your family won't be angry when they see you buying, right?

Du Hongying anxiously bit the popsicle stick, but she didn't let go of borrowing money.

Su Ran sneered: "I have enough money to deal with the family, besides, I will also have an appointment tomorrow, the money, I will earn it again after spending it!"

"You really don't need to leave a little?" Du Hongying asked cautiously.

Su Ran shook his head: "My family's Zhou Papi now wants to play the same trick of motherly and daughter-in-law to me, and he is reluctant to cut down my cash cow now." ”

"Then you have to be vigilant, they can't do anything, they must change their tricks, such as envy and power, slap a sweet date or something!"

Su Ran frowned: "Have you ever had such an encounter?"

Du Hongying pursed her lips, stuffed the popsicle into her mouth and chewed it all at once, and picked up the old hen with her free hand: "Don't stop, let's go, wait a while to toss the old hen to death, your life-saving benefactor won't be able to eat fresh eggs tomorrow!"

Du Hongying didn't want to say it, but Su Ran didn't ask again.

"Okay, let's go forward, the house number of the life-saving benefactor is 27!"

Du Hongying and Su Ran counted the house number and moved forward, and when they saw the house number 27, they saw two children squatting at the door turning over the flower rope, a man and a woman, six or seven years old, the boy was stunned, his fingers were not very flexible, and the girl's left cheek had a red birthmark the size of an egg, but her eyes were round and bright, and she could see that it was a beauty.

"These two ......" Du Hongying wanted to speak and stopped, and glanced at Su Ran.

Su Ran had read the original book and knew what the place No. 27 Caishikou was, and according to the character characteristics of these two children, he found out their names from the original books in his mind - Zifeng, Zichun.

But Su Ran wanted to pretend not to know, she walked up to the little girl Pei Zichun, bent down, and asked in a kind tone: "Little friend, is this Pei Yuncang's home?"

Pei Zichun blinked at Su Ran and then at Du Hongying, and smiled at Su Ran: "Yes, sister, are you looking for my eldest brother? ”

Of course, Su Ran knew that Pei Yuncang should be in Tianming Teahouse now, but she couldn't find Tianming Teahouse, Pei Yuncang hadn't revealed that he could sing, and he would scare him if he rushed over!

"That's right, your eldest brother saved me and this sister a few days ago, today we are here to thank you, are there any adults in your house now? ”

Pei Zichun thought for a while, picked up Pei Zifeng, who had been lowering his head and pulling the rubber band, and said, "Then you come in with me!"

Su Ran and Du Hongying immediately picked up their things and followed the two children into the courtyard of Pei's house.

The entrance is a shadow wall with traces of time, and every defect in the shadow wall has traces of repair, and the corners can also be rounded, as if they are afraid that someone will accidentally knock on it.

Bypassing the shadow wall is the first to enter the courtyard, as mentioned in the original book, this place has been reclaimed into a vegetable field, it is summer, there are loofahs and cowpeas that have climbed vines, there are also tomatoes greener than cucumbers, and there are bunches of peppers and lettuce.

Du Hongying was stunned: "It's quite big here." ”

"Well, it's a big family. ”

Du Hongying didn't understand the emotion in Su Ran's words, so she just followed.

When he was about to pass through the vegetable field, Pei Zichun deliberately turned around and explained: "Be careful, you can't step on the vegetables, otherwise the second grandfather will be sad." ”

Su Ran nodded obediently, followed Pei Zichun and Pei Zifeng through the first courtyard, and stepped into the second courtyard.

A large vat, two swings, three stone tables, four children practicing basic skills, and five old people who are busy with their own work.

The yard is big, but the yard is also crowded, and there are really many people living there, especially when I heard that someone came to the door with a lot of things to give gifts, those sensible and ignorant children were squeezed out, or confused, or curiously looking at Su Ran and Du Hongying.

Su Ran's gaze swept over the children and landed on a white-haired old man who was in high spirits.

The white-haired old man held in his hand a brush with a badly worn tip, and what dripped from the wet tip was not ink, but clear water.

Su Ran recognized who he was - Yu Wenzheng!

The most educated old man in the courtyard of the Pei family, and the first old man adopted by Pei Yue, is 82 years old this year, the grandfather of the children.

"Hello, my name is Su Ran, her name is Du Hongying, we are here to repay the favor. ”

Su Ran introduced himself generously, and briefly talked about Pei Yuncang's righteousness and bravery.

