When I woke up, I was fine

"...I escaped when I saw something was wrong. I didn't expect that there was a crack in the back door of your house, so I squeezed in. I didn't find anyone else here. Turning left and right, I could smell the fragrance here. I just came here, I haven't eaten for several days..."

When Cao Qiang said this, he blinked at the brothers a few times. When Li Yuanba heard that he had been beaten just now, he turned around, grabbed a piece of meat from the plate, ran back and stuffed it to Cao Qiang, "I'll eat it for you." Meat, the meat is delicious."

"...Thank you...", dead boy, have you washed your hands?

Li Jiancheng narrowed his eyes, and pulled his younger brother back, "You are lying, I can see that your clothes are not particularly dirty, your face is fair and clean, and your hair is not very messy. You should have run all the way here. I was afraid, but now I am standing here calmly, which is not in line with common sense."

"Brother, you don't need to tell her so much. She is a thief. You say you come from a famous family. I know all the young ladies in the neighborhood. Which family do you think you are from?"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and asked his brother, "Send her back when the time comes, can we ask their family for some food?"

Li Jiancheng coughed unnaturally, "Shimin, we'll talk later."

Cao Qian also heard it, "I have shamed my ancestors by sneaking away from your house, can you not let me report my family name? Our family has food, and I can give you some quietly, but you have to ask for today's matter. Confidential."

When it was said that there was food, the five brothers and sisters here immediately began to nod.

Cao Yang thought to himself that this is a nobleman at any rate, and he is a noble family, so why can't he even have enough to eat?

The eyeball rolled, and suddenly he had an idea, "I'm discussing one more thing with you, I'll give you a stone of food, and you give me the broken bow in the yard in front of you, okay?"

Li Yuanba just wanted to open his mouth to agree, but Li Shimin covered his mouth and dragged him behind.

Li Jiancheng refused at the time, "No, to be honest, we don't have many weapons left, and that broken bow... If I give it to you, my father will have no bows and arrows to use when he goes to the battlefield."

"Why is your family so poor?"

"You don't know? People say that my father looks... so His Majesty is very afraid of our family. The broken bow can stay in our house because it is broken. Let's exchange it for other things. Anything else that we don't need. They can be exchanged for food for you.”

Cao Qian thought to himself, I don't need anything else, that bow is very important to me.He was thinking about exchanging this bow with a bow outside, but before he could express his idea, he heard voices talking outside.

The faces of the children in the room changed drastically after hearing this, and they all found places to get in and hide.

Li Jiancheng saw Cao Yang standing in the middle in a daze, and stretched out his hand to stuff Cao Yang into the stove.The stove has not been used for a long time, and it is pitch black inside, full of black ash, it is very difficult to hide one person, let alone two people squeezed in.

Next to the chopping board in the kitchen, there was a piece of minced meat that hadn't been destroyed in time, and the two people who entered the kitchen immediately discovered it.

"lady?"

Cao Li heard another woman sigh, "These children are so hungry, come get something to eat."

As he spoke, he walked to the side and felt the temperature of the meat, "They didn't go far, they hid in this kitchen. Mother knows you are here, come out quickly, if you come out, the punishment will not be heavy, if you don't come out..."

Cao Qian knew that this was a deceit, no matter whether he came out or not, the punishment would be the same. Noble families pay attention to these things. If you let the children develop the habit of stealing things at home, then it’s okay, as a mother It's time to clean up his children, Cao Qian couldn't help but smiled proudly at Li Jiancheng next to him.

The lady waited for a while, but no one came out.

"Good boy, mother knows that you have been wronged, come out, mother will not punish you, this plate of meat will be returned to you."

In the end, no one came out. Cao Li waited for a while, thinking that the children raised by this family are all good people.

The madam waited for a while, "It seems that my son is toasting and not eating fine wine, and I am waiting for my mother to find you out and serve you at home."

As he spoke, he walked a few steps, only to find that the ashes of the bottom of the pot under the stove had been stepped on.

Madam couldn't help but shook her head and sighed, and shouted into the stove, "Come out, mother found you got into the stove. I saw the size of the footprints... Shimin?"

There was no movement inside the stove, and just as the lady lifted her skirt to bend over to check, Cao Li got out.

The lady stared and saw that the little girl who got out was covered in black and gray, but her face was white and tender, obviously she was not her own child.

"This...whose girl are you from?"

Cao Li pointed at the stove, "He pulled me in."

Li Jiancheng had no choice but to get out himself. He was really squeezed and uncomfortable. After getting out, he patted his shoulders, arms and legs. Little lady, so fat, there must be no shortage of food in the house.

