At this time, Ling Chaofeng also came out of the inn, and when he heard that the dock stopped today, he also invited the mother and daughter to stay in the store with Xiaowan.

The old lady said sincerely: "Your shop is too expensive, we can't afford to live, we only bring a total of three taels of silver when we go out, and the rest of the money has to be taken back by boat." ”

Qin Shi smiled: "Mother, Shopkeeper Ling and Xiaowan, how can they collect money from us." She said to Xiaowan happily, "Then we're welcome." ”

The daughter-in-law said this, the old lady was not good enough to insist, Pei'er ran to help the old grandmother, and was praised by Ling Chaofeng: "Why are you so well-behaved today?" ”

Soon after they entered, the wind blew down the Baisha River, and it was dark, and it was indeed impossible to sail.

Su Su and Daqing were not at ease at home, so they left against the wind, and Xiaowan stood in front of the inn and looked at it again, very uneasy.

I saw the old lady slowly walk to Xiaowan's side and said kindly: "Xiaowan, the old woman asked you something, how can you answer me?" ”

Xiaowan hurriedly helped her sit down: "You say." ”

"Xiaowan, you treat us so well, don't you want to leave someone behind for your father?" The old lady looked at Xiaowan sincerely, and then praised her daughter-in-law, "She has a good heart and is diligent in her work, but she gives birth late, and her body is not as strong as when she was young, but she is not sick or sick." She'll treat your younger siblings well, really. ”

"What do you mean, old lady?" Xiaowan squatted down and asked gently, "Old lady, can I do anything for you?" ”

"She followed me back to the village, she would only be bullied, I couldn't protect her, I was old, I couldn't beat people, and I didn't have the strength to scold." The old lady said with tears in her eyes, "The rest of my sons and daughters don't care about me, they gave birth to a litter of white-eyed wolves, only the daughter-in-law is good to me, but if she treats me well, she will suffer." ”

"Old Lady ......"

"Xiaowan, will you leave her behind?"

Xiaowan was very embarrassed, she really couldn't be the master of this matter, Xianggong said don't care, she must respect the path that Sister Qin chose for herself, but the path she chose was too bitter and difficult.

Due to the strong wind, the back door well could not treat people, so Qin fetched water in the yard, and was helping the store to wash the sheets. ”

Xiaowan is so embarrassed, she moved over the bench and sat on the side to wash herself, the two talked about family life, Xiaowan is still young, Qin's family is over forty, and there are mothers and daughters of this age who gave birth earlier, so Ling Chaofeng said that he called people small.

Qin said embarrassedly: "We came from the town, and my mother can't walk so far." I said I was here to say hello, but in fact, I wanted to be cheeky and want to ask you to borrow a car. Just now you said that you wanted to keep us, I immediately agreed, and I also wanted my mother to rest in peace for one night. If not, how can you be so unkind. I am very ashamed in my heart, Xiaowan, I remember your kindness, and when I return to the village, I will bring you some of our home-grown grains and fruits in the future, you must taste them. ”

Xiaowan smiled: "Then it's better for you to bring it yourself, and you can save people." Pei'er likes his sister, since he has become an older brother, he loves to be coquettish, he is afraid that others will treat him as a big child, and he always likes to show that he is still young. ”

When Qin Shi heard this, he smiled and his eyebrows crooked: "To produce such a good son, God is kind to good people after all." ”

Xiaowan smiled: "So I have to do more good deeds and save all the good fortune for the children." ”

She didn't explain to the Qin family, saying that Pei'er was picked up or something, Pei'er was her son, and it didn't matter how she came here, the important thing was that the mother and son had fate in this life.

The clothes were washed, and I saw the little girl crying and came to her mother, Xiaowan hurriedly asked her what was wrong, and the little girl said that Pei'er used earthworms to scare her. Sure enough, I saw Pei'er holding a twisted earthworm in her hand, and ran over excitedly, and sent it to the young lady: "Sister, can you still live if this is broken, do you want to try it?" ”

At dinner that day, the family sat around the table of the Eight Immortals, Uncle Biao cooked a lot of dishes, the wind was howling outside, but the laughter in the inn was very warm.

It's just that Pei'er was punished to stand aside, watching the adults eat, this time it wasn't Ling Chaofeng's punishment, it was Xiaowan's punishment, Pei'er didn't even have a person who could be coquettish.

But how willing was the Qin family, not long after sitting down, he got up and brought Pei'er to the table.

Xiaowan was watching the child upstairs, not here, Pei'er looked up timidly, and then looked at her father sitting on the side, Ling Chaofeng ignored him, Pei'er muttered: "Mother will scold me, mother said that you are not allowed to eat tonight." ”

"That's not hungry, you eat obediently, and the aunt will speak for you." Qin carried the child onto the stool, served him vegetables, and told his daughter to take good care of Pei'er, how can the child have any hatred, Pei'er doesn't scare her with insects, and the two of them will be fine.

At night, a family of three lived in a room in the north room, all of them were slender women, and it was more than enough to sleep in one bed.

