The mule cart soon entered the county seat, twisted into an alley, and stopped at the door of a family.

The door of this house was wide open, and Yan Ru's aunt Xiao was standing at the gate and was looking forward to it, and when she saw the mule cart arriving, she immediately ran over. "Oops, Yanru is back."

Jiang Erlang took his little niece out of the car, helped his wife down, and then took the gift outside.

Two pieces of cloth, four boxes of snacks, two jars of wine, eight kinds of gifts, decent, no more, no less.

"Auntie." Yan Ru gave her aunt a blessing and introduced Ying Bao to her aunt, "This is Ying Bao, the daughter of the third uncle, who came to the county seat with us today, and went to the Yamen to meet the big officials when she turned back." ”

Sakura Bao saluted to the inn lady, "Hello aunt." ”

"Okay." Xiao Shi saw that Yingbao's face was smiling like a chrysanthemum, and hurriedly took her hand and said, "Come in and talk." ”

"No, Auntie, we have to go back." Since it is a return door, it must be back to his parents' side.

Although Yanru's mother is gone, there are still old fathers and stepmothers at home.

Xiao didn't keep it, but whispered: "If you don't leave food over there, take your husband to your aunt's side." ”

"Hmm." Yan Ru replied in a low voice, took down the eight salutes from the mule cart, and went to her mother's house with Jiang Erlang.

The Lu family is not far from Aunt Xiao's house, and there are only four or five families in between.

Ying Bao followed Lu Yanru and Jiang Erlang into the courtyard of the Lu family, and saw several people standing under the eaves of the main house.

Standing in the middle was a long-bearded man in his forties with a vicissitudes of life, he was wearing a lake silk tuanhua robe and a gorgeous silk flower on his head, which was probably Yan Ru's father.

There was a middle-aged woman standing beside him, wearing a cyan summer cloth dress, who didn't say a word when she saw them come in, with a cold expression.

Next to the woman stood a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, the girl's face was fair, her eyebrows and eyes were three points similar to Yan Ru, but her lips were thin, with a somewhat mean look.

There was also a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy who looked like a hanger, and when he saw Jiang Erlang entering the door with a few gifts, he shouted loudly, "New brother-in-law, what gifts did you bring?" Is there any mine? ”

Jiang Erlang didn't say anything, but the long-bearded man glared at the young man and scolded: "If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute!" ”

The young man snorted and said nonchalantly, "I'm just asking, what are you staring at me for, Dad?" ”

The man ignored him anymore, looked at Jiang Erlang, and frowned at Sakura Bao.

Jiang Erlang saluted Yanru's father, and Yingbao followed the second uncle to salute.

I listened to my stepmother's yin and yang weird words: "Yo, I can't give birth to a child, but I brought someone else's child to the door, don't blame me, who is a stepmother, for saying you, Yanru, your life is to give someone else's child a life." ”

Yan Ru's face was flushed with anger, and she was about to reason with her stepmother, but was stopped by Jiang Erlang.

Jiang Erlang said lightly: "Auntie, you misunderstood, this is my niece, we brought her over by the way this time, if you disturb it, let's leave immediately." ”

The stepmother snorted and turned back to the house, followed by the girl beside her.

Sakura only thinks that this family has some serious illness.

No wonder Sister Yanru is so eager to marry herself, with such a family, staying for one more day is a drain on her life.

Yanru's father was also quite alienated from his daughter and son-in-law, so he let his son-in-law sit alone in the hall and walked away by himself.

Sakura Bao and the second uncle looked at each other with small eyes and big eyes.

Yan Ru went back to the house to pack her things and prepare to take them away.

After a while, Yan Ru came out with a large package and said to her husband, "Let's go." ”

"Okay." Jiang Erlang stood up, took the package from his wife's hand, and asked, "What's in here?" ”

"I took my old clothes from childhood and took them back to paste the soles of my shoes." Yan Ru said lightly: "There are also some old things of my mother." ”

The three of them walked out of the Lu family and went straight to Aunt Xiao's house.

Jiang Erlang put the package on the mule cart, and then walked into the yard of his aunt's house with his wife.

"I'm back." Aunt Xiao leaned out of the stove room with a smile, "Erlang, you sit first, lunch will be ready soon." ”

"Okay." Jiang Erlang took his niece to sit under the persimmon tree in the yard.

