Red House Farm Stay

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Wang Gou'er actually brought back a mother and son from outside, which is really surprising and can't help imagination.

Fortunately, Wang Gou'er is not the kind of person who just listens to my explanations, but said directly: "They are Li Zi's family."

Li Zifeng, after becoming brothers with Wang Gou'er, he got another nickname called Li Zi.

"Li Zi, where is Li Zi, who else?" Liu Shi wanted to jump over and beat the woman, but the young man stepped forward to block the woman, and Wang Gou'er also grabbed Liu Shi.

"They don't know anything. Li Zi has been missing for as long as he has been gone, and the news has been cut off." Wang Gou'er put his arm around Liu's shoulders, patted her on the back, and comforted her: "Let's celebrate the New Year first, why are you angry?" Don't spread it at this time, okay?"

"Since everyone is here, let's eat together at the table. New Year's Eve, what's the fuss, I only have a few days to celebrate my birthday, I don't want to have a good life next year." Grandma Liu came out and finally persuaded Liu.

"Let's go to the kitchen to eat." The woman was extremely embarrassed, as if she didn't know where to put her hands and feet.

"When you come to the door, you are a guest. There is no reason to let guests eat in the kitchen. Let's go, serve." Grandma Liu glanced at the mother and son.

This New Year's Eve dinner was extremely awkward. Of course, it refers to the adults. The children were awkward when they saw the dishes, and naturally relaxed.

"Come on, let's drink some wine and wish the coming year a prosperous and safe year." Wang Gou'er raised his glass, and Ban'er was responsible for pouring wine for everyone, including the mother and son of the Li family who suddenly appeared.

"I wish grandma a long life, and Brother Ban'er will succeed in his studies." Jia Zhuo also raised his glass, which contained green plum wine, and touched Qing'er again and again, very happy.

After drinking a cup, there was nothing left to say, almost enough to eat and drink, Jia Zhuo took Qing'er to clear the table, the woman stood up again, but was stared back by Liu Shi.

The table was cleaned up, tea was added to relieve the tiredness, and charcoal was added to the charcoal basin.

"Look, it's snowing outside." Qing'er yelled, Ban'er came out with a few fireworks, and called the two girls to the yard to light them.

The woman in the main room turned her head to look at her son, "Hong'er, go outside to watch the fireworks."

"No, I'm here with mother." Li Hong glanced at Ban'er who was lighting fireworks outside, Qing'er who was dancing, and Jia Zhuo who was standing quietly with bright eyes and a smile, then turned his head and shook his head.

Tian's lips trembled, "We really don't know about uncle. He has been away for ten years, and we don't even know that he took uncle's money."

"Wang Shi, don't think that I don't know what you want to do. After ten years, you still refuse to believe that he lied to you, and you are still looking for reasons for him. I just want to ask you, if he didn't deliberately deceive you in advance You, why did he never mention that he has women and children." Liu was so angry that she called out Wang Gou'er's name.

Li Zifeng's son, Li Hong, is about the same age as Ban'er.When Wang Gou'er and Li Zifeng were in close contact, from birth to five or six years old, Li Zifeng often went out to play with Ban'er in his arms.At that time, Mrs. Liu wanted to make arrangements for him, but Li Zifeng said that his family had engaged him in marriage, and he didn't dare to mess around outside, so as not to delay others.

After saying this, Mrs. Liu didn't mention it again.But looking at him alone, I always feel pitiful, and I never forget to ask Wang Gouer to keep him any delicious food at home.

Unexpectedly, he not only got married, but also had a son, but he didn't mention it in front of the Wang family, pretending to be single, this is not a deliberate deception, but what is it.

Wang Gou'er has no way to refute this point. I am afraid that only when Li Zifeng appears again can he know.

"He left ten years ago, leaving me and my son behind. These years, I worked as a cook outside to raise my son. My son and I thought he was dead, and he took uncle's silver, a penny They didn't leave it for us either." The woman Tian was trembling, extremely worried that they would blame their mother and son for the money.

"Whether Li Zi lied to me or not, we won't trouble you, I just want to know what happened back then." Wang Gou'er's hand holding the shredded tobacco trembled a little.

Li Zifeng has long been not a thorn, but his inner demon.What happened back then, was it intentional to deceive him, or was there something else hidden? He no longer cared about the money, what he cared about was the truth.

Tian recalled while crying, it turned out that Li Zifeng's birth did not deceive Wang Gou'er, he was indeed the bastard son of a rich family, and because he was not valued, he was excluded by his family.He ran outside in a fit of anger, wanting to break out of the world. Only when he arrived in Jinling did he know what Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is.

Fortunately, he can read and speak quickly, and like Wang Gou'er, he chose a middleman. This profession requires no cost and only requires his own labor.

