There is not much work to do at home, Geng Qiu and Ah Hao are too lazy to rush to chop firewood with the people in the village to exchange money, anyway, there is still a lot of firewood stored at home, and when everyone else has cut it, they will go to pick up the leakage. As soon as the two of them summed up, they simply took Ah Niu to the town, and by the way, they brought a few bundles of firewood to sell, preparing to buy some winter materials.

The three of them turned around for a while, and they only brought two taels of silver, ready to buy some grain and a thick quilt. I didn't want to be at the door of the shop, Ah Hao suddenly stared at a group of two old and one young, and the three of them also stared at Ah Hao, and after a while, the old man didn't dare to shout uncertainly: "Master Hao? ”

"Lao Liu?" Ah Hao frowned, pressed the corner of his forehead, and finally recognized it. No wonder this man is familiar.

"It's really Mr. Hao, the little young master is called the eldest cousin." Lao Liu was overjoyed, and choked up with the child in his hand.

"Big cousin." The child was about six or seven years old, but he didn't recognize his life, and ran over with big eyes to take Ah Hao's hand, as if he recognized his cousin.

"Brother Ning?" Ah Hao jumped out of his heart directly, calling out, he was still stunned.

"It's me." The child replied with a cry.

"Eldest son, who are you?" The woman beside Lao Liu secretly glanced at Geng Qiu a few times, especially when Geng Qiu was still holding a doll in his hand, and finally couldn't help but ask.

"Old Liu's family, this is my Zhengjun, you can just call Qiu Ye." Ah Hao introduced Geng Qiu's identity to everyone. Of course, the main thing is to hand over the person to Geng Qiu, Ah Hao's memory is confused, although the Lingtai is clear at this time, he recognizes his cousin and the attendants around his cousin, but in fact, many things are not clear.

Unexpectedly, after listening to his words, Lao Liu and his wife were stunned for a while, as if they didn't believe it, the two elders glanced at each other, but still stepped forward and saluted, and shouted together: "Master Qiu." Geng Qiu understood that these two people didn't know him at all, but he didn't say anything, and he didn't know what to say, so he nodded silently.

Ah Hao looked at Geng Qiu, then at Brother Ning, and seeing that everyone was silent, he asked puzzledly: "Lao Liu, why did you bring Brother Ning to this place?" ”

"Son, you don't know. My aunt and grandmother are gone. Lao Liu's voice was choked, and he couldn't wait to cry, and the child cried loudly.

Seeing that these people were just crying, and the people around him looked over, Geng Qiu had to speak up and asked, "Lao Liu, did you flee here, or where are you going?" ”

"Back to Master Qiu, we took the little young master and hid all the way, if we hadn't met you and the eldest prince here, we wouldn't know what to do? My aunt and grandmother were killed by the person who had a black conscience, and it took us a lot of effort to escape with the little master, and the little master suffered a lot along the way, and some of the belongings he brought with him were also spent. Lao Liu cried silently.

"Are you going to follow us?" Geng Qiu asked again. He really doesn't know, this is an extra family of three people, can he support it.

"Eldest son, the little master is left with you, a relative, where else can I go?" Lao Liu didn't answer, but asked Ah Hao.

"Okay, come back with us, it's just that our place is very poor, but as long as I have a bite to eat, I won't miss yours." Ah Hao sighed and replied. Although his mind is half-clear, he also knows that his parents and family have all suffered, and he will definitely be affected to marry his aunt, and now his aunt only has one child left, what if he doesn't take care of himself?

"Yes." Lao Liu immediately became happy. The old couple of them were originally Aunt Hao's companions, not the descendants of Brother Ning's father's family, because the two of them lived in the Zhuangzi all the year round and took care of the Zhuangzi for their aunt, otherwise they would not have escaped.

Seeing that Lao Liu and the three of them were in the dust, dressed ordinarily, and only brought two burdens with them, Geng Qiu knew in his heart that these three people were probably also the masters who had no money. He went into the store and bought two quilts, no matter how to bring people home, there must be quilts to sleep, the day is getting colder and colder. He felt that the quilt he bought last time was too thin, so he planned to buy another thick quilt for him, and he didn't have to think about adding it to himself at this time, he still had to take care of these three people first. There were people added to this family, a lot of things to buy, and more grain, and they bought 50 catties of coarse noodles and 20 catties of brown rice, and a few catties of coarse salt. And he spent the two taels of silver he had brought and forty great pieces of money from the sale of firewood.

