At this time, Cheng Ergui also came to the door on crutches, looking at the few people at the door, his eyes were red, and he muttered in his mouth, "It's good to be back, it's good to be back." ”

Several people outside the door were very puzzled, was this a little too excited? Cheng Cai couldn't hide it, so he directly asked the doubts in his heart, "Dad, mother, do you need to be so excited?" ”

Hearing Cheng Cai's words, a trace of annoyance flashed in the eyes of Wu and Cheng Dagui, and Wu stabilized his emotions and beckoned a few people, "Let's talk about it first." After that, he stepped forward to help a few people carry their things.

Looking at so many New Year's goods, Wu finally had a smile on his face, looking at this posture, the two boys must have made money when they went out.

After moving everything into the house, Cheng Chen also settled the account with the oxcart master, sent the oxcart master away, and then the group entered the inner room.

Regarding the changes between Cheng Xi and Xu Sanlang, Cheng Ergui and Wu were not as surprised as the villagers, and for such a big change in Xu Sanlang, both of them seemed to be quite satisfied, Cheng Ergui, who had never been waiting to see Xu Sanlang, did not give Xu Sanlang a face like before, and it was very rare to greet Xu Sanlang to enter the house quickly.

After a large family entered the house and sat around the charcoal brazier, Wu said why they were so excited, "This Xu family is not a thing, spreading rumors everywhere, saying that you and Xu Sanlang have disappeared in the county seat, Xu Xiucai used the people in the yamen to find you no more, and said that Ah Chen and Ah Cai did not go to Fucheng at all, but let people deceive them, and sold them to the border pass as coolies, and it is impossible to come back." ”

Cheng Xi and the others were speechless when they heard it, Cheng Cai said, "You actually believe it?" ”

Wu glared at Cheng Cai and complained, "You don't send any news back, we don't know, and we can't find out the news if we ask around, how can we not worry?" ”

Cheng Xi wondered, "How come?" Don't I often ask Uncle Wang in town to bring you things back? I also brought you the news that my brother will be back before the New Year. ”

Wu Shi responded, "The Xu family said that Ah Chen and Ah Cai were deceived by the son-in-law of the old man Wang, and besides, since the news was brought that time, this person has not appeared, how can you let us believe him." ”

Cheng Xi frowned and said, "I asked Uncle Wang to bring things to the house at least five times, as well as news from my brother, are you sure Uncle Wang has only been here once?" ”

Wu nodded and complained, "It must be the old man Wang who brought back the things you brought back for the sake of blackening, and the news was not delivered." ”

Cheng Xi shook his head decisively, "Impossible, Uncle Wang is not that kind of person, and as far as his daughter and son-in-law in the county are concerned, he is afraid that he will not lack our little things, there must be something wrong with this." ”

Cheng Chen's brain reacted quickly, remembering the eldest aunt in the crowd of onlookers before, seeing that they not only did not step forward, but turned around and left quickly, with Cheng Chen's understanding of his eldest aunt, this is definitely not her style, so he asked, "What's wrong with the uncle's family recently?" ”

Wu is also a shrewd person, listening to Cheng Chen's question, he said while recalling, "Your uncle is nothing unusual, your aunt's days are getting more and more moisturized, it is said that your eldest brother finally has news, and brought her a lot of things back, won't it be, won't she be?" She actually did this kind of thing. ”

Cheng Ergui snorted coldly, "The daughter-in-law was forced to death by her, the grandson forced her to die, and her son was forced to leave home, what else could she not do?" ”

If it were usual, Cheng Ergui might still say too much because it was still his sister-in-law, but this time, thinking that it might be because of Zhang's greed, he concealed the situation of his son and daughter, which made them frightened for so many days, and finally couldn't help but say something serious.

Cheng Xi heard the news for the first time, and said very curiously, "What did the Zhang family do, actually forced their daughter-in-law and grandson to death and forced their son away?" ”

Cheng Ergui remembered the messy things in his eldest brother's house, and it was disgusting to say it, since Miss Xi had lost her memory and forgotten, there was no need to say it to pollute her ears, so he shook his head and responded, "Old things, you don't need to know, I'll go over to find my mother in a while, if she really got in the way, this matter must not be let her be exposed." ”

Cheng Xi looked like his father didn't want to say more, although he was curious, he didn't ask more, thinking that it would be the same to ask the two brothers for a while, so he didn't mention it anymore, and only said, "I'll go over with my father for a while, and if I cheat her, I will naturally come out of everything." ”

Cheng Ergui knew that Cheng Xi's brain was very flexible now, and even the old lady who had never been waiting to see her, she could handle it, so she didn't refuse, and nodded her head.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Wu got up and said, "I'll go cook, you guys talk first." ”

Cheng Xi then stood up and responded, "I'll help you." ”

Cheng Ergui didn't forget to tell the Wu family who went out, "It's not easy for the whole family to reunite, get more delicious food." ”

Cheng Xi smiled and replied for the Wu family, "Okay, we can bring a lot of delicious food when we come back." ”

As soon as he heard that there was good food, Cheng Qiang got up happily and followed behind Cheng Xi's buttocks, shouting excitedly, "I'll go too." ”

Cheng Xi waited for Cheng Qiang to come over, reached out and rubbed Cheng Qiang's little head, and scolded with a smile, "You little gluttonous cat." ”

Cheng Qiang pouted and retorted, "I'm not a little gluttonous cat, where is there a cat as big as me, my sister is talking nonsense." ”

The people in the house watched the two sisters go out of the door fighting, and the corners of their lips couldn't stop rising.

