Xibao was ready for the return trip yesterday evening, and during this time, he checked it several times in great detail. At night, I was quite uneasy, afraid that something would happen to my son-in-law, after all, there was no nursing home to take care of this place.

He was always worried, so he didn't sleep deeply. In a daze, he heard as if someone was coming from Childe's room, and he woke up in an instant, and his first instinct was that someone was coming to disadvantage Childe. After all, Childe is such a jade-like person, and this place is really simple, and there is no nursing home.

Xibao immediately got up and knocked on the door, shouting a few times. He didn't want to be too public, he didn't want to alarm his neighbors, after all, Childe was still young, and he was his daughter's family, if something really happened in the house, it would really ruin Childe's innocence.

He was going to shout a few times, but if Childe hadn't reacted yet, he would just take a bamboo stick and open the latch and go in, no matter what, even if he fought for his life, he would save Childe. Because since he was a child, even the Roche couple never regarded him as a person. But the little boy said that he was a family member, and Zhang's Mansion would be his home in the future, and he would have to manage all the affairs.

She is so smart, erudite, and looks like a fairy in the painting, and she is willing to call him "Brother Xibao", he has no regrets in this life, that is, he has to protect her in everything.

He shouted a few times, but he didn't expect Childe to answer, and his voice was as usual. He was not at ease, so he said a few more words, but Childe still spoke in the same tone. He pondered carefully, and could not hear that she was in danger, so he could not force his way into the room, and make a fuss to frighten her. Besides, he was afraid that Gongzi would not like to be so reckless. Therefore, he had to go back to his room and listen carefully to the movements of Childe's room. Listen to whether it is really as she said, she is practicing song and dance drama, as for what drama is, he doesn't know much about the things of those readers, and it is difficult to dig up the roots and ask. After all, he was still afraid that Childe didn't like talkative people.

In this way, there was some whispering in Childe's room at first, but then there was no sound. He only said that Childe fell asleep, and he also slept, but he never slept unsteadily, because he had never seen Childe's condition with his own eyes. So, in my sleep, there were all kinds of dreams, dreaming that my son was snatched away by gangsters, and kept calling for help.

Xibao woke up suddenly in such a terrible dream, turned over, and looked at the bright light from the window paper, as if it was about to dawn. He got up and dressed neatly, went to the kitchen to boil vegetable leaves and rice porridge, and felt that the sky was already bright, so he went to knock on the door of the son with peace of mind.

He knocked a few times and whispered, "Childe." ”

There was no response in the house. He suddenly felt cold all over, and continued to knock a few more times, but there was no sound, and he felt that he almost didn't know how to breathe. I had to find a bamboo stick to open the door.

There were no signs of a fight in the house, the bedding was not folded, and Childe's clothes were gone. And the skylight doesn't look like it's tilted. He suddenly realized that Childe must have been taken from there.

He panicked for a moment, and felt the urge to cry. However, he thought that he was the chief housekeeper of the Zhang Mansion and a person trusted by the son, so he should not mess up.

"Where did your son-in-law go?" Ah Gui passed by the door, poked his head in and asked.

"He's out for a walk, let me help him make his bed." Hi Bao replied in the same tone as usual. At this moment, he had calmed down. Now that Childe's life and death are uncertain, and I don't know how the situation will develop in the future, we must not leak the news that she was robbed by gangsters. If the time has passed, the son has not returned. He will also set off back to Liuhe Town as originally planned, and then secretly consult with Shopkeeper Chen about the rescue.

At this moment, Xibao suddenly found that he was no longer the little guy he used to be.

Ah Gui let out an "oh" and said: "This Jiang Gongzi used to be a dragon in the Chen family, and he often disappeared, ran out for a walk, ran horses, and investigated the customer's situation. Didn't she say that she had to get up when the time came? ”

"Uncle Gui, you just have to do your part. When do you need to talk more about the affairs of the masters? Xibao shouted in a deep voice.

"Yo, the little hairy kid is also on the shelf? Isn't your mansion a blessing for my son and wife? If you don't like it, what can you do with your son-in-law's hairy child? It's not that my wife and son are kind-" Ah Gui said outside the door, looking like he was leaning on the old and selling the old.

Xibao didn't care about anything, he made up the child's bed properly, walked out of the door quickly, looked at the hunchbacked Agui, his eyes showed a fierce light, and said in a deep voice: "Shut your mouth." Just an old thing like you, shame on your master. ”

"You kid-" Ah Gui was about to say something, but when he saw his look of wanting to kill, he snorted.

Xibao didn't pay attention to it, but said: "We are only responsible for doing things, and we don't have to discuss the affairs of the master." My son-in-law will definitely come back at the time of the hour, and even if the time does not come back, it is not a big deal. After all, this Liucun is her hometown, and it is not impossible to come back, see the neighbors, and talk about the shortcomings of the parents. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Agui with a gloomy expression. That Agui moved his mouth, and before he could say it, he glared at him hatefully and walked away.

