Luo Tao nodded: "Of course I know. Your parents have always worked for my second master and ran goods for him."
Zhou Xiaomei's eyes turned red, and she glared at them angrily: "So it was you who killed my parents!"
Luo Tao was choked by her train of thought and quickly distanced himself from the matter: "This is none of our business. We are just doing a legitimate business of transporting goods. We were unable to withstand the gangsters who killed people and robbed goods. How can you blame us?"
Zhou Xiaomei couldn't help crying when she thought of her parents' tragic death: "They were all honest and kind people."
Luo Tao didn't know how to comfort a child, so he could only nod and say, "Yes, otherwise, the Second Master wouldn't be able to trust them with the goods."
Zhou Xiaomei suddenly looked up at him, her face turning colder: "Why should I believe you? You said you were my dad's contact, right? Who knows if you deliberately cheated me for that batch of goods?"
Luo Tao got angry when he heard this: "Of course we came here for that batch of goods, this is our goods. For that batch of goods, the second master went to the mountains and killed all those gangsters."
Zhou Xiaomei was stunned: "All taken?"
Luo Tao nodded quickly: "Yes, our Second Master avenged your father and mother's murder. If he hadn't taken down that bandit den of more than 40 people by himself, do you think he would have been injured?"
Zhou Xiaomei was silent for a moment, and looked at Luo Tao warily: "Unless you can produce evidence to prove that you are indeed my parents' supplier, I will not tell you where the goods are hidden. Those are things my parents guarded with their lives."
She turned and went back into the house.
There were so many people around that it was difficult for Luo Tao to go in and ask.
He walked into the room, glanced at Gu Yun lying on the bed, and shook his head secretly.
Gu Yun withdrew his gaze.
Su Luo had nothing to do, so she called Zhou Xiaomei to the kitchen to teach her how to continue braising the chicken.
With two new strange men in the village, the villagers naturally couldn't help but take a few more glances at them.
Especially in the morning when Luo Tao went out to buy vegetables, he brought back chicken, duck, fish and meat, which were very conspicuous. Ordinary rural families might not be able to eat so much meat during the New Year.
Aunt Niu hesitated at the door, not knowing whether to go in.
Su Luo happened to come out to pour the chicken blood water. Seeing Aunt Niu, she couldn't help but greet her with a smile: "Aunt? Why don't you come in now?"
Aunt Niu smiled a little awkwardly and stood at the door: "Auntie, you won't go in, right? I just want to talk to you about something."
Su Luo looked at the unfamiliar faces in the house and quickly understood what was happening. She walked to the door and took Aunt Niu a few steps away.
Aunt Niu then lowered her voice and leaned closer to ask, "Xiao Luo, why do you have so many... guests in your house these past two days?"
Su Luo smiled and said, "That girl is a distant relative of mine. Something happened at home, so she will live in my house from now on. The two men are here to recuperate, and they will leave soon."
Aunt Niu gave her a worried look and said, "Do they have letters of introduction? With so many strangers coming at once, I'm afraid they'll be reported and arrested as second-rate people."
Su Luo was not sure about this, but they had traveled a lot, so they should have letters of introduction with them, right?
Isn’t Zhou Mubai still here?
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Aunt Niu continued, "Yesterday, Li Cuicui was fired from the production team. She went crazy at home yesterday and even quarreled with your brother, refusing to divorce him and saying she wanted to kill you."
Thinking of Li Cuicui's crazy look, Aunt Niu couldn't help but shiver.
Su Luo thought about it and looked at Aunt Niu gratefully: "Don't worry, Aunt, I will be careful."
Aunt Niu nodded and looked at her again: "Xiao Luo, don't blame me for being nosy. People like us are always gossiped about. If you bring these rich young men home, the villagers will always gossip about you."
Su Luo nodded.
Aunt Niu added, "What if everyone reports you and says something about you? It's not good for you to keep them at home. Besides, they both dress very ostentatiously. Many girls in the village are dazzled and keep looking into your room."
Su Luo smiled and nodded: "Aunt, I understand. I will drive them away when their injuries get better."
Aunt Niu nodded, feeling relieved.
She then asked, "Aren't you going to send the children to school? School has already started, why haven't they gone yet?"
Su Luo couldn't say whether she planned to take her children to Beijing to study after the college entrance examination next year, as the policy of resuming the college entrance examination has not yet been implemented.
She had no choice but to say, "The children are too fond of playing. I plan to send them to school next year."
Aunt Niu nodded and said, "It's better to keep him until he's older. He won't be bullied as easily when he goes to school when he's older!"
Su Luo thought of the little devils at home and couldn't help but nodded with a smile.
It’s not certain who bullies whom.
Aunt Niu spoke to her for a few more words before leaving.
Su Luo returned home, and suddenly a timid voice came from behind her.
"aunt."
She turned around and saw Su Xiniu standing at the door with a basket in her little hands.
Su Luo looked at her in surprise: "Xiniu, why are you here?"
Su Xiniu was well-behaved and a little shy: "My parents asked me to come. They said there were a lot of mooncakes left from the Mid-Autumn Festival. If we don't eat them, they will go bad. My aunt happened to have a large family, so they asked me to bring some over for her."
As Xiniu spoke, she couldn't help but glance into the house, her mouth watering at the smell of the remaining meat.
Su Luo didn't want to embarrass the child, so she let her into the house: "Come in, put the cakes in my room, I'll get a bowl to put them in."
Su Xiniu nodded obediently.
Su Luo entered the kitchen, but Su Xiniu did not take the cake to her room. Instead, she took it to the room next door where the three little ones lived.
The little ones were washing dishes in the kitchen, and now only Gu Yun and Luo Tao were resting in the room.
Su Xiniu looked at the two strange adults timidly, feeling a little nervous.
She had never seen such a tall person. The uncle on the bed also lay on the bed during the day. His legs were so long that they reached the end of the bed.
She was a little afraid to go in, but thinking of her mother's instructions, she endured it, mustered up the courage to show a well-behaved expression, and went in with the cake: "Uncle, do you want some cake?"
Su Xiniu asked, but her hands had already taken out the mooncakes from the food box, put them on the table, and then stood up obediently.
She looked at the person on the bed, feeling a little scared but also a little curious: "My mother makes delicious pancakes. My aunt can't make them, so my mother sends pancakes to her every holiday."
Gu Yun guessed that the aunt the little girl was talking about was Su Luo.
It is not difficult to guess her identity.
This child looks to be the same age as Su Miaomiao, and should have easily aroused Gu Yun's sympathy.
But when Gu Yun looked into the child's eyes, he felt inexplicably displeased.
At such a young age, his eyes are full of...mature calculations, but he is unable to hide them. It's weird and awkward.
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