Chapter 5 The Shen Family's Flower Family

The Shen family and the Hua family are both large families, with spacious front doors and wide yards, so it takes a while to walk from the gate of the Shen family to the gate of the Hua family.

Shen Laibao arrived at Hua's house, grabbed the knocker and knocked on the door. After a while, the door opened, and a subordinate came out, looked down, saw him, and said with a smile, "Young Master of the Shen family, why is it so early, have you had breakfast?" ”

"Not yet, I want to find Xiaohua, can you call it for me?" Shen Laibao is most unaccustomed to his ten-year-old voice, but every time he speaks seriously, he still has a smell of milk baby.

"It turned out to be looking for our young lady, Young Master Shen, come in and sit, this will be the time for breakfast."

When I went in, I had to be looked at by everyone again, Shen Laibao said, "It's okay, I'll wait here, and then tell her that I'm here when Xiaohua finishes eating." ”

The subordinate persuaded him twice, but when he saw that he could not be persuaded to move, he shook his head and went in.

When the next person left, he dusted off the stone steps in front of the door, sat down and waited for the flower bell. He didn't want to go back to the Shen family, last night when he had dinner, Mrs. Shen kept putting vegetables in his bowl, in line with the filial piety of not making the old man sad, he ate two large bowls, half of which were vegetables, and he woke up thirsty at night. When he first got up, he heard that the kitchen steamed buns were boiled with meat porridge, he shivered and hurriedly ran out, afraid that his stomach would be broken.

It's a pity, it's like this, Shen Laibao's body is not round, every time he takes a bath and sees all kinds of old injuries on his body, he thinks that Shen Laibao is also a human being, but his intelligence is impaired, but in the eyes of others, he has become an outlier, even cats and dogs are not as good as - anyway, if he is secretly bullied, this fool will not sue his family.

was bullied outside, and was beaten by his father at home, and he was also a poor person.

He lowered his rolled sleeve to cover his wound, and while he was still pondering, he was suddenly hit by a small stone in his arm. It wasn't strong, but it was enough to bring him back to his senses. Before he could look forward, he saw a thumb-sized wooden stick flying. The "murderous thing" was too big, and he flashed with a slight tilt of his head. When I looked up, I saw three stunned boys standing in front of me, still dragging something in their hands.

When their eyes met, the three of them suddenly came back to their senses, "Fool, you are not allowed to come to play with Lingling in the future." ”

Shen Laibao picked up the stone that had slipped from his arm to his clothes, and looked at them without saying a word.

The three of them saw that he didn't giggle or cry, and then thought of him hiding from the stone just now, and their hearts were a little hairy, but they still took a step forward and wanted to throw a stone in his face. Suddenly, the fool rushed at them with an arrow, and they screamed and fell backwards, and fell to the ground.

Shen Laibao raised his fist and made a gesture to beat them, and the boys cried out with a "wow" and crawled away.

Seeing that they had run away, Shen Laibao snorted, "Bear child." ”

He threw the stone in his hand, clapped his hands to go back to sitting, the door of the flower house "squeaked" opened, and a little girl in a light green shirt stepped over the high threshold, her movements were a little slow, and her head shook and two braids were gently patted on her face. She stepped out, looked back and said, "I'm going to play." ”

"Miss, walk slowly."

Unlike other large families, the flower family has to hang a "tail", and if it is playing nearby, it will not send people to follow. She thought that Shen Laibao was looking for her to play in front of the door as usual, so she didn't know the next person. It was Shen Laibao, who came alone, and lost his usual tail, "Brother Laibao." ”

Shen Laibao trotted up to the gate and asked, "Xiaohua, do you know Shili Street, is there a temple there?" ”

"You know, Brother Laibao, where are you going?"

"Well, Xiaohua, where are you going to play in the morning? Can you take me there? ”

"Yes." Hua Ling handed the small plate she had been holding in front of him, "Ah Fu said that you waited for me at the door without breakfast, so I brought you two buns." At the end, she added, "You love meat." ”

Shen Laibao was stunned for a moment, looked at the two meat buns, and then looked at her, "Xiaohua, how old are you?" ”

Hua Ling said loudly, "Six years old." ”

Six-year-old ...... Shen Laibao felt that she was like a sixteen-year-old person, sensible and caring. He took the bun and ate it as he walked. Hua Ling followed with a plate and said a few words from time to time.

Hua Ling saw that he spoke clearly and would answer, and looked at him a few more times on the way, obviously it was that Shen Laibao, but he always felt that something was wrong. But this kind of Noble brother is better than before, at least he is anxious without her looking, he won't pull her braids, and he laughs at her for being a little old woman.

Shili Street is not too far from here, the temple is just a small land temple, and when he got there, Shen Laibao didn't see the stone at the temple gate, and he turned around before finding it in the back.

Shen Laibao gestured, the stone was about forty centimeters long and fifty centimeters wide, with eight edges and corners, and uneven. Look into the notch, and there is green moss. He wiped it and put it under his nose and smelled it, it smelled fishy. The moss and the fishy smell were clearly fished out of the water.

