Yoshida Mii

Chapter 306 Bold and Careful
Mr. Yan led a few yamen servants and rode fast horses all the way to Anzhou, but he didn't see the two children on the road. When they came back, it was already late at night.

Li Shi and Dong Bao had already cooked a steaming meal, and they were ready to have a hot meal when they came back with Quanzi and Shuanzi. The night in early March was still very cold, and it was very painful to ride a horse outside. .

Aunt Qiuxia was also helping, bluntly saying that when the two children come back later, they must be taught a good lesson.

However, when a group of people came back hungry and cold, they did not bring back their children.

"I didn't see it." Master Yan frowned. It is said that the two children were pushing a cart, the target was obvious, and they couldn't go fast. They rode on horses and searched back and forth several times, but they couldn't find anyone.

Liang Zidong couldn't hold the bowl securely, seeing that Aunt Qiuxia was about to cry, he quickly comforted her and said, "Perhaps Quanzi's younger brother has gone to Anzhou, maybe Uncle Lin has already found Quanzi."

"That's right!" Li Shi was also in a hurry, "Perhaps Quanzi's father has already found Quanzi, and he is teaching him at home!"

Aunt Qiuxia wiped her tears and said, "I'll go back and have a look."

"Let's go back tomorrow!" Dong Bao persuaded, "It's so late, it's hard to walk at night." If you knocked and fell, it's not a joke, it will hurt your muscles and bones for a hundred days.

Zhang Xiuyu also persuaded: "Yes, auntie, go back tomorrow, and stay at our house tonight."

Whether it's Dongbao's house, the shop or Zhang Xiuyu's house, there are places for Aunt Qiuxia to live in, but Aunt Qiuxia is worried about Quanzi and must insist on going back, so Master Yan drove the donkey cart out, lit the lanterns, and asked Liang Zi to send him off. Aunt Qiuxia went home.

After Liangzi came back with his carriage, the moon had already set, and it was late at night, and everyone was still at Dongbao's house.

Seeing that Liang Zi had returned, several people hurriedly asked, "Did you find it?"

Liang Zi shook his head, looking worried, "No, dozens of people in the village searched everywhere with torches, but they couldn't find it. Aunt Qiuxia was crying out of breath, and said that a few days ago, it was rumored that someone here specially fainted Boys in their teens are sold to do hard labor in salt nests..."

"It's just a rumor!" Master Yan said, "We haven't heard of it." The countryside is generally peaceful, but the rumors can't help but spread more and more evil.

On the second day, Quanzi and Shuanzi were still not found, and the two children seemed to have evaporated from the world.

Lin Shi only learned the news the next day, and immediately ran back to Tagouji with Dongbao. However, he and Dongbao went to the ditch and the mountain to search, and they couldn't even find the rut marks of the cart.

Seeing Lin Shi's worried face, Dong Bao comforted him and said, "Quanzi has always been a ghostly spirit. He must know that we are looking for him. He may have hidden somewhere and deliberately prevented us from finding him. He must be fine." of."

"Yeah." Lin Shi replied softly, frowning tightly, "I thought he was thinking about it these days, who knows..."

Dong Bao also sighed. In fact, she didn't expect Quan Zi to run away suddenly. If he really met a bad guy, how much resistance would two and a half older children have?She can only pray for peace in this world, and bless her brother-in-law to come back safely.

Aunt Qiuxia was in tears. No one could bear the loss of such a big son.

At night, many people spontaneously lit torches to look for Quanzi. Although they knew that the possibility of finding them was slim, they all wanted to look for him again because of the kindness of the Lin family and Dongbao.

At Song's house, old man Song also wanted to look for him with a torch, but was held back by Mrs. Huang.

"How old are you? Do you need to show off?" Huang said with a straight face.

Old man Song hesitated for a moment, and said, "Then the second child should go out and look for it. We are both from the same village. We have been neighbors for decades. If we don't look for it...it won't look good!"

"I want to find you!" Song Yu didn't want to hang around outside in the cold, and said confidently: "Why do you give him that face? When he got rich, did he think that we are the neighbors of the folks in his hometown? Bah, it's good to lose it ,retribution!"

Huang also curled her lips and said: "I think it's retribution! I learned from Dong Bao badly. Seeing that the sky is uneasy, I want to run outside, and I will lose my life sooner or later!"

Old man Song sighed and sat down again with his head down.

However, on the third morning, when Wang Cong's boy came to pick up tofu from Dongbao's shop, he said to Dongbao, "Is Lin Quan your younger brother? He came to our tofu shop yesterday and asked us to pass on a letter to the girl. He I left Anzhou by boat with Shuanzi! He's fine, so don't worry about him!"

Dong Bao couldn't close his mouth in surprise. After recovering, he went to the academy to find Lin Shi, and told Lin Shi the news. Lin Shi didn't fall asleep all night, with two big dark circles under his eyes. I don't know whether to be happy or anxious after this news.

Soon, the two drove the donkey cart back to Tagouji and told Lin Fu and Aunt Qiuxia the news.

"This little bastard!" Aunt Qiuxia burst into tears of joy. Although no one was found, this letter shows that her son is still alive and well. "When he comes back, I will take his skin off!"

