The old Tao family's house is the kind of small farmhouse courtyard with two entrances, and when you enter the courtyard door, you can see a big jujube tree with a crooked neck.

Behind the jujube tree is a row of main houses, and in the middle is a hall and a dining hall, which is used to greet guests, and it is also in the hall where the family eats on weekdays.

Next to the hall are the stove room and the utility room for farm tools.

There are several wings on the east and west sides, the west wing is the four people living in the second room of the old Tao family, and the east wing is inhabited by Tao Laohan and Ma.

In addition, there are two empty houses, which are left by the Ma family for the eldest daughter and grandchildren to come back to live.

Behind the main house is the backyard of the old Tao family, the layout of the small backyard is similar to the front yard, and the three wings on the west side live in the Tao family's big house of six people.

Opposite the Tao family's big house is the pigsty, chicken coop, firewood house, and the thatched toilet is in the most corner of the yard.

When the east wind blows, the 'fragrance' in the pigsty and chicken coop wafts to the Westinghouse, and the taste is ......

Back in the house, Tao Sixi stood in front of the window, looking at the empty pigsty opposite through the hazy night, and his thoughts drifted away little by little......

Time passed little by little, and none of the people who went out to look for the piglets returned.

The front and back yards of the entire old Tao house were quiet......

I don't know how long it has been, but there is a chaotic sound of footsteps outside, and the sound of men talking can be faintly heard.

Tao Sixi hurried to the front yard and saw a group of people coming over with torches at the gate of the courtyard.

The middle-aged man at the head had a Chinese face, a beard, a pair of thick eyebrows twisted into knots, and the solemnity on his face was unobstructed under the light of the firelight.

After ten years, Tao Sixi recognized at a glance that this was his biological father Tao Wangsheng.

And the middle-sized, a little hunchbacked old man who followed behind Tao Wangsheng was Tao Laohan, the head of the old Tao family.

Everyone stopped at the gate of the courtyard, Tao Laohan turned around and said to a few villagers behind him: "I'm tired of the big guys tonight, it's not too early, I won't beckon everyone to come into the house to drink tea, the big guys have left home early to eat and rest, and I'll come to the door one by one to thank you another day!" ”

Most of these people are relatives of Tao Laohan's family, or neighbors next door.

Hearing what Tao Lao Han said, they also said: "Old Uncle Tao is polite, then you guys are busy first, and we will go back." ”

Some comforted Tao Laohan a few words, Tao Laohan smiled strongly, nodded again, and sent the others away, and then took his son and daughter-in-law into the courtyard.

Seeing Tao Laohan's face, which was darker than the bottom of the pot, and the dejected appearance of Tao Wangsheng and Tao Chunsheng's brothers behind him, Tao Sixi was sure that the piglet had not been found.

The incident developed according to the original law, Tao Sixi secretly relieved his heart, turned around and went back to his room.

In the front yard, Ma also heard the movement, and as soon as he opened the door and came out, he saw Tao Laohan and them entering the courtyard.

Ma Shi kicked his little feet and hurriedly greeted him, grabbing Tao Laohan's arm: "What's the matter?" Did you find the pig? ”

He roared and asked urgently, but his eyes swept over Tao Wangsheng, Tao Chunsheng and their brothers.

I saw Tao Chunsheng dragging a bag in his hand, and a little pig's head in the bag poked out of the hole to breathe, and the pig hummed and chirped in his mouth, as if in protest.

Ma seemed to have been poured a scoop of cold water, and his heart was cold to the bottom.

"Didn't find it!" Tao Laohan replied angrily, shook off Ma's hand, and walked straight towards the dining hall in front.

Ma's anger rose up, and he scolded at the back of Tao Laohan and their grandfather: "What is the murder at me? The three big men went to catch the piglets, and two of them ran away when they peed, and they came back with their faces? If it were me, I wouldn't let the piglets run away until I died! ”