Congrats to the boss and his brother

Now this place is too remote, and both of them have small arms and legs, and their footsteps are very slow. They didn't see a few houses from a distance until it was approaching dusk.

"Is anyone there?" Chi Jingyao walked to the door of the house and patted on the door.

The two waited honestly at the door for a while, but no one answered.

"No, let's try another one." Ruan Baozi suggested.

Chi Jingyao nodded, and when the two were about to leave, they heard a voice from inside: "Who is it!"

The voice was made by a woman, and it sounded a bit fierce.

"We are passing by and want to ask for a drink." Chi Jingyao said.

"Come in by yourself, the door is unlocked." The woman's voice said again.

Chi Jingyao and Ruan Baozi pushed the door open and walked in after hearing the words.

The two of them entered the courtyard and didn't see the woman talking. They only saw a little doll sitting at the entrance of the main room. The little doll was probably less than one year old, and maybe he couldn't walk yet. Playing with a rattle drum.

Chi Jingyao took a quick look at the yard, and speculated that this family should be a hunter, and there were many animal skins hanging in the yard to dry.

"Yo, who's child?" The woman's voice came again, and Chi Jingyao followed the prestige to see a woman in her twenties. The other party poked her head out from the kitchen door, and couldn't help looking up and down. Looking at Chi Jingyao and Ruan Baozi.

I saw the two dolls in front of me, both looked about six or seven years old, one was delicate and beautiful, like a white porcelain doll, and the other was chubby like a little bun, which was quite cute.

"Sister, we want to ask for a drink." Chi Jingyao said.

The woman was obviously taken aback when she heard Chi Jingyao's name, and a smile appeared on her expressionless face.

"There's water in the jar, go scoop it up yourself." She was kneading dough and her hands were still covered with flour, so she pointed to the water jar in the courtyard and let Chi Jingyao and the two get it by themselves.

Chi Jingyao glanced at the water tank, feeling a little resistant in his heart, and didn't really want to drink raw water.

Ruan Baozi scooped up the water and drank it calmly. After he finished drinking, he didn't forget to scoop up a scoop and hand it to Chi Jingyao.

"I'll drink it later." Chi Jingyao waved his hand and subconsciously cleared his dry throat.

People in this world probably don't mind drinking unboiled water, but he is a little afraid.

It's not that he is hypocritical, but that it is difficult to adapt to living in modern society for a long time.

"You two dolls are from outside, right? Why did you run out by yourself, where are the adults at home?" A woman's voice came from the kitchen.

Chi Jingyao thought for a while, and told the woman that they came to join their relatives because their family was in trouble, but when they got there, they found that their relatives had moved and had nowhere to go.

The woman was silent for a moment and said nothing.

At this time, the milk doll in the courtyard suddenly started to cry for some reason, and Ruan Baozi, who was on the side, hurried forward to coax him.

The little guy was crying a lot at first, but he stretched out his hand to pinch Ruan Baozi's chubby face, which seemed to be quite interesting, so he pinched it endlessly and forgot to cry.

"He's hungry. I steamed the egg custard and was about to feed him." The woman said and brought out a bowl of custard from the kitchen.

Seeing that the woman's hands were still covered with flour, Chi Jingyao said, "Let me help you feed him."

The woman was a little hesitant when she heard the words, but when she saw Chi Jingyao brought the custard, she scooped up a spoonful of egg custard and didn't forget to blow it, and then fed it to the little guy when the temperature was moderate. Seeing that the posture was decent, the woman didn't intervene anymore .

While feeding the little doll, Chi Jingyao asked the woman some questions.He learned from the other party that this place is a village called Huaishutun, which is about half a day's journey from the county seat, and even further away from the county seat, and it takes a day or two to ride a carriage.

"Why, do you want to go to the county seat?" The woman asked Chi Jingyao.

Chi Jingyao nodded. He was still thinking about that group of people, and wanted to report to an official.

After all, he grew up in a modern society. When encountering this kind of thing, he will have an obsession to report to the official. If he ignores it, he will always think about it in his heart.

