Chapter 279: Li Xiu's suspicions

Ma Ye hugged Hate Er in the room and cried and laughed, and attracted Princess Pingyang and Yi Niang and others, Li Xiu hurriedly stood up to stop them, and told the matter of Hate Er, but Princess Pingyang couldn't help but be surprised after hearing it: "Great, I didn't expect Uncle Ma to have relatives alive, this is just a great news!" ā€

"But...... Isn't this little girl a little small, I remember the princess once said, the first time you met Uncle Ma should have been more than ten years ago, right? Compared with Princess Pingyang's excitement, Yi Niang calmly analyzed, it's not that she is smarter than Princess Pingyang, it's just that she doesn't have much intersection with Ma Ye, although she is also happy for him, but she has not lost her mind. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

"That's right, if she is Uncle Ma's niece, she should be fourteen or fifteen years old, why is she so young?" Princess Pingyang finally calmed down when she heard Yi Niang's words.

"I was also suspicious just now, but Uncle Ma said that it may be that after his fourth brother escaped, he married another woman to give birth to this niece, but Hate Er has no mother since she was a child, and she has never heard her father mention her mother." Li Xiu also frowned at this time and said, although he was also happy for Ma Ye, he always felt in his heart that Ma Ye's relatives had come too coincidentally.

After a long while, Ma Ye inside calmed down, and then held Hate'er's little hand and asked non-stop, Li Xiu and they didn't dare to disturb, they all quietly listened to the conversation between Ma Ye and Hate'er.

Hate said that she was only twelve years old, but the Ma family was destroyed fourteen years ago, that is to say, she was born after the fourth brother of Ma Ye escaped, and she was too young to know which state capital she lived in before, which is not at all inconceivable in later generations, but in Datang it is the norm for most of the people at the bottom, especially in Datang just a few years after the founding of the country, the state capital has also changed, coupled with the blockage of information, the people at the bottom do not know where they are. Even they may only be active within a radius of a few tens of miles in their lifetime.

A year ago, Ma Ye's fourth brother died of injury and illness, and although he didn't say it, he could also know that their mother and daughter's life was very difficult, after all, a disabled person with a little girl, and no land, usually can only help people do some handyman to earn rations, often eat the last meal without the next meal, the reason why the hater looks relatively small, is mainly malnutrition.

After the death of her father, she was helpless in the local area, and wanted to help her father fulfill her wish to return to her hometown, so at a young age, she resolutely took her father's ashes on the road, but she didn't know the road at all, and she could only inquire while walking along the way, and as a result, she took a lot of unjust roads, and it took a year to find Puzhou.

"Child, how have you lived in the past year, and what do you usually eat?" When Ma Ye heard this, he couldn't help but ask sadly, the tiger's eyes were also full of tears, in fact, just looking at Ha'er's sunken cheeks and rough little hands, he could guess what kind of suffering she had suffered this year.

"At the beginning, I wanted to do odd jobs for other people, and my father used to support me like this, but people thought I was small, and some people still had bad thoughts about me and wanted to sell me to human traffickers, so I could only be a little flower child, and make myself dirty and smelly, and no one would pay attention to me, and sometimes when I couldn't eat something, I could only steal some food, or dig out a bird's nest, go down to the river to fish, anyway, I just tried to find something to eat, if I really couldn't find it, then endure it, and I won't be hungry when I fall asleep." Ha'er explained very calmly that she had lived this kind of life since she was a child, so she didn't feel anything.

However, when Ma Ye heard this, he was uncomfortable and beat his chest a few times, and at the same time hated himself even more for why he didn't find his father and daughter earlier, even if he only found Hae'er, he didn't have to let her suffer so much, and it was no exaggeration to say that it was a miracle that Ha'er was able to survive until now.

"Child, your father has passed away, and the third uncle will be your father in the future, you can eat whatever you want, if anyone dares to bully you, Lao Tzu will destroy him!" After a long while, Ma Ye said with red eyes, their Ma Ye generation is only one person left, and he also knows why the fourth brother gave Ha'er such a name, first, he can't forget the original hatred of extermination, and secondly, he also hates that she is not a son and can't continue the incense for the Ma family.

"Really, never have to go hungry again?" When she heard that Ma Ye promised her to eat whatever she wanted, her eyes suddenly brightened, and for her at a young age, being able to eat enough was her greatest wish.

"Of course, the kid who caught you back just now is called Li Xiu, he is your brother, and the food he cooks is a must in Chang'an City, he can help you make whatever you want to eat in the future!" Ma Ye didn't forget to pull Li Xiu over to introduce him at this time, but it was a pity that Li Xiu, a great talent, became a cook in his mouth, which made Li Xiu only smile helplessly.

"I don't want to eat anything else, I just want to finish this cake!" Ha'er didn't pay attention to Li Xiu at all, but kept staring at the half of the cake on the table, just now Li Xiu was worried that she would eat too much, so he only let her eat half of it and took it.

