Because Lord Chen's birthday was approaching, the group had to travel day and night, in the dust, to the cold city.

When there were still fifty miles away from the cold city, Yao Hei'er and Li Gong broke up at a fork in the road, one to the east and the other to the west.

When they were about to break up, Li Gong casually put a burden on the car that Mrs. Wen and Liu were riding, and said lightly: "I forgot to give you a few things prepared by my father. ”

Yao Hei'er didn't mind at first, thinking that it was just a few clothes or supplements, and seeing Li Gong take people away, Yao Hei'er turned around and saw her mother in a daze with the open baggage, and hurriedly stretched out her head to look, and found that there was a pile of white flowers and silver inside.

didn't give it to Yao Hei'er at first, probably just because he was afraid that Yao Hei'er wouldn't accept it.

Although Li Gong is a military general, he is also down-to-earth and careful.

In the evening, the three of them had already set foot on the path back to Shanjia Village.

It was still the same bumpy country road, but the fields were thriving, and the golden wheat was ripe, waiting for the farmers who had worked hard for a year to harvest; The green vegetable fields are full of melons and vegetables, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, they shine like jewels. From time to time, there are farmers leading the old oxen ploughing the fields, walking slowly on the way home; There is a flock of unknown birds in the sky, chirping, calling friends and returning to their nests.

From mid-February, she went to Jiyan City to find her mother, and when she came back today, it took Yao Heier two and a half months. When she set off, she didn't know if she could really find her mother and sister-in-law; When she came back, she not only picked up her mother and sister-in-law, but also knew that in the distant frontier, there was a high-ranking and powerful Uncle Li, who understood the grievances of the Yao family.

Yao Heier believes that there will never be only one Uncle Li.

As long as you dare to go out, you will reap the rewards.

This is Yao Heier's experience of this trip to Jiyan.

The gold and silver brought with him, except for the twenty or thirty taels that were robbed by the bandits, and the expenses spent on the outgoing journey, did not move anything else, and a sum of silver was added. Although this silver was given to him by Uncle Li's family, if it was used as funds for business, why not? If you can accumulate wealth and double it back to Uncle Li, it will not be considered to live up to Uncle Li's grace to you.

Thinking of this, Yao Hei'er shook her head to herself, when did she start to become so good at settling accounts? Is this still the noble lady who is high-minded and treats money like a blockage? Qing Gao, can not be eaten as a meal; A blockage is the most practical; But perhaps, there is more important than a blockage......

It was a joyful and sad scene at the same time.

Zhong Cuiling, who was surprised and delighted, was busy kneeling down and kowtowing to Mrs. Wen and Liu, but Mrs. Wen grabbed her, and said with laughter and tears: "Child, I have heard Hei'er say, thanks to you, they can survive." You're already Haul's sister, my daughter. ”

Zhong Cuiling also smiled with tears in her eyes: "Even if I am the daughter of the old lady, I should kowtow." "It took three heads to get up.

Qiong'er and Pei'er couldn't recognize each other, the haggard and old lady in front of them was her graceful and luxurious grandmother, and the middle-aged woman with simple clothes and a desolate expression was her aunt. The two sisters hid in the corner, shyly watching the adults cry and laugh, not daring to come closer.

Only Jiu'er, who had no memory of the past, pulled Cuiling's clothes, opened a pair of big black eyes, and looked curiously at the three people who came to the house - in just three months, she didn't even remember her mother.

The door quietly opened a crack, and a small brain melon with a pestle cover squeezed in through the crack in the door. Yao Hei'er hurriedly beckoned to the little brain melon and said, "Tiezhu, come in!" Aunt Hei brought you something delicious! ”

The dexterous little body behind the little brain melon immediately squeezed in happily, looking up at the two strangers in the room blankly with a little face stained with black ash.

Yao Hei'er smiled and said to her mother: "This is a neighbor's child, named Tiezhu, when we first moved here, thanks to their help." ”

Mrs. Wen was busy squatting down and talking to Tie Zhu, and Liu Shi was already busy taking two boxes of dim sum bought on the road, and handed them to Tie Zhu with a smile.