"When did you two run to the county town with short legs?" The woman said, "Old Qian's family in the west of the village has a mule cart. He goes to the county town every now and then. People in the village often take his car for business. You can go ask. If he goes to the county seat tomorrow, maybe he can pick you two up."

Chi Jingyao was a little happy when he heard the words. To be honest, after walking for so long today, his feet probably had blisters.

Chi Jingyao finished feeding the custard in his hand, took the bowl to wash it, and then sent it back to the kitchen.

The woman caught a glimpse of the cleaned bowl, and looked at Chi Jingyao in surprise, with a wider smile in her eyes, and said, "I steamed the buns today, you two should stay and eat buns together tonight, since there is no place to stay It’s a place where you can spend a night in the firewood room at home.”

Hearing this, Chi Jingyao couldn't help but glanced at Ruan Baozi outside, and then thanked the woman repeatedly, not forgetting to silently recite the good man's life in his heart.

Although the other party only accepted them temporarily because they saw that they were young and likable, this kindness was already a rare gift for Chi Jingyao and Ruan Baozi today.

"Sister, how do you get to the old Qian's house in the west of the village? I want to ask him about tomorrow's itinerary now." Chi Jingyao said.

"Go west and turn north. The house with two big pagoda trees at the door is the house." The woman said, "It's not dark now, if there is no one in his house, it means he hasn't come back yet. You can go to the side of the road out of the village and wait for a while."

Hearing this, Chi Jingyao thanked the woman, told Baozi Ruan to wait here, and then trotted out the door.

Ruan Baozi was still a little worried and wanted to follow, but now the little baby started crying again, so Ruan Baozi had to stay and coax him.

When Chi Jingyao went out, he followed the path the woman said, and after a while, he really found the old Qian's house with two big pagoda trees at the door. Just as the other party expected, there was no one in the old Qian's house at the moment.

Chi Jingyao looked around and found the main road out of the village, then ran to a high slope by the road and waited.

He waited for a long time, and when it was getting dark, he saw a mule cart approaching at a fork in the distance.

Chi Jingyao felt at the moment, as if he had waited for an hour for the bus to finally arrive, and hurriedly ran down the high slope.As a result, his legs became numb after staying for a long time, so his legs softened and he fell down the slope.

Just a moment ago, the two women in the mule cart in the distance were chatting about their household affairs.

One of the women is Lao Qian's daughter-in-law, and the other woman, about 40 years old, named Rong Niang, took Lao Qian's car today to go to the county town to get medicine for her eldest son who is seriously ill at home.

Speaking of the eldest son in Rongniang's family, he is only sixteen or seventeen years old. He should be a lively age, but he didn't expect to be sick all day long, and he would be sick for several years.The young man also saw many doctors and took a lot of medicine, but his condition did not improve, on the contrary, it got worse and worse.

"I've taken this medicine quite a few times. Since it doesn't improve, let me tell you not to give it to the boss." Old Qian's daughter-in-law said.

Rong Niang sighed and said: "After taking the medicine, there is always some hope."

"What I mean is, why don't you try other methods?" Old Qian's wife said.

Rong Niang looked at her and gave a wry smile, "His father and second child never believed in this."

"Why can't you believe it? Treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor." Old Qian's daughter-in-law said.

Old Qian, who was driving ahead, coughed when he heard this, probably because he thought his daughter-in-law was speaking too bluntly.

Rong Niang was not angry, but smiled helplessly.

"I heard that there is a little brother surnamed Li in Yangshuwan. He was so sick that he was out of breath. The family married him a daughter-in-law, and the little brother of the Li family was able to get out of bed within three days." Qian The daughter-in-law said: "Maybe your boss will be happy too!"

"Boss is not in good health, so he didn't delay the girl for nothing." Rong Niang said.

"Hey, the world is not good nowadays, and we are close to the border town. Are there still few families who sell their sons and daughters?" Can the family at least have something to eat?"

