Jiumu City is only a small town on the edge of Ulan Island, because the aborigines are herdsmen living in Ulan, and slowly the population gathers to form a small town.

The old man and Gangzi said goodbye to their old friends, and left the village with the carriage on the second day, and with Luo Xiyu constantly looking at the thick curtain window, half a day later, he finally entered the outside of Jiumu City.

"Miss Luo, I don't know where your home is, since you are here, I and Gangzi will send you home directly, and you can explain to your wife when you go home."

Luo Xiyu hesitated, remembering that the old man surnamed Cheng said that he had moved elsewhere after he was selected for the promotion, and his son wanted to return to Jiumu to worship his ancestors after he was admitted to Xiucai, but this happened unexpectedly.

The old man surnamed Cheng suffered a blow, and then had no intention of returning, and went to the ancestral house to settle down, she remembered that when she left, the old man surnamed Cheng said, if she missed her brother, she would come to Qilipu in Jiumu City, where there was a Cheng family house, and you would know if you asked.

"My younger brother should be in the Qili Pucheng family house in the city, trouble the old man, brother Gang, thank you for your kindness, and when I return home, I will prepare a generous gift and thank you." When she arrived at the place, Luo Xiyu's heart fell slightly, looked at the two people who had sent her back to her hometown, and said sincerely.

Gangzi smiled with a split mouth, "Miss Luo is polite, the girl gave me the lady's craft, so that we can do some small business and reunite with the family, it should be our thanks, but it is just a gift to you, not a big favor." ”

"Well, Gangzi is right, besides, you haven't returned home for so long, I don't know what the situation is at home, I'll go over with Gangzi to see, if not, you can go back with us, how can we say that our family can still afford to support you and a child......"

Although this was not the case, Luo Xiyu's heart was warmed by these words, and she couldn't help but thank her gratefully.

Jiumu City Qilipu is not difficult to find, the Cheng family even more inquired about it, the woman heard the Cheng family house couldn't help but say a few more words: "This old man of the Cheng family came back a few months ago, I heard that his son got a show in Kyoto this time, it's amazing, how old is it, maybe you can get the top three in the next test exam, but the future is immeasurable, this is not a long time to come back to cover the old house, but also brought the grandson back, saying that the daughter-in-law died of a serious illness, and the son was busy with the scientific examination, the grandson can only be taken by him, too, his family has two generations of Xiucai, Obviously, this old house has good feng shui, and it's good to bring your grandson back to get the joy of the old house......"

Isn't this old man's son dead, Luo Xiyu hesitated slightly, but the old man couldn't accept his son's death, after all, he died so miserably, he couldn't mention it at all, it was reasonable to say that he was still in Kyoto, after all, no one knew about it.

Then she put the thick curtain on the carriage, and did not get out of the carriage until the carriage stopped at Cheng's house.

This house is said to have been flipped, but in fact, it can be seen that it is dilapidated, the door is only repaired and repaired, and the paint is repainted, and the others are just re-reinforced beams and roof tiles on this basis.

It occupies a large area, and such a century-old house, even if it is old, has a very simple and heavy atmosphere, which is three points more imposing than the new house.

But before he arrived at the house, he heard the cry of a child inside, which was heartbreaking, so that Luo Xiyu, who was still nervous, was already shrouded in deep anxiety when he got out of the car.

The door was not closed tightly, she pushed it open, her feet were so hurried to take a step, almost knocked down, the threshold was really high, and when she walked into the house, she entered the courtyard and entered the courtyard, and there were clothes hanging in the yard, white powder walls, small green tiles, and rows of horse head walls, but it was extremely elegant and simple tombs.

There are some courtyard structures in the house, there are many houses, and the cry of the child came from the west side of the room at this time, Luo Xiyu's footsteps did not stop, and he walked quickly towards the west room, anxious and anxious.

Although the child's crying is almost the same, Luo Xiyu has taken Bao'er for a few months, and she can hear it at once, when she entrusted the child to Mr. Cheng, first, she felt that Mr. Cheng was a kind-hearted person and would treat the child well, plus his son, daughter-in-law and unborn grandson were no longer there, and now that there was a child by his side, he could always give him some comfort, and he would be able to treat Bao'er like his own grandson.

