Erya and Xiaohu, who were at home, also received the news that Xiaolong was going to pass by here when he went out to work, and brought Ah Jing and the two children back. I thought that only Ah Jing and the child would come back, but I didn't expect Xiaolong to return home with his father-in-law.

When everyone arrived at home, the second uncle and aunt came to visit Xiaolong and learned that the second daughter-in-law's father had also come, and the couple hurriedly invited their father-in-law to be a guest at home.

This Second Master Kong was just able to escape from the death situation in the capital, and he still got Wang Xiaolong's plan, although he didn't attach much importance to this in-law before, but now he doesn't have the arrogant arrogance he used to have. Cordial and easy-going chatted with my in-laws, my eldest brother, and my cousin all night. The grandfather who was asked to be a guest later couldn't stop admiring others, Wang Shoumin's in-laws are very approachable, there is no official frame at all, and the official is different, etc., and inadvertently put a lot of gold face on those officials in the capital.

On the night Xiaolong returned, Xiaohu and his wife discussed in the inner room what their brother had just proposed. Erya said: "Why don't we just go and take the children with us, they all want to go out for a walk and have fun, and now the weather is just right, and we should come back when it is very cold." ”

In fact, Erya also wants to go out for a walk, since Xiaolong wants her to go with her to see the place that the Emperor Taishang said, it is better to take the children around. Wen Zhong begged his father to take him without success, and he had already wailed to her, and it seemed that he really longed for a life of travel. In her opinion, it is also good to take the children to see poor places, at least to let them know that there are many people in the world who are not well fed and clothed.

Xiaohu also thinks that it is good for the child to go out and walk more. He really grew up when he went out again and again.

He didn't say much, and directly arranged what the two of them would do tomorrow: "I'll go to the mountains tomorrow to call them all back, and I'll be responsible for the safety of the children along the way." You're packing up at home for the road. ”

Erya nodded, thinking that Sister-in-law Ding might not have slept yet, so she got up and planned to find Sister-in-law Ding, while saying to Xiaohu: "Then you go to bed early!" Get up early tomorrow and go into the mountains! Xiaolong said that there were still a few accompanying officials staying in Fucheng, so don't let them wait too long. I also have to go out and ask Sister-in-law Ding if Xiang Kun and Zhenzhen from her family want to go together. "These two children have lived at home for so many years, and they have long become a family. They still take Wen Fan with them in everything they do. treats Wen Fan as a little brother and a little master, and has been carefully taking care of and accommodating. If you only take Wen Fan, Wen Zhong, and Wen Jin this time, you won't just bring their brothers and sisters. Erya will feel uncomfortable.

In the next room, Sister-in-law Ding's excited voice came out: "The lady of the owner! Can I come with you to the place you mentioned? She was a little excited when she heard the lady of the proprietor say that she was going to take the children on a long trip, and she also said a place name.

Erya looked at her suspiciously: "Where is your original home?" ”

Sister-in-law Ding's eyes were a little red. Shaking his head, he replied, "It's not my home!" It's my old master. It seems to be some kind of relative who went to that place to join him. Now, after all these years, I think my daughter-in-law should be able to redeem her. I want to go with you to find that house and redeem my miserable daughter-in-law. ”

It turned out that Sister-in-law Ding had been thinking about her daughter-in-law all along, and Sister-in-law Ding had never mentioned it, and Erya really didn't think of it at all, otherwise she would have asked someone to help find it a few years earlier.

"Sister-in-law Ding, since you haven't been able to let go of your daughter-in-law, why didn't you say it earlier? There are quite a few people in my family who work outside. It's not easy to find someone for you?! ”

"The proprietor's lady! Thank you for your kindness, but I'm afraid I can't go early. That young grandmother is really useless if she doesn't come to me, and her daughter-in-law is really useless. I won't let people go. Now that after so many years, presumably they can take root over there, and if my daughter-in-law wants to redeem herself, it shouldn't be so difficult! I followed you to try my luck! ”

Erya thinks about the situation at home, Ah Jing has just been pregnant, but she brought ink books and brocade paintings back to serve her, and there is also a nurse who is familiar with everything in the family to stay at home, and Sister-in-law Ding is not unable to leave. He nodded in agreement: "Okay!" Then you can follow suit! However, you also know your physical condition! You're not young anymore, and you're only afraid of suffering a lot along the way! ”

Sister-in-law Ding cried and thanked the lady of the owner: "Thank you lady of the owner!" No matter how much suffering I have, I can withstand it. ”

When he set off, when Second Master Kong saw the men, women, and children who were walking long behind Xiaolong, he only felt that his vision had phantoms. Seeing that the bunch of people got into the car and went to town together, he thought that he must have given them a ride. When he saw the carriages lined up in the town, the old man's group, and the many majestic guards on the horses, he told himself to stop guessing, these old and young men and women were following them.

The entourage who was waiting for Lord Wang in Fucheng, although they were waiting for delicious food and drink in the inn in Fucheng, but they had waited in vain for nearly two days, and they were already a little annoyed. We are going to investigate the local facts, not to go to the mountains and rivers, how can we rush with so many children? ”

Er Ya didn't want any contradictions between Xiaolong and his colleagues, so without waiting for Xiaolong to speak, he preemptively said, "Don't worry, this adult!" We're going there, but we're not going to go with you! You can go as usual, and we'll go slowly! ”

Xiaolong lowered his eyelids and didn't plan to squeak, he invited his sister-in-law and eldest brother to join him, just to ask his sister-in-law to help see how that place was transformed, so that he could complete the task and return to Beijing as soon as possible. The sister-in-law brought the children by the way, which also gave the children more knowledge. But since these people are in such a hurry, they should hurry over with them, and let them wait slowly for their sister-in-law and eldest brother in the place where they can only eat chaff. Will they complain that the children are delaying their trips on the road?