Hearing Ha'er's words, Ma Ye's tears almost flowed out, just a piece of cake, but it made Ha'er keep thinking about it, it is estimated that in her eyes, only filling her stomach is the most important thing, this is also a habit she has developed since she was a child, nothing is as good as what is in her mouth.

Thinking of this, Ma Ye also had a sour nose, and then gently put the cake in the hand of the hater and said: "Eat, take a bath and sleep well after eating, and then follow the third uncle home!" ā€

Seeing the half of the cake in front of her, the greedy look in the eyes of the hater showed a greedy look again, and immediately devoured it, as for Ma Ye's words, she didn't listen to it at all, until she swallowed half of the cake into her stomach, she stared at Ma Ye with wide eyes, and after a while, she said carefully: "I still want to eat!" ā€

"No, you can't eat it anymore, otherwise your stomach will swell, I'll ask someone to prepare hot water for you, can you go take a bath?" When Li Xiu heard this, he was afraid that Ma Ye would be soft-hearted and agree, so he preemptively said at the moment, the big cakes in the north are real, and one cake is enough for an adult to eat, not to mention hating this child, Li Xiu is really afraid that she will be broken.

"Okay!" When she heard Li Xiu's words, she whispered with some dissatisfaction.

"Hate'er, you take a shower and change into beautiful clothes first, and when it's noon, you can eat whatever you want!" Ma Ye also knew that Li Xiu was kind, and said to Ha'er with a smile at the moment. When I heard that I was going to change into new clothes, I couldn't help but be happy, after all, I was a girl, how could I not like to wear new clothes?

After a while, the hot water was ready, Princess Pingyang and Yi Niang took her to take a bath in person, and after washing, Yi Niang first found a piece from Qi Niang's clothes to help Hate Er change it, don't look at Qi Niang is a few years younger than Hate Er, but the two are about the same size, and even when Hate Er wears Qi Niang's clothes, she still looks a little loose, and at this time Yi Niang wiped her tears and told Li Xiu that when she took a bath and changed clothes for Hate Er just now, she found that she didn't have much meat on her body at all, and it looked like a small bone shelf.

Ha'er's facial features are quite delicate, but her cheeks are sunken, her complexion is yellow, and her hair is also scorched and scorched, so she looks malnourished at first glance, so even if she wears Qi Niang's clothes, she still doesn't look very good, especially she is still a little strange to Ma Ye and Li Xiu, so her expression when looking at people is also timid, and she stands with Qi Niang like an ugly duckling.

But this is not a problem, after all, the eighteenth change of the female university, as long as she eats well and dresses well, and receives a good education, she will definitely be a beautiful girl in the future, of course, no matter what she looks like, she is the most beautiful in the eyes of Ma Ye, especially when she sees that she is washed and put on new clothes, she no longer looks like a little beggar, which also makes Ma Ye tremble with excitement, no matter what, their Ma family finally has a future, even if it is a girl, it doesn't matter, it is a big deal to recruit a son-in-law to come to the door in the future.

Hate Er is still a little uncomfortable with the new clothes on her body, she walks a little twisted, and she doesn't know what to say to the people in front of her, although Ma Ye is her only relative, but after all, just met, especially Ma Ye looked at her, which made her feel a little scared, and even instinctively a little vigilant, after all, since her father died, she has been living in an insecure environment, and caution has been integrated into her bones.

"Hehe, you fit well in my clothes, Xiaoya can't wear my clothes, my name is Qi Niang, are you called Hate?" At this time, Qi Niang ran over with a smile and said to Ha Er, just now Ma Ye protected Ha Er by her side, and she couldn't come forward to know each other, but now she finally has a chance.

"Well, hello Qi Niang, thank you for your clothes!" When Ha'er saw Qi Niang, who was about the same age as herself, she obviously relaxed her vigilance, and said with a smile on her thin little face.

"No thanks, I have a lot of clothes, you can wear as many as you want in the future, Uncle Ma is the elder of me and my brother, you are Uncle Ma's niece, we are equals, how old are you this year?" Qi Niang finally asked again, there are few playmates around her, usually there is only one little girl, and the Li Chengdao brothers only come occasionally, and they can only be regarded as half a playmate, and now they finally have one more.

Looking at Qi Niang and Ha Er's happy conversation, Ma Ye next to him also showed a relieved expression, to be honest, although he was excited to see Ha Er, he really didn't know what to say to Ha Er next, fortunately Qi Niang was here.

However, at this time, Li Xiu, who was standing behind Ma Ye, took a few steps back, and pulled Princess Pingyang outside, and then discussed in a low voice: "Princess, I always feel that the appearance of Hya'er is a little strange, so should we send someone to check Hate'er's identity?" (To be continued.) )