He didn't have the heart to worry about this little man, so he only paced slowly to the outside of the bamboo forest, and the sunlight was already shining on the side of the mountain, dyeing the eastern sky crimson. Occasionally, the mountain breeze blows through the golden rice fields, the ears of rice roll by, and the egrets rise and fall, so cheerful.

However, he was in a hurry. He was obsessed with his little son. However, after stopping and waiting for a long time, he didn't see the shadow of Gongzi, but Ma Siye had already packed up and drove his car to the door to wait.

"Butler, are you about to set off?" Ma Siye called him very respectfully.

He nodded and said, "Get up at the end of the day, you come in for breakfast, I'll make your breakfast." ”

Ma Siye smiled and came in for breakfast, and he waited in the courtyard. Finally, on the side of the rice field, it seemed that the figure of the little boy appeared, followed by another person, and he couldn't see who it was, and the two came all the way. Seeing the little boy's footsteps was very cheerful, he was jumping up and down from time to time, and he was very happy to say something to the people behind him.

Xibao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, only to feel that his soul that had already been out of his body had returned to his body in an instant. He found that nothing was more important than the safety of his son.

Childe came back, and at a glance he saw his concern, and he didn't say anything. Childe comforted in a low voice: "I'm fine." ”

He nodded, and didn't ask who the handsome young man next to her was, but who looked magnificent. Because my son-in-law is safe and sound, nothing else matters.

However, he couldn't help but look at the thin and tall boy. A ragged shirt, like a person who has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, but there is a little less servant dust between the eyebrows, and the hands are the same as the little boy, the thin and slender hands, the fingers and skulls are distinct, and the skin on the hands is like translucent white jade, and the blue and black tendons are faintly visible.

That's also a noble son, and it should not be a simple person, looking at the look between the eyebrows, there is a kind of majesty, although when he looks at his son, his expression is like a white cotton ball, very soft!

Xi Bao looked at it slightly, and felt that this son was really extraordinary.

"What time is it?" Chen Qiuniang saw Xi Baowu in a daze, as if she was looking at Zhang Ci, and hurriedly asked.

"It's almost hour." Xibao hurriedly replied, and then asked, "The two sons want to use some rice porridge, I have rice porridge." ”

Chen Qiuniang shook her head and said, "We have eaten out, you go to have breakfast and go back to Liuhe Town." ”

"Yes." Xibao bowed and left, his steps steady and brisk, although there was always a faint loss in his heart.

Chen Qiuniang and Zhang Ci stood outside the vegetable garden and chatted, and from time to time she pulled a hibiscus flower and played with it in her hand. Zhang Ci was still talking about his past, she occasionally interjected, and in between Zhang Ci's rests, she also talked about some rural fun. For example, how to grow vegetables, plant rice, catch fish, the phenological changes of the four seasons, and how to make delicious things.

"Ah, can you really make wine the way you say? The rice wine I make is always not authentic enough. There is also osmanthus wine or something, I don't make it good. It was Chen Qiuniang's turn to tell that Zhang Ci was like a curious baby, constantly asking questions.

"Yes." Chen Qiuniang jumped and couldn't stop for a moment. In front of him, she was willing to be a little girl, not wanting to remember that she had actually lived for more than thirty years.

"Then when will you teach me, or just make it for me to drink. Good no good? Zhang Ci looked at her with a blank look in his voice, and there was a plea in his tone.

Chen Qiuniang thought that she was about to leave, she was stunned for a moment, and then immediately lied and said, "Okay." ”

As soon as she lied, she thought that she would be leaving soon, and her heart was cold, and she didn't dare to think deeply about how he would feel at that time.

Zhang Ci smiled because of her answer, and said, "And those fruit wines from your wealthy feast, I also want to drink them." You're going to do it for me, too. ”

"Have you ever drunk?" Chen Qiuniang was very surprised.

"Nope. Still, I've heard it's delicious. Zhang Ci looked a little depressed.

"Okay, I'll go back to town, I'll copy the recipe to you, and I'll make the fruit wine for you myself." She laughs. I thought about copying a copy of some delicious recipes to this foodie.

"It's a deal." Zhang Ci happily reached out and high-fived her, happy as a child.

Then, when the time came, Chen Qiuniang and Zhang Ci returned to Liuhe Town together. The Eighteen Cavalry had been waiting impatiently, and they were afraid of entering the village to expose Zhang Ci's whereabouts, so they waited on the hillside of the first line of heaven, and when they saw Zhang Ci's carriage passing, they followed from a distance.

Chen Qiuniang was very nervous all the way, alert to the possible danger, but she didn't expect it to be smooth all the way. Before the carriage entered the south gate of Liuhe Town, in a dense forest, Zhang Ci got off the carriage without paying attention and disappeared into the dense forest next to it.

(First update, mark it) R1152