In the stove room, Xiao's stir-fry, and Yanru helped to light the fire.

"Is the Jiang family good to you?" Xiao asked.

Yan Ru nodded: "The Jiang family is very good. ”

Xiao: "Jiang Erlang's sons and daughters treat you respectfully?" ”

"Erni Huzi is very good, aunt, don't worry, they all treat me as a mother, and there is nothing disrespectful"

"That's good." Xiao Shi put his heart down and sighed lightly: "You have finally come to the end of your hardships, and my sister's spirit in the sky is also at ease." ”

Yan Ru was silent.

Xiao put a fish in the pot and made an oil sound.

"Your stepmother wishes you were having a bad time, she met me on the road today, and she was angry with me, hum, what the hell!"

"Let my aunt worry about it, you don't have to pay attention to her next time, anyway, I don't plan to go back after I go back today, I will come to you in the future, aunt, you are my mother's family."

Hearing this, Xiao Shi's tears fell.

wiped his eyes and choked up: "Good boy, in the future, my aunt will be your mother's house." ”

Her aunt and niece lost her mother since she was a child, and if she hadn't been watching over her, her stepmother would have tortured her to death, but fortunately, she finally married a good family.

Xiao fried a few dishes, went to the braised vegetable shop to buy a few braised vegetables and came back, and barely managed to make a table of noodles.

At this time, Aunt Gao also came back and had a few drinks with her niece and son-in-law.

After eating, Yan Ru stayed to talk to her aunt, and Jiang Erlang took Ying Bao to the county office.

The entrance of the county government is overgrown with weeds, and it is even more bleak than in winter.

Ying Bao jumped off the mule cart and ran to the guard officer: "Uncle, I'm here to find Uncle Wu." ”

The two officials still recognized the little doll, and asked with a smile: "What is the matter with finding a big official?" ”

Ying Bao took out a few yellow apricots from his small pocket and gave them to the officials, "Send apricots to Uncle Wu to eat." ”

The official also teased her, and went to the inner hall to spread the word while biting the apricot.

After a while, Wu Rui ran out, "Yo! It's really Sakurabao, come on, come and follow me in, the big officials are just idle at this time. ”

"I also brought something delicious to Uncle Wu, Uncle Wu, you can help move it." Sakura came to the mule cart, pointed to the bamboo basket and said, "That's it." ”

Jiang Erlang hurriedly got out of the car to greet Wu Rui.

Wu Rui smiled and waved his hand, and said, "You two should come in with me." ”

So, Jiang Erlang carried a bamboo basket and followed Wu Rui and Yingbao into the inner courtyard of the county government.

In the middle of the inner courtyard there is a huge kudzu vine trellis, which grows lush and green, and there are countless wisteria flowers hanging from it.

Wu Daozi sat on the bamboo couch under the rattan trellis, shaking the pu fan while holding a book and reading.

"Uncle Wu!" Sakura Bao jumped and ran over, "Uncle Wu, do you still recognize me?" ”

Wu Daozi glanced at her and said with a smile: "It's hard to recognize it or not." Why do you think of me today? ”

Ying Bao smiled, sat down on the small bamboo table next to the bamboo couch, and whispered: "I prepared a good medicine, and I specially came to give it to Uncle Wu." ”

"Oh? What is a good medicine? Wu Daozi shook his fan and asked.

Jiang Erlang stood in the sun with a bamboo basket on his shoulder, and it was not a matter of putting it down.

Wu Rui stepped forward to give him a hand and carried the bamboo basket under the rattan trellis.

Ying Bao took things out of the bamboo basket in the same way, and muttered in his mouth: "My apricots are ripe, I specially made some last night and brought them to you to taste, and this bag of golden fungus, I planted it myself, and I cooked it for Uncle Wu to eat." Hey, where's my medicine? Oh, so it's here. ”

He turned out a clay pot from the bottom of the basket, took it out and handed it to Wu Daozi: "This is the pill I prepared for you, Uncle Wu, you must eat it, one a day." ”

Wu Daozi sat up, opened the lid of the jar, and instantly smelled an indescribable fragrance.

He pinched out one, looked at it, and asked, "What disease can this pill cure?" ”