Ma Shi stared at Ai Qiaoqiao with a hideous face.

Ai Qiaoqiao was not only not afraid, but also wanted to laugh.

"What's wrong with my milk, master, look at it, my milk looks like it's going to bite." She half-jokingly.

Ai Mingshan frowned slightly when he saw Ma's expression.

Ai Yonggui hurriedly interjected: "Mother, but I was in a hurry to walk outside just now, and I was not angry?" ”

It was not easy for Ma to hold back the anger that was about to explode.

glared at Ai Qiaoqiao fiercely, and lowered his head again to do needlework.

Ai Qiaoqiao was not in a hurry to go back, she sat on the kang and chatted with Mr. Ai, and from time to time she looked into the courtyard and muttered, "Xiaoling said last time that she wanted to eat the peanut candy I made, where did this girl go to play." ”

Hearing this, Ai Mingshan couldn't help but ask Ma's, "What about Xiaoling?" ”

Ma didn't raise his head, and muttered, "How do I know, I must be running to be lazy again." ”

If you want to say that other people's children run out to play, some people still believe it, it is impossible for Ai Xiaoling to run out to play, and even Old Man Ai doesn't believe it.

Usually Xiaoling is called by Ma Shi as half an adult at home, and every day she either burns the fire or runs errands, or feeds chickens and pigs.

"Yonggui, you go and get Xiaoling back." Ai Mingshan said.

Ai Yonggui reluctantly got up and went out.

Ai Qiaoqiao sat on the kang with the old man for another hour, but still didn't see Xiaoling come back.

Ai Mingshan couldn't help but stand up and walked out the door.

"Where are you going, old man?" Ma asked, with a hint of nervousness in his tone that was not easy for others to perceive.

"Go find Xiaoling." Ai Mingshan said in a deep voice.

"What are you looking for, who knows where she ran crazy and came back by herself in the evening." Ma pouted in displeasure.

"Milk, you can't say that." Ai Qiaoqiao said, "Xiaoling is already very pitiful without her mother, aren't you afraid that she won't be able to think about it, or run to find her mother by herself?" ”

“…… She didn't have the guts yet. Ma snorted coldly.

"Oh? So, do you know where Xiaoling went? Ai Qiaoqiao deliberately raised her voice.

"What are you talking about, how do I know!" Ma Shi said angrily.

"Stop arguing, go and get Xiaoling back." Ai Mingshan tapped the ground with his cane.

Ai Qiaoqiao happily responded and ran out of the yard.

Ai Mingshan waited until noon and didn't see Xiaoling come back, Ai Qiaoqiao and Ai Yonggui all came back, each sitting on a chair and beating his sore calves tiredly.

Ai Daquan entered the door at this time and looked at everyone in surprise.

"Where have you been?" Ai Mingshan said unhappily.

"Me? My second uncle asked me to go into the city to buy something. Ai Daquan raised his hand as he spoke, only to see that he was carrying a piece of pork in his hand, which was five catties, as well as two fish, and some sugar and tea, "The second uncle said that he was going to work in the city, and he wanted to honor you before leaving......"

Ai Mingshan glanced at the things in Ai Daquan's hand, and then looked at Ai Yonggui.

Ai Yonggui laughed dryly: "Young Master Yuwen has already introduced me to an errand, and I will go back to the city tomorrow." ”

Ma Shi opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but Ai Yonggui's eyes looked over, and Ma Shi closed his mouth unwillingly.

"Put things down." Ai Mingshan said, "Go find Xiaoling and get her back for me." ”

"Xiaoling is gone?" Ai Daquan was surprised.

"Who knows where she went." Ma snorted coldly.

"No way, Xiaoling is very sensible, she has never run out to play." Ai Daquan said honestly.

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the room froze instantly.

Ai Daquan didn't know which sentence he said wrongly, and rubbed the corners of his clothes nervously.

