Chapter 154: Searching for the Missing Person (1)
Seeing that Ye and Second Sister Ye were there, Ye Mingxiu left home with peace of mind.
It's not that he wants to go far away, but he went to the vicinity of the ancestral hall of Yejia Village to find the goddess who lives there. It's not just Daddy Ye like this, almost everyone in Yejia Village is like this when they encounter a major event.
Speaking of which, this goddess has quite a skill, and her occasional movements are also very bluffing. Therefore, when illiterate families in the village have children, most of them go to her to help them calculate a hexagram and give her a wishful and auspicious name.
This goddess lives on this, and for a long time, it has also formed a routine in Yejia Village, and no one will feel a fuss.
Ye Mingxiu happily arrived in front of the ancestral hall, but the goddess rarely took the initiative to greet her, and said with a serious face: "Hurry up and report the time to me." ”
made Father Ye look confused, and at the same time felt that he had come to the right place. He didn't say a word here, and people knew that he was here to tell fortunes and come up with names.
How did he know that the blessing of Tuo Zhou's big mouth is now known to almost everyone in the village, and the Lin family gave birth to a son, and when he gave birth, he also used a piece of expensive ginseng that scared people to death.
Pinching her fingers for a while, the goddess said, "You are lucky, Bodhisattva bless." But judging from the time of birth, there is no doubt that this is a female doll. However, perhaps it was your sincerity that moved the heavens, so you gave your family a male baby. In this way, you can choose one of the characters from Yun and Min, and they can all match this eight characters. ”
Ye Wenmin? Ye Wenyun? Father Ye thought about it in his heart for a long time, and he always felt that the clouds were not good, and the floating ones scattered and were unlucky.
Seeing that Father Ye hesitated, thinking that he didn't like these two words, the goddess said, "Hugh has a mother-in-law, hurry up and choose one." If you don't follow these two words, it will not be easy to raise this child. ”
Hearing this, Father Ye was taken aback. This son is something he finally gets, and since the goddess has said that this child was born at a bad time, then simply use a girl's name.
He doesn't want his son to be rich and rich, as long as he is healthy.
Thinking of this, Father Ye said: "Then call it Ye Wenmin, thank you Immortal Gu for the name." As he spoke, he took out another purse, which contained a tael of silver, and handed it respectfully.
The goddess took the purse and left. At this moment, a gust of wind blew and ruffled her gray hair. Seeing this white hair fluttering, it scared Daddy Ye away. The scene in front of me is really weird to look at.
After I went back, I hugged my son and looked at it carefully, and the more I looked at it, the more I liked it. Although his skin looks like Ye's, his appearance as a whole follows him, and he is simply a miniature version of him.
Seeing Father Ye like this, Lin's face was expressionless, but Ye Ermei and Ye walked out and prepared to cook. Since Daddy Ye likes it, then they should rejoice, it is always a happy event.
It was Ye who cooked at noon, and she first cut the ginseng that Lin had contained, stewed a large pot of chicken soup, and then began to cook other people's meals. As a result, when the child woke up, he was so hungry that he screamed, but Lin had no milk at all.
Seeing this, Ye gritted his teeth and fed his younger brother first. It's just that she hasn't fed them all, and she still thinks about her two sons.
Rao is like this, the two children didn't eat enough when they woke up, and Chen Jixing was distressed. But he knew in his heart that the Ye family was also embarrassed, and there was no way to do it, he couldn't watch his brother-in-law cry and do nothing.
After lunch, Ye and Ye Ermei killed seven more chickens, cooked them one by one, and put them in a basin to rest. Anyway, it's cold now, and this pot only needs to be left overnight, and it will freeze when you wake up the next day.
In this way, a lot of salt is saved.
After thinking about what he and Ye Ermei could help do, Ye sat down to rest. Seeing Ye Sanmei, who only knew how to eat melon seeds and play crazy with her two younger sisters, Ye had a headache.
