The Wen family was gone, but the atmosphere in the room was still frighteningly quiet.

It was still Ming Li who spoke first: "Husheng, you go to drive the ducks down the river, and come back after lunch." ”

Husheng happily responded: "Okay, Ah Kan, let's go." ”

Ming Li said: "Ah Kan is not with you, I have something to tell her, you will go alone today." ”

Husheng scratched his head: "That's okay, I'll go by myself." ”

As soon as he went out, Minggui couldn't sit still, got up and said, "I'll go out and have a look." ”

Ming Li and Ah Kan both glanced at him, but they didn't stop him.

On the contrary, Minggui walked to the door by himself, and suddenly turned around and walked in front of Ah Suga. He has never liked to talk, and he held back a few words guiltily: "Asu, don't blame your uncle." ”

Ah Kan's tears welled up again, and he could only bite his lower lip and endure it hard.

After Minggui said this, he couldn't stay any longer, strode towards the door, and pretended not to hear the voice of Ah Kan behind him, "I don't blame you".

The two men in the family are gone, and only Ming Li and Ah Kan are left.

Ah Kan lowered his head, leaving only a jet-black hair on the top of Ming Li's head.

Ming Li's voice was astringent: "Ah Kan, my aunt has something to tell you. ”

......

I don't know what Li and Ah Kan said, but when Husheng came back at noon, he found that the atmosphere at home was extremely heavy. He wanted to ask Ah Kan about her father and mother wanting to give her away, but after seeing Ah Kan's face, he didn't dare to ask.

Fortunately, lunch was coming soon, and Husheng's attention turned back to today's lunch.

Today's lunch is a big bowl of crucian carp soup made with wild vegetables, and although there are no ingredients, the taste is very delicious.

But except for Husheng, who almost buried his head in the bowl and ate happily, the other three people had no appetite.

Husheng sighed and snorted a bowl, and saw that the other three people at the table were still absent-minded, so he couldn't help but look at his father on the left and his mother on the right, and finally decided to say to his mother: "Mother, let's not send my sister away, it's a big deal that we both eat less in the future, and go to fish and sell more." ”

His mother hadn't spoken yet, but his father on the side was anxious. Minggui, who has always been taciturn, put down the bowl heavily and scolded: "Eat your food!"

"Eat it," Husheng muttered in a low voice, "I won't be able to say it." ”

Ming Li on the side suddenly became angry at Ming Gui and said, "If you don't eat, you won't eat, what are you doing with such a heavy bowl." If you break the bowl, do you have any money left over at home to make up for it?"

Minggui's face was blue with anger, and he put down his chopsticks with a bang and didn't speak.

Husheng was so frightened by this tense atmosphere that he didn't dare to breathe, and Ah Suga, who had been silent, spoke: "Uncle, aunt, don't quarrel, let's eat first." I'm leaving tomorrow, and I'll have another table to eat later, I don't know when. ”

The room suddenly fell silent, and I don't know how long it took before there was the sound of dishes and chopsticks clattering again.

......

After dinner, Ah Kan slept with Ming Li, and Husheng slept with his father.

The lamp was blown out, and the room was plunged into darkness.

Ah Kan lay on his back and folded his hands on the quilt, but he didn't feel sleepy.

Ming Li moved to her side, and his warm body was next to each other.

She asked, "Ah Kan, are you still angry with your uncle?"

As if waiting for her to open her mouth to ask her, Ah Kan arched into her arms and said in a muffled voice, "No." It's just that today the woman said that she belongs to the Wen family, and you will send me away tomorrow, and you are not afraid that they are abductors, so where did they listen to the words to coax you. ”

Ming Li took the opportunity to hug her, gently stroked her hair and said, "Silly child, I might as well tell you the truth." Today, the Wen family's people came suddenly, but your uncle and I have been thinking about sending you back to the Wen family for more than a day. Your mother also left a message about you, which we carried behind someone's back. Even if the Wen family's people don't come to the door today, we have to find a way to go back. ”

Ah Kan was stunned, and it took a long time to squeeze a sentence out of his throat: "Why." ”

Ming Li sighed: "Today's world is no longer as good as it was many years ago. These years are chaotic everywhere, and those bandits and corrupt officials are all eager to scrape off our skin. There are still some big-headed soldiers outside, burning and killing and plundering everywhere, and they may burn to us at some point. Although you are tanned, your mother's foundation is here, her facial features are more handsome than she was back then, and when you grow up, your aunt is afraid, afraid that she will not be able to protect you. ”

Ah Kan whispered sadly: "I'm just a country girl, what is there to be afraid of." ”

Ming Li laughed softly and coaxed her gently: "What a wild girl in the countryside, your mother was the first beauty in Mingshui Town back then." Don't look at you as young now, and your skin is tanned by the wind and sun all day long. When you become a young lady of the Wen family, sit in the hall all day and do nothing, and then put on fragrant alabaster cream, you will be whiter than the woman today. ”

