Chrysanthemum looked at her mother and sister-in-law with a big belly, there was no smile on her face, and she solemnly admonished: "Mother, Sister Yunlan, from now on, you stay in the house and don't go out." () When everyone is back, don't go out, no matter what the noise is outside. Grandma, Aunt Ma, you look at the two of them. Uncle Ma, you are guarding the door of the house. I asked Wang Zhong to do the work of buying chili peppers, and he and Heipi would guard the gate of the courtyard. ”

Yang exclaimed, "Chrysanthemum ......"

Chrysanthemum interrupted her and said, "If the loaches don't come back, do you think they'll give up?" ”

When they heard this, their hearts sank.

Liu Yunlan looked at the chrysanthemum and said, "I'll wait outside with you." ”

Chrysanthemum said: "If you don't have a body, even if you want to hide, I will pull you out." But you and your mother both have big bellies, don't you make trouble for me when you go out? If someone deliberately pushes you and squeezes you, in case you fall, your brother and Huaizi are not at home, even if Uncle Ma and the tenants help, but Dr. Qin is now in a lawsuit, Dr. Yun is afraid that he will not be idle, and he will not even be able to find a doctor, what should he do at that time? You've always been a cool and thoughtful person, so I'll entrust my mother to you. You should persuade her to take care of yourself, and don't have an accident at this time, this is a great help to me. You don't know what I'm doing, what's not to worry about? ”

When Liu Yunlan heard this, she suddenly became solemn and said to Chrysanthemum: "Don't worry, just go." I'm sure I'll take care of my mother and myself, and I won't worry about you. Uncle Ma also went to the gate of the courtyard and looked at the sister-in-law, there are Aunt Ma, grandmother, and Niuniu at home, which is enough. We closed the gate and didn't even go to the yard. ”

Chrysanthemum nodded: "That's it." It's not that I'm afraid that people will come in, but I'm afraid that when you and your mother hear the slanderous words they say, you can't stand it in your heart, and you're so angry that you get angry. ”

Wang also understood, glared at Yang and said, "Chrysanthemum is right, last time you were stunned by the Sun family's mother-in-law, and the whole family was in suspense." The whole family was there. It also made people turn their backs, if it is like that again, Aoki and they are not here, and Doctor Qin and Doctor Yun are also in trouble. What do you want Chrysanthemum to do? ”

Chrysanthemum looked at Yang and said word by word: "Mother, I am also sad if I lose the loach, but if we have to say that we collected chili peppers and attracted human traffickers, then all the shops in Xiatangji should be closed." ”

Yang took a deep breath. Nodding and saying, "Mother knows." My mother has never done anything bad in her life, and she is not afraid of the Bodhisattva's blame. Don't worry, my mother will not be angry, let yourself be good. ”

He looked at Laiji, who had just come back from school, and came up with an idea: "You all go to my house." The babies are all over there, and it's easier to take care of people together, and Liu Heizi is watching them, so I can rest assured. ”

Chrysanthemum nodded hurriedly. said that's it, and said to Laiji: "Don't go to school in the afternoon, and Ming'er will explain the reason to the master in detail." ”

So they all got up and went to the next door. Aunt Ma and Uncle Ma packed some of the prepared meals.

At the gate of the courtyard, I saw two more chili sellers waiting in front of the door, and several daughters-in-law gathered, Xiao Xiuniang was talking to people with a handful of snot and tears, and Xiao Xiu sat on the ground with empty eyes.

Seeing a large group of them coming out, everyone closed their voices, looking at the eyes of the Yang family and the others with a little strangeness, as if they were blaming and having some scruples. There is also some schadenfreude.

Yang stopped, and just wanted to say a few soft words to Xiao Xiuniang, but he heard Xiao Xiuniang scold: "You know how to make money, and you don't care about the life or death of others." Harvesting chili peppers will attract all the bad people to the village, and sooner or later they will kidnap all the children in the village. ”

She was so angry that she turned around and left. Even if he tried his best to suppress it, his legs and stomach trembled slightly.

Previously, her family confiscated chili peppers, didn't the traffickers still kidnap a lot of babies from the countryside? Not even a shadow was to be seen. If it weren't for the chrysanthemum chasing the traffickers on the market, everyone wouldn't know that those babies were abducted, and they thought they had fallen into the pond and drowned.

Chrysanthemum didn't hear it, and told Wang Zhong to estimate the chili pepper, move it directly into the Zheng family's courtyard, and pay to send the two away.

was so angry that Xiao Xiuniang scolded endlessly, what a vicious mother-in-law, her heart is the hardest, and she even dares to kill people.

When the Yang family, who had already entered the courtyard of the Zhang family, heard this, he immediately stopped, his eyes turned black, and his heart was churning.

Liu Yunlan saw that her face was wrong, so she hurriedly supported and persuaded: "Mother forgot what Chrysanthemum said?" Let's not be angry, and don't quarrel with her. She lost her grandson, and her heart was angry, so let her scold a few words to get angry. My mother quarrels with her, and people will only scold us. Chrysanthemum didn't bother to pay attention to her. ”

He and Wang couldn't get angry, and they also persuaded one after another, for fear that she would be angry. He secretly rejoiced that Chrysanthemum was thoughtful: if the Yang family had been listening to their slanderous words, something would definitely happen today.