"Go find someone!" Ai Mingshan shouted.

Ai Qiaoqiao and Ai Daquan immediately went out, and Ai Yonggui rubbed slowly on the chair.

"Why don't you go quickly?" Ai Mingshan looked at Ai Yonggui with a bit of coldness in his eyes.

"You don't have to look for it, it's not the daughter of a noble family...... I don't know if that girl is my species......"

"What?" Ma Shi on the kang jumped up when he heard this, "I just said that Fang Shi doesn't look like a woman guarding the way, that small waist is like a water snake, how does it look like a woman who has given birth to a child, isn't Xiaoling yours?" ”

Ai Yonggui lowered his head and said vaguely: "I have been away from the Fang Clan for so many years...... Who knows if that kid is my ......"

Ai Qiaoqiao and Ai Daquan hid under the window outside, and when they heard this, Ai Daquan screamed in danger.

Ai Qiaoqiao gagged him and shook her head at him.

Ai Daquan barely calmed down and continued to listen with Ai Qiaoqiao.

Ai Mingshan's stern voice came from the house: "You mean, Xiaoling is not your child?" ”

Ai Yonggui lowered his head and didn't speak, which was a tacit acquiescence.

"Nonsense!" Ai Mingshan said angrily, "The two of them have lived in our house for so many days, even if Xiaoling is not your heir, you can't ignore her, do you know how everyone else in the village is poking us in the back now?" ”

"Dad, the mouth grows on them, let's have a clear conscience." Ai Yonggui was unconvinced.

"You are shameless, I still want it!" Old Man Ai raised his voice, and his crutches hit the ground, "I don't care if you recognize Xiaoling or not, anyway, you have to get the child back for me today, go quickly!" ”

Ai Yonggui responded in his mouth, but his movements were slow, and he turned around and went out.

Ai Qiaoqiao pulled Ai Daquan to hide behind the pillars, waiting for Ai Yonggui to go out first, and then he also went out of the courtyard.

Ai Daquan looked dazed, "You say, where will Xiaoling go?" ”

Ai Qiaoqiao pouted, "Who knows, Xiaoling never runs around, when I came to the house, I only saw our grandfather alone, and our grandmother and second uncle were not there." ”

Ai Daquan vaguely felt that Ai Qiaoqiao had something to say, "Qiaoqiao, what do you mean ......?"

Ai Qiaoqiao waved his hand, "I guessed too, don't worry about Brother Daquan." ”

Until the evening, there was still no shadow of Ai Xiaoling, and even Ai Tiancheng rushed to help find it for a while when he heard the news.

And when they returned to the courtyard, they gathered together in the upper room.

"Haven't found it yet?" Old Man Ai's tone was not good, and he looked at Ai Yonggui with inquiry in his eyes.

"I didn't find it." Ai Daquan said honestly.

"Master, why don't we ask the people in the village to help find it." Ai Qiaoqiao proposed.

"No way!" Without waiting for the old man to express his position, Ma blurted out and directly rejected Ai Qiaoqiao's proposal.

"The more people there are, the faster they can find it." Ai Tiancheng is also in favor of asking people to help find people.

Ma Shi was angry, "You two are divided, where can you manage the life and death of the family, you can't spend money on it, Yonggui wants to go back to the city on an errand, and it will cost a lot of silver to do it, and the silver for the redemption of the pretty flowers has not yet landed............" Ma Shi wiped his tears as he spoke, "You guys are divided one by one, when did you think about helping the family, it's just a girl, and it's not Yonggui's species, it's gone, it's not that Yonggui can't give birth in the future."

"What are you talking about?" Ai Ming trembled angrily, "Whether Xiaoling is our family or not, you have to get it back for me!" ”

Ma Shi was about to refute, when he suddenly heard the voices of neighbors and villagers outside the courtyard gate.

"Old man Ai, someone from the government has come, saying that he is looking for your family Yonggui......"