Yu Niang nodded: "I only say it to you, not to others." ”

"No one can say they know? Since you heard it secretly, don't even say anything about your future maids. ”

Yu Niang nodded: "Definitely not to say." ”

The two chatted a few more words, and Yu Niang's playmates came, and Lin Piao left first, giving them the place so that they could whisper a little.

Out of the backyard to the front yard, Uncle Qiu and they were still waiting for him, only two people were missing, Lin Piao stepped forward, Uncle Qiu said: "The second sister-in-law went to Tongxi Building first, and Xiaoyue went to the shop." ”

Lin Piao nodded, glanced at Shen Hong on the side, thinking of what Yu Niang said just now, the county Cheng actually had this meaning to Shen Hong before, but Shen Hong was also very powerful, and he was able to refuse the county Cheng and continue to be good friends with the county Cheng.

"Let's go, let's go home first." Lin Piao walked out.

Ergou sighed beside him: "I didn't expect Yu Niang to get married, she is younger than us, and I haven't settled down yet." ”

Lin Piao looked at Ergou: "What?" Do you want to marry a daughter-in-law? ”

Ergou knew that Lin Piao's request for them was to marry later, and immediately said: "No, I didn't think about it, I just felt sorry for it, and actually watched Yu Niang get married." ”

In fact, he wondered a little about whether he had to marry a daughter-in-law, but that he always felt that he was a step behind when he saw that all those younger than him had married.

They went back to their homes, and got up early the next morning to prepare for the wedding, they were friends, and they only participated in the ceremony, watching Yu Niang say goodbye to her father and mother from home, and sat in the sedan chair with the help of the dowry maid, and then the two pillars they picked the dowry, and carried things, and Lin Piao was a little dumbfounded, this is pure hard work, and it has to be carried from here to there.

Although Lin Piao probably knew that this scene would be like this, he was still stunned when he really saw it.

Lin Piao watched the team walking away, and tears were about to come out.

Shen Hong looked at Lin Piao's expression from the side, seeing that his eyes were full of moisture, and his eyes were extremely moist.

"What's wrong with my sister-in-law?"

"I saw Yu Niang getting married, and I thought that I wouldn't be able to see each other in the future, and I don't know how long it will take for her to see her."

It's no wonder that they all pay attention to a place that is not far away and the transportation is not convenient, if the time cost of meeting is too high, it may not be possible to meet again for several years.

"Sister-in-law, don't be sad." Shen Hong comforted softly.

"Fortunately, I'm either sad or suddenly a little emotional." Lin Piao felt that he was mobilized by the atmosphere, this kind of warm and inexplicably sad and tragic atmosphere, even the county lord and his wife had red eyes when he went out, and he felt inexplicably sour in his heart when he was in it.

Lin Piao subconsciously stretched out his hand, he wanted to find someone to hug to calm down his emotions, his hand almost went towards Shen Hong, and after reacting, he withdrew his hand and hugged Juan'er in front of him.

Juan'er watched Yu Niang's marriage, thinking of the scene of Feng Sheng's marriage, she didn't know why, she always felt that the more lively and grand the scene, the more sad it was to watch, and she also reflexively hugged her sister-in-law's waist, leaned on her sister-in-law's arms, and watched the team of relatives slowly walk by and disappear in front of her.

Shen Hong glanced at Juan'er and saw that she was leaning on her sister-in-law's arms, holding her sister-in-law's waist with both hands, resting her head in front of her sister-in-law's chest, and looking at the family sending team for a moment, but it was very leisurely.

Juan'er didn't feel the gaze from the side, but snuggled into the warm embrace of her sister-in-law, feeling like she had something to rely on, and her feelings were much better.

Lin Piao felt much better in his arms holding people's hearts, put his hand on Juan'er's back, and sighed in his heart, he couldn't hold the man, and he was embarrassed to hug the woman no matter how old he was, now spring, it was the mating season, and in a few days he would find out which puppy had cubs, and go to hold a puppy to raise, the children were all adults when they grew up, and he had to raise something to pass the window.

Lin Piao told Shen Hong about this idea, Shen Hong thought about it and nodded: "If sister-in-law wants to pass the time, it is good to raise a dog and take care of the home." ”

"Hmm." Lin Piao answered, already thinking about what that dog should look like.

After marrying Yu Niang, Lin Piao thought that he would probably not see Yu Niang again in the next year or two, but he didn't expect to see Yu Niang again three days later.

The second aunt hurriedly ran back: "Piao'er! Something is wrong! ”

"What's wrong?" Lin Piao stood up and pricked up his ears, and in that moment, countless names had drifted through his heart, was it Shen Hong? Two dogs? Two columns? Juan'er? Moon? Or Uncle Qiu?

