The home of the winter melon is in a large compound.

It can be seen that this was originally a courtyard with one entrance, but now the house is full, and Donggua and his sister live in two rooms in the corner.

When He Ran and the others walked into the courtyard, they immediately attracted attention, and the eyes that looked at them were both curious and envious.

An old man was standing in front of his house, drying a quilt.

As he passed by, the winter melon shouted "Master".

The old man didn't answer, his cloudy eyes just glanced this way, and continued to pat the quilt.

Winter melon was a little embarrassed, and said to He Ran: "This is my master, his ears are not good, he may not have heard it." ”

As soon as he entered the house, the winter melon recovered his spirit and shouted loudly: "Sister, I'm back, there are guests today!" ”

The curtain opened, and a young girl walked out.

She was fifteen or sixteen years old, tall, with slightly dark skin, and her eyes were swarthy, like fine obsidian.

He Ran looked at her and felt a little familiar.

Winter melon introduced: "This is my sister, and the food my sister makes is delicious." ”

The girl was stunned at first, obviously she didn't expect the winter melon to bring guests to the house, but in an instant, she looked at He Ran, and smiled brightly and generously: "I'm sorry, my house is narrow, don't dislike your guests." ”

Xiaoli took out a silver ingot and handed it to the winter melon, He Ran said to the girl: "There are six of us in total, there is no taboo, Miss Zhou just watch it and do it." ”

The girl hurriedly smiled and said: "Your guest misunderstood, although this is Zhoujiabao, we are not surnamed Zhou, but surnamed Tang." ”

He Ran glanced at the winter melon, and saw that the winter melon was drooping his head and didn't dare to raise his head, so he smiled and bowed: "There is a Laotang girl." ”

Miss Tang smiled and said politely, and went out to buy ingredients.

Just now He Ran walked all the way, and saw that there were vegetables and meat sellers on the side of the road, just like a vegetable market.

After Miss Tang left, the winter melon raised her head, and He Ran asked, "Aren't you surnamed Zhou?" Didn't you say that the people of the Zhou clan here are all from your grandfather's generation? ”

Winter melon hurriedly said: "I'm not lying, my grandfather is indeed surnamed Zhou, and grandpa is also grandpa." ”

He Ran thought of the indifferent old man just now, and said, "Your mother's surname is Zhou, are you here to seek refuge in a foreign family?" ”

Winter melon nodded, remembered something again, and hurriedly corrected: "It's not that I have taken refuge, anyone can come to Zhoujiabao, they are still worried that the house can't be rented, we spend money to rent a house, and we can live as long as we like." ”

At this moment, there was a burst of cheers outside, and a child about the age of the winter melon pushed open the door and said to the winter melon: "Brother Yue is back!" ”

The kid thought of something again, and added: "Brother Yue came back from the capital, he is amazing!" ”

"Really?" The winter melon cheered, pulled out his legs, and walked out of the house with one leg, only to remember that there were still guests he had brought back in the house.

He hurriedly turned around and said curtly: "Wait, distinguished guest, our boss is back, I'll take a look." ”

He Ran smiled: "Okay." ”

Winter melon smiled, turned around and ran out.

The door slammed shut, and Peara said, "They're quite lively." ”

In fact, Xiao Li felt strange from just now, I don't know why the big boss wants to come to the winter melon's house, this little broken family doesn't even have a decent chair, I don't know what is worth coming.

The cheers outside were one after another, all of them were children's voices, mixed with the male duck voice of a teenager during the voice change period.

Xiao Li became curious: "Big boss, why don't I go out and have a look?" ”

"No, Hachi is outside." He Ran said.

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Ba's voice sounded outside the door: "Open the door and open the door, the eighth master has arrived, open the door and open the door, the eighth master has arrived!" ”

Xiao Li hurriedly opened the door of the house, Xiao Ba flew in, circled around the house, and finally landed on He Ran's lap: "The old and small one is not as big as the eighth master's mansion." ”

Xiaoba recently changed to a new cage, Li Jinxiu gave it to him, the eldest one, the cage is open, Xiaoba is free to enter and exit, authentic Huanghuali, there is also a glass mirror inside, Xiaoba every time he looks in the mirror, he will be stunned by his handsomeness.

"Acquaintances, acquaintances, the eighth master has seen his grandson."

The four of Liuxia quickly exchanged glances, and said to He Ran: "Big boss, I don't show up much in the capital, I'll go out and have a look." ”

"Okay." He Ran nodded.

I drank out, came back after a while, and shook my head at He Ran: "Big boss, I haven't seen anyone I know." ”

She looked at Xiao Ba again: "Eighth Master, do you really see an acquaintance?" ”

Xiaoba shouted: "Chinese do not lie to Chinese!" ”

He Ran thought of the scene when Xiaoba saw him for the first time in Zhending Mansion, and said to Qingyu: "It may also be a disguise." ”

Some things are unexplainable, such as her current face, which is completely different from her previous life, even Zuo Xiaoai doesn't know her anymore, but Xiaoba recognized her at a glance.

Therefore, Xiaoba said that he saw an acquaintance, and He Ran believed it.

Qingyu was about to say something, Miss Tang and Winter Melon came back together, Miss Tang carried the vegetable basket, and Winter Melon held a palm-sized birdcage in her hand, and there was actually a bird in the birdcage, the bird was covered in green hair, and at first glance it looked like a miniature version of Xiaoba.

The Mao Deng on Xiao Hachi's neck stood up: "Oh my God, what did I see?" ”

Winter melon was startled and pointed at Xiaoba: "It, it can talk?" ”

Xiaoba ignored him and yelled at the green bird in the cage: "Are you male or female, why do you want to learn from Lao Tzu?" ”

The bird was silent, and Xiaoba was anxious: "The listener is sad, the listener is in tears, someone here has killed a bird!" ”

As he spoke, he pounced on the birdcage in the hand of the winter melon, and the winter melon was so frightened that he hurriedly hid the birdcage behind his back, and Xiaoba circled around him, not reluctantly.

He Ran stopped him loudly: "Come here!" ”

Xiaoba reluctantly flew over and landed on He Ran's shoulder.

The winter melon breathed a sigh of relief, oh my God, the talking bird is quite scary.

Jin Bo took a step forward and whispered in He Ran's ear: "This kind of bird in the birdcage is from Chen Abing of Tianqiao, and the birds he makes are vivid. ”

He Ran smiled and asked, "Winter melon, this little bird was brought by your boss from the capital?" ”

"Yes, Brother Yue also brought snacks from the capital, Brother Yue said that when it was cold, he would be able to bring the roast duck back, the roast duck was delicious."

Taking advantage of Miss Tang's cooking, He Ran asked Donggua about Zhoujiabao now, Zhoujiabao is now in charge of the seventh old lady, and the seventh old lady is a generation higher than Donggua's grandfather.

The winter melon didn't brag, Miss Tang really made a good meal, she fried a few dishes, and made knife-cut noodles, a big bowl per person, with old vinegar, and ate warmly.

He Ran exhaled a long breath, since leaving the capital, this was the most comfortable meal he had eaten.

When he came out of the winter melon house, Xiao Ba flapped his wings and flew away, but soon flew back: "Grandson, grandson, Lao Tzu saw that grandson, he wanted to roast the eighth master, and the eighth master drew a circle and cursed him!" The eighth master remembers him, grandson! ”

The eighth master is careful, whoever dares to offend the eighth master, the eighth master will remember him!