Lin Jianlan shook his head, knowing that they were just doing errands for others, but in fact they were also very helpless, remembering the embarrassing appearance of the two of them last time, he couldn't help but smile in his heart, patted the two of them on the shoulder, and said, "Two big brothers, can you help me make a basin of water?"

The two were chatting on their own, and they were really startled by him being so surprised, and jumped up suddenly, Cao Quan turned around and hurriedly said, "Little boy, wait a minute!" After saying that, he hurriedly left, and almost fell, Cao Zhong nodded and said: "What is the little boy going to do to fetch water? ”

Lin Jianlan held back a smile and said, "No, no, I'll come by myself, just bring in the water." After that, he turned around and entered the house, leaned against the door and laughed all over, and said in his heart: "These two big brothers are really fun, and I will tease them often in the future." Lin Jianlan turned around and opened the door, Cao Quan held the water, saw Lin Jianlan's face flushed, and said hurriedly: "Little boy Mo is not feverish, why is his face red, don't you be sick, right?" Lin Jianlan couldn't hold back any longer, squatted down and laughed: "I'm not sick, you guys go out quickly." The two looked at each other, neither of them knew what was wrong with Lin Jianlan, but they still put down the water and bowed out.

Lin Jianlan slowly calmed down, stood up, looked around, rolled up his sleeves, found a hand towel to wet in the water, and began to wipe it everywhere. He grew up in a peasant family, and he was not a pampered young master, and he often did some housework within his power at home on weekdays, and since he lived in, cleaning the house was the first thing he naturally had to do.

The things where Lin Longqing lived were not complicated, so it didn't take long for Lin Jianlan to finish cleaning the inner room, and when he came to the outhouse, he saw that the bookcase was covered with dust, so Lin Jianlan wiped it carefully, wiped it but said "ah", and realized in his heart: "I said that when I cleaned up the back room just now, I didn't think it was right! It turned out that when I wiped this bookcase, I realized that there was only a thin layer of ash here, and the back room was too, not like a house that had been idle for more than three years, but like it had not been cleaned for a while recently." "The shelves are also covered with a thin layer of ash, and the various books in them are very neatly arranged, as if someone is often tidying up, but some of the pages seem to be tattered, and some are crumpled.

After cleaning, Lin Jianlan looked around with satisfaction, breathed a sigh of relief, came to the window, and pushed the window open, a burst of lake water smelled in his face, blowing a little cold on his body, and the air in the house was suddenly much fresher. Looking out of the window, you can see the water pontoon bridge when you come, twists and turns, there are a number of weeping willows on the left side of the water pavilion, the branches are luxuriant, the branches and leaves hang low to the water surface, at first glance, the reflection of the tree shadow overlaps, can not be distinguished. Lin Jianlan said in his heart: "This water pavilion seems to be the most advanced place in the main hall, if there is an invasion of foreign enemies, it seems that it is the easiest to be the first to be attacked, but in fact, there is no place to stay at all, there are many organs on the bridge, and there are hidden guards underwater, even on the willow branches, I am afraid that there is also an ambush, Uncle Qing is really amazing, and he chose such a place as a place to rest on weekdays." ”

Looking to the side, the dense houses and trees were hidden from each other, and he sighed in his heart: "No wonder Uncle Qing is reluctant to hand over the token to his sister-in-law when he dies, this must be the accumulation of Uncle Qing's ancestors for generations, and it can only be achieved on this scale with dedicated management, it is like a city outside the city." It's just that if Uncle Qing has been away from here for more than three years, it should be covered with dust and cobwebs, why is there only a thin layer?"

Lin Jianlan instantly understood in his heart, but instead added a trace of bitterness: "In the past three years, who else would think about Uncle Qing like this, and come to clean up his house every time?" Alas, although Uncle Qin and they miss their helper, it is different, and they will not do such trivial things. Only the aunt...... That's why she misses Uncle Qing like this. ”

Lin Jianlan usually thinks of Lin Hongfeng to other people or in his heart, and he is a sister who calls Uncle Qing, and he is also very reluctant to call her "aunt" in person, at this time, he knew that Lin Hongfeng and Lin Longqing have a deep relationship between brother and sister, so he secretly changed his name in his heart.