With such a thought, she handed over the child to him, but who would have thought that she would come like this once, and heard Bao'er's heart-rending crying, maybe others think that children do not cry, some children are weak and not easy to coax, but they don't cry all night.

But no one knows better than Luo Xiyu how obedient Bao'er is, he never cries except when he is hungry, sometimes he doesn't cry when he is lightly hungry, and he only hums uncomfortably when he is hungry, and he has never cried so hard.

What the hell is going on, it will make Bao'er cry like this, Luo Xiyu can't imagine it.

She pushed open the door of the west chamber forcefully, and saw a fat woman in her forties was crying in pain on the bed with her hand, and her arm was stretched out to a child who was less than a year old, the hand was thin and small, as if she was looking for someone, and stretched out hard, and the fat woman slapped it over, hitting two small hands to the side, with red handprints on it.

When the fat woman saw that the child was still crying, she said viciously: "If you cry again, I will stuff you into the pit, little bastard without a mother......"

Luo Xiyu rushed over and pushed the woman away and picked the child up from the bed.

The fat woman was unsuspecting and was pushed and almost rolled under the bed, and when she saw someone coming in at this time, she was immediately frightened and trembled, but then she saw that this person did not know, and immediately stood up and said viciously: "Who are you, you are trespassing on a private house, I can go to the government to sue you......"

Luo Xiyu was a few steps away from her at this time, looking down at Bao'er's fat face, black and thin at this time, as soon as she arrived in Luo Xiyu's arms, she seemed to know who it was, and suddenly her cry was weak, and then two small hands stretched out towards Luo Xiyu, and her little hands grabbed her clothes hard, and her mouth began to be familiar again.

Now it's small and pitiful.

"Bao'er ......" Luo Xiyu sent Bao'er away before, and her heart hurt to death, but she thought that the child would not have to follow her to drift and suffer in the future, have a fixed home, and have a good life in the future, so she endured and sent Mr. Cheng away.

But I didn't expect that when I saw her again in a few months, the child was black, thin and small, which was like a one-year-old baby, I don't know how much she suffered, if so, then why did she send it away ruthlessly?

Seeing it crying, Luo Xiyu hurriedly subconsciously took out the egg cake from his pocket and put it in his mouth, it grinded with the small teeth in front of it, biting Luo Xiyu's fingers, crying while eating, his toes curled together, and his whole body was stiff.

Luo Xiyu felt that something was wrong, swept the side of the bed, and found the needlework, and there seemed to be a very fine silver needle embroidered on the table, she hurriedly bypassed the fat woman, put the child on the low table at the door, and then opened the small coat and quickly checked it up and down.

The fat woman was scolding, but when she saw her making a package, she immediately panicked, and rushed over fiercely: "Where are the human traffickers, dare to move the good grandson of the old man's family, I will fight with you......"

As a result, before she could rush a few steps, a burly man with a square face blocked her, Gangzi has been a perennial boatman, and has long developed a terrifying momentum, and when he goes to that station, it is like a debt collector, so frightened that the fat woman suddenly stopped her feet, her face turned white, she looked around, and her feet wanted to move out: "Who are you?" Let me tell you, at this time, the old man Cheng is a famous talent on this street, and his son was admitted to the show before he was eighteen, and now he is a big official in the capital, if you dare to move me, move the grandson of the old man Cheng, the official will definitely arrest you and put you in prison......"

"I think I'm going to arrest you and put you in prison, you ruthless poisonous woman......" Luo Xiyu was a little excited, and showed Bao'er her cold little feet without shoes, but found that there were rows of red spots in the inconspicuous recesses of Bao'er's toes, and it shrank as soon as it moved.

Check your fingers again, there are red marks on the inside of your arms, the back of your legs, the bends of your legs, all of them, all of them, Luo Xiyu became more and more angry, and tears fell, how much sin did Bao'er suffer? It's so small, who does it offend? Why do this to her.

