Shooting the Condors: Mandarin Ducks and Ducks

Su Yuan stood in front of the unfamiliar yet familiar courtyard, staring blankly at the little boy who was chopping firewood in the courtyard.

The boy was very thin, and it was already early winter, but he was wearing very thin clothes, and his face was covered with sweat from being too tired.

Su Yuan looked at this strange boy and thought that the Su family had already moved away, and was hesitating to ask him if he knew where the previous family had moved, when she saw the curtain of the main room was lifted, and a When I got up, a middle-aged woman in her 50s came out.

"Koizumi, let's take a rest, these firewood is enough for these days. See you are sweating, it's so cold, go back to the house and rest." The woman said.

"Mom, it's okay, I'm not tired. I'll prepare more firewood before it's cold, otherwise we'll have to go out to collect firewood again in winter." The boy named Koizumi was very sensible, wiped his sweat and To start chopping wood.

The woman was moved and distressed when she heard her child say this: "Hey, it's because mother is incompetent. After your father passed away, she made you suffer..."

After the woman said this, both mother and son had sad expressions on their faces.

Su Yuan didn't hesitate after seeing the woman.Although the woman looked much older, Su Yuan still recognized that this was her stepmother Wu Shi in this body.However, from Wu's tone, it seems that cheap father is no longer alive?

Su Yuan pushed open the fence gate next to the courtyard wall and walked in, and the two people in the courtyard also noticed Su Yuan.

Seeing Su Yuan's full-body style and the resplendent carriage outside the courtyard, Mrs. Wu was a little stunned for a moment. Only when "Xiaoquan" next to her pushed his mother, did Mrs. Wu react:

"My nobleman, may I ask... what is the purpose of coming to the humble house? Do you want to ask for directions?"

My family didn't have any rich relatives, and after the death of my man, those people took advantage of the wind and never interacted with her family again, for fear that the two of them would become a burden to my family.

And this girl is more dignified than the girl from Li Yuan's family in the town.So, apart from coming to ask for directions, Wu really couldn't think of anything else that would make such a person stop in front of his house.

Su Yuan...

Well, I haven't seen you for more than ten years, and I have changed a little bit.

"Uh... I'm Su Yuan." After driving for so long, Su Yuan didn't want to talk nonsense anymore, she just wanted to lie on the bed and have a good sleep.

"Ah, so it's Ms. Su, I don't know who came to our Sujiaao... what, Su Yuan?" After subconsciously replying, Wu finally came to her senses and looked at Su Yuan in surprise.

At the age of seventeen or eighteen years old, he was dressed in blue clothes tailored well, and the black brocade fur cloak covered with faint dark lines flowed faintly. On his feet were a pair of white sheepskin boots. Although the hair was simply rolled up, the hosta on it was She has lived in a style that she has never seen for so many years.

Wu shi stared blankly at Su Yuan for a long time, but still couldn't believe it, but looking closely, she could indeed see the shadow of her childhood.

"Yes... I'm back." Su Yuan originally wanted to call this Wu's, but it was obviously inappropriate to call her Auntie, and it was absolutely impossible to call her a mother, so she had to vaguely mention it.

It’s just that, why does it feel like I’m coming back for revenge after saying that...

Wu's mind was obviously in a state of panic, staring blankly at Su Yuan, but didn't know how to react.

"Xiaoquan" next to him pulled Wu's sanity back: "Mother, who is this sister?"

Although he was still young, the sensitive Su Quan felt that the atmosphere was very strange.

Wu seems to have thought of something, and finally stopped being in a daze: "This is... This is your sister, called sister."

Su Quan never knew that he had a sister.When he was born, there were no other children in the family, and his parents never mentioned Su Yuan to him. Although his father sometimes sighed inexplicably, because his father worked outside all the year round, he was not that close to his father, nor Dare to ask.

Now, when Niang said that this strange and beautiful sister was his sister, he suddenly felt amazing, raised his head and stared at Su Yuan without blinking, his big black and white eyes were full of childishness and curiosity.

Seeing Su Quan's appearance, Su Yuan couldn't help but feel soft, his age was about the same as Yang Kang when she first met her.Just thinking about Yang Kang's gold carvings and jade carvings at that time, and the servants hugging him, and seeing the boy in front of him wearing thin clothes, his complexion was obviously sallow due to malnutrition, and his heart ached.

Are you not afraid of getting sick with so little clothes on such a cold day?Looking at the ax that was about to be taller than him on the woodpile next to him, Su Yuan reached out and touched his head: "I am my sister, I will take good care of Xiaoquan in the future, and Xiaoquan will never have to collect firewood again."

Maybe it's a blood connection, although it was the first time they met, Su Yuan already liked this half-brother very much.

She went out and brought in the carriage outside the courtyard, Su Yuan didn't bother to tidy up, she just tied the reins of the horse to a big rock in the courtyard and said, "Don't stand still, it's cold outside, let's go inside and talk."

Su Yuan saw that Wu's mother and son were both in a daze, so she couldn't help reminding them.If he stood any longer, the boy would probably freeze to death.

Wu also felt that standing like this was not a good thing, so she led Su Yuan into the main room feeling uncomfortable.

Wu Shi was originally a rural woman. Although she was very shrewd and a good head of the family, a family without an adult man seemed to have lost its pillar, and Wu Shi seemed not as capable as before.

At least the furniture in the house is much more dilapidated than before, and even less so.

The life of orphans and widowers is very difficult.Su Yuan looked at the reserved Wu Shi in front of her, and she couldn't remember the bitter but shrewd woman before.

Holding a large rough porcelain bowl with Su Quan and drinking hot water, Su Yuan finally figured out the whole story under Wu Shi's narration with snot and tears.

Back then, when Su Yuan's father came back from a trip, he was furious when he saw that Su Yuan was not at home. However, Mrs. Wu was pregnant, and she cried and complained about why Su Yuan was vicious at such a young age and took all her private money. After he left, how did he sneak away while he was not at home? Su's father knew that Su Yuan had been away for so long, so maybe it would be useless to chase him out now.

Thinking of Su Yuan running away alone at a young age, it can be seen that she has a wild heart, but Su Yuan is only seven or eight years old after all, I am afraid that it is more dangerous to be alone, and when I think of Su Yuan's mother, my heart is even more Feel guilty.

Wu's joy of giving birth to a son for him and the healing of time made him gradually stop thinking about it. He just looked at his toddler son in the courtyard, and Father Su still sighed from time to time.

But life still has to go on. When Su Quan grows older, the family's expenses will also increase, and Su's father will start to go out to work frequently.

More than two years ago, Su's father was carried back to the Su family by people from his hometown.Father Su accidentally scratched his leg while working, and everyone didn't care at first, but it was too late when Father Su was in unbearable pain.Everyone had no choice but to carry Su's father, who was about to fail, home. Not long after, Su's father passed away.

Afterwards came the hard life of the mother and son. The housekeepers at home, and the several acres of Susukida that the Wu family took care of, were barely enough for the two of them to live on.It's just that as Wu's age is getting older, the livelihood of the family is even more difficult.

Su Yuan knew that cheap father probably died of tetanus, you know, in ancient times, tetanus was almost equivalent to a terminal illness.It's just that the orphan and widow suffer.

Su Yuan was extremely thankful that she found it on a whim, otherwise the mother and son would not know what to do.