Liang Dongzhi's family is the only family in Liangjia Village with a two-story building, and the walls of their house are painted with white paint.

At this time, Liang Dongzhi's dog ran to the yard of the backyard when he heard the sound and rushed at the two dogs on the slope.

Ye Qingzhou's eyes showed horror and protected Ye Qingyu behind him.

"Little sister, or let's go back first!"

Ye shook her head softly, in fact, she was also afraid of the big black dog, but thinking that her little husband hadn't come out yet, she didn't want to leave, even if she was bitten by a dog.

Listening to her answer, Ye Qingzhou knew that the little girl had to wait until Liang Dongzhi's kid, so no matter how scared he was, he must protect the little girl.

He leaned over and pulled out a stick as thick as his arm from the pyre next to him, staring at the big black dog in the yard below without blinking.

"Woo~Wang!"

"Woo~~~"

Looking at the appearance of the big black dog pounced on him, Ye whispered ruthlessly, and shouted at the top of his voice.

"Brother Winter Solstice, come out quickly!

Liang Dongzhi, who was kneeling in the hall on the second floor, heard her voice at this time, and hurriedly got up and ran down.

"Black Dog!"

Liang Dongzhi was only wearing a cyan vest and a pair of blue and white striped shorts, and his shoes were not yet worn.

I saw him driving the big black dog with a stick, and glaring at the two people on the slope viciously.

"What are you doing here?"

Ye Qingzhou saw the big black dog running away, so he threw away the wooden stick in his hand, crossed his hands on his waist, and looked at Liang Dongzhi Road below.

"Hmph, who wants to come to you!"

After speaking, I wanted to pull the leaf and leave softly.

Ye Qingyu was secretly brewing, and when Ye Qingzhou looked at her, she was tearful and pitiful.

"Brother Winter Solstice... I was looking for you to catch crabs..."

Liang Dongzhi looked at the poor little girl on the slope and felt some pity in his heart.

"Then you wait a while, I'll go change my clothes, and then sneak away!"

Ye Qingyu grinned softly and responded.

.........

Ye Qingzhou's house is not far from the creek, and it only takes a minute or two to walk.

It was five o'clock in the afternoon, and it was still light.

Liang Dongzhi changed into a brown coat, his pants were also changed to blue-brown, and he was only wearing a pair of sandals on his feet, which was still a little cold in the mountains in April.

"Little sister, look..."

Ye Qingzhou secretly took out a small bucket from home and prepared to use it to hold crabs.

Ye whispered and smiled at him, clapping his hands.

"Wow! With a bucket, you can catch lots and lots of crabs. ”

After saying that, she picked up the two of them and walked into the mountains.

When the three of them arrived at the creek, Liang Dongzhi and Ye Qingzhou took off their shoes, rolled up their trouser legs and sleeves and went into the water.

"Hiss~"

The water is still a little cold, but it's acceptable. The two went down to the water and touched for a long time, but they didn't find crabs, but found a group of black tadpoles.

Spring is the breeding season for frogs, so many ponds have tadpoles, and at this time of year, they always catch tadpoles to play.

Liang Dongzhi stretched out his hand and held it together with the water, holding five or six tadpoles in his palm. He carefully placed the tadpole in the keg.

As a result, as soon as he put it in, he was poured down by Ye Qingzhou.

Liang Dongzhi was displeased. "What are you doing!"

"This bucket is used to hold crabs for my little sister, not for tadpoles!"

Ye Qingzhou threw the bucket at Ye Qingyu's feet and turned his head.

"I brought the bucket to fill the crabs, and since there are no crabs, I'll go back. ”

“...”

Liang Dongzhi looked at Ye Qingzhou, who had climbed ashore, rolled his eyes, straightened his waist with a deflated mouth, and found an empty bottle from the bottom of the water, the bottle was full of sediment, he turned out the sediment and washed the bottle, and then held the bottle in one hand and gently carried the tadpoles in the other, and put them into the water bottle.

After getting it done, he didn't look at the two people on the shore, took the bottle and left.

Ye Qingyu hurriedly chased after her, as for Ye Qingzhou, she didn't have time to care about him, she finally called out her arrogant little husband, and her feelings hadn't had time to be cultivated, so she just left, it's a pity.

Liang Dongzhi walked very fast in front, and she had to trot to catch up.

