It doesn't matter if you call a dog or Chuniel, pretend to be a female doll or not, as long as you can go home, let him pretend to be dead.

He didn't understand it before, why did his mother drive away Shi Niang, who was so good at cooking, and Shi Niang didn't harm him in terms of diet, why did his mother drive away Shi Niang, but didn't drive away Mama Liu.

Niang taught him that Shi Niang was a good person, but Shi Niang had no intention of following them back home, so he was a useless outsider, and he couldn't offend the old man who was serving around him because of an outsider, after all, now when he was out of the house, the old man was more reliable.

Mama Liu has been forgiven, she will be more loyal to them, and with a handle, she will be better controlled in the future, and even if she wants to get rid of her in the future, she can bring up the old things again.

His thoughts drifted away, but he believed his mother's words, and his mother said that Shi Niang was a good person, and he believed it.

And Shi Niang is right, changing the name is a must, and he will enter the territory of Dongting County immediately, and there will only be more people looking for him, not less.

"Hurry up."

Shi Niang helped Chen Yao up, pointed to the bottom of the mountain and said, "There is a farmer below, you can either pretend to be dumb for a while, or speak softly, softly, sweetly, and speak like a little girl." ”

Chen Yao pursed his lips and held back for a while, "Mother~"

"Hey, okay, Chun Nier, come and take off your coat, come and put it on my mother's back, and I will tell the villagers under the mountain in a while, you are sick, you don't talk much, others ask us where we are going, you say that you want to go to Panzhou to join your second uncle Zhu Shouyi, your father's name is Zhu Shouchang, but he has passed away, do you know?"

"I'm going to Panzhou to join my second uncle Zhu Shouyi, my father's name is Zhu Shouchang, he died."

Chen Yao's soft-spoken voice came from behind, Liu Ruyue was very happy, she didn't see much of such a smart child, and praised her sincerely, "Chun Nier is so smart, as smart as your big sister, I will remember it once I say it." ”

"My big sister, what's your name?"

"Your big sister, I'm lost, we're going to find her."

"Huh? Didn't the big sister be with the second uncle? ”

Liu Ruyue didn't plan to tell Chen Yao everything about herself, "Lost...... let's not talk about the big sister first, let's get through the current difficulties first!" ”

Chen Yao took this to heart and obediently lay on Liu Ruyue's back.

Descending the mountain, there were only three or four families, cooking smoke curling and making breakfast.

She looked around, walked to a small courtyard surrounded by a bamboo fence, and shouted, "Excuse me, can you ask for hot water?" ”

A little girl in the room ran out, wearing two small braids, staring at her curiously with round eyes, and then, an old woman rushed out, stretched out her hand and hugged the little girl behind her, looking at Liu Ruyue, "You are?" ”

"Grandma, my daughter has a cold on the road, can you ask for hot water to moisten her throat?"

The old woman looked at her questioningly, but did not speak.

At this time, Chen Yao, who was on his back, raised his face and said hoarsely, "Mother~, I'm thirsty." ”

Hearing this, the old woman breathed a sigh of relief, "You are a woman, why do you go out alone with your children?" ”

"Grandma, my father...... died, my mother took us to the second uncle, woo. Chen Yao opened his big watery eyes, looked at the old woman pitifully, and tears flowed down the corners of his eyes.

"Ouch, poor girl, come in, come in, I'm just making breakfast, you guys come and eat a little, Erya, go get the dishes and chopsticks."

"Yes." The little girl with braids shook her calves and ran fast and rushed into the earthen room.

"Grandma, no need, no need, I'll ask for a cup of hot water for the child to drink." In these years, everyone's life is not easy, Liu Ruyue did not enter the house, but just sat on the stool under the eaves and held Chen Yao on his back in his arms.

The old woman stretched out her hand and probed Chen Yao's forehead, "Ouch, it's still hot, but it's almost gone, it's good to drink some hot water." ”

"Yes." Just now Chen Yao buried his head in her back, she walked down the mountain and sweated, and it was hot, Chen Yao's forehead was naturally warm now.

Liu Ruyue didn't dare to borrow the kitchen, and it wasn't for the sake of finding someone to eat, she took the rice soup handed over by the old woman, let Chen Yao drink a big sip, and fed the dog baby the rice soup in a small bite, "Thank you, mother-in-law." ”

"What is there to thank, what you meet, you can eat, in the morning there is rice soup, just eat wild vegetables, this lady come in and eat together, if you are hungry, what can the child do?" The old woman greeted her warmly.

Liu Ruyue shook her head and glanced at the little girl's torn clothes drying in the yard, "Grandma, Chun Nier was naughty a few days ago, rolled down the mountain, trampled her clothes, and they were torn like this, and her body couldn't cover it, so the wind blew and caught a cold." I can't make clothes for him on the road, Grandma, you see, I still have some rice on me, can I change you into a piece of clothing that Er Ya can't wear? Old, patched are all done. ”

The old woman looked at the cloth bag that Liu Ruyue took out, the brown rice in it, and there were as many as a bowl, "This...... A piece of torn clothes, where is it worth so much brown rice, brown rice is expensive, if you take it out and change clothes with me, what will you eat on the road? ”

Liu Ruyue understands the truth that wealth is not exposed, "Grandma, I will be able to go out of the mountain soon, I just want to walk all the way, do odd jobs all the way, earn some copper money to buy enough rice, and then go on the road, after eating, and then go to do odd jobs, sew and mend to earn some subsidies, and I can't starve the children, you don't have to worry about the children not having food, I can still catch fish." ”

Liu Ruyue took out the only remaining cloth bag, which contained the remaining dried fish and meat, Chen Yao stretched out his hand to stop it, crying weakly and guiltily, "Mother, don't, Chun Nier doesn't want new clothes, take our last rice and change clothes, we won't have anything to eat, I can starve, what should my brother do?" The younger brother can only eat porridge. ”

Chen Yao, this kid, is really smart, Liu Ruyue rubbed his hair, "Chun Nier, if you keep getting sick, mother, mother has no money to find a doctor for you, this bit of rice is nothing, and you will go out of the mountain immediately, grandma, how far can you get to the town?" ”

The old woman was also saddened, "Six hours further on, you will arrive at Sungai Town, on the way, you still have to eat something, old clothes, I have here, give me half a bowl of brown rice, I will bring it to you." ”

The old woman turned around and went into the house, rummaged through the cabinets, and found a piece of clothes and pants that Er Ya wore when she was a child, except for a big patch on the crotch, everything else was fine.

The red cloth and white plum print looks very beautiful, but it is washed white.

"This is what Erya's cousin wore for her, and it's not worth a few dollars, so let's replace it for the child."

"Thank you, Grandma." Liu Ruyue wiped off the bowl of rice soup that Fang had just drunk, and poured more than half of the brown rice into it.

"Much more."

"Grandma, how precious the clothes are, although Erya can't wear them, they can also be dismantled and made into big clothes with other cloths, you can keep this bit of rice, I'm young, I can still do odd jobs, you don't want to, I'll be uneasy, I'll have to walk at night later, Grandma."

"I'm old, my eyes can't see clearly, how can I make clothes for Erya, it's really worthless, you can catch a little more and go back."

"Ahem, mother."

"Grandma, you take it, let's push it around, it's also a delay, the sooner I set off, the sooner I can get to the town."

"Hey, I can't talk about you, okay, then my old woman will thank you."

"It's me, thank you."

Taking advantage of the fact that Grandma went back to the house to put brown rice, Liu Ruyue hurried to help Chen Yao change into a female doll's clothes.