Chapter 518 Return
Near noon, the small market outside the miasma forest was about to close.
After a morning of work, most of the goods on each stall are sold out. At this time, you can close the stall, go home to have a meal, and help with housework in the afternoon without any delay.
Su Xueyi put away the wooden table and chopping board, took out a large pig's trotter from the small basket behind the stall, and went to Wang Chuan's stall. "Aunt Chuan, I'm closing my stall, and I have one pig's trotter left. I'm too lazy to take it back. Can you give it to the Su family's grandpa and grandma for a snack?"
"This child...Okay, I'll definitely bring your thoughtful gift." Mrs. Wang Chuan took the pig's trotter and put it in the vegetable basket. She also stuffed two handfuls of unsold vegetables into the young man's hands and said, "I grew these myself. If they're not all sold, you can take them back and add some vegetables to the dish."
"Auntie, this is not possible—"
"What's the use of it? If you care about the two elders of the Su family, I will treat you as one of my own. Don't push it back and forth."
Only then did Su Xueyi shyly accept the dish.
After so many years of selling things at the market, everyone is already familiar with it. One vendor joked, "I was wondering why the half pig Xiaoyi brought today was missing a pig leg. It turns out it was here."
This caused everyone to laugh in a good-natured manner.
But no matter whether they were talking or laughing, they lowered their voices deliberately and did not dare to be too loud.
So as not to disturb the people living behind the miasmic forest.
Separated by a forest, the two elders of the Su family have not appeared at the market in the past two years, and no laughter that can float across the Qinghe River and the woods has been heard from that village anymore.
Everyone could only sigh inwardly at this.
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"Alas...it's time to finish chopping the firewood at home." At the door of the Su family's main hall, the eldest princess sat by the door, listening to the incessant sound of chopping firewood behind the house, and sighed silently.
He Daxiang was sewing winter clothes nearby, and she forced a smile. "It's okay. Su Er will be back with a load of firewood soon. It's better to keep busy."
"Yes, it's better to be busy." The eldest princess nodded, her eyes a little dazed, fixed on the hunched back sitting quietly on the threshold of the yard, and a sour feeling kept rising from her nose.
Grandma Su looks just like she did before, lifeless.
Next to it, the smoke from the kitchen roof disappeared, and the yard was filled with the aroma of food.
"Sister Xi, sister-in-law, wash your hands, it's time to eat." A woman's hoarse voice calling for dinner came from the kitchen.
There were only one or two low responses all around, and the whole place was cold and deserted.
The garden gate opened, and Liu Yuelan and Su Da came out one after another. They first helped the silver-haired old woman who was sitting on the doorstep to her feet, "Mom, it's time to eat. Let's go inside."
"I'll sit for a while. You guys go wash your hands first." Old Lady Su waved her hand to block the two people from supporting her. She groped at her feet and picked up the crutch that was placed there. "Go ahead. I'll go in later. Mother can walk by herself."
Su Xiuer came over quickly, signaling her elder brother and sister-in-law to go ahead, and she sat down at the doorstep with them, "Mom, I'll sit with you for a while, and we'll go into the house together later."
He Daxiang couldn't bear to look at the four people at the door. She quickly wiped her eyes, put the unfinished clothes in her hands into the small basket, stood up and walked towards the kitchen, "I'll go get some rice and bring it to Dad first."
The eldest princess also stood up and said, "Akuan and his three brothers are still at the dock. Leave some food for them."
The lively scenes after dinner in the past are gone.
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On the other side of the Qing River, there are twelve piers.
The bearded man finished his business and picked up his two sons who were waiting beside him. "It's time for dinner. Let's go home and eat."
Nian Nian nodded, hugging his neck with her little hands, "Grandpa and Grandma, wait."
Sui Sui also followed her brother's example and hugged her father's neck with her little hands, "No, let's wait."
"Yes, we have to go back quickly. We can't let Grandpa and Grandma wait for you to eat. The weather is getting colder, and the food will get cold quickly." The bearded man smiled and strode out. "When we get home, you two have to behave yourself and don't quarrel. Okay?"
"I know! Don't make noise, Grandpa needs to sleep!"
As the father and his two sons were talking, a hall master came running in breathlessly. His expression was unusually ferocious, his face purple, his eyes red and wide, his throat hoarse as if pumping a bellows, "Boss, Boss! You're back, Baifan, woo woo, back, back!——"
"Bai Yu?" The bearded man's eyes dimmed for a moment. Although the boy was crazy, he still remembered to come back to visit the two elders every year. "Come back if you want. The rice at home will be harvested soon. Remember to call the brothers to come and help..."
Before he could finish his words, the man opposite him, who was of the same age as him, was already crying with tears and snot streaming down his face. He opened and closed his mouth but no sound came out. He grabbed hold of him and tried to pull him out with all his might.
The bearded man frowned, "What happened? Did he fight with you?"
A hall master's voice was hoarse and he was anxious. He pulled the gang leader out with all his strength while pointing his hands quickly outwards.
Why are you using violence? If you do, I won't be able to come back! Why don't you go and see it! Go and see it!
The bearded man's temper improved a lot after he became a father, so he didn't slap him away.
When we left the branch rudder, we saw a white sailboat just docked on the other side of the river. The huge ship blocked all the scenery on the other side.
The bearded man was not interested at first and just glanced at them casually. Then his gaze quickly bounced back and fell on the two figures squatting at the bow like the scoundrel, and he froze in place.
The pupils began to dilate, red quickly filled the eye sockets, and the breathing became rapid.
His expression became as ferocious as that of a hall master.
Apart from the two figures, nothing else could be seen.
"Ah, ho, ho ho..." His voice was also lost.
The moment the tears fell, the bearded man, holding the two cubs, flew towards the white sailboat like an arrow.
A hall master slumped down on the ground, supporting his powerless body with his hands, shedding tears and silently grinning with his white teeth.
"You bold bastard, how dare you sneak attack me!" Sensing the sound of breaking wind, the poisonous old man laughed strangely, supported the side of the ship with one hand and kicked in the air.
When he saw that the other person was holding two cubs in his arms, he quickly bent his feet, causing himself to lose balance and almost fall into the river.
Tianbao reached out and pulled him back, then stood up and protected the old man behind him.
The old man stood up in a rage, pointed at the nose of the insidious villain who was trying to sneak attack him, and cursed, "Fuck! You bastard, put the kid down if you have the guts. Don't use the little kid as a shield. Grandpa will fight you with one hand!"
Bai Xiaofeng, who was standing nearby and ignored by someone, gently waved his folding fan and said in a cold voice, "Old man, this is also an old acquaintance."
Du Buqin's mouth twitched, and the dog opposite had already done as he said, put down the two cubs, stretched out his long arms, and hugged him and Tianbao in his arms.
The shadow of being hugged and clamped last time instantly came to her mind. If she could not struggle free, the old man would have kicked her into the river.
He's just an old man, why are people so close to him?!
No, why were all the people he knew before so perverted?
Do you have the guts to bring two normal people over to me?
Just before the man's tears stained Tianbao's clothes, a clean handkerchief was smeared across the bearded man's face.
His arms were empty at the same time.
Tianbao was taken away and fell behind the young man in white.
The young man smiled and called out, "Uncle with the big beard."
All the bearded man's emotions subsided when he saw him. He rubbed his face with a handkerchief and patted it back. His voice finally recovered and he said, "Hey, you're wearing white clothes?"
Bai Xiaofeng, "Oh, it's installed again."
Bai Yu, "..."
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