After a few breaths, Xing glanced at her husband beside her, and asked with a slight frown, "Where did you see it?" What does your fourth uncle look like? Did you tell him about your grandfather? ”

Ye Ming glanced at his sister beside him, and subconsciously didn't want his family to know that he had gone to that kind of place.

Coughing lightly, he replied: "I met the fourth uncle twice, the first time was in the bookstore, and I told him about my grandfather. ”

"What did he say?" Ye Zhengming asked a little nervously.

Ye Ming hesitated and said, "The fourth uncle didn't say anything, so he left under the pretext that something was wrong!" ”

Ye Hao saw her father's frowning brows, thought for a moment, and asked him, "Brother, is the fourth uncle's dress much better than before?" ”

Ye Ming glanced at his sister in surprise, his eyes seemed to say, how do you know?

He nodded: "Well, that's true, I also have questions about this, so I asked the fourth uncle, and he said that the city is prosperous, and he makes a living by copying books and writing letters to people." ”

"But.... The garment he wore alone would cost nearly a tael of silver, and he could not earn it by copying and writing letters. ”

Ye Zhengming and Xing glanced at each other when they heard this, but neither of them spoke.

Ye Hao smiled and said again: "Brother, didn't you say that you met the fourth uncle twice?" What about the second time? ”

Speaking of this, Ye Ming straightened his face: "At that time, I had just finished reading the list, and when I was about to go back, I accidentally saw him......"

When he said this, he seemed to feel a little embarrassed, and hesitated for a moment before he said again: "I saw the fourth uncle and a man who was not too old standing together and talking. ”

Then they boarded a carriage with a young woman inside.

Xing's brows furrowed a little more fiercely, and he found some meaning from his son's words: "Erlang, do you suspect that the fourth uncle married a woman from that family?" ”

How can this be so dressed and decent?

Ye Ming smiled and replied: "Because of the distance, I couldn't hear them clearly, and I didn't even have time to say hello, so they left." ”

The implication was that he wasn't sure.

That being said, his expression already showed something.

Ye Hao next to her said: "Brother, I estimate that after my grandmother knows that you come back, she will definitely ask you to come over to ask, and you had better not tell her about this at that time, so as not to make your grandmother sad!" ”

Grandmother had reported so much hope before, expecting her youngest son to come back after passing the exam, but the reality is that the fourth uncle will not come back not only this time, but may not come back again in the future!

For more than ten years, the person who has been holding his youngest son in the palm of his hand is no less than a thunderbolt from the blue!

What will become of people when they are angry and desperate? Will you use your brother as a punching bag? Who can guarantee that?

Just hide it from your grandmother, sometimes, it's better to have hope in your heart than nothing!

Ye Ming glanced at his father when he heard this, and nodded: "Okay!" ”

Ye Zhengming's brows were furrowed, his mood was obviously not very good, how could he be like this, fourth brother? Forget about secretly leaving before, but didn't come back this time?

If he is like this, how sad will his mother and father be?

Thinking of something, he hurriedly asked his son, "Erlang, have you asked your fourth uncle?" Do you know where he lives? ”

Ye Ming shook his head: "When we met for the first time, before I had time to ask about it, he left in a hurry!" ”

The meaning of the words was that the fourth uncle obviously didn't want to know where he lived, and even if he asked, it would be useless.

Ye Zhengming heard that he was about to say something more, so he heard Ma's voice outside the house: "Second brother and sister, I heard that Erlang is back?" Mother told him to come over! ”

"Brother, I'll accompany you!" Ye Hao didn't wait for the others in the room to say anything, so she took the initiative to stand up and say.

"Mother is going too, right?" Xing was about to stand up as he spoke.

was stopped by Ye Ming on his side: "Mother, no need, it's hot outside, my sister and I can go over!" ”

There are only the two of them, and even if the grandmother is angry, it is not too much, but if the mother and father also go, who knows what ugly things the grandmother will say?

The two soon followed Ma to the old mansion and entered the main house.

As soon as the Zhao family, who couldn't wait for a long time on the kang, saw Ye Ming, he immediately asked, "Erlang, where is your fourth uncle?" Why didn't I come back with you? ”

After asking, he suddenly reacted, and his grandson didn't go over with his son, and hurriedly added: "Have you found the fourth child in Fucheng?" ”

Ye Ming was silent for a few breaths, and replied: "Grandmother, I did meet the fourth uncle in Fucheng, but I haven't ...... yet."

He repeated what he had said to his mother again, but he hid the last scene he saw.

After hearing this, Zhao was stunned for a moment, and muttered: "The fourth child knows?" But why hasn't he come back yet? Nothing is going to happen to him, is it? Is it because you don't have enough money on hand? ”

didn't even ask a word about whether his son passed the exam, all his thoughts were on his son's safety, a mother's heart, but unfortunately he was the wrong person!

Ma, who had always been like an invisible person in the house, flashed a touch of schadenfreude in his eyes, look, this is the son you have been thinking about!

Bah! The fourth brother is just like his eldest brother! Not a good thing either!

After Zhao finished talking, he looked at his grandson with small eyes, with a complaining look on his face: "Your fourth uncle must have encountered difficulties!" Why don't you ask more? ”

Ye Hao on the side rolled her eyes silently, you can deceive yourself, she doesn't believe that you can't hear the meaning!

I saw Ye Fang on the other side of the kang suddenly sighed: "What's the use of asking?" Don't you hear? The old four press don't want to come back! ”

Zhao Shi didn't think about it, so he retorted sharply: "Impossible! Why is the fourth child reluctant to come back? He crawled out of my belly! I worked so hard to raise him so much, how could he not come back......"

Seeing that her grandmother was excited, Ye Hao had a tendency to talk at length with her grandfather, pulled her brother's sleeve, and glanced at him.

The two quietly left the room and walked home without the slightest nostalgia.

.................

As Ye Ming returned home, the new house became lively again in a blink of an eye, and the people who came to the door were almost never broken.

Early this morning, a sturdy matchmaker dressed in flowers and branches, greased and powdered, came to the door of Ye's house and walked straight to the inner courtyard.

Seeing the Xing family in the courtyard, she immediately smiled on her face: "Oh, this is Xing Niangzi, right?" I'm here today, but I have something happy to tell you. ”

When Xing saw the person's dress, he immediately knew the identity of the other party, although she really didn't have a good impression of the matchmaker because of her daughter's past, but she also knew that the marriage of her children still depended on them.

Hearing this, he politely welcomed the other party into the house and served tea and pastries.

The sturdy matchmaker rolled her eyes and quickly looked at the furnishings in the room, although she didn't see the person she wanted to see, she was not in a hurry.

took a sip of tea from the teacup, and without grinding, he went straight to the point........