Tian was met by Li Zifeng on the road when Li Zifeng ran away from home. The two had their own sorrows, so they walked together as companions.As for why Li Zifeng never mentioned Tian's, then I have to ask Li Zifeng again, Tian himself doesn't know.

"He told us that there might be an accident at his home. He was worried about his aunt and wanted to go back and have a look. I packed his luggage for him. He also said that he would come back to pick us up in a short time. No one thought that he would It has been ten years since I left, and I haven’t sent back half a word. At the most difficult time, I thought about taking my children to find him, but only now did I realize that he never mentioned where his hometown is, and we just I can’t even find it.”

When Tian talked about these things, he held back his tears.The young man on the side clenched his fists with an expression of indignation.

Mrs. Liu sighed, after all, it has been ten years since what happened before, everyone should quarrel, scold and hate, they have all quarreled, scolded and hated.Thinking about Tian's, with someone worse than himself in comparison, his mood became inexplicably much calmer.

"Forget it, it's all Li Zi's fault. He had better die outside, otherwise, let him look good." Liu cursed and looked at Wang Gou'er.

The meaning is probably that the meal has been eaten, and the matter has been clarified, what should you do with this person.There is no reason for the New Year's Eve, so let's keep people here.

"Isn't there a spare room? Let's pack it up and let them stay here." Wang Gou'er buried his head and dared not go to see Mrs. Liu, and it was Grandma Liu who came out again.

"It's all ready-made, I'll clean it up." Grandma Liu stood up and said.

"No, no, we can't stay. It's because we are wrong. We are already very sorry and can't trouble you any more."

"Is Datongpu a place to live? Li Hong alone can withstand so many people? You still want to pay for your son?" Wang Gou'er's words made Tian dare not move, and Liu noticed, Li Hong had injuries on his face, but it was not obvious because of his dark skin.

"I'll go, mother, you rest." Mrs. Liu pressed down on Grandma Liu and went to clean up. Mrs. Tian clutched her son's hand, at a loss.

Mrs. Liu cleaned up the two rooms and asked the mother and son to rest, and then came back to ask Wang Gou'er, "Is this all you've been busy with these days?"

"I looked for it once before, and vaguely knew that Li Zi seemed to have a home here. Later, something happened to our own house, and we let it go. After a drink, when I sent him back, I saw a woman and a child in his home. I asked Li Zi afterwards, but he refused to admit it, and only said that he was the landlord."

So Wang Gouer went down this line and continued to search.When he found the Datong shop, he happened to meet someone molesting the Tian family, and Li Hong fought with several big guys for his mother.Wang Gou'er had no choice but to bring them back first.

"Originally, their mother and son could still afford to rent a house, but a few years ago, an employer not only didn't pay the wages, but also wanted to play Tian's idea. Li Hong beat him up, made a fuss in the yamen, and spent all his savings. As a result, The house can no longer be rented, and when I found them, they had been living there for half a month."

Wang Gou'er sighed, the poorest people live in the Datong shop, men are dangerous to live there, not to mention a pretty woman like Tian, ​​he really can't let them go.

"In a few days, let them go." Mrs. Liu took out two taels of silver, which is enough for the mother and son of the Li family to rent a single room in a large courtyard, and then find another employer to help them.

"Yeah." Wang Gou'er nodded, knowing that this was the limit that Liu Shi could tolerate.

Jia Zhuo stuck out his tongue when he saw that Mrs. Liu let the mother and son live in the yard, and he despised Li Zifeng even more in his heart. Leaving aside the deceit, what is going on, his wife and children are gone.

Grandma Liu was getting old, so she went to bed after watching for a while.They sent the tired children to play again, leaving only Liu Shi and Wang Gou'er sitting in the main room, looking at the burning charcoal basin, each thinking about their own thoughts.

A few days later, Wang Gou'er went out to help them find a place to live, only to find out that the employer who had clashed with Li's mother and son died inexplicably in the house.When something like this happened during the Chinese New Year, everyone said it was bad luck, and Wang Gou'er didn't inquire too much, but felt weird in his heart.

When I found a suitable courtyard and inquired about the price, I heard that several people died at Datongpu.Anyone who has saved a little bit of copper wants to move out, and the single rooms in the courtyard are very popular now.

Hearing of the dead again, Wang Gou'er was careful, and ran to Datong Shop to inquire. It was the people who had clashed with Li Hong before.

This……

Wang Gou'er became more and more uneasy, always feeling that this matter could not be a coincidence and that simple.

Back home, Mrs. Tian was lighting a fire in the kitchen to cook. She has always been a cook, and she is very good at cooking on the stove. These few days, she is the cook at the stove, and Mrs. Liu has become a helper instead.Li Hong was also in the yard, chopping firewood with Ban'er.