Luo Xiyu looked at the fat woman angrily, "What about Old Man Cheng?" I'm just going to report to the official, these red dots on the child's body are evidence, and the embroidery needle on the table is yours, right? What you just said about the child being a cheap seed was clearly heard by the two people who came with me.

The embroidery needle can be used on the child, your heart is simply eaten by a dog, isn't it human? It's not your child that you can do such a ruthless hand? I'd like to see if a poisonous woman like you, who abuses even her children, has anyone who protects you, it's just a pig and a dog......"

Luo Xiyu was so angry that his whole body trembled.

The old man and Gangzi knew what was going on at a glance when they entered the house, and the old man was also a person with a grandson, and he was also angry enough, but he still persuaded him: "Miss Luo, you should calm down, don't be angry, this family is called Old Man Cheng, right?" I went out to find someone to ask this old man Cheng to come back and see what he said, so that we can report to the official with a right reason. ”

Turning around, he said: "Gangzi, look at it, don't let her run away...... After saying that, the old man went out.

Luo Xiyu wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, picked up the child, and secretly thanked them in her heart, fortunately they came with her, otherwise not only would she not be able to protect Bao'er at this time, but she would also be affected, if she couldn't run with the child at this time, I am afraid that not only could she not sue the woman for abuse, but she would also have to be charged with robbery.

Luo Xiyu didn't want to stay in this room, so she went out of the house with the child in her arms and sat on the bench in the courtyard outside, but fortunately, the sun was warm at this time, and Luo Xiyu looked down at Bao'er, who gradually stopped crying.

At this time, Bao'er had just cried and was looking at herself with her dark eyes, her little hands were gripping her clothes tightly, as if she still knew who she was after a few months, she looked at it, and subconsciously smacked at Luo Xiyu from time to time.

Luo Xiyu fed two more egg cakes, then got up and looked for them, poured some boiling water in the kitchen, soaked the egg cakes in half a bowl after warming, and then took a spoon to feed.

Bao'er really didn't have anything to do with her at all, and just like a few months ago, before her spoon arrived, he opened his little mouth to continue, and fed it to it, and he ate sweetly with tears in the corners of his eyes.

Luo Xiyu saw that the needles on its body hurt, but in the blink of an eye there was something delicious, so she grinned at her with tears, she couldn't help but burst into tears, and hurriedly lowered her head and kissed his dry and peely face, touching the soft hair on his head, and regretted it in her heart.

Bao'er, I'm sorry, it's all my sister's fault, Bao'er is so well-behaved, so sensible, so obedient, I shouldn't give you away, it's all my sister's fault, it's all my fault......

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Old man Cheng almost trotted all the way back to the house, the sixty-year-old dry old man, anxious sweaty, after all, the old man is an idle man, just came back not long ago, the study hall for his fame to find him, so to say, he pulled a teaching errand to do, during the day, the child was entrusted to a woman on the adjacent street to take care of, give some money for care every month.

The old man knew that the child often cried, and when he coaxed him, he stretched out his hand, and stretched it out without pressing it, as if he wanted others to hold it, but he hugged it, and twisted his body to stretch out to other places, at first he thought that the child had an injury on his hand, but after the injury was healed, he still felt that he wanted his sister to find his sister, and it was also for this reason that the old man Cheng had to find a woman with more experience in the family to take care of him, thinking that maybe it would be better slowly, but the woman cried more fiercely after taking over.

Looking for a doctor but there is nothing wrong with it, but it is crying all day long, originally a chubby boy, only a few months when he was dry and thin, the doctor said that the child is angry, don't let the child sleep in a place that is too hot, but it is not hot at all, although the old man Cheng is old, but after all, he is not as careful as the woman, many places are careless, the brazier can sometimes make do with it, the house is not frozen at most, who can be willing to burn the high-priced charcoal all the time.

I really can't figure out why the child is crying, the old man Cheng looked at the child's sinful appearance, not to mention how distressed he was, he thought about contacting Luo Xiyu, but he didn't know where she was, so he stayed up for a few months, and the old man felt that it was not a way, and he wanted to quit his errand in the study hall and take the child to find a famous doctor elsewhere, but he didn't want anyone to find the study hall today, saying that there was an accident at home, someone entered the door, and the grandson cried and was angry.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Luo Xiyu holding Bao'er, sitting at the table with a yellow face, looking at Old Man Cheng's expression was a little cold, and the fat woman was trembling at this time, seeing Old Man Cheng, he immediately knelt and crawled, grabbed the old man with snot and tears on his face and said: "Old man Cheng, save me, these people want to snatch children and kill people......