"Brother Winter Solstice, don't be angry, I don't want crabs, don't be angry, okay?

As she ran, she didn't pay attention to the rocks under her feet, and fell head-to-head.

Liang Dongzhi couldn't help but slow down when he heard the painful cry behind him, but he didn't plan to stop.

Ye Qingyu sat up from the ground, a clean and cute little face was covered with mud at this time, and the pink floral skirt on her body was also full of mud.

She rubbed her knees that hurt from falling, and looked at Liang Dongzhi, who had obviously slowed down in front of her, and her heart warmed. Usually his attitude is vicious, but today he feels special to fall this way, at least he knows to slow down.

She scrambled to get up from the ground and follow him.

"Brother Winter Solstice, you're not angry, are you?"

Liang Dongzhi glanced at her, but still didn't speak.

The back mountain is a very large forest, Liang Dongzhi rarely comes here, if he wasn't angry today, he wouldn't choose to come here, he remembered that his grandfather took him home here last year, but he was not very sensitive to the direction, and finally got lost in this big mountain forest.

At this time, seeing that it was getting darker and darker, he regretted it and was afraid, but he couldn't show it, because he was followed by a little girl.

The little girl's hand tugged at the corner of his coat, and he could feel the little girl trembling with fear.

He stopped and took Ye Qingyu's hand instead.

In the dark, Liang Dongzhi didn't see the smile hanging on the corner of Ye Qingyu's mouth.

Two children who were looking for their way home in the woods did not know that the adults outside the forest were in a hurry to gather together.

Liang Chaoguo came to the ancestral hall of Yejia Village with a flashlight, and the ancestral hall was already full of people at this time.

The ancestral hall of the Ye family is a small courtyard, the house facing the gate is dedicated to the deceased relatives of the Ye family, the houses on both sides are the places where people sleep, and the village guards generally sleep in the ancestral hall, and the ancestral hall is also cleaned by the village guards on weekdays.

The little Ye Qingzhou stood in the middle of the adults, wiping his tears with his sleeves, and behind him, a woman with a wattle in her hand was looking at him viciously.

"These two kids don't come home so late, don't have an accident. ”

Ye Dejian, the patriarch of the Ye family, is a ninety-year-old man, he is the oldest in the clan and the most prestigious.

At this time, the old man was sitting in front of the ancestral tablet, his old face was tense, no matter who it was, he knew that the old man was unhappy.

The old man thought, Ye Qingyu is the youngest child of the Ye family, the whole village is reluctant, and he is also an obedient child on weekdays, and today he followed the baby of the Liang family in the next village to the mountains to catch crabs, and he has not come back until now, which is really not reassuring.

As for the little baby of the Liang family, they are usually naughty and mischievous, and these adults see it in their eyes, except for catching cats, walking dogs, fighting crickets, there is only one left to bully Ye Xiaomei, and this time it must be brought out by the Liang family's little baby.

Thinking so, the old man's cloudy eyes looked at Liang Chaoguo, who was standing outside the crowd.

As a result, people were not in a hurry at all, and they lit cigarettes slowly.

"Humph!"

The old man glanced at Liang Chaoguo, didn't look at him again, and turned his gaze to everyone.

"What can happen? There are no leopards in the mountains, and so many of you are afraid that you will not be able to find children when you go into the mountains?"

After Ye Yuqing got the old man's consent, he immediately organized people to go to the mountain, and as for Ye Qingzhou's children, they were all left in the ancestral hall and stayed with Ye Dejian and several old people who were a little older and had inconvenient legs.

In fact, Ye Qingzhou wanted to go with him, but when he saw the thorn strip in his grandmother's hand, he stayed in the ancestral hall peacefully.

He was lying on the back of Ye Dejian's chair, his eyes wide open, and he kept looking at the door.

......

"Whispering... Ye whispered..."

"Winter Solstice Baby..."

All the adults in Yejia Village, except for the old people and children sitting in the ancestral hall, everyone else came, and they were looking for them all over the woods with flashlights.

Spring nights are a little cooler.

At this time, Ye Qingyu and Liang Dongzhi were hiding in a cave, and the two were sitting together, leaning on each other.

"Brother Dong Solstice, can't you stop bullying me?"

In the darkness, Ye Qingyu's eyes showed sadness, and the whole person looked very sad.

Liang Dongzhi heard the little girl's words and did not answer.

