"Hey, Xiao Mu, I heard that you have a lot of chickens and ducks, do you want to consider getting one to eat." The fat brother looked at Xiao Mu with evil eyes and said.

Xiao Mu Ke was anxious to say this, "Eating bacon is already lawless, I don't know what grandpa will say about me when they come back, do you still want to do that? ”

Indeed, in the era when firewood, rice, oil and salt could not be helped, how luxurious it was to have meat. How many people are out of reach.

The two of them saw that Xiao Mu was a little excited, for fear that Xiao Mu would regret it, so they hurriedly explained, "No, no, no, we are just testing you, don't take it seriously." ”

Xiao Mu pouted.

"Humph!"

Then he walked away.

After walking for most of the day, I finally arrived home.

In those years, it was not like now when I went out without a key, and the key was hung around my waist with a rope.

And Xiao Mu was at home that day, so Zhang Laohan put the key into the bamboo tube and stuffed it into the hole in the wall at the door.

Unfortunately, when Xiao Mu took the key, he was seen by the two brothers, and Xiao Mu felt that it was nothing at that time, and he didn't care too much.

After entering the door, Xiao Mu lifted two chairs and motioned for the two to rest for a while, "Come, two brothers, sit, drink saliva first, and it's still too late to cook after resting." ”

The fat brother seemed to be careful and wanted to break Xiao Mu away, "That's not good, it's almost noon now, and it's almost past noon, so let's hurry up." ”

"Then you get up, I won't get it, I can only wait for you. ”

Seeing that Xiao Mu was unwilling, the fat brother was a little unhappy.

"The fire will always be there, the water will always boil, so go and make a fire and boil the water, and then come back and call the two of us, and then give it to us." The fat brother yelled at Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu felt a little aggrieved, being yelled at by a stranger like this, this was the first time he was yelled at by a stranger, and he had never been so angry.

However, no matter how wronged he was, these were all guests he brought, and he also promised others, Xiao Mu couldn't go back, so he could only obediently go to the kitchen to make a fire and boil water.

When Xiao Mu lit a fire and boiled water, he didn't know what was happening in the house.

"Brother, the water is boiled, I'll get you bacon, you can get it." Xiao Mu shouted.

The two brothers hurriedly ran out, "Come on, come on, bring bacon." "I looked a little nervous.

These two brothers are not very old, but they have a set of cooking, and it didn't take long for the sweet and delicious meals to be cooked.

Xiao Mu sandwiched a piece of bacon, closed his eyes, and enjoyed it very much.

"I'll go, you two are so good at this skill, the food you cook is so delicious. ”

The fat brother was triumphant, patted his chest and said, "That's natural, I'm my mother's own hand." ”

Immediately afterwards, the thin brother said: "Xiao Mu, you will go back to see Niu Ha after dinner later, and the fat brother and I will go back to the lying house." ”

Xiao Mu didn't think much about it, nodded and agreed.

After the meal, Xiao Mu went to the mountain, and it is unknown where the two brothers went.

The sky was cloudless, the sky was clear, and the mountains were all right now.

Xiao Mu stood for a long time, looking at the countless mountains, and hinted in his heart that he must get out of this mountain.

The sun gradually set in the mountains, and Xiao Mu returned home after finding the cow.

"Hey, grandpa is back!"

After returning home, Xiao Mu couldn't wait to run into Zhang Laohan's arms and told Zhang Laohan everything that happened today.

"Hey, no wonder there is bacon, I'll just say, you can't cook your own food at all. ”

Zhang Laohan took Xiao Mu's hands and felt inexplicably relieved in his heart.

"Lao Zhang, why is there no rice in our house, I remember that there are still ones!" the old man shouted in the house.

"What? Didn't you just grind it back a few days ago, why is it gone? Zhang Laohan put aside Xiao Mu and hurriedly ran to the house.

Everything in front of him made him dumbfounded, the rice was all gone, not a single grain, and the bright bottom of the tank could be seen at a glance.

Zhang Laohan felt that something was wrong, turned around and ran to the clothes hanging on the wall board in the morning, and when he saw the pocket, the money was gone.

Zhang Laohan was at a loss, didn't know what to do, and sat on the ground.

"What's wrong, grandpa?" Xiao Mu felt very strange.

"Xiao Mu, let me ask you, did you only bring those two brothers today?"

"yes, what's wrong?"

Zhang Laohan asked, "Then did they see it when you took the key?"

Xiao Mu didn't expect the seriousness of the matter, nor did he expect that he would cause a big disaster.

"See!"

Zhang Laohan slowly recovered his mood, got up and ran upstairs again.

Although the houses in the south are all adobe tiled houses, they are all double-storey, with the first floor for the living room and housing, and the second floor for the warehouse, in which the recovered grain will be stored.

Everything in front of him made Zhang Laohan stunned, and there was only one bag of rice left in the only three bags of rice.

Zhang Laohan went downstairs and pointed to Xiao Mu's head and said, "You, you, I'll see what you eat tonight." ”

Although Zhang Laohan was very angry, he didn't scold Xiao Mu too much this time.

The angry Zhang Laohan sat down quietly, if it had been before, Zhang Laohan would have been furious.

Xiao Mu stood aside, frightened, he could see that he was trembling slightly, and looked at Zhang Laohan who was confined with his brows, "Grandpa, there is no rice, why do you eat tonight?"

"Eat cornmeal, otherwise whatever you eat, the rice has been stolen by others, the money is gone, there is nothing, what do you want to eat?" Zhang Laohan's tone was a little stern.

Subsequently, Zhang Laohan instructed the old man to cook corn rice, commonly known as noodle rice.

"I said Xiao Mu, our family has just a bag of rice now, I'm afraid that the new rice won't be able to mature, and we will all eat noodles and noodles for a while after that, can you stand it?"

Hearing Zhang Laohan say that he could only eat cornmeal, Xiao Mu secretly rejoiced, "I can finally eat cornmeal." "Xiao Mu ate it once before, probably because he ate less, Xiao Mu thought it was delicious, so he had such an idea!

"It's okay, I like to eat noodles and rice the most, but it's fragrant. ”

A child is a child, and he is so happy when he doesn't have anything to eat.

Zhang Laohan shook his head and sighed, "Alas!"

"Xiao Mu, do you know who stole our things?"

How could Xiao Mu have thought about this question, Xiao Mu didn't know how to answer Zhang Laohan's interrogation.

In fact, Zhang Laohan had already thought that he was going to herd cattle with Xiao Mu, but he didn't have any evidence.

He didn't want to believe that it was those two boys, if it was really those two boys, then once he questioned it, it would definitely affect the relationship between him and his parents.

He didn't dare to say it directly to Xiao Mu, after all, it is not easy for a child's mouth to be sealed, in case Xiao Mu said it one day, and he didn't have enough evidence, wouldn't it be digging his own grave.

Zhang Laohan was caught in his own ideological struggle, and he didn't know what to do.