Three or two sentences, omitted.

Cao Ren chatted with Cao Xin about the latter's going to Qishan: "Your sister-in-law is fine here, Xiao An is fine, there is no need to worry about it at home, when do you plan to leave?" ”

Cao Ren knew that if Cheng Jing hadn't been pregnant, Cao Xin would have gone to the Qishan Sect to learn art.

Not to drag on until now.

"In a few days, when Uncle Shi comes back, he will send me over with Master."

Cao Xin had already negotiated a date with Ning Shuhua.

This time I went to apprentice, not only did Ning Shuhua, the pro-master, personally send it, but also pulled Duan Chong.

The two have returned to the Qishan faction.

With Duan Chong's strength, the Qishan faction is one of the best masters, and the Qishan faction has a lot to rely on their couple. There is a section of rushing to send each other, and with his support, Cao Xin will be able to open up the situation more easily in the Qishan faction in the future.

"That's good."

"I went to Qishan, practice hard, I am at home, and Master helps me, it will be fine."

Cao Ren patted Cao Xin's arm, looking at this younger brother who was already much taller than him, and when Cao Xin was leaving, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion for a while.

Since the family settled in Xijing City in the second year of Qianyou, if it weren't for this younger brother, the Cao family would still be struggling to survive, struggling with food and clothing and even life and death, and living a precarious life.

Maybe—

He died a long time ago in the Cai Shui Gang.

couldn't marry such a good wife as Cheng Jing, and gave birth to a daughter who was withered and jade.

Think about it.

Two years of Qianyou.

Qianyou for six years.

It's only been four years, and the situation of the Cao family has changed dramatically-

Miscellaneous courtyard.

Cai Shui Gang.

Huanglong Martial Arts Hall.

Juyi Dart Bureau.

One step at a time, one step at a time.

Now—

Individual.

Family.

It's all complete.

The only flaw is that the second brother Cao Yi and the younger sister Cao Shu are left!

"Juyi Dart Bureau Xing Ningxi, as far as Tanxi Province, has also been to Qingyuan Mansion, Uncle Shi and Chen Darttou they have helped inquire, but there has been no news."

Cao Xin shook his head.

Under Duan Chong's management, the scale of the Juyi Dart Bureau is getting bigger and bigger, and the road is getting wider and wider. Starting from Xijingfu, Ningxi Province has been opened, and now in addition to consolidating Ningxi, it is also focusing on Tanxi and Shangjiang provinces.

In addition to darts, everywhere I went, there were dart masters and handymen who inquired about the news of the separated Cao Yi and Cao Shu for the Cao family.

Cao Xin once showed his power in the Juyi Dart Bureau, slapping two masters and capturing two masters. In the battle of the Apricot Forest Inn on the way to Qishan, he turned the tide, scared off the 'Jinchuan Five Tigers', and saved a group of dart masters and miscellaneous servants.

Therefore.

He has a very high prestige in the Juyi Dart Bureau.

The dart master and the handyman are willing to run for him.

Not only them, but Duan Chong, Chen Wanting, Shangguan Yi and others also used the connections of the Juyi Dart Bureau to inquire about the local forces they had made friends with from all over the place, and they were very attentive.

But two years after the establishment of the dart game, there is still nothing.

It's Caojiazhuang's side.

Since July last year, Cao Ren has begun to focus more on running Caojiazhuang, and in the past year, he has also done a lot of work: "I picked a group of people in the village, all of whom are young and strong, and I have been to Tanxi Province twice with the dart board. He also recruited a few reliable farmers who had fled from Tanxi Qingyuan in the past two years in Xijing Mansion, and they knew the situation over there. Now that Zhuangzi is not short of manpower, I am ready to transfer a group of people and personally take them to Qingyuan Mansion to make a Zhuangzi, settle down, and specifically look for the whereabouts of the second brother and younger sister. ”

Cao Ren was indeed not idle.

Selection and training of personnel.