Along the way, Geng Qiu and Lao Liu talked while walking, testing each other, Lao Liu was an honest man, and soon confessed to the bottom, Ah Hao's parents' family was unlucky, and they brought out Ah Hao's little aunt who was married. The in-laws' family was somewhat implicated, and they rubbed their daughter-in-law all the time, and even treated their grandson very badly. The little aunt is a temperamental person, so that the in-laws can treat themselves and their sons like this, and they always have to fight back from time to time.

This mother-in-law's family didn't stop doing anything, so they simply made a ruthless move. The little aunt died, and there was only one son left to escape with the subordinates, and the old couple took Brother Ning and fled outside for more than a year, and somehow ran to this broken place, if they hadn't met Ah Hao, they really didn't know what to do?

On the way back to the village, several people had already prepared a rhetoric, Ning Ge'er was Ah Hao's cousin, his hometown was in distress, his parents died, and he had no way to live to go around to his relatives, so he found their family. Lao Liu and Lao Liu are actually not very old, both of them are thirty-five or sixteen years old, but they have fled abroad for more than a year, they are frightened, and they have suffered a lot, so they look so old and look like they are in their forties.

Liu Chengning is six years old. Liu Chengning's parents died, and there was nothing at home, and he still relied on the pull of his uncle and aunt to survive. Anyway, it is impossible for Brother Ning to return to his father's family in the future, and Lao Liu and his wife have a life-saving grace for him, and these two sons themselves have no children, so they simply changed their surname to Liu, recognized Lao Liu and his family as parents, and sent the two old pensioners to the end of their lives when they grow up.

When he arrived in the village, according to this statement, Geng Qiu told the people in the village: "The third uncle's family has come to join us." "Lao Liu has become Uncle Liu, his wife is Aunt Liu, Liu Chengning, and everyone is also called Brother Ning.

Looking at such a poor place, Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu felt that it was too bad, but when they thought of the difficulty of being outside for more than a year, they felt that there was a place that really fell down, which was already good, so the old couple quickly figured it out, anyway, with Ah Hao taking care of Brother Ning, they could be regarded as having an explanation.

The main house on the left is empty, so you can live in it if you clean it up. Because there was only an existing bamboo bed, Geng Qiu asked Amu to hurry up and get a bed out, and use the bamboo bed for a few days first, spread hay on the bamboo bed and two new quilts, and Lao Liu and Ning Ge'er would sleep together for a few days.

Lao Liu and his family are both idle people, seeing Geng Qiu going to cook, the third aunt hurriedly wanted to take over by herself, Ah Hao said with a smile: "You first see how Brother Qiu does it, and then take over slowly." Brother Qiu is very good at cooking. ”

The third aunt rubbed her hands and was embarrassed to give Geng Qiu a hand, but she just added some firewood and grass to the stove, and Liu Sanshu took the initiative to find a job by himself, as soon as he entered the door, he knew that the main family was poor, and even the quilt was newly added, if he didn't work, he was afraid that he would not be able to support the three of them at all. So he went to fetch water, and took a look at the surroundings of the house.

For dinner, Geng Qiu deliberately made more, and also cooked an extra dish, which meant to entertain Brother Ning and the three of them. The main meal is coarse noodle cakes, brown rice porridge, three dishes, a large pot of cabbage stewed with rabbit meat, steamed egg custard, and large pieces of fish stewed shredded white radish. The cabbage radish was given by the villagers, and he planted some of it himself, but it hasn't grown yet. The eggs were given to him by the villagers, and the family always had stock. Fish pieces are even more stocked, and there is always no shortage of them. But for the three of Ning Ge'er, it was really the best meal they had in more than a year. Of course, this kind of meal is quite abundant for poor families.

During the meal, Lao Liu and his family subconsciously didn't dare to serve the table, but Ah Hao said: "Here, you are elders, and everyone will be a family in the future, and there will be no master and subordinate." Let's eat it all together. ”

Lao Liu thinks about it, in this poor place, where is the difference between the master and the subordinate, besides, the two of them are actually not the descendants of the aunt's family for a long time, the aunt and grandmother let them out the year before last, if it weren't for this, they wouldn't have been able to bring out Brother Ning. The main family was kind to them, and they received the last wish of their aunt and grandmother to support the orphan, and they desperately escaped with Ning Ge'er. It's just that he had to spend a lot of money along the way, and he was scared, Brother Ning was sick a few times, and the gold and silver he brought were all spent. Seeing that Haogongzi's family was also so poor, they were afraid that they would not be able to eat. Where do you think that you can still eat fish and meat, you can also be full. The heart that I was carrying finally fell.

After eating, the third aunt hurriedly went to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, hot water was boiled on the stove early, and let Ning Ge'er take a bath first, Ning Ge'er washed well, changed into clean clothes, and finally looked like a young master, but his face was a little pale, and he was weaker.