Upstairs, Xiao Wan washed Pei'er's feet, and the two little ancestors in the opposite room cried, she picked up Pei'er and came over, threw her son on the bed, turned around to take care of the two little ones, and tossed them a lot before settling them.

It's late autumn now, but Pei'er saw that her mother was sweating, she then took clean clothes to change for herself, her hands and feet were nimble and gentle, Pei'er changed into soft bedclothes, and hugged her mother at once.

"What for?" Xiao Wan patted him on the ass.

"Mother, don't be angry." Pei'er said.

"My mother is not angry, but you have to promise me that you can't bully girls again in the future. Whether it's older than you or younger than you, boys bullying girls are the most unproductive. Xiaowan said earnestly, "Look at Daddy, he never bullies girls, and so does the second uncle and grandfather, and men who are talented don't bully girls." ”

Pei'er said, "If my brother bullies my sister in the future, I will beat him." ”

Xiaowan couldn't cry or laugh, and patted her son's buttocks: "You take care of yourself first." ”

Because of today's little evening anger, Pei'er became extremely clingy, Ling Chaofeng came back to the room at night, the father and son stared at each other, Pei'er proudly clinged to her mother, and fell asleep between her father and mother with satisfaction.

The wind gradually subsided at midnight, and at midnight, the little ghosts who had reached the ghost of the people had all returned to the underworld on errands, and the lord of Hades sat on the palace and flipped through the book of life and death to check the list, and glanced at the side from time to time.

There is a plate of moon cakes on the table, which was sent to him by Pei'er during the Mid-Autumn Festival, he cherishes it very much, eats a small piece a day, but it is not enough to eat, there is only so much left, full of thoughts that it will be busy for a while, and enjoy it.

The ghosts of the dead lined up to come to the hall for roll call, Lord Yama yawned, turned a page of the book of life and death, and suddenly rushed up from His Royal Highness A touch of ghosts, with a full body of anger that did not want to die, rushed to the table and made a big noise to reason with Lord Yama.

He frantically pushed the things on the table down, and Lord Yama saw that his plate of moon cakes was about to be ruined, so he quickly went to pick up the moon cakes.

After he protected his moon cakes, he cast a spell to suppress the ghost, and ordered the little ghosts to take them to what to do with them.

"It's broken!"

Lord Hades rushed over and hurriedly extinguished the candle flame, but the book of life and death under the candlestick was still burned off a corner.

If it was an ordinary candle flame, it would definitely not be able to damage the book of life and death, but today it was so coincidental, he went to Laojun's mansion, borrowed fire in the alchemy furnace to smoke a cigarette, returned to the underworld, and lit the candle with a smoking gun......

"Isn't that good?" Lord Yama flipped through the book of life and death, and anxiously asked the little ghosts around him, "Do you have any ghosts who remember whose name is here, and are you dead?" Do you have any ghosts? ”

A group of little ghosts, with complicated expressions, looked at Lord Yama helplessly.

In the mortal world, after a night of wind, the next day is a sunny day.

The people on the wharf went out early, delayed the ship for a day, and today they have to grab business to do, Daqing is not far behind, and sent Su Su to the inn early in the morning, and drove the board car to the wharf.

Qin got up in the morning to serve his mother-in-law to take care of his daughter, helped the inn sweep the floor and wipe the table early in the morning, and after doing some work, he said that he would go to the dock as soon as possible to see if there was a boat to go back, and today he couldn't stay anyway.

Pei'er and the young lady got acquainted, so she was reluctant to give up, and said to Xiaowan: "Mother, shall we send off the eldest lady?" ”

There were Su Su and her aunt in the store to help watch the children, and Xiao Wan had just fed the two little guys, so she smiled and said, "Okay, let's go and send the eldest mother, Pei'er, you go and help my sister get the luggage." ”

The group came to the wharf in a horse-drawn carriage, and all kinds of boats on the wharf lined up to dock, and the goods were carried up and taken off very lively, Qin Shi sighed: "Baisha Town is really a good place. ”

The boat that could send them home would not arrive in two hours, so Uncle Biao took Pei'er and the little girl to play on the side, and on this side, Qin and her mother-in-law Xiaowan were together, smiling and watching the children frolic.

After sitting for a long time, my body was cold, there was a seller of sweet rice wine opposite, looking at the steaming heat, Qin's still had some money in his pocket, so he wanted to buy a glass of sweet wine for Xiaowan to warm her stomach, and the old lady said that she also wanted to drink.

But as soon as the daughter-in-law walked away, the old lady stood up, and Xiaowan wanted to support her, and she said that she would just loosen her muscles. Unconsciously, the old man walked to the bank of the river lapping on the bank, Xiao Wan was staring at it, but Qin suddenly called her, she turned to look, but this time, Qin's gaze crossed her body, and suddenly became frightened.

I only heard a knock behind me, someone fell into the water, Xiaowan's heart tightened, turned around and rushed over, it was too late to hold the old lady who fell into the water at this moment, but the shore was slippery, she rushed too hard, and her feet slipped, and she actually fell headlong with her.

"Mother, little late ......"

The hot rice wine fell to the ground, drop by drop, seeping into the dirt, and Pei'er turned around to see her mother being washed away by the river.