"I know that doing this may make you misunderstand me, little brother." As if she hadn't seen Xiaohu's remorseful eyes, Lian'er continued, "But I'm not afraid of shadows, although I told my master that, I really don't have that kind of thought in my heart." ”

After Lian'er said this, she breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Xiaohu with a pair of bright big eyes, and said with a smile: "Little brother, where do I want to live in the future?" ”

"Live there." Xiaohu pointed to a vacant house in the courtyard, "You stay there first, and then you can go with Brother Mu when he goes back." ”

"Okay." Lian'er smiled, saluted Xiaohu and walked into the room.

Xiaohu looked at Lian'er's back as she left in a daze, and sighed lightly, what she didn't know was that she had selfish intentions in arranging it like this.

Because Xiaohu lived next door to that room, the reason for this arrangement was to be closer to her and see her more.

Xiaohu, who stayed on Sweet Island, was in the sourness of his crush, and Xia Yan, who returned home, felt that he was not feeling well.

She originally wanted to take Xiao Hei back to Sweet Island early the next morning, but Xiao Hei, who had just learned that she was a father, didn't want to leave Xiao Bai without saying anything, and wanted to guard it all the time, for fear that something would happen to it.

Whenever Xia Yan wanted to forcibly take it away, he saw the sweet appearance of the donkey and the horse snuggling up to each other, but he never couldn't ruthlessly break them up.

There was no way, Xia Yan could only let Xiao Hei go and let it go.

Xiao Hei didn't care if he was disobedient, and what surprised Xia Yan even more was that she hadn't seen Yan show her face once after coming back for so long.

Xia Yan went to ask Xia Huai, and also asked Yu'er and Qing'er, but they were all hesitant and refused to tell her the truth, there was no way, Xia Yan could only ask Anzhi and Tinglan.

"Tinglan, where is my mother?" Seeing the two, Xia Yan immediately asked.

"Miss, I'm ......" It's not that Tinglan refuses to tell Xia Yan, but she doesn't know where Yan's has gone.

She only arrived home long before Xia Yan, and she was found by Xia Yan before she could exchange news with An Zhi.

Because Xia Yan did not allow her and Anzhi to stay in Qin County, in desperation, Tinglan could only quietly hide around Xia Yan to protect her safety, but she could not be discovered.

Knowing that she was going home, Tinglan immediately mounted a fast horse and rushed back first.

She couldn't help but secretly rejoice, fortunately it was not Xiao Hei or Xiao Bai who was driving the car, otherwise she would definitely not be able to rush back before Xia Yan, and when Xia Yan asked about her whereabouts, Anzhi really couldn't make a difference.

"Miss, madam, she went to the old mansion." Seeing Tinglan's embarrassed face, Anzhi hurriedly answered.

"What is she going to do there?" Xia Yanhu was suspicious, "Could it be that they are making trouble again?" ”

"Not really." An Zhi shook her head, "It's just that Old Man Xia came to Madame once a few days ago, and then Madame packed up her things and went to the old mansion, and she didn't come back for some days." As for what the lady was going to do, the slave and maid did not know. ”

Xia Yan frowned, she hadn't been to the old mansion for some years, and she didn't care much about the family's affairs, so she didn't know the situation there at all.

She only knew that Xia Laosan had a big life and survived by luck, but after he recovered from his injury, he disappeared without a trace, and he didn't come back once in five years.

Xia Ling'er has never said a word to herself since the day her father was injured, and every time she sees herself, she hides far away, looking at her eyes full of fear.

Although Xia Yan wanted to save her relationship with Xia Ling'er, no matter how hard she tried, Xia Ling'er didn't give her this chance.

There was no way, Xia Yan could only give up, and gradually stopped caring about the affairs of the old house.

From Xia Huai's expression before, Xia Yan felt that he must know something, since Anzhi and Tinglan didn't know, then she could only ask Xia Huai again.

"Brother, why did my mother go to the old house?" Xia Yan didn't talk to Xia Huai politely, and asked when he opened his mouth.

Hearing Xia Yan's question, Xia Huai paused, smiled awkwardly, and said, "Yan'er, you know everything?" ”

Then Xia Huai sighed as if resigned to his fate, and said: "I originally wanted to hide it from you, I was afraid that I would be angry if I knew it, since this is the case, I will tell you, mother, she ......."

After Xia Huai's explanation, Xia Yan knew that so many things had happened in the old mansion in the past few years.

The villagers of Bianxi Village have all made a fortune because of the wheat planting, and only the Xia family is getting worse and worse in the whole village.

Without Xia Laosan, the main laborer, the Xia family's land is all counting on Xia's father and Xia's mother to take a few daughters-in-law and children to plant.

Even the people who used to be looked down upon by Xia's mother are now better than the ones they eat at home, eating and drinking spicy food, wearing gold and silver, which causes her heart to be extremely unbalanced, and her temperament is becoming more and more eccentric.

often beats and scolds his daughter-in-law for some sesame mung bean things, and even a few grandchildren are not let go when his temper comes up, and the Zhao family, who has always been in a weak position at home, is the target of Xia's mother's frequent scolding.

