CHAPTER 40

Uncle Fang glanced at him with a cigarette and said, "Out of the five suits, that girl is your aunt's cousin and niece, and that son is her husband, the family is a businessman, the two of them are going to the west to buy goods, and they were bitten by a snake in the mountains, so they came here to live here temporarily." ”

Mu Zi nodded understandingly, and looked at Qu Xiaomo who brought out a plate of fried cabbage with meat, smelling that it was greedy, and after swallowing his saliva, he asked again: "Do you eat meat all at once?" ”

Uncle Fang said with a smile: "It can also be said that her husband wants to take care of his body, and we are also blessed, you can see if me and your aunt are fatter than before." ”

Mu Zi really looked Uncle Fang up and down, and nodded: "It's true." ”

Uncle Fang sighed with a smile and said, "These two children are also good, the meals they eat now are all bought by them in the county seat, don't tell your family when you go back, I'm afraid that some people will not look down on us well and take this opportunity to make trouble." ”

Mu Zi knew what Uncle Fang was talking about, isn't it Aunt Fang's own sister, I heard his mother say that it was Aunt Fang's sister who should have been married to Uncle Fang, but that person got along with a man from another village when he was a girl, and eloped with the man a few days before getting married, and then Aunt Fang, who was not married, married instead of the sister.

Now I bring my husband and son to Aunt Fang's mother's house every day to fight the autumn breeze, and the last time I worshipped my ancestors, I had a quarrel with Aunt Fang, and all kinds of vicious words spewed out, everyone in Fangjia Village likes this family, and he Muzi is not the kind of person with a big tongue, so he naturally won't say it.

Because of the good dishes in the meal, it was fragrant white rice, and Muzi, who was originally embarrassed to eat with an open stomach, ate three full bowls under the persuasion of several people, and felt embarrassed, and his face was still red when he was sent out.

Two days later, Aunt Fang and Uncle Fang went to their parents' house with the purchased things, although Qu Xiaomo only lived here temporarily, but he also took out five taels of silver to give Aunt Fang as a gift.

Five taels of silver can almost go to a daughter-in-law, Aunt Fang accepted it at Qu Xiaomo's request, and went out to feed the chickens and pigs every day.

Qu Xiaomo sent people out of the courtyard door one by one and walked away before returning to the house, just crossed the threshold and saw that there was suddenly more people in the house, and he was stunned on the spot, and fixed his eyes to see who else it was not Jin Thirteen, those squinting eyes were looking at her with a smile at this time, and said: "Why, I haven't seen your thirteenth brother for more than a month, and I don't know you?" ”

"Golden Thirteen?" Qu Xiaomo looked incredulous: "Why are you here?" How did you find it? ”

Jin 13 said proudly: "Naturally, I have my own way. ”

After speaking, he walked over and looked Qu Xiaomo up and down, touched his chin with both hands on his chest, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be dressed as a village girl, but it is a little feminine, I will look at it in the future, you will wear it like this in the future, it is very good, it is very eye-catching." ”

"Get out!" Qu Xiaomo stepped into the room and glared at him, and asked, "When did you come, and why did you only appear now?" ”

Jin 13 said: "It's only been five or six days. ”

"What? To five or six days? Qu Xiaomo poured him a bowl of herbal tea on the table, and then said: "I said why the leftovers in the past few days have been eaten cleanly, and I still want to go to the county seat to buy some mouse medicine, it turns out that it is your big mouse." ”

"Who are the rats, you bean sprouts." Saying that, he pointed to Qu Xiaomo's chest and sneered: "To be honest, how many steamed buns do you have on your chest to come out like this." ”

"Get out." Qu Xiaomo didn't bother to talk to this girl anymore, and went into the kitchen to decoction the medicine.

Seeing Qu Xiaomo enter the kitchen, Jin Yu glared at Jin Thirteen and asked, "What about them?" ”

Jin Shisan, who was glared at by the master, quickly straightened his face and said, "It's all on the way, Ming'er should be able to arrive, and my brother is also here." ”

"Hmm." Jin Yu responded: "Wipe all the traces clean, let's stay here for a while, and wait for the chaos outside to get more out of the way." ”

"That Youzhou over there..."Jin Thirteen hesitated slightly

"Send someone to go there secretly." Jin Zhen's face was indifferent, Youzhou was just a trip for others, although it was safer for him to go back in person, but at the moment there were people staring behind him, he didn't dare to go rashly, if he was targeted by someone in the dark, not only his life would be lost, I was afraid that many people would die!

After waiting for a while, the enemy was dark and I was bright before, and now the enemy is bright and I am dark, and when those people can't bear it, he can find the clues more easily, Jin Yu lowered his head and touched the jade pendant on his waist, and his eyes were full of coldness.

Jin Shisan looked at the master whose momentum suddenly turned cold, and hesitated for a long time before he spoke: "Could it be that the people over there knew our whereabouts and sent it?" ”

Jin Zhen shook his head: "No, we have eyeliner over there, if it is their people, there will definitely be news, I think... I'm afraid they really want to take my life, but that's a good thing. "He has been investigating the death of his father and mother for so many years without any clues, and now that they have jumped out on their own, how can he let it go, and he will not let go of any of them, no matter who they are.

