Staying in the inn where she stayed last month, Haizhu opened an upper room where three sisters and brothers lived, and when the door was closed, she lay on the bed and asked slowly: "Are you two tired of walking?" Take off your shoes and go to bed. ”

After losing all the way, Dongzhu has eased up with Fengping, after all, she is also used to the life of no mother. The two obediently took off their shoes and climbed onto the bed, lying on both sides of Haizhu on their left and right.

After being nervous on the boat for a long time, she got off the boat and walked back and forth for most of the hour, Haizhu was already tired, listening to the slow breathing in her ears, she fell asleep with two hands, one big and one small.

This sleep until dark, Haizhu woke up and called Xiao Erduan to bring three bowls of fish meal, fill her stomach and take a bath, she washed her clothes in the bath water, Dongzhu and Fengping lay in front of the window to watch the nightlife of the town, the sister and brother talked and fought together, completely lost the wilting in the afternoon.

The shops in the town closed one after another, the hanging lanterns were extinguished, Haizhu hung up the clothes with ropes, and shouted the crazy sisters and brothers to go to bed.

When the three sisters and brothers hid in the quilt and whispered, a family outside the town was talking about them, and the flower matchmaker asked Yu Laishun: "Do you plan to keep your mother-in-law in your hometown all the time?" How can you get pregnant with a baby when you leave home all the year round? ”

"She also made a fuss about coming over when I left, how could I bring her, she didn't have my baby in her belly, and she was still full of thoughts about the child left in front of her, and her heart was not here with me." Yu Laishun stroked his neck, sipped his soju and said: "I don't bring much goods this time, and I won't go on a second trip after I sell out, go back early to live, and talk about the rest after the New Year." ”

"Didn't she bring a small one? The doll who is still breastfeeding is easy to raise, you treat him well, and then designate to recognize you or not. The man of the flower matchmaker said.

Speaking of this, Yu Laishun smiled, "When I left, that kid cried so badly, he couldn't bear me." ”

"That's a good thing."

*

The next day, Haizhu led Dongzhu and Fengping, bought two more bags of melons and fruits, and came to Hongshi Village again, approached and saw that the door was open, and the three sisters and brothers invariably accelerated their pace.

Yu Laishun was sweeping the yard, and when he saw three children walking in front of the door, he smiled and said: "I came back last night and heard that you were coming, I waited early in the morning, but have you eaten?" ”

The words are very affectionate.

Haizhu opened his mouth to call uncle, handed over two bags of melons and fruits and asked, "Uncle Yu, isn't my mother here?" Let's take a look at her. ”

"She didn't come, I came here when I was sick, and she couldn't leave." Yu Laishun took the melon and looked at Haizhu in surprise, and then looked at the clothes worn by the three sisters and brothers, and was a little puzzled.

"Life?" Dongzhu was puzzled, "Is it my little brother?" ”

"Yes, he changed his name, not called Chaosheng, we left the sea over there, I thought about changing my name to make a living, and your mother called him Pingsheng, Yu Pingsheng." Yu Laishun was really happy when he talked about this, this son belonged to him. He went into the house and took out a baggage, "Your mother asked me to bring it to you, I wanted to look for you in a few days, but you came early, and I didn't have to run again." ”

He looked at Haizhu with satisfaction and continued: "At the beginning of the month, your mother was still talking about you, and she cried on your birthday. ”

Birthday? Haizhu thought about it, it seemed to be the fourth day of the ninth month, and it seemed that she was busy treating her second uncle that day, and she passed the age of fourteen silently.

Yu Laishun brought out all the pastries he bought in the morning to entertain the three children, coaxed Dongzhu and Fengping in his mouth, and saw that the two children kept inquiring about his mother and younger brother, he asked with a smile: "I should go back next month, and then you two will go with me?" Your mother celebrates the New Year together. ”

Dongzhu and Feng Pingju's eyes widened in surprise, looking at the eldest sister with blank eyes, waiting for her to make a decision.