Rong Niang smiled faintly, and did not refute the Qian family's daughter-in-law, but she seemed not enthusiastic about the proposal either.

"If it doesn't work, it's okay to find a little girl who has no parents to raise as a child bride-in-law. It's better to go to your house to celebrate the boss, than to be coaxed and sold to a flower house." The old daughter-in-law said again.Over the years, she followed Lao Qian to and from county towns and county towns, and had seen countless such things.

At this moment, the old Qian who was driving the car said "Oops", and the two women followed the sound, and saw a young doll suddenly fell down on the high slope at the entrance of the village.

Lao Qian hurriedly urged the mule to run faster, and the mule cart arrived at the foot of the high slope in a short while.

Then I saw a six or seven-year-old "female doll" lying down the slope, and fell unconscious.

Chi Jingyao was still wearing Ruan Baozi's outer shirt, and tied a red headband on his head. No one else would suspect that he was a boy.

Old Qian stepped forward to take a look, and said, "Fortunately, I'm still alive, I just fainted from the fall."

Old Qian's daughter-in-law said: "This child is white and clean, and he looks so handsome."

Rong Niang reached out and touched Chi Jingyao's small face, as if she wanted to wake him up, but Chi Jingyao didn't respond.

"Whose little girl is this, it's getting dark and you're still outside." Rong Niang frowned.

"The child fell into a dizzy head. If you can't do it, let's take it back first." Old Qian's daughter-in-law said, "If you can't find someone else, you might as well take him in and give your boss a child bride. Ill be cured."

Rong Niang was noncommittal when she heard the words, but she didn't take it to heart, the eldest in the family has been ill for so many years, if she wanted to be happy, she didn't have to wait until today.

It's just... Rong Niang glanced at the unconscious "female doll", and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it.

She has always wanted a daughter all these years, but it is a pity that she gave birth to two sons, the eldest was sick for several years and couldn't get out of bed, and the second was out all day, often without seeing anyone...

"Take it back to see if you can wake up at night. If there is something wrong with it, let Lao Qian take it to the county town to see a doctor in the morning." Lao Qian's wife said.

Rong Niang nodded when she heard the words.

Anyway, this village is not big, if someone lost this girl, you can find out after a little inquiring, and then send it back to someone else.If you are really homeless, you can't let your children sleep on the streets, right?

Old Qian's daughter-in-law asked Lao Qian to drive the mule cart to take Rong Niang and the unconscious Chi Jingyao home, and then turned around and went back to her own home.

The couple drove the mule cart to the west of the village, and saw an eleven or twelve-year-old boy walking towards him with two hares in one hand and a fox on his shoulders not far away.

"Isn't this the second child of the Pei family?" Old Qian asked.

The young man nodded his head towards Lao Qian and his wife as a greeting, but he didn't stop on his feet.

"The second child is hurrying home. Your mother brought you a little sister-in-law. You should hurry home and have a look." Old Qian's daughter-in-law joked.

Hearing this, the boy paused, frowned and said, "What did you say?"

Although this young man is not very old, there is a sharpness in his brows that should not be approached by strangers, Ren Laoqian's daughter-in-law, who is used to joking with others, can't help restraining herself a little when she sees him, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, You’ll know if you go home and have a look.”

While talking, Lao Qian drove the mule cart away.

The boy stood there for a while, with a complicated look on his face.

When he got home, he saw the dim candlelight in the west side room where he lived.

The boy threw the things he was carrying on his shoulders and hands on the ground, and went straight into the side room.

The room is not big, and as soon as you enter the door, you can see a white porcelain-like "female doll" lying on the bed in the house. The "little girl" is exquisite and beautiful, lying out of place in his patched gray quilt.

The young man snorted coldly, and finally understood the origin of the phrase "little sister-in-law" in the old Qian's wife's mouth. She is really small, and she doesn't look like someone who has endured hardships. Maybe she has to be served by others.

What made the boy even more unhappy was that this "female doll" took over his lair on the first day he came to the house!

This little thing clashed with him at first glance.