Wait, Shen Laibao frowned, Xiu'er jumped off the fence? Assuming that she committed suicide, she would have lifted a stone from the water, tied it to herself, and climbed back on the fence and jumped down.

Only a fool would do that.

Homicide! Absolutely he killed!

The early spring is slightly cool, and Shen Laibao's back is also a little cold, so he really has to find the murderer quickly. The day after Xiu'er's death, Shen Laibao was also pushed into the water, and it was still the same place, perhaps someone wanted to use the ghost's statement to cover up the murderer's motive for killing, and blamed Xiu'er's ghost for his falling into the water.

In other words, that person belonged to the Shen family, otherwise he would not have been able to kill people in the middle of the night, and he knew where she died, and even pushed the young master of the Shen family into the water in the same place.

Even if the scope is narrowed down to the Shen family, he can't be sure who it is, because in this local tyrant family, the aunt has five daughters and seven daughters, and each room is equipped with eight subordinates, plus the old lady, the old lady and the lady, and those who do chores in the Shen family, there are more than 100 people in a rough calculation.

In order to find the murderer from hundreds of people, Shen Laibao still needs more clues, and this stone alone will not work.

It's just that the stone is less than sixty or seventy pounds, and if you want to move it, unless it is a female strongman, you have to be a man.

But there are also fifty or sixty men in the Shen family.

Shen Laibao rubbed his eyebrows, for the first time he felt that the ancient tyrant's house was not good.

Hua Ling saw that he had been squatting beside the stone, sometimes frowning, sometimes contemplative, but did not speak, but also squatted aside with a plate to look at him, and saw that there were folds in his clothes, so she couldn't help but smooth it.

Shen Laibao, who had finished checking the stones, noticed her small movements, looked down, and saw that the corners of her clothes spread on the ground had been wiped by her, and he pulled the corners of her mouth, she was clearly obsessive-compulsive, "Xiaohua, let's go back." ”

"Okay."

Hanazu stood up and followed him home. Seeing that she was so well-behaved, Shen Laibao said curiously, "Why are you willing to play with me, others will laugh at you for playing with a fool all day long, right?" ”

"Brother Noble is stupid, but his heart is not bad. My father said that a person who is not bad in heart is wiser than a wiser...... Clever ......" Hanabell scratched her head, and then remembered, "better than a clever hypocrite." ”

Compared to the bear child who threw the stone just now, Hua Ling is simply considerate and sensible. Shen Laibao felt that this little girl would definitely be very pleasing when she grew up, "Xiaohua, in the future, you will definitely be a good partner, a good daughter-in-law, and a good mother to others." ”

Hua Ling tilted her head, "What do you mean by 'daughter-in-law'?" ”

Shen Laibao was embarrassed, this word was really difficult to explain to a little bean ding, "You will understand in the future." ”

"Oh......" Although he said so, Hua Ling was still very curious, she was a curious girl, and she kept thinking about it on the way home, but she couldn't figure it out.

Back in Nanfeng Alley, Shen Laibao watched Hua Ling enter the house, and then went back.

As soon as Hua Ling walked through the yard holding the plate, she was seen by Mama Ge, who had been waiting for a long time, and looked at her, "The girl went out to play with the young master of the Shen family next door again?" ”

"Hmm." Hua Ling handed her the plate, took two steps and then stopped and asked, "Mama, do you know what 'daughter-in-law' means?" ”

Mama Ge asked, "What is the girl asking for?" ”

"I don't know what Brother Noble told me."

Mama Ge's heart chuckled, and she forced a smile, "Mama doesn't know either, but it's not a good word, don't say it in the future." ”

Hua Ling frowned, Shen Laibao obviously added the word "good", why is it not a good word. She was puzzled and decided to go to her father's study to find the answer.

After Mama Ge sent her to the study, she hurriedly told Mrs. Hua about it.

When Liao Shi heard this, the hand that was holding the teacup trembled, and he was surprised, "What did you say?" Shen Laibao's stupid boy told Ling Ling about his daughter-in-law? ”

"I don't know, but that's what the girl said." However, in the past two days, I have occasionally heard other children in the alley, saying that our young lady always plays with that silly boy, and she will become the daughter-in-law of the silly boy in the future. ”

This is not a joke, children are not responsible for talking, but this is too much, and it always feels bad to listen to. What's more, if someone else says it, forget it, it can come out of the mouth of the kid next door, and those who don't know still think it's true.

Liao thought about it again and again, and in view of the fact that Shen Laibao may have said it unintentionally, maybe he didn't understand this word at all, so he decided to mention it to Mrs. Shen in private, let her teach him, and don't say it in the future. She looked at the sky, the hour had passed, it was a good time to go home, and she was sure in her heart, "Go to the kitchen and pick up a basket of cloud cakes, and then I will go to meet the Shen family next door." ”