"Jiancheng...you...you...which family did you get this little lady from?"

"Listen to your son's explanation..."

Cao Li pretended to be cute and went up to grab the lady's hand, "Hi, my surname is Cao, and I am the only daughter in my family. Our family was not in Chang'an before, and my mother brought me here to save the property of my ancestors." Take it out and give it to me as a dowry in the future, on the way..."

Mrs. Dou thought she understood, and glared at her son, thinking that your little boy has not even grown hair yet, and now he is thinking about his wife. The little Shimin is already engaged.

But even though the Li family has become like this now, it is also a prominent family in Longxi, and he is the eldest son, so how can his daughter-in-law be a young lady of unknown origin.

Li Jiancheng was also in a hurry, "Don't talk nonsense here, mother, she was caught by Huazi, she escaped and came to our house, she wanted to come to our house to steal meat, and my son chased her in." Yes, my son didn't eat meat... No, she stole the meat, cut it up and sprinkled it with salt. The son thought that it was our family's food and it would be useless if he didn't eat it, so he caught her and ate a little. I took a few bites, but didn't eat much."

After speaking, his stomach growled, and Cao Li wanted to applaud the kid's ability to turn black and white. Seeing how pitiful he is, he had no choice but to expose him.

"Ma'am, I'm a good boy, I won't tell lies, I want to eat, but obviously I came in with them, not only him, he also brought his younger siblings, they all ate, I just didn’t eat, so I couldn’t help moving a bit, and they found out, by the way, that little fat man wanted to beat me up, Ma’am, I really didn’t eat, I opened my mouth, you can send someone to smell my mouth Not meaty."

After speaking, she opened her mouth obediently to Mrs. Dou, with two rows of small white teeth and a small pink tongue, how cute does this girl look?

"Really? Do you know where the other children are hiding?"

Li Jiancheng patted his forehead, feeling resigned to his fate.

Cao Li pointed to several places and searched for them one by one with the maid who came in with Mrs. Dou, and he really found the children.

Madam Dou sighed, and looked back at the little meat left on the plate, "Since it's been cut, let's eat it."

At this moment when I was a mother, I suddenly felt powerless. The reason why the children abandoned their dignity and came here to steal food was because they were too hungry.

These children didn't dare to eat right now, they all lowered their heads, as if they had done something wrong.

Madam Dou wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Eat first, don't be afraid, we will have sheep to eat tomorrow. I will go to your uncle's house tomorrow and bring some more sheep from your uncle's house."

Cao Yang thought that he would not be able to live like this. Sheep are much more expensive than grain, so why not bring grain over?

Li Yuanba didn't understand why his mother was so sad. Hearing that his mother had promised that there would be meat tomorrow, he ran over with a cheer, took a few mouthfuls from the plate, and he didn't eat alone. I gave it to my sister together, and gave most of the rest to my elder brother and second brother.

The eldest brother and the second brother are not in the mood to eat meat anymore. Li Shimin stepped forward and took his mother's hand, "I will go with my mother tomorrow."

Madam Dou nodded and patted the heads of the children one by one.

Finally, I looked at Cao Qiang, "Since you are not from Chang'an, where are you staying now? You came here with your mother, but you disappeared. She doesn't know how anxious she is. We still have a few errands in our family." Man, tell me a place, and I'll have someone send a message to your mother, asking her to pick you up."

Cao Qiang told the approximate location of Ba Niangzi's uncle's house, and reported the official position of Ba Niangzi's uncle.

Mrs. Dou heard that the family was also named Cao, and this little lady was also named Cao, so she thought she should be a relative of this family.

"In that case, you can rest at our house first, your mother will come after a while."

After the lady finished speaking, she was about to leave. Li Jiancheng took a step forward and took his mother's hand, "Mother must make it clear when she sends someone over. This little lady promised to thank our brothers. They have food in their family, and they need food." Come and thank you."

Madam Dou's complexion suddenly changed, "I can't repay you with kindness, let alone..."

"Mom, you haven't eaten for two days, and your younger siblings have been hungry for so long too, so decent... you can't eat it."

After saying this, he looked back at Cao Li, who raised his eyebrows at Li Jiancheng at this time, which reminded Cao Li of a sentence his master once said, "Don't make a name for yourself and deal with a real disaster."

It seems that this kid also understands this truth, thinking of this, Cao Qian nodded, "Madam, I have indeed promised these young masters, you just need to send someone to send a message to my mother, and my mother will let you know when the time comes." People bring food."

Cao Li is very confident. After so many years, she still has this tacit understanding with Guan Lengyan.