"When I came out, I heard her mother scolding her and asking her to do the laundry." It was Ma Jincheng who spoke, he was the eldest of several children, his father was on an errand in the government, and his house was next door to Ning Fen'er's house.

"Alas, Fen'er is really pitiful, her mother left early, and her stepmother treated her like this." Wang Shanshan's face was sad.

Li Qianqian didn't know what to say, this kind of thing was not something that a few of them could manage.

"When Qianqian learns the skill, we will go to vent for Fen'er!" Chen Hu looked at Li Qianqian and said proudly.

The eyes of several children were focused on Li Qianqian, and she nodded seriously: "I will work hard." ”

The child's emotions came and went quickly, and after a while, several people forgot about Fen'er and made a fuss with a smile.

Although Li Qianqian feels a little naïve to play with children, she likes this sincerity and friendship without mixing anything.

"Let's play pretend, Qianqian will be my bride!" Chen Hu proposed.

"Why, I want Qianqian to be my bride!" Sun Baobao immediately stood up against it.

Wang Shanshan secretly glanced at Ma Jincheng, turned her head to hide the smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Okay, okay, don't make any noise, we might as well come and play Zhu Gege." Li Qianqian sat on the stone pier and propped her chin.

"What's that?" Several children were stunned again, and they all looked at her curiously.

"Come on, come on, I'll assign you roles."

"Shanshan will play Xiaoyanzi, Xiao Su, you will play Mama Rong. Well...... Brother Jin Cheng, you play Ziwei. ”

Ma Jincheng frowned when he heard this: "Ziwei...... It's a girl's name when you hear it, I don't want it! ”

Li Qianqian turned her head and held her little face: "Brother Jin Cheng, you can act it!" ”

When Ma Jincheng saw her pitiful little expression, he immediately softened: "Ahem, okay, then I'll play it reluctantly." ”

Wang Shanshan's expression was a little unhappy, Li Qianqian pulled Ma Jincheng to her side and said, "Ziwei and Xiaoyanzi are a pair of ......."

Wang Shanshan's eyes lit up.

“…… It's a pair of Jinlan sisters! ”

Bah! your sisters!

"Come on, come on, Chen Hu will play the queen, and Sun Baobao will play the emperor. Well, our big palace fighting drama has begun! ”

"The story goes like this, the suave emperor found his two lost Gege, one named Ziwei and the other named Xiaoyanzi. The queen didn't like the two Gege very much, so she instructed Mama Rong to ......"

Several children often played with the house, but they had never heard of such a novel plot.

Especially when Mama Rong, played by Xiao Su, pressed poor Jin Chenggege to the ground and pricked it with a "needle", Ma Jincheng's strange screams made several children laugh so much that they couldn't stand up straight.

It was slowly getting dark, and the children said goodbye and went home for dinner.

Before leaving, Wang Shanshan took Li Qianqian's hand and said sincerely: "Qianqian, don't bring Xiao Su out next time, I'm afraid that she will be put in a sack." ”

Several of the boys laughed and agreed.

Xiao Su pretended to look aggrieved and stomped his feet lightly: "But this is all instructed by the 'Queen Mother'!" ”

Several of the children burst into laughter again.

Back at the Li Mansion, Li Suzhou had already returned, and he was a little surprised to see Li Qianqian and Xiao Su coming back happily: "Qianqian has encountered something happy, tell my father." ”

He rubbed Li Qianqian's head and said kindly.

Li Qianqian looked at his father in this world, and when he calculated his age, he was just in his early thirties, but he had grown a beard, and he looked a little bit like a fake Taoist.

Thinking so, she laughed again: "Hehe, it's nothing, it's just that I had a lot of fun with my friends." ”

If Li Suzhou knew that Master Li, who was greatly admired by outsiders, was actually said to be a fake Taoist priest by his little girl, he might be angry.

"Have you learned all the things that my father taught me today?"

Li Qianqian nodded: "Well, my daughter only went out to play after studying." ”

Li Suzhou smiled and nodded: "Okay, go wash your hands, it's time to eat." ”

Li Qianqian jumped and ran away with Xiao Su.

Looking at her petite and agile back, Li Suzhou pinched his beard and said with a smile: "It's a good seedling, if you cultivate hard, you will definitely be able to become a tool." ”

Li Changsi paused, she pretended not to hear and sat down beside Li Suzhou: "Father, there are a few things that my daughter doesn't understand today. ”

Li Suzhou touched her head: "If you don't understand, ask your brother, your brother is very talented." ”

After saying that, he left.

Li Changsi stood alone in place, a trace of grievance flashing on his little face.

The days passed.

Li Qianqian followed Li Kefeng and Li Changsi to listen to Li Suzhou's teaching every morning, and in the afternoon Li Suzhou went out to run errands, she went out to play with her friends, and then reviewed what she had learned before in the evening, and got up early in the morning to run to strengthen her body. Every day is very fulfilling.

When she was 10 years old, something big happened in Los Angeles.

Ning Fen'er's stepmother died, strangled from behind, and the body was found in the woods by the river.

The friends were naturally happy for Ning Fen'er, and finally there was no one to trouble her.

But Li Qianqian looked at Ning Fen'er's expression, and somehow always felt that something was wrong.

It stands to reason that when her such a bad stepmother dies, she may be a little happy, relieved, and dazed, but in her eyes, Li Qianqian only sees fear.

