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Chapter 259 Witty Liu Ergou

As soon as he finished speaking, the car door opened with a bang, and a sturdy boy in a thick padded jacket was the first to show his face. He looked around and asked joyfully, "Uncle Wang, is it really a slope? Is that so?" quick!"

The shopkeeper surnamed Wang obviously liked this young man very much. He smiled and pointed to a roof ridge slightly protruding from the woods not far away and said, "That village is there. Get out of the car quickly, and you will enter the village within a quarter of an hour."

The boy in red was a neat guy, he jumped off with just one leg, and then a boy in a blue padded jacket got out of the car. He handed the package to his younger brother, and jumped down himself, and then he turned around and supported the wrapped clothes. Girls like cotton balls get off.

Needless to say, these three children are the three sons and daughters that Dong Rong misses so much.Half a month ago, they entered this convoy, all the way north, the fare was generous, and their mouths were sweet on weekdays, so they were very popular with Shopkeeper Wang.Now that they were about to separate, the old shopkeeper couldn't help but ordered a few more words, asking them to play in his shop if they had the opportunity to enter the county town.

The three children thanked them and said goodbye to the guys and drivers in the convoy, then turned around and got off the official road.The north wind was blowing, and the cut on the face was slightly painful like a knife.Brother Qi and Brother Ming tried their best to protect their sister in the middle, for fear of freezing her.Chen Xi was smiling, pointing at the wild birds flying by in the field for a while, and stepping on a few footprints on the thick white snow beside the road, having a great time.

Stopping and stopping like this, the three brothers and sisters soon entered the village.In a farmyard at the head of the village, it seemed that pigs were being slaughtered, and there were faint chatter and laughter.The three brothers and sisters stood at the entrance of the village for a long time, and finally walked to the gate of the yard out of curiosity.

Chen Ergou was holding his hands behind his back, smiling as he watched the two boys at home frantically looking for hemp rope to tie the pig's feet, and shouted and cursed loudly from time to time, "You two cowards, if you catch a pig, you can still be knocked down by the pig's feet!" Yes. Where did all the steamed buns go in the morning? Your father and I started working in the orchard when we were ten years old. If we were as virtuous as you, we would have starved to death long ago!"

Perhaps the two boys were unconvinced, one raised his head and was about to retort, but in the end he was bitten by the fat pig and kicked him somersault again.Chen Xi, the three brothers and sisters, couldn't help laughing when they saw that kid gnawed a mouthful of mud.

The Liu family father and son looked over and were taken aback.Liu Ergou walked quickly to the door, carefully looked at the three brothers and sisters for a long time, and then asked, "Several little guests, come to my Liu's house, are you doing something?"

Brother Qi was old, so he bowed down and saluted, and said with a smile, "Uncle's surname is Liu. Our brothers and sisters have nothing to do at home. We often hear from our parents that we lived in Yimianpo when we were young, so we came here for a walk together. As a result As soon as I entered the village, I heard that the uncle's house was so lively, so I came to have a look, but I didn't mean to make fun of Brother Liu on purpose."

Liu Ergou was very puzzled when he heard it, and he didn't understand whose child would run out when the Chinese New Year was coming, and the reason was only because his parents had lived in this village.But he glanced at the clothes and appearance of the three children, and he was relieved. Rich people have a lot of eccentricities. Not to mention anything else, the wild vegetables under the roots of the trees in the orchard on the mountain are sold for ten taels of silver a catty, happy to buy Those who go back are all wealthy families.Put it in their home, no one will eat it, no matter how you say it, the big fish and meat are sweeter than wild vegetables.

Thinking in this way, he warmly invited, "The family is about to kill a pig. If the three young masters and ladies don't mind it, come in and join in the fun. If you don't like to make noise, there are relatives in the village. I'll let the family go send a letter."

Brother Qi, who was wearing a blue padded jacket, shook his head and said, "My parents didn't live here for a few months when they were young, so they don't have any relatives. I don't want to bother uncle today."

"Oh, please come in and sit down. If you don't want to bother me, you are a guest!" Liu Ergou called two shy sons to continue to fight against the fat pig, but he himself led the three boys The girl entered the house.

The old man of the Liu family passed away a few years ago, and Liu Ergou's daughter-in-law is also hardworking, and the house is very clean and warm.After everyone was seated, they were drinking hot tea, eating melon seeds and peanuts, and gossiping. Liu Ergou suddenly remembered something and asked, "Are your parents rescued by Dong Dong's home from the flood?"

Brother Qi and Brother Ming looked at each other, and said in unison, "Exactly, my parents often said that we have received the kindness of the village people, so that we can't forget about this."

"Oh, that's right." Liu Ergou patted his thigh happily, "Your parents are sensible. Back then, our boss almost went bankrupt in order to save people. In the end, when we sent your parents back to their hometown, we gave you a gift A lot of entanglement of dry food. The whole village can see it, and it has been ten years in a flash."

He sighed with emotion as he spoke, but he became closer to the three children instead.Soon, the neighbors heard that someone came to help butcher the pig, Liu Ergou didn't care about his wife's nagging, and insisted on taking the three children to the Four Seasons Garden to have a look.This is exactly what the three children wanted, and they went out happily with him.