The gang couldn't help but snort coldly.

"You are talking nonsense, this is ...... The relatives of the child, how can they rob the child, Hugh wants to talk nonsense! Old Man Cheng already vaguely understood at this time.

Close relatives...... When the fat woman saw Old Man Cheng like this, she immediately plopped down on the ground: "Master Cheng Cai, help, I'm also a ghost for a while, please save me, I don't want to see the official, I don't want to go to prison, I still have children, the old man is for the sake of the old neighbors, spare me, I don't dare anymore......"

After learning the truth from Gangzi's mouth, Old Man Cheng suddenly stomped his feet, pointed at the fat woman's hands and said: "You woman, you yourself have three sons and three daughters, how can you do such a hurtful thing, where did my Cheng family offend you, you have to treat my grandson like this, if you don't send you to the government, I'm sorry for the sage books I have taught over the years......"

When the fat woman saw Old Man Cheng like this, she immediately sat on the ground, and was finally dragged away by the people of the government.

Luo Xiyu looked at Bao'er in her arms tiredly, the child kept crying and crying, her voice was a little hoarse, I don't know if it was red and swollen, and finally fell asleep in Luo Xiyu's arms after eating at this time.

Old Man Cheng kept rubbing his hands and saluting Luo Xiyu on the spot, until the old man was wrong and should not live up to his expectations for the girl.

An old man in his sixties, who lost his wife, children and grandchildren, what else could Luo Xiyu treat, looking at him who was reluctant to let Bao'er* stop looking, it seemed that he was afraid that Luo Xiyu would take Bao'er away in anger.

After all, the old man is not at fault, he just rushed to the doctor in a hurry, and easily believed the neighborhood woman, I am afraid that the guilt in his heart at this time is not less than hers, both of them are ashamed of the child, and Luo Xiyu himself has nowhere to go, a woman is pregnant and has a child, where can she go, and who can take it in?

Her eyes were red and she thought about it, so she could only sigh lightly, helped up the old man Cheng who wanted to kneel down to make amends, and only said: "Let's treat Bao'er well in the future, I really owe it too much......"

Old Man Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then asked overjoyed, "Miss Luo, but you want to stay?" "For a lonely old man, there is nothing more than having someone in front of him, not being alone.

To a certain extent, the old man is lonely, and she is homeless, but she can take what she needs and take care of each other.

Luo Xiyu put aside the anger in her heart, thought rationally, and finally chose to forgive Old Man Cheng once, while she stayed here.

The old man and Gangzi were just watching, but they didn't interject, although they couldn't figure out the relationship between Luo Xiyu and the old man and children, but they didn't say much, they just lived here for a few days, and then they were ready to leave, Luo Xiyu couldn't keep it, so he bought a carriage of Jiumu specialties for them, and also bought two dairy sheep, one left in the house, and the other let them take it away, and brought it back to the old lady and daughter-in-law to make up for their bodies.

After seeing them leave, Luo Xiyu took Bao'er back to the Cheng family's house.

Old man Cheng was negligent in the matter of Bao'er, but he never had any malice, and he was also hard-working, but men were careless regardless of the age, when his wife went, his son was twelve years old, and he didn't need to worry much about life, so naturally he couldn't think of how a poisonous woman would treat her children cruelly.

At this time, he felt extremely guilty, Luo Xiyu moved in, and the old man took out the title deed of the house and all the money she gave in his hand with guilt, and handed it over to her for safekeeping.

Luo Xiyu is not polite at this point, except for the title deed for the old man to keep by himself, the rest of the silver is in her hands, after this incident, she can't believe it anymore, and this money is the money for Bao'er, so she naturally has to take it back.

However, she defected to the old man Cheng, but she couldn't be too angry with the old man, and Bao'er would call him grandpa in the future, so she took the money and proposed to clean up the old house.

