Zhang Zishou agreed, "The kitchen is over there, you can go by yourself." Then he called Qin Huai, "This is what your sister-in-law brought and it is for you, you take it back to the room to clean it up, and then you can rest after memorizing the second chapter of Confucius." ”

Hearing this, Qin Huai was overjoyed, "Teacher, can I go out to play with the second egg in the village?" ”

This is the child he met after he came here, and he would go to them to play when the teacher gave him a holiday on weekdays, and the second egg was a child of the villagers, who was about the same age as Qin Huai, but he didn't know a few big characters, but he had a brute force, and often came to seduce him to go out to play.

"Good! I'm going to be back before the evening, though. "With food in front of him, Zhang Zishou didn't care about him and gave him a half-day holiday.

Qin Huai was happy, and after memorizing the book explained by the teacher, he ran to Chen Youyi again, "Sister-in-law, the teacher gave me half a day off, and I told the second egg in the village that I wanted to go out to play." I went out first. ”

With that, he turned and ran out.

"Alas......" Chen Youyi couldn't shout no matter how he shouted, he just watched his little back run out into the distance, and saw several other figures waiting for him in the forest, and after a few people converged, they walked towards the forest.

Qin Huai was also happy to make friends here, so she didn't pull him back, so she went back to the kitchen to make lunch, but the things and seasonings in the kitchen were limited, and it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, without good seasonings and good ingredients, she just had great ability, and she couldn't make delicious things.

But she remembered that she had come here before, stayed in the monastery, and when she left, she put all the leftover spices in the monastery and gave them to use. But after all this time, I don't know if they are still there.

But you have to ask, even if you don't have your own seasoning, you can make a lunch by borrowing a little other reluctance.

So she wasn't in a hurry to make a fire, so she went to the temple and found out that there were still a lot of spices she had left behind, just because the chef in the temple couldn't make the flavors she made.

I don't use those seasonings anymore, so I just keep it there.

Chen Youyi was so happy that he took them all, and when he returned to Zhang Zishou's house, he saw him walking in from outside with a bamboo basket, "Is lunch ready?" ”

"Not yet!" She glanced up at the sun, "Don't be in a hurry!" Mr. Zhang, where have you been? ”

"It's okay if you don't do it, it's a freshly caught fish, you take it and eat it." Zhang Zishou put the bamboo basket in front of her and went to the house again.

Chen Youyi, who was worried that there were no ingredients to make lunch, was happy now, and hurriedly took the fish and went to the kitchen, and soon the fragrance wafted out of the kitchen, but Zhang Zishou was broken, "When is it good?" ”

"It's coming, it's coming!" Chen Youyi said with a smile, "You must be patient and wait for the fish to taste good." ”

Zhang Zishou frowned and turned around and entered the house, but it didn't take long for him to run out again, "Why is it not good?" ”

"Right now!" She covered her mouth and smiled, she usually looked at Zhang Zishou so stern and had a strange temper, but she didn't expect that in terms of eating, she would look like a child, and this older person will become more and more like a child the more she lives.

In the end, Chen Youyi's meal was finished and served on the table, Zhang Zishou couldn't help but take a big bite, but he was busy throwing it out again, she stood aside and watched and laughed, and didn't forget to quip, "No one is robbing you, this fish is yours, eat it slowly." I can't afford to burn your body. ”

Knowing that she was making fun of herself, Zhang Zishou glared at her, "Don't go and see your brother yet, let him come back for dinner quickly." ”

Chen Youyi turned around and went out and walked towards the mountain village, but after turning around, he didn't find Qin Huai, and asked a few people, all of whom said that their children had not come back.

Another villager laughed, "They always go outside together, and they don't know until they're tired of playing until they come back." You don't have to worry, you'll go home when you're hungry. ”

Chen Youyi smiled, and didn't take it too seriously, no matter how sensible Qin Huai was, after all, he was only a child of a few years old, and it was understandable to play at will, so she went back to Zhang Zishou, first took out the things in Qin Huai's room and washed the dirty clothes, and then helped Zhang Zishou clean the yard.

I had cleaned up the front and back, and when I looked up at the sun, it was not too early, and I thought it was time for me to hurry home.

But Qin Huai hadn't come back at this time, she was a little worried, she went to the house to take a look first, Zhang Zishou was still sleeping in the house after eating, so she turned around and went to the village.

Several families are looking for their children, and they seem to be in a hurry.

"On weekdays, they will come back at this time, and I don't know where they went today, so why can't they find anyone." One of them said anxiously.

Even if there are other people who are not in a hurry, they will start looking for their children at this time.

Chen Youyi's heart sank, hoping that they would not go out, so she followed the villagers to the neighborhood to look for the child, but after turning around and not finding it, everyone began to be anxious.

"They're not going anywhere else, and if they're not here, they're going anywhere. I told my children that they weren't allowed to go anywhere else. One of the villagers started to get nervous.

"Don't worry, look for it again and see if it's too far." Someone comforted.

There was also a popular scolding, "This bastard boy will not screw his ears when he finds him this time." ”

Chen Youyi didn't speak, and followed them everywhere, seeing the sunset, there were still few children.

She calculated, including Qin Huai, a total of five children were missing, and those children were the eldest in the village, only eleven or twelve, and the youngest was only six years old.

"What can I do, could it be that I was caught by the bandits around here?" Someone began to wipe their tears.

"No, they are a group of children, what can they do if they are arrested, and they don't have any money."

"Do you want to report to the police?"

Chen Youyi's heart sank even more, thinking that the children must not have an accident, just as the women were discussing where to find the child again, a person ran over from the village, and shouted out of breath while running, "Found it, the child has been found." ”

Several people hurriedly ran to ask, "Where is the child?" ”

"The village chief is here to call you, you go back and have a look." The man couldn't tell, but he looked anxious.

Chen Youyi followed them back to the village and came to the village chief's house.

But the village chief just put a note in front of them, and the villagers were illiterate, Chen Youyi squeezed out of the crowd and picked up the note and read it, and his face turned pale.