Although he didn't know much about the grievances between Lin Longqing and the others, he also understood a little bit that Lin Longqing's brother and sister had such a strong relationship, so Lin Hongfeng had such a deep hatred for Cao Shujian's killing. "Alas, those books, I'm afraid that my aunt missed Uncle Qing here, and when she was cleaning, she hated Uncle Qing for killing her husband, so she crumpled and torn them, but they were leveled and placed on the shelves again. That day in the courtyard, she changed Uncle Qing's clothes, I only thought she was acting, but in fact, she really loved Uncle Qing at that time, and her feelings and hatred for Uncle Qing were really indescribable. Thinking of this, Lin Jianlan only felt sorry for the two of them, and said in his heart: "This is what Uncle Qing usually says about the depth of love, and the responsibility is cut, maybe Uncle Qing wants to replace the word 'responsibility' with the word 'hate'." Fate made this brother and sister bitter enemies, but I am convinced that Uncle Qing will not lie, there must be some reason for mistake. ”

At this time, the twilight was gradually deepening, and the room was darkening, becoming more and more cold, but I heard Cao Zhong outside whispering to the door: "Little boy, please come to the dining room to eat." Lin Jianlan closed the window, walked quickly to the door and opened the door: "The two eldest brothers have been waiting for a long time, and they are still bothered to lead the way. The three of them walked slowly, and Cao Zhong said: "Little boy, don't call us big brother or anything, we can't afford it." Lin Jianlan smiled: "You are older than me, so naturally you have to call you eldest brother, and you don't call me little boy, I feel embarrassed when I hear it." If it weren't for Uncle Qing, I would still be a country boy, what's the difference between me and you?"

Walking for a while, I saw a moon arch on the side of the road, which was covered with flowers and branches, and saw that the houses inside were also very exquisite, but there was an old man sitting in front of the arch, his face was very old, and he dozed off by the arch, and the corners of his mouth drooled without realizing it, and he turned around and asked, "Where is this?"

Cao Quan hurriedly said: "This is where the helper's family and Cao's family lived in the past, but since the helper's wife died, he no longer lives inside, and Caogongzi has passed away again, and now there is a huge house inside, only Mrs. Cao and Miss Cao live in it." He saw Lin Jianlan staring at the old man, so he said: "This is Father Lin, I heard that he is the old servant of the Lin family, and now he is old and confused, saying that he is letting him watch the door, but it is just to give him food, he used to have a son, I don't know where he has been in the past few years." ”

Cao Zhong said: "Where have you gone? Not everyone is willing to be a domestic servant for a lifetime, maybe they are going out to make a living, and it is good to marry a wife and live by themselves." ”

Lin Jianlan saw that it was getting late, and it was already a little cold, and when he saw that the old man was unconscious, he walked over, shook him awake and said, "Old man, it's getting late now, and if you sleep here again, you will catch a cold, so go into the house quickly." The old man rubbed his eyes, looked up at Cao Zhong and Cao Quan behind Lin Jianlan, muttered in a low voice, and slowly stood up against the wall, leaned over and walked into the inner courtyard.

Cao Quandao: "This old man doesn't know what to mumble, as if he is not happy!"

The three of them came to the dining room, but Lin Hongfeng and Yin Yin were not there, Lin Jianlan said strangely: "Why don't my aunt and Yin Yin come to eat?" Lin Jianlan nodded, sat down next to Dr. Cheng, looked around while eating, and said, "It's very big here." Doctor Cheng said: "If it is a festive season, or if there is any major event in the gang to celebrate, the leaders of the whole gang will gather here, alas, the last time, it is the mourning hall of Chief Cao is located here, after the gang leader escaped, everyone gathered here in front of Chief Cao's spirit and swore to avenge him...... Three years have passed, the past is like in front of me, Hongfeng cried and fainted a few times, no wonder, his own brother beat his husband to a serious injury, and he had to poison and plot ......" Lin Jianlan raised his head and asked: "Do you think that Uncle Qing poisoned my aunt's husband?" Doctor Cheng shook his head and sighed: "Who else is it not him?"

Lin Jianlan was about to ask again, but he heard someone next to him say loudly: "I heard that tomorrow I will discuss teaching the little boy's martial arts, big guy, look at my old Chen Ke worthy of being the master of the little son?" The obedient voice was the Chen leader who instructed Cao Zhong and Cao Quan that day, and everyone laughed and said: "Forget it, people call you 'Bafang Divine Spear', and your gun will become a fine grass stick in front of Zhang Protector and them!" The Chen leader was not annoyed, but just laughed, and Zhang Protector hurriedly waved his hand and said: " I can't do it, I practiced Tie Jia Gong before, and I almost spared my own old life, but I don't dare to teach the little boy!"