In the orchard in winter, there is nothing to see except for dead branches and leaves.The first and third children walked around the orchard a few times, all shivering from the cold.Liu Ergou opened the doors of the three mud houses at the entrance of the orchard, and lit a brazier, which made it much warmer.

Chen Xi couldn't help but asked, "I heard from my parents and family members that this orchard is beautiful, and the fruits on the trees are all marked with words. But after looking around, it's no different from an ordinary garden. ?”

Liu Ergou laughed out loud when he heard this. He only had a son and no daughter in his family, so he treated the little girl very patiently, so he said in a rare way, "The reason why this garden is famous is because of the owner. Back then, King Zhongshan and The concubine lived in the compound on the top of the mountain. At that time, the garden was very lively. Many high-ranking officials and nobles drove all the way here just to enjoy the blessing. Most of the folks in our village worked in this garden. , build a new house with the wages earned, marry a daughter-in-law, and the life of the family is prosperous.”

Speaking of this, he didn't know what to think of and sighed again, "It's a pity, God has no eyes!"

Chenxi was curious, and wanted to ask again, but was stopped by Brother Qi, and asked another question, "Uncle Liu, is it not far from here to the military city? Is there a caravan in the county town going there?" side?"

"Hey, you guys still want to go to Juncheng? It's not too far away, but the further north you go, the colder the weather will be. Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, your parents won't worry about it?" Liu Ergou persuaded the three children , "If you don't eat pig dishes at uncle's house today, sleep overnight, go home tomorrow. Stay until next year when the spring is warm and the flowers bloom, and then come out to play."

Brother Qi smiled, and when he was about to speak again, he heard the sound of a carriage outside.Liu Ergou obviously heard it too, he stood up suddenly, his face darkened, and whispered to the children, "You stay in the house, I'll go out and have a look."

The three children didn't know why, and when they saw him go out in a hurry, they gathered around the window to look around.I saw a carriage rushing into the gate of the orchard in a very arrogant manner. Before it stopped, the window opened. An obviously drunk official sent a glance at Liu Ergou with his chin raised, and asked, " Liu Ergou, didn’t you say that the key to the orchard was lost? How did you get in? Could it be that someone from the Cao family has returned?”

Liu Ergou suppressed his anger, and replied in a low voice, "The official is joking, I have been guarding this garden all the time, and no one from the Cao family has ever returned."

The official seemed a little disappointed, and instead saw the shadowy figures of the three children at the window, raised his finger and asked, "Where did these children come from?"

"This is the child of my uncle's brother's family. Today, the family is busy slaughtering pigs, so I will bring them here to open their eyes and reap the blessings." Liu Ergou didn't know why, but he didn't want to talk about the three children with the official. Basically, it was an excuse of a relative.

The official curled his lips and snorted coldly, "It's still good luck, don't cause bad luck and go home."

Hearing this, Liu Ergou's face became dark again, but he tried his best not to refute.The official was probably also bored, looked around and then threatened, "Liu Ergou, I told you that if someone from Cao's family comes back, he must report to the government office immediately, and if he dares to delay for a while Moment, carefully put you in prison for the new year!"

"The villain dare not!"

"It's right if you don't dare, I forgive you for not being so courageous, hum!"

Just like when the carriage came, it ran out of the orchard like the wind, leaving Liu Ergou to shut the garden door tightly and go back to the house angrily.Brother Ming just turned over a few sweet potatoes in the corner of the room and was tossing and roasting them in the brazier. Seeing Liu Ergou came back, he smiled and asked jokingly, "Uncle, you owe this official poor money, he is really vicious!"

Liu Ergou stomped his feet in anger, and finally cursed, "These wolf-hearted things, in spring, they even ran to the garden to ask for a peach blossom. They said they asked for their own daughter, and they were lucky. Now when they heard that the prince and princess died He changed his face immediately. I want to arrest the Cao family, and I don’t know who to get the reward from!”

"Who do you think is dead?" Chen Xi had originally snatched the iron hook with the second brother to fiddle with the sweet potatoes, but was stunned when he heard this, and turned to look at Brother Qi, "Brother, he said that our father and mother are dead?"

Brother Qi and Brother Ming threw down the things in their hands and rushed to the sister's side almost immediately. Sure enough, Chen Xi burst into tears and jumped up to run outside.The two brothers finally stopped the younger sister, and anxiously comforted them, "Chen Xi, don't cry, brother didn't hide it from you on purpose. Something happened to our father and mother, but we didn't die!"

"Yes, our father and mother are fine, so please don't cry!"

"You lied to me, no wonder you took me to play all the way around. I want to go home, but you don't let me go. I'm going to the shop at home, and you stop me too! Woohoo!" Chen Xi cried until tears flowed into rivers, and her heart ached so much The elder brother can't wait to pour out his heart and soul, as long as the younger sister can smile again.

"Chenxi, listen to what the elder brother said. Our father and mother are very powerful, so nothing will happen, but the three of us are still young, so it is easy for people to catch and hurt our parents. That's why I discussed with your second brother and took you to Look for Brother Yi in the grassland. Brother Yi probably has thousands of soldiers in his hands now, let's discuss with him, and when the time comes to kill Daqi, no one dares to bully parents."

(End of this chapter)