144. Chapter 144
"Sister, he's still following." Back at home, Su Xiao glanced behind him again, and saw Chen Ye following from a distance, and said in a low voice.
Su Liu glanced back and frowned.
He had already clearly refused, but he still followed, and even followed him to the house.
"Ignore him, let's ignore him, he'll go."
"Sister, let's keep him, he's still a child, and he can't eat much, so he won't miss this bite of food." Su Xiao was a little unbearable, and felt that her eldest sister was too unkind.
She is a person who can't hide her thoughts, thinking like this, she puts her thoughts on her face, how can Su Liu not understand? sighed helplessly, and said, "Xiaoxiao, it's not that my sister is reluctant to eat this mouthful, it's that his origin is unknown, and I don't know what his identity is, if it is...... What can we do? ”
No wonder Su Liu is so cautious, just looking at Chen Ye's conversation and demeanor, he feels that he is not an ordinary farmer, who knows what his true identity is, if it is the son of a criminal official or something, then they are harboring, she can't afford to take this risk.
Su Xiao bit her lip, glanced at Chen Ye, and stomped in.
Su Liu stroked his forehead and followed in, and sure enough, Su Xiao couldn't help but 'sue' with Chen.
Chen was also surprised when he heard this, looked at Su Liu, and asked, "Liu'er, is there really such a thing?" ”
Su Liu had no choice but to tell the Chen family what he was thinking, and finally said, "Mother, we can't take this risk. ”
"Perhaps, perhaps, is a child of a small family." Chen hesitated for a moment.
"Mother, none of us know anything about this, I have to ensure the safety of you and Xiaoxiao." Su Liu was very determined.
Chen also knew that Su Liu was stubborn, and after thinking for a while, he sighed: "It's okay." Seeing the little daughter pouting, she said softly: "Xiaoxiao, your sister has her own considerations, listen to her." ”
Although Su Xiao was unhappy, he would not refute Su Liu's decision, but he was a little depressed, and he responded in the end.
The night is as cold as water, Su Liu and the others have moved to this yard for more than a month, and in August, the temperature has begun to drop slowly, especially the temperature difference between morning and evening, which is much lower than that of noon and daytime.
Su Xiao ran into the house again, sat on the kang and said sullenly: "Mother, he is still squatting outside." ”
Chen's needlework hand was stunned, almost stabbed his fingertips, looked at Su Liu carefully, and his tone was a little unbearable: "Liu'er ......"
"Mother!" Su Liu frowned, pinched the tip of his eyebrows, and since he beat Chen Ye to the house, he didn't leave him, Su Xiao had already gone back and forth to see if he was gone for various reasons, and as a result, the child had been guarding firmly.
"I don't have to keep him, it's just that it's late now, although it's hot during the day, but our yard is close to the side of the mountain, and it's cooler, the kid is afraid of being dressed in tatters, if he doesn't leave, I'm afraid it's ......" Chen's worries are self-evident.
She also went to see the child, thin and small, and a motherless child, Chen's heart softened when she saw it, she is also a person with children!
"That's right, sister, saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter." Su Xiao took the opportunity to say.
"You're biting the word." Su Liu said angrily.
Seeing that her tone softened, Su Xiao immediately leaned in and said, "Sister, you are the heart of the Bodhisattva, let him in, otherwise what can I do if I freeze to death?" ”
"That's a sin in vain." Chen said.
Su Liu saw that they were singing and being careful, shook his head, glanced at the sky outside the window, pondered for a moment, and finally said: "Then let him in, tomorrow, make plans." ”
Su Xiaocrisp answered, and ran out of the house quickly, while Chen said, "I'm going to have a hot meal, and I guess that kid is also hungry." ”
Chen Ye was soon led in by Su Xiao, and when the lights were on, Su Liu saw that his face was blue from the cold, and he couldn't help sighing, and said, "You can rest at our house for one night." ”
Chen Ye didn't say a word, only knelt down and kowtowed to Su Liu a few times.
Su Xiao saw Su Liu thoughtful, so he said, "Sister, I'll take him to the kitchen to eat." As he spoke, he didn't wait for Su Liu to make a sound, and left with Chen Ye in his arms.
Su Liuwu sat on the kang head and was stunned, and after half an hour, Chen walked in and said, "What a poor child, I don't know how many days I haven't eaten, I have pulled three bowls of rice with a bowl on my shoulder, I don't think he is a bad person." As she spoke, she cautiously looked at Su Liu's face.
Su Liu smiled helplessly, and only asked, "What about Xiaoxiao?" ”
During the questioning, Su Xiao had already walked in, saying that Chen Ye had been placed in the room next to him.
This small courtyard has three rooms, a main house, a small utility room, and a kitchen, as soon as Su Xiao said this, Su Liu knew that Chen Ye was placed in the utility room.
"Let's settle it too." Su Liu pressed her head, she really had a headache, for Chen Ye, the child's whereabouts.
The next day, Su Liu's mother and daughter got up early as usual, and only then did they open the door, and they were stunned for a moment, only to see Chen Ye standing outside their door.
"Why are you standing here, you kid, the cold dew is heavy in the morning." Chen was the first to ask, his eyes full of unbearability.
At this time, Chen Ye had already washed and cleaned, because there were no clothes, Su Xiao took the clothes that Ning Guang had sewn on them for him to wear last night.