Tiezhu twisted and refused to take it, Yao Hei'er smiled and said: "This is your Aunt Liu, and me, and your Aunt Zhong, all the same, just take it and go home to your grandmother and your mother to eat." ”

Tie Zhu smelled a burst of aroma in the box, and the gluttonous worm had already been hooked out, but he was embarrassed, and when he heard Aunt Hei say this, he hurriedly took it, paused, scratched his scalp again, and then added: "Thank you, Aunt Liu!" ”

Mrs. Wen smiled happily: "What a straightforward child! ”

Tie Zhu had already stepped beside Qiong'er, and said in a low voice: "Sister Qiong'er, let's go out and play!" They're all waiting for you! ”

Yao Hei'er said: "Tiezhu, good boy, you send the snacks back to your grandmother first, and then tell your grandmother, I will go to greet her later." Come and play with Sister Qiong'er in a while, okay? ”

Tie Zhu scratched his scalp again and said, "Aunt Hei, is there a guest at home, and Sister Qiong'er can't go out to play?" ”

Everyone in the room laughed and said, "This kid is honest, but he understands everything!" There's nothing you can't play, just a little wait. ”

Tie Zhu happily agreed, holding two boxes of snacks, and flew away.

The twilight has slowly shrouded her, Yao Hei'er asked her mother to watch Pei'er and Jiu'er, vacate Cuiling to cook, Qiong'er helped to light the fire, and she ordered a blue Tuanhua Luo Juan, two pairs of cloth shoes, and two air-dried ducks bought on the way back from Jiyan, and asked her sister-in-law to help her take them together, and went to Shan's house to thank her, and asked Mrs. Shan's peace.

You don't need to ask to know that in the two or three months when you are not at home, the single family has not helped less, otherwise Cuiling will not even have time to cook with three children alone.

When Mrs. Shan saw these gifts, she excused herself for a while, and finally accepted them.

Back at home, Yao Hei'er, Liu and Cuiling cooked together, and after a while, they were busy for a while, and finally put the meal on the table.

After all, it is a close family of flesh and blood, this moment of kung fu, Pei'er and Jiu'er have been very affectionate with Mrs. Wen, Jiu'er obediently sat in front of her grandmother, and asked her grandmother to tie her braids, Pei'er giggled, and kept making trouble next to her, poking her sister's little face with a straw stick for a while, and squeaking her sister for a while, Jiu'er wanted to comb her beautiful pigtails, but she didn't dare to move, so she had to kick with her feet.

Dinner was very sumptuous, a dish of roasted duck, a dish of stewed chicken with ginseng, a plate of bad fish, a plate of boiled prawns, a plate of green vegetable tofu, a plate of braised eggplant, and a large pot of smorgasbord stew, and a jar of fine Beijing wine.

Some of these vegetable supplements were given by Mrs. Yan when Jiyan City was leaving, and some were bought by Yao Hei'er when she was just on the road.

Yao Hei'er raised her eyes and looked, an old lady in her fifties, three young and middle-aged women in their twenties and thirties, and three girls waiting to be fed, this is the Yao family today, all the population.

In the past, the Yao family had hundreds of slaves alone. Every New Year's Day, in the big flower hall at home, people are longing, singing, storytelling, performing acrobatics, serving food, serving tea, and holding towels......

Zhong Cuiling filled everyone with a glass of wine, Yao Hei'er raised her glass, and said with a smile: "Today's reunion is rare, I hope we will never be separated in the future!" After speaking, a layer of tears was already rippling in his eyes.

The four adults drank it all in one go.

Qiong'er said in a low voice: "Mother, do I want to drink it too?" ”

Yao Hei'er wiped away the black ash on Qiong'er's face that had just fallen from the fire with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "You don't need it, just take a sip!" ”

Qiong'er obediently picked up the wine glass and took a sip lightly, but she was still choking and coughing.

Everyone laughed, tears streaming down their eyes.