When he set off again, Xiaolong really took his people and left first, and Xiaohu and Erya walked slowly with the guards and children. Erya knew that the place where she would eventually go was very poor. Therefore, she had to buy more food such as rice and noodles in every town she went, fill all the places in front and back of the cart that were used for stuffing, and the horses on which the guards rode also carried blankets full of food.

The further they went southwest, the more mountains they had. The standard of living of the people is also getting worse. The children had food from their own cars and could hunt in the mountains from time to time, and they only felt the joy of having fun along the way, but they did not feel the hunger and pain of the people without food to eat.

Sister-in-law Ding also grew up in an environment where she was not well fed and clothed since she was a child, and now that she is older, she can't see her children starving, so she pays attention to the living conditions of children in these places more carefully than Erya.

"The proprietor's lady! Now is the time of harvest, why haven't they eaten yet? ”

The situation in this place is known to Erya. It's all mountainous and there are no paddy fields, even if there is a small col where rice can be grown. But often before they can harvest, they are spoiled by birds and wild animals in the mountains, and they can't look at it. There is land in the mountains where corn and wheat can be grown, but the soil layer is special. In the first year, it was reclaimed to grow grain, but after two years, the land has not been matured and fattened. The sand of the book was washed away by the torrential rain. Then the land was largely scrapped. There is no other use for planting vines and thorns.

Erya sighed: "They don't have land to grow crops, and there is no way to transport the special products in the mountains, so what's the use of the harvest season for them?" It's okay here, they can still have a way down the mountain, and if they work harder, they can take the good things from the mountain to the town at the foot of the mountain in exchange for what they need. In order to avoid trouble, some families fled into the mountains, and that day was sad, guarding a treasure mountain. But I couldn't get even a grain of salt. As the old saying goes: relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to eat the water, in fact, this is not so easy. ”

"Life in the mountains is so hard. Why don't they go down? ”

No matter how poor and difficult the place is, there are people guarding it, in the former world of Erya, all the young people in a certain mountain village chose to go down the mountain to settle down, but there were more than 200 old people who were unwilling to leave.

"Maybe it's because it's hard to leave their homeland, or maybe it's because they're empty-handed, even if they go down the mountain, they have no way to live! Who would dare to venture down the mountain? Alas! Er Ya sighed again!

Sister-in-law Ding thinks about it, if she has no money in her hand, she will go down the mountain, and she will not even have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, so it is better to have a home in the mountain.

was sighing here, and the little tiger in front of him came over: "The lady of the owner!" The proprietor told you all to get out of the car and walk. The road here is not good, and it is easy to overturn. ”

Although this carriage is designed according to the site height of the off-road vehicle, Er Ya has not yet been able to make the kind of connecting rod that automatically adjusts the height of the site. Therefore, the danger of this new carriage walking on such a real mountain road is not low. In particular, the people sitting inside leaned to the side with the tilt of the car, which made the gravity of the carriage out of control, and if they were not careful, they would overturn.

The children did not know that they were tired, so they jumped out of the car happily, playing while walking, and saw the occasional hare running on the side of the road, and they were too busy to hit the stones.

"Wow! I hit! I hit! Wen Jin finally hit a rabbit, and while screaming excitedly, he ran up to pick up the rabbit, and Wen Fan, Wen Zhong, Xiang Kun, and Zhenzhen all ran over.

Wen Fan saw that Wen Jin really hit a rabbit and fell into the grass, and shouted unconvinced: "I will also beat a rabbit in a while, and I will also beat a pheasant." ”

"I'm going to hunt wild boars!" Xiang Kun was not to be outdone.

"I'm going to fight the tiger!" Wen Zhong was even more unconvinced, Wen Jin is a younger brother, younger than him!

The guards who guarded them laughed and listened to the bragging of a few children, who also came from childhood and felt that the children's world was really beautiful.

Wen Jin took the rabbit's ears and handed them to one of the guards: "Brother General! Help me put this rabbit away, and I'll treat the big brothers to a roast rabbit in the evening! ”

Liu Zijiang looked at such a rabbit with amusement, one person was not enough to score a bite, and dared to say so boldly that he wanted to invite them to eat barbecue.

"Brother Wenjin! Such a rabbit is not enough for so many people! How are you going to please? ”

Wen Jin, who has never bothered about eating and drinking, really doesn't know how to invite everyone to eat when a rabbit is not enough to eat, and he is a little confused at the moment. "Well, I'll go hunt a few more rabbits."

Liu Zi was amused by Wen Jin's confused and ignorant appearance, patted his little head lightly and smiled: "You don't need to go, the big brother will give each of you a rabbit to roast and eat." Do you want? ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Brother General! I want to eat pheasant! ”

"Brother General! I want to eat tigers! ”

Liu Zijiang made a gesture at Wen Zhong, who was about to eat the tiger, "You can spare my brother!" Tiger, brother doesn't dare to fight! ”

Erya and Sister-in-law Ding also happened to come up, and when they saw that Liu Zi was going to give Wen Zhong a trick, they couldn't figure out the situation. When it became clear that Wen Zhong wanted to eat the tiger, he couldn't follow the fun. (To be continued.) )