Jia Zhuo and Qing'er kicked each other with shuttlecocks, the feather shuttlecocks were tied by Baner, and the feathers were painted red, like a cluster of small flames dancing.

Seeing Wang Gou'er coming in, Li Hong stood up straight and looked at him without speaking.Wang Gou'er knew that the child's personality was a bit awkward, so he nodded at him and said, "I haven't found a suitable one yet, so wait a little longer."

"Uncle, we can live in anything, don't worry about us, we'll leave tomorrow." Tian Shi was willing to come with Wang Gou'er because he heard Wang Gou'er wanted to ask about Li Zifeng.Now that the question has been clarified, Wang Gou'er is also the victim, so it is not impossible for him to charge the matter to their mother and son, after all, it is only natural for the father to pay the debt.

But not only did they not have them, but they took them in and found a place to live for them. Compared with this, Tian felt that Li Zifeng was even more hateful.

"I can't even find it, where are you going to find it." Wang Gou'er never spoke much, and his tone was not very good.But he is inexplicably trustworthy, standing there silently, taking care of everything, but never attracting attention.

After hearing this, Li Hong silently picked up the ax and continued to chop wood.Ban'er is not a talkative person either, the two of them chopped firewood together for a few days, and they didn't say ten words in total, but they developed a tacit understanding.So there are fewer words, a look and a gesture can represent eating, taking a rest or you go to fetch firewood.

Jia Zhuo and Qing'er seldom talked to them, and they all hoped that they would leave soon, otherwise the atmosphere at home would be weird and really depressing.

At night, it was Jia Zhuo who heard the movement first, the sound of shouting and drinking from outside running from the entrance of the alley.Not long after, there was a loud knock on the door, and it sounded in every house.

Wang Gou'er opened the door in his clothes, and subconsciously closed his eyes under the light of a torch. He waited for a long time before opening, and quickly bent down to let them in. Going into the county government office and kowtow to the county magistrate's wife, this, this is what happened."

The person in front had kicked over the bucket in the yard, but when he heard that he had an affair with the county magistrate, he stopped kicking things around.Pointing to the room four times, he said: "A thief sneaked into Wannian County and killed many people. Today, he finally showed his whereabouts. Our brothers tracked it down here. Have you seen any suspicious people, or have you taken in any unknown people?" people."

"In the middle of the night, everyone slept soundly. I didn't hear anything." Wang Gou'er really didn't hear anything. Seeing the movement in each room, he knew that everyone put on their clothes and got up.

He took out a purse from his sleeve and stuffed it into the hands of the military master, "There are old people in our family and young children, and the son is still studying in the school, preparing to take the talent examination, how can we take in the thieves, is this fatal? In the twelfth lunar month of winter, please ask the soldiers to boil a pot of wine to warm your body."

The military master weighed the purse in his hand, it weighs one or two taels, and nodded in satisfaction, "If you see someone suspicious, report it immediately, if you heard anything."

"Yes, even for the safety of their own family, the grassroots will definitely report it." Wang Gou'er bowed and nodded repeatedly.

After sending them away with great difficulty, Wang Gou'er stood in the yard and said to each room: "Go to bed quickly, don't get up at night, so as not to freeze."

The doors of other houses in the alley were also knocked on in the middle of the night. Those who were sensible, like Wang Gou'er's house, took a look and left.There were also those who didn't know how to be interesting, and were searched by this group of people, not to mention the mess, and several things were taken away.

When I get up the next day, no matter whose house it is, I open the door and swear, then complain to the neighbors, and then go back to clean up the messed up house.

Tian Shi was surprised to wake up more than half an hour later than usual, with red eye circles. Seeing Liu Shi looking over, he said embarrassedly: "I have always been a light sleeper. I woke up yesterday and never fell back asleep."

"At this age, they are all about the same. Whoever can sleep in this alley yesterday is just a few children who are open-minded." Liu Shi spent a few days with her, feeling quite emotional in her heart. If it wasn't for this relationship, she would really I don't hate Tian Shi.

Li Hong was even more silent today, and strongly demanded to go out with Wang Gouer to find a house.

After lunch, Jia Zhuo was used to walking around the yard a few times. Just as he walked around the back of the kitchen, he saw a blue shadow flashing into the kitchen.She poked her head out of the back window curiously, and saw Tian took out two steamed buns from the pot, stuffed them into his sleeves, and hurried out.

Strange, didn't she have enough for lunch?Obviously she ate a lot.Jia Zhuo was a little strange, but he didn't think much, and continued to circle around the corner of the yard.

"Are there any lanterns for this year's Lantern Festival?" Qing'er is looking forward to the Lantern Festival the most. She was only taken by Wang Gou'er to the city once when she was very young, and she never forgets it.

