"Originally......" Apricot's voice pulled my thoughts back to listening to what she had to say.

"I thought that after you left, I would move in here, on the one hand, it will be convenient to clean, and on the other hand, I can also have a thought, but this obsession can't be achieved."

I frowned and asked, "Why?" ”

We've all left, and since the old lady has told her to clean the house, who can take care of her even if she stays?

At this moment, Xing'er suddenly two lines of tears rolled down, Chu Chu looked at me pitifully and said, "Why? Because Brother Ping had already thought that I would have this thought, and he didn't want to give me any chance, Lao Yang was the person he arranged to stay! I was arrested by Lao Yang that night. ”

…… The two brothers at the head of the village, Uncle Mu next door, and the person I forgot his name, and the butcher Lao Yang at the end of the village, how many shadows did Ah Ping bury in this village?

It's just that I will sympathize with Jin Lan's current situation, but I will not sympathize with Xing'er. First of all, she is my rival, she has put a lot of thought into getting Ah Ping, and she almost made Ah Ping make a mistake, and I can't return the heart of the Virgin Mary to any more affection for her after witnessing her behavior; Second, since she is married, she should no longer worry about other people's husbands. If she really took over my house by cleaning it, I would have vomited to death, and I agree with Ping's actions.

At this point, I didn't have much to worry about entangling with her, and said in a light voice: "Okay, I'll be at home these days, and the house won't need you to clean it for the time being, let's talk about it later." ”

Xing'er glanced at me, with a sarcasm in her eyes, "Sister, don't worry too much, maybe Brother Ping will come to you after a while, after all, he spoiled you like a jewel at the beginning." ”

couldn't help laughing, she thought I was driven back by Ah Ping? was about to speak, but he heard Yan Qi in the front room raise his voice and say, "My master said that you are not needed here, why are you still so cheeky here?" I'm already a married woman, and I don't know how to avoid suspicion when I see a man, do you need me to invite me personally? ”

Well, Yan Qi's mouth is well-known for its yin damage, and even I often suffer, so I don't need to dry my mouth at this time.

Sure enough, I saw Xing'er's face red and white for a while, and finally hurriedly dropped the sentence "I'll go first" and ran out in a hurry, and when the footsteps faded away, I saw Yan Qi appear behind the door, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he looked at me disapprovingly: "What are you polite to her about such people?" Where is your brute force in the past? ”

"I call this cultivation."

"Come on, you, cultivation is for people of the same level, and it is better to be straightforward for such ignorant women." Yan Qi said to me disappreciatively. I revealed Xing'er's identity: "Her name is Xing'er, and she is the granddaughter of Imperial Physician Jiang." ”

Yan Qiwei was surprised, "It's actually the old man's granddaughter?" Why doesn't it look like it at all? Even the old man didn't learn a layer of ignorance. "I also wonder about this, the old lady doctor is very knowledgeable in both human and etiquette, why is his granddaughter such a person?

The topic of apricot didn't continue, there was always something to do when I just got home, although Apricot has been cleaning, but what should be picked up is still to be picked up. Yan Qi was wise, and he bought some ingredients before coming back from the town, so he didn't have to think about the day's food.

I plan to stay at home for a day, and I will go back to Batou Village early in the morning to see Auntie and Daddy, as well as Xiaotong.

arranged Liu Qing's room for Yan Qi, and I cleaned up my room again, and it was already afternoon when I was busy. The two of them ate some casually, and just as they were about to rest, they heard a voice outside, and I walked out and saw a middle-aged woman poking her head inward at the door. When she saw me, she looked up and down before she greeted: "Is this the daughter-in-law of the Liu family?" ”

I smiled and responded, "It's me, Mom Zhang." ”

When Zhang's mother heard this, she immediately walked in and said very kindly: "Ah, I just see why the door of your house is always open, and I thought that the girl was here again, but I saw a carriage parked outside the door, so I came to see that it was the daughter-in-law of the Liu family who came back." ”

"It's been a long time since I've been back, so I'll go home and take a look, and I'll go back to my parents' house by the way."

Zhang's mother was suddenly paused, as if she remembered something, "By the way, when I heard you talk about your mother's family, I seem to remember that someone came to pass the word more than a year ago, saying that there is an urgent matter at your home, so if you come back, you must go back." But then I didn't see you come back, and I couldn't tell you, and I forgot about it if you didn't say it. ”

"Thank you, Mom, I have to go back and have a look immediately when I hear you say that."

"yes, let's go back and take a look, but I guess it's fine, or there will definitely be people in your house later."

I immediately called Yan Qi out, took the things I bought from the town, got into the carriage and drove to Batou Village. I don't know what happened at home, it's been a year since I rushed back, I'm afraid it's too late, but it shouldn't be anything, Xiaotong's physique has been much better under the care of Imperial Doctor Jiang.

