Zhang Teng followed Liu Mei for a while and came to the front of a small brick courtyard, which was quite old and dilapidated, and the walls were very high, but many places had collapsed, revealing gaps one by one. The gate was about four feet high, two gray pine gates were tightly closed, and the front of the gate was paved with bluestone and moss, which was fairly clean.

I saw a brand-new copper bell hanging under the eaves of the courtyard gate, as if I had just bought it, Liu Mei went up and pulled the rope of the copper bell, and gently knocked it six times in a row.

A boy's voice immediately came from the courtyard, with joy in his tone: "My mother is back, I'll open the door." ”

"Mother-"

Then there was a soft girl's voice, which seemed to be extremely happy, full of coquettishness.

The door creaked open, Chen Li saw Liu Mei and shouted "Mother", Liu Mei touched his little head and said to him with a light smile: "Xiaoli, who do you see coming?"

Chen Li was stunned for a moment, looked behind her, and Zhang Teng smiled at him over there: "Xiaoli, I haven't seen you for a few months, do you still remember me?"

"Brother Zhang Teng?" Chen Li was overjoyed, rushed to Zhang Teng, hugged his waist and said, "Brother Zhang Teng, you are finally here, we have all been looking forward to you day and night, and we have finally looked forward to you." Great, Brother Zhang Teng is finally here, we all miss you, especially Sister A-Ning, every time she falls asleep with the knife you sent, she even reads your name when she dreams, she misses you more than us. ”

Zhang Teng touched his little head, patted his back gently, lowered his head and said to Chen Li: "In this way, what about your sister Aning? Where is she?"

Chen Li replied: "Sister A-Ning went out and said that she wanted to buy some rice and grain to come back, and by the way, she would buy some food for Xiaoyi." ”

"Mother-"

Chen Yi also walked out, she hugged Liu Mei's thighs, raised her little face and shouted.

Liu Mei smiled and touched her little face, and said, "Xiaoyi, the good brother is here, he is over there." ”

"Good brother!"

When Chen Yi heard this, she immediately let go of her mother's thigh, like a happy bird, spread her wings and pounced on Zhang Teng.

Zhang Teng picked her up and asked with a smile: "Xiaoyi, have you listened to your mother's words? Have you thought about a good brother? Have you eaten well recently to grow taller?"

Chen Yi hugged his neck, nodded his little head, and said, "Yes, we all want to be good brothers, my brother and I eat a lot of food, and we want to grow up early." My brother said that he would grow up to protect his mother, and I would grow up to be the daughter-in-law of my brother. ”

"Huh?" Zhang Teng was stunned when he heard this, smiled bitterly, and said, "Xiaoyi, do you know what a daughter-in-law is? Who told you?"

Ling'er said. ”

"Who is Ling'er?"

"Ling'er is a child daughter-in-law. ”

"Oh?"

Zhang Teng looked at Liu Mei, Liu Mei covered her mouth and smiled, and explained to him:

"A while ago, we lived on the other side of the three bridges, next door is a family surnamed Zhao, Ling'er is the daughter of the family surnamed Zhao, Ling'er is one year older than Xiaoyi, is Xiaoyi's playmate, her father sold her to a nearby big family as a child daughter-in-law. Recently, Xiaoyi is a picky eater and doesn't like to eat, so Xiaoli coaxed her to say that she can grow up by eating more and marry her favorite good brother as a daughter-in-law. ”

Zhang Teng scratched Chen Yi's little nose: "Xiaoyi, you will eat well in the future, and when you grow up, you can marry someone who is better than a good brother as a daughter-in-law." ”

Chen Yi shook his head: "I like a good brother, a good brother is the best, I want to be a good brother and daughter-in-law." ”

Zhang shook his head with a smile, rubbed her head, and said to her: "Xiaoyi, you are still young, you can like a good brother, but you don't know how to really like it yet." There are not many people you have met now, and when you grow up in the future, you will meet a better person, who is your husband. ”

Chen Yi asked puzzledly, "What is Fujun?"

Zhang Teng couldn't help but laugh and said, "Your father is your mother's husband, and your mother is your father's daughter-in-law, understand?"

Chen Yi nodded: "Xiaoyi understands." ”

Liu Mei's eyes over there darkened slightly, her smile gradually faded, and there was a hint of sadness between her eyebrows.

However, she quickly regained her composure and said to Zhang Teng: "Engong, it's inconvenient outside, come in and talk." ”

"Good. ”

Zhang Teng hugged Chen Yi and put his arm on Chen Li's shoulder, and the three of them entered the courtyard with Liu Mei.

The yard is small, the ground is made of loess tamper, a small tree is planted in the corner, a wooden basin is placed in front of the main house, and on the right side of the main house is a low kitchen, and the kitchen door is against the washboard and brooms and dustpans.

Zhang Teng walked around casually, only to see that when he entered the house, there was a small hall on both sides, and there was a small courtyard behind the house, there was a well in the small courtyard, and there were some bamboo shelves for drying clothes.

Liu Mei's family lives in the bedroom on the right, and Chen Ning lives in a small house on the left, in addition to two beds, a table, a few chairs, and a high wardrobe in the house, which is very simple and empty.

Zhang Teng and Chen Li were talking in the hall, while Liu Mei went to the kitchen to wash the pot and cook.

They just arrived here, and they haven't had time to buy anything, and the rice is also brought by those who haven't finished eating before, and they have been eating some noodles and steamed buns casually for the past two days, or going out to buy some braised meat and vegetables, barely enough to eat.