"Qianqian, what kind of god are you stunned!" Chen Hu patted Li Qianqian's shoulder and said.

"Oh, no, I'm thinking about my dad's homework for me." Li Qianqian said with a smile.

"Homework? What is homework? Wang Shanshan asked puzzled.

"Hmm...... It's nothing, it's a matter of practice. Li Qianqian didn't know how to explain, so she covered up the past.

Wang Shanshan felt a little disdainful in her heart. Although she knew that Li Qianqian's family background was the best among several girls, and it was impossible to marry someone like Ma Jincheng casually, she still didn't like her a little, feeling that she was always showing off, and always prevaricated them with some words about practicing spells.

"Hey, Shanshan, I heard from my mother that your mother bought you a new dress, why don't you wear it?" Chen Hu asked suddenly.

Wang Shanshan was stunned: "Then, that dress, it doesn't fit well, I'll ask my mother to change it for me." You're pretty quick to hear from you. ”

Sun Baobao held up her round little belly: "What's there, I know all about it." ”

Wang Shanshan turned her head to look at him: "I'll buy a new dress, how can it be like something big so that you all know, I still want to surprise you." She glanced at Ma Jincheng and lowered her head.

"Hey, doesn't my mother always go to the embroidery workshop, she heard the aunt of the embroidery workshop say that the new batch of fabrics is a fresh thing from Yulin City, and your mother went to cut some at that time, saying that she would make clothes for you. This morning, your mother went again, saying that it was a little less than the size, and she insisted that the aunt gave her some for nothing. Chen Hu explained.

"Ah, that's ......" Wang Shanshan glanced at Ma Jincheng and pulled the corners of her clothes a little embarrassed.

Chen Hu asked Li Qianqian again: "Qianqian, can Master Li in your house buy some for you?" ”

Li Qianqian smiled and shook her head: "My father is very busy every day, how can he have time to take care of these chores." Now the big sister is in charge of the family's affairs. ”

"Then did your big sister buy it for you?" Somehow, Chen Hu had to chase and ask.

"There is a fixed amount of all expenses in the government, how can you buy indiscriminately." Li Qianqian said indifferently.

"That's not it?"

Li Qianqian looked at Chen Hu a little helplessly.

Chen Hu was about to say something, Wang Shanshan's eyes rolled, and she interrupted: "Qianqian should have learned a lot of skills over the years, why don't we go to the woods to see how it goes!" ”

"What are you going to do in the woods?" Ning Fen'er was taken aback.

"Go and see the excitement, I heard the adults say that Fen'er's mother died strangely, and it is possible...... Not man-made! Wang Shanshan deliberately lowered her voice to create a terrifying atmosphere.

Sun Baobao suddenly jumped up: "Mom! Who, who patted me on the shoulder! ”

Chen Hu laughed heartily: "Hahahaha, look at your cowardice!" He grimaced at Sun Baobao: "Sun cowardice, Sun instigation!" ”

Sun Baobao was annoyed and angry: "Who do you say!" You're just cowardly! ”

"Okay, okay, stop arguing." Ma Jincheng stopped between the two and separated the two: "The small forest where the accident happened has been surrounded by the government office, and we can't get in." ”

"Is your dad on duty there?" Wang Shanshan asked.

"Well, the officials are looking for clues there, calculating the time, and the corpses should have been transported back to Yizhuang."

At this time, it was close to dusk, and as soon as the word corpse was spoken, several children shivered together.

"Well, that's nothing to see, let's not go." Sun Baobao shrunk his neck.

Wang Shanshan glanced at Li Qianqian, saw that her expression was light, and she was a little unhappy in her heart, so she said: "Don't people say that it's not artificial, and we didn't go to see Fen'er's stepmother, what does it matter if you are not there?" We're just going to see if there's anything else. If you can find other clues and help the officials solve the case, you can also get a reward! ”

"Don't, don't go!" Ning Fen'er tugged at Wang Shanshan's cuffs, and said in a trembling voice.

"Fen'er, don't be afraid, she's already dead, could it be that her soul still wants to make trouble? Besides, if we have Qianqian to protect us, we will be fine! Wang Shanshan grabbed Ning Fen'er's arm and didn't let her back down.

Fen'er's body shook and begged a little: "Don't go, I, I ......"

"It's okay Fen'er, I'm here!" Wang Shanshan said firmly to Ning Fen'er.

"I don't believe that there are any demons and monsters, Fen'er's stepmother was strangled to death, if it is a monster that can use so much trouble, someone must be deliberately making ghosts." Ma Jincheng thought for a while and came to a conclusion.

"Then we don't have to be afraid! Let's go, let's go, while it's not dark yet, let's go early and come back early. Chen Hu said eagerly.

Several people looked at Li Qianqian, and she shrugged her shoulders: "It doesn't matter, I can't beat people now, but I'm not afraid of ghosts." ”

Several people suddenly smiled, and pulled Ning Fen'er to walk towards the woods by the river.

Li Qianqian told Xiao Su to go back and tell the house that she might go back later, but did not let her follow.

The sun had set, and the river was getting cooler at night, and there was no one by the river.

At this time, every household is cooking, and the forest is filled with faint smoke, and the light is getting dimmer and dimmer.

There was silence all around, save for the sound of a few children walking and the occasional creak of stepping on broken branches.