Chapter 238: Eavesdropping also requires real skills
The weather is getting colder.
After the rice fields are harvested, there is less farm work to do, and the villagers spend most of the day at home idle. The women in the family take advantage of this leisure time to start preparing winter clothes in advance.
After finishing her chores in the morning, Old Lady Su took her daughters and daughters-in-law to sit on stools at the gate of the courtyard, and worked while basking in the sun and chatting with the women of the neighborhood.
Even Mrs. Huo came over with some cloth and a sewing basket to join in the fun.
A bird's nest popped up from the wall of the backyard and started nagging, "Xiu'er, don't embroider my jacket!"
Su Xiuer, who was busy sewing in the sunshine, smiled and said, "I'm not embroidering flowers, I'm embroidering herbal leaves."
"This is good. Oh, and sew a purse for me, and embroider it with herbal leaves."
"good."
Mrs. Huo raised her eyebrows and glanced at the happy old man. "This old man has quite a lot of demands. I've never seen you so picky before."
The old man raised his chin and retorted, "That's nothing compared to your Huo Ziheng's mischievousness. He always likes bamboo leaf patterns embroidered on his new clothes, and he insists on twenty of them! One more, one less, won't do. Isn't he a fussy old man?"
Huo, "..."
The women turned their heads and laughed.
The old man won the argument, and proudly jumped off the corner of the wall, flipped into the Su family courtyard, and jumped in front of the girl who was sitting at the door of the main hall eating boiled sweet potatoes, "Tianbao, let's find a place to play!"
The girl looked up and asked, "What are you playing?"
The old man's eyes lit up, "Catch the snake!"
"good."
"Those little bastards have to go too!"
"good."
Hearing that the old man was going to catch a snake, the little brats in the next yard started to complain, "Tianbao! Du Grandpa! Can we do something else? We're tired of catching snakes! How about catching frogs? Or we can go fishing in the river——"
On the wall between the two houses, a young girl popped her head out and smiled.
Little bastards, "..."
The old man led his followers up the mountain in a mighty procession, and the women making winter clothes at the gate of the yard were still laughing.
Someone lamented, "Among the children, Tianbao is the one who dotes on Du Lao the most."
Old Lady Su tied a knot with the needle and thread in her hand, cut the thread, and finished sewing one sleeve. She smiled and said, "When Tianbao was a child, her poisonous grandfather doted on her the most. Our grandparents couldn't do as much as him. Tianbao should treat her poisonous grandfather well."
The old woman had a smile on her face, and there was no trace of concern or grudge in her words.
Liu Yuelan, He Daxiang and Su Xiuer also had smiles on their faces.
I have known Du Lao for more than ten years. Not to mention his personality, the whole Su family can see how much he loves his children.
After so many years, everyone has gotten along like a family, and the younger generations have long regarded Du Lao as an elder in the family.
There is no distinction between inside and outside.
This kind of closeness and intimacy is even greater than that of the Lord Broken Blade whom I first met.
Tianbao spent the whole morning releasing snakes in the back mountain. When he came back, the cloth bag that the old man had brought with him was filled to the brim. The old man was so happy that he jumped for joy as he walked.
I got home around noon.
As soon as Tianbao walked into the house, he felt that the atmosphere was not right.
There was smoke rising from the kitchen, but there was no sound of women talking and laughing as he used to hear.
In the main room, Old Man Su, Old Lady Su, and the eldest and second Su were sitting on low stools, looking dazed.
The house was so quiet that even the chickens left in dissatisfaction and huddled in the corner listlessly.
Tianbao frowned.
Wei Li looked at Su An, Su Wen and Su Wu, with confusion and worry in their eyes.
The old man swung the cloth bag and slammed it down a few times under the eaves of the main hall. He then threw the bag, which had stopped moving, into a corner and asked, "Did the sky fall while we were away?"
Those who were in a heavy mood, "..." Inexplicably, they felt a little depressed and couldn't bear it anymore.
The sky hasn't fallen yet, why are they worrying in advance?
He's possessed by a demon.
Old Man Su pulled out a stool from the corner and patted it, "Brother, come and sit down. And you kids, come over too, so we can discuss this together."
"What's going on? Just tell me straight out."
"Someone from the government came to our village this morning and delivered a letter saying that the court has granted amnesty and that my family can return to our hometown. Isn't this worrying me?" Old Man Su sighed. "If we could really go home, we would definitely be happy in the past, but we can't be happy now."
Old Lady Su also said, "I used to think I could never go back, and I was determined to put down roots here. Now that I've developed feelings for this place, I'm suddenly pardoned. It's really upsetting."
Su Da added, "The most important point is that the amnesty came at this time, not earlier or later. We suspect there is a trick."
Su Er clapped his hands and clapped his hands. "Isn't it? Six out of the thirteen members of our family are on the Nine Countries' Most Wanted List. There must be something fishy going on! The imperial court just looks down on us and thinks we're just dumb peasants! Tui!"
A few people who had just returned home and had not yet sat down, "..." The court must have seen it wrong.
No matter how dumb a person is, if he spends enough time with cunning people, he will also develop some cunning skills.
Tianbao sat down next to his grandparents and said, "Grandpa and grandma, if that's the case, what's there to worry about?"
Old Lady Su sighed softly and patted her head. "What we're worried about is that the imperial court seems to have already begun to use all possible means to deal with you."
They knew that the court was going to deal with the children, but they seemed unable to do anything to help.
As elders, their vision and abilities are limited to that extent throughout their lives.
In fact, they no longer care about how they are doing.
But I can't help but think more about the children and hope they can live a better life.
Now a pie suddenly falls from the sky, but this pie is in a trap.
well.
Tian Bao held onto Grandma's hand, her expression somewhat dull. "Grandpa, Grandma, even if the court grants us amnesty and allows us to return to our hometown, the wanted order is still there, and we are still wanted criminals on the run."
“…” The old woman’s mouth twitched. The child was so cheerful, she didn’t know whether she should continue to worry.
A woman came from the kitchen, calling for dinner.
Old Lady Su withdrew her hand, stood up, and patted her skirt. "Then you don't have to worry about it. Let's go eat."
Tianbao, "Grandma?"
"Grandma suddenly realized that our family is either exiled or wanted criminals in this life. I guess the hats on our heads will keep changing. There is no need to worry."
“…”
The little brats looked up at the sky.
Just think of it as grandma praising them.
After lunch, Du Buqin went to the Huo family and moved Huo Ziheng over. He hid in his yard with a few children and whispered to each other for a long time. No one knew what they were discussing.
There was a wall between them, and Xiao Su's family members couldn't hear a complete sentence even if they stretched their necks.
In the afternoon, Bai Yu also came and started muttering to himself again after entering the next yard.
Finally, Su Da and Su Er, who were clinging to the wall, slid down dejectedly.
I didn't listen to anything.
Sure enough, eavesdropping requires real skills.
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