Ah Kan said aggrievedly: "I don't care if anything is in vain. I knew that I didn't have a good time when I left home, just like you sent my mother to the Song family in the past, but she didn't have a good time in the end and came back. ”

Ming Li patiently explained to her: "Your mother is your mother, you are you." There is no way to send your mother to the Song family, she is going to serve others as a maid, and if you go to the Wen family, you are a serious young lady, and someone else will serve you, which is different. ”

Ah Kan hurriedly answered: "I don't want others to serve, I serve my aunt." I wash clothes, cook, chase ducks, feed pigs, kill fish, I can do anything, I can do anything. ”

Ming Li shook his head and patted her back again and again: "Uncle doesn't need you to do anything, I just want you to live a good life without worrying about food and clothing." People, no matter what, you have to eat enough before you can say anything else. You should have been a young lady of the Wen family, not a girl selling fish, this is the life you should live. ”

Ah Kan said in a low voice: "But my mother went to the Wen Mansion, was kicked out, and died within a few years of giving birth to me." The wife of the Song family went to Wen Mansion and died within a year, which shows that it is a place to eat people. I was young, and when I went there, I was afraid that they wouldn't even vomit bones. ”

Ming Li was shocked by what she said, thinking that at such a young age, she would have to go to a place where no one she knew in Wen Mansion alone, and she almost shook her determination. But she thought of the half-empty rice jar at home, the old jacket that Ah Kan was wearing patches, and then thought about Ah Kan's hard time to get the money to replace a new head rope, and soon hardened her heart: "There will be no such thing, the Wen family is a big family, if you are obedient and sensible, no one will be difficult for you." Asuga is the smartest and not afraid. ”

Having said that, Ah Kan already understood that her aunt had already made up her mind, and it was not something she could change in a few words.

The Wen family is rich and powerful, which can make her live a better life. Akina knew, but she still couldn't understand what the adults were thinking.

- Could that be more important than living together as a family?

Looking at the darkness overhead, Suga felt dazed for the first time in his life.

This time, after a long time, Asuga's voice came muffled: "Then, you can ask them for some money when you go back." ”

Ming Li slapped her on the back and scolded, "What are you talking nonsense about?" ”

Ah Kan said slowly: "You take the money, live a good life, and then send my brother to school." When I learned to write, I sent you letters, and you wrote back to me. In this way, no matter where we go in the future, we will still be in the same place, and we are still a family. ”

Ming Li was sad when he heard this, and changed the topic: "Go to bed early, I have to get up early tomorrow morning to send you to the town." ”

Ah Kan didn't allow her to be fooled, and insisted: "Uncle, I have such a request, you have to agree to me." If you don't promise me, I won't go to town with you tomorrow, nor will I go to Wen's house. When you fall asleep in the middle of the night, I run out and call Hanako on the street, and be a water ghost under the bridge, and never come back. ”

Ming Li was so angry that he raised his hand, but this time it fell lightly for a while and patted Ah Kan's back: "Okay, I promise you, it's done." She knew that this girl had done it since the novel, and if she really didn't agree, she might really run away alone in the middle of the night.

Ah Kan breathed a sigh of relief, buried his head in her neck, and held her and refused to let go.

After a long while, Ming Li listened to the sound of breathing in his ears gradually becoming even and long, and knew that Ah Kan was sleeping, so he sighed deeply against the wall.

The sister-in-law is a fool until she dies, and I heard that the little young master of the Wen family is also lazy. is such a pair of fathers and mothers, but somehow gave birth to such a smart and tenacious girl as Ah Kan.

She sent Ah Kan back to the Wen family, and she didn't know if it was a blessing or a curse.

Ming Li thought so in his heart, while holding Ah Kan, he didn't close his eyes all night until dawn.

Asuga thought that he would be unable to sleep all night, but he didn't want to fall asleep anyway.

When she woke up the next morning, there was no one in the quilt beside her, and there was a stack of clothes next to her.

Asuga got up from the bed, dressed and folded the quilt, rubbed her eyes and went out to look, and saw her aunt with her back to her in front of the stove.

She put down her hand and looked at her aunt's busy back in the morning light.

Ming Li had already heard the footsteps behind him, and he didn't look back, and the movements of his hands didn't stop: "Wake up." ”

Ah Kan knew in her heart that this was probably the last time she saw her aunt cooking breakfast for her, so she couldn't help but sniff and said in a hoarse voice, "Auntie, I'm up." ”

The curtain on the side was lifted, and Hu Sheng walked over in a daze: "Mother, it's so fragrant." ”

The movements of Ming Li's hands did not stop, "You two quickly wash your face and wash your hands, and eat later." ”

The two children obediently went to wash their faces, and when they were ready, the dinner table was already set up and waiting for them.

Ming Li has never been so reluctant to put oil, and every cake is crispy and delicious. Husheng ate with a mouth full of oil, and drank a large bowl of gruel that could almost reflect the figure of a person with pickles. The other three were confused and finished their meal.