Yang nodded, took a deep breath, and entered the hall without looking back, saw a few babies with gourds and chestnuts, and coaxed them with smiling faces.

Chrysanthemum followed home and ate some food hastily, carefully told Liu Heizi to say something, and then came out to beckon Wang Zhong and Heipi to eat, and Uncle Ma watched at the door.

The wait was long and anxious, Chrysanthemum arranged her mother and sister-in-law, and sat in the courtyard of the Zheng family

5

Xiao Xiuniang still answered from time to time, and cried for a while, but Xiao Xiu didn't say anything at all.

To be honest, Chrysanthemum wanted to persuade her, but after thinking about it, forget it.

The sun was setting in the west, and the wind was blowing on the body, with a hint of coolness. The people who went out to look for loaches came back one after another, met and asked each other, but to no avail.

"I ran far away, asked a lot of people, but there was no news." A man said so.

Liu Da Fat's face was gloomy, and he knew the result without asking. He asked Xiao Xiuniang: "Didn't my father-in-law come back?" ”

Xiao Xiuniang cried so much that her voice was hoarse, and she hissed hard: "I didn't come back." ”

Although she was angry, she didn't dare to show her face to Liu Fatzi's in-laws: this grandson was lost at home, and her daughter was not optimistic. The in-laws didn't blame themselves, nor did they scold Xiaoxiu, of course she wouldn't be ignorant. If you meet that difficult in-law and your daughter-in-law loses her grandson, I am afraid that day will be sad.

Liu Fatzi wanted to look for it again, but he was afraid that Zhou Xiaozi and Liu Sanshun and others would come back and find something new, so he was restless, not knowing whether to stay or leave.

Xiao Meiniang, Liu Dashun, Liu Ershun and others also came back, and when they heard that they didn't find it, they couldn't help but step aside, squatting under a peach tree, and crying in a low voice.

Among the grandchildren, Loach is the most clever, and he is likable. Now that she is gone, although she is not crying like Xiao Xiuniang, she is uncomfortable. She is an honest person, and she doesn't want to blame anyone, but she is uncomfortable, purely because she is uncomfortable for losing her grandson.

When Liu Dashun saw it, he walked over and squatted, but he didn't persuade him, and cried with his mother.

Liu Fatzi was so upset that he was about to beckon his son to look for it again, which was better than waiting here, but Zhou Fatzi trotted over from the village road.

Liu Fatzi was overjoyed when he saw it, and hurriedly greeted him and asked, "In-laws, is there any news?" ”

Zhou Xiaozi didn't have time to speak, so he nodded first.

Everyone was overjoyed, and "Hula" surrounded him, urging him to speak quickly.

Xiaoxiu suddenly seemed to be alive, rushed up and pushed others away, trembling her lips and asked, "Dad, have you found the loach?" Where are the loaches? ”

Chrysanthemum came out from behind the door when she heard the sound, her heart was relieved, leaned against the door frame, and secretly prayed that the loach would be fine; He also wiped his tears and said, it's okay now, the baby will be fine when she gets it back.

Zhou Xiaozi swallowed and foamed with difficulty, and only then did he talk about the news he inquired.

It turned out that he had traveled a long way with a few people in the village, only to see two men with empty baskets, and after asking, they were here to sell chili peppers.

According to them, five of them came back all the way, and three of them were from the previous village and had already returned to the village, and they all knew each other. Before they left Qingnan Village, there was a man who was with them all the way, but he said that something was pulled at the door of Zheng's house, and he turned his head again. They didn't recognize this man.

"When we returned to the village, we met Sanshun. He drove all the way to Qingbei Village. Several people selling chili peppers in Qingbei Village said that they were doing all the way back and forth, and it was impossible to kidnap the little baby, and said that when they met the people selling chili peppers today, they looked familiar with the noodles, so they looked at the noodles alone. The man was tall and thin, dressed in gray, with a pointed nose and small eyes. It's similar to the man I inquired about. I also told Sanshun what I heard, and we looked for it by the mountain and river, thinking that even if the man turned back, he would definitely not come this way, but would definitely go down the river to the mountain. After looking for a while and not finding it, Sanshun asked me to come home first to tell my in-laws, and he had gone to the mountains to find it. ”

Everyone looked at each other when they heard this, what is this? It's a joy to be empty. What is certain, however, is that the loach was abducted by a chili pepper seller, who was dressed as a trafficker.

Suddenly, everyone invariably turned their eyes to the door of the Zheng family's courtyard, staring at the little daughter-in-law leaning against the door frame and the He family beside her.

Chrysanthemum looked back at everyone expressionlessly, not honestly afraid; He suddenly became nervous, dragged the chrysanthemum behind him, wanted to explain to these people, opened his mouth, and didn't say anything after all.

Wang Zhong, Uncle Ma and Xiao Heipi immediately stood vigilantly beside the two, looking precautionary.

The two sides confronted each other quietly, and the atmosphere was a little strange.

Chrysanthemum looked at Fat Liu and said, "Uncle Liu, since you know what kind of person is taking away the loaches, you should go out and look for them carefully." The man must have been hiding, and when we stopped looking for him, he would dare to take the loach on the road. ”

Someone sneered: "You can coax people." Where to look? I'm afraid that they would have been taken away a long time ago. You see so many people gathered here, scared, want to take us away? ”

He immediately shouted: "Dead dog! You're a rammer. ”