In the past two days, the lights of Aunt Fang's house have been on until midnight, but not many people have noticed this, even if someone sees it, they will think that it is Jin Zhen who picks up the lamp to read a book, after all, every time he passes by, he is seen holding a book in the yard and burying his head in the yard.

Qu Xiaomo didn't pay attention to it at all, he went to sleep when it was a little bit, and he didn't care what Jin Zhen and those people were talking about all night, but they wasted a lot of food during the day, after all, the people who came were all in a hurry overnight, and they didn't eat a mouthful of hot rice, anyway, they bought a lot of rice and grain at home, although they were guards, they were also people! It's just that the dishes and chopsticks are a little insufficient, so they can only be washed and cleaned after one is eaten for the other.

On this day, everyone was having lunch, and a guard who was squatting in the dark outside quietly came over, saying that a couple was coming this way, Qu Xiaomo and Jin Yu glanced at each other, looking at the guard who was still holding the bowl, Qu Xiaomo said: "It's time for Aunt Fang and Uncle Fang to come back, I'll go outside to greet you, and you continue to eat." ”

All the guards looked at Jin Zhen in unison, only to see him take a leisurely sip of soup, nodded and said, "Go on." ”

Qu Xiaomo got up and went out, and after a while, he saw that Aunt Fang and Uncle Fang were about to go outside the courtyard, so he pushed open the fence door and said, "Aunt and Uncle are back, we just happened to be eating, come in and wash your face and eat." ”

Aunt Fang said with a smile as she walked: "We also want to come back for dinner, there is nothing going on at home in the past two days, right?" ”

"It's okay, it's just a few more people." Qu Xiaomo said with some hesitation

Aunt Fang and Uncle Fang glanced at each other and said suspiciously, "How many more people?" ”

Qu Xiaomo nodded, led the two into the house, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he saw five or six strong men standing inside, with big swords and long swords hanging from their waists, holding dishes and chopsticks in their hands.

The two old men have been in the countryside all their lives, how have they seen this kind of scene, they were stunned for a moment, and they were a little afraid in their hearts, Qu Xiaomo hurriedly helped Aunt Fang and explained with a smile: "Auntie, uncle, these little brothers are the guards of the big shopkeeper, they also eat here every day, and they leave after eating, you don't have to worry." ”

Aunt Fang still grabbed Qu Xiaomo's hand in a little panic, with a little surprise, and said, "There are so many people outside who really haven't heard any movement at all. ”

Uncle Fang is a man, and his mental endurance is somewhat stronger than that of Aunt Fang, looking at the vigorous figures of each one, they must not be ordinary guards, so he said: "It's okay, it's okay, let's eat, we two countrymen have never seen the sword, so we can't help but be a little surprised, it's okay, let's continue to eat." ”

Everyone looked at Jin Yu again, only to see him nod, then sat down and continued to eat, while Qu Xiaomo went to the kitchen to add two pairs of dishes and chopsticks.

After washing their faces, Aunt Fang and the two sat down to eat, and after those guards ate it, they washed the dishes and put them in the kitchen and went out, and they disappeared in a flash.

Qu Xiaomo was already surprised, but Aunt Fang and Uncle Fang had a new look, but they wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask.

In this way, these guards would come to eat with them every day, and they disappeared after they were finished, and they didn't know where they went, and no one in the village found their whereabouts, but Qu Xiaomo went to the county seat much more frequently than he did at the beginning.

Aunt Fang and Uncle Fang also went from being surprised, afraid, and strange at the beginning, to the current indifference, although these children are all holding long swords in their hands, and they are afraid that they have accepted their fate in their hands, but from their occasional conversations with Qu Xiaomo, they can know that they are not bad-hearted people, and they are also quite respectful to them, and they know that the two of them are afraid, except for eating all day, the rest of the real shadows are gone, and Uncle Fang occasionally secretly watches to see where they have gone.

It was raining heavily that night, and Aunt Fang also pulled Qu Xiaomo and asked, "I said Xiao Mo, where are those young men on weekdays?" There was no trace at night. ”

Qu Xiaomo scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "I don't know about this, but don't worry about it, auntie, they will find a place to shelter from the rain." ”

"I didn't worry about anything, but I just saw that they were all half-grown young men, and their iron bodies couldn't withstand the rain and sun all the time, so if they all came in to take shelter from the rain, the house would be empty at night anyway."

"Then I'll ask the treasurer." Qu Xiaomo said, without Jin Zhen's order, these things would not have come in, let alone be afraid of getting sick in the rain.

Aunt Fang nodded and said, "Then you go and ask, your uncle and I will go to sleep first." ”

"Okay, let's go, auntie."

Qu Xiaomo looked at Aunt Fang and pulled the curtain into the room, then turned his head into the room and asked Jin Zhen, who was lying on the bed and reading the account book, with some caution: "Big shopkeeper, do you want to let the thirteenth brother and them come in to avoid it?" It's raining heavily. ”

Jin Yu raised his eyes and glanced at her, put down the account book and raised his hand to clap his palms, only to see Jin Thirteen immediately poke his head in from the door of the room and said, "Master." ”

Jin Yu commanded, "Go and call the brothers to come in and take shelter from the rain." ”

Jin 13 was stunned, this kind of heavy rain days brothers have long been accustomed to it, and at this time they can't figure out what their own autonomy means, although it is a little strange, but they still take the order to retreat.