Haizhu heard it, but they didn't invite her at all, so she asked directly: "Uncle Yu, don't you want me to go with you?" ”

Yu Laishun laughed twice and said: "It's a long way back to my hometown, and it takes seven or eight days to take a boat and a bullock cart, you are a big girl, and I am not your father, so I have to avoid suspicion." ”

He thought Haizhu would be ashamed when he said this, but she stared at him without saying a word as if she didn't understand.

"If my sister doesn't go, I won't go, I won't go with you, you bring my mother." Dongzhu said.

"Then I'm not going either." Feng Ping shook his head, he stared at the smiling man in front of him and said, "You are a bad person, you want to kidnap me." ”

The smile on Yu Laishun's face froze for a moment, not bothering with this little cub.

"Uncle Yu, will my mother come over next year?" Haizhu asked, "Give me the address of your hometown, I'll send a letter to my mother, I'm afraid she thinks I'm dead." ”

"My hometown is in a remote area, and I can't send the letter, so if you have anything to say, I'll help you talk." Yu Laishun was vague, he looked at Dongzhu and Fengping twice, and wondered if they would prefer to live with Haizhu.

Without anything to say, Haizhu politely refused Yu Laishun's stay, shouted that Dongzhu and Fengping were leaving, and said that they would come to the door another day.

"Eldest sister, do you say Uncle Yu is a good person or a bad person?" Dongzhu asked.

"It's a businessman." The businessman is slick and tactful, and it is difficult to determine whether it is good or bad.

"Hey! Ay! Shen Sui picked up the people who were in the way and strode towards Haizhu, "I'm looking for you everywhere, girl, I don't know what your name is." ”

"Haizhu, Dongzhu, Fengping." Haizhu introduced them one by one, and then introduced them to his younger siblings, "This is Sixth Brother Shen, he is a guard, very powerful." ”

Shen Sui was amused by the last four words, "Not as good as you, first saved my second brother, and then found the abductor, thanks to you and I have made meritorious contributions, come to my house for dinner tomorrow, my father and mother want to meet the nobles of our family." ”

Haizhu was pleasantly surprised, "Did you really catch a kidnapper?" ”

"The road is a little shallower, I took people on the boat and went around, and two people panicked, so I was arrested." Shen Sui sighed twice, "It's a pity that they haven't succeeded yet, and they will be released after being locked up for half a year and a year." ”

Yu Laishun followed behind and saw Haizhu talking happily with a red-clothed soldier, he became more and more confused, and began to weigh the weight of these children in his heart.

Chapter 16

After separating from Shen Sui, Haizhu took Dongzhu and Fengping to wander around the town, the people in the town were almost scattered, and the hawkers were lazily chatting left and right to pass the time, but their eyes were not idle, and they also put a sentry to pay attention to the passers-by.

The windward bamboo windmill rattled, Haizhu saw the wind and stared straight at the bamboo windmill tied on the straw bale, she walked over and asked the price, and bought three big ones with copper plates.

"Sister, I still want to eat fried glutinous rice crackers." Dongzhu carried the windmill to the oil pot stall.

"Then buy three." Haizhu followed up and paid.

The sister-in-law who sold fried goods stirred in the bucket behind her, picked out three live shrimp, pinched her head and peeled off the shell with a neat movement, and the shrimp tail meat was wrapped in a thin layer of glutinous rice, and the temperature of the oil pot rose and threw it in.

"Little sister, buy raw pickles or not, the last two bowls, I'll sell them to you cheaply." The stall owner next door took the opportunity to pull in business.

Haizhu really wanted to taste it, she looked up at the sky, and hesitated: "It's not fresh, right?" ”

"You don't understand this, it's the first time you've eaten raw pickles?" The enthusiastic lady took half of the hairy crab and handed it over, "You taste it first, I don't sell it if it's not fresh, the longer this thing is pickled, the more flavorful it is." ”

The shell of the hairy crab is blue-black, and the crab meat is also raw, and Haizhu has the courage to pinch the crab leg and bite the juicy crab meat, and the mouth is sour and choking. She coughed twice, and when the rich taste faded, her mouth watered, the most delicious food she had eaten in two months.

"I'll buy the rest." Haizhu didn't ask the price, she poked her head into the crockpot and asked the eldest lady what condiments she needed to make raw pickles.