The second aunt breathed a sigh of relief: "It's Yu Niang!" Didn't Yu Niang get married, she had already let them go to open the way! Even the mountain bandits who don't have long eyes should know that this can't be robbed, right? As a result, they really ate the ambition of the leopard guts, and seeing that Yu Niang's dowry was too much, they hid in the previous section of the road and came out to rob them. ”

"What?" Lin Piao was shocked: "Yu Niang is okay, right?" ”

"Don't worry, Yu Niang is fine! The people who went to get married were all practicing the family, but they didn't bring any weapons, knives and guns, and it was unlucky to carry them, so they thought that people would go to that station, and they didn't believe that there could really be those who didn't have long eyes, but they just came out, they were all good at fighting, or our Erzhu was the most clever, depending on the situation, people were the most important, and they pulled Yu Niang out first and ran back, and the dowry was ignored, Master Lin and Erzhu escorted Yu Niang back first. ”

Lin Piao opened his mouth, he really didn't know what to say Okay, he even robbed the dowry of the county bride's daughter, I don't know whether to say that the county is too bad or the mountain bandits' guts are too fat.

"Yu Niang is back in the county mansion now?"

"As soon as I rushed back, I sent her back, probably frightened, and she was recuperating."

Lin Piao went out with a hand warmer.

"Piao'er, are you going to the county mansion?" The second aunt chased out.

"Yes, I'll go see Jade Niang first."

"I'll go with you too, Erzhu is estimated to be still in the county mansion, and I haven't seen him since he came back."

As soon as I entered the door of the county mansion, I saw that everyone inside looked in a hurry, and there were many faces of men who had never seen before, and everyone seemed to be very busy with official business.

Lin Piao could only find a maid first, let her go to the backyard to report, and then wait outside first, and looked for Erzhu with the second aunt in the crowd of people coming and going.

Finally, Lin Piao saw Erzhu in the middle of several men and called him, and Erzhu turned around and saw him: "Mother? Little sister-in-law? ”

He walked briskly from the crowd: "Mother, little sister-in-law, why are you here?" ”

The second aunt looked at his face and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with his face, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "For such a big thing, why don't we come here?" You kid too, I don't know how to go home first to report safety! ”

"Mother, I'm going to go home when I'm done!"

Lin Piao said: "I heard that something happened, I'll come to see Yu Niang and you, are you okay?" ”

Lin Piao looked his whole body up and down, and found that one of his sleeves was torn, and there seemed to be some black and red things condensed on it: "Are you injured?" ”

The second aunt looked at his sleeve in hindsight, and she saw that Erzhu's face was so good, but when he didn't have anything to do, his clothes were torn when he just escaped, and she didn't see Lin Piao carefully.

"It's okay, it's just a knife, it's not heavy, it's just scraped, sister-in-law, you want to go see Yu Niang, hurry up and take a look, I'm fine."

"You've been slashed, and you're still saying it's okay?" Lin Piao was really convinced, and took a closer look at the wound in the tear of his clothes, the arm inside was wrapped in strips of cloth, and the blood seeped on the surface, looking half-dry.

The second aunt looked at him like this: "Don't be busy here for now, treat the wound first, apply the wound medicine, and don't be in a hurry at this time." ”

"It's okay, mother, I'm really fine." Erzhu's beak was harder than a duck's beak, and the second aunt couldn't stand it, so she dragged him by the ear and took the person to the hospital first, and Lin Piao accompanied him to take a look.

In the infirmary, the doctor peeled off Erzhu's clothes layer by layer until his wounds were exposed, and then he dismantled his rough bandaged strips of cloth layer by layer until the blood-red wound was revealed.

The blood knots on the wound were half-dry, and from time to time fresh blood was pouring out.

Lin Piao couldn't see this scene, and frowned and looked away.

Erzhu was a little surprised: "Sister-in-law, are you afraid of blood?" Then you go to that site, don't look at it. ”

The second aunt reprimanded him: "You really think you have thick skin, and you still look like an idle person, do you know how serious this injury is." ”

Lin Piao watched the medicine bandage a dragon before letting go of him and letting him go, and then went to see Yu Niang himself.

Yu Niang's state is fine, she stayed in the house, because she couldn't get married this time, not only did she not have a trace of chagrin, but she looked at her good feelings, and when she saw him walk in, she immediately stood up: "Brother Piao, eat a snack?" This snack is delicious. ”

Lin Piao saw that she was still ignorant, and she didn't know what to say, so she asked if she was frightened.

