Huh.

Little fat boy.

I subconsciously took a second look.

Then he froze.

This little fat girl's eyes and eyebrows...are so similar to his deceased wife's.

Honestly speaking, if there were only a few similarities in the eyebrows and eyes, it wouldn't be too much to imagine, but Su Huayin was once a chubby girl.

Su Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

And this arrogant and world-weary tone...

Qin Canglan raised his head. It was broad daylight. Could he be dreaming again?

No, it's still different.

While he was looking at Su Xiaoxiao, Su Xiaoxiao was also observing him carefully.

Last night, Su Xiaoxiao broke into the Duke of Huguo's mansion at night. The room was dark and Qin Canglan was lying in the tent without any light at all.

In addition, his temperament when asleep and awake is completely different, so she did not recognize Qin Canglan immediately.

And Qin Canglan did not recognize Su Xiaoxiao.

Su Xiaoxiao was dressed like a Ninja Turtle last night, with her entire forehead covered and only a little bit of her face exposed.

More importantly, Qin Canglan took medicine last night and always thought he was dreaming.

In Qin Canglan's opinion, he missed Su Huayin too much, so he dreamed of her, and when he saw a fat girl, he thought she looked like her.

"Well, I'm looking for a child."

Qin Canglan took the initiative to speak.

After he finished speaking, he himself was quite puzzled. Why did he tell a little girl about his whereabouts? Su Xiaoxiao: "Oh, me too."

etc.

Something is wrong.

While I was thinking, the piano music in the backyard stopped.

Although Qin Canglan didn't know how to play the piano, he felt that the sound of the piano today was a little different from playing cotton.

Soon, Dahu came out with a clatter.

It was a servant in the yard who saw Qin Canglan and Su Xiaoxiao at the door, and went in to report to the man. Dahu guessed that it was his mother who came.

"mother."

He called out in a particularly obedient manner.

Qin Canglan widened his eyes.

No way? This little girl... is Da Hu's mother? Is she, she, she fifteen years old?

Su Xiaoxiao has a tender face and looks younger than her actual age, but she is actually sixteen years old.

"Big Grandfather."

Dahu turned around and called Qin Canglan again.

Now it was Su Xiaoxiao's turn to be surprised.

Does Dahu also know this person? Su Xiaoxiao left home early and returned late yesterday, and had not had time to communicate with her family, so she did not know that Qin Canglan sent Dahu home.

Da Hu looked up and asked, "Mom, can I play again?"

Su Xiaoxiao asked: "Did you get the consent of the host family?"

"Yeah!" Dahu nodded.

Su Xiaoxiao could see that Dahu was very curious about the piano music in the yard. Instead of letting the little guy come secretly, it would be better to find a clear way.

"Okay, Mom will pick you up later."

Da Hu said goodbye to the two of them and went in happily.

Sanxiao is just a kid who is extremely sensitive to danger. The fact that Dahu likes to come here shows that the owner inside is not a bad person.

"Would you like to come over to my house and have a visit?" Su Xiaoxiao turned around and politely invited Qin Canglan.

She mainly wanted to know what happened yesterday.

Qin Canglan was stunned: "Can, can I?"

Without waiting for Su Xiaoxiao to answer, he said, "Then I'd better obey your command!"

The speed was so fast, as if he was afraid that Su Xiaoxiao would go back on her word.

Su Xiaoxiao looked at the extra feed in the yard and hummed, "Ergou, did you buy new feed?"

Su Ergou, who had just finished repairing Erhu and Xiaohu's slingshots, replied, "I didn't buy it."

"Well, I brought it." Qin Canglan said.

Su Ergou told what happened yesterday.

Su Xiaoxiao nodded: "I see."

Qin Canglan sat on a small stool that was incompatible with his body shape, looking left and right, like a big stupid bear who was at a loss.

Strangely enough, he missed the young man from yesterday a little.

Old Man Su was not at home, and neither was Wei Ting. Wei Ting had gone to the palace, and Old Man Su had gone to the market.

Old Man Su discovered a market five miles away. The things there were much cheaper than those in the nearby markets, but the stalls closed quickly and the market was empty before noon.

