The two were cooking when their neighbor, an old man, came over. He started cursing as soon as he entered the door, and Su Yue was startled when she went out to see what was going on!

An old man was leading a little boy, whose head and ears were covered with knotted earthworms. The earthworms twisted and coiled around his head and ears, scaring the little boy so much that he cried loudly!

What happened?

Su Yue quickly scanned the yard and, not seeing Chuanwen, Xiao Hong, and Xiao Hei, immediately had a bad feeling.

"What's wrong! Can't you see?!" The old man was furious, veins bulging on his forehead. Pointing at the earthworms on the little boy's head, he roared, "Look what your child has done to my grandson! Playing house is fine, but why do you insist on putting these earthworms on my grandson's head, saying they're pearls and agates? If they're pearls and agates, why don't they hang them on their own heads?!"

Su Yue looked embarrassed and quickly apologized to the old man. She was wrong! She shouldn't have let Chuanwen take the children to play!

However, you should quickly remove the earthworms from the child's head and ears, as two of them are almost crawling into the child's ears!

Su Yue smiled apologetically and finally saw the old man and his grandson off, but after searching the house, she still couldn't find Chuanwen and the others.

"Where did they go?" Su Yu asked worriedly. "Are they afraid to come back because they're scared of getting beaten up?"

Su Yue shook her head. Probably not. With Chuanwen's personality, even if she made a mistake, she wouldn't be too afraid to come back. She would just blink innocently and gnaw on a pig's trotter while everyone was lecturing her! Then she would readily admit her mistake and repeat it next time!

Since they haven't come back, it's very likely that Chuanwen took Xiao Hei and Xiao Hong out to play.

Sure enough, when Su Yue was about to go out to look for them, she saw a few lines of writing on the gate made of clods of dirt by Chuanwen: We've gone out to play, we won't be back for lunch! And remember to have braised pork for dinner tonight!

Below the text are two small drawings: one of a steaming fish and the other of a steaming bun.

After looking at the two patterns, Su Yu said, "Xiao Hei likes to eat fish, and Xiao Hong likes to eat pork and scallion buns."

Su Yue glanced at her older brother, so the two patterns meant that the dinner tonight would include fish and steamed buns?

Although Chuanwen is already sixteen, Su Yue is genuinely worried about her caregiver skills, especially since the children she's taking care of are Xiao Hei and Xiao Hong, all three of them prone to causing trouble. Hopefully, nothing will go wrong? /(ㄒoㄒ)/~~

Unlike the apprehension on the Su family's side, Chuanwen and the others were quite cheerful. She first took Xiaohong and Xiaohei to the circus, where Xiaohei even went up and jumped through a ring of fire, doing it better than the trained monkeys. Chuanwen and Xiaohong clapped excitedly from below, while Wenxue was worried that Xiaohei might get burned and was ready to rush up to rescue him at any moment.

Afterwards, the group went to the snack street. If Chuanwen hadn't wanted to save room for braised pork for dinner, she would have taken the two of them to Xianhelou Restaurant for a big feast.

However, the variety of snacks on the food street dazzled Xiao Hei and Xiao Hong.

Before, all they saw on the mountain were colorful trees and grass. When they came down to Xiao Liang Kingdom, they had houses, but Xiao Liang Kingdom was still poor. It was only after they came to Da Jin that their eyes were opened!

The three of them would sit down and eat at almost every stall they passed. Wenxue was paying so much that her hand was sore. She sighed that it was one thing for Chuanwen, since she already knew that Chuanwen's stomach was not a stomach, but how could Xiao Hei and Xiao Hong, two little people, eat so much!

Fortunately, the three of them had their limits. After showing off for half a street, they finally couldn't show off anymore. Wen Xue breathed a sigh of relief. If she continued to show off, she wouldn't be worried about paying until her hands broke, but she would be worried about whether the three of them would be stuffed to death!

Then the group went boating on the lake. When Xiao Hei saw the fish in the lake, he dove in without warning, trying to catch them!

But after a string of bubbles, there was no more movement. Wenxue and Xiaohong jumped into the water at the same time, and the two of them each took one arm and pulled Xiaohei out.

On the boat, Xiao Hei spat out several jets of water, drawing a rainbow above his head, and the man was also jolted awake.

Chuanwen was afraid that Xiao Hei would dive again, so he pulled the two little guys to sit obediently in the cabin, eating snacks and enjoying the scenery.

After a whole afternoon of this, Chuanwen brought the two little ones back to the house. Su Yue was relieved to see that none of them were missing any limbs and no one else came looking for them.

As Xiao Hei and Xiao Hong excitedly recounted where they had gone that afternoon, Su Yue felt a chill run down her spine, while Su Yu and his wife were filled with envy, both looking at Chuanwen expectantly. Just as Chuanwen was about to confidently promise to take them out the next day, Su Yue quickly stopped him. She absolutely couldn't let Chuanwen be alone with her older brother's family again; it was too frightening!

As the group was talking, Su Heng, who had gone to call Xu Yan and the other two, returned.

Although many people from their village followed Su Yue to the capital, Xu Yan and her family were the closest to them and took the best care of them. Moreover, the two families were neighbors in the village. Su Yue and her family were orphans, and Xu Yan and Chuan Rui took good care of them. The two families practically became one.

So, with the great joy of finding Su Yu, Su Yue wanted to invite Chuan Rui and the others over to celebrate.

[So, how did Er Gou's parents die?]

At the dinner table, when Su Yue introduced her older brother's family to Chuan Rui and the others, Chuan Wen was puzzled.

Su Heng's chopsticks trembled slightly as he picked up food. His father had died of illness on his way to the imperial examinations, and his mother had died later from an illness. Although his sister had told him all this, he was too young at the time and had little memory of his parents, but surely there couldn't be anything suspicious about it?

When Chuanwen mentioned Er Gou's parents, Chuanrui and Xu Yan felt even more emotional upon seeing Su Yu. They thought that Su's eldest brother and sister-in-law would be very happy to see their children reunited.

"You were able to come back after being lost for so many years, it must be because your parents are watching over you from heaven."

Xu Yan's eyes were wet as she held Su Yu's calloused hand, feeling both heartache and emotion.

Su Heng: ......

He didn't know if his parents were watching over him from heaven, but the fact that he found his older brother definitely wasn't due to their blessings.

He placed a piece of braised pork on Chuanwen's plate, saying, "Eat more."

Chuanwen nodded with a smile, making Chuanwu, who was standing to the side, feel envious. Although his sister and Ergou were a perfect match, he still felt like his own cabbage had been eaten by a pig.

While eating, the group reminisced about the past, and Chuanwen brought up the details of Er Gou's parents' situation.

[Huh? Uncle Su isn't dead, is he? He's alive and well, uh... begging on the streets, doesn't seem to be doing too well...]

At the dinner table, half the people's expressions changed, and Chuanrui, who was handing Xiaohong a steamed bun, almost threw it away!

"Ergou, shall we go boating on the lake tonight?"

Chuan Wen smiled slyly at Su Heng, inwardly chuckling, "It's dark on the lake, perfect for a strike!"

cough!

What should we do?

Chuanrui and Xu Yan looked at their daughter, wondering why she would try to harm Er Gou when they had no grudge against him. But when they saw their daughter's smiling face, they were speechless. So, she was after his eight-pack abs, huh?