The pasted paper lanterns were lit, but the room was illuminated a little brighter than in the daytime, and the prepared dishes and stewed meat were put on the table, and japonica rice was cooked for the Lantern Festival.

"Girl, I have never eaten japonica rice in my life, but I have followed you to enjoy this great blessing!" Aunt Qin looked at the big bowl of japonica rice in front of her and wiped her tears.

Uncle Qin also nodded on the side, "It's not what's wrong, I used to help work in that big family's house, and when I saw the old man and young master's food, I thought at the time, if I can eat a bite, even if I die, I will be happy, how can I think, this old man can still have this blessing!" ”

"Uncle, aunt, this is the blessing of your two elders to do good deeds and accumulate virtues, but it has nothing to do with us."

"It doesn't matter, if I don't have a few of you, I won't be tired and I can't afford to eat this bowl of japonica rice."

"Uncle, auntie, don't say this, we can get you to take you in, if you want to say thank you, we should thank you! This meal has to be eaten while it is hot, so try it! Situ Yan didn't want to be polite with them, it was cold, although the kang was burning in the house, but the air leakage around was not much higher than the temperature outside.

"Hey, I'll eat. Girl, what's in this bowl? I look at the white flowers? Uncle Qin scooped up the Lantern Festival in the bowl, and he didn't know what to eat.

"Uncle, this is called Lantern Festival, Xiao Wu made it fragrant, you can taste it!" Without waiting for Situ Yan to reply, Erlang on the side couldn't sit still, he was already greedy, but Uncle Qin was polite to the little sister a little bit, and he didn't want to eat first, not to mention that the little sister told him that when he came to someone else's house as a guest, if the host didn't eat, the guest couldn't eat the first bite, and the host put aside the chopsticks, even if he wasn't full, he couldn't eat anymore.

Although he didn't want to, he also knew that this was etiquette, and he had to do it if he didn't want to. At this time, seeing that Uncle Qin was about to move chopsticks easily, but he only held the Lantern Festival to watch, where could he still bear it.

"Second brother!" Situ Yan smiled and pulled the hem of Erlang's clothes to remind him not to rush. Erlang blushed embarrassedly, but his eyes were still staring at Lantern Festival.

"Old man, hurry up, you can see that the flowers are not successful, if you don't eat them, a few babies can't eat them." Aunt Qin saw Erlang's urgency, and she was happy, and scolded Uncle Qin with a smile, and she took a bite first.

"Ouch, this is soft, and it's sweet, but it's fragrant!" Uncle Qin saw that the old woman was eating deliciously, so he hurriedly took a small bite, and also smacked his mouth and shouted incense.

Erlang also ate one, screaming louder than Uncle Qin's. The family had a lively holiday. And the patriarch went home, I don't know if he really suffered retribution, or angry, he fell ill that night, and the next day the village got Xin'er, and even believed Situ Yan's words, thinking that the patriarch was hiding the kindness of the Qin family, so he suffered, and he was a little better to the second elder of the Qin family, and he never let the people in the village trouble the Qin family.

Situ Yan just smiled when she heard it, she wanted to do it before they left, but this time it was good, saving her the trouble of doing it.

stayed in Qin's house until the nineteenth night of the first lunar month, Situ Yan entered the main room to say goodbye to Uncle Qin and Auntie, "Uncle, Auntie, we have disturbed these days, and we will leave early in the morning." We fled this time, there is nothing good, here are two taels of silver, just as we honor your two elders. ”

"Girl, what are you doing here, take it back, you are here to build a house and build a yard, and make food for us, except for borrowing your broken house, I didn't help anything, I followed you to enjoy the blessings, if you give me money, you can let my old face go where." Uncle Qin refused to accept it, and even Aunt Qin helped persuade him.

"Isn't that what I said, girl, a few of you who are far away from home, and none of the adults followed, and I didn't get any money for eating along the way, and I couldn't take anything from this money."

Situ Yan saw that the two insisted, she didn't stuff it hard, and took the silver back, and then continued, "That's okay, I won't give the silver money, but in the east chamber stove room, I dug a cellar, which hides 100 catties of black noodles, and it is enough for the uncle and aunt to save some food and stay up for a few months until the autumn harvest." ”

"Girl, what are you doing here, it's money and food, what can you ask your aunt to say?" Aunt Qin was grateful, and her tears couldn't stop flowing. Even Uncle Qin sighed on the side, his nose was sour, he liked these babies, if his own children were still alive, I was afraid that his grandson would be older than them, and he couldn't stop his tears when he thought of this.

Situ Yan was afraid that the two old men would hurt their bodies by crying, so they hurriedly persuaded a few words and went out of the house, and waited until the next day before dawn, quietly touched into the main room, put 2 taels of silver coins and two cotton winter clothes on Aunt Qin's pillow, and then drove out of Yangliu Village with Li Dalang and a few people, and went straight to Dongwu County, Qinghe County.

