As soon as his words fell, the car door opened with a clatter, and a sturdy boy in a thick cotton jacket was the first to show his face, looking around and asking happily, "Uncle Wang, is it really a slope?" So fast! ”

The shopkeeper surnamed Wang obviously liked this young man very much, and pointed to a roof ridge not far away that slightly exposed the woods and said, "That village is, you should get off the car quickly, and walk for a quarter of an hour to enter the village." ”

The boy in red was a neat one, and jumped off one leg, and then a young man in a blue cotton jacket came out of the car, he handed the package to his younger brother, and jumped down himself, and then turned around and helped the girl wrapped in a cotton ball to get out of the car.

Needless to say, these three children are the three children that Dong Rong is thinking about. Half a month ago, the convoy they entered, all the way north, the fare was rich, and the mouth was sweet on weekdays, which was very popular with the king's shopkeeper. Now that they were about to separate, the old shopkeeper couldn't help but instruct them a few more words, asking them to go to his shop to play if they had a chance to enter the county seat.

The three children thanked them, said goodbye to the men in the convoy, and then turned around and got off the official road. The north wind whined, slashing slightly on the face like a knife. Brother Qi and Brother Ming tried their best to protect their sister in the middle, for fear of freezing her. Morning Xi grinned, pointed to the wild birds flying in the field for a while, and stepped on a few footprints on the thick snow on the side of the road, and had a lot of fun.

After stopping and doing so, the three brothers and sisters soon entered the village. In a farmhouse compound at the head of the village, it seemed that they were killing New Year's pigs, and there was faint laughter. The three brothers and sisters stood at the entrance of the village for a long time, and finally walked to the gate of the courtyard with curiosity.

Chen Ergou was holding his hands behind his back, smiling and watching the two boys at home hurriedly looking for hemp rope to tie pig's trotters, and shouting and scolding from time to time, "You two cowards, catch a pig and be knocked down by pig's trotters." Where do you eat all the steamed buns in the morning? When I was ten years old, I began to work in the orchard, and if I were as virtuous as you, I would have starved to death! ”

The two boys were not convinced, and one looked up and was about to reply, but the fat pig drilled him and kicked him in the head with a hoof. The three brothers and sisters of Chenxi, seeing that kid gnawed on a mouthful of mud, couldn't help laughing.

The father and son of the Liu family were stunned when they heard the sound. Liu Ergou walked quickly to the door, carefully looked at the three brothers and sisters for a long time, and then asked, "A few little guests, come to my Liu family, but is there something?" ”

Brother Qi is older, he bent down and saluted, and said with a smile, "Uncle's surname is Liu, our brother and sister have nothing to do at home, and we often hear our parents say that they lived on our side of the slope when they were young, so they came over for a walk together." As a result, as soon as I entered the village, I heard that the uncle's house was so lively, so I came over to take a look, but I didn't mean to deliberately laugh at Brother Liu. ”

Liu Ergou was very puzzled when he heard it, and he didn't understand whose child was running out when he saw that it was going to be the New Year, and the reason was only because his parents lived in this village. But he glanced at the appearance of the three children and was relieved, the quirks of the rich and noble families are many, not to mention anything else, the wild vegetables under the roots of the tree in the orchard on the mountain are sold for ten taels of silver a catty, and the people who buy them back are all rich and noble. Put it in their house, no one eats it, and the big fish and meat are sweeter than wild vegetables.

Thinking like this, he warmly invited, "The family is about to kill pigs, if the three young masters and young ladies don't dislike it, come in and have a good time." If you don't like to be noisy, there are relatives in the village, so I asked the boy in the family to deliver a letter. ”

Brother Qi, who was wearing a blue cotton jacket, shook his head and said, "My father and mother didn't live here for a few months when they were young, but they don't have any relatives. I can't say I want to bother my uncle today. ”

"Oh, please come in and sit down. What to say is not to bother, the one who comes is a guest! Liu Ergou called out to the two sons who were a little afraid of life to continue to fight with the fat pig, but he personally led the three teenagers and girls into the house.

The old man of the Liu family passed away a few years ago, and Liu Ergou's daughter-in-law is also diligent, and the house is very clean and warm. After everyone sat down, drinking hot tea and eating melon seeds and peanuts, while gossiping, Liu Ergou suddenly remembered something and asked, "Are your parents those homeless people who were rescued by Dong Dong's family in the flood back then?" ”

Brother Qi and Brother Ming glanced at each other and said in unison, "Exactly, my father and mother often say that we have received the kindness of the people in the village, so we can't forget Ben." ”

"Oops, that's right." Liu Ergou slapped his thigh happily, "Your father and mother are sensible, and our owner almost went bankrupt in order to save people." In the end, when I sent your father and mother back to my hometown, I gave you a lot of trays of dried food. Our whole village is looking at it, and it's been ten years for a while. ”

He sighed with some emotion as he spoke, but he turned to the three children to get closer. Soon, the neighbors heard that someone came to help kill the pig, and Liu Ergou didn't care about his daughter-in-law's nagging, and insisted on waiting for the three children to go to the Four Seasons Garden to have a look. This is exactly what the three children intended, and they went out with him happily.