Because of the food brought back from the county, this lunch was really more sumptuous than the previous New Year.

Cheng Xi Xu Saburo is doing well in the restaurant, basically the food is not too bad, Cheng Chen and Cheng Cai follow Zhao Ke, the food is even better, but Cheng Ergui Wu and Cheng Qiang, the family was originally poor, and they have not been stained with meat a few times in the past six months.

Cheng Qiang is a child, looking at this table of delicacies, where can he still bear it, as soon as he is on the table, his mouth is full of oil, Cheng Ergui and Wu know that Cheng Chen and Cheng Cai are out of business, and the two of them have earned a lot of silver, and they are very satisfied.

The family was talking and laughing around the table and eating happily, but they didn't notice that the unclosed courtyard door was pushed open, and it was only when the figure at the door blocked the light in the room that everyone found out.

Seeing Mrs. Cheng standing at the door, there was no one else behind her, Cheng Xi's eyes flashed slightly, and he hurriedly got up and greeted warmly, "Milk is here, come and sit, Xu Sanlang, hurry up and get dishes and chopsticks for milk." ”

stayed with Xu Sanlang for half a year, Cheng Xi was very handy when he asked Xu Sanlang, Xu Sanlang got up without saying anything, and went to the kitchen to get dishes and chopsticks for the old lady.

Stretching out her hand and not hitting the smiling person, even if this old lady Cheng was originally a little unhappy, but now she is treated so warmly by Cheng Xi, it is not easy to have a seizure.

When Cheng Xi enthusiastically helped him over to the table and sat down, he was even more satisfied when he saw the sumptuous meal on this table, and the expression on his face finally eased a little.

After sitting down at the table, he still spoke in a stern tone, "A group of little rabbit cubs, they don't know how to send a letter to their home when they go far away, look at your father, for you little rabbit cubs whose legs are broken, you are good, and let him break his heart for you at home." ”

Cheng Xi responded, "Milk, you have wronged us, we basically asked Uncle Wang in the town to bring letters and things to the family every month." Hey, milk, isn't the clothes on your body the cloth I brought back, I remember this color clearly, it looks like it suits you, and I specially picked it for you. ”

The cloth on Mrs. Cheng's body was really bought by Cheng Xi, but it was not bought for Mrs. Cheng, but for the Wu family, but in order to please the old lady, Cheng Xi didn't need to make a draft when he said he was in a panic, he just opened his mouth, and at the same time, Cheng Xi also affirmed that the matter of blocking the letter must be related to the eldest aunt Zhang.

Cheng Xi doesn't doubt Mrs. Cheng, although this old lady Cheng is sometimes confused, but she is not as black-hearted as the old lady of the Xu family, for her second son, she is still distressed from the bottom of her heart, it is impossible to hide their news and let her son worry about them every day.

Mrs. Cheng glared at Cheng Xi and said, "Nonsense, this is what Brother Hong brought back to me." ”

Cheng Chen's mind was flexible, and he hurriedly pretended to be puzzled, "Hey, how could it be?" I specially asked someone to inquire about the whereabouts of my eldest brother in Fucheng, and I only heard that my eldest brother joined the army at the beginning of the year and followed the Eastern Expeditionary Army to the border pass. ”

This is not something that Cheng Chen deliberately made up, Cheng Chen did inquire about the whereabouts of his eldest brother Cheng Hong in Fucheng, and he did inquire about joining the army, but as for whether he became an Eastern Expeditionary Army, it is unknown.

Mrs. Cheng heard Cheng Chen's words and said excitedly, "What you said is true, did you really inquire about Brother Hong'er's news?" ”

Cheng Chen nodded, and Mrs. Cheng, who was originally very excited, thought of whether her eldest grandson went to join the army or followed the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and her eyes instantly turned red again, "Why did you go to join the army, if you can't come back, how can I live as an old lady." ”

Cheng Chen hurriedly said, "Big brother will definitely be fine, this east has always stopped, there will be no war, you can relax, see that the eldest brother is still worried about milk, remember to bring things back to the milk during the two March journeys." ”

After following Zhao Ke for a while, Cheng Chen's communication skills improved by leaps and bounds, and in three or two sentences, the old lady's attention shifted to the problem of carrying things.

Sure enough, after listening to Cheng Chen's words, the old lady said, "No, why are you so diligent in carrying things for such a long distance?" ”

Immediately, the old lady reacted, looked at Cheng Xi and asked, "You said that you bring things back with news every month, who did you bring them to?" ”