Chapter 338 Where did you go?

Unexpectedly, the Great Chu Emperor reached out and took it, slowly opened it, and called the children to him: "Come, Uncle Wei bought some snacks for you, come and try them."

Wei Cheng stood aside, completely stunned.

Is this the Majesty I serve?

It was hard for me to imagine that the person who was looking at the two children with such doting eyes was actually the high and mighty Majesty.

Lu Xingwan didn't like snacks very much, or maybe she had eaten too much food in the palace and didn't have anything special to look forward to, so she just took all the snacks from the Great Chu Emperor's arms and stuffed them into Su Sheng's arms.

"eat!"

[This brother will definitely not eat it. This family may seem to be living in poverty, but in reality, they care about each other.]

[Now I’m afraid I’m thinking of saving the snacks for my sister! ]

Sure enough, Su Sheng said, "Sister, please eat it. Brother doesn't like snacks."

Lu Xingwan stuffed the snack into Su Sheng's arms again: "Eat!"

Just as the two were pulling and about to spill their snacks, Wei Cheng appeared in front of them holding a package.

"You two can eat this," Wei Cheng said as he opened the package. "I bought a lot."

Lu Xingwan turned her head to look at the big bag of snacks and rolled her eyes speechlessly.

[Why didn't you tell me earlier that you bought so much? This child is reluctant to eat it. ]

Song Qingyan also looked at Wei Cheng speechlessly: "Wei Cheng, this thing will go bad if left for too long."

It seems that Wei Cheng is not a housekeeper on weekdays and is not clear about these things.

Xu Sheng didn't care about that. He was about to kowtow to Wei Cheng, but Wei Cheng held him back: "What are you doing?"

"Thanks, Uncle Wei. I can save some for my dad!"

Song Qingyan then tentatively asked, "Your father hasn't been back for a long time?"

Su Sheng swallowed the snack in his mouth and nodded: "Dad hasn't been home for more than a year. He said he went out to work, but he didn't send any money home, and I haven't seen him."

Song Qingyan and the Emperor of Great Chu looked at each other and had a guess in their minds.

[Could it be that Liu Susheng's father was abducted by copper miners? ]

[Didn’t they say that many men from these families went out to work? I’m afraid they went together.]

Lu Xingwan expressed what the two were thinking.

Just when Song Qingyan wanted to continue asking, Lin Xiaochun clapped his hands and came out of the kitchen: "It's time to eat."

It's called a kitchen, but it's just a shed.

At this time, Lin Xiaochun was standing outside the door, greeting everyone to come in.

To be honest, the dishes were very simple, just some ordinary home-cooked meals, but they all knew in their hearts that they would not be willing to eat like this on a normal day.

Lin Xiaochun stood beside the dining table a little awkwardly: "I grew these vegetables myself, and the eggs were laid by the hens I raised myself. I'm afraid they won't please you."

Song Qingyan quickly spoke up and asked everyone to sit down: "Sister Xiaochun, what are you talking about? We all love to eat this."

As he said this, he sat down and took the first bite.

To be honest, she's not used to it.

She turned to look at the Emperor of Great Chu, and from his expression she knew clearly that he was not used to it either.

But several people did not put down their chopsticks. They kept talking while eating, as if they were enjoying the food very much.

Looking at the candles gradually lighting up, Xu Sheng chuckled and said, "We haven't turned on the lights for a long time. In order to save money, we usually eat early and go to bed after dark."

"Student! Don't talk nonsense!" Lin Xiaochun scolded.

"Sister Xiaochun," Song Qingyan reached out and patted Lin Xiaochun's hand, "Xu Sheng is just a child."

"I do have something I want to ask Sister Xiaochun, I wonder if Sister Xiaochun can tell me?"

"Madam, just go ahead." Lin Xiaochun liked Song Qingyan very much and was naturally very respectful to her.

Song Qingyan turned her head and glanced at the Great Chu Emperor, and finally asked, "I just heard from my teacher that your elder brother Liu hasn't been home for more than a year. I wonder what kind of work he is doing?"

Lin Xiaochun was stunned after hearing what Song Qingyan said, but this time he did not scold Su Sheng again. He finally looked up at Song Qingyan and said, "Mrs. Bu Mian said that every household here is like this. All the laborers have gone out to work."

"But, he hasn't been back for more than a year."

The Great Chu Emperor and Lu Xingwan also looked at Lin Xiaochun with burning eyes, waiting for her next words.

"That year, two men came to the village and said they wanted to recruit a group of workers to move goods to the wharf. They would be paid two taels of silver a month."

"That's a lot of money for us lowly people."

"And the two men said that anyone who went would be given an advance of five taels of silver to their families."

"It just so happened that the harvest last year was not very good, so my husband said he wanted to give it a try. Unexpectedly, they actually gave him five taels of silver, so all the laborers in the village finally went together."

"But in the end, there were only five taels of silver."

"After these men left, there was no news of them again. Later, women from the village went to the dock to look for them, but they couldn't find the men from our village."

"Even if... I can't find it, I don't hold out hope anymore."

At this point, Lin Xiaochun seemed to be touched by something sad, and her whole body was shaking. Song Qingyan stepped forward, held her in her arms, and patted her shoulders gently.

When asked this question, Song Qingyan seemed to have guessed it in her mind.

[It must be those who illegally mined copper! They were the only ones willing to pay two taels of silver a month, but in fact they didn't give anything, just five taels of silver.]

[Let the women and children in this village live like this. Father, kill them! ]

Song Qingyan didn't know for a moment whether this violent person should be her husband or her daughter.

Didn’t Wanwan say that the Emperor of Chu in the novel had a violent temper?

But now it seems that he is getting more violent every night.

After her guess was confirmed, Song Qingyan brought up the matter of the old forester again: "Does the old forester that Su Sheng mentioned often bully women and children like you? Or is there something even worse?"

When talking about Old Lin, Lin Xiaochun's eyes were suddenly filled with hatred, and he said word by word: "Madam is right."

At this point, he felt it was not right to say it in front of the child, so he whispered into Song Qingyan's ear: "The girl from our neighbor's house is already fourteen years old and was going to get married next year, but she was ruined by that old Lintou."

Speaking of this, Lin Xiaochun even shed tears: "Poor child, at such a prime time, he hanged himself at home."

After listening to this, Song Qingyan looked up at Lin Xiaochun in surprise and said with gritted teeth: "Is this not the first time he has committed a crime?"

After saying this, without waiting for Lin Xiaochun to respond, he turned to look at the Great Chu Emperor and said, "Master, that old Lin can be captured now."