"Yes, the yamen has issued notices." Ban'er looked at his sister with a smile and knew what she was thinking.

"Great, let's call Xiao Cai and go see the lanterns together, okay?" Qing Er went to see Jia Zhuo with crooked eyes and a smile.

"Okay." Jia Zhuo had never seen the Lantern Festival lanterns here before, and he was very interested.

"Is the elder brother of the Li family going with us?" Qing'er asked with a timid glance in the direction of the east chamber.

"They should have moved out at that time." Ban'er thought to himself, seeing Li Hong's anxious look, he probably won't be able to wait until after the Lantern Festival.

"There seems to be someone hiding in their room." Qing'er hesitated for a moment, then whispered.

"What?" Jia Zhuo was taken aback, this, how is this possible.

Baner also stared wide-eyed in shock, looking at his sister, "What's going on, what did you see, tell me quickly."

"I, I, I..." Qing'er scratched her scalp. It turned out that Qing'er had been sewing in the house for a while, and felt that her eyes were not comfortable, so she went to the yard. She remembered Jia Zhuo's words, her eyes were sore and swollen To see more green vegetation.

Their neighbor to the east had a row of fruit trees planted in the corner, and many of them grew out of the wall, so she stood under the corner and looked up.Behind it was the wing room where the mother and son of the Li family lived, and she didn't think much about it when she heard someone talking inside.When he came back, he suddenly thought that Li Hong and his father had gone out.Who is Na Tian talking to when he is alone in the house.

"Could she be the one talking to herself?" Jia Zhuo guessed.

Qing'er scratched her hair uncertainly, "It seems to be a man's voice, so I thought it was the elder brother of the Li family. However, now that my sister asks this question, I am not sure."

At that time, I was absent-minded at all, so I didn't pay attention to what others said.

Ban'er's face turned red, and he thumped the table, "Bah, no wonder Li Hong moved out in such a hurry..." He didn't say anything after that, but Jia Zhuo could guess that Tian's probably had a man outside, and Li Hong I don't want people from the Wang family to know, so I want to move quickly.And this man didn't know what method he used to get into Wang's house.This is so decent, it's really embarrassing, and I don't blame Ban Er for being angry.

"Could it be that Li Zifeng is back?" Jia Zhuo had a wild idea, but not only others, but even she herself didn't believe it.They've been missing for ten years, and it's a coincidence that Wang Gou'er showed up as soon as he found them.

The three of them shook their heads at the same time, feeling that it was impossible.

"Don't tell your mother about this, lest she find out and quarrel again. Anyway, I think they will move in the next two days." Ban'er thought of Li Hong's silent and stubborn face, and couldn't imagine that if he was face to face. What will happen to him if he exposes his own mother to keep other men in the house, maybe he will go crazy.

"Well, I won't say it." Qing'er also had an intuition that this was not a good thing, since both her brother and sister felt that it was better not to say it, so she naturally didn't say it.

When Li Hong came back, his complexion was very bad, because outside, as Wang Gouer said, the house was not easy to find.The Datong shop has been closed because of a death and a lawsuit.With so many people coming out, they rented out cheap places in a small county town.

Wang Gou'er also said that he could rent a more expensive place, and he would pay for it, but Li Hong was not willing to accept Wang Gou'er's money at all.

In the evening, Tian cooked porridge with fish slices and served it with refreshing sour radish. When Tian served the porridge, Li Hong took the initiative to take the porridge and asked Tian to serve the side dishes.

Jia Zhuo held the bowl, and Qing'er followed behind holding the chopsticks.Several people set up the porridge, and Jia Zhuo was thinking about it while eating.

Suddenly he said to Mrs. Liu: "Auntie, I'll go out with you tomorrow, okay? I want to see what's selling outside."

"Okay, if you want to go, you have to get up early." Mrs. Liu didn't know that Jia Zhuo was being followed, so she agreed. Say nothing.

After dinner, Ban'er rushed to pull her, "What's going on?"

"I just want to know who is following me. I can't hide for the rest of my life. Instead of being found helpless, it's better to find out who they are and deal with them in advance." Jia Zhuo smiled easily and nodded. Shoulder, "If no one is following you again, it doesn't mean there's nothing wrong, right?"

"I'll go too." Ban'er demanded.

"Okay, but Qing'er can't go." Jia Zhuo knew that Ban'er was not allowed to follow, and he was definitely worried, but Qing'er didn't need to follow to take risks.

Of course Qing'er wanted to go, but by the time she got up, everyone had already left, so she threw herself into Grandma Liu's arms to complain, "I don't care about them anymore, they left me and ran away."

Grandma Liu laughed loudly and put her arms around Qing'er, "If you don't stay, who will accompany grandma."