In fact, at this moment, Chen Ning was supposed to wait for Liu Mei to come back and go out to buy things, but Chen Yi said that she was a little hungry, and there was nothing to eat at home, so Chen Ning had to let their brother and sister stay in the house and go out alone.

Of course, this is Yunjing after all, and although the place where they are located is remote, there are still vendors selling and buying nearby, and it doesn't take much time for Chen Ning to go out to buy things.

Zhang Teng learned from chatting with Chen Li's brothers and sisters that Chen Ning and their way to Yunjing also experienced a lot of dangerous things, thanks to Liu Mei being smart after all, and Chen Ning's strength was okay, so they made their group arrive at their destination safely.

However, after the group arrived at Chen Fang's house, Chen Fang had other plans for Liu Mei, and Chen An also owed a large amount of debt.

Chen Fang went out that day, Chen An's creditors came to collect gambling debts, Liu Mei and Chen Ning were targeted by the creditors who came to the door at the same time, and those people almost dragged the two of them to pay off their debts under the pretext of repaying their debts.

Fortunately, Chen Ning has martial arts, black tigers, and Wu Lingyu given to her by Zhang Teng, first knocked down more than a dozen gangsters who came to collect debts on the spot, and then repaid part of Chen An's gambling debts, and finally left a little silver for Chen, and the group left Chen Fang's house on the same day.

Soon after leaving Chen Fang's house, Liu Mei found a place to live in Sanyuan Lane, Sanqiao West Street, south of the city, the group had just lived for a few days, one day it rained Chen Ning accidentally got wet, so he had to change back into his daughter's clothes, and the next day he went to the street with Liu Mei to buy fabrics and happened to be seen by a son surnamed Li.

The man was shocked by Chen Ning and salivated, so he tried every means to inquire about her name and background, and went to the door to pursue her. During this period, he saw Liu Mei and became a thief to Liu Mei, planning to take the two of them together as an outer room.

In addition to the son surnamed Li, Chen Fang found Liu Mei under the guise of taking care of his nephews and nieces, and vaguely expressed that he was willing to find a good place for the three of them to live and help settle them, provided that Liu Mei was committed to him and rebuilt a family with him.

Liu Mei dealt with Chen Fang verbally, and as soon as the other party left, she immediately moved out of the residence with Chen Ning.

However, it was easy to get rid of Chen Fang, but the son surnamed Li chased after the two, the other party had huge forces and many eyes and ears, and their group was repeatedly discovered, and they had to move many times, and finally arrived at Tongyuan Lane.

Due to moving many times, all kinds of food along the way, and paying off part of Chen An's debts, several people became more and more strapped for money.

Chen Ning had to use a men's clothing alias to join a hunting team under the command of the Shang League, and fight monsters with the hunting team to earn some living expenses.

She is already in the middle of the spiritual realm, and she is a good player in the hunting team, and with the help of the black tiger, she is gradually accepted by the hunting team, becoming an elite class, and is designated by the captain as a substitute for the vice captain.

However, when the hunting team was hunting a fifth-level demon beast recently, the captain was injured, and he had to let his son take over as the temporary acting captain.

Although that young man was a master at the end of the spiritual realm, he was inexperienced, and he didn't listen to Chen Ning's advice and made a rash move, which put the hunting team in a crisis. At that time, Chen Ning rescued his companions from the hunting team and risked his life to kill the target demon beast, and he himself was slightly injured.

Later, the captain's son was obedient to her, and his attitude was surprisingly good, often greeting her and bringing expensive gifts to the door.

Recently, he got a pair of second-grade soft armor from nowhere and gave it to Chen Ning in person, but Chen Ning didn't accept it, but found an excuse, asked for leave, and took a temporary rest, and seemed to be a little unwilling to go to the hunting team again.

Liu Mei saw everything in her eyes, but she didn't say anything, but that person had nothing to do, she always came to Chen Ning to chat and drink, and asked her to play outside many times.

Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief.

Chen Ning remembered Zhang Teng's words, repeatedly pushed and shoved, and then let Liu Mei move.

There are a few more people who don't want to look for them now, in addition to Li Gongzi, the captain's son, and several unknown people.

Chen Ning talked to Liu Mei about these things, and the Chen Li brothers and sisters listened to it on the side, and when they saw Zhang Teng coming, they all told him.

When Zhang Teng heard this, he just smiled and didn't say anything.

The two of them were children, and he didn't have anything to say to them, after all, they didn't necessarily understand. However, Chen Li's brothers and sisters are extremely affectionate and dependent on him, just like his younger siblings, making him feel a long-lost family affection.

He likes to talk to the two of them very much, even if they are not very sensible and do not know many things, this does not prevent him from enjoying this atmosphere, this emotion, this life.

Although Zhang Teng is a martial artist, he hates fighting and killing more than anyone else.

For him, martial arts are used to protect, not to attack.

He learned martial arts for the sake of protection, not for the sake of attacking.

At this moment, the doorbell rang five times, Chen Li said to Zhang Teng with a happy face: "Brother Zhang Teng, Sister A-Ning is back! I'll open the door!" After speaking, he jumped out of the house.

Chen Ning, she's back?

Zhang Teng stood up, his always calm heart suddenly rippled, and after a few months, he suddenly missed this girl very much.

I just heard Chen Li say that this girl joined the hunting team and became a professional demon beast hunter, she has experienced many things, and there should be many changes.

I don't know what she looks like now, or the little girl who didn't understand the world and was so simple and heart-wrenching in the past?

He thought as he slowly walked out of the house.

Zhang Teng watched Chen Li pull open the horizontal bar of the wooden door with his hands and feet, feeling a little familiar and unfamiliar for no reason, and a little inexplicably nervous.