"I can't tell you." The eldest lady laughed, set up a small square table for her to sit and eat, "I like to eat, I'll come back tomorrow, I set up a stall here every day." ”

The glutinous rice was fried, the burnt glutinous rice cake was rolled in the seaweed crushed, and the sister-in-law was afraid of burning the winter pearls, so she took the copper plate and brought it to the table.

"Your brother is still young, don't give him raw pickles, be careful of bad stomach." The eldest lady kindly reminded.

Haizhu said "hey", and took an oyster for Fengping to taste, seeing that he frowned sourly, she counted ten copper plates for him, and asked him to buy whatever he wanted.

Dongzhu also likes to eat raw pickles, she peeled the shell of the shrimp and pinched the shrimp tail meat to dip in the soup, saying that it tasted better than steamed shrimp.

Haizhu expected that this girl likes to eat meat and oil, and she has a heavy mouth. She pulled the leftovers in the bowl, saw orange peel, ginger, peppercorns, garlic cloves, and the taste of wine and vinegar, not only vinegar, but also sour juice, but I don't know what kind of fruit it is.

After eating raw pickled and fried glutinous rice, the three sisters and brothers continued to eat while shopping, eating three bowls of different flavors of sugar and water, chewing on the clattering fried crabs, and the last plate of fried tofu that was about to be closed.

The market where the stalls were set up was dispersed, and the three sisters and brothers were also full.

"Go back to the inn and sleep for a while, and when we wake up, we will come out and buy some gifts for tomorrow's visit." Haizhu continued to walk in the direction of the inn with one hand in hand.

"Sister, how did you meet Sixth Brother Shen? Why did you save his second brother? Dongzhu asked.

"When I went to the sea to grab whale meat, I saw his second brother plopping in the water, so I grabbed a handful."

"It's amazing." Feng Ping heard the words with adoration in his eyes.

Haizhu smiled, shook the hand he was holding and asked what was so powerful.

"It's a great rescue."

Dongzhu also shook the hand holding together after learning her sister's movements, Haizhu's hands swung differently, and she was shaken so that she didn't know which foot to take. Glancing at the oncoming people pointing at her and smiling, she switched Fengping to the middle, and trotted with Dongzhu by the arm left and right.

Fengping grinned happily.

*

In the first half of the next day, Shen Sui wore his red-clothed military uniform to the inn to pick up people, and saw Haizhu carrying melon and fruit pastries in his big pocket, he joked: "You have a lot of small gifts, forget it this time, don't buy these things next time, there is no shortage at home." ”

Haizhu smiled, didn't bother with him, walked out of the door and asked, "Sixth brother, are you just on duty?" ”

"Today's leave is not worth it, and I deliberately wore this dress before going out." Shen Sui picked up Fengping, turned his head to look at Haizhu, and asked, "Do you understand what I mean?" ”

Haizhu nodded again and again, "Sixth brother is righteous." ”

Shen Sui wanted to laugh when he heard her speak, he stretched out his hand and stroked Haizhu's head like a pat on his sister, "My brother and sister, if you encounter trouble in the future, just go to the sixth brother, your business is my Shen Liu's business." ”

"Little Sixth Master, there are new goods from the shop, come in and have a look?" Passing by an alley, the people sitting crookedly in the alley were lazily shouting.

Shen Sui waved his hand, greeted the acquaintances he met on-demand, met a good brother and made an appointment to drink together another day, someone asked him about the child he was holding in his arms, and he was full of nonsense that it was his little brother.

Haizhu found that this person was quite popular, and the words in his mouth never stopped along the way, from the gray-haired old lady to the bare-bottomed child walking the street, he greeted people loudly when he saw them from afar.

There are fewer and fewer stone houses on the roadside, the lanes are much cleaner, and the surrounding houses cover a wide area, and the three Haizhu siblings are curious to peek through the open door.

"Here we are, this is my home." Shen then spoke.

Blue brick and red tile Hillhouse wide door, into the vermilion gate, into the eye first is a stone carving, after the stone carving there is an urn hull shape of the pool, blooming bright flower clusters from the pond to the ridge under the stone steps.