If she and Second Sister Ye were still at home, or if they lived close, it would be feasible to come and help out from time to time. It's just that now they live far away, she and Ye Ermei have two babies to take care of, and the other is just pregnant, so they can't come over to help from time to time, and Daddy Ye can't cook.
Lin's birth of a child this time was simply a trip to the ghost gate, and his body was extremely weak, so he had to make up for it. Otherwise, after the confinement in the future, the body will also be empty, and I am afraid that I will often get sick.
But in terms of the situation at home, they are really not at ease.
Thinking of this, Ye Ermei pulled Ye Sanmei and said, "There are seven chickens here, you stew one for your mother every three days." This chicken stew is also very simple, just clean the chicken before stewing, and put a bag of medicine I put on the side of the pot. ”
That medicine was caught by the Ye family in the Crane Year Hall, and it was specially used to replenish qi. Ye Shi was not at ease, so he used a small bag to estimate the amount and packed it into a bag, and put one bag in it every time he stewed chicken.
If you want to do such a simple job, whether it is Ye Sanmei or Father Ye, they will do it. Even if Father Ye doesn't care about Lin's body anymore, but in order for the child to have milk to eat, he will definitely supervise Ye Sanmei to do it.
As for the food for the rest of the people, Ye Shi was not worried at all.
Anyway, Ye Sanmei's cooking is not delicious, but she can't eat dead people. Only when they experience a month of dullness and boredom will they remember Lin's goodness. In addition, she and Ye Ermei will come back every ten days, and they will just buy some food when the time comes.
After grinding and grinding like this for a long time, it was not until mid-afternoon that several people took an ox cart back to Chenjia Village.
Before leaving, the Ye family was not at ease, and pulled the Lin family for a while and said, at the end, he repeated it again in front of Father Ye, hoping that they would go to the city as soon as possible to grab a few medicines for milk.
This kid can't grow well just by drinking rice soup.
It's okay to say that there are leftovers at noon, and Ye Sanmei just cooked the cold rice and cold dishes as soon as they were hot. Lin's is even simpler, the chicken soup and chicken are ready-made, and Lin's appetite is average, and he doesn't eat much.
At noon on the second day, Ye Sanmei cooked under the expectant eyes of everyone. When the dishes came out, everyone felt that they couldn't stand it just by looking at the appearance, because almost all the dishes were pitch black.
As soon as I taste the taste, I can't stand it anymore. was about to complain, but when he saw Lin lying quietly and sleeping with his son in his arms, he had to reluctantly grab a few chopsticks and eat with his son.
They knew in their hearts that the next month would be like this.
So I began to look forward to the moment when Ye and Ye Ermei returned to their parents' home.
Since Ye and Clown's sister met by chance, Xue Xueming and his wife have been a little unrelenting.
On the one hand, they are both happy for the clown, because it is not easy to find their way home. Like the two of them, they have been looking for many years, but there has been no news.
On the other hand, I vaguely felt that I should not continue to stay here to "enjoy happiness", and should continue to find people on the road. It doesn't make any sense to sit like this.
Thinking of this, Zhu suddenly thought of something, so she stood up directly and said to Xue Laohan: "I suddenly remembered one thing!" When we left, we didn't tell my eldest brother and sister-in-law. Do you think they're going to look for us everywhere? ”
Hearing this, Xue Laohan said, "What you said makes sense. It's not right for us to say goodbye like this, no matter what. You know, my eldest brother is in a hurry, so he can't figure out how to find it. ”
Although both of them are making "excuses" to leave, such speculations are good. If they knew that Xue Xueyi and Ai Shi had already set up a mound for them, they didn't know how they would feel.
The couple said they would do it, and after a while, they cleaned up the clothes and everything. The silver is also small, and it is close to the body, so when everything is ready, the couple came to the shop slowly, wanting to find the shopkeeper Ye to explain the situation.
It happened that the shopkeeper Ye was in the shop, and when he saw the couple cowering, he knew in his heart that there must be something, but he didn't know what was going on.
To say that these two people are also good people, but they are weaker.
Shopkeeper Ye once tried to communicate with Xue Laohan, but it was too difficult, so he gave up. It is not easy for him to take the initiative to speak.
Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Ye took the initiative to say, "Brother, is there something wrong?" , you're welcome, and you're not an outsider, just say it directly. ”
pushed it several times, but Xue Laohan didn't say a word.
Seeing this, Zhu had no choice but to step forward and say, "If you want to say that the shopkeeper treats us, we really don't have to say anything." There is a good place for us to live, and there is a monthly money to get, even if it is a few lifetimes, we can't repay this love. It's just that we left in a hurry and didn't say a word to our family, and we didn't feel at ease living like this, thinking about going out to find a ...... again."
Hearing this, Shopkeeper Ye instantly understood. Zhu said so much, everything is an "excuse", and the main purpose is to find the lost son.
Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Ye softened for a while, and said comfortingly: "I understand your feelings, if you want to go, let's go, we haven't signed any contract between us." It's just that it's a long way away, how are you going to go back? ”
He knew that the couple had been begging all the way to get here. Now that I've regained my strength, I can't beg again. It's hard for them to think about it.
"We didn't spend any of the monthly money that the shopkeeper gave us, and we saved it all. Along the way, we saved a little and ate enough. Ai said a little crampedly.
In fact, this money is not enough at all, no matter how the couple save, they can save a little bit of food, but what about where they live.
"Here are fifty taels of silver, you two take it, it's best to exchange it for ten five taels in a while, it's also convenient along the way. Don't shirk it, just let me have a good fate. Yao Wushuang didn't know where he came from, and suddenly took out a silver ticket of fifty taels and said.
She knew in her heart that the Zhu couple would not come back. Regardless of whether the child can be found or not, he will continue to look for it.
These days, following Shopkeeper Ye and running in, Yao Wushuang has learned a lot, and the whole person has softened a lot. The guys in the shop are saying that Shopkeeper Ye has changed the Wushuang girl, maybe the good things for the two are not far away.
Seeing Yao Wushuang like this, Shopkeeper Ye felt comforted in his heart.
These fifty taels of silver are just a few boxes of rouge gouache or a few meals for Yao Wushuang. But for the Zhu couple, they can live, or rather, they are the capital to find their children.
Looking at Xue Laohan, Zhu pulled him to kneel down with him, kowtowed to the two of them a few times, and said with tears in his eyes: "The great kindness of the two, we really can't repay it, so we will kowtow to the two of them, and hope that the Bodhisattva will bless the two of them with good luck and good life." ”
Zhu is a woman in the end, she is better at expressing herself, and she was really moved by Shopkeeper Ye and Yao Wushuang. Yixi's words were very decent, which made Yao Wushuang feel a little emotional.
Hearing this, Shopkeeper Ye said: "This is not any kindness, this is the fate between us." In that case, you can leave early tomorrow morning, and we will not send you off. ”
The Zhu couple who were allowed to go back to the backyard with great gratitude, but the shopkeeper Ye went out and went to the market to buy a lot of dry food and all kinds of food and some clothes, and gave them to the Zhu family.
Before leaving, Zhu was so moved that he kowtowed a few times in the direction of the house where he and Yao Wushuang lived after Shopkeeper Ye left.
What she didn't know was that in fact, she could fully afford the kindness of Yao Wushuang and Shopkeeper Ye. Because the child she and Xue Laohan are about to find, and the child who has been entangled with them for decades, actually has a lot to do with Shopkeeper Ye.
And Shopkeeper Ye will also understand in the future that he is not giving any kindness at all today, but accumulating blessings for another child.
In their hearts, the Zhu couple, who will never come back, will soon return to Qingshan County with an incredible identity and become entangled with them.
With the departure of the Zhu family and his wife, the shopkeeper Ye's heart was also empty, and he felt that he was bored to do anything.
Seeing this, Yao Wushuang was very conflicted in her heart, on the one hand, she wanted to let the shopkeeper leave and let him go to find her son.
She knew that he had always envied and admired Kang's, and felt that she was not as good as Kang's as a big man, so she dared to give up her luxurious life, wandered outside for eleven years, and finally succeeded in finding her son.