After all, for so many years, the house is dilapidated, and Mr. Cheng may have only renovated the façade in order to save money, but he didn't get it inside, only just able to live in people, but the actual one is very shabby, and it is trendy, and I don't know how to live all year round.

Old Man Cheng naturally didn't have any opinions, and said again and again: "Miss Luo is okay with it, but you are pregnant, so it's not easy to work hard......"

Although Old Man Cheng is old-fashioned, he also knows that Miss Luo came alone, without those black-robed people, and without following the fierce and vicious man with terrible eyes, and now that he is pregnant, I am afraid that things may not be simple.

This unmarried child is a big deal, if it was the old-fashioned old man Cheng before, he would definitely want the Taoist style to be unright, but his life was saved by Miss Luo, and he also gave Yinzi to repair the ancestral house, plus the matter of his son and daughter-in-law, the old man had already wanted to open it, and he loved children very much now, otherwise he would not agree to teach those children who had just been enlightened in the school.

Don't say it's Bao'er one, just fill in a few more, he is very happy, just like his grandson.

In winter, there is no need to build on a large scale, so I have to let people install the two rooms with the most sunlight and the best location, fill in some things, and live comfortably and decoratively.

This time, Luo Xiyu did not look for neighbors, but spent ten taels of silver to buy a skillful woman in her thirties, gave birth to two children, housework is a good hand, Guan Jian is clean hands and feet, work and diligence, the kitchen is not weak, but the mouth is stupid and can't speak.

It is such a person who uses it to make people feel at ease, and locks the deed of sale in the cabinet.

Luo Xiyu was lying on the clean and soft quilt, the kang was burning hot, and the room was also warm, she asked Aunt Liu to bring a bowl of boiled goat milk, and then fed it to Bao'er with a spoon. 、

At this time, Bao'er had changed into new cotton clothes and cotton pants, and was climbing on the kang, walking unsteadily, crawling and crawling, he looked back at Luo Xiyu and smiled, and when he saw Luo Xiyu calling him, he quickly climbed back.

When I saw the milk, I opened my mouth early.

Bao'er is different from other children, probably because he has never been loved since he was a child, he has been hungry, and he has been abandoned several times, so he is very sensible, sensible to the point of distress, only so big, he eats everything, never picky eater, it seems that as long as it is food, when he is hungry, no matter how unpalatable, it is medicine, and he drinks it. be

And he never makes trouble, except for the pain, as long as he is not hungry, he doesn't pee, he just smiles, Luo Xiyu hugs her, and stays quietly by her side, putting her little head against her.

When Luo Xiyu took a nap, he didn't cry when he woke up, he just played alone, played for a while to look at Luo Xiyu, and then crawled in her direction when he woke up.

This child was as thin as a wooden stick before, and this time in her hands, it was only more than half a month, and she was fatter, and she was whiter, and she relied on her very much, except for her, no one followed, probably because she was abused by the poisonous woman, and when she saw a woman, she was afraid to hide, and she was only willing to stay in Luo Xiyu's arms, and sometimes the old man Cheng would take him out to bask in the ocean.

Aunt Liu can't even hug it.

It is probably that the days are slowly becoming more comfortable, and Luo Xiyu's mind is all occupied by the two children, although this one in the belly has not yet been born, she has begun to fall asleep.

The winter is extremely cold, day by day, people are lazy and don't like to go out is even the little silver snake, every ten days will wake up, after eating a meal will enter hibernation, has been staying in Luo Xiyu's baggage, only when the sun is good, only run outside to bask in the sun, and then climb back, if it doesn't want people to see, no one can see it, Luo Xiyu has to put the burden in a cabinet with open holes, put some raw eggs in it, so that it can eat when it is hungry.

Luo Xiyu wants to pick out the satin quilt he likes, so he hesitates to go out, and he always stays in the house and doesn't say anything, and it's not a way, just arrived on the street and saw a group of beggars basking in the sun at the base of the wall.

Luo Xiyu just glanced at it habitually, and suddenly, on the duck egg magnolia branch, which she had ignored for a long time, there was a familiar "click" sound that made her heart tremble.