Today's Ye Qingyu has always given him a strange feeling, she didn't dare to look at him before, and always avoided him, like a mouse avoiding a cat, at that time he felt much more interesting, and always teased her.

To this day, she has been watching him, shedding tears, running over to hold his hand after school, and inviting him to play with him when she gets home. And now, running into the woods with him regardless of the recklessness, trapped here, she just wants him not to bully her.

In the quiet cave, they could all hear each other's breathing...

Ye whispered...... Liang Dongzhi ......"

The sound of a call not far away made the two stand up, and Liang Dongzhi ran out of the cave, waving his hand at the faint light in the distance.

"We're here!"

Ye Qingyu's uncle and fourth master looked at them with flashlights.

I saw that Liang Dongzhi's kid waved at them with a disgraced face, and there seemed to be a little girl standing behind him, too far away, and he couldn't see it very clearly, but they thought it must be Ye Yatou.

Ye Siye shouted in the direction of Ye Yuqing on their right.

"Second one, I've found it! They're here!"

Ye Yuqing rushed over when he heard the sound, and it was Chen Huiling who was with him, Chen Huiling shouted towards Lin Zi and followed Ye Yuqing.

It didn't take long for almost all the adults to come to the cave.

Chen Huiling looked at her little granddaughter covered in mud, her eyes were red, but soon, she put away all her emotions, broke off a thin branch from the treetops next to her, and whispered to Ye's buttocks.

Ye Qingyu was in tears, but she knew that she had done something wrong, so she didn't say anything, so she let Chen Huiling fight.

Liang Dongzhi, who was standing in front of her, suddenly pounced on her, blocking her and preventing her grandmother from beating her.

Chen Huiling also stopped, although she really wanted to fight with Liang Dongzhi, but they were not their Ye family's children after all.

Liang Chaoguo was the last to arrive, he looked at Liang Dongzhi, who was protecting Ye Qingyu, stepped forward and scolded.

"You're fat, aren't you? You dare not return at night, right? Look at Lao Tzu not to kill you today!"

Saying that, he gave Liang Dongzhi another kick, and Liang Dongzhi lay on the ground.

Its strength is not very heavy, but in Ye Qingyu's eyes, it hurts, she knelt on the ground and cried.

"Grandpa Liang, it's not about Brother Dong Zhi, it's all my fault, it's me who has to catch crabs. ”

Liang Chaoguo snorted coldly and ignored her. Chen Huiling picked up the branch and beat it.

"How dare you say it!"

"Okay, okay, stop fighting, let's take it back first. ”

Ye whispered Brother Lobby came over and stopped Chen Huiling's hand and said.

"It's cold in this forest, and my little sister hasn't worn much clothes..."

Chen Huiling looked at Ye Qingqing, who was kneeling on the ground and sobbing, threw the branch in her hand, didn't look at her again, turned around and left.

Ye Yuqing sighed softly, bent down to pick up the little girl, and didn't forget to pat Liang Chaoguo's shoulder before leaving.

"Brother Liang, don't fight when you go back, say it well. ”

After speaking, he took the Ye family and left.

Liang Dongzhi looked at the crowd that gradually disappeared from view, and ran up without thinking, and Liang Chaoguo hurriedly chased after him.

The Ye family gathered in the ancestral hall, and in the middle of the huge ancestral hall, Ye Qingyu knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the ancestors of the Ye family.

Behind her, Ye Dejian held three sticks of incense in his hand, and when she finished kowtowing, she inserted the incense, and then turned to look at Ye Yuqing and Chen Huiling behind her.

"Don't beat her when you go back, let her drink a bowl of ginger soup so that she doesn't catch a cold. ”

After speaking, the crowd dispersed, Ye Qingyu lowered his head and followed Ye Yuqing home without saying a word.

And Liang Dongzhi, who was hiding outside the ancestral hall, saw her come out, and looked at the little girl who was not punished, and felt a lot more relieved?

He turned around and looked at the Liang Dynasty National Road.

"Grandpa, I'm sorry..."

Liang Chaoguo took a deep look at Liang Dongzhi, turned his back, took his hand and left, and kept muttering in his mouth.

"Your grandma is very anxious at home, you said that you baby, why are you so bold? and dare to take the little baby of the Ye family to the forest, you don't know how much the Ye family's children care about that little girl. Don't do it again next time, or don't blame me then........."