When Aunt Qin woke up at dawn, she looked at the silver and cotton clothes on the pillow, and cried for a while, without asking, she knew that these must have been left by a few babies, and she was afraid that people would leave early, but the second elder still chased to the entrance of the village, where could she still see the figure, and looked at it for a while before going home. As for what kind of life the second elder will live in the future, Situ Yan has never inquired again, and she doesn't even remember this person many years later, after all, these two old men have never intersected with her again.

Li Dalang and Li Erlang sat in front of the car, and San Lang and Shilang sat on both sides of Situ Yan, "Little Five, we have been staying for almost half a month, and we are really a little reluctant." Saburo sat in the car and looked back in the direction of Yangliu Village from time to time.

"Well, there is no utilitarian interest in getting along with people, there will naturally be feelings, Uncle Qin and Aunt Qin are both good people." According to Situ Yan in her previous life, at most she left some silver money for the two of them, maybe she saw too much in this life, and the four people around her were all enthusiastic, so she was more concerned and left 100 catties of black noodles, and even Da Lang didn't know how many of them, they thought that the little sister only left ten catties of black noodles.

Chatting and walking, by the way, feeding snow wolves and carrots, five people, a dog and a mule are not boring.

When I went to Jinshen, I saw the gate of Dongwu County, and there were more officers and soldiers at the gate than when Li Dalang entered the city a few days ago, Li Dalang didn't say anything, and Situ Yan didn't care, and the momentary negligence caused a lot of disasters.

Situ Yan paid nearly 600 Wen before he mixed into the city, first carved a mark in the largest inn, and then found a small inn to live in, this time the inferior room was full, and the five people had to ask for two medium rooms, Situ Yan was busy taking care of San Lang these days, and was also busy with housework, but more tired than rushing to escape, and did not want to go out again when he entered the house.

San Lang has been bored in Qin's house, and he is bored, so he clamored to go to the street to see, Da Lang and Erlang are not at ease, and they are afraid that Shiro will not take good care of them, thinking that it is still early, so they didn't stop it, and followed them to the street.

The four of them stopped and took a look, and at this time, most of the shops in the city were closed, and only some pharmacies were still half open to see some people who were sick.

The four of them have always had the copper money given by the little sister earlier, and seeing that there are big bowls of tea that can be bought for a penny, they can't help but sit down and ask for two bowls, and the four of them are eating tea while talking and laughing, but they all have no sentimentality when they just left the Qin family.

The four of them were talking happily, when they saw a team of officials coming from the street, coming straight to the stall, and before Li Dalang and the others could react, they were taken by the officials.

"Official, what are you doing here?"

"What? The imperial court had an order, Youzhou was lost, and Cheng Ding was used to fill the army. Aren't you a few adults, then take a look at the household book. ”

"We're not from Tobu County, you can't arrest us." San Lang reacted the fastest, but as soon as the words came out, he saw the official laughing.

"I can hear a few of you with one mouth, and look at what you are wearing, I am afraid that you are deserters from the north. Now Lao Tzu can still make a meritorious service, take some rewards, lock them up and take them away. ”

Erlang saw that the official didn't listen to the explanation, and he was angry and wanted to do it, "Yo drink, you dare to do it with Lao Tzu, brothers, I still don't believe that I can't take them." ”

"Wait!" Li Dalang is older after all, although he is scared and surprised, but he is still sober in his heart.

"My brother is young, you have a lot of don't worry about him, I will follow you and let my brothers go! Besides, my third brother and fourth brother have not yet become Ding, so I begged the official to let them go. ”

The official took a look at Saburo and Shiro, discussed with the people around him, released Saburo and Shiro, bundled Dalang and Erlang, and escorted them away.

"Little Four, you follow from afar, I'll go back to find Little Five." San Lang also panicked, thinking that he should go back to his little sister to get an idea.

Shiro followed from a distance, and saw that his brothers were taken to a clearing, only to find that this place was full of people at this time, separated from the outside by a rope, and there were many men tied inside, and outside were women and children crying and screaming.

San Lang ran back to the inn, anxious, and the door slammed "Bang!" Syllable! "Make a sound.

"It's coming, it's coming!" As soon as Situ Yan fell asleep, she was woken up, and she couldn't react for a while, so she had no choice but to get out of bed and put on her shoes.

"Third brother, what's wrong with you, you're sweating profusely?"

"Little five, hurry, the eldest brother and the second brother let the official cha arrest!" San Lang said in a hurry, Situ Yan had just been woken up again, and he didn't react for a while.

"Third brother, don't worry, make your words clear."

"The eldest brother and the second brother let the official cha arrest him, saying that it was the fall of Youzhou, and the court ordered Ding Chongjun to be arrested." The drowsiness in Situ Yan's eyes was scared away all at once, although she was anxious, but she didn't show it on her face.

"Third brother, don't worry, where did they go?"

"Xiao Si followed to see it." As the two were talking, they saw Shiro running back, and Situ Yan knew that the official mansion had already escorted the captured Zhuang Ding to the north city gate, and it seemed that he was going to the border city of Jizhou Mansion overnight.