Mei Duo was confused, but she also followed Mei and Gui Chongyang out.

Because Mei and Gui Chongyang both lightened their steps, Mei Duo couldn't help but hold her breath and concentrate.

When she saw her aunt and nephew walk to the door of the study, Mei Duo understood and changed her face in vain. She looked at the quiet south room next door, and then at the study where there was an occasional slight sound, and her body trembled with anger. Mei Xiaoba, not in her own room, what are you doing in the study?

Mei Shi and Gui Chongyang stood at the door without moving, but Mei Duo couldn't help it, and immediately stepped forward to open the door, and said, "Mei Xiaoba, what are you doing?" ”

Mei Xiaoba was facing away from the door, squatting on the ground, feeling the gap under the bookcase.

It was getting dark outside, and the room was dark.

But Mei Xiaoba turned his head in shock, Mei Duo could still see clearly that his face was pale, and he was squatting unsteadily, sitting on the ground with a fart, revealing a little pity.

Mei Duo only felt hateful, her angry chest rose and fell, and she pointed at Mei Xiaoba and said tremblingly: "You...... You really helped them come back and steal the recipe, do you still have a conscience? ”

At this time, Mei and Gui Chongyang also entered the room, standing behind Mei Duo and looking at Mei Xiaoba.

Mei and Gui Chongyang didn't speak, but this silence made Mei Xiaoba even more afraid.

Mei Xiaoba couldn't help it, and cried out with a "wow", and said while crying: "I didn't steal the recipe, I didn't steal the recipe!" ”

Mei Duo only took him as a quibble, and said angrily: "This is all blocked in the house, and you still don't admit it?" Ha! Is this when we are fools not to be successful? ”

"I didn't steal the recipe, I didn't steal!" Mei Xiaoba was crying and couldn't breathe.

Gui Chongyang took two steps forward and said, "Don't cry, I believe you didn't steal the recipe!" ”

Mei Xiaoba sniffled and looked at Gui Chongyang pitifully, her eyes full of gratitude and trust.

Mei Duo frowned and said: "You just get used to him, and it depends on whether people appreciate it or not!" ”

Gui Chongyang did not refute Mei Duo's words, nor did he go to see Mei Xiaoba, but turned to Mei and said, "Auntie, the fifth uncle trained me in the afternoon, saying that this morning's incident should not be hidden." Otherwise, it will be regarded as weak and bullied, and there will be more trouble in the future. I originally thought to slowly inquire about the personal testimony and then say, now that Xiaoba is back, it can barely be counted, let's go to the old side of Meicun. ”

Mei nodded, glanced at Mei Xiaoba, and said, "It's okay." ”

People in the world are accustomed to bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, Gui Chongyang, the head of the Gui family, is only twelve years old, and there are still several years before Chengding, if he really seems weak, there will be a next time, and there will be constant troubles at that time. You can't always be an afterthought and fight back passively.

Especially now, Gui Chongyang has become a big landlord, sitting on hundreds of acres of land, and how many people want to take a bite. The reason why no one came forward was that although Gui Wu moved to the county, Yu Wei was still there; Now there is a faint rumor that Gui Chongyang has a big backer, and he is a noble person that Du Lizheng can't provoke.

The nobles are far away, but Gui Wu is really standing in the town.

Gui Wu dared to directly fight with the Mei and Li families before, and even Du Lizheng, who had been majestic for more than ten years, had to scruple about whether to deal with the Li family's side in order to appease Gui Wu.

But "Xigui" is divided into a family in the end, if Gui Chongyang can be fooled, even Gui Wu, the cousin who is separated from the room, is not good at interfering in the affairs of the long house.

Gui Chongyang always has his own standing.

Mei Duo listened to the conversation between her aunt and Gui Chongyang, the clouds and mountains were covered in fog, and she noticed that something was wrong, but Mei Xiaoba was still confused.

Mei Shi instructed Mei Duo to look after the house, carried a lantern, and went out with Gui Chongyang and Mei Xiaoba.