Solicit people from Qingyuan Mansion.

It's all in preparation.

Now everything is ready, just wait for the Juyi Dart Bureau to dart Tanxi Province again, Cao Ren can lead the team to go together, and then take root in Qingyuan Mansion and focus on finding people.

This is more reliable than asking in passing when he is dart in the Juyi Dart Bureau, and it is more reliable than staying in Caojiazhuang thousands of miles away.

It's just—

"Xiao An has just been born, and the eldest brother is going to Qingyuan, which is not suitable."

Tan Xi is too far away.

Back and forth, at least for months.

Coupled with the settlement at Qingyuan Mansion, a casual delay, a year and a half has passed.

Cao An is still young.

Caojiazhuang can't be without a principal.

This is clearly inappropriate.

Without waiting for Cao Ren to refute, Cao Xin explained: "It's not that you don't let the eldest brother go, but you go back and forth like this for a year, not to mention the sister-in-law and Xiao'an, it is Caojiazhuang, without the control of the eldest brother, is the development going to stagnation?" Instead of tossing like this, the eldest brother might as well concentrate on operating in Caojiazhuang, cultivating more manpower, and scheduling in the center. Not only Qingyuan Mansion, it is best to arrange a group of people in every prefecture in the entire Tanxi Province, and even Ningxi Province. Blooming everywhere, the chance of finding the second brother and the younger sister is greater. And to do that, reliable manpower is a top priority. ”

"But—"

Cao Ren frowned.

He admitted that what Cao Xin said made sense, and it was not the lake that tricked him. But just let him go, he has been sitting in Caojiazhuang, not going to Tanxi in person, going to Qingyuan, he is always a little unsteady and uneasy.

"That's it."

"I'll go."

Seeing this, Cao Xin patted his chest.

"No way!"

"You're going to the Qishan faction, you can't delay any longer!"

Cao Ren immediately shook his head.

It's better for him to go.

"Big brother."

"The ability of immortals, you can't imagine!"

Cao Xin glanced at Cao Ren.

“……”

Cao Ren was choked as soon as he spoke.

……

After agreeing, the two brothers walked out of the room together.

Cao Ren coped with two sentences, and ran to find Cheng Jing and see his daughter.

Cao Xin looked at this scene and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

In the blink of an eye.

The eldest brother is already twenty years old.

Be a husband.

Fatherhood.

It is more stable visible to the naked eye, especially after Xiao Cao An was born, it is even different.

Cao Xin was happy to see this scene.

Not counting the wandering second brother and little sister, they are a family of five-

The eldest brother Cao Ren started a family, was stable, surrounded by his wife and daughter, and was happy.

Cao Xian has an eldest brother and a fifth brother, she is carefree and dedicated to practicing martial arts, compared with four years ago, she is more agile and more lively and chic.

Cao Liang studied and practiced martial arts, Zhuang Shang was mostly playmates of the same age, and the hardships of escaping the famine for three years, and the white-eyed and excluded in the early days of the miscellaneous courtyard were all gone. Because he is the youngest, the traces of past suffering are also the easiest to erase. After a year or two, I can hardly see the embarrassment of falling step by step when I fled the famine, and I can't see the sadness of getting up early in the morning and going to dig earthworms in the courtyard just to get back a handful of peanuts.

Gone is the suffering.

Only honesty remains.

Cao Liang is more like the eldest brother Cao Ren, rather than the eldest sister Cao Xian and the fifth brother Cao Xin.

This temperament is also very good.

As for the last Cao Zhang's -

Cao Xin walked to a vegetable garden in the village and saw Cao Zhang working inside. She is not idle, in the past, in Xijing City, in the courtyard, she had to go out to find work every day under the sun. Later, the conditions at home improved, and all kinds of needlework never stopped.

As for farming, there were no conditions in the city.

After arriving at Caojiazhuang, Cao Zhang's picked up the old style in Ningxi in the past-

Farming and rice are not enough, it is too tiring, Cao Zhang is not stupid enough to let go of a good life and continue to ask for hardships.