On the other hand, she didn't want Shopkeeper Ye to leave, after all, through these days of getting along, although there was no famous word, she was more and more sure that Shopkeeper Ye had her in his heart. As long as they get along for a while, she is sure that the two of them will be able to settle down.
However, is Shopkeeper Ye's heart really here?
Forget it, instead of tying him up here, with himself, but thinking about the distance in his heart, it is better to let him go. When he is tired, if he can still think of himself, he will have his own words at that time. If there is no fate, I have to sigh that there is no fate in my life.
Thinking of this, Yao Wushuang pulled the Ye shopkeeper and said seriously: "You also do what you want to do, here I am, everything has me, there is no need to remember." ”
Shopkeeper Ye didn't expect Yao Wushuang to say this, saying that it would be false if he was not moved.
To say that Yao Wushuang and him have been running a shop together these days, it has indeed taken a lot of thought, and he has learned well, and he can indeed become a teacher.
Thinking of this, the shopkeeper Ye took out a silver bracelet and handed it to Yao Wushuang, and then said: "This is our Ye family's ancestral bracelet, it is not worth much, but it is given to the future daughter-in-law." My mom and dad thought I was getting old and they weren't with me, so they gave it to me. Tell me that if you meet the woman you like, give this bracelet to the other party to show your affection. You wait for me for three years, and if you can't find it within three years, I'll come back and marry you. ”
Hearing this, Yao Wushuang hurriedly took the bracelet over, as if he was afraid that Shopkeeper Ye would regret it. She opened the cloth in which the bracelet was wrapped, took out the bracelet, and put it directly on her wrist. As Shopkeeper Ye said, this bracelet is indeed worthless, and any one she takes off her body is a hundred times more valuable than this.
It's just that this represents the mind of the shopkeeper Ye, and it is also a promise, which is worth a thousand gold.
"Okay, I'll wait for you, I'm willing to wait for you." Yao Wushuang said with a red face, her eyes wet, she had been waiting for this sentence and this promise for a long time.
After placing Yao Wushuang and explaining all kinds of things, Shopkeeper Ye took the burden and rode away.
He also went to find his son.
His first stop was the capital.
Many years ago, he had calculated the time, and if he set out from the capital, searched along the way, and returned to Qingshan County, it would take more than two years.
As soon as the shopkeeper Ye left, Yao Wushuang sent someone to Liuyun Village to tell the second elder of the Ye family, the shopkeeper Ye, about the departure of the second elder of the Ye family, as the future wife of the shopkeeper Ye, which made the second elder of the Ye family happy and worried.
The good thing is that Shopkeeper Ye finally gave up the past relationship and was willing to marry other women. And this girl is very good, not only notified them as soon as possible, but also gave them a lot of food to eat, and a thousand taels of silver tickets, enough for them to live for a lifetime.
The sad thing is that Shopkeeper Ye has been gone for three years, who knows what will happen in these three years, and it means that they will not see him for three years. Although Shopkeeper Ye rarely goes home, at least they know in their hearts that their son is in Qingshan County and is living a good life.
It's good now, I haven't been able to contact him for three years.
The Zhu couple took a large package of dry food bought by the shopkeeper Ye, and walked towards Qingshui Town with a few sets of changing clothes on their backs. Fortunately, with Yao Wushuang's reminder, Xue Laohan had already gone to exchange the silver tickets for ten five taels, which was really convenient along the way.
When they came a few months ago, the road was full of hungry people, and from time to time people died. However, it is much better now.
There are some businesses along the way, and there are many people coming and going. However, they knew in their hearts that this place was not far from Qingshan County. If you really have to go some distance, it will only become more and more desolate.
Last time, they walked along the mountain in order to find their son, but this time, they decided to walk along the road. The other side of the mountain has proven that there is no trace of the child, and now it is time to take the main road.
If the first day was lively, the second day was a bit desolate, with hardly anyone on the road.