Mei Xiaoba's eyes were red, and she peeked at Gui Chongyang along the way.

Gui Chongyang's little face was tense, and there was no smile. Maybe Mei Xiaoba was fooled, or the old man was asked to speak, but no matter what, the choice is the choice.

Gui Chongyang returned to Mujia Village for more than four months, and the time with Mei Xiaoba far exceeded the time with Gui Chun and Gui Qiu, two cousins. But the more affectionate you are, the more sad you feel in your heart.

Mei Xiaoba wanted to speak and stopped, her face full of confusion.

Gui Chongyang saw it in his eyes, but he didn't speak, it wasn't that he was punished for not teaching, but there was no need to say some things twice, so he still said it in front of Mei An.

Mei An is one of the four village elders, known for his fairness and reasonableness, and he also has a lot of prestige among the Mei clan, and he is also Mei Xiaoba's own uncle and grandfather.

The only one who can restrain Uncle Mei Xiaoba is Mei An.

Mujia Village is not reached, and the distance from the west of the village to the east of the village is only one or two hundred zhang.

After walking for less than a quarter of an hour, the three of them walked to the door of Mei'an's house.

Before he could knock on the door, he heard the dog bark.

Mei An's house is a three-way courtyard with two compartments, and the upper room and the wing room are lit.

Hearing the barking of the dog, someone in the wing room came out and asked, "Who?" ”

"Brother Liu, it's me, Shunniang." Mei Shi Road.

With a "squeak", the door opened, and Mei An's eldest son, Mei Qingliu, said with some concern: "Why did you come here at this time, but what's the matter at home?" ”

It's not that Mei Qingliu is vain and pretty, but although Mei Qingshu is a farmer, he was enlightened with Mei's second grandfather when he was a child, and he also cares a lot about Mei's cousin.

The reason why Mei was able to leave home safely and finally lived a quiet life in the Gui family for more than ten years was because Mei Qingliu begged her father to come forward to reprimand Mei Tongsheng.

"It's something, I brought Chongyang to find Uncle An to talk to my eldest brother." Mei Shi Road.

Mei Qingliu glanced at Gui Chongyang, although Gui Chongyang was young, but now he was the landlord in the village second only to the Lin family, and he couldn't be treated as an ordinary child, so he stopped being verbose and took everyone directly into the upper room.

Mei An's family had just had dinner, and her daughter-in-law was taking her granddaughter-in-law and granddaughter out of the table.

Because it is winter leisure time, there is no shortage of people in the village who come out to chat, but there is no one who comes to the door at this time, and there is Gui Chongyang here, even Mei An also brought a little solemnity.

The news that Du Li was forced to his house before selling his land was spreading, and everyone in the village knew that Gui Chongyang had another backer, so Du Li was selling his land with his head down.

Compared with the outsider Du Lizheng, Mei An naturally hopes that the Gui family can get up, but people have selfish and selfish thoughts, seeing that the Gui family is more decent than the Mei family, the old man is not at ease.

Mei took Gui Chongyang and Mei Xiaoba to meet the elders, but they were not in a hurry to speak.

Mei Qingliu's wife's surname is Yang, and Gui Erniang Yang is a clan sister, a slightly wealthy middle-aged woman, smiling and rushing sugar water to send it, and a plate of small twist flowers.

Mei got up and thanked him, and Yang's eyes looked at Gui Chongyang several times.

Yang's eldest grandson was only three or four years old, and he held a small twist flower in his hand, and followed Yang around with a little curiosity.

Because Mei said something before, and he didn't say it at the moment, obviously some private words, Mei Qingliu waved his hand to his wife and said, "The child is making trouble, take the eldest brother down." ”

The Yang family was not annoyed, and involved the eldest grandson's subordinates.

There were only Mei An's father and son and the three visitors left in the room, Gui Chongyang got up, took out the iron wrench from his sleeve, and before he could speak, he was taken by Mei's wrench.