"Yes, yes, we are here to repay the favor, and you are really a big family. Oh, that little friend, don't drag the chicken feet, be careful of pecking you!"

The little boy was indifferent, as if he could not hear, and another older girl saw it and quickly dragged him away and carried him away.

"Ahh

The little boy struggled to walk away, and his eyes were fixed on the old hen's black feet.

Du Hongying saw that this child was abnormal, no, not only this child was abnormal, among the dozen or so children in front of her, there were four or five who didn't look very smart!

Du Hongying panicked for no reason, and leaned towards Su Ran: "This uncle ignores us." ”

Su Ran didn't panic, and said again: "These thank-you gifts are a part of our heart, please be sure to accept them." ”

Yu Wenzheng weighed Su Ran clearly, and finally spoke: "Zilan, Zishan, you take your younger brothers and sisters into the house." Zihe, you go and call Akang, Zicheng, you pour two glasses of water for our guests. ”

Su Ran found that Yu Wenzheng didn't let people go to Pei Yue, and the number of children was not quite right, so she guessed which child Pei Yue should have taken to the hospital.

Su Ran pulled Du Hongying to sit down, and knowingly mentioned Pei Yuncang: "Benefactor, did he go to work?"

Yu Wenzheng nodded: "Ah Cang sings in the Tianming Teahouse, goes out after lunch every day, and comes back at ninety o'clock in the evening." ”

Du Hongying's eyes widened in shock: It turned out to be a singer?

She wanted to exchange glances with Su Ran, but she heard Su Ran's eyes already brighten up and praise: "The benefactor can also sing! I heard that one minute on stage, ten years off the stage, no wonder the benefactor is so neat! He must be very good at singing, right?"

"It's good, Ah Cang sings anything good. When Yu Wenzheng said this, there was a strange pride on his face.

"I really want to go to the Tianming Teahouse now!"

"He is going to sing Yang Zaixing in "Xiaoshang River" at eight o'clock today, you don't delay listening to it now. ”

"Then I won't stay longer!"

Su Ran said and picked up Du Hongying, and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Yu Wenzheng called out to them, "Zihe hasn't come back from the call yet, you wait for me to verify before leaving." ”

"You can rest assured that we can still send you something. ”

"But ......"

"No need to send it, let's go first!"

Su Ran pulled Du Hongying away quickly, and walked out of the courtyard of the Pei family, and Du Hongying bit her ear at Su Ran: "Have you found the children of this family......?"

Su Ran hurriedly made a silent gesture and shook his head to tell Du Hongying to stop talking.

Du Hongying looked back at the courtyard of the Pei family, and said again: "It's really a big family." ”

This time, Du Hongying's words carried the same emotion as Su Ran, "Fortunately, the things we took are not small, otherwise we really wouldn't be able to give them away." That one...... I'll treat you to a soda. ”

"You don't need to drink soda, you invite me to listen to the play!"

Du Hongying was very surprised: "Isn't it?

"yes!"

"Just to see Pei Yuncang? He went down to sing, why don't you come back tomorrow morning? You can also save money to buy theater tickets!"

Su Ran understood that Du Hongying didn't want to go to save tickets.

Su Ran calculated the balance on his body and decided to postpone listening to the play, so as not to have the confidence to give the lottery when he wanted to applaud when he got it.

It was only after noon now, and Su Ran didn't want to go home so early, so he wanted to go to the police station to ask about the case.

Su Ran said his thoughts and asked, "Do you want to go with me?"

Du Hongying shook her head into a rattle: "I still have patients to take care of at home, you go by yourself, I have to go home first!"

Su Ran nodded.

Whether it is Du Hongying who is afraid that Zhu Shangao will know about it, and will be retaliated against in the future, or if there is really something at home, Su Ran can understand.

"I've saved enough money another day, please listen to the play. Su Ran said to Du Hongying.

"Why don't you buy a cassette tape that's trending right now?"

"When you say that, I remember that I don't even have a tape recorder, and I have to save up to buy a tape recorder and listen to English words. Su Ran added another line to the list of goods to buy.

Du Hongying pursed her lips speechlessly: "You don't earn enough to spend, you don't keep the money in mind at all, and when you are really short of money, you will cry!"

"I will save, I will save, don't worry, I will shoot tomorrow and cooperate with Song Hui and Mr. Song!"