In the past, we had to walk on foot to get back to my mother's house, and we had to walk for more than an hour to get there, but now with a horse-drawn carriage, we arrived at the entrance of the village in half an hour. I asked Yan Qi to wait at the entrance of the village, after all, the village people are simple, if I don't bring my father-in-law back to the village, I'm afraid I will be gossiped. It's nothing if I'm not there, the key is to let Daddy and Auntie be said behind people's backs.

I walked quickly with my things, and my heart was still a little complicated when I saw that the door was getting closer and closer, and I was afraid that my father and mother would blame me if I hadn't come back for so long, but I would just say a few words. But when I walked to the door of the house, I found that the door was closed, and I felt strange, could it be that A-Niang went to the field again? But when I was close to Batou Village, I took a few special glances into the field, but I didn't find her.

I went up and knocked on the door, but after waiting for a long time and no one came to open the door, I knocked again, and someone in the next room came out of the sound and asked, "Who are you looking for?" I turned my head and recognized it, as if it was Uncle Chen next door, so I called: "Uncle Chen, it's me, Alain." ”

Uncle Chen looked me up and down again, and said in his heart, has he changed so much? After a while, Aunt Chen also came out, and after seeing that it was me, she exclaimed, "Alan, why did you come back at this time?" ”

I was stunned, "What's wrong?" ”

"Your father and mother are gone."

I didn't react for a while, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Aunt Chen said with a sad face: "More than a year ago, your father went to sea and didn't come back, and it took several days to fish out the body and send it back, and your aunt cried and fainted on the spot." Later, within half a year, your aunt became seriously ill and left. ”

My whole mind was dazed, my ears were buzzing, and I couldn't hear anything, so I turned and went to bang on the door, which was slammed open and stumbled into the house. From front to back, I searched every room, but there was no trace of anyone, I still don't believe it, it must be Aunt Chen's nonsense, how can there be nothing in just two years?

But when I pushed open the door of Xiaotong's room, the whole person froze, there were two tablets on the table facing the door, one left and one right, the two pillars of incense had been burned to the bottom and extinguished, and the crooked words on the tablet I couldn't recognize whether it was Xiaotong's handwriting, but I could see that it was "Daddy" and "Auntie".

As soon as his legs were weak, the whole person fell to the ground with a pop, and Aunt Chen exclaimed behind him: "Oh, Alain, what's wrong with you?" She hurriedly lifted me up from behind under my armpits, and still shouted: "Lao Chen, come quickly, I can't help me alone." ”

But I heard Uncle Chen's angry voice coming from the outhouse: "What is there to take care of an unfilial girl, you come out for me!" ”

"Eh, this guy really is." Aunt Chen scolded me and said, "Alain, don't be surprised, he is angry because he thinks of your father's and mother's hard life." When I heard someone mention Daddy and Aunt again, a wave of sadness poured out, and tears rolled down her cheeks and pulled Aunt Chen's sleeve and said, "I don't know, I really don't know." ”

"Alas, I think you must not know, it is said that someone went to Ginkgo Village to look for you, but there is no one in your house, and when you ask about the people in the village, they also say that they don't know where they went. The daughter who was originally married is like water spilled out, and the husband's family is leaving, how can we be daughters-in-law? Auntie understands you. ”

It was obviously relieved, but I listened more and more uncomfortable, and suddenly thought of something, and asked urgently: "What about Xiaotong?" "Daddy and Auntie are gone, what should Xiaotong do alone? For a whole year, how will he live alone?

But seeing Aunt Chen, she sighed heavily: "That child is also hard, and he has done two funerals for his parents within half a year, and your uncle and I have been helping Zhang Luo." Originally, after your aunt also went, I also discussed with your uncle whether to let Xiao Tong go to our house for dinner, but he left after the funeral. ”

"Gone? Where did he go? ”

Aunt Chen shook her head, "No one knows, it's still the blind man Zhang at the entrance of the village who said that he never came back after seeing him walk out of the village that night." "So where is the little club going? Looking for me in Ginkgo Village? He's never set foot in this land except once.

When I left home in despair, I wrapped the tablet of Daddy and Auntie in cloth and hugged them in my arms, even if they are not my biological parents, but after five years of getting along, can I have no feelings? But he didn't think that as soon as he stepped out of the village, he was blocked by a black shadow, and when he looked up, he saw a man with a beard and a scumbag, and his figure was very burly.

I don't know why the other person is in my way, but I am sure that I don't know this person, so I want to bypass him. But the other party once again blocked the way in front of him, only to feel that the eyes were very gloomy, I couldn't help but feel furious, tightened the cloth bag in front of me and secretly thought that he would not run into any robbers, Yan Qi is not far away, if I shout, he should be able to hear.

"You don't know me anymore?" The other party stared at me coldly for a moment and then suddenly spoke.