"Uncle, my family was burglarized this morning, and then I was found out by the second child of the Li family next door, and the window of the study was half opened, and the window fell this!" Mei was afraid that Gui Chongyang would speak, so he preemptively said.

In the end, it is related to the Mei clan, and the Mei clan does not want Gui Chongyang to come out and offend people.

Mei An frowned, and Mei Qingliu's face was also very ugly.

The Gui family did not look for Du Lizheng when he entered the thief, but came here, and most of this "thief" had nothing to do with the Mei family.

Both father and son are proud of the Mei family's change of lintel, the grandfather has no fame, but the grandchildren are for the two to study, the older one has passed the county test last year, and the government test has landed, otherwise it is also a child.

First Mei Xiucai was involved in gambling and selling land, and then Mei Tongsheng remarried a young widow, and the Mei family was talked about again and again by the villagers, and now they are "stealing" again? !

You must know that this "stealing" is different from gambling and lust, a thief comes out of a family, who will believe that the rest of the family is innocent, at best, it will affect the reputation of the family.

Mei An looked at Mei's sharp gaze: "Did the second boy of the Li family see a figure?" ”

Mei shook his head and said, "No! ”

Mei An was secretly relieved, and a little annoyed.

As the saying goes, "catch the traitor and catch the double, and take the thief and get dirty", since he didn't see the shadow of the thief, the Mei family suspected the Mei family, what is the matter? Is it the daughter of the Mei family, not to mention maintaining the reputation of the Mei family outside, but also pouring sewage on the Mei family's head?

Without waiting for Mei An's reprimand, Mei Shi had already continued: "My niece was originally at a loss, but I never thought that today, Brother Qingshu called Xiaoba over on the grounds that Ping Sanbo was not in good health......

Mei Qingshu is the name of Mei Xiaoba's uncle.

Everyone looked at Mei Xiaoba, Mei Xiaoba looked at the iron wrench in Mei's hand, his face was pale, his body trembled, and everyone could see that something was wrong with him.

"Hachi just went through the study behind our back to find something!" Mei Shi also turned around, looked at Mei Xiaoba, and said softly: "It's a coincidence, a few days ago, Chongyang got a recipe with black hair, and my niece transferred some out, and Xiaoba was worried about her grandfather and grandmother, so she took a black hair ointment. I don't know who the sister-in-law heard from the tree, this recipe can be sold for money in the city, so I asked Xiaoba to go home and secretly find it for her. Xiaoba refused to respond, and was slapped in the face. It's really a coincidence, and the niece has to be frightened! ”

Mei Xiaoba was watched by everyone, and Douda's tears rolled down from her eyes.

Mei An said angrily: "What are you crying about? Did you really flip this? Did your uncle and aunt let you do it, or did your grandfather know about it? ”

Mei Xiaoba choked up and said: "I didn't know that they would come to steal things, my uncle said that the fifth brother came to me to play with me during the day, and he dropped something, and he was afraid that my aunt and Brother Chongyang would think too much, so I asked me to find it and take it back." ”

Mei Xiaoba is ten years old this year, and she is indeed a child, and these are also words to fool children. But if Mei Xiaoba was really so reasonable, she wouldn't be so weak-hearted. In the end, he also understood that there was something wrong with this, but he was just deceiving himself and not wanting to think so badly of his uncle and cousin.

Mei An was furious, glanced at the silent Gui Chongyang, and only felt that his old face had fallen to the ground.

What is this called? If this spreads, what will others think of the Mei family?

Gui Jiabai helped the Mei family raise children, but raised a "little white-eyed wolf". The older ones are worried about the Gui family's recipes, and the younger ones are also confused.

Mei said earnestly: "If it is an ordinary recipe, the sister-in-law of the tree will open her mouth once, and Chongyang will give it, but this recipe is not Chongyang's, but the nobles in the county." Chongyang was filial, thinking about my second uncle and second uncle, so I specially asked for a way to come down. If this spreads, it will offend people, and it will really annoy the nobles, and it will be a disaster for the clansmen! ”