The mother-in-law beat and scolded several times a day, and her husband didn't come home for a few years, and the people in the village often pointed at her jokes behind her back, Zhao couldn't stand it, and finally returned to her parents' house with her two children a year ago, and never came back, it seems that she is very disappointed in the family.

As soon as the Zhao family left, Xia Mu shifted the target to the Wang family.

The Wang family likes to be lazy on weekdays, and pushes all the work to the Zhao family, and he watches the excitement from the sidelines, but when the Zhao family leaves, all the work at home falls on her head, which makes her embarrassed.

It's okay to work, but no matter how she does it, she is lazy in the eyes of Xia Mu, picking on Wang's faults everywhere, whipping her with a stick if she doesn't agree with her, and in the end, Xia Mu actually moved a stool to sit next to Wang, watched her work, and found that it was not as good as she wanted, so she started fighting directly without saying a word.

Under heavy pressure, Wang finally tore his face with Xia Mu, simply broke the jar and broke it, stopped picking and quitting, and returned to his lazy appearance in the past.

No matter how Xia's mother beat and scolded, the Wang family was indifferent, and even more presumptuous than before, and directly started with Xia's mother.

The third daughter-in-law is gone, and the eldest daughter-in-law is another money-losing person who only knows how to eat, and the work of the family falls on Xia's mother again.

There is no way, if she doesn't do it again, Father Xia won't even be able to eat.

In this way, under physical and mental exhaustion, Xia's mother fell ill.

It's a pity that when she was sick, there was no one around who could take care of her.

Xia's father was busy farming to support his family, so he couldn't spare his hands to take care of Xia's mother, and her eldest daughter-in-law and two grandsons were of little use.

As for the daughter Xia Weiwei who got married, I heard that her life has not been good recently, and they really can't bear to make trouble for their daughter.

Only then did they remember that they also had a daughter-in-law.

Although the two families have long been on the same page and do not interact with each other, but now is a special period, if you don't ask the Yan family for help, I'm afraid that Xia Mu won't be able to survive this catastrophe.

In desperation, Xia's father could only come to the door cheekily and beg Yan's help to take care of Xia's mother.

When Yan heard this, he immediately agreed, and even if he simply packed some luggage, he followed Father Xia back.

"Brother, why is my mother still so stupid, how has that family treated her for so many years, doesn't she count it in her heart?" Xia Yan sighed hatefully, "I finally broke off the relationship with them, why was she so anxious to help others with a few words, did she have any memory, is she a goldfish, she forgot about it after being bullied for a few days." Brother, why don't you know to stop your mother? ”

"I stopped her, and told her a lot of truths." Xia Huai was aggrieved, "But you also know the temper of the mother, although she usually looks soft and weak and is very easy to speak, but once she is stubborn, even eight horses can't pull it back." You can follow our mother at this point, it's just like touching it. ”

"When are you still kidding me?" Xia Yan glanced at Xia Huai, didn't say anything to him, and turned around and left directly.

Xia Yan was afraid that he would be bullied more by them if he went late, so he picked up the reluctant Xiao Hei and hurried to the old mansion.

She wanted to see why those people had the audacity to bully her mother while she was away.

"Mother!" As soon as Xia Yan entered the door, he saw Yan Shi fetching water in the yard, hurriedly ran to her, and shouted with concern.

"Yan'er?" When Yan saw Xia Yan, he was stunned for a moment, then reacted, put the bucket in his hand aside, pulled up Xia Yan and looked at it carefully, "Let my mother take a look, but I haven't seen you for a few days, is it good to eat and live well in the county?" I'm really worried that you're not at home, and I'm talking to your brother all day long......"

Yan Shi gushed endlessly, not noticing Xia Yan's somewhat annoyed expression at all.

"Mother, they actually asked you to do this?" Xia Yan looked at the bucket full of well water, and couldn't help but be angry.

The Yan family has lived a pampered life over the years, and Xia Yan is reluctant to let her do a little work at all.

Although the Yan family had never told Xia Yan where she came from, she could guess that she must be a young lady from a wealthy family without thinking about it, and she couldn't do any heavy work at all, and she was not suitable for doing this.

Xia Yan couldn't figure out why her mother didn't go to live a good life of being served, but she wanted to come here to suffer.

"Yan'er, they didn't ask me to do this." Yan smiled softly, "Seeing that it's almost time to cook, how can I cook without water?" Calculate the time, and your grandmother's medicine should be boiled. I'll fetch more water here, and I'll save a lot of trouble later. ”

"Mother, how long has it been since you forgot how this family bullied you?" Xia Yan looked displeased, "They are all people who don't know what to do, no matter how good you are to them, it will be useless." I finally broke off the relationship, why are you here again? You've been serving that old lady for a long time, and now it's time to go back with me. ”

As he spoke, Xia Yan stretched out his hand, grabbed Yan's arm and walked out.