"Sixth brother, your family background is not ordinary." Haizhu grabbed her nervous sister and teased, "I'm a rabbit and hugged a tiger's leg?" I'll mess with you from now on. ”

"Well said." Shen Sui shouted into the house, "Second brother, come out quickly, I have invited your life-saving benefactor back." ”

Haizhu was embarrassed, and saw a few people coming out of the house, both men and women, talking to their three sisters and brothers with a kind attitude.

After entering the house and sitting down, Haizhu asked, "Why did the second brother go to the sea that day?" I thought about it later, you shouldn't be very good at water. She actually wanted to say that his family didn't look like he was short of money.

Shen Huai coughed and said heartily: "I was blinded in front of the windfall, and I almost lost my life when I wanted to join in the fun." ”

"He came back and was so scared that he didn't sleep well for two nights, and now he is still flustered on the boat, Haizhu, you can be careful, don't lose your vigilance just because of the good water." Shen's second sister-in-law said that she brought flower cakes to Dongzhu and Fengping to eat, "Xiaoliu said that you live in the inn?" Didn't find any relatives? ”

Haizhu hesitated for a moment, feeling that there was nothing to hide, so she said about the family, "We are here to visit my mother, she is not here, and we plan to go back in two days." ”

"Your stepfather didn't stay at home? Just let your sisters and brothers stay in the guest house? Shen's mother, who was sitting on the bamboo couch, spoke.

"We don't know him very well, but we are comfortable staying in the inn." Haizhu Road.

"It's not a thing, and I'm not afraid that something will happen to you." Shen's mother doesn't look down on this kind of person, and she loves the three Haizhu sisters and brothers more and more, and the person who is a mother can't see the separation of mother and son, and she is still ignorant when she looks at the wind and is still ignorant, thinking that he has no mother at a young age, and he has come all the way to find it and pounced on it, and he feels very uncomfortable.

At noon, Shen's mother asked her three children to sit beside her, and when she saw Fengping eating honestly and gently, she lined her two picky grandsons into wild monkeys. She said to Haizhu: "Uncle Niang asked people to clean up the house and come out, and after dinner, let Xiao Liu accompany you to the inn to pack your things, and you will live at Uncle Niang's house for the next two days." ”

Haizhu put down her chopsticks in surprise, it was better to live in the Shen family than to live in the inn, she refused: "Don't bother the aunt, we live well in the inn, and we plan to go to my stepfather's house tomorrow to sit, and we will take a boat back early the next morning." Next time we come back, I'll bring my younger siblings to visit you. ”

"Then next time I come to the house for dinner, I like well-behaved children, but unfortunately my family is full of leather monkeys." Shen's mother was only on a whim, and she was not reluctant to see this.

There were only two men at the dinner table, Shen Liu and Shen Er, and after the meal, the two of them had something to go, and after a while, Shen Er's sister-in-law took her two sons back to the house to sleep, and before leaving, she let Haizhu sleep at home for a while, and went out shopping together after a lunch break.

Shen's mother also forced the three Haizhu sisters and brothers to play at home, "I'm still eating at home at night, and your uncle also wants to see you, it's inconvenient for him to come back at noon." ”

The other party was sincere, Haizhu didn't be polite anymore, as the maid took Dongzhu and Fengping to rest, the sun was falling in the evening, and she generously followed Shen's second sister-in-law out shopping.

When the sun sets, the sky is full of sunset, the fishing boats return to shore, and the tired birds return to their nests. When Haizhu stepped into the door of the Shen family, she was shocked by the bustle of the shadows in the house, Shen's mother had five sons and one daughter, and the four sons had already married and had children, and now they all brought their wives and children over. She broke into the excitement, and she was dazzled just by saying hello and recognizing people, and it was only at this time that she knew that Shen Sui's father was an official of Yongning Town.

Yu Guan is in charge of water conservancy and also manages sea rent and fish tax.

This is a real rich and powerful person, Haizhu is a little trance, and when he returns to the inn at night, he feels like a dream, and he unconsciously hugs a golden thigh.