Under Lin Laowu's hard persuasion, Qiu Ju finally drank a small half bowl of rice porridge and ate a few pickles, and then put down the rice bowl and couldn't eat it anymore.

Sighing, Lin Lao Wu had no choice but to ask his apprentice to come in and clean up the dishes and chopsticks - he is just an honest craftsman, although he has given some money in the past two years, he is considered a solid family, but in addition to business contacts, in fact, there are not many connections, in the matter of Tan Xiaotian being kidnapped by robbers, there is no more way except to raise a ransom as soon as possible and wait patiently, Liu Wenxiong, as the richest man in Meilong Town, has been doing business for many years and needs to deal with people from all walks of life indirectly, But it takes time for the channel to be effective, yesterday afternoon sent someone out to find out the news, and it will be possible to reply to the letter this afternoon at the earliest, before that, no one is helpless, there is nothing to think about, whether it is him or Qiu Ju understands, but because of this, so I feel that God is unfair.

"Uncle Lin, Uncle Lin!" From far to near, from small to large, there was a shouting from outside the house, the shouting was rapid and panicked, and it was obvious that the shouter was running at a rapid pace.

What's going on again? Shouldn't there be news every day? -- Hearing the shout, Qiu Ju and Lin Lao Wu were both stunned, looked at each other, nervous and worried, hoping to get the news every day, but also afraid that it was really the news of the day.

But the hesitation was only a moment, and the two of them came back and forth into the courtyard - whether it was good news or not, they both had to face it.

It was not one who came, but a group of people, to be exact, a group of half-grown children - because Tan Xiaotian was tied up, Yuan Lang was not in the mood to lecture, so the school hall was on holiday these days, although homework was assigned during the holiday for the children to study hard at home, but once the country children did not have a teacher by the side to watch where they would honestly stay at home and read the book, and made an appointment to run to the small river outside the town to play early in the morning, similar situations are common in rural towns, and adults don't care. Anyway, when I'm hungry at noon, I will naturally go home to eat.

The leader ran over was a little fat man, saying that the little fat man refers to his age, in fact, this little fat man is not small, eight or nine years old is taller than most twelve or thirteen-year-old children, as for the waist circumference, even among adults may not be a few more than him - this little fat man is none other than Tan Xiaotian's best friend Tian Qingyou in Meilong Town, two years have passed, his size and weight have increased a lot, because several older students have left to study or go home to farm or go to shop apprentices. He naturally became the leader of these children (no way, who made him strong, four or five children could not beat him once), and he was so tired that he was snoring and sweating profusely, but he held a letter high in his hand, and shouted loudly as he ran.

"Fat boy, what's wrong?" Stopping at the gate of the courtyard, Lin Lao Wu asked Tian Qingyou from afar.

"Letter. Letter! Seeing the figures of Lin Lao Wu and Qiu Ju, Tian Qingyou, who was so tired that he couldn't run, sped up his pace again, and after coming to the two of them, he handed the envelope in his hand to Lin Lao Wu. He was hunched up, holding his knees with his hands and panting, and the children who came running behind him were not much better than him, even so. But he gathered around Qiu Ju and his wife and refused to leave, obviously wanting to know the content of the letter.

"Tiezhu, bring them some melon seeds and peanuts." Although Lin Lao Wu is literate. But the knowledge is limited, and it can be dealt with simply keeping a running account or something, and it is more difficult to read and read letters, but fortunately, there is a talented woman Qiu Ju beside him, he handed the letter to his wife and instructed his apprentices to greet these children.

Not to mention that the apprentices were busy getting snacks to deal with the children, Qiu Ju took the letter and checked the envelope first, the envelope was not printed in batches like the one sold in the grocery store, but he used very rough straw paper to get the paste, there was no writing on the envelope, both sides were blank, and there was nothing special except for a few obvious children's black finger prints.

"Qingyou, what's going on with this letter? Who gave it to you? Without rushing to open the envelope, Qiu Ju first asked Tian Qingyou about the origin of the letter.

"Oh, just now we were playing in the water by the river at the entrance of the town, and a man in black clothes and a big hat called us on the shore and asked us if we knew Tiantian, and I said I knew, and asked him who he was and what was the matter. He didn't say who he was, only that there was a letter for me to pass on to my aunt Tiantian, and then he put the letter on the ground and pressed it with a copper plate, saying that it was for my errands, and then he left, and he walked so fast that we couldn't catch up, so he sent the letter first. Tian Qingyou replied.

After listening to Tian Qingyou's answer, Qiu Ju and Lin Lao Wu's hearts were tight, they were so sneaky that they didn't even dare to let the children run errands and deliver letters on their behalf, who else would do this at this time except for the robbers in the mountains?

"Do you see what that person looks like? Is it someone you know? Lin Lao Wu hurriedly asked.

"The man's hat is pressed very low, and his head is always down, and I can only see the part below the nose, and I can't see the face at all, but it doesn't feel like it's from the town, does it?" Tian Qingyou thought about it and replied, afraid that he would not remember the news, so he turned his head and asked his friends, and the other children rushed to answer, but the answer was not much different from Tian Qingyou's, in short, the person who sent the letter was very eye-catching, at least they had not seen it before.

"I'll chase it." Lin Lao Wu is an anxious child, seeing that he couldn't hear any useful clues from the child's mouth, so he picked up an axe and was anxious to go out to chase, in his mind, the person who delivered the letter was likely to be a robber on the mountain, and if he caught this person, he could not only ask about the situation on the mountain, but also change it back to Tiantian, even if he couldn't do this, at least it would make the robbers throw a mouse bogey, which was better for Tiantian, as for his own safety, he didn't think about it, although he had not practiced martial arts, but he worked all year round and was strong, An axe is so good that it can be used to cut a log into a piece of wood without the help of any other auxiliary tools, and its flatness is even flatter than that of ordinary people with planers, and the other party is just one person, one-on-one, he is confident that he will leave the other party, even if he can't beat the other party, at least he can hold out until the reinforcements in the town arrive.

"Stop, what do you want to do?!" Qiu Ju hurriedly stopped Lin Lao Wu. (To be continued......)