After redemption, he took away the luck of the future queen

Pian Huan followed Mrs. Wu to the place where the Hujiacun people stayed.

It turned out that Grandpa and the others arrived at Yaocheng last night, but they slept under the wall on the right side of Yaocheng at night and did not go to the city gate, so the two groups did not meet.

On the right side of Yaocheng, under the city wall, not only my grandfather, Old Hutou, but also his neighbor Guozi's family and other refugees from Hujia Village lived temporarily.

Looking around, you can see a large number of people sitting or lying on each other. There are many baskets, poles and human-powered wheelbarrows beside the crowd.

Of course, Pian He's grandfather, Lao Hutou, was one of the poorest people in Hujia Village and was a marginalized person. His resting place was not close to the village chief and the Hu clan chief, but was placed at the bottom of the Hujia Village. noodle.

Therefore, the arrival of Pian He and others did not attract the attention of other people in Hujia Village.

Under the base of the city wall, there is a straw mat. My grandfather, Old Hutou, whose full name is Hu Zhiqiang, is sitting on the straw mat with a frown on his face, holding a cigarette rod in his mouth, but the cigarette rod is not smoking.

Behind Lao Hutou lay a man, his eldest son Hu Shoucai.

There were two baskets in front of him, and the pole was leaning against the wall. There was nothing in the baskets, but people were sitting there. There was a child sitting in each basket, which looked a little strange. .

"Sister, eldest sister, mother." The slovenly little boy rushed out from the thorn, hugged Huang's thigh, but looked at Pianhan.

Pian He recognized this little boy. The little boy was six years old. He was Xiaozhu's third brother, Hu Ergou. Xiaozhu originally had a second brother. The second brother died when he was three years old. For this reason, Huang almost died. She was blinded by crying, and the white hair on her temples was added at that time.

It was also because of this incident that he got the nickname Hu Ergou, which was easy to make a living. The original owner's name also changed from Sini to Xiaozhu. The same nickname means it was easy to make a living.

Pian He's father, Hu Shoufu, had two sons and one daughter with Mr. Huang. One son died in infancy, leaving Pian He and Hu Ergou.

Hearing the sound, Old Hutou raised his head and saw the granddaughter of Huang, the second daughter-in-law, who was working as a maid in the rich man Hu's family. He didn't react for a moment. At this moment, Lu's voice came over: "Old man, my daughter is coming to pick her up. You go over."

Because Lu was walking slowly, even with the help of her sister-in-law, she still fell behind Pian He and Huang, who were not walking fast.

After the eldest aunt Wu brought the people there, she put down the bamboo basket, turned around and left quickly to call the others back. They had gone out to dig wild vegetables.

"Xiaohua, are you here too? Are you okay?" Old Hu turned his head and was surprised to see his youngest daughter Xiaohua. Unexpectedly, his granddaughter Xiaozhu and his daughter Hu Xiaohua were together.

"Dad, we are all okay. Where have they all gone?" My sister-in-law looked around. Wherever she looked, apart from the people in Hujia Village, she only saw her eldest brother Hu Shoucai lying on the straw mat. She finally cast her eyes on a pair of baskets.

"Are these two children the third brother's? Or the eldest nephew's Xingcang's?"

When his youngest daughter mentioned his eldest grandson Hu Xingcang, Lao Hutou remained silent and Mrs. Lu's face didn't look good. Hu Shoucai stood up after hearing the sound and sat up with strength.

"Ahem, little sister, why are you here?" Hu Shoucai has a thin face, sparse hair, and a very weak body. I don't know how he survived this journey.

Hu Shoucai, the eldest son of Lao Hutou, had two sons and three daughters with Mrs. Wu. Hu Xingcang was the eldest son of Hu Shoucai, followed by two daughters, Dani and Erni. Both of them were married and are not here. The next step is Dashan, Sanni is his youngest daughter, one year older than Pian Huan.

"One is the son of Shoujia, and the other is the son of Xingcang." Huang answered her sister-in-law and touched her son's yellow hair.

While several people were talking, Auntie Wu called everyone back. When Sanni saw Pian He, she immediately came over and grabbed a handful of freshly picked wild vegetables in her hand.

"Xiao Zhu, why aren't you with Miss Mingyu?"

Pian He smiled at Sanni and answered her that it was a long story, so he might as well not say it.

At this time, the seven-year-old Wu Ni, the eldest daughter of the third uncle Hu Shou's family, also came over, with her pockets full of wild vegetables.

After Hu Xingcang's daughter-in-law, Xiao Wu, and his third aunt, Xiao Lu, came back, they walked to the basket and each picked up a little boy in the basket. Then they looked at their sister-in-law with sad expressions on their faces.

The third aunt Xiao Lu and the third uncle Hu Shoujia have one son and one daughter. The eldest daughter is Wuni, and the younger son is the child she is holding in her arms.

Xiao Wu is the natal niece of her eldest aunt Wu, and the third aunt Xiao Lu is also the natal niece of her grandmother Lu. The two couples are both consanguineous.

My sister-in-law found it strange that there were fewer people and everyone looked sad. She couldn't help but ask, "That's not right. Where are the second brother Shoufu, the third brother Shoujia and the eldest nephew Xingcang? Where are they?"

"The officers and soldiers caught the young man." Lu said dullly. In an instant, her already red eyes were wet with tears. Her family had no money, and when the officers and soldiers caught the young man, she could not afford the money to be exempted from military service. Three strong laborers were taken away from the family at once.

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere at the scene was a little depressing.

Pian Heo looked at Mrs. Huang and was reminded by her sister-in-law. Then she realized that Hu Shoufu was not present. Her heart skipped a beat. The original owner's father had also been arrested!

Could it be that the original owner’s stepmother married the original owner’s father when he was a soldier?

But is Huang still alive?

"Little sister, where are you?" Auntie Wu asked Hu Xiaohua, when she was at the creek, she saw the banker's Mingde. That boy was of his age, so why wasn't he caught? And the younger son Dashan? No one was caught.

Mrs. Wu felt strange. Of course, she didn't want to see Dashan captured as a young man. She was just curious.

"We escaped and ran fast." My sister-in-law explained, and because of this, most of the things she brought out were thrown away. It was a pity, but fortunately everyone was fine, and then she said: "Let's go and meet Dashan, don’t you know, Dashan and Pian Huan both came out of the rich man Hu’s house and redeemed themselves." There was pride and joy in his tone.

My sister-in-law, Mrs. Wu, heard that there were two more people in the family, and she complained uneasily: "Grandpa, grandma, father, mother, how can this be a good thing? Two more mouths have been added to the family." Just rely on it. Wild vegetables cannot feed these many people.

Xiao Wu's words made her sister-in-law stare. She turned around and said softly to Lao Hutou: "Dad, come with me. There will be something to eat."

"Yes, let's go quickly." The eldest aunt Wu agreed. She wanted to see her youngest son Dashan so much that she followed the clan leader and village chief on the road. Since she had no food, it was better for her sister-in-law. I heard that not only were there ox carts, There was also food, but these days, she had never had enough to eat and was always hungry, which was so uncomfortable.

Old Hutou thought for a while, if there was good food, his grandchildren would not starve to death on the road, so he stood up and waved the cigarette pole in his hand to instruct everyone to pack their things quickly.