Everyone said one after another: "Qin Protector, then you can do it!" Qin Tianxiong looked excited, and was about to reply, but Doctor Cheng stood up and pressed his hand down, he was the elder of the gang, everyone naturally quieted down, and listened to him say in a deep voice: "Everyone is enthusiastic and really grateful, this matter of practicing martial arts is not urgent, and it depends on the conditions of the little boy himself." Leader Chen said embarrassedly: "It's really my old Chen who is anxious, and we have nothing to worry about when it is handed over to Dr. Cheng, if it weren't for Dr. Cheng's argument to move Mrs. ......" Doctor Cheng said humbly: "Everyone, we can't be sorry for Mrs. Cao, and we can't be sorry for the helper, what I said today is also the truth, the little boy must at least have a self-protection power, I will try my best to help." ”

Everyone was very enthusiastic, and after eating, they shouted for a while before they dispersed, Lin Jianlan returned to the water pavilion, saw that a new candlestick and lampshade were placed on the bookcase, and walked to the inner room, the bedding on the bed was completely new, but I don't know who changed it, touch it with your hands, it was soft and silky, it should be a good satin, and it was a good quilt that had never been covered in my hometown. Thinking of everyone's care for him at dinner, Lin Jianlan's heart warmed, lying in the quilt, and said secretly in his heart: "They all respect Uncle Qing, and they take such care of me, maybe it's like Uncle Qin said, at that time, they only asked Uncle Qing about what happened, and they didn't want to hurt Uncle Qing, but for some reason, Uncle Qing said that they were vicious and forced themselves to flee." Although I don't want to fight with my aunt, I can't ignore their good intentions, and when Uncle Qing comes, everything should be decided, and I have to do my best to do it before that. ”

After nightfall, it is extraordinarily quiet, occasionally a few frogs chirp from the lake, Lin Jianlan thought that he would toss and turn in the first night of the Kuangyi Gang General Hall, but he didn't expect to sleep very sweetly, and when he opened his eyes again, there were already a few rays of sunlight outside the window, and the sound of birdsong in the early morning was endless.

After washing, he saw Cao Zhong come in with his head down, a basket of steamed buns on the tray in his hand was steaming, and there was a bowl of hot porridge next to him, and said, "Little boy, eat quickly, Doctor Cheng is already waiting outside the door." Lin Jianlan hurriedly ate two buns in two bites, lowered his head and scooped a mouthful of porridge with a spoon and drank it in a hurry, but he stuck out his tongue and said, "Brother Cao, I won't eat it, you can take it." After that, he ran out of the door, and when he saw Dr. Cheng looking at this side not far away, he ran over with a red face and said, "Grandpa Cheng, I'm getting up late." Dr. Cheng smiled and said, "Did you sleep well last night? ”

Lin Jianlan said: "Someone brought me a new quilt, which is soft and warm. I thought I wouldn't be able to sleep, but I slept until dawn, and I was going to be spanked by my grandmother in my hometown. Saying that, his expression changed from excitement to gloom, and Dr. Cheng knew that he missed his grandmother, and comforted: "The helper will definitely place your grandmother before coming to look for you, you don't have to worry." I'll take you to the martial arts arena, where the two Dharma protectors, Hall Master Fang, Zhang, and Qin, are waiting for us. ”

Lin Jianlan shook his head and said, "Since I have officially studied martial arts, I want to visit my aunt first." Doctor Cheng said: "Why do you want to find yourself bored again?" Lan'er Zhengse said: "Even so, I also have to fulfill the etiquette of being a junior, after all, she is Uncle Qing's sister-in-law, she allowed me to learn martial arts from you, I naturally want to thank her." Doctor Cheng bowed his head and said, "In that case, come with me." ”

The two of them came to Kuangyi Hall again, the second floor is where Lin Longqing deals with the affairs of the gang on weekdays, but they saw a few people standing there, Lin Hongfeng whispered something there, and behind him was a drawn map, on which were the locations and spheres of influence of various Jianghu sects, Lin Jianlan secretly admired in his heart, but heard Lin Hongfeng say coldly: "You don't see that I am so busy here, why did you bring him here?"

Doctor Cheng said, "This kid insisted on coming to thank you, so I brought him." ”

Lin Hongfeng didn't speak, staring at Lin Jianlan directly, Lin Jianlan straightened his clothes, bowed down and knelt, and said: "Auntie, Lan'er has been taken care of by her aunt along the way, and now she allows me to learn martial arts, Lan'er is very grateful in her heart, please accept my aunt's worship." Then he bowed down.