Therefore, he, who had been lazy in bed for thousands of years, forced himself to get up early, and went shopping with his load on his shoulder before dawn.

In the countryside, if you want to eat vegetables, you pick them directly from the fields. Even though they don’t farm, they can still... ahem, buy them for just a few pennies.

How could it be like the capital? A head of Chinese cabbage cost three copper coins, a pound of carrots cost two copper coins, and in the countryside, sweet potato leaves used to feed pigs were even more expensive, at five copper coins per pound.

Old Man Su smacked his lips in pain, and after buying vegetables he bought meat.

Thinking of the three little ones at home, I gritted my teeth and bought a string of real candied haws.

Originally, the shopping took him less than half an hour, and the reason he was late was because he was blocked by someone.

The one who blocked his way was none other than the young servant named Wang Fugui who had kicked Xiaohu on the street last time.

Wang Fugui's great-aunt is an old employee of the Duke of Huguo's Mansion. She has worked there for twenty years. Now she works as a housekeeper in the kitchen. It's a lucrative job, and even the housekeeper Zhang has to give her some respect.

Otherwise, Manager Zhang would not have brought Wang Fugui out to do something.

Of course, Wang Fugui didn't come here specifically to block Su Cheng. He also came here to do some shopping. The Duke of Huguo's Mansion had a special supply channel, but the goods sold in those shops were expensive.

In order to make a little profit, he came here to buy cheap goods.

He is not as picky as Su Cheng, after all, Su Cheng learned farming from Qian.

He only cared about the price and didn't care about the quality, so all he bought were rotten vegetable leaves, which made his aunt scold him severely. She asked him to return the money and buy new ones.

He was feeling angry when he happened to meet Su Cheng.

Then the two of them started fighting.

He relied on his large number of people to block Su Cheng into the alley. ——Su Ergou brought the pony to the front yard, and Qin Canglan taught him how to feed it with the new feed.

After feeding, Su Cheng still didn't come back.

Qin Canglan looked around.

Erhu came over and tilted his head to look at him: "You look unhappy."

"No." Qin Canglan smiled and said, "Are you... Erhu or Xiaohu?"

Dahu is not at home.

Erhu said: "I am Erhu."

"It's okay if you're not happy." Erhu brought the topic back in time, "I have a lucky stone passed down from my ancestors. Do you want to touch it? You'll be happy if you touch it."

Last time he talked about bad luck and failed to sell it, so this time Erhu changed his marketing strategy.

"Okay." Qin Canglan said.

It’s really refreshing. Erhu likes it.

Erhu took out his small stone and said, "You can feel it. I won't give it to other people."

Qin Canglan touched it seriously.

Erhu nodded with satisfaction.

After the trial, the next step is -

But before Erhu could speak, Qin Canglan said, "I can't touch your stone for nothing, so I give this to you."

After saying that, he picked a golden bean from the tassel of the jade pendant and placed it in Erhu's palm.

Erhu, who had thought of a hundred ways to bid, was like: "..." - It was almost noon, and Father Su still hadn't returned.

Su Xiaoxiao knew that he had gone to the market in the east, so she decided to go look for him.

As she passed by a small alley, she heard the sound of intense beating and fists hitting flesh.

She frowned and walked over.

Old Man Su was covered in blood.

He sat on a man and punched him with left hooks and right hooks, beating the man to the ground until he was gnashing his teeth.

On the ground beside the two men, several servants with bruised faces and noses were lying in a mess, unable to even get up.

"Dad?" Su Xiaoxiao called out.

Seeing his daughter coming, Su Cheng finally stopped and kicked Wang Fugui again after he stood up: "I'll let you go today! If you dare to seek death again next time, I'll send you to see the King of Hell!"

"Dad, are you okay?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.

"I'm fine!" Su Cheng looked down at the blood on his body and said, "It's not my blood. Look how dirty my clothes are! I can't take a beating!"

Thinking of this, he turned back and kicked each of them again!

Su Xiaoxiao was relieved to see that Su Cheng was really fine, not even a minor injury.