In the winter orchard, there is no scenery to see except for dead branches and leaves. One big and three small went around the orchard a few times, and they were all shivering from the cold. Liu Ergou opened the door of the three earthen houses at the entrance of the orchard and lit a brazier, which made it much warmer.

Chenxi couldn't help but ask, "I heard my father and mother and my family say that this orchard is beautiful, and the fruits on the fruit trees are all written with words. But how can I look around, and it's no different from an ordinary garden? ”

Liu Ergou laughed when he heard it, he only had a son at home, no daughter, so he was very patient with this little girl, so it was rare to say a lot, "The reason why this garden is famous is because of the owner's family." At that time, the king and the princess of Zhongshan lived in the compound on the top of this mountain, and the garden was lively at that time, and how many officials and nobles came by car all the way to get lucky. Most of the villagers in our village work in this garden, and with the wages they earn, they build new houses, marry daughters-in-law, and their families live a prosperous life. ”

Speaking of this, he didn't know what to think of and sighed, "It's a pity, God has no eyes!" ”

Chenxi was curious, and wanted to ask again, but was stopped by Qi Ge'er, and asked another thing, "Uncle Liu, isn't we far from the military city here." Is there a caravan in the county town going there? ”

"Hey, you're still going to the military city? It's not too far, but the farther you go north, the colder the weather becomes, and seeing that the New Year is coming, your parents won't worry about it? Liu Ergou persuaded the three children, "Otherwise, you will have a pig-killing meal at your uncle's house today, sleep for one night, and go home tomorrow." Wait until next spring when the flowers bloom and then come out to play. ”

Qi Ge'er smiled, and when he was about to speak again, he heard the sound of a carriage outside. Liu Ergou obviously heard it, he suddenly stood up, his face darkened, and whispered to a few children, "You stay in the house, I'll go out and have a look." ”

The three children did not know why, but when they saw him hurrying out, they gathered around the window to look. I saw a carriage rushing into the gate of the orchard in a very arrogant and domineering manner, and before it could stop, the window opened, and a drunken official who was obviously drunk raised his chin glanced at Liu Ergou and asked, "Liu Ergou, didn't you say that the key to the orchard was lost?" How did you get in? Could it be that the Cao family is back? ”

Liu Ergou held back his anger and replied in a low voice, "The official said that I was joking, I have always been guarding this garden, and no one from the Cao family has ever come back." ”

The official seemed to be a little disappointed, and when he saw the shadowy figures of the three children in the window, he raised his hand and asked, "Where did this child come from?" ”

"This is my eldest brother's child, today the family is busy killing pigs, I will bring them over to open their eyes and be blessed." Liu Ergou didn't know why, he just didn't want to talk to this official about the roots of the three children, and he made an excuse for his relatives.

The official pursed his lips and snorted coldly, "It's still blessed, don't mess with bad luck and go home." ”

When Liu Ergou heard this, his face was obviously three points darker, but he tried his best to endure it and did not refute. The official was also bored, and after looking around, he opened his mouth and threatened, "Liu Ergou, I can tell you, if the Cao family comes back, you must go to the government immediately to report, if you dare to slow down for a while, be careful to put you in prison for the New Year!" ”

"The villain doesn't dare!"

"It's right if you don't dare, forgive you for not being so bold, hum!"

The carriage ran out of the orchard like the wind, leaving Liu Ergou to close the garden door tightly and go back to the house with a grunt. Brother Ming just turned over a few sweet potatoes in the corner of the house, and was tossing and roasting them in the brazier, when he saw Liu Ergou coming back, he smiled and jokingly asked, "Uncle, you owe this official money, he is really fierce!" ”

Liu Ergou was so angry that he stomped his feet fiercely, and finally scolded, "These wolf-hearted and dog-lung things, in the spring, they also ran to the garden to ask for a peach blossom, saying that they were begging for their daughter, and they were blessed." Now when he heard that the princess and princess were dead, he immediately changed his face. I still want to arrest the Cao family, I don't know who to get the reward money with! ”

"Who do you say is dead?" Chenxi was originally grabbing the iron hook with the second brother to play with the sweet potato, but suddenly he was stunned when he heard this, and turned to look at Brother Qi'er, "Big brother, he said that our father and our mother are dead?" ”

Qi Ge'er and Ming Ge'er almost immediately threw down the things in their hands and threw themselves to their sister's side, and sure enough, Chenxi cried loudly, jumped up and was about to run out. The two brothers finally stopped their sister and anxiously comforted, "Don't cry in the morning, my brother didn't mean to hide it from you." Our father and mother had an accident, but they didn't die! ”

"Yes, our father and mother are fine, don't cry!"

"You lied to me, no wonder you took me everywhere to play, I want to go home, and you won't let me. I'm going to my house, and you're going to stop you! Whining! Chenxi cried so much that her tears flowed like a river, and her two brothers were so distressed that they couldn't wait to dig out their hearts and lungs, as long as their sister could smile again.

"Chenxi, you listen to the eldest brother. Our father and mother are very powerful, and we will be fine, but the three of us are still young, and it is easy for people to catch and affect our parents. That's why I discussed with your second brother and took you to the grassland to find your brother-in-law. Brother Yi now has thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, let's discuss with him, and when the time comes, no one will dare to bully his father. ”R638