A family that knew nothing about their home was going there happily and coming back with great success.

Yuan ran into the house excitedly with the children in his family, holding two small steamers.

Dalang and Erlang forced a smile and came over to greet them.

"You're back so soon. Was it fun out there? Are you tired?"

Dalang asked his younger brothers and sisters with concern.

A group of children were talking at once.

Yuan held up the steamer to Erlang:

"Look! We bought two trays of fish baskets and a lot of delicious food, there will definitely be enough for us to eat!

Uncle Cheng's business is booming today, I almost didn't get the chance to buy one!"

Wulang and Liulang each took a wooden sword, and handed two to Dalang and Erlang:

"Grandma bought it for us. We all have it. This is yours."

Niu Wa yelled and raised a wooden sword, saying to Da Lang:

"Brother, raise your weapon, let's have a duel!

I think I am a good general, and I have never lost a battle tonight!"

Tiger Brain rolled his eyes:

"Brother, ignore him. He will cry when he can't beat us, so we can only let him beat us.

Still undefeated, huh~"

Niu Wa's eyes were filled with tears: "Defeated general! You are jealous of me! Take my sword now!"

Hu Nao raised a palm-sized wooden sword and took a stance, taking the lead:

"I'm not afraid of you! Watch out! Hey!"

Niu Wa's forehead was chopped red, and he burst into tears immediately:

"Wow~ Third Aunt, Brother Tiger Brain is bullying me!"

Zhao rubbed him quickly and said angrily:

"Tiger Brain, are you itching for trouble?"

Hu Nao stabbed himself with the knife, pretending to be injured, and said in a daze:

"Pfft! You little bastard! How dare you tell on me?

I will stab myself to death to prove my innocence!"

Zhao didn't bother to pay attention to him, and walked away with Niu Wa in her arms:

"Don't cry, ignore him, Third Aunt will find you something delicious."

Niu Wa said obediently: "Okay~"

He still hugged Zhao's neck and made faces at Hu Nao, who was so angry that he rushed over screaming and shouting at him to get down, saying that holding someone else's mother to save his life was not a skill.

Wulang and Liulang also fought with Hutou, and even pulled Dalang and Erlang to use as cover.

The quiet yard suddenly became noisy.

They carried the dining table, laid out fruits, moon cakes and various other foods, and the whole family burned incense and worshipped the moon.

I wish the scholars in my family will be successful in their studies, enter the moon palace and climb the laurel tree as soon as possible. I wish the girls in my family will look like Chang'e and be as round as the bright moon.

If these are too difficult, I wish my family could be safe and sound, and be reunited year after year like we are today.

After worshiping the moon, you can start eating delicious food!

The men in the family rarely buy some wine to drink.

While eating, Wulang and Liulang felt like someone was missing.

Wu Lang then asked, "Where's Dad?"

Dalang said anxiously, "He was sleepy and fell asleep."

Liu Lang looked at the table full of delicious food and felt it would be a pity to miss it: "Then I'll go call him!"

There was silence at the table for a moment, then the noise returned. No one tried to stop it, as if no one could hear it.

Old Madam Yang said calmly, "Pick out some good food for Dalang and leave it for him. Let him sleep. There's no need to call him. He'll make a fuss if he comes. It will be more comfortable for him to eat by himself without having to fight for it."

The old man took a sip of wine and said drunkenly, "Give him more candy and meat. He has been greedy since he was a kid."

Maybe it's because wine doesn't make people drunk, but people make themselves drunk. Several brothers also talked about what Fu Erbai looked like when he was a child.

From time to time, there were some words of pity for their misfortune and anger at their lack of fighting spirit, but one could still hear the bond between brothers that could not be easily severed.

"Okay." Dalang suppressed the sourness in his throat, picked up a bowl of food and brought it into the house.

Fu Erbai is about to wake up but has not yet woken up.

Dalang whispered in his ear:

"Dad, you are so lucky. Everyone is so nice to you, but why can't you live up to your expectations?

I'll save the food for you. You can eat it tomorrow when we leave the city. It won't go bad overnight."

Dalang picked up the firewood, hit it with a stick, sniffed and went out.

Dalang and Erlang refused the wine offered by their grandfather and uncles, and instead poured them wine enthusiastically, urging them to drink more and relax.

I also boiled water so that the elders could soak their feet after eating and drinking, and have a good sleep comfortably.

They are both very sensible people, so it's not weird for them to do this.

Before going to bed, Fu Dabai was still bragging about Dalang and Erlang to his wife and daughter. He thought that now that the family had some money, it was time to consider finding a date for Dalang. He is already fourteen years old, and he can't keep putting it off.

Lao Fu Tou and Fu Sanbai also talked about this. They were afraid that they didn't know the background and couldn't choose a good one, so they wondered where to find a matchmaker.

After the whole family had eaten and drunk their fill, they all relaxed and fell into a deep sleep.

Dalang and Erlang took advantage of the fact that everyone at home was sleeping soundly, carried the cart out of the door, and lifted Fu Erbai onto the cart.

The two brothers said goodbye silently.

Dalang wanted to push the cart under the cover of night, but the round moon shed its light to illuminate the way ahead for him.

That's not bad.