Lin Fu asked angrily, "Where did that little Nie Zhan go by boat?" If Quan Zi came back now, he would definitely tie up this disobedient young son and give him a good beating.

Lin Shi twitched the corners of his mouth and shook his head, "He didn't say it." Surely he wouldn't say it, that kid Quanzi is such a spooky person...

Dong Bao wanted to know, how did these two children escape the blanket search by Mr. Yan and his party to reach Anzhou?
Knowing that Quanzi and Shuanzi were safe and sound, Aunt Qiuxia was not as hopeless as she was two days ago, and started to come to the shop to work, scolding Quanzi and talking about when he would come back.

Although the Hong family was worried about their son, they were not unreasonable.Shuanzi went to school in the town and ate at the shop. Mrs. Li never took any money, and Hong Huozi also sold tofu. The whole family owed him favors.Mrs. Hong said something to tell Mrs. Shuan not to go out. When the "madness" is cured, she will stop swearing and go out again.They all lost their sons, so why bother with the old Lin family?Shuanzi is such a big man, could Quanzi be cheated away with just one word?

Under the worry of everyone, nearly a month passed, and at the beginning of April, Dongbao bowed his head in the shop in the afternoon to settle accounts, preparing to pay wages the next day.

Suddenly, a shining gold bracelet was snapped onto the table in front of her, which shocked her greatly, and the brush in her hand drew a long line on the paper.

When she raised her head, before she could get angry, she saw two dirty boys standing in front of her, with ragged clothes, grinning at her at the same time and saying, "Sister Dongbao..."

"You two... little bastards!" Dong Bao was so happy and angry that tears were about to fall, he put the pen on the table with a snap, and twisted his ears with each hand, "Where did you go? Do you know?" Everyone in the family is worried to death!"

"It hurts! It hurts!" Quan Zi yelled, pointing to the gold bracelet on the table and smiling at Dong Bao, "Sister Dong Bao, we have already brought you a bag, please be merciful!"

Only then did Dong Bao notice the thin gold bracelet on the table, and he turned his head and shouted to the backyard, "Auntie, hurry up and find my father, my mother, and Brother Dashi! These two bastards, Quanzi Shuanzi, are back!" Lin Fu and Qiuxia's couple's blessing, now everyone calls Quanzi Rabbit very fluently.

Li Hongqin was washing clothes in the yard, and ran out in surprise without even wiping her hands. Seeing that they were really two children, she was overjoyed, so she hurried to call Lord Yan and the others back.

"Where did you get the bracelet?" Dong Bao was very skeptical. Although the bracelet was thin, it should be made of pure gold, and it was heavy in the hand, with one or two pieces, not like gold-plated.If these two bastards dare to get something of unknown origin, she will clean them up for Lin Fu and Old Man Hong first.

Shuanzi puffed out his small chest, very proud, "We earned it!" Then he pointed to the baggage behind him, "We brought bags for you all!"

"What did you earn?" Dong Bao sneered, maybe it wasn't that cart of dried bean curd sticks?
"It's that carload of dried bean curd sticks!" Quanzi said proudly, "We're going to the capital! I sold a catty of bean curd sticks for a tael of silver! There are a lot of money in the capital, and they haven't seen this thing before, so it's rare! "He also looked at Dongbao with contempt, which means that Dongbao is sold too cheaply, and it is a big loss.

Dong Bao resisted the urge to strangle her future uncle to death. Of course she wanted to sell it more expensive, but she also had to look at Yuanshui's economic strength. Selling it for one tael per catty... Dong Bao really wanted to order one for Quan Zi. One hundred likes, you are ruthless!

Soon, a group of people rushed to the shop. After seeing Quanzi and Shuanzi, Liangzi rode back to Tagouji and called the Lin family and the Hong family.

As soon as the two families saw the two children, they didn't bother to beat the children. They hugged the children and cried, and only remembered to beat the children a few times after crying.

Quanzi hastily pulled Shuanzi away from his parents' slaps, and untied the burden on his back. In addition to gold and silver jewelry and new gadgets, there were ten large silver ingots, estimated to be 100 taels. so many! "This is the bag we brought you, everyone has a share!" Quanzi said happily.

"Where did you get so much money?" Aunt Qiuxia's eyes were straightened, she was afraid that her son would go astray.

Shuanzi smiled and said, "We made some money and went to the capital to sell dried bean curd sticks!"

Dong Bao knew that Quanzi had made money, and asked in disbelief: "Aren't you afraid that thieves will miss you when you carry these things all the way?" The two and a half-year-old children came back from the capital with a huge sum of money, and they were safe and sound. It's unbelievable.

Quanzi and Shuanzi glanced at each other, seeing themselves in dirty and tattered clothes like a beggar in the other's eyes, he laughed and said: "We are dressed in shabby clothes, who would believe that we are half-grown children with money on us! I also bought a quilt and hid the things in it, when I arrived in Anzhou, I thought the quilt was too heavy, so I threw the quilt away, and asked shopkeeper Liu from the tofu shop to send us back!"

(End of this chapter)