Or Zhu Shi thoughtful, when staying in the hotel at night, he carefully asked the shopkeeper how far away from the nearest resting place of this inn, the shopkeeper thought about it and said: "Riding a horse is quite fast, but if you walk, most of the time you will not have a place to live in the evening." ”
He came to this conclusion after taking all the factors into account because the Zhu couple were not young and they were in a hurry.
Early the next morning, before dawn, the Zhu couple got up. Xue Laohan originally wanted to eat dry food in the store before leaving, but Zhu felt that it was a waste of time, and it was easier to travel early in the morning.
So, the two of them nibbled on dry food as they walked, and when they were tired, they sat down to rest.
I have to say that the estimation of the shopkeeper is very accurate, Zhu and Xue Laohan are in a hurry, and they only rested a few times on the way, and when they arrived at this inn, it was already dark.
Looking at the inn that finally appeared in front of him, Xue Laohan was a little excited, he really couldn't stand it anymore this day. Since that heart leak attack on the way to Taojia Village, he stopped doing heavy work according to Ye Feng's words.
In addition, he has eaten well in Zhenbaozhai in the past few months, and he has not exercised much, and now he is traveling for a long distance like this, and his body is really a little unbearable.
However, in order not to slow down, he still endured it and did not tell Zhu that he was uncomfortable.
At this time, it was already dark, and looking at the only place of residence, the couple helped each other into the inn.
They guessed right, this is the only inn within a radius of more than ten miles, and the service object is the merchants who are rushing back and forth, so the inn can be called "simple".
However, this is already good for the Zhu couple, after all, they just need a place to rest. Spending the night in the barren mountains and mountains this season is too sinful, too cold, after all, it is winter.
The second little boy of the shop was a thin and black half-grown child, and when he saw the Zhu couple coming in, he stepped forward and asked, "Are you two going to stay in the hotel?" ”
The reason why he is so enthusiastic is entirely because Zhu looks like his deceased mother. For so many years, he has never seen someone like his mother like Zhu in this inn.
Zhu Shi said: "We need to stay in the hotel, the cheapest one will do." By the way, we need two basins of footwater, a pot of boiled water, and nothing else. Trouble the little second brother. ”
After staying in the store once, Zhu knew that the things in the store were extremely expensive. Take last time, she just ordered a bowl of somen noodles, Xue Laohan ordered a bowl of shredded pork noodles, and when she checked out, she found that the price was worth twice as much as the stall outside.
Therefore, Zhu Shi prepared to eat the rest of the dry food with just a pot of boiling water. Although Yao Wushuang gave them fifty taels of silver, it was better to save a little.
After going home and taking care of everything, they also have to go to the nearby township to find the children. At that time, the two of them will not have any income, but they will keep spending money outside, and it will not work if they do not save.
Hearing this, the shopkeeper took the two to a secluded place, and when he saw that there was no one around, he said: "There are two cheapest places to live here, one is the Chase Shop, one for men, one for women, about twenty people for one room." The other is for two people, but it is more expensive. ”
Hearing this, Xue Laohan hadn't reacted yet, but Zhu Shi understood. When the shopkeeper said this, it was clear that he wanted to change the way to subsidize them. If he didn't say it, then they wouldn't be "fooled" by the shopkeeper this time.
Guo listened to the shopkeeper continue: "So, when you two go to the counter in a while, you directly say that you want to live in the Chase Shop." If you say you want the cheapest room, the shopkeeper won't tell you that there is a Chase shop. I don't think there's any need to spend this unjust money anyway just to get a night's sleep. ”
Xiao Er's words are true, the Chase shop here is the cheapest, several times cheaper than the worst room. If it's just for a night's sleep, there's really no need to waste this money.
"If you want to wash your feet, you can stay first, and I will bring it to you when I have time, no money." The shopkeeper added. He can see that the couple is very economical, and he wants to spend a penny more.
Hearing this, Zhu Shi knew that he and his wife had met a nobleman, and they gave them advice and gave free foot washing water. So I thanked the shopkeeper for it.
What they didn't notice was that the shopkeeper's eyes suddenly turned red.