That little bit of fear seemed to disappear. Dalang pushed the cart farther and farther away, and his figure disappeared at the entrance of the alley.

Erlang chased to the entrance of the alley, but his eldest brother had already turned the corner again, and he could only see a little shadow.

He walked back silently, but did not lock the door, so that his family would not find out that someone was helping him.

When they returned to the house, Wulang and Liulang were still sleeping with their quilts uncovered. It was not cold, so Erlang only covered their stomachs.

I carefully watched the yard, afraid that any bad guys would break in, and also hoping that my brother would come back.

But until dawn, when the crowing of roosters from a nearby chicken farm was heard, there was still no movement in the yard.

There was gradually some movement in the house. Erlang quickly undressed and laid back under the quilt. When he heard Wulang and Liulang waking up, he opened his eyes and pretended to have just woken up.

He took a step ahead of his two younger brothers and asked, yawning:

"Where's Big Brother?"

Liu Lang's eyes were still closed. He had played too much yesterday and was more tired than working. He was not awake at all. When he heard the question, he could only follow the instructions in a daze:

"Brother, where are you going? Brother?"

Wu Lang opened his eyes with difficulty, saw that his elder brother's seat was empty, and scratched his head:

"Did you go to the toilet?"

Jilang handed them the clothes and said casually:

"How would I know? Hurry up and get dressed. It's time to get up."

But Goro and Rokuro are not used to their second brother handing them clothes.

Wulang is ten years old now and feels that he is an adult. He has become more mature and even urges his younger brother to put on his clothes.

Liu Lang is eight years old, but he still has the mentality of a child. When he woke up, he didn't see his eldest brother, but only saw his fierce second brother. He pouted, put on his clothes, put on shoes, and immediately ran out to look for someone.

He wasn't in the yard, nor in Dad's room, and Dad wasn't there either.

Liu Lang's heart suddenly started beating, and he started looking around while calling his elder brother. Wang had just gotten up in the kitchen and was boiling water.

Seeing him running to the door while yelling, I asked, "What's wrong, Liu Lang?"

After searching around but finding no one, Rokuro started to cry:

"Fourth aunt, my eldest brother is missing, and my father is missing too!"

Wang immediately raised her voice: "What?!"

After thinking for a while, he asked again, "There is no toilet either? Can Dalang take your father to the toilet?"

Liu Lang hurried to look for him, but bumped into Fu Sanbai who was just coming out of the toilet in the backyard.

Liu Lang's heart suddenly sank and he raised his head and cried loudly.

Fu Sanbai was startled: "Hey! This shouldn't happen! Why are you crying when you bumped into me? Are you hurt?"

Liu Lang burst into tears: "My elder brother is missing! My father is missing too!"

Fu Sanbai: "What is this? Have you looked in the kitchen?"

Liu Lang cried even harder: "There is nothing at all!"

Fu Sanbai pushed him away and left. He first looked at the door. It was not locked. He opened the door and there was no shadow of anyone. Dalang was steady and sensible, so he should have told her before he went out.

Feeling that something was wrong, Fu Sanbai immediately knocked on doors and windows and shouted:

"Don't sleep, wake up!

Shit! Did that crazy guy Bu Fuer run away and Dalang chase him?

Wake up, everyone is missing, Dalang and Fuer are missing."

Wang in the kitchen also noticed something different and ran out with her weak leg:

"The cart in the kitchen is gone too!"

Normally the cart should be placed outside, but Lao Fu's family only had so many belongings, and they were afraid that it would get wet, so they put the cart in the kitchen, and now it's gone.

Things are going increasingly wrong.

Fu Sibai admitted that he had some concerns about Fu Er, so:

"Could it be that Fu Erhao stole the cart and ran away, and Dalang found out and chased after him without even saying anything?

It's broken! Check to see if the silver is still there!"

Jiro: ...We didn't even think of this possibility...

But everyone felt that...it made some sense.

I found the silver and counted it, and found that one or two ounces were missing.

"Could it be that Fu Er is sick, and Dalang didn't want to bother us, so he sent him to the clinic himself?" Fu Dabai frowned and guessed.

"That's not right! If not us, at least Erlang should be called! Otherwise, he will be so exhausted carrying everything by himself."

Li thought it was unreliable.

Old Yang waved his hand:

"Alright, alright! Guessing is useless, go find out right away, they are that old and they can't get lost!

Even if someone wanted to steal, they couldn't steal the two of them. They had to steal the child, who probably went out on his own! Go find him!

All of you go! You stay at home, the fourth daughter-in-law, and Niu Wa stay too. Everyone else goes!

If they come back, tell Niu Wa to run and call us!"

After leaving behind Wang, who had a weak leg, and the youngest child, Niu Wa, and giving them some instructions, everyone else rushed out.

Although Mrs. Yang was worried, she did not forget to ask Yuan and other girls to look after them with others.

Everyone quickly assigned a direction and a person, and Yuan was pushed to Erlang.

The others quickly dispersed and left.

A Yuan pulled Ji Lang's hand:

"Hurry up! Why are you still in a daze? Let's run! Brother and the others would be so scared if they got lost!"

Jiro could only bite the bullet and said, "Okay! Let's go!"

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