But he opened up a vegetable garden in the village, and he came and went around every day to enjoy himself.

There is no pressure to survive, and growing vegetables is pure entertainment.

She never interferes in the affairs of the village, and it is all up to Cao Ren to decide.

……

"Mother."

"Why are you so busy again?"

Cao Xin walked into the vegetable garden and shouted, and Cao Zhang's found him.

"Ahh

"Little Five!"

"Why didn't you move, it scared me!"

Cao Zhang's hand shook and he almost fell.

"What do you think?" Cao Xin saw that something was wrong.

During the period before and after the birth of his sister-in-law and Cao An's birth, Cao Zhang's family rarely came to the vegetable garden, and his mind was devoted to taking care of his sister-in-law and taking care of Cao An.

Why are you coming to the vegetable garden at this time?

Cao Xin took the gourd scoop from Cao Zhang's hand, and looked at the old lady while watering it.

"Nothing."

"Just looking at Xiao An, I think of your sister. When Xiaoshu was lost, it was just a little bigger. ”

Cao Zhang didn't say a word, and his eyes were a little red.

Cao Xin only knew!

No wonder.

When the little sister Cao Shu was lost, she was only one year old, not much older than the newborn Cao An.

Cao Zhang's rarely mentions Cao Shu, but after all, she is her youngest daughter, and a piece of meat that fell from her body, how can she not want to and not feel distressed?

Cao An was born in a good time.

This contrast.

Her little aunt Cao Shu was so unlucky that she didn't even know whether she was alive or dead.

"Mother."

Cao Xin half-squatted and hugged Cao Zhang's shoulder, and said with relief: "The Juyi Dart Bureau has been to Qingyuan twice, and the eldest brother is ready to send a group of people to Qingyuan in a few days. ”

"Qingyuan—"

Cao Zhang shook his head, not holding out much hope.

Cao Yi, who was in his teens at the time, took Cao Shu, who was only one year old, and the possibility of surviving was too small in the chaotic Qingyuan Mansion.

……

Cao Xin accompanied his mother in the vegetable garden while watering the ground, and talked a lot.

Until Cao Xian came running over.

"Mother!"

"Mother!"

"Look what I'm holding!"

Cao Xian was like a gust of wind, the treasure knife was on his waist and never left his body, his hands were stretched out in front of him, Cao Xin's eyes were sharp, and he saw at a glance that this stupid eldest sister had caught two budgies out of nowhere.

"Hey!"

"I didn't expect it, parrot!"

"I met it from the forest behind the mountain, and it happened to fly in my hand."

"Let's raise it, we can talk."

Cao Xian handed the two parrots to Cao Zhang's as if offering treasures, and then commanded Cao Xin with his chin: "Hey, who is that, pick two vegetable leaves." ”

"You're going to find a cage!"

"Hold it like this, isn't it stupid?"

Cao Xin was helpless, so he picked two vegetable leaves and handed them over.

Cao Zhang took it easily, looked at the parrot, and asked Cao Xian curiously: "So small, can you speak?" I'm in Xijing, and I'm looking at those talking parrots, they're all so big—"

"Mother, that's starling."

"I'm a parrot, don't look at it small, wait for me to teach it for three or five days, and make sure they follow and call it their mother."

Cao Xian is full of confidence.

"you!" Cao Zhang was amused, so she didn't want to be the wife of two parrots.

“……”

Cao Xin looked at Cao Zhang, who was laughing, and then looked at Cao Xian, who was simple, and couldn't tell for a moment whether the eldest sister was really playful or deliberately teasing Cao Zhang.

He put aside this relief for a long time, but it didn't work for Cao Xian's three or two sentences.

Get!

"I'm going to find cages for my two younger brothers."

Seeing that the two of them were bent on the parrot, Cao Xin was interested and obediently retreated.

……