Daji had been waiting for the old lady to call, so he came over quickly. He whispered what the young master had said to scare Zhou Zhoulang, and also reported the guess that the two children were hiding in the room.

Mrs. Liu didn't expect the two children to guess Man Bao's life experience. After a moment of silence, she waved and said, "I see, you can go down."

Daji bowed and retreated.

Mrs. Liu couldn't help but sighed.

Nanny Liu asked, "Madam, will the Zhou family tell Miss Man?"

Mrs. Liu pondered for a moment, and said: "Whether they say it or not, we have to say it. The Zhou family has been very frightened recently, and the county magistrate Tang is about to investigate here, so let's say everything that needs to be said. .As for whether they tell Man Bao, it is up to them to decide for themselves."

Qian Shi and Lao Zhoutou are thinking about it now, and they are looking at each other from the air, communicating with their eyes.

Man Bao raised her little head, looked at her father, then at her mother, seeing them flirt and flirt in front of her so unscrupulously, he slapped the bed angrily.

The couple looked down at her.

Man Bao was a little guilty, it was very rude to lose her temper with her parents like this, she withdrew her hand, pouted and said: "Father, mother, please tell me, otherwise I will ask my brothers and sisters-in-law , and the people in the village, do they also know?"

Mrs. Qian sighed, and asked: "Can't your parents get this longevity lock and give it to you?"

"Where did you get it?" Man Bao broke the casserole and asked, "Mother, County Magistrate Tang is investigating our house now. I don't know what he is investigating, but I also think such a good longevity lock, our family It's unaffordable."

After a moment of silence, Qian said: "This longevity lock was made by your uncle..."

Man Bao looked at Qian Shi quietly.

Qian Shi closed her eyes and looked at Old Zhou.

Old Zhou Tou sat on the chair and sighed: "Let's talk, the children already know, what's the point of hiding it? The officials are about to come, and we don't know what to do by then. Bao went to offer incense to the couple."

Qian patted Man Bao's head and said, "Man Bao, you were not born by your mother, you are the child of your uncle and aunt."

Man Bao's tears fell, and he wiped away his tears and said: "I knew it, I, Shan Bao and I guessed it. Mom, tell me everything about them, why don't you raise me as a niece, but How about being a daughter-in-law?"

Mrs. Qian took Man Bao's hand and told about Zhou Yin's return after being sold out, "...you were only six months old at that time, and you didn't recognize your birth. When mother hugged you, you giggled." At that time, the seasons were changing, the weather was uncertain, and you just came back. I don’t know if it was because the climate was not acclimatized, but the next day you were a little sick. Your parents asked someone to carry the luggage here, and it was only sent to the county town, so they On the third day, I will go to the city to pick up my luggage and buy some things that are in short supply. I thought it was not good for you to travel around like this because you are young, so I kept you here."

When dreaming back in the middle of the night, Qian was more than once thankful for her persuasion at that time, but regretted that they should have stayed with the couple at that time, as long as they went to the city one day later, maybe it would be different.

"Your parents," Qian choked up when she said this, and said with red eyes, "They were killed by someone. In the big tiger mountain that entered the city, your parents' faces were slashed with a knife. When your fourth brother brought them back, we wanted to go to the county to report the crime, but before we had time to go, an official came to the village with a portrait of your father, saying that your father was a bandit..."

Man Bao opened his mouth wide in surprise.

Mrs. Qian held her hand tightly and said: "How could your father be a bandit? He has been kind since he was a child, and this time he returned to his hometown because he wanted to establish a family in the village. He has a wife and son, how could he do such a thing?" The decapitation? He was wronged, but those officials took his portrait and swore, I, we didn't dare to admit it..."

Man Bao asked: "My father sold himself, how did he redeem himself, and how did he earn so much money, by the way, who is my mother?"

Qian wiped the tears from his face and said: "Your father said that when he sold himself to the caravan, he followed the caravan all the way to the north to do business. I have a high fever and can't walk anymore."

"The steward of the caravan asked the doctor to show him. It would cost a lot of money to cure the disease, and he couldn't leave anymore, so the caravan left him," Qian said, "The caravan left for your father." I took a few medicines, but the medicine was not cured after I finished taking it. Your father wanted to live and took it, and he spent all his savings in a few days. At that time, the people in the inn carried him outside. Zu looked at him with pity, so he let him live in the concierge, and invited a doctor to treat him."

"Your father was only fourteen years old at the time. After he recovered, he would stay at your grandfather's house to help out. Occasionally, he would go out to run errands for others to earn some money. He wanted to return the money for medical treatment to your grandfather."

Old Zhou nodded again and again, "Your father never accepts favors in vain, I guess it's because of this, your grandfather fell in love with your father, and then recruited your father to be his son-in-law, and your father will support them until the end of life Then I brought you and your mother back to the village."

The tears on Man Bao's face had also dried up, so he wasn't sad now, he just asked curiously, "Then my mother doesn't have any brothers or sisters?"

In her cognition, it seems that every family has brothers and sisters.

Old Zhou Tou said: "No, so all the money of your grandfather's family belongs to your parents. I heard that the longevity lock on your neck was also made by your grandfather."

Man Bao was thoughtful, "Then isn't my father the son-in-law?"

Old Zhou nodded, "It's the door-to-door son-in-law."

Man Bao: "Then why is my surname Zhou?"

Old Zhou Tou and Qian Shi: ...

Man Bao looked at her mother, then at her father.

Old Zhou Tou patted her on the head and said with a guilty conscience: "What a silly girl, you can't tell anyone about your father's return. You have to pretend to be my daughter. Can you not be named Zhou?"

Man Bao lowered his head and asked, "Then, shall I change my surname in the future?"

Old Zhou Tou said with some reluctance: "No, don't you need it?"

Qian thought about it: "If you can change it, you should change it back. Your grandfather gave you a name back then, but unfortunately it was a boy's name, so your parents are useless. I think I will use it for your younger brother in the future." ,who knows……"

Qian paused for a moment and said: "Your father is a man of faith, and if he says he is a door-to-door son-in-law, he is a door-to-door son-in-law."

Old Zhou moved his legs unwillingly, and said in a low voice, "Then I still want to find a son-in-law for Man Bao..."

Man Bao felt that this was too far away from her, and she finally remembered the most important thing at the moment, "So Tang county magistrate is investigating the banditry back then? Since I said my uncle...my father is a bandit, there will always be someone The sufferer of theft or robbery? Who is the sufferer?"

Mrs. Qian and old Zhou shook their heads together, and said: "We have also inquired with the yamen, but those officials are not from the county yamen, so we dare not inquire in detail, for fear of being suspected, we still entrust your uncles to abduct them." Wan'er and the relatives of the county government servants inquired, but found nothing."

Next update around 6pm

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