"Dad, let's go back."

“Hey!”

Fortunately, the food was not spoiled, otherwise he would have killed them!

"Dad, wait a minute."

Su Xiaoxiao walked over.

When Wang Fugui heard the footsteps, he was so scared that he held his head and trembled.

Su Xiaoxiao squatted down expressionlessly and quickly searched the wallets of several people!

The father and daughter walked back.

This scene fell into a carriage across the street.

Qin Che lifted the car curtain and stared at the father and daughter who came out of the alley.

For a moment he suspected that he had seen it wrong.

"Father, what are you looking at?"

Qin Yanran asked.

Qin Che's mind was buzzing and he didn't hear what Qin Yanran said.

Qin Yanran followed her father's gaze and exclaimed, "Is it her?"

This time, Qin Che reacted.

He turned to look at his daughter beside him: "Do you know those two people?"

Qin Yanran recalled: "That girl is the Qingzhou doctor that my father and I mentioned."

Qin Che's fingers tightened: "The Qingzhou doctor who treated your great-uncle?"

Qin Yanran said: "She is just an apprentice. The one who really treated my great-uncle is her master."

Qin Che's eyes fell on Su Cheng again: "That man is——"

"Is it her father? He looks a bit like her." Speaking of similarity, Qin Yanran looked at Su Cheng, then at Qin Che, and said with a smile, "Dad, why do I feel that he looks a bit like you?"

The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.

Qin Che clenched his fists tightly.

"Were they really brought back by the Su family from Qingzhou?"

"yes."

Qin Che took a deep breath and said, "To treat your great-uncle... why do you need to invite a doctor from Qingzhou? There are so many doctors in the capital..."

Qin Yanran seemed to be thinking about something: "I am also surprised. My eldest cousin said that they have excellent medical skills. I thought, maybe they are famous doctors in the local area. My uncle has been treating me for a long time, but there is no improvement. My eldest cousin and his family may be desperate and try any possible treatment."

Qin Che asked again: "Is that girl a disciple?"

Qin Yanran said: "That's what my cousin said."

Qin Che pondered and said, "I have only seen doctors taking their families with them when they go out to see patients, but I have never seen a disciple with such a pomp and ceremony."

"This... I don't know." Qin Yanran only knew limited information. If she asked carefully, she could learn more, but why would she ask about a little country girl?

In Qin Yanran's opinion, it was totally not worth wasting her time.

As for the grudge between Qin Yun and Su Ergou.

She knew her brother well, and she would not stand up for Qin Yun if he was the one causing the trouble.

Qin Che said: "Tell me again...what are their names?"

Qin Yanran thought for a moment and said, "The elder sister's name is Su Daya, and the younger brother's name is Su Ergou."

"The surname is Su..." Qin Che closed his eyes coldly.

Qin Yanran noticed Qin Che's abnormality and asked with concern: "Father, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

"No, I'm fine..." Qin Che said, "Go back home."

On the way back home, Qin Che saw with his own eyes the father and daughter enter Lihua Lane. Due to the angle, he could not see clearly which courtyard they entered.

Thinking of something, Qin Che suddenly asked, "Did your grandfather go to Lihua Lane to pick you up yesterday?"

Qin Yanran said aggrievedly: "Yes, but I don't know where my grandfather went. I waited for a long time."

Qin Che's eyebrows jumped: "Is your grandfather going to pick you up today?"

Qin Yanran thought: "That shouldn't be the case... Grandfather was just passing by yesterday..."

How could her grandfather pick her up every day? Qin Che hurriedly sent his guards to go around the east end into Lihua Lane.

Qin Canglan was holding the three little ones and playing with them in the alley.

The guard said there was an urgent matter at home, so Qin Canglan handed the child to Su Ergou and returned home with the guard.

Qin Che was waiting in his yard early.

"What's the urgent matter?" Qin Canglan asked.

Qin Che: "Father, did you see any strange people today?"

"What strange person?"

"Ah, no." Qin Che smiled, "Recently, there have been a few thieves in the capital that have caused the government a lot of headaches."