Ning Guang was tall, almost twice as long as Chen Ye, his long shirt was knee-length, and his pants were rolled up in many circles, and Chen Ye at this time was like a child stealing adult clothes, looking thinner and thinner.
His hair and little face were washed, according to Su Xiao's words, I don't know how many buckets of water had been changed, and it was so black that it didn't look good, and after washing it, Chen Ye was very delicate and gentle, and Chen liked it at a glance, but it was Su Liu, who looked at him and frowned.
"I, I'll see what I have to do." Chen Ye pursed his lips for a while, first glanced at Su Liu timidly, and then said.
"You're so thin, what can you do?" Su Xiao looked him up and down and said.
Chen Ye's face turned red all of a sudden, and he said hurriedly: "I can do anything." As he spoke, he glanced left and right, and when he saw the well in the courtyard, he said, "I'll go get water." ”
When he had finished speaking, he was afraid that someone would rob him, so he hurriedly ran to the well, clumsily picked up the bucket that was placed by the well, threw it in, and lay down on the side of the well to look down.
Chen Shi was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "You can't do this, you will fall carefully." ”
Chen Ye didn't seem to hear it, and when he saw the bucket sinking, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly pulled the rope up, blushing and pulling the bucket up.
Su Xiao and Chen both subconsciously wanted to step forward, but were stopped by Su Liu, although the two were anxious, they didn't understand Su Liu's intentions, so they had to press their impatient hearts.
Chen Ye held back his strength to pull the rope, his two hands were painful, but he didn't dare to let go, he knew that this was his only chance to stay in this home.
He was not very old, and his body was even thinner, even smaller than Su Xiao, and he struggled to pull the bucket up, and when he saw the bucket being pulled to the well, he was overjoyed, and he pulled the handle of the wooden bucket with one hand, and grabbed it with the other hand.
The wooden bucket was as high as his calf, and he pulled the bucket with both hands, but the strength was no longer enough, and his body shook, and the eyes of the Chen family widened, and their hearts were raised in their throats.
Fortunately, Chen Ye stabilized himself and completely pulled up the wooden bucket containing water, but in the end, it was because of exhaustion, as soon as his hand was loosened, the wooden bucket fell to the ground, and the bucket of water was overturned.
Looking at the bucket that rolled to the ground, Chen Ye's lips pursed into a straight line, and he subconsciously looked at Su Liu, a little uneasy.
Su Xiao and Chen also looked at Su Liu, Su Xiao tugged at Su Liu's sleeve and whispered, "Sister......"
Su Liu was completely sure at this time that this Chen Ye would definitely not be a farmer, otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to fetch water. Ordinary peasant children, four or five years old can play with fewer children, six or seven years old, can help the family do things, and digging well water is taught by adults early on, but this Chen Ye has never done this at first glance.
Chen Ye was also stubborn and said, "I will do a good job." As he spoke, he picked up the barrel again and threw it in.
Su Xiao couldn't look at it, and he didn't care about Su Liu, ran over, and pointed at Chen Ye, Xu had already had the experience of the first time, and Su Xiao pointed out, this time Chen Ye put a bucket of water on the ground very smoothly.
"Sister, look, he did it." Seeing Chen Ye stirring up a bucket of water, Su Xiao seemed more excited than him.
Su Liu glanced at her lightly and said, "It's time to prepare things to go to the stall, you and your mother go to the kitchen to see if there's anything missing." He looked at Chen Ye again: "You come with me." ”
When Su Xiao heard this, he glared at Chen Ye vigorously.
Chen Ye was a little apprehensive, it was not the first time he had been a beggar, he had already learned to observe his face and look pleasant, although he was uneasy, he still stood in front of Su Liu.
"How old are you?"
"Ten years old."
"I see you talk as if you've read a book, you're not an ordinary peasant kid, are you? How did you end up in Baise Town? Su Liu looked at him for a while and said: "I still say the same thing, if you want to go back to your hometown, I can give you some entanglement, although it is not much, but it can save a little." ”
Chen Ye knelt down in a puff, looked at Su Liu fixedly, and said, "My father was originally a Xiucai, and he also studied for two years, he is dead, and my mother is ...... I am already homeless, and returning to my hometown will only lead to a dead end. Although I haven't done farm work, I can still learn, can't you keep me? As he spoke, his eyes flushed and his eyes were full of pleading.
Su Liu saw that what he said was true and false, sighed, and said, "You don't want to say it, I won't force you, and helping you at the beginning was just a temporary kindness." You can also see that there are only a few people in my family, my mother and sister are the most important in my life, if someone threatens their lives and is not good for them, I ......."
"I'm not going to bother you." Chen Ye hurriedly said, and lowered his head again: "I really have nowhere to go, you just need to give me a bite to eat." ”
Su Liu frowned, there was a battle between heaven and man in his heart, and when he saw the corner of Su Xiao's clothes out of the corner of his eye, he finally sighed and said, "After breakfast in a while, you can go with us to the stall to help." ”
Chen Ye was overjoyed when he heard this, and knelt down and kowtowed several times, for fear that Su Liu would turn back, so he got up and ran to the kitchen.
Su Liu watched him disappear into the corner of the door and shook his head, not knowing if his decision would bring them a blessing or a curse?