Yu Niang looked innocent: "I'm fine, it's fun, we ran all the way back like this, and we don't have to marry for the time being, but the things were snatched away Dad and my mother are very angry, and Erzhu is also injured, I heard that someone died." Speaking of someone dead, Yu Niang's tone was a little gloomy.

"The other people have run away, or they are injured, I heard that it is just that one, when those mountain bandits rushed down, they were slashed and couldn't stand up, and they couldn't run away, and they stayed there, it is estimated that nine times out of ten it will not be done, Brother Piao, can you send some money to that family for me?" Yu Niang stood up, went to her makeup box and took out a pair of jade bracelets and stuffed them to Lin Piao: "You go and inquire about who it is, and then give this to his family." ”

Lin Piao looked at her: "These things are handled by your family, you don't have to come forward." ”

"My father's mind is my father's mind, my mind is my mind, Brother Piao, you can help me do it."

"Okay, okay......" Lin Piao accepted the pair of jade bracelets, planning to inquire about who the person who lost his life was later, and send the things to the other party's house.

After Lin Piao comforted her, she took the task, and went outside to inquire about the news, and asked around for a while, either she was not very familiar, or she knew someone but did not know the situation of his family, and after inquiring around, she got a little clue, the dead person was called Hu Yu, and his family lived in Zaohua Hutong.

Lin Piao followed this clue to Zaohua Hutong, and asked Hu Yu's family one by one when it was dark, and after knocking on the wrong door after countless well-wishers, Lin Piao finally found Hu Yu's house.

When the door was opened, a child came and opened the door, and the door was only opened by a crack, and a chain was blocked in the lower place, and the door was hung by the chain, and it was not completely opened, like a burglar chain.

"Is this Hu Yu's house?"

"Yes, but my eldest brother isn't at home."

Lin Piao looked at the child who had just had his own waist height, he was white and tender, his cheeks were fat, and his eyes were round like grapes: "What about the rest of your family?" I've got something to do. ”

"I don't have anyone else in my house." The child's milky voice replied.

"Huh? Your family is just you, big brother and you, right? ”

"Hmm!"

Lin Piao looked at the anti-leeching chain, and then at the child.

Oh my God, what a wreck.

It is also impossible to give things directly to the child, and when they leave, it will be even worse if the child is targeted because of the money.

"What's your name?"

"My name is Hu Ci." The child speaks a little slurred, and there is a feeling of spitting when pronouncing the words.

"I am the one who knows your brother, he is out of business now and can't come back for a while, he said let me take care of you, you open the door first, and my brother will take you somewhere else first."

Hu Ci looked at him vigilantly: "My eldest brother said, don't open the door to people you don't know, I don't know you, someone will come to bring me food." ”

"Does my brother look like a bad guy?"

Hu Ci looked at his face, hesitated, and his milky voice was very firm: "No!" ”

"But your brother has gone away because of something, and you have to come with me, and this is what he told him."

Hu Ci shook his head: "Big brother ordered me buns at the mouth of the alley, and they will give me buns to eat every day, so I don't need you to take care of them." ”

"Do you know what kind of place I am? It's the shopkeeper of my Tongxi Building, the shopkeeper of the big ~~~ restaurant, your brother is worried that you don't like to eat steamed buns, and you will get tired of eating after a long time, let me pick you up and take care of you with me, and give you the food of Tongxi Building. ”

Hu Ci hesitated, his eyes flickered on him, and he looked at him expectantly: "Are you the shopkeeper of Tongxi Building?" ”

"I do, I don't believe you call the old man who sells steamed buns or the people in the neighborhood, and they all know that I am the shopkeeper of Tongxi Building, because I am very famous."

Hu Ci hesitated for a long time, and finally squatted down, pulled away the iron chains on both sides, and opened the door.

He looked at him wistfully: "Did my eldest brother really order me a meal for Tongxilou?" ”

"yes, let me take care of you."

The child jumped happily and giggled, Lin Piao stretched out his hand, and he quickly threw himself into Lin Piao's arms.

He looked small, but he was also strangely heavy, a half-grown kid, estimated to be six or seven years old.

Lin Piaohe came to the door and carried him out of Zaohua Alley, and along the way he met a neighbor who asked what was going on, and he still used that set of rhetoric, and the neighbors were indignant again and again, Hu Yu really made money, and he was really good to his younger brother.

Lin Piao carried Hu Ci back home, and then hurriedly asked Da Zhuang to go to Hu Yu's house to see if there was anything valuable in his house, and to pack it up or hide it carefully, so as not to be stolen by someone in troubled waters when no one was around.

Da Zhuang got the order and hurried to Zaohua Lane, Lin Piao looked at Hu Ci, who was munching on his elbows and gnawing half of his face with sauce.

The gap is gone.

You can't raise a dog, so let's continue to raise children.