Qin Canglan said: "Humph, do you think I'm old and useless and can't even deal with a few thieves?"

"That's not what I meant, son." Qin Che personally brought tea to Qin Canglan.

Qin Canglan frowned: "Is this the urgent matter you are talking about?"

"No." Qin Che smiled, "Our house hasn't been renovated for many years. It rained heavily a few days ago, and Yanran's house was leaking. It just so happened that a desert horse came to the manor. My son wanted to invite father to stay at the manor for a few days, and then bring father back after the house is renovated."

Qin Canglan was a little hesitant.

Based on Qin Che's understanding of his father, whenever he heard about a fine horse, he would skip his meals and rush to see the horse impatiently.

Qin Canglan was indeed attracted to the desert horse, but for some reason he didn't want to leave——

Qin Che looked at Qin Canglan deeply and whispered, "Father, Uncle Zhao is ill...very seriously."

Zhao Quan, a small soldier under Qin Canglan, has followed Qin Canglan through life and death. Of the original group of trusted subordinates, Zhao Quan is the only one left now.

Qin Canglan sighed and said, "Prepare the carriage. I'll go see him."

Qin Che said: "It's getting late, why not set off tomorrow morning--"

Qin Canglan waved his hand: "No, let's go."

At his age, it’s hard to say when he will be buried.

He was afraid that he would not be able to see Zhao Quan off for the last time.

A quarter of an hour later, Qin Canglan got on the carriage and left the Duke of Huguo's Mansion.

Looking at the carriage disappearing at the end of the street, Qin Che's eyes grew colder.

If my father goes to the farm, he will find that Zhao Quan’s illness is not that serious. My father may come back soon, but it doesn’t matter.

I already know where that person lives.

All we have to do is get rid of him before my father comes back...that's enough!

Maybe he made a wrong judgment, but so what?

I would rather kill a hundred people by mistake than let one go! ...

Dark clouds rolled in the sky and Qin Canglan's hands began to hurt again.

He's used to having an attack whenever the weather changes.

But maybe it was because I took painkillers yesterday, and after the effect of the medicine wore off, the pain was particularly severe.

He rubbed his shaking wrist and subconsciously reached into his arms to take out the pain-relieving powder.

Along with the painkiller, a small, ordinary stone was taken out.

Isn't this Erhu's lucky stone? How did it end up here? After Erhu asked his mother how much the golden beans were worth, he decided to give the lucky stone to Qin Canglan and stuffed it into his arms while he was playing Feifei.

Qin Canglan didn’t know. He thought it accidentally fell into Erhu’s hands when he was playing Feifei.

He remembered that Erhu treasured this little stone very much.

Although a stone may seem worthless to adults, children care about it differently from adults.

He remembered that when Che'er was two or three years old, he treasured an egg very much. He took it with him wherever he went and even held it when he slept, saying that he wanted to hatch it.

One day when he woke up, the little guy found that the egg was broken and he cried for three whole days.

Thinking of the scene of Erhu crying, Qin Canglan smiled helplessly and said to the driver, "Turn around and go to Lihua Lane."

Su Cheng just took a shower.

When Qin Canglan pushed open the gate, Su Chenggang came out holding dirty clothes.

Qin Canglan saw him.

This time, there was no stove ash or bloodstains, and Su Cheng’s handsome face was clean.

Qin Canglan's mind went blank for a moment.

By the time he reacted, the person had already arrived in front of Su Cheng.

Su Cheng looked at him strangely: "What's wrong with you?"

Qin Canglan stared at him without blinking, and he didn't know what was going on, but asked in a mysterious way: "Last time... I forgot to ask your name, what's your name?"

I just asked for your name, but you made it so scary.

If it weren't for the fact that you saved Da Hu, I would have beaten you to death.

Su Cheng said: "My name is Su Cheng!"

Qin Canglan controlled his trembling body and said, "Su what?"

Su Cheng said word by word: "Su, Cheng!"

"Qin Canglan, listen to me carefully. From today on, my son Su Huayin has nothing to do with you